One of the million kisses Logan has gotten from his big brother James :-) So sweet!Jimmy and his boys (Logan :: 2 weeks and James :: 2.5 years)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
My Boys!
So the computer doesn't like it when I upload pics to my camera, email them to myself and then download them to the computer -- I keep getting these half-loaded pictures. Usually it corrects itself if I try it again, but honestly, this is the first time I've sat to blog in how long (Logan's almost 6 weeks old and these pics are from when he was 2 weeks) so I better just put them up and hope that one day I'll get around to fixing it. The important parts of the pictures are there for your viewing pleasure.
One of the million kisses Logan has gotten from his big brother James :-) So sweet!
Jimmy and his boys (Logan :: 2 weeks and James :: 2.5 years)
One of the million kisses Logan has gotten from his big brother James :-) So sweet!Jimmy and his boys (Logan :: 2 weeks and James :: 2.5 years)
Logan's First Week
Logan's first week was filled with visits from family and friends and lots of sleeping (for him) and eating (also for him). He is eating about every 2 hours, which equals one tired Mommy, especially when he needs to be supplemented after each feeding (until next dr. visit) and then I have to pump to keep the milk supply up. Logan and Mommy have been staying downstairs as much as possible for Mommy's incision to heal from the c-section and to keep it a bit more quiet so James doesn't wake up at night. We have gotten into a nice little routine and my TV crush on Jimmy Fallon has been renewed :-)
Logan v. Teddy :: Week 1
Logan's belly is almost the size of Teddy's, must have just eaten!
Love those chubby cheeks -- just so darn kissable :-* MWAH
1st sponge bath from Daddy! We've been lucky enough that Jim could stay and work from home for the first two weeks. He has been amazing at doing pretty much everything non-Logan related around the house (and some of that even, too) and working almost a full day. What a trooper! We Love you, Jimmy/Daddy!!!
I sent Jim to the bi-annual re-sale they have in Hoffman with a very specific list. He did a fantastic job finding clothes for both boys (James and Logan are different seasons, so not all the hand-me-downs work this time around) and found this Maclaren double stroller at quite the bargain! Got it for under $100, normally at least $180 used and $290 new. Is very gently used and was only missing the rain cover and possibly a drink holder -- SCORE!!! James was soooo excited to share a stroller ride with his brother, so we attempted a family walk down the street before dinner on Sunday (James was restless from being trapped inside all day). The boys all did great, I only made it to the Wehrle's house and had to stop w/ belly pain and asthma (allergies have been nuts and it was my first time moving lots outside -- also put two and two together later to determine I'm probably allergic to tiger lilies, which were in the beautiful bouquet of flowers Jim and James got me in the hospital and was now in our kitchen -- kept wondering why it only triggered in the hospital and when by the kitchen sink! Happened with James too -- only breathing issues once those tiger lilies opened up)! I can't wait to use this stroller more, it did the trick!
Logan v. Teddy :: Week 1 Logan's belly is almost the size of Teddy's, must have just eaten!
Love those chubby cheeks -- just so darn kissable :-* MWAH
1st sponge bath from Daddy! We've been lucky enough that Jim could stay and work from home for the first two weeks. He has been amazing at doing pretty much everything non-Logan related around the house (and some of that even, too) and working almost a full day. What a trooper! We Love you, Jimmy/Daddy!!!
I sent Jim to the bi-annual re-sale they have in Hoffman with a very specific list. He did a fantastic job finding clothes for both boys (James and Logan are different seasons, so not all the hand-me-downs work this time around) and found this Maclaren double stroller at quite the bargain! Got it for under $100, normally at least $180 used and $290 new. Is very gently used and was only missing the rain cover and possibly a drink holder -- SCORE!!! James was soooo excited to share a stroller ride with his brother, so we attempted a family walk down the street before dinner on Sunday (James was restless from being trapped inside all day). The boys all did great, I only made it to the Wehrle's house and had to stop w/ belly pain and asthma (allergies have been nuts and it was my first time moving lots outside -- also put two and two together later to determine I'm probably allergic to tiger lilies, which were in the beautiful bouquet of flowers Jim and James got me in the hospital and was now in our kitchen -- kept wondering why it only triggered in the hospital and when by the kitchen sink! Happened with James too -- only breathing issues once those tiger lilies opened up)! I can't wait to use this stroller more, it did the trick!Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Hospital Stay
We stayed a day less this time around, but Momma and Logan were ready to head home and start our adventure! (Obviously, not when the picture above was taken...this was the first time I had gotten out of bed - still had IV and catheter hooked up, yuckies)!
Gma Chele finally getting to hold Logan -- Gma and Uncle John only got to see Logan through the nursery window the night he was born -- hospital rules make pre-term babies stay in the nursery for observation for 6 hours before getting to meet people, which was way past visiting hours at 12:30am when we finally got to see him for more than a minute (even though his APGAR scores were good at 8 for 1-minute and 9 for 3-minutes, still have to follow protocol)
Uncle John doing double nephew duty :-)
One of the pictures that the professional picture people from the hospital staged with Logan in Jim's hand (thanks Amanda for snagging it)
Logan meets Aunt Jen
Meeting Aunt Amanda
Pops and his grandsons!!! What a handsome bunch!
Aunt Cassie and Logan getting aquainted
Living the Thug Life -- C$ is ready to go home (and not too happy about having real clothes on - which are a bit big since they told us he was going to be huge and only had 0-3 month clothes with us, haha)
Hi there, Lowgs, Momma loves you and that dark hair with light blue-grey eyes (hoping they stick around)
Logan passed his car seat test the night before (an 1.5 hour test all pre-37 week babies have to take which measures their oxygen levels while sitting in the car seat), so we're ready to go home!
Let the real fun begin! It was nice and calm outside with beautiful weather and not too many visitors at the hospital on a Sunday night at 7:45pm :-) Finally Meeting Brother!!!
James kept right in stride with being a loving brother once Logan arrived. First thing he did when Jim brought him into the hospital room was announce "Mommy at doctor" and went straight over to give his brother a kiss. Logan probably gets +100 kisses a day because his brother is such a love bug (usually when Logan is sleeping, but we're working on it).
Working on "gentle" touches and leaving Logan's face alone (i.e. no honking his nose, haha)
Working on "gentle" touches and leaving Logan's face alone (i.e. no honking his nose, haha)
Friday, September 2, 2011
Logan John :: 08.18.2011
Went in for a regular appointment at the OBGYN today. Got my ultrasound done first -- looking good, baby still looking nice and BIG! Had some more fluid (about 26.5cm) but baby's heart rate in a great range.
Went to do the NST test -- two hours later, baby's heart rate was still in a good range but not accelerating as it should through his movements (he was moving a ton the day before but had slowed down a lot, not unusual for him)...so since it wasn't what they were looking for, I was sent down to Labor & Delivery to do an NST with them. Well, I ended up passing it, but luckily my doctor came down to check on me (she had been in surgery all morning/afternoon and just found out I was in L&D). She took a look at things and noticed that a) I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes (which I couldn't always feel because of all the fluid built up, but was insistent that I was having them even though they weren't showing up on NSTs) b) I had a ton of fluid this time (total opposite of James where I was out of fluid, which really threw the doctor for a loop because pregnancies are not often THIS different). Since the fluid was high and she thought we were going to be doing an amniocentesis in 4 days anyway (we were not, I had agreed to do it at 38 weeks) -- she called the Maternal Fetal Specialists because the baby was technically "late pre-term" (before 37 weeks, at 36 weeks, 5 days). Maternal Fetal told her to ultrasound again and low and behold, she found that all of the fluid was stretching the lining of my uterus out so much, it was actually close to rupturing -- YIKES! So after a frantic call to Jim to tell him to call neighbor, Rachel, and have her get James from school and for him to get there ASAP (that was at about 4:45pm), the wheels were in motion to have this baby now! I was changed and all ready to go and Jim got there within 20 minutes -- at which point they told him to change into scrubs and get ready to become a Daddy x2 :-) Surgery went well and at 5:41pm we were blessed with the birth of our second healthy baby boy!!!
Logan John
If you'd like to see them, our doctor let Jim take pictures of Logan actually being born (ie. yanked out of my stomach), but I decided to spare people the gore this time :-)
Since he was born prior to 37 weeks, the hospital had some extra "rules" for Logan. He had to stay in the nursery for 6 hours for observation (not the NICU, just regular nursery). His APGAR scores were good at birth (8 at 1 minute and 9 at 3 minutes, which are great scores). He did well and when I was cleared from my observation in the recovery room, they wheeled me in to the nursery and we got to hold Logan for the first time. I let Daddy have the honors this time :-)
Nothing like that first smooch for your lil' ones!
We went into L&D with 3 names we liked, took a look at him and decided Logan it was (Jim let me kind of decide here between Logan, Gabriel and Duncan). John is from my grandfather on my mother's side and Jim's brother (Jim picked between John, Cash and Daniel for the middle name) :-) So, hopefully he ends up looking like his name! It has been hard to call him Logan after having referred to him as Cash for so long (and it's weird to have another son that's not named "James")! Happy Birth Day, Lowgs!!! We can't wait for you to meet your very excited Big Brother (he was sound asleep with Rachel watching him by the time we got to see Logan in our room at 12:30am).
Went to do the NST test -- two hours later, baby's heart rate was still in a good range but not accelerating as it should through his movements (he was moving a ton the day before but had slowed down a lot, not unusual for him)...so since it wasn't what they were looking for, I was sent down to Labor & Delivery to do an NST with them. Well, I ended up passing it, but luckily my doctor came down to check on me (she had been in surgery all morning/afternoon and just found out I was in L&D). She took a look at things and noticed that a) I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes (which I couldn't always feel because of all the fluid built up, but was insistent that I was having them even though they weren't showing up on NSTs) b) I had a ton of fluid this time (total opposite of James where I was out of fluid, which really threw the doctor for a loop because pregnancies are not often THIS different). Since the fluid was high and she thought we were going to be doing an amniocentesis in 4 days anyway (we were not, I had agreed to do it at 38 weeks) -- she called the Maternal Fetal Specialists because the baby was technically "late pre-term" (before 37 weeks, at 36 weeks, 5 days). Maternal Fetal told her to ultrasound again and low and behold, she found that all of the fluid was stretching the lining of my uterus out so much, it was actually close to rupturing -- YIKES! So after a frantic call to Jim to tell him to call neighbor, Rachel, and have her get James from school and for him to get there ASAP (that was at about 4:45pm), the wheels were in motion to have this baby now! I was changed and all ready to go and Jim got there within 20 minutes -- at which point they told him to change into scrubs and get ready to become a Daddy x2 :-) Surgery went well and at 5:41pm we were blessed with the birth of our second healthy baby boy!!!
Logan John08.18.2011 at 5:41pm
6lbs 12 oz, 19.5"
If you'd like to see them, our doctor let Jim take pictures of Logan actually being born (ie. yanked out of my stomach), but I decided to spare people the gore this time :-)
Since he was born prior to 37 weeks, the hospital had some extra "rules" for Logan. He had to stay in the nursery for 6 hours for observation (not the NICU, just regular nursery). His APGAR scores were good at birth (8 at 1 minute and 9 at 3 minutes, which are great scores). He did well and when I was cleared from my observation in the recovery room, they wheeled me in to the nursery and we got to hold Logan for the first time. I let Daddy have the honors this time :-)
Nothing like that first smooch for your lil' ones!
We went into L&D with 3 names we liked, took a look at him and decided Logan it was (Jim let me kind of decide here between Logan, Gabriel and Duncan). John is from my grandfather on my mother's side and Jim's brother (Jim picked between John, Cash and Daniel for the middle name) :-) So, hopefully he ends up looking like his name! It has been hard to call him Logan after having referred to him as Cash for so long (and it's weird to have another son that's not named "James")! Happy Birth Day, Lowgs!!! We can't wait for you to meet your very excited Big Brother (he was sound asleep with Rachel watching him by the time we got to see Logan in our room at 12:30am).
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