Take me to your leader

 

Kitties

 

The girls had a great time being kittens with some string and feathers. Why do we buy the kids toys anyways? This held Andi's attention for days!





 



 


And here is our inspiration...we adopted this little lady. She is now spayed, though not before she had a litter of kittens. Oh the joy of stray cats. She really is sweet. Her name is "mama," which can be really funny when she get's in trouble. The girls were wandering around today saying "mama is busted!"

Tummy time is together time

 

The girls really do love their little brother. I am just amazed at how sweet they are with him. I am grateful with how well they play with eachother as well. I have had a lot of help, so maybe I can't say, but I think going from 2 to 3 is easier than going from 1 to 2. The girls keep eachother entertained a lot more than I expected.

 

Little man is still going strong and proving his prowess. At 3 weeks he was 10lbs 5ozs! He is just getting big so fast!

 
 

Little man

 
Because I know you all want another picture or so.

This week

 

Just some pictures from this week.....



 

Andi loves her "red swing," so much. The age limit is 36 months. Andi's birthday will be a sad day in some ways. She loves this swing. Oh well, she will have to get her fill now.

 
 

Two weeks

 

Little man had his two week appointment on Friday. He is up to 9 pounds, woot woot! He is a total slob (um, yeah, he is male). This is how he looks this every time he eats. Cute, huh?

A craving...

 

My baby hunger is finally being satiated, again...

 

Missing my girls

 

The girls are visiting grandma and grandpa Noyes for the rest of the week, so Lee and I are trying our best to cope without them. I admit, it's nice to be able to sit and do nothing, but I sure do feel a void when my girls aren't here. Thanks folks for taking such good care of them and helping us out so much. I always feel better when the girls gush about all of the fun things there are to see on the farm! The picture of Lee pretty much sums up our day after dropping the girls off!

 

It's true

 
Little man is here!! I have been slacking off a bit. I am probably going to be in big trouble, because I didn't get a good "last preggo pic." WE had every intention of doing it at the hospital, but we got a little swept away in the moment!

 

So here are the stats:
TOA: 7:26am
Weight: 7lbs 12 ozs
Length: 21 inches
Name: Lee Charles Noyes
He is a very good baby! I know, he is only 3 days old, but I just think the first few days have been a good omen. His jaundice from the Coombes is still in the acceptable range, so we are very optimistic that there will be no more issues with this little guy. Ok, I will write the birth story below for anyone who cares (mostly for Rowe to say thanks for the good reads, they did help!). If you get squeemish don't read on!

 

Most of Wednesday I felt like things were progressing and I was definately nesting, so we called Alberts folks late in the afternoon and asked them to drive up. I kept having consistant and strong contractions through the day until about 9pm. I pretty much decided that meant it wasn't today. We all went to bed a little bummed, I was also just a little relieved. Well at 2am I woke up with my first contraction and knew this was it. So I went to the bathroom, got ready to go and woke Albert up. He was definately dazed and confused. He said he didn't understand what was going on because I was too calm. Since Andi came so quickly we had decided to leave for the hospital right away, so off we went.
L&D was very calm so we had an easy time getting settled and checked in. They wanted to monitor my contractions (esp since I had not been in labor for that long, in their opinion ;) so I was hooked up for a while. My water broke around 4am. We walked, listend to music, blah blah blah. Things were progressing smoothly. He was posterior, but amazingly I didn't have back labor. His position did slow things down, I am grateful for that!
Transition didn't seem all that different, just a building of the power/pain of the contractions. I told the nurse they may want to shut the door because I was going to start making noise and I didn't want to scare any other moms. I don't think anyone believed my until it was time to push. My poor husband has never seen me make so much noise in his life, but he stuck with it, and talked my into actually getting the baby out here. He finally flipped as he dropped into the birth canal so I probably only pushed for 5 minutes. He came out howling and strong!
The placenta decided it wasn't going to leave without a fight, so that was no fun. I think I was so relieved to have the baby that my body was not ready to deal with that new pain. I wish I had an epidural for that. I ended up hemmoraging and needing pitocine and fluids (no transfusion, thank goodness). It's a good thing those L&D nurses are so strong, I was trying to fight her away while she was getting the clots out and massaging my uterus, but she persisted!
Now we are all just relieved to be on this side of recovery and to have a new little man in the house! I know I said I wanted a 9 pound baby, but I think I like him being a week early better!

Mama's helpers

 

The girls came to visit us in the hospital, where they each received a baby of their own. They still want to hold "baby Lee" whenever the chance comes about, but they do have their hands pretty full with their own little ones. Oh, and Grandma takes a lot of their time up too. ;)

 

Just because

 
 

I don't want anyone worrying that I have had the baby. I will post some pre-school pics to make sure you all know I am still alive. Still nesting. Having some fun with my girls, though walking to the park is getting harder! Thanks to everyone who has helped me through the past few months(All you ladies know who you are!) and for all the help with projects (esp Al and my dad).

Test

 

test

 

Spring has sprung!

 

My mom and I took the girls to Thanksgiving Point gardens today to see the tulips. The flowers are FABULOUS! I wish I was a bit more agile so I could have taken some better pictures, but such is the stage of life!

 
 

The girls were desparate to roll down the hills, so we finally gave in, and we started a flood of bad behavior! I'm sure there were more than a few moms that wished we could control these children and stop being a bad influence, but it sure was fun to watch! What can I say, my kids are leaders.
Andi did get some work in on her technique. Grandma is a good coach.


 

More fun at Thanksgiving Point

 

There was so much to do at the gardens, the kids had a real blast.