Baby Update

So I am still alive but sometimes I wonder by how much! Things in Germany are going well but I am about to be put to the true test. Deaner's mother and aunt have been here for the past week and they are leaving on Sunday. It is the last of my guests until November and I am slightly anxious about it. I know I can do this alone but it is going to be a lot more exhausting. Right now Evans is sleeping from 10:30-2:30am, feed, 2:30-5:30am, feed, and then up at 7:30am and not wanting to go back to sleep. I've been the one feeding him but Deaner's mom has been taking over at 7:30 and allowing me to sleep for several extra hours. I am really really going to miss those hours!! And his mom and aunt! I really hope I am not lonely once the company clears out and that Christmas time comes quickly. As much as we love Germany it is times like these when I miss my family being around. I want to be able to show off my baby while he is still so little! He won't be little for long since he is already over 10 pounds!! His pediatrician appointment went well and all is good. Next time we go we have to start vaccinations and I am dreading that! But for now, I thought I would share some more pictures since everyone is visiting Heidelberg and I have the day to myself.

Evans has really started to love bathtime and I try to bathe him everyday. The first bathtime was not as successful......Now he could sit in his whale tub forever!We have taken a few field trips down to the winestand trying to enjoy the last bit of nice weather that Germany has been offering. This is Evans and his Gannie (Deaner's mom).We have eaten dinner at all our favorite places. Seriously, we just drag this baby around with us everywhere and he is SO good. Never cries (knock on wood) and is generally pretty happy.And there is certainly no mistaking who this boy's father is! Have you ever seen a baby look more like his dad??Anyways, it is time for me to close my eyes for an hour before everyone gets home and we have to get ready for dinner. Hopefully I can be better about posting next week but who knows!! I never know what the day is going to hold for me now!

Whew!

The cutest baby in the world just wanted to say hi and let everyone know that he is doing fine and that all is well. Mama is just a little bit busy at the moment and finding time to write on my blog is not as easy as I thought it would be. My father in law is currently visiting and then my mother in law will be arriving on Saturday and staying thru next week. Then we are completely on our own again! YIKES!! Evans is pretty much perfect. He is sleeping great at night so I can't complain about exhaustion (yet). I mean, I'm certainly not 100% but I figure that things could be a lot worse. He isn't breastfeeding (and no, this is not due to mom's extreme desire to drink again!) so I think that is helping a lot with the sleeping. He only cries when he needs his diaper changed and or is hungry (which seems to be often). Deaner and I drag him around with us everywhere and he is always good when we are out. Knock on wood.

Anyways, things are going really pretty good here. There are lots of things that people don't tell you about having a baby. I'm just trying to work through all of them one day at a time. I hope that y'all will try and stick with me even if I can't post everyday. I'll try and be better next week when my mother in law is here and I have two extra sets of hands for baby holding! Hope everything is going well with everyone!

Already Gone?

So my parents left this morning. Deaner managed to keep me busy all morning and some of the afternoon but I am so sad that they are gone that sometimes it takes my breath away. I really can't blog about it because it is almost time for bed and I don't really want to have a nervous breakdown before getting what precious sleep Evans will allow me tonight. My parents kept him in their room the whole time they were here so that I could get as much rest as possibly and try to recover from the c-section, which was MUCH harder than I ever anticipated. Tonight Deaner and I are back on duty and I am pretty nervous about it. I'm tired anyways and I haven't even been getting up with a baby like my parents were. I didn't think it would be hard to keep up with blogging but until we are on some sort of schedule or routine, I think it might be hard for me. I am going to try though. Deaner is off work the rest of the week with the exception of maybe working a half day this week and I'm just trying to enjoy time with my new family while I have it. I still have lots to share and tell and I feel like I am falling farther and farther behind. I promise to try though. I'm going to attach a few more pictures from Evans' photo session. Hope y'all enjoy!

Baby Evans' Photo Shoot

Yesterday was a great day. Most days around here have been pretty great lately (minus the c-section recovery issues) since I finally have my baby here. I'm no longer pregnant (still fat though) and while I still can't roll over in bed in under 4 minutes (see c-section recovery issues) I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Evans have been a dream baby and I'm just trying to enjoy him as much as I can while he is being so easy. It doesn't hurt that he has been sleeping with my parents the past several nights allowing me to catch up on sleep and recover from surgery. I never in a million years would have thought that I would have had to have a c-section but things happen and honestly I was nervous but I would have been nervous to start pushing too. It's just scary! If I learned one thing thru the whole labor and delivery process it is that women who give birth without drugs are PSYCHO. I guess if you can do it more power to ya but holy hell contractions hurt and I really thought I would die from the pain. The anesthesiologist arrived to give me my epidural and said "Now I have to go over the complications that could arise from this medication......severe headaches, acute back pain, blindness, and possibly death". Ok, well maybe he didn't say those last few things but even if he had I would have allowed him to jam that needle into my spine. I welcomed it! Total and utter relief!! Epidural = high recommended!

Anyways, back to yesterday. Evans' had his newborn photo shoot that Steph and Jon gave him as one of the MANY gifts they spoiled Evans with. We could have asked for him to be in a better mood and he did everything perfectly. I am SO thrilled with how they turned out and think that our photographer, Jessica Ceason, was the BEST! I love ALL the pictures she took and I have been looking at them all day long. I'm just going to post as many as I can right now before the bambino needs to be fed!Big yawn, not a scream!Ok, I have to admit that as much as I am totally in love with these pictures, I am sick of uploading them for right now. I will post more on Monday!!

Introducing Evans

I know I know, but I'm just SO tired! I have been meaning to blog and update y'all on how the events went down in the hospital but now the task seems so daunting! SO many funny things happened while we were in the hospital but for so long it killed me to laugh. I even started typing this last night but fell asleep at 9:30pm! After being in labor for a few hours I was completely dilated and ready to go but Evans had other plans. His head wasn't engaged and the docs told me that it would be near impossible to have him naturally. (I will try and some point down the road to go back and relive the whole process of how we ended up in the hospital but for now I'm sure people just care about seeing pictures.) I went in for a c-section and by 12:25pm Evans was here! I'm going to post a bunch of pictures from the birth just to let y'all see him!! I'm not going to lie, he is pretty much PERFECT. If there was ONE thing that was great about the c-section it was the fact that he wasn't mushed up and didn't have a deformed head!! I'm completely in love.And I think that is about all for now! I am about to upload more pictures from my camera so there will be more tomorrow (I HOPE!). I had an issue this morning and was back in the doctor's office. We are hoping that it turns out to be no big deal but for now I'm pretty much flat on my back and unable to do much of anything. Thank god for my parents being here and my husband turning into a father so naturally it was was scary. I have lots to share but it will have to wait until I am feeling a little bit better.

Baby Boy Is Here

I have so much to write and tell everyone. I also have no energy and feel like I've been hit with a mac truck. Evans arrived yesterday at 12:25pm via c-section much to my disappointment. I really didn't want to have to do that but it just had to happen as he was face up and his head was not "locked" into the birth canal. I dilated super fast (1.5cm to 10cm in just over an hour) but baby boy was not cooperating.

C-section was totally scary and I definitely cried but in the end it was for the best. Evans is the most beautiful ever (I know I'm biased). Those section baby's just come out looking perfect. I'm a little annoyed that his face is all scratched up after last night but I have him in mitts now.

I can't post pictures on blogger lite from my iPhone but I will as soon as I can. He was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 21.7 inches long. I have to stay in the hospital forever because of the section but I'll try and write as much as I can. I have some hilarious stories but since I'd rather die than laugh they will have to wait!!

In Labor

Well it finally happened! At about 1:30am this morning my water broke on one of my many trips to the bathroom. Deaner and I both showered and headed for the hospitals. Things were touch and go for awhile with contractions and I'm pretty sure I was almost the first fatality from killer contraction pain. Got the epidural around 6am. I've been fully dilated and ready to go for hours now but Evans' won't stop moving his head. So they cannot deliver him. He has another 1.5 hours or else they will make me have a C section. Say a prayer this doesn't happen. While I'm not opposed to the procedure, I really dot want to be in the hospital for 4-5 days. No thanks! I'm really nervous about it! I'll post soon!! Wish us luck!!!