Our Lifesong...: March 2009

Monday, March 09, 2009

This time last year...

...Chad and I were spending our last night as a family of two at GHS. It was a Sunday and as I was I was attempting to nap on the couch, God's perfect timing arrived and my water broke. Words cannot describe how I felt. I mean, I had been waiting on that moment for the longest time, but when it actually happened, I almost couldn't believe it. For 39.5 weeks I had been wondering where I would be, what I would be doing, etc when it all happened and here it was happening right before me. The anticipation you feel knowing you are about to bring a child into the world and into your lives in a matter of hours cannot be described - total excitement and total fear all wrapped up with a big bow! Chad and I got to the hospital a little before 6 pm and were sent to Triage. They checked to make sure my water truly had broken and then sent us on to Labor and Delivery. We spent a pretty sleepless night enduring my contractions and then morning came....TO BE CONTINUED!!!!

Here are pics from March 9, 2008...

Me and my big belly

Calling friends and family

One of our last pictures of our family of two

Snip, snip

Last Thursday (after being snowed in for our apppointment on Monday) we had a meeting with the "hemlet doctor" and YAY we are finally done with it!! Caleb's head started out with a 18mm difference and the helmet has corrected it to only a 10 mm difference. The doc was hoping to get down into the single digits with only a 8 or 9 mm difference, but his head growth has started slowing down since he's older and he said we'd have to wear it 6-8 more weeks to get that result, and he just didn't think it would be noticable enough to put him through that many more weeks. So....we are helmet free!!! However, being helmet free presented a few new problems. Not only do we no longer have built in protection for those clumsy falls babies take, but we also no longer have a device to hold Caleb's hair out of his face!!! With that said, Saturday afternoon we took a trip for Caleb's first haircut! We went to this place called Jellybeans and they charge 1 cent for your child's very first cut. He did great and acted like he'd been having his hair cut his whole life! It was amazing how much older he looked after only having a little hair cut....perfect for his first ever birthday party which was the following day (that blog to come soon!!). Enjoy the pictures!

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Sleepless in Anderson

Yep, that's us. Caleb started sleeping through the night at 11 weeks. He has always done well except for occassionally when he's teething. Lately, he's started waking up super early in the morning....like 4 am!!! It's about to kill me!!! Last night he was awake from 1:30 - 3am! To all you mommies out there....how old were your kids when they dropped their morning nap? He still sleeps about 1.5 hours in the morning and then 1.5 in the afternoon. I am starting to wondering if maybe he is getting too much sleep during the day and not needing as much sleep at night 'cause when he wakes up at 4 am he is WIDE awake and wants to play!!! Any ideas from any professional mom's out there?!?!

Monday, March 02, 2009

Winter Wonderland!!!

So here we are on March 1st, 9 days before Caleb's first birthday, and we get out first snow of the winter. I was wondering if not being in school this year would cause me to be less excited about the snow since I stay home anyway, but let me tell you, that was not true. I was JUST as excited!! Here are some pics of Caleb going out in his first snow. Oh, and by the way, we only stayed out about 10 minutes. I had to preface the pics with that because he has no gloves on and we had a VERY hard time getting him to keep his hat on. Since he's had his helmet all winter we never purchased a stocking hat that ties under the chin, but we are definitely in the market for one next year! Enjoy the pics and enjoy your day at home...if, in fact, you are getting to be "snowed in" too!!

Caleb and Daisy checking out all the white stuff!