One month old!

Yesterday Connor turned one month old! He is growing so fast. He is really strong and holding his head up a lot. He's also very alert. Ron had to go back to work on March 25th and Meme left us to go back to Texas on April 2nd. Connor and I have been making it on our own and doing good. The past two nights he only woke up twice which is improvement. You'd think I'd have a ton of time to blog, but what free time I have is spent cleaning and doing everyday chores. Or sleeping of course! We can't wait for Ron to come home on the 20th! Counting down the days...

3 weeks!

Connor at 3 weeks! Photo taken with my Nikon in our living room wearing the monkey hat his Meme Dixon bought him.

"Sneak Peek" of Connor's newborn photos!

When Connor was 9 days old, we had his newborn photos taken by Karen Kulin. He did great and she is an amazing photographer. I am so happy with her work! Mom and I had a hard time picking which to order.

I couldn't figure out how to link the website so just copy and paste the following:

http://www.karenkulin.com/blog/?p=381

Connor is here!

Connor was born on Wednesday, March 9th at 6:30 p.m.!

We went to the hospital (Providence) at 6:30 a.m. to be induced. They started me on pitocin around 7:30 a.m. and contractions slowly started to begin. At first, they weren't bad at all. Around 11 a.m., my doctor (Dr. Counts) came in and broke my water and checked me. I was dilated to a 3.5! Contractions continued throughout the day. They went from ok, to kind of bad, to terrible, to making me cry...then around 3 p.m. I asked for an epidural! My Anaesthesiologist (Dr. Lunoe) was great and it wasn't painful at all.

After I got the epidural, I felt much better! I was ready to get some rest and continue to dilate. That wasn't the case at all. My blood pressure started to drop and the nurse ordered ephedrine to bring it back up. She would give me ephedrine, it would come back up and then it would drop again. This happened six times! After the sixth dose, Connor's heart rate began to speed up and then three doctors entered my room! Dr. Counts checked me again and I was still only dilated to 3.5 and Connor's head was backing up out of the birth canal. He was physically ready to come out, just not mentally! I was then prepped for a C-section and Connor arrived at 6:30 p.m.

He is absolutely perfect! We couldn't be happier. So many prayers were answered.



Connor's first picture immediately after they removed him from my stomach.


Ron cutting the cord.














Mommy meeting Connor for the first time.


Proud daddy!


Connor in the nursery. He looks so huge!


My sweet baby!







I finally got to hold my baby after about an hour and a half!



Dr. Counts & Connor!

Alaska Baby Shower - 1/22/11

Jill (Ron's sister), Emily (Ron's sister-in-law) and Sheryl (Grandma) hosted a fabulous shower for us at Emily's home. It was going to be a surprise, but worried I might go into labor, they told me in advance. They all made a spread of Mexican food that was absolutely delicious! I've craved Mexican food my entire pregnancy, especially cheese enchiladas. Uncle Chris (Ron's youngest brother) even made chicken enchiladas for all the ladies. Aunt Mary, Fay, Andrea Garrod and Victoria, Nicole Hartley and Wyatt, Cousin Shannon and Krista Anderson were all in attendance. We received a lot of great gifts and very much appreciate them all! Thank you all for everything!


Jill, Landon and me.


Table that displayed our baby pictures and baby books. Jill had my mom send my baby book up from Texas.


Beautiful flowers that match the colors in Connor's room.


Predicting Connor's birth day game. Aunt Mary predicted February 14th, she lost. Fay predicted my birthday, February 23rd. I'm hoping she is wrong. If I'm induced on the 2nd, Andrea will win since she predicted Connor would arrive on March 3rd!


The loot!

Inducing on March 2nd!

I just had a visit with Dr. Counts and if Connor doesn't come before March 2nd, we will induce early that morning. March 2nd is also my dad's birthday. This works great for Ron's slope schedule and getting my mom to Alaska from Texas in time. I hope he's ready to meet us!

Connor's room thus far...

I am almost finished decorating Connor's room. We kind of went with an "everything" theme, but mostly airplanes.




The rug is between his dresser and crib.


This wall still needs work. I'm thinking more shelves...and definitely a floor lamp.