Utah State Fair 2010

First real bath

After Grayson's umbilical cord fell off I gave him his first real bath at home. He seemed like he enjoyed the bath. He just chilled and let me wash him, but he did not like it when I washed his face. It was hard to get good pictures, because I was bathing him by myself and he was very slippery and wiggly. I didnt want him to drown just cause I wanted to get a good picture.

Here he is not crying, he is sneezing. lol

Rolling over??

When Grayson was 5 days old he rolled over. I thought it was a total fluke, because seriously newborn babies do not roll over on purpose. In our house we believe tummy time is very important so we started putting him on the floor for tummy time immediately and he seems to like it. But when he decides he is done with tummy time, he gets angry and gets a little fussy and he will just roll himself right over onto his back, and then he is happy as a clam. He is now 11 days old and he has rolled over several times. I am pretty sure he knows exactly what he is doing. Really.. what newborn baby does that? I wish I had this on tape but our camcorder somehow got "misplaced" so I tried to capture it in photos.

Starting to get angry

Thinking about rolling over

Rolling over

Rolled over

Proud of himself and happy again!

And here are some other cute photos...

Uncle Brock

Meaghan and Uncle Cody

My boys watching Sunday football

Grandpa Craig and Christine

Aunt Moe Aunt Cassie and Grandma Diane

Grayson Blake

Grayson Blake was born on Thursday September 9 at 7:46 pm. He weighed 7lb. 4oz. and was 19 in. long. He is healthy and very happy! Here are some pictures of our hospital experience.

Grant in bed with mommy during labor.

Welcome to the world my sweet little angel

7lb. 4oz.

Brothers meeting for the first time. So precious

Grant absolutely loves Grayson

Proud Daddy!

Maama was by my side the whole time and I couldnt have done it without her and daddy!

Grandma Diane

Look at the joy in my boys eyes. He is so excited to be a big brother!

My two little angel boys

Bath time! Jared said that Grayson really liked the water.

What a good daddy he is.

So sweet.

Here is Jared sleeping on the oh-so-comfy chair at the hospital.

He wants boob juice. He is a great eater.

Wide awake and happy

Ollie and Grayson

Sara and Grayson

Cute boys again

Three out of my four favorite boys!

My daddy and my son. I love it!

Aunt Susu

Daddy and Grayson

Waiting to get out of dodge.

Now we are ready to go home!

He is so tiny in his car seat.

I do plan on writing about my birth experience as soon as I have a minute to sit down and take the time to write it out in full. I'll tell you one thing though, it was the hardest and most rewarding thing I have ever done.

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I am blissfully happy!

And so so tired!

37 weeks.... and counting

So I went to the doc again today and I have made absolutely NO progress. It is so frustrating. I am at 2 cm. and 50% effaced. Grayson still hasnt dropped. Last week when I went in my uterus was measuring 37 cm. This week?? 42 cm. Are you freaking kidding me? WOW!!! Even the doc was very surprised by that, considering it should be 40cm. at 40 weeks. He was so surprised that he decided to measure again and it was the same. He said if I go full term, three more weeks, Grayson will probably come out weighing 9.5 lbs. That is just insane. Grant was 7 lb. 15 oz. and he came out with no pain meds, but i.5 lbs. is a big difference. And we already know he has a big head. YIKES!! The thing I am worried about is that big head being able to fit through the birth canal. I really dont want to be induced. I am not affraid of the pain that comes along with naturally birthing a HUGE baby. I am only affraid that he may get stuck in the process. That can be dangerous. If my body will physically let my HUGE baby boy come out vaginally and without any meds then that is absolutely the way it will happen. But if they are going to induce me or (Heaven forbid) make me have a C-section, then I want it to happen NOW!!! I know it wont, because my doc is a wait-and-see kind of guy, but oh well. I learned the hard way last time around, that you just have to go with the flow and whatever happens is going to happen. It's called a birth plan not a birth script, right?
Well, until next Tuesday, happy sleeping to you all!

Thoughts Discovered

A baby will make

love stronger,

days shorter,

nights longer,

bank accounts smaller,

home happier,

clothes shabbier,

the past forgotten,

and the future worth living for.

 

A friend of mine, who I look up to and adore, wrote on her blog that  the process of writing is not just to express thought but rather to discover thought. So I thought I would give it a try. Here it goes...

 

For so long now it has been just the three of us.

We prayed and hoped and prayed some more.

When we found out our prayers had finally been answered we were elated.

This has been a rough pregnancy.

Now I am down to the wire.

Why am I feeling this way right now?

Will I be able to love Grayson enough?

Is Grant going to think that his baby brother has taken his place in my heart?

It would devestate me if Grant thinks I love Grayson more than him.

Will Grant still want to cuddle me if Grayson needs cuddles too?

Is Grant going to be jealous?

Will I have enough patience for 2 kids?

Will I be able to handle this without going insane?

Is my sweet Grant ready to share his mommy and daddy?

Have I done enough to prepare him?

Are we doing the right thing?

Am I ready for this?

 

I think I am.

I think I have plenty of love to go around.

I think Grant will ALWAYS love to cuddle mommy.

I think I can keep myself from going insane.

I think we have prepared him as well as possible.

I think Grayson will fit right in here.

And I know that we are doing the right thing!