1 week old

I sure wish time could stand still b/c I would keep Spencer my little baby 4ever. I don't ever want to forget this time with him as a newborn. I love holding him close to me and being able to provide for him. He is just so precious.
Well, I took this picture of him yesterday and realized that a picture I have of Mason at 3.5 weeks shows a lot of similarities between the 2 of them. Don't you think?
Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas. I will try and update often.



Mason



Spencer

WORTH THE WAIT

For those of you not aware, I was scheduled to be induced on Wednesday, December 19th, but unfortunately there was no room at the inn for us. I was very disappointed that my well planned out delivery was not going to go my way. I try so hard to be organized and have everything in order, that I set myself up for disappointment when things don't go as planned. So on Thursday, December 20th I went and saw my doctor so that she could hopefully move things along for us. I was pleased to know that I was already between 2 and 3cm. She scheduled me to be the first induction on Friday, December 21st at 5:30 am. So finally, after what seemed like a forever wait, Friday came. Tim, myself, and my sister, Dawn took off for the hospital. We got settled in and by 6:45 am I had my IV, pitocin, and penicillin G. The penicillin G was because I test positive for Group B strep. And honestly, the penicillin G was the worst part of my whole labor and delivery. As it enters your blood stream it causes a lot of pain in that arm (OUCH). By 8:45 am I had my epidural and the doctor broke my water. By 10 am, I had gone from 3cm and 50% to 7cm and 80%. By 11:45 or so, I was completely dilated. We waited until Spencer was a +2 (a little before 1pm) and then with 2 contractions, our beautiful baby boy was born. It was the most amazing birth and definitely WORTH THE WAIT.
I was so fortunate to have my sister there to capture every part of this amazing child's birth. It you haven't checked out her blog or website, please do. I have emailed everyone with the links and if for some reason you didn't get them, please email me and I will forward them onto you.
For now, here are a few pictures from the past 6 days.

6 DAYS AND ANTICIPATING

It's hard to believe that just 6 days from now we will welcome Spencer to our family. This pregnancy has gone by so fast. Mason is very excited about all that is to come: Aunt Barb and Aunt Dawn, baby brother, Nana and Grandpa, and, of course, Santa Claus. It will be a great Christmas.
I had my weekly appointment today and have progressed a little from last week. I am still at 1cm but my cervix has thinned to 50%. Hopefully, I will have progressed a little more by the time I go in for my induction to help speed the labor along. There are a couple of things I would still like to get done this weekend, so I am satisfied with waiting until Wednesday to meet Spencer (but only time will tell). I probably won't update the blog again until I get home from the hospital (next Friday), so be sure to check back to see pictures of our new addition.

St. Nick came and update from appointment

Last night, Mason put his shoes by the front door in hopes that St. Nick would come. He was so excited this morning to find Thomas and Percy ornaments and some M&Ms in his shoes.

Today, I am 37 weeks and had my weekly visit to the doctor. I actually lost almost 3 pounds but my doctor wasn't overly concerned. She said as long as I was feeling OK then there was nothing to worry about. I am dilating about 1cm and the baby appears to have descended some. As of right now, I will probably be back to see her at next weeks appointment, but you just never know. I decided that I would share a belly picture from today.

Hope everyone is well. Can't wait to update everyone on our new arrival.

Can it really be just 2 weeks away?

Just 2 weeks from today we will welcome little Spencer to our family. We are so excited to know that we will finally meet our little boy. Mason is excited and asks me daily if Spencer can come today. He is also excited that Aunt Barb is going to come and stay with him while we are at the hospital and Nana and Grandpa will be coming the next day. It is going to be a very special Christmas this year.

On another note, we got our first snow last night (besides a dusting last weekend). There is probably 3 inches or so on the ground and Mason can't wait to go out and play in it later. I will post some pictures later today or this evening. Stay warm and take care.