More Changes...

Sooooo.... Adam had a bunch of yellow/greenish goop on his left eye this morning. The pediatrician wanted to see him this afternoon, so we went in and got him checked out. All appears to be well; it is either a blocked tear duct or a bacterial infection which we have antibiotics for. We will know more this Friday when the test results are back, but the pediatrician did not seem too concerned. He was up to 8lbs 6oz, so he’s putting on a good amount of weight, up from 7lbs 11oz when we were discharged. We now don't go back to the doctor until March 20th barring any other issues.

Now to the “that’s my boy” portion of the story…. The nurse that weighed and measured him decided she also wanted to check his temperature – rectally. Well little Adam decided on the first “probe” that he was going to cover the nurses hands up to and including her shirt sleeves in green slime. Got that cleaned up, but she didn’t get a good reading on his temp, so she went in again. The second wave was worse than the first, got all over his clothes, the table he was on, and on the nurse again. That’s my boy.

(I promise I’ll try to keep the pooing stories to a minimum going forward, but when all he does is eat, sleep, poo, repeat – I am running short on material for those who keep hitting me up for updates)

Change

"He's changing so much...." - Huh? 11 days old and he's changing so much? I guess I don't see it yet, nor do I want to. We are still having the debate of who he looks like, knowing full well changes are coming rapidly. I think the general consensus is that he looks like daddy (poor kid), but we'll see in the weeks and months to come.

All is well at home. Jenny is doing great with breastfeeding, and catching some Z's when she can. She's getting her strength and feistiness back, so all appears well. We go back to the doctor on Monday.

Last night we were talking about pictures and options for announcements. Usually very cautious with money (ok a tightwad), Adam's dad blurted out - "whatever you want - spend it"

Ah, things are changing....

The many faces of Baby Adam

That's my boy

All are doing well, sleep deprived but otherwise no worse for wear. Jenny’s mom stayed last night and I was able to catch up on some sleep as I am back in the office this morning. Poor Jenny is struggling through the cluster feeding that Adam likes to do the last couple of nights between 1 and 4am. Hopefully he sleeps as much today during the day as he did yesterday, so she should be able to sleep some today.

I took a shift this morning and walked around with him starting at about 4:30. He was pretty fussy so I took him to check his diaper – nothing. I decided to change it anyway as he had it on for about 3 hours. Just as I get the new diaper over his butt, I hear a pop and the new diaper and part of my hand are covered in “mustard.” I got that wiped up and got another diaper up, when the second wave came – projectile. I called in Jenny as the onesie, the changing pad and all four of my knuckles are also now covered in mustard. Jenny came in and we got him put back together in clean clothes. He was happy as a lark after that. That’s my boy.

Lounging around...

Forgot one

This was on our way home from the hospital

Day 1 at Home

Whoa...

What an experience! Jenny did absolutely awesome, we are very lucky that Adam and Jenny pulled through the c-section flawlessly. Jenny is battling some discomfort, but has been able to get up and move about by herself this morning. Adam is eating well, we are supplementing breastfeeding with soy formula and he is chowing down this morning. He weighed 7lbs 11oz today, so hasn't lost too much weight. Gotta get back to the hospital, hopefully heading home after lunch tomorrow. Thank you to all for your kind words and prayers. Dad. Whoa....

More pics... think we like him?

Pics

Adam Matthew is here!

Adam was born this morning at 6:51am! He weighed 8lbs 3oz, and was 21in. Jenny and baby are doing great! Pics to follow...

Doctor Update

So..... Just got back from Jenny's check-up. They are going to try to induce her on Friday. Holy crap!

Nursery

A few pics of the little guys room

And we wait....

We went to the doctor this morning. Everything looks good – blood pressure, iron, protein, etc all checked out. We heard the heartbeat, I think she said it was 138bpm. Jenny is still only dilated to 1 so they will not consider inducing until the cervix “ripens” a bit. Jenny’s feet have begun to swell a bit more, but not to a level that her Doctor is that concerned yet. So Jenny is going to try to work full-time next week so that she won’t have to eat into FMLA too much, should he decide to come late. The doctor said she wouldn’t let Jenny go more than a week over, and they will watch the size of the baby versus what the cervix is doing before she could commit to anything. And we wait…

Jenny

Here's Jenny and Adam right around Christmas.

Deer

Ok, so I started this to be a blog about the kid, but have you seen the deer I got this year? I should get it back around August, I am sure there'll be more pics....

Introduction

Here's a shot of Adam at ~10 weeks. Hopefully he's grown into that noggin a bit!

Initial ramblings...

Thought I'd be like some of my cool kid friends and get rolling on this fancy dancy blogging thing. I figure as we get closer to the arrival of the little one, this should be pretty good way to disseminate what is going on.

Jenny went to the doctor last Friday and they said the little guy is supposedly around 8lbs. All is well, this Wednesday will be 38 weeks. Jenny has been doing great - sore back and swollen feet but she's been a trooper. I am proud of her, awwww....

For those who didn't know, we are going with Adam Matthew. We are really excited that we are going to be able to honor one of my best buddies (didn't think Adam Kyle Gabe Michael Flenar would fly - sorry guys).

It is amazing to think that in a few weeks the thing in Jenny's belly that's been poking/rolling/punching/kicking for the past 9 months is going to come and hang out with us in a few short weeks (days?). We are just hoping for a healthy baby. Hopefully this little guy won't put us through what my folks had to go through - at birth or throughout the teenage years :)

We were talking last night that Jenny has been pregnant for just about all of the past 12 months. While it was very tough on both of us losing the first pregnancy, I think it makes it all the sweeter that Adam is on the way - and appears to be very healthy... The concern now is that if Jenny does go over, Adam might be able to walk out of the hospital with us at this rate and his size.

Gotta go get some "work" done. All the best... Matt