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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tummy Time with Daddy

June 29, 2010

We went to the "Going home" class at Sharp yesterday because we missed it while we were still at the hospital since we were waiting for the Pediatrician to do Shane's check-up. We found it really informative and were glad we went. One of the things they emphasized was that babies love to cuddle and be close to mom and dad and it helps them build a strong sense of security. Shane spent some tummy-time with dad while mom took care of a few things around the house (including uploading pictures!)

Mommy and Me!

June 27, 2010

We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bautista's house for a different scenery this past Sunday. Mike played golf with dad at Cottonwood and Shane and I got to hang out with the Auntie's and Grandma. This is my first picture with Shane since we got discharged from the hospital!

First Doctor's Appointment

June 25, 2010

Shane had his first pediatric appointment after birth on Friday. Dr. Upton said that his coloring looks good and everything seems to be on track. He's lost a little of his birth weight, like all babies do, but is expected to gain it back within this next week.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Our Bundle of Joy

The lens of the camera is designed to focus on the objects closest to it so often times you come out with a picture of the baby's face out of focus. I have been practicing the technique of focusing on the distance so that it captures his face and ultimately takes the best photo, here are a couple that I'm proud of! I can't wait until Shane starts opening his eyes for longer periods of time so that I can take some of his precious baby blues!

Shane with Grandma Lulu (5 days old)

Shane - 6 days old

Monday, June 21, 2010

First days at home

Shane has been such a wonderful little baby! He is sleeping for about 3 hours and eating like a champ! We had no problems getting him to learn how to "latch on" and his diaper changes are regular. He doesn't really cry much unless he's cold during his diaper changes and is so fun and sweet to watch all day! He's perfect!

Bringing Baby Home!

June 19, 2010

Shane's pediatrician and my doctor gave us the "okay to get released" option so we opted to go home after 24-hours and enjoy our baby without all the hospital interruptions!

Getting Shane into his car seat

Ready to go home!

In the car and ready to rock!

Labor of Love

On Thursday, before Mike got home from work, I started to feel a few contractions and noticed that they were coming a little more often than they had in the past. When he got home, he joked about it being "today" and I said "I wouldn't be surprised."

As the evening went on, my contractions started to become more frequent so we started timing them. They started to be consistent around 7:00 pm and were about 7-8 minutes apart then quickly changed to 5 minutes apart by 11:00 pm. We started to double check our bags to make sure we had everything, cleaned the house up a little and headed to the hospital at around 12:45 am with contractions happening every 2-3 minutes.

When we got to Triage, they did an observation and noticed that the contractions were stable and happening frequently. They checked to see if we made any progress and we were at 4 cm and almost fully effaced. We were admitted and I texted the family to let the know.

At around 2:45 am my contractions started to get really intense and the family arrived around 3 am. Before I knew it, I started to feel the urge to push and they called in the doctor and our labor our love was born on June 18, 2010 at 4:31 am!

In between contractions (hooked up the a baby-heart beat monitor and contractions monitor) the nurses all commented that they couldn't believe I was smiling for some in labor without an epidural!