4 months...

Yes, its been 4 months since I have blogged. Summer always keeps me busy.

Adam is 5 months old today. At age 5 weeks, he was diagnosed with Reflux and has been on Zantac since. It does stop the pain, although it doesn't stop the amount of spit up and man, does that boy spit up all the time! At 3 months, he was diagnosed with Tortcollis and Plagiocephaly. Torticollis is tightening of the neck muscles and Plagiocephaly is a flat spot resulting from only being able to turn the neck one way. He was fitted with a helmet on July 20th, and although he hated it at first, he seems to be just fine in it now...and it's super cute on him as well!






































He should only have to wear it another 3 months, hopefully less! He started out with one helmet guy, but while he was on vacation, we had an unplanned visit in due to Adam's eczema and really liked the new guy, Ethan, so we switched to him! Here he is with Adam:

















Aside from the helmet, Adam is doing well. Teething at the moment, as all 4 bottom teeth are trying to come thru, but he is doing really well. Not rolling over yet, not even showing and interest, but he is a happy baby most of the time and loves his big sisters to bits! Now if only I could get him over the suck to sleep association and realize that he doesn't need to eat 2 times in the middle of the night anymore....


Victoria is doing well! Nearly 3 1/2 now. Growing like a weed! Wearing size 5/6 clothing and is so super tall. She has such an imagination and talks nonstop. She is the bright spot in any day for me and I just love this child to bits! Her hair is growing long again, but no talk of cutting it yet. Too cute, right?




































Maddy is looking forward to seeing her friends when school starts back up in 4 weeks (where did the summer go?!?!?!) and got 12 inches chopped off her hair earlier this summer. It's adorable and alot easier for her to manage!

Before:



















After:



























Andrew had his first dentist visit last week, when he had a wisdom tooth extracted. It had a hole in it and has been bothering him on and off for 2 years so he finally had it removed! And no more pain YAY!




Aside from all of that, not much going on! Enjoying the last few weeks of summer!

One whole month...

Already! Adam is a month old today! Things are going pretty good. He has some gas issues and some formula tolerance issues (or so they think, they switched him twice) but other than that, he is starting to stay awake for longer periods of time, and has finally started making alot of eye contact and looking around at things. Waiting for that first real smile....

My MIL will be here from Ireland in 2 short weeks. She will be staying a month. We are looking forward to it. I will finally have another adult to have conversations with during the day...when I am not sleeping that is. I will be taking advantage of another adult in the house to watch the children so I can finally get some rest!

Victoria is doing well too. She is getting better about sharing attention with Adam now and is the biggest helper ever.

My Beautiful children:

Happy 3rd Birthday to my baby girl!

I can't believe Victoria turned 3 years old today! The time has flown by so fast and I wish it would just slow down. She is growing up before my very eyes and it's hurting, but leaving me smiling at the same time.

The day she was born:
















1st birthday:




















2nd birthday:

















3rd birthday:

Precious!

That's what he is!

Adam's 2 week well check

Adam had his 2 week well check with his new pediatrician on Friday, March 27th. The doctors were amazed that he is growing so well! They wanted him to be back to his birth weight (7lbs 15.4oz) by the 2 week mark, and he was down to 7lbs 9oz when we were discharged.

Well, Adam is now a healthy 8lbs 11 oz!! And he went from 19 inches long to 20 3/4 inches long (although I am certain they didn't measure him properly in the hospital). He is doing fantastic! The ped also mentioned how great it was that he holds his head up well already!

He gets vaccines at his next well check, which is in 6 weeks.

Keep growing, little man!

A few more pics...

For those of you that follow my blog...here are a few more pics:

Adam has arrived!

Adam Christopher arrived via c-section on Friday, March 13th 2009 at 8:57am. He weighed in at 7lbs 15.4 ounces and was 19 inches long. He has a head full of dark hair and is the spitting image of his daddy, aside from having my mouth. Victoria took right to him. I came home today, and its nice to be home. I am having very little pain, and am only on Motrin. Here is a shot of my little guy!

One week

One week from today and we will be welcoming our little boy!!!!

I seriously CANNOT believe how fast this pregnancy has flown. It seems like yesterday that I was just 6 weeks pregnant!

Had my 38 week check up on Tuesday. Everything looks great! Tested negative for group b strep this time (tested positive with Victoria), have only gained 27 pounds total (gained 55 with Victoria! EEK!) and my blood pressure is great! The baby's heart rate was 141. He is head down, not that it matters much, as I am having a c-section.

I am nervous as heck about the surgery for some reason. And I am nervous yet excited about Victoria's reaction to her brother. She asks to kiss him everyday, and we watch the baby story together, so she gets that babies are in mommy's tummy and then they come out. She talks about Adam and what we will do with him once he is here and she brings it up all on her own. It's really sweet. I think she will be in love instantly and everything will be great, but this is Victoria we are talking about, and obviously I won't really know until he is actually here and we bring him home. I do worry greatly about her reaction to me in the hospital bed. She gets really upset when I just go to the doctor and anyone else touches me. She starts crying, asking "Is momma gonna be okay?"...she is such a little worrier when it comes to mommy. She wouldn't let go of me during my ultrasounds. She kept making sure that her finger was at least on me, asking time and again if I was okay. I feel bad. I really hope that she will be okay when Andrew tries to take her and leave me at the hospital. Victoria has never been away from me for more than an hour or two at a time, and never at night. I have put her to bed, and laid beside her until she falls asleep since the day she was born. I have never missed it, not once. And she has never woken up to anyone but me before either. I do hope she will do okay, but this has me worried too. She is really in a daddy phase right now, and her sister will be here too, so I do hope that helps, but I know when she gets tired or upset or hurt, I am the one she wants.

I think that this pregnancy has flown because of all the worries I have. I wanted it to slow down, but that didn't happen. This last week could drag and I will be absolutely okay with that. In fact, I hope it does. I hope time stands still for a bit, but I have a feeling it won't.

I am excited to meet my son, to see what he looks like, to see Andrew's reaction to a son! And I am excited to give Victoria a full sibling who will be here all the time. BUT, at the same time, I am nervous about having 2 small children to care for, to make sure they get the proper amount of attention, and to make sure I am still able to make time for my husband.

Either way, one week to go!

36 weeks

Everything is going good! I had a prenatal appt Tuesday, so I heard Adam's heartbeat again. They do an internal exam next week to see if anything is going on. Only 3 weeks from tomorrow before I meet my little man! I can't wait!!

35 week belly shot

To me, I haven't changed that much in 2 weeks. And Nevermind that I am wearing the exact same outfit as I was at the 33 week pic. LOL!