much loved visitors!

So, I'm a little late on blogging so going to try and get some done today. Two weekends ago we had some visitors! Randy's mom and grandma came out to see Ender and us. It was an unexpected and much wanted visit. We had a wonderful time. It was great to see them and just to spend some time with them. In our almost four years of marriage we haven't gotten to see much of his family and no one except for his Aunt Nancy got to see Julietta until this past Christmas so we were very excited that they got to meet Ender right away! Also it was great to see Julietta with them and that they got some bonding time with her.
We were able to just hang out a lot. We went to Williamsburg one day and walked around. Other than that we just did a lot of visiting.
Randy and I both are so thankful for the time we got with them, and it makes us want to visit all the more. Hopefully we'll be able to make it out to Colorado at some point but right now that just isn't an option.
Here's some pictures from the weekend :)
Julietta with her beloved Grandma Linda and Grandma Punkie!
4 Generations..... Mom-Daughter.... Mom-Son..... Father-Son
Grandma Linda and Julietta playing out back digging and making flowers!
at Williamsburg!
With a really old guy! Randy is doing the Captain stance!

nursing strike over!

Sooooo, exciting news today. Randy's mom is an angel :) She got Ender to latch on to just me and has been nursing all day. It might be a rough couple days getting him able to get out as much as he was getting in the bottle, and getting my supply up even more, but.... he can do it, and is doing it! I am so exciting and amazed. I seriously thought there was no hope with a month old baby who never did it, but here we are 5 weeks in and he is nursing :) Serious answer to prayer!

One Month Old!

Ender is a month old! I can't believe how fast time flies. 4 weeks before my due date dragged on. That was the longest month, and it just seems ridiculous that it's already been a month since we had him! He is doing great. Yesterday he actually nursed on the shield for 3 feedings. This is crazy since it's been about 3 weeks since I nursed him. However, he's not getting the same amount of food that way. He went about 3 hours and when I checked his diaper he hadn't peeded at all. So, I'm just not sure it's going to work. I might try to meet with a lactation consultant again though since he did go onto the shield. I think the only way it'll work is if I can get him off of the shield. Anyway other than that he's doing great. He eats about 4 ounces every 3 hours. At night he was going from 11 until 5:30 and then 9. However, the past couple days he's backed it up a little bit to 11 until 4:30 and then 8. Maybe growth spurt? Anyhoo, babywise seems to be working great! We are having a bit of colic which I was not prepared for since Julietta NEVER cried! Ender pretty much on cue screams after his 8ish feeding until his 11 one. Not much can calm him down at all. Every other time he's upset me holding him or his binky works, however at night nothing. Sometimes Randy can calm him down by laying him on his chest, but this does not always work, nor is Randy always able to!

I am pretty much healed! I haven't lost any more weight so I'm about to start "dieting". I have about 6 weeks of nutrisystem left that I am going to start next week. I also have starting doing my walking workout video since I'm not supposed to work out yet, I don't want to do anything more strenuous than that. However, I think I would like to order P90X and really get in shape. I want to be thin obviously but I really want some muscle tone back. But other than that, my incision is completely healed. I still am a little sore if you push on my stomach but not bad. However, the bad news is my pelvic pain has not gone away. It went away right after and was amazing. However, I had a night where I went to the ER because I started bleeding bad again and every since that doctor "examined" me I've had pelvic pain again. So, I need to talk to the doc about that.

Julietta is doing amazing. She loves Ender so much! We have enrolled her into Awana. I have posted a pic below of her in her uniform! When I picked her up last night from Awana I had left Ender home with Randy and she broke down in the car and was so sad he wasn't there with her. I am thankful that she is so attached to him! She loves to be around kids and just thrives in that environment. She loves going to a "class." I go to my church every Tuesday for something called mom2mom. It's sort of like our church's version of mops except it's not just for preschool moms. I have loved getting to know some women in our church and also just getting out. Julietta loves it too because she goes to kid2kid and has a ball!

Randy and I have enjoyed our church more and more each sunday. We keep meeting people and this past Tuesday we attended a small group. It's just nice to get around nice christian couples. We were sad that our close friends that lived down the street moved this past week. That has been a sore topic for Julietta too since those were her friends. The other night she asked again to go over there and I had to remind her that they moved, and she goes "but I love them!" Randy's Grandmother and Mother are coming today! I am so excited that they get to meet Ender and we get to see them again! I feel spoiled that we will get to see Randy's Mom 3 times in one year. We did not get to see her or any of the family for the first 3 years of our marriage so this is a blessing. I will post more on that visit and some photos but for now here is a one month picture!

doc appointment

well today i had ender's "2 week" appointment which might as well be 3. but he weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces! he was also 22 inches long. so he's a growing boy. he's in the 75% for weight and 90% for height. go buddy :)
then julietta weighed 29 pounds and was 37 inches. she's in the 30% for weight and in about the 50 or 60% for height. which is what she's always been so that's great.
so my kids are growing great!!!!!!!

2 weeks old!

me and buddy man at 2 weeks old :)

wearing his outfit from baby gap :)

Hard to believe that he's 2 weeks old today. He's doing wonderful. Still only eating from the bottle, but eating and sleeping like a champ. That's all that we can ask for is a healthy baby boy!

ender update #2

So, it's been a rough couple days. We've been pumping Ender full of formula and extra breastmilk all weekend. So feedings were taking about an hour if not more. Then all of a sudden yesterday he decided that he didn't like nursing. We could not get him latched on at all. So I spent a lot of this past weekend in tears and just so frustrated and worn out. So we gave him a bottle after about an hour and a half trying to get him latched on and he downed it. So for the moment I have given in and have been just pumping to give him my milk in a bottle.
I will meet with a lactation consultant this week and see if we can ever get him back on me. But, I just can't be stressing like I was. I could not deal with it with dealing with Julietta too. I haven't cried in 24 hours and feeding times have been great! Ender has been so happy too. Last night I fed him at 10:30 ; 3:30; and then at 8:00. I got a ton of sleep, so today has been great.
We took him to the hospital to get weighed and...... he was 7 pounds 4.6 ounces :) YAY!!!!!!! I wish I had my camera while we were at the hospital because when we put him on the scale he was hilarious. He stayed asleep and just propped his leg up on the side for all to see and was just the chillest of babies!
We then went to target, and Julietta LOVED hanging out in our double stroller with Ender!
On the other note I'm down 20 pounds! I have 10 more until pre-pregnancy weight and then I'll have about 30 that I want to lose before next June!
I will post some more pictures I promise!

ender update

So Ender is 5 days old today. He is doing pretty good. We had a doctors appointment this morning and he is down to 7 pounds. He has lost 9% of his weight. So the doc is a little concerned and we have to go back in on Friday and check it out again. Mom left today so we shall see how we do without her! I'm not as worried because Julietta lost over a pound and then gained it slowly. I'm just praying that everything goes well and he's gained a little bit by Friday. My milk is in and he's doing really good with feeding. We are having some issues getting him latched on at first but Randy has a hang on getting him to latch.
The first two nights at home were rough. He wanted to stay up all night. One night he was up from 12 until around 4 am.
Randy has been WONDERFUL! He has been up with me at every feeding and helping. He's straight worn out so I'm waiting for him to just pass out. We've come to realize that God gives women something extra to get them through this time! Thank God that was have husbands now who will help :)
Julietta loves being a big sister. She wants to look at him all the time and help out. She is a little more sensitive to being told no. I'm hoping that it passes.
I am feeling pretty good. Randy thinks I'm pushing it a little too much, so I'm going to try and take it pretty easy. However, again I feel pretty great. I haven't even taken my percocet today.
Anyway, I will upload some more photos later :)