We have been quite busy lately! Ethan is now 5 months old and growing soo big! He si now 20 pounds! He is rolling now and is VERY strong. He is eating all kinds of food now. His favorites are Sweet Potatoes and Carrots! In another few weeks we will start to give hm some cheerios and more solid table foods! he's growing up so fast!
Brooke is now Potty trained! YAY! Finally! she was rewarded for her hard work with a Little Mommy doll that also goes on the potty! She worked very hard and mommy and daddy are soooo proud!

We hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!!!!

It's been a while! Ethan is 4 months old now!

It has been a while since I posted a blog so I thought I'd update if I still have any readers left! Ethan is now 4 1/2 months old! He is getting soo big. At his 4 month well Check he weighed in at 18 lbs and was in the 80th percentile for weight and he is 26 inches long! Last Thursday he started to roll over for the first time! He is growing up so fast! Brooke is doing well as a big sister! she is such a big helper. We are still working on potty training. We are getting closer. Potty training Brooke has been the most challenging thing I am have done since becoming a mom.

Hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving and I will try to update again soon!

It's been a while

Hello!

Well I haven't updated this since little man was born but HE'S HERE!!! Ethan was born 7-7-08 weighing 7lbs. 7oz and 20 1/2 inches long. He came into the world via c-section and everything went great.

I can't believe in 2 days he will be 2 months old. He is starting to roll onto his side and is showing us his beautiful smile! In his short life he has been traveling quite a but. He has made 3 trips to Erie and 1 trip to Pittsburgh. He is doing great joining in on our crazy life!

Ethan is growing very fast and is really strong. As of 2 weeks ago he was about 13 lbs. He is quickly passing his sisters size at the same age. Brooke was 14 pounds at 4 months of age! I guess we do have a little football player! :) I will try to stay a little more updated!

What a week

Well, it's been quite a rollarcoaster ride this week! I have had very very strong Braxton Hicks contractions for quite some time now. On Thursday I noticed they were coming 5 minutes apart! After timing them for a few hours Chuck and I thought it would be safer to go get checked. We went to the hospital straight to labor and delivery. Once I was hooked up to the monitors my contractions were 3 minutes apart.
The Drs. started asking me if I was going in for anoother c-section or how I was going to deliver. I looked at Chuck and said OH MY he's coming!!! They checked me and I am 2 cm dilated. With my contractions they way they were it would have only been a matter of time. They called my OBGYN and ran some tests. They did an ultrasound and then the Drs. came back on the room and stabbed me with a giant needle. They were stopping my labor. Little mans lungs are not fully developed and if he would have been born he would have gone right to the NICU so we wanted it stopped if at all possible.. The medicine worked great. My contractions stopped within minutes but the side effects were more than miserable. It caused a rapid heartbeat and pretty bad shaking. I had the choice if I wanted to stay over night or go home. I came home. I was on strict orders to sit and do NOTHING. Last night my contractions started again and we went back to the hospital within an hour. Good news is I had no more dilating, mostly because we caught it so early. I now have to take this medicine 3 times a day for the next week. after that everything should be A-OK for little mans arrival! :)

35 1/2 weeks

Only a little over a month to go! I am having an ultrasound on June 23rd (my birthday eh-hmm) followed by an exam appt. We are going to determine the size of little man and also see if I have progressed toward labor or not. If he is too large or I am not showing any signs of dilating or effacing I will go ahead and schedule the c-section. I have already chosen the potential date. As much as I would like to do it sooner than later. I chose later. July 7th as so I can watch fireworks with Brookie! Also July 3rd is my 4th Wedding anniversary and I really don't want to be in the hospital or recovering on those dates.. BUT you never know. I COULD go into labor all on my own really anytime in the next few weeks. If I do we won't have to worry about any of that! In about a week and a half there is no worries about any delvelopment. His lungs will be complete and he will be considered full term! I will keep you all posted!

OH!!! and we chose a name!!!! hmm... should I tell ya OR keep it a secret?? I guess I'll see who all is reading this and really wants to know!!!!! :)

34 weeks!

Only 6 weeks to go!! We are in the home stretch! At my next appt. the Dr. is going to schedule an ultrasound. We are going to check the size of "little man". to determine the best course of delivery. As most of you know. I ended up having a c-section with Brooke (after 32 hours of labor). I wanted to try a VBAC (Vaginal birth after Cesarian) this time. There are some risks involved in that but checking things out will help determine if I am a good candidate for the VBAC. One thing they don't want it little man to be any bigger than Brooke. She was only 7lbs on the nose. If he gets bigger than that they want me to just schedule the cesarian. SOOO I am hoping for good news when we have the ultrasound. I will let you know!

This past weekend we took Brooke to her first Pittsburgh Pirate game! she had a blast!

32 weeks

Right now I am 32 1/2 weeks along! Things are going well. I started organizing "little mans" bedroom this week! We got Brooke into her Big girl bed so we moved the crib into the other bedroom. Brooke is doing very well in her bed! Naptime has been a battle but nighttime has been going very smooth. I am feeling pretty good. My varicose veins are still bothersome but they will be until delivery. My Iron levels are still coming back a little low, but I am still taking those vitamins!!! Little man is very strong! His kicks are starting to hurt a bit, but that is good! I want him to be big, strong and healthy!! Hopfully one of these blogs will be the name we have chosen. but for now he's still little man.