Gavin's 1st Full Bath

 Gavin had his first full bath tonight and absolutely loved it! It will definitely become a nightly routine soon! He was so relaxed during the entire bath- until of course he had to get out. Nobody likes it when the fun is over! But then we gave him a nice massage with his new lotion that Grammy got him and he stopped crying immediately! Little man already knows how to live it up! And now he's been sleeping for four hours since! (with a small dinner and snack break of course!) Hopefully this will be the beginning of many a nice, sleepy nights!

Gavin Welchman

Well- it's been awhile since we've posted anything on here- and for good reason- our little guy has arrived! Gavin was born by c-section on September 13th, weighing 8 lbs 14 ozs and measuring 22 inches long! Not quite what the doctors were guessing- but he is here safe and sound and that is all that matters! He has already stolen our hearts and definitely runs the household already!

We just had our first little photo shoot and he slept through most of it. We will be doing another one in a day or so, as I've been quite lazy with the camera! I will post pictures up along the way, but most will be on our Picasa page.

I hear someone calling me- so I better go! Life is good! ;D

Big Weekend

Well, we have had quite the weekend! We found out on Friday that our "little" guy is actually going to be a pretty big guy. Our doctor is worried that his shoulders might be too big to have a normal delivery. So, for his safety and mine, we have decided to have a c-section on Monday. We're going in to the hospital in the late morning to check in and be prepped for surgery. The actual surgery will be at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and hopefully he will be here quite quickly after that!

We were thrown for a loop at first, as we had planned on the traditional birth, with the excitement of not knowing, calling our friends and family to let them know he had arrived, etc. But we are now quite settled in to the idea of this being the best for our son, and we are actually looking forward to a calm afternoon with our little family of 3. Our doctor has been wonderful about everything, and has promised to let John stay with our little guy up in the nursery to be assessed, while I am being stitched back up. And then letting him bring little man back down to the recovery room as soon as possible so they can be with me for the rest of the evening. Hopefully, recovery will go quickly, and we will be in a normal room by that evening, ready for our first night together as a family! Even though we won't be in a room until that night, John will definitely be letting everyone know how everything went, and we'll kind of do a phone tree to spread the word!

We will be posting photos up too, just as soon as we can! You know we'll have thousands by the first night! We love all you guys so much and cannot wait to see you with our new bundle of joy!

Update

Well we went back to the doctors today and got some good news. My blood pressure is back down, although he still wants to keep an eye on it, he said he's not worried about it because of one day. We made an appointment for next Friday (9/10) to see the doc again and have an ultrasound done. He wants to see just how big baby boy is getting and he said possibly go ahead and schedule an induction. Although we're still keeping our fingers crossed that baby boy will be here by then anyway!!! On one of the discussion boards I'm on, a girl told me that pineapple is supposed to hurry things along, so we're going to the grocery tomorrow and I'm going to buy a couple of them! I've been craving fruit anyway! ;D Not that I'm trying to hurry him, but after having his foot in my rib all day and now he is aggressively kicking me in the exact same spot (pretty sure my rib is now bruised!) I'm ready to get this little booger here! We definitely don't need to worry about how strong he is- I think he would beat me arm wrestling!!! We will keep y'all posted on any new happenings! Keep sending us good thoughts! xoxo

Doctor's Appointment

Well, we had our weekly dr.'s appointment today and everything seems to be going along ok. There were a couple of things a little off, but nothing that he said he would worry about yet. We're going to go back tomorrow morning to have my blood pressure rechecked, it was a little high today, so he said he's going to keep an eye on it to see if we need to induce early. But for right now he said we're healthy enough to ride this out to 41 weeks! As far as baby boy goes, he is healthy and happy. His heart rate was good and he's still moving around like a crazy little boy, so no worries there! Nothing has progressed as far as dialating goes, but fingers crossed that will change soon! We will keep you guys up to date as we find out new stuff! Come on baby boy!