Jul 9, 2011
Night Out
Billy and I were able to have our first night out without our little Peanut thanks to her Aunt Leslie and Uncle Steven. It was my friend Lesley's wedding in La Jolla so we dropped Journee off on our way to the wedding and were able to enjoy ourselves for a few hours.... well sort of! You know that feeling you get when you leave to go somewhere and you're sure you forgot something??? Well, that was the feeling I had all night long! It was definitely strange to not have her with us, but we knew she was in good hands so that definitely put us at ease.
Jul 7, 2011
Where Has the Time Gone??
We cannot believe that our little princess is already 6 weeks old! Where has the time gone? I feel like I was just pregnant yesterday!
We have faced some little challenges in the past weeks, but we are all doing great! I developed an umbilical hernia during pregnancy (I'm wondering if there was anything I did NOT experience with this pregnancy??!!) that I had to have surgery on a week ago. The recovery was a little tricky with a newborn, but Billy and my mom picked up the slack for me and were both wonderful caretakers for Journee. Aside from that, we are still trying to get the little Miss to put some chunk on her body. The biggest challenge thus far has been making sure she is eating enough and gaining the proper amount of weight. I have little chats with her and tell her that it's rare that you'll be told to put on weight so she needs to live it up and take advantage of this!
We see the doctor pretty regularly now just to make sure she is keeping that chunk on her body. Perhaps Journee got so accustomed to going to the doctor's offices while she was in my belly that she figured we should just continue that ritual!.... but that is NOT our plan so we are hoping to break that trend very soon! She did have an upper GI this week and fortunately the results showed that she doesn't have a blockage of any sort. It did show that she has reflux so she now gets rice cereal added to her milk to help with this.
Each day is a new adventure with Journee Rose and it's so fun to see how much she changes from one week to the next!
3 weeks old
4 weeks old
5 weeks old
6 weeks old
Tummy time
We have faced some little challenges in the past weeks, but we are all doing great! I developed an umbilical hernia during pregnancy (I'm wondering if there was anything I did NOT experience with this pregnancy??!!) that I had to have surgery on a week ago. The recovery was a little tricky with a newborn, but Billy and my mom picked up the slack for me and were both wonderful caretakers for Journee. Aside from that, we are still trying to get the little Miss to put some chunk on her body. The biggest challenge thus far has been making sure she is eating enough and gaining the proper amount of weight. I have little chats with her and tell her that it's rare that you'll be told to put on weight so she needs to live it up and take advantage of this!
We see the doctor pretty regularly now just to make sure she is keeping that chunk on her body. Perhaps Journee got so accustomed to going to the doctor's offices while she was in my belly that she figured we should just continue that ritual!.... but that is NOT our plan so we are hoping to break that trend very soon! She did have an upper GI this week and fortunately the results showed that she doesn't have a blockage of any sort. It did show that she has reflux so she now gets rice cereal added to her milk to help with this.
Each day is a new adventure with Journee Rose and it's so fun to see how much she changes from one week to the next!
Jul 4, 2011
Jun 26, 2011
Happy Father's Day!
I think Journee Rose has stolen Billy's heart and she definitely loves her Daddy so much already too! Billy got to experience his first Father's Day this month and we went out for sushi to celebrate.
Jun 14, 2011
Future Supermodel?
Everyone always points out how long Journee's legs are so we thought perhaps she'll have a potential modeling career in her future.
Our friend came over to do Journee's first official photo shoot to mark 15 days old. If this photo shoot is any indication of whether or not she'll be a model, we are pretty certain it is NOT going to happen. Our friend was at our house for close to 3 hours and Miss Journee Rose literally cried from start to finish! Somehow though, she was still able to capture a few beautiful pictures of our baby girl.
Very long legs!
We had to include this one since she pretty much cried from start to finish!
Our friend came over to do Journee's first official photo shoot to mark 15 days old. If this photo shoot is any indication of whether or not she'll be a model, we are pretty certain it is NOT going to happen. Our friend was at our house for close to 3 hours and Miss Journee Rose literally cried from start to finish! Somehow though, she was still able to capture a few beautiful pictures of our baby girl.
Jun 3, 2011
Welcome To The World!
After a long and difficult journey, Miss Journee Rose decided to enter the world on May 26, 2011. We are so happy that she did decide to wait to make her arrival, but we were also beginning to get worried that she was becoming a little TOO comfy in there and was never going to make her way out!
A little recap of my labor is as follows.... My water broke at about 1:30 in the morning so I called Billy at work to let him know but told him to go back to sleep and I'd call in a couple hours to let him know when he should head home... I recalled reading that if you are full term and your water breaks, you don't need to rush to the hospital until contractions begin so I thought I'd go along with that so I would not have to spend extra unnecessary hours in the hospital..... oh and by the way, as I'm sure anyone can guess, Billy did not go back to sleep!
My contractions started shortly after so I called Billy back and told him to head home. We got to the hospital around 6:30 and by then my contractions were in full swing. I always imagined contractions to be painful but never in my wildest dreams did I ever think they'd be that unbearable! I promptly requested my epidural (although it took about an hour to actually get it) and within the first couple hours we were there, I was told that I was ready to push and they anticipated an easy labor with probably only about 3 pushes as the nurse repeatedly told us.
I wish that were the case but I think she confused 3 "pushes" with 3 "hours"!!!!
By the end of the 3 hours, the doctor gave us the option of either trying the vacuum (which he urged us to do) or to do a C-section. We opted for the vacuum and that did the trick. Miss Journee finally came out at 2:56 P.M. and we could not be more thrilled (and exhausted)!
We are so happy to have her here and it was worth the early bedrest, all the trips to the hospital and doctor's offices, etc. in order to get her here safely. I am amazed at how in love we are with this little thing... we can literally just stare at her and hold her all day long.
We look forward to our "journey" ahead with little Miss Journee!
A couple hours after she was born
1 day old and going home!
3 days old
She loves spending time with her daddy
Daddy's little girl!
Got one with the eyes open
Hunter and Jade are very protective of their little sis
So in love with my little girl!
A little recap of my labor is as follows.... My water broke at about 1:30 in the morning so I called Billy at work to let him know but told him to go back to sleep and I'd call in a couple hours to let him know when he should head home... I recalled reading that if you are full term and your water breaks, you don't need to rush to the hospital until contractions begin so I thought I'd go along with that so I would not have to spend extra unnecessary hours in the hospital..... oh and by the way, as I'm sure anyone can guess, Billy did not go back to sleep!
My contractions started shortly after so I called Billy back and told him to head home. We got to the hospital around 6:30 and by then my contractions were in full swing. I always imagined contractions to be painful but never in my wildest dreams did I ever think they'd be that unbearable! I promptly requested my epidural (although it took about an hour to actually get it) and within the first couple hours we were there, I was told that I was ready to push and they anticipated an easy labor with probably only about 3 pushes as the nurse repeatedly told us.
I wish that were the case but I think she confused 3 "pushes" with 3 "hours"!!!!
By the end of the 3 hours, the doctor gave us the option of either trying the vacuum (which he urged us to do) or to do a C-section. We opted for the vacuum and that did the trick. Miss Journee finally came out at 2:56 P.M. and we could not be more thrilled (and exhausted)!
We are so happy to have her here and it was worth the early bedrest, all the trips to the hospital and doctor's offices, etc. in order to get her here safely. I am amazed at how in love we are with this little thing... we can literally just stare at her and hold her all day long.
We look forward to our "journey" ahead with little Miss Journee!
May 15, 2011
The Final Countdown....
Friday marked the beginning of my 36th week of pregnancy. We never thought we'd make it this far with all the scares Miss Journee has given us along the way. So we are now on the downhill slide and just wondering when she'll make her debut.
We got a taste of what it will be like when the real deal happens... after completing my weekly non stress test last Wednesday, the nurses excitedly told me I needed to head over to labor and delivery because I was not only having crazy contractions, but I was told I was dilated to a 3 as well (although honestly I really did not know what that meant). I was filled with some anxiety because Billy was at a busier station that particular day and he happened to be on a fire as well. But I was ready for her if that was going to be her special day.
When I arrived at labor and delivery, they hooked me up to the same machines but also hydrated me with IV fluids to see if my contractions would slow down a bit (since I was still considered pre term). After spending several hours there, I was then released by the midwife but she also said she wouldn't be surprised if she saw me back later that night. Well that prompted some further nervousness for Billy and me and he decided it was best to leave work so he would be home in the event it was the "real thing".
Well, 4 days later, here we are.... still waiting! I suppose we can chalk that day up as a "practice run" for the real thing. Although my hospital bag has been packed for weeks, there are a few items that would need to be added at the last moment so we made sure everything was ready to go and then went to sleep. Actually it was attempted sleep... not sure why I thought I would be able to sleep when in the back of my head I was wondering when we'd be heading back to the hospital! So it was in fact a sleepless night for both Billy and me.
We are on the final countdown...26 days left until the original due date, but we sure are hoping it will happen sooner rather than later. We think May would be a great month for her birthday!
We got a taste of what it will be like when the real deal happens... after completing my weekly non stress test last Wednesday, the nurses excitedly told me I needed to head over to labor and delivery because I was not only having crazy contractions, but I was told I was dilated to a 3 as well (although honestly I really did not know what that meant). I was filled with some anxiety because Billy was at a busier station that particular day and he happened to be on a fire as well. But I was ready for her if that was going to be her special day.
When I arrived at labor and delivery, they hooked me up to the same machines but also hydrated me with IV fluids to see if my contractions would slow down a bit (since I was still considered pre term). After spending several hours there, I was then released by the midwife but she also said she wouldn't be surprised if she saw me back later that night. Well that prompted some further nervousness for Billy and me and he decided it was best to leave work so he would be home in the event it was the "real thing".
Well, 4 days later, here we are.... still waiting! I suppose we can chalk that day up as a "practice run" for the real thing. Although my hospital bag has been packed for weeks, there are a few items that would need to be added at the last moment so we made sure everything was ready to go and then went to sleep. Actually it was attempted sleep... not sure why I thought I would be able to sleep when in the back of my head I was wondering when we'd be heading back to the hospital! So it was in fact a sleepless night for both Billy and me.
We are on the final countdown...26 days left until the original due date, but we sure are hoping it will happen sooner rather than later. We think May would be a great month for her birthday!
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