Benjamin is 1 Month Old!!

My little baby boy is now one month old! How quickly it goes! He is so precious and he has started to smile randomly and it is so cute. I haven't really been able to get it on camera because it comes and goes so quickly. He is such a strong little boy. Ever since he was born he has been able to move his head around, although it is very floppy. I can't wait until he can hold his head up by himself. He is doing really well. We went to the doctor today and he is developing like he should. Here are his stats:

Weight: 9 lbs. 9 oz. Percentile: 38%
Height: 22 in. Percentile: 62%
Head Circumference: 32.4 cm Percentile: 28%

Benjamin's Doctor Visits

3 Day Check-up

Weight: 6 lbs. 7 oz. Percentile: 11%
Height: 20 in. Percentile: 54%
Head Circumference: 34.8 cm Percentile: 25%

2 Week Check-up

Weight: 7 lbs. 9 oz. Percentile: 17%
Height: 21 in. Percentile: 59%
Head Circumference: 36 cm Percentile: 25%

Little Benjamin Michael

Tuesday,3 March 2009, little Benjamin Michael was born. We were at the hospital at 5:30 AM and got checked in and they got the pitosin started at 7:20 AM. I started having contractions almost as soon as they started, but I didn't feel them for a while. They broke my water a few hours later and soon after that I received an epidural. It seemed like forever until I was dialated to a 10, but it finally did happen. So they called my doctor and let him know and he said to start me pushing. I couldn't really feel anything below my belly button so when they said to push I pushed even though I didn't feel the contraction. I could feel the pressure of the contraction in my ribs so they kept me from being completely helpless. I pushed through three contractions, so about 15 minutes of which I pushed for like one and a half minutes, and then they had me stop because he was crowning and the doctor still wasn't there. So we waited for like 20 to 30 minutes for Dr. Jackson to arrive since Benjamin was doing fine just waiting. Benjamin decided he didn't want to wait though and the contractions alone started pushing him out and we couldn't wait for the doctor. So they told me to push and I barely pushed before he was completely out into this new world where Mommy and Daddy were anxiously waiting to meet him. He is the cutest baby ever! :)

Baby Update

I went for my weekly doctor's appointment on Wednesday and met with my doctor and he said that I am dialated to between 1 1/2 and 2 cm. He also looked at my rash again and it has spread to my arms and my legs, so basically it is over pretty much my whole body. He said that it is a pregnany rash and that it won't go away until the baby comes. It will either stay the same or get worse. At my last appointment we talked about the possibility of being induced if the rash did not go away, so he told me that his advice would be to go ahead and schedule an induction because of the rash since I have started to dialate. We are scheduled to be induced on Tuesday at 6:30AM if our baby has not come by then. My parents will be arriving here tomorrow evening and we will await the coming of our baby.

Our New Barbeque Grill

For Christmas, the Davis' got us a new barbeque grill. Well, they picked one out and gave us a gift card so that we could pick it up in Kansas instead of trying to fit a grill into our suitcases :) So last weekend we finally got it picked up and tonight we put it together and we now have a working grill! Thanks so much, we love it!!!

Crib Bedding Part 1

So today I finished the sheet for the crib. Here are some pictures. The first is a picture of the fabric close up and the second is the finished sheet :)

















Next is the bumper pads!

No More Work!

Friday was my last day of work. I'm excited because I am getting so tired and it also means that I am close to having my cute little baby boy! I'm going to miss teaching the kids though. It was a lot of fun and they were really cute. I'm going to miss the people I worked with as well, but Dana is in my ward and so I will see her lots and Susan lives down the street from me, but I never see her outside. (Maybe that's cuz it's cold). Anyway, I get to now clean up the house and get the baby room ready :) I bought fabric to make our crib bedding, so that is going to be my first project now that I no longer work. I will put up pictures when I get it done because it is super cute material!