Merry First Christmas Noah!

Our first Christmas as a family was a great but busy one. On Christmas day my mom's family all came over (all 18 of us). We opened gifts, played our gift game where you steal and ate lots of food. Noah was a little fussy cause I think I over dressed him, opps. First time mom mistake. Then on Boxing Day we went out for lunch with my dad's family and came back to our house for dessert and the gift game. Noah was as good as gold. No over dressing for him that day.
Then it was Phil's birthday on the 28th. My family came over for dinner and cake. You are probably wondering where his family was since it was PHIL'S birthday. We celebrate his niece, brother and his birthdays all in Jan. So we will be doing that later on. It was a very busy holiday season. To top it off my poor baby boy is sick. He has a cold. He seems to be getting over it pretty fast. It was funny (i can laugh now at it but at the time it happened i wasn't too happy, lol), he kept waking up every 1/2 hour to be held and cuddled cause he wasn't feeling well. So finally at 5:30am he got up to eat. Instead of going back to bed he decided he wanted to laugh his head off at me and talk up a storm. He was so loud that he woke Phil up who was sleeping upstairs. And let me tell you, Phil is a SOUND sleeper, lol. I was "Noah, now is not the time". lol. It was too cute. I just have to keep an eye on him that he doesn't get a fever. Other than that that is about all that is new here. We hope everyone had a great holiday season and a happy new year! We are doing nothing!!! Enjoying it as a family.

Baby's First Needles

Last night Noah had to go to the dr. for his first set of needles (immunizations). Everything was going smoothly. He was getting weighed in (a whopping 12 lbs, 1 oz, he's my little piggy boy) and is 22.5 inches long. He gained 2.5 lbs and grew an inch since last time which was a month ago. The dr. poked and proded him and then it was time. He went to get the dreaded needles. I was totally fine with it. Phil who hates needles left.
Noah of course cried both pricks. Then I picked him up when all was said and done. He wimpered for a bit. Then we went to check if grandpa was at the dr. yet. Grandpa put the poor little guy to sleep. It was so cute.
When we got home, Noah was fine. Just a little clingy and wanted to be held all the time. I went off to bed and left Phil and Noah downstairs.
I fell asleep but then all of a sudden was awoken by Noah screaming/crying at the top of his lungs. It was a cry I had never heard before. After a while I went downstairs to see if I could help. Phil said he was sleeping in his swing when all of a sudden he was turning his head side to side and started screaming. Poor little guy. We have no idea what was the matter with him. We think he was dreaming or it was an after effect of the needle? Any suggestions or ideas about what was wrong? I had to change his diaper and he freaked out and was shaking, that's how bad he was crying/screaming. Then the little guy fell asleep in my arms. I went back to bed and he was fine for the rest of the night. He usually eats every 3 hours on the button with occasionally waiting 4 or 5 hours once a day. Last night he went from 10pm until 4am without waking up or eating (minus his little freak out at 11pm). Of course you would think I slept cause he didn't wake up for his 2:30am feeding, but I didn't cause I kept wondering "when is he going to eat". Maybe (fingers crossed) this is a sign he will go longer at night without eating.

Today my little guy is happy as anything (his normal self again). Last night wasn't too bad but I don't like having to go through it every two months for his needles. Oh well, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Baby's First Christmas

Noah is now 9 weeks old, almost 10. Shortly he will experiance his first Christmas. Everyone is very excited for this! We took a picture the other day of him to send out as our Christmas card. First time we are doing this, lol.
Noah is growing more and more every day. He is so much more aware of his surroundings and loves to smile. We play all day long in between naps. He is mommy's happy little baby.
Phil and I went out for the first time (besides leaving him with my mom to go shopping) without him on saturday. My cousin had a 30th birthday party. Phil's brother and sister-in-law came to babysit. I was sooooo worried all week long that he was going to be a good boy for them. As far as I know he was.
I can't wait until Christmas. I know he isn't old enough to understand, but it is still very exciting. We still have to go visit Santa. I should do it very soon.
On a side note, Noah will be going into his crib very soon. He is getting too big for the basinette. I'm a little nervous/anxious about it but will get over it as I know he has to do it sooner than later.

6 Weeks Old today!

Baby Noah is 6 weeks old today. So far so good (knocking on wood). He is growing so fast. Sometimes it feels like he's been on this earth for ever, not just 6 weeks. And I must say he gets cuter and cuter as each day passes.
What do we do to pass our days? Lately since the weather has been nice we go for walks. He loves his walks and being out doors. Lets hope this continues into his toddler and preschool years.
I think back to when we were kids. We played hockey and basketball all night long (or at least until the street lights came on lol). I hope Noah gets to experience the same as Tom and I. Some of our fondest memories are going to fall fairs, playing sports, going to the zoo, etc.
I only hope Noah and his future siblings enjoy their childhood as much as we did.

Life with a newborn

It's an adjustment that's for sure. Noah has been a good baby so far. He sure lets you know what he wants. He is getting so big and he is only 3.5 weeks old. He eats ALL the time, lol. Takes after his daddy. We've had some good nights and some not so good nights. The not so good nights are only because he decides to stay awake and not sleep. He only cries at night when he is hungry, which I can handle and at least he doesn't cry for the sake of crying. You know what I mean? This is a short blog cause all Noah does is eat, sleep and poo. Not in that order per se. ha ha ha.

Introducing Noah Thomas

After a long grueling 9 months, Noah Thomas finally made his apperance on Sept. 30th, 2010 at 23:23pm. He was born one week early and had no intenstions on leaving his warm home. I was induced due to blood pressure. However, I knew that when I got to the hospital that morning, my blood pressure would be normal. Sure enough, it was normal. biggest fear? being sent home to wait it out. Thankfully they went ahead with the induction.
My day began at 6:30am that day as i had to get ready and then call the hospital to see if they were ready for me. After I got off the phone with them, someone rang the door bell, at 6:50am. Phil and I were "who the hell is that at this hour?" ha ha ha. He thought it was Tom, I thought it was the police. I opened the door, to Jackie standing there. My first intital thought, "aren't you in Thailand?" I was utterally shocked I didn't know what to say or do. I was "what are you doing here, shouldn't you be in Thailand"? Jack, "no you are having a baby today". WOW!! Now if that's not friendship, I don't know what is. Everyone asked Jack if she was here for any other reason and she answered, "nope, just here for the baby's birth". WOW! I am so appreciative of her and her surprising me and wanting to be here for us and for our new son, Noah. I will definately make sure he is reminded all the time about the day Aunt Jackie came all the way across the world just for him. He (and me) are very lucky to have someone like that in our lives. Thanks soooo very much Jackie. We will never forget what you did for us.
The birth part was hectic. I laboured for 8 hours, got to 10cm, pushed for 1.5 hours and Noah decided he wouldn't fit, so off to the OR I went to have a c-section. Which I might add I would take over labour any day. The recovery from that wasn't that bad for me. The nurses even kept coming in trying to give me pain meds but i was "i don't feel any pain".
It was a very interesting day that's for sure. But I am soooo happy I finally got to meet my baby boy and am very happy. Phil has been great throught the whole thing also. He comes home and holds Noah until they go to bed. The love in his eyes towards his son is heart melting. He already has told me he wants another. lol. Keep viewing/reading for updates on Noah and how we are getting along with life with baby.
Again, Thanks jack for being here for us. We hate to see you go! Hurry home soon.

4 more weeks, I'm done right now lol

Well went to the dr. today. I have 4 more weeks to go which means i will be seeing dr every week. my dr does surgeries on thurs so when i saw him today i told him "i'll be seeing you tomorrow" at first he didn't get my joke and was "oh ya, ok" then when i said "do you have any openings for tomorrow?" he got it. lol. Then when i left i told him "don't forget, i'll see you tomorrow, oh ok, maybe next thurs" and he said "you want the lungs to develop a little bit more" then he said "be careful what you wish for" regarding wanting a c-section. I am so done being pregnant. To be honest, i haven't even had a bad pregnancy. No unusal pains but i hate having all these pains between the legs and lower abs. Yes I know that doesn't make sense but I'm saying I have had any complications (knock on wood). It's just so uncomfortable. It's more nerve racking being pregnant than anything. You worry about EVERYTHING when pregnant. Any time you go to the bathroom and check the toilet paper, you pray and wish for no spotting. then when time gets closer to your due date you worry about your water breaking and how you will know. My aunt said, "your underware will be wet" to which I answered "my underware is always wet" ha ha ha. I told my dr. about this wet problem and he says "it's normal" cause every time i tell him something he goes, "that's normal" ha ha ha. ok.
Phil is going to be a mess these next 4 or so weeks. I lost part of my plug (Jack, that is the plug that plugs your cervix and when it expells from you, you can have baby in 24 hours or 4 weeks from now). Told the dr about the plug thing, "that's normal". ok, just wanted to let you know lol. I also told him about some other stuff that i won't go into cause it's gross ha ha ha. And he said "your cervix is starting to open". YES!!!!!!!!!! Next visit i'm sure he'll look to see how much it has opened. It's so cool how my dr. grabs the head with both hands. I wonder how big he is. This time his head is "engaged" into my pelvis which is great news. It means he is ready. In other terms, the baby has "dropped".
We've decided on a name. Noah. Now for the middle name. We can't agree on that. Quelle surpirse. I think I better start packing so I'm ready to go.