hey folks, we've been enjoying our time with little noah and we've been able to capture a few of the different moments we have with him during the day. so, this post will be short on words, but full of pictures. here's how the little monster is doing...
we discovered that he actually likes the mobile over his crib
noah had his first bath this past week. he didn't seem to enjoy being immersed in water (as you can tell), but when he was put on his side he didn't fuss as much. don't worry, these pictures aren't r-rated.
he calmed down after the bath and seemed to actually enjoy being clean
random picture of him in a typical sleeping position. notice how he finds ways to get his arms free...
another spectacular pose while sleeping. we wondered what he was thinking about...
since the weather was finally nice (and warm!) this weekend, we decided to take him for his very first ever walk in the park. here's a pick of the already-asleep noah with mom.
here's dad trying to show noah a video of himself. i don't think he was that interested. (p.s. go bo-sox... go celtics!!!!)
we successfully passed the 2-week mark with little Noah! everyone is still doing fine (albeit somewhat tired). amazingly enough Noah has not only reached his original birth weight, but also gained even more! we've also started noticing that the little guy is starting to get a little bit chubby - and with that the little man seems to be getting some more attitude now. he used to feed pretty well, but now he always wants to stop to be held. haha. i'm not sure mom is going to put up with this much longer. anyways, i have a few moments free and wanted to put up some more updated pictures. i'll let you be the judge on how chubby you think he's become :-)
look who figured out how to suck his thumb!
Noah's version of Zoolander's Blue Steel
maybe he's dreaming of being the future starting quarterback...
Noah is finally napping after a rough night of refusing to eat, so I'm taking a few moments to document his birth. It's already becoming a blur, and I would like to remember to THINK TWICE before I ever consider doing this again!
The weekend before, I had literally put the finishing touches on the baby's room, walked into the bathroom, and discovered I had lost my mucus plug (if you don't know what that is... you don't want to know).
Tuesday rolls around and my doctor insists I go in for a last minute check up for some spotting. Everything looks normal and she sends me home. Wednesday rolls around, I have some more spotting, and they again insist on me going in. This time though, the doctor reports I've progressed to 3 cm, but vaguely tells me I could be like this for another week.
I go home happy that I'm already 3 cm without having to feel any pain, we decide to skip small group to get some rest... and ended up going to BJ's for dinner. I half joke to Terah that this could be my last supper. I had been feeling mildly painful contractions all afternoon, and we gleefully sit at the bar while I eat my cobb salad and Terah times my contractions at 8-10 minutes apart with his ipod. We go home, and this was my state of mind:
Can't you tell I'm so mentally prepared? Midnight hits, and the contractions start hurting a LOT. By 3am, it finally hits me that we're going to the hospital TONIGHT. Terah starts frantically packing the rest of our things, and by the time we leave home at 4am, my contractions were 4 min apart and I was crying out in pain.
Nothing prepares you for the kind of long, hard pain you feel that radiates from your abdomen, down your legs and back, and lasts for what seems like eternity. Walking from the car to the hospital in between contractions was sheer torture, and by the time I was led to a hospital bed, I was leaning on all fours on the bed, 5 cm dilated, and totally losing it.
Thank you modern medicine, I am now officially the number one fan of an epidural. They tell you to wait on getting an epidural with your first baby until you're 5-6 cm because it may slow down labor, but as I was screaming in pain, it occurred to me, why do I care if labor lasts longer, as long as I don't have to feel any more pain?? Brilliant logic. Before Terah could even return from parking the car, I had already told the nurse to get that epidural sucker stuck in my back ASAP.
I doze in bed from 5-7am, and then the nurse reports the shocking news that I had reached 10 cm. Guess the epidural didn't slow down nothing. I had dilated so quickly they had me wait to push until all my antibiotics were administered. At 8:15, I'm ordered to start pushing. In the movies pushing always lasts minutes, but I seemed to have missed the memo that it can actually last HOURS.
At 9:50am Noah arrives! The doctor calmly mentions, "oh he has two necklaces on!" I thought that was a strange comment, until she later tells us he came out with the umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck. It was probably like that for awhile, but didn't seem to bother him in the belly. Hot dang! Way to make a dramatic entrance into the world Noah...
hey everyone. so, we've had Noah home for about four days now and it's been quite an adventure. while someone can explain to you how much your life will change, there's nothing like it until you actually experience it. while we still climb the steep learning curve, we also feel really blessed to have this new roommate living with us. he gives us plenty of photo opportunities and we just couldn't resist posting some more pictures. we hope you enjoy.
rocking the knitted hat gangsta style one of my favorites shots of Noah :-) some photos with daddy and a few with mommy
the women and a little gentleman a few solo shots of the little man in different stages of the day
And here are a couple of videos I took (you can even watch in HD! wow!):
This little bundle of joy arrived 12 days early today! The labor was intense, but both mother and child are doing great. Now he's sleeping like a champion - do all babies sleep like this forever? We wish. :-)
Anyways, as promised, here are more photo highlights from our journey.
taken literally moments after birth look at those pipes. future rock star? or look at that kicking action... maybe a soccer phenom weighing in at a healthy 6 lbs, 6 oz mother and son first family photo! some solo shots of the little chan man sportin' a trendy hat
