Happily tired.

Well, I was considering not updating this site any longer, as I'm not really sure if anyone reads it, but then I thought even if nobody reads it... I still enjoy writing down my thoughts and in general I just like the idea of keeping a journal of August's first year of life. So, I'm going to continue to update this thing, even if nobody reads. I'm sure one day August will appreciate it.

I wanted to share or at least note August's birth story. So here are the details, some of it may be too much information, so read with caution:

Anyway - on Monday 7.6.09, around 5:30 a.m. I woke up and used the bathroom... didn't think much about it and it was still dark in the house so I really couldn't tell if I had any problems at that point. And by that I mean, I couldn't tell at that point that I was bleeding.

So, around 6:45 Chris got up and got into the shower. I went to use the restroom again... at that point, I saw that pajamas were stained with blood. Panic set in (as you can imagine). I went to tell Chris that we needed to get to the emergency room... he got out of the shower and dressed as quickly as possible. He was so worried.

We headed to OPRMC and went up to L&D (as an FYI - their emergency room is so freaking confusing and they weren't helpful - they didn't even get me a wheelchair at first!). Once we made it up to L&D they hooked me up to the monitors and got all my information. To my amazement, I was actually having contractions at about 2 minutes apart and didn't know it. The longer we sat there, the stronger the contractions got.

So, they decided to monitor me, fill me with fluids to see if the contractions would stop. After about 30 minutes... it was decided that Baby Reeves would make his appearance that day. We waited about another 30 mins. to get everything set up and also gave time for my OB to arrive - so he could do the c-section procedure. August arrived at 9:04 a.m. on Monday weighing in at 6 pounds 3.7 oz., 17 1/2 inches long. Healthy and crying!

He lost about 10% of his birth weight prior to us going home. Everyone seemed confident that he would gain the weight back soon. Everyone was right - we weighed him today and he's just a little over 6 pounds.

I can't believe how much he has changed already. He's starting to control his head a bit more and he keeps his eyes open longer and seems to be tracking things in the room.

We visited the pediatrician the first time this week also. She checked him over and said he was beautiful (of course!). No shots this time, just a basic look over. We have to go back again on Monday for a weight check and then we go back for our first round of shots in 2 months. I'm dreading that appointment. I told Chris he's going to come to that one, because I can not stand the thought of my sweet pea getting stuck with a needle!

So, the one thing I'm really having problems with is the night time. He sleeps too much during the day and isn't sleeping well at night. So, I've bought several books and I'm bound and determined to get this under control. This may mean a night worth of crying (or maybe several nights), but in the end I hope we can finally get a few un-interrupted hours of sleep.

We had our pictures taken this week - I'm including a few from the session within this post. Josh Solar took the pictures and there are so many good pictures from the session that I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to narrow it down for a sensible purchase!