4 months

If nothing else, I want to keep posting each month so I will have a record of what is happening to you.

You turned four months old on Monday, April 16, 2012. Your Nana T and Aunt JCC took you to daycare before Nana T went home.

You had your appointment on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, and your stats are:

Weight: 20 pounds even!
Length: 25 1/4 inches

You got one shot and took it like a champ!

So far, you like:

Green beans
Avocado
Bananas
Rice Cereal
Oatmeal

I'm really going to do this

Your birth story

We had known for quite a while that you were measuring big, my sweet Oliver. On Thursday, December 8, 2011, your Aunt JCC and I were having lunch when my doctor's office called and said would we like to have a baby on Friday, December 16th? I was so excited, I couldn't even stand it!

Your Nana T flew in on Sunday afternoon and we got all prepared for your big arrival. Friday, December 16th your daddy and I drove to the hospital and got all checked in. You came into the world screaming your head off at 12:41, weighing 10 lbs 4 oz. You had so many people in the waiting room just ready to see you for the first time...Nana T, Aunt JCC, the General, Pops and even your Great Aunt Lucille and Uncle Boney drove all the way up from Georgetown (they never leave Georgetown!!!)

We spent three days at Baptist and came home to Dewey being really scared of you. Those first few days were very tiring, to say the least. You didn't want to sleep anywhere but your swing. Your daddy crashed into the closet and mama scared Aunt JCC so bad while she was holding you that she jumped almost out of her chair!


You managed to get sick pretty early on (you were sick on Christmas day) and we finally took you to the ER on the 29th and found out you had RSV. Boy, mama and daddy were SO scared something would happen to you.


You are all better now and we can't wait for what the future holds!

An update

I did it again. I read so many blogs and yet I cannot keep up with one of my own. I would love to have people reading about me and my life. It would be so great if that were to happen.

Where to start? Goodness...

Oliver Hugo Nick was born on Friday, December 16, 2011, at 12:41 p.m.


So many things to say, so little time. I will post another time when I can actually get my thoughts out.

Not that I'll keep up with this thing

I am so slack. I had dreams and high hopes of having a chronicle of my pregnancy thus far and yet I've posted nothing since June!!

I'm 31w5d at this point and I'm having a boy. This has been the craziest journey I've ever been on and I honestly cannot wait to meet the new man in my life.

I feel like it's better late than never and I'll be attempting to post more in the very near future. It sure would be nice to connect with other people out there who can relate to what I'm going through/been through!

Scared

So today is the day of many days, I guess. I have my first real appointment with the OB at 3:15 and I'm so unbelievably scared. I can't stop thinking about the what ifs . What if BJ didn't make it? What if something happens? This is getting to the point where I'm starting to feel like I may need to start seeing someone because I know this isn't healthy at all. I am not much of a prayer but today I pray. A lot. That we hear a heartbeat. And we get to see little one. I am starting to really freak out.

Our first children

So this is Dewey and Gertrude. I got Dewey before I even met Josh, when this sad little emaciated dog was wandering the parking lot at work. He soon became my confidante and eventually Josh's best buddy (at least that's how they appear whenever you see them together). Dewey is hands down the best dog anyone could ever ask for and I cannot imagine life without him.
He's been through puppy classes, learning that cats aren't chew toys and the eventual adoption of his little sister/girlfriend/wife/foe, Gertrude. To say that Gertrude has been a challenge is really being nice. She has her moments of total cuteness and she's finally coming around but, to put it nicely, she's stupid. Flat out stupid. She's almost as big as Dewey but has yet to grasp that she can jump on the bed herself (she's 7 months old!!!). Instead, we either have to watch her struggle to get on the bed or grab her by the ears and help. Also, we're still shaky on saying she's housebroken. But, we love her just the same. Well, after months and months of threatening to get rid of her. I guess I'm starting to wonder how these little guys are going to adjust to life with a new baby. Personally I'd like to believe they will be angels and everything will go smoothly. I have no doubt whatsoever that they will never attack or feel threatened by a new baby. Rather, I'm worried baby will get too much loving from them. Also, why is Dewey so standoffish from me lately??? He was really needy and protective of me, even before I found out I'm pregnant. Now he's finally starting to come around to me again, after almost a week of sleeping on the floor.

I need some suggestions on how to make this transition easy. There is absolutely no question that these dogs will forever be a part of baby's life, no matter what. We will all have to learn to adjust!!

Where I am today

Still pregnant (as far as I know). I've started to feel the sickness that everyone talks about so much. Funny thing is my sweet almost husband feels it too sometimes. Funny how that works, right? We are putting the finishing touches on our wedding this weekend and will await the barrage of family that will begin appearing come Thursday afternoon. I'm excited and anxious to get this part of our story over with. Truth be told, I'm ready to get to Charleston and get on that giant boat!

I broke down and purchased a onesie over the weekend. I had told myself repeatedly that I would NOT go crazy and buy baby a ton of stuff but this one has sharks on it and I couldn't resist!



Cute, right? Pay not attention to my crazy almost husband and his way of hanging the outfit for demonstration.

Anybody else have a dog that is (or was) acting weird during your pregnancy? My older dog Dewey seems to be freaked out by me lately and I have no idea where this is coming from. He used to snuggle me all night and now he won't even get on the bed with me. I think I may post more about my other babies tomorrow. Yes, I have 2 dogs and 2 cats and I love them all as much as this baby I'm growing.