marx::1 month old

i can't believe our little man in already a month old.

he's such a great baby.

he's eating every 2-3 hours during the day.

i bathe him around 9 every night, feed him, put him down by 10ish.

he wakes at 4, eats, then sleeps until about 7:30-8 in the morning.

at his 2 week he was back to his birth weight + 1 oz.

so he was 7 lbs 13 oz.

he had grown to be 21 1/2 inches long.

he'll be checked again at 6 weeks.

he's still a skinny little fella.

i can't wait till he starts to fill out and i can squeeze on him.

who do yall think he looks like?

i still can't tell.

but he sure is a handsome fella!

the past two weeks...

..have actually been pretty good.

considering having a newborn and all.

our little princess wasn't quite a princess the first week.

she was very very good to her little brother, smothering him with kisses all day every day,

but not so sweet to lance and me.

she even started getting a little sassy toward her grandma.

now, she did give marx a couple battle wounds, when we weren't watching,

but her whole world has changed because of him, so we try not to be to hard on her.

i'm constantly reminding myself that she isn't all grown up just because we have a newborn now.

she is only 2, she still needs our love and attention

and she still isn't going to listen to everything we tell her to do.

that's where the big deep breaths come in for me!

but in all, she's been a great big sister.

now our little man is a great newborn.

i don't know how i've been blessed with 2 great sleepers,

and i hope i'm not jinxing myself writing about it.

he's actually pretty alert during the day, of course taking occasional little naps,

and only wakes up once a night to eat.

usually around 3.

then he sleeps till about 7:30.

i have to give my big sis credit for it though.

 she stressed for me to put layla on a schedule when she was a newborn,

and i've done the same with marx.

 i do believe it has a lot to do with them being such great sleepers.

and i can't believe he's already 2 weeks old today.

lance had to go back to work yesterday.

i LOVE when he's home with us. am i a normal wife? normal that i hated having him go back to work?

we had so much fun with him, specially Layla.

now i just need to cherish this last week with my mom here...

{sigh}

we have beautiful little blessings

Happy Mother's Day

to my wonderful mother.

I don't know what I'd do without her.

She's been amazing with Layla and Marx this past week.

What will I do when she has to leave?

4.29.2011

Here's how it all went down:
5:00AM- Lance and I arrived at the hospital, I was admitted, and then relaxed as I watched the royal wedding. My contractions were coming about every 5 minutes, but weren't to bad.
7:00AM- Started me on the Pitocin. Yowza!
10:00AM- I was checked and only at a 3.
12:00PM- The doctor broke my water.
12:30- I recieved my epidural.
1:00PM- I learned what a "hot spot" was. My legs, toes, and bum were completely numb. But the spot where it really needed to be numb...my pelvic area and all, were not numb. The doctor called it a "hot spot," where sometimes the nerves just aren't hit right, therefore it won't numb. OMG! I then realized I was going to feel everything. The next three hours were the worst!
1:15-3:00- Let's just say I was in a lot of pain. Thank goodness for my husband that was on my right and my mother that was on my left. They both held my hand, and my mother would look me in the eye and tell me to focus, relax, and let my body do what it needed to do. I kept telling her that I couldn't do it. With her encouragement, I somehow made it through each contraction, that by the way, were right on top of each other.
3:30PM- I was checked again and at a 7. I knew then that it would go fast. When I got to a 7 with Layla, I was ready to push in no time.
3:59PM- I told the nurse that I HAD to push. HAD TOO!
4:04PM- The doctor told me to stop pushing, but I could not stop, I had to get that little guy out. So the doc gave me the go ahead, and out he came! Pushing only lasted 5 minutes, and our little, adorable guy entered this world. I cried and cried and cried. Although I am totally for an epidural, it was an amazing experience that I wouldn't trade for a very numb delivery. I could not believe that I did it.

Since then, we've enjoyed every second he's been here. He's got the sweetest little cry and the longest little toes. We were able to come home last night. I put him down at 11:00PM, he woke up at 2:00AM to eat, and then didn't wake up again until 7:30AM to eat again. Awesome!