Sunday, November 4, 2012
Pictures
Grant Gregory has arrived
This post is so far over due, I apologize. Grant Gregory joined our family on Oct. 23rd at 7:46 pm. He weighed in 9 lbs 11 oz, and was 21.5 inches long (however, when measured 6 days later they measured him at 23 inches, so I'm fairly certain that they didn't measure him properly when he was born).
After dropping Ava off at daycare that Tuesday morning Nate and I headed to the hospital to be induced. They broke my water at 9:30 and we started to walk the halls. It didn't take to long before the contractions started. By 2:00 I was 6 cm dilated, got my epidural, and within 45 minutes I was fully dilated. We waited awhile before pushing, then waited for doctors, etc. Finally, after 65 minutes of some hardcore pushing, Grant joined us with a large cone head. The poor little guy was stuck under my pelvic bone on the right so he had a very large cone on the side of his head. He had a hematoma on that left side of his head as well. In all honesty, I was thinking to myself that I was grateful that I packed all those hats. :) The poor little guy must have had a horrible headache that night. By the next morning he looked so much better and by Friday you couldn't even tell that he was once a cone head.
Since he was born so late in the evening Ava didn't end up coming down to see him until the next day. Grandma Becker was the only one that saw Grant on his birthday, as she was actually at the hospital before he arrived. Mema & Boppa brought Ava down after daycare on Wednesday. She came bounding down the hall with her present in hand. It was so nice to see her. She held Grant for a short time, gave him a kiss, said how cute he was, and then she was done with him. She has been very gently with him so far. We keep saying that she's going to want a new brother all the time because every day somebody else shows up with presents for the two of them. It's like it's her birthday.
Nate went home with Ava Wednesday night to get some sleep on something other than a hard chair that converts into a "bed". He came back to the hospital Thursday morning to take Grant and me home. Ava got to stay at Mema & Boppa's with Grandma Becker. Grandma stayed until Sunday morning and helped with Grant throughout the nights so that Nate and I could get some sleep. it was so very much appreciated! I don't know if he just really liked her or what, because he was up quite a bit when she was here. Since she left he has been getting up only once a night. We can't beat that!!! I'm praying that it continues. He really is the perfect little guy, very chill and a good sleeper. The only issue that we've had is him latching on when feeding. This started on Monday. I don't know if it's because of the trauma from his circumcision or what.
Well I'm exhausted and can't think straight right now so I'm going to leave you with these pictures. I'll catch you up on the past week when I post next time (hopefully very soon) and add some more pictures.
Right after Grant was born
That's one proud big sister
Daddy & his little man
Grandma & Grant
Coming to meet Grant for the first time
After dropping Ava off at daycare that Tuesday morning Nate and I headed to the hospital to be induced. They broke my water at 9:30 and we started to walk the halls. It didn't take to long before the contractions started. By 2:00 I was 6 cm dilated, got my epidural, and within 45 minutes I was fully dilated. We waited awhile before pushing, then waited for doctors, etc. Finally, after 65 minutes of some hardcore pushing, Grant joined us with a large cone head. The poor little guy was stuck under my pelvic bone on the right so he had a very large cone on the side of his head. He had a hematoma on that left side of his head as well. In all honesty, I was thinking to myself that I was grateful that I packed all those hats. :) The poor little guy must have had a horrible headache that night. By the next morning he looked so much better and by Friday you couldn't even tell that he was once a cone head.
Since he was born so late in the evening Ava didn't end up coming down to see him until the next day. Grandma Becker was the only one that saw Grant on his birthday, as she was actually at the hospital before he arrived. Mema & Boppa brought Ava down after daycare on Wednesday. She came bounding down the hall with her present in hand. It was so nice to see her. She held Grant for a short time, gave him a kiss, said how cute he was, and then she was done with him. She has been very gently with him so far. We keep saying that she's going to want a new brother all the time because every day somebody else shows up with presents for the two of them. It's like it's her birthday.
Nate went home with Ava Wednesday night to get some sleep on something other than a hard chair that converts into a "bed". He came back to the hospital Thursday morning to take Grant and me home. Ava got to stay at Mema & Boppa's with Grandma Becker. Grandma stayed until Sunday morning and helped with Grant throughout the nights so that Nate and I could get some sleep. it was so very much appreciated! I don't know if he just really liked her or what, because he was up quite a bit when she was here. Since she left he has been getting up only once a night. We can't beat that!!! I'm praying that it continues. He really is the perfect little guy, very chill and a good sleeper. The only issue that we've had is him latching on when feeding. This started on Monday. I don't know if it's because of the trauma from his circumcision or what.
Well I'm exhausted and can't think straight right now so I'm going to leave you with these pictures. I'll catch you up on the past week when I post next time (hopefully very soon) and add some more pictures.
Our family
Sunday, October 14, 2012
The count down begins
The count down has begun to the little man's arrival. All the laundry is done, diapers are purchased, carseat bases installed, swing and vibrating chair ready, crib set up, etc. etc. We are once again reminded of how much "stuff" comes along with a newborn. This time it's a bit more complicated since 1. we don't have our own house, and 2. we have a two year old to take care of. I think that we have everything lined up for Miss Ava, and I'm praying that she adapts well to this addition to our family. We've talked a lot about it, but I know that it's going to be quite an adjustment for her (and us too).
We had another Dr's appt. last Friday morning. Ava was once again excited to see our nurse and Dr. They love her there, as she greets them by name as soon as they walk through the door. My Dr. said that everything looks great, and at that point she anticipated that it would be 4-5 days...so we'll see. I'm scheduled to work Monday and Tuesday so hopefully that will help things move along. I haven't slept for the past two days. I understand that there won't be a lot of sleeping after the baby arrives, but at least I'll be getting up to take care of a sweet baby boy rather than flopping around and getting up hourly to go to the bathroom.
So, we'll keep you posted!
We had another Dr's appt. last Friday morning. Ava was once again excited to see our nurse and Dr. They love her there, as she greets them by name as soon as they walk through the door. My Dr. said that everything looks great, and at that point she anticipated that it would be 4-5 days...so we'll see. I'm scheduled to work Monday and Tuesday so hopefully that will help things move along. I haven't slept for the past two days. I understand that there won't be a lot of sleeping after the baby arrives, but at least I'll be getting up to take care of a sweet baby boy rather than flopping around and getting up hourly to go to the bathroom.
So, we'll keep you posted!
Monday, October 8, 2012
Pumpkin patch
I'm trying to think back to over a week ago and remember what we were up to. The weeks seem to be flying by. Before we know it the little guy will be here and life will become even more chaotic (in a good way I'm sure).
A week ago Friday Nate met our building supervisor at 7 am to do a walk through of the house. Boppa drove him down there and did the walk through with him. That way we didn't have to wake Ava up at 5:45 am to come with us. She and I stayed home. Besides, let's be honest, I have no idea what we were supposed to be looking for during this walk through. Nate was very impressed and everything is on schedule. We got an e-mail this week stating that we will be closing on Nov. 30th. I'm so excited to have an actual date!
Saturday morning Nate and Uncle Wes went up to the cabin to meet Boppa so that they could take the docks out. The cabin season is officially over. Ava and I stayed home and got to spend some time outside. She loves riding her bike and is getting much better at it. The weather was beautiful, and I'm pretty sure that those nice warm days are over as it's been quite cool here the past few days.
Sunday morning we headed south to Emma Krumbee's to go to the pumpkin patch and pick some apples at the orchard. The early morning was very cool but it warmed up very quickly. I was wishing that I would have worn shorts. Ava had been talking for weeks about how she wanted to ride the camel. We got there and saw the ponies first. I wasn't sure if she would really want to ride on them once we got up there. But she picked out what pony she wanted to ride, I put her in the saddle,and she smiled the whole time. She loved it. We then headed over to Nick the camel. We decided that Daddy would ride with her since I was pretty sure that I wouldn't fit with my extremely large midsection. They got ready to get on and she changed her mind. The camel looks much bigger when you're standing right next to it. She told me that she didn't ride because she got scared. That's ok, there's always next year. :) She had a great time riding the "train", feeding the goats, and playing on all of the slides. We went for lunch and after waiting for 45 minutes finally got a seat. We decided after a very disappointing meal that we won't be eating there next year. Ava did enjoy her shake though. I think that she ate more than Nate did. After lunch we took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. We then came back to pick apples in the orchard. When we went to get our bag we were told that they closed the orchard that morning due to the frost. Evidently a lot of the orchards were closing because they didn't have many good apples. So, we got a bag of pre-picked apples and headed home.
We are now going to my OB appointments on a weekly basis. Ava loves going to listen to the heartbeat and see Nurse Lynda and Dr. Dittmanson. Not a lot of changes over the past week. I'm still dilated from 1-2, she thinks that he's just moved down a little bit. I feel like this kid is going to be huge since my stomach is bigger than it was with Ava (I'm really hoping it's not fat and truly is the baby) and I'm so much more uncomfortable. If I lay on my side then my ribs hurt, and I feel like he's constantly kicking me in the ribcage. His living space has definitely gotten smaller, but he lets me know that he's still in there. Now everybody else can see it too as my stomach looks like an alien is moving around inside of it. Next appt. is Friday.
I had an eye appt. this afternoon. For the past month or so I've had really blurry vision in my right eye. It's the same thing that I had after having Ava. So, I'll be wearing my glasses for the next month. I am less than thrilled about this since I hate wearing my glasses. However, I'm hoping that this with the eye drops will do the trick. Last time it took steroid drops, but my Dr. today didn't want to give me steroids being that I'm 38 weeks pregnant. I hope that this doesn't last long!
Well I'm exhausted and hardly thinking straight so I'll wrap this up. Hope you enjoy the pictures below.
A week ago Friday Nate met our building supervisor at 7 am to do a walk through of the house. Boppa drove him down there and did the walk through with him. That way we didn't have to wake Ava up at 5:45 am to come with us. She and I stayed home. Besides, let's be honest, I have no idea what we were supposed to be looking for during this walk through. Nate was very impressed and everything is on schedule. We got an e-mail this week stating that we will be closing on Nov. 30th. I'm so excited to have an actual date!
Saturday morning Nate and Uncle Wes went up to the cabin to meet Boppa so that they could take the docks out. The cabin season is officially over. Ava and I stayed home and got to spend some time outside. She loves riding her bike and is getting much better at it. The weather was beautiful, and I'm pretty sure that those nice warm days are over as it's been quite cool here the past few days.
Sunday morning we headed south to Emma Krumbee's to go to the pumpkin patch and pick some apples at the orchard. The early morning was very cool but it warmed up very quickly. I was wishing that I would have worn shorts. Ava had been talking for weeks about how she wanted to ride the camel. We got there and saw the ponies first. I wasn't sure if she would really want to ride on them once we got up there. But she picked out what pony she wanted to ride, I put her in the saddle,and she smiled the whole time. She loved it. We then headed over to Nick the camel. We decided that Daddy would ride with her since I was pretty sure that I wouldn't fit with my extremely large midsection. They got ready to get on and she changed her mind. The camel looks much bigger when you're standing right next to it. She told me that she didn't ride because she got scared. That's ok, there's always next year. :) She had a great time riding the "train", feeding the goats, and playing on all of the slides. We went for lunch and after waiting for 45 minutes finally got a seat. We decided after a very disappointing meal that we won't be eating there next year. Ava did enjoy her shake though. I think that she ate more than Nate did. After lunch we took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. We then came back to pick apples in the orchard. When we went to get our bag we were told that they closed the orchard that morning due to the frost. Evidently a lot of the orchards were closing because they didn't have many good apples. So, we got a bag of pre-picked apples and headed home.
We are now going to my OB appointments on a weekly basis. Ava loves going to listen to the heartbeat and see Nurse Lynda and Dr. Dittmanson. Not a lot of changes over the past week. I'm still dilated from 1-2, she thinks that he's just moved down a little bit. I feel like this kid is going to be huge since my stomach is bigger than it was with Ava (I'm really hoping it's not fat and truly is the baby) and I'm so much more uncomfortable. If I lay on my side then my ribs hurt, and I feel like he's constantly kicking me in the ribcage. His living space has definitely gotten smaller, but he lets me know that he's still in there. Now everybody else can see it too as my stomach looks like an alien is moving around inside of it. Next appt. is Friday.
I had an eye appt. this afternoon. For the past month or so I've had really blurry vision in my right eye. It's the same thing that I had after having Ava. So, I'll be wearing my glasses for the next month. I am less than thrilled about this since I hate wearing my glasses. However, I'm hoping that this with the eye drops will do the trick. Last time it took steroid drops, but my Dr. today didn't want to give me steroids being that I'm 38 weeks pregnant. I hope that this doesn't last long!
Well I'm exhausted and hardly thinking straight so I'll wrap this up. Hope you enjoy the pictures below.
Progress on the house
Ava loved riding that pony!
We decided to just pet Nick the camel rather than ride him
Riding the train with Daddy
She also loved feeding the goats
Another train ride, this time with Mema
Trying to find the perfect pumpkin
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Going to the chapel
We spent last weekend in IA helping cousin Kristin & Luke celebrate their wedding day. We got to Grandma & Grandpa's Thursday evening around 9:00, about 10 minutes after Ava fell asleep in the car of course. Cousin Reece was there to make sure that she was wide awake for awhile while they played.
Friday was a very busy day. Ava was up early and ready to go. We must have trained her well because she went down to Grandma & Grandpa's room bright and early on the following two days and woke them up instead of Daddy and me. :) Nate was out the door by 7:00 to go golfing with his friend Nate in Amana, while us girls and Reece got ready to go help decorate the reception site for Kristin & Luke's wedding. After decorating we ran home for lunch and Aunt Lisa watched Ava while I got my hair done. Grandma got off work early and after Ava woke up from her nap all of us took Great Grandma to DQ for ice cream to celebrate her 80th birthday. She has to be one of the most active and well traveled 80 year olds that I know. That woman is always on the go! Ava loved singing Happy Birthday to her multiple times while she ate her first DQ ice cream (with sprinkles of course). We then rushed home to get ready for rehearsal. It was another late night for Ava, but she did good.
Saturday was the big day, the day that Ava got to wear her "princess dress". We were lucky enough to sneak in a quick morning nap for both her and Reece before we had to be at the church for pictures. Ava was still requesting a nap by early afternoon and every time that we would get her settled and ready to sleep they would come and get us to tell us that they needed her for another picture. The poor thing was exhausted, but overall did really good.
Nate and I waited anxiously at the front of the church for her to come down the aisle. She started out so good, walking down dropping one flower petal at a time. Unfortunately, she ran out of flower petals about 1/4 of the way down the aisle and wasn't quite sure what to do after that. Reece just kind of stood there looking at her as Ava looked around wondering if she should go back and pick the petals up and start over. After a few awkward moments cousin Melissa went and got them and walked them down the aisle. Luckily Kristin didn't really care if they made it down the aisle by themselves or not. She was a great layed back bride (who looked absolutely beautiful). Ava fell asleep on the way to the reception so Daddy sat in the car with her a bit so that she could get a little rest. I thought that Ava would be tearing it up on the dance floor after dinner, but she was just too exhausted. We ended up leaving the dance around 10:00.
Ava was still up early Sunday. I'm sure that it was because she wanted to be the first to wish her Daddy a happy birthday. I can't even tell you how many times she sang Happy Birthday to him that day. He loved it every single time. :) Grandma made a yummy breakfast for us that morning and then we hit the road. We stopped at Nana's on the way home and had lunch with her and got to see Aunt Sue while we were there. Ava loved Nana's cooking and had a lot of fun riding on the golf cart with Aunt Sue. She slept probably 3/4 of the drive home from IA. She definitely had some catching up to do.
This past week went by quickly, nothing too exciting to report. We did get to have dinner with Cora, Mike, and Kristi. Ava had been looking forward to seeing Cora for quite some time (and of course we looked forward to seeing Mike & Kristi). :) It's always great to catch up with them, and watch the girls play together. Yesterday afternoon/evening Ava hung out with Mema while Boppa, Daddy, and I went to the gopher game. It was another Gopher win which makes for an enjoyable evening with my husband.
We hope that you had a fabulous weekend and hope that your week starts out well!
Great-Grandma, Ava , & Mommy
The picture above is my favorite from the whole weekend. Aren't they cute?!?
Grandma & Grandpa with all the grandkids (minus Jordan)
Parr family picture
Great-grandma with the grandkids
Kristin & Ava
Grandma & Ava
Getting to the point where the petals in her basket ran out
All the "Parr" girls
Friday was a very busy day. Ava was up early and ready to go. We must have trained her well because she went down to Grandma & Grandpa's room bright and early on the following two days and woke them up instead of Daddy and me. :) Nate was out the door by 7:00 to go golfing with his friend Nate in Amana, while us girls and Reece got ready to go help decorate the reception site for Kristin & Luke's wedding. After decorating we ran home for lunch and Aunt Lisa watched Ava while I got my hair done. Grandma got off work early and after Ava woke up from her nap all of us took Great Grandma to DQ for ice cream to celebrate her 80th birthday. She has to be one of the most active and well traveled 80 year olds that I know. That woman is always on the go! Ava loved singing Happy Birthday to her multiple times while she ate her first DQ ice cream (with sprinkles of course). We then rushed home to get ready for rehearsal. It was another late night for Ava, but she did good.
Saturday was the big day, the day that Ava got to wear her "princess dress". We were lucky enough to sneak in a quick morning nap for both her and Reece before we had to be at the church for pictures. Ava was still requesting a nap by early afternoon and every time that we would get her settled and ready to sleep they would come and get us to tell us that they needed her for another picture. The poor thing was exhausted, but overall did really good.
Nate and I waited anxiously at the front of the church for her to come down the aisle. She started out so good, walking down dropping one flower petal at a time. Unfortunately, she ran out of flower petals about 1/4 of the way down the aisle and wasn't quite sure what to do after that. Reece just kind of stood there looking at her as Ava looked around wondering if she should go back and pick the petals up and start over. After a few awkward moments cousin Melissa went and got them and walked them down the aisle. Luckily Kristin didn't really care if they made it down the aisle by themselves or not. She was a great layed back bride (who looked absolutely beautiful). Ava fell asleep on the way to the reception so Daddy sat in the car with her a bit so that she could get a little rest. I thought that Ava would be tearing it up on the dance floor after dinner, but she was just too exhausted. We ended up leaving the dance around 10:00.
Ava was still up early Sunday. I'm sure that it was because she wanted to be the first to wish her Daddy a happy birthday. I can't even tell you how many times she sang Happy Birthday to him that day. He loved it every single time. :) Grandma made a yummy breakfast for us that morning and then we hit the road. We stopped at Nana's on the way home and had lunch with her and got to see Aunt Sue while we were there. Ava loved Nana's cooking and had a lot of fun riding on the golf cart with Aunt Sue. She slept probably 3/4 of the drive home from IA. She definitely had some catching up to do.
This past week went by quickly, nothing too exciting to report. We did get to have dinner with Cora, Mike, and Kristi. Ava had been looking forward to seeing Cora for quite some time (and of course we looked forward to seeing Mike & Kristi). :) It's always great to catch up with them, and watch the girls play together. Yesterday afternoon/evening Ava hung out with Mema while Boppa, Daddy, and I went to the gopher game. It was another Gopher win which makes for an enjoyable evening with my husband.
We hope that you had a fabulous weekend and hope that your week starts out well!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Go Gophers
Saturday morning was the day that Nate had been looking forward to for months. No, not the birth of our child...the Gopher home opener! We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to spend outside with the family. Nate and Boppa headed down for tailgating early, while us girls stayed home for a bit and met them down there around 9:30 for the 11:00 game. Ava had a great time. She fell asleep at the end of the first quarter for about 30 minutes (until I tried to move her). She loved cheering on the Gophers, yelling "first down" and "go gophers", giving high fives and knuckles to the people around us after the touchdowns, and of course loved snack time. Like I said, it was the perfect day to take her, and it really helped that the Gophers won.
We have a busy week ahead of us. Today Ava and I will head to my OB appt. so that Ava can "listen to the baby's heartbeat". She gets so excited for this every time that we go. Only 6 weeks to go, but I feel like it could be a long 6 weeks. I'm starting to get more uncomfortable (mainly when sitting or attempting to sleep) since I feel as though he sits very high. Although I feel like he's very high, at the same time I also feel like he's sitting directly on my bladder. There's not a night that goes by that I'm not up to pee at least twice...I feel like I'm 90 years old.
Thursday afternoon Ava and I will pick Daddy up from work and we'll head to IA for cousin Kristin's wedding. We are really looking forward to celebrating her and Luke, and spending a great day with our family. I'm also saying a prayer that Ava is well behaved. She's the flower girl and will be wearing her "princess dress". I'm really hoping that she walks nicely and quietly down the aisle with Reece. It could be interesting, especially if she doesn't get her nap in. No matter what, I'm sure that it will be a weekend filled with lots of love, laughs, and memory making!
This was just prior to Ava's 1st quarter nap.
Cheering on the Gophers! She was a very vocal fan...I wonder where she gets that from. :)
More progress on the house!!! These are from last Friday, if they stay on schedule the whole house should be framed in by the end of Friday.
We have a busy week ahead of us. Today Ava and I will head to my OB appt. so that Ava can "listen to the baby's heartbeat". She gets so excited for this every time that we go. Only 6 weeks to go, but I feel like it could be a long 6 weeks. I'm starting to get more uncomfortable (mainly when sitting or attempting to sleep) since I feel as though he sits very high. Although I feel like he's very high, at the same time I also feel like he's sitting directly on my bladder. There's not a night that goes by that I'm not up to pee at least twice...I feel like I'm 90 years old.
Thursday afternoon Ava and I will pick Daddy up from work and we'll head to IA for cousin Kristin's wedding. We are really looking forward to celebrating her and Luke, and spending a great day with our family. I'm also saying a prayer that Ava is well behaved. She's the flower girl and will be wearing her "princess dress". I'm really hoping that she walks nicely and quietly down the aisle with Reece. It could be interesting, especially if she doesn't get her nap in. No matter what, I'm sure that it will be a weekend filled with lots of love, laughs, and memory making!
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