here are a few pics i snapped of eleanor hanging out on her play mat.
she loves to lay on it after eating and smile/giggle at herself in the mirror.
so ADORABLE!
5.16.2010
5.13.2010
5.07.2010
cousins
eleanor (almost 2 months) and her cousin lyla (almost 5 months) hanging out together at north park mall.i love eleanor's half smile.
i look forward to the many memories these two will have together!
5.05.2010
smiles
i had to share this adorable pic of eleanor.it seems like each day we get more and more smiles and giggles from her & it is absolutely the sweetest thing ever.
it's fascinating how much a baby changes in a matter of days.
she has more awake time now during the day which has been fun.
she actually is enjoying her play mat, rattles & other toys that entertain her.
her neck and legs are getting stronger and stronger as well.
she loves to stand up on our laps and push up as we lift her by her arms. so cute.
she officially is out of her 5-8 lb clothing (it's tight on her, YAY!) and now is fitting into her newborn clothes.
it's SUPER fun getting to play dress up with her now that i have clothing options!
last weekend i went to visit my sister & had the chance to weigh Eleanor.
she weighed a whopping 8 pounds 4 ounces at 6 weeks.
it's hard to believe that most of my friends babies were born at that weight or bigger!
Eleanor is still eating every three hours or so. sometimes sooner, sometimes later (at night).
i am up on average two times a night to feed...every night is different!
what has been pretty amazing is that i seem to have plenty of energy to get through the day. (that's called mommy endurance i hear).
i haven't really taken naps & i am still able to get all my work done, some from home & some from the office.
blake has been the best husband/father i could ask for.
he is such a huge help which has made this journey thus far pretty easy and so much better than i could ever have imagined.
happy wednesday!
xoxo
4.16.2010
bath time
can you tell she LOVED her big girl bath.
she passed out not 5 minutes into the bath.
i guess all that hot water reminded her of back home in the womb.
sleepy girl
my sweet baby girl sleeping in her crib.
it's so hard not to just stare at her while she is sleeping.
she is just so adorable!!!
we went to the arboretum easter weekend and this was probably my favorite pic of the day.
not the flowers, not any of the other family pics, this one.
how can you not love two daddy's pushing their daughters in strollers.
for those of you who don't know, that is jeremy, my brother in law on the left with lyla and blake and eleanor on the right.
so sweet!
4.15.2010
delivery day
i have been asked by almost everyone how delivery day went so i thought i would share my story via the blog. (what better way!)
i will admit, i had blake write down the details, times and events of the day so this should be fairly accurate.
as most of you know, i had my 38 week appointment (which was my last blog before the baby).
this was thursday the 11th.
i was 4 cm dilated and 75% effaced.
my doctor mentioned that because i was so far a long, i had the option of coming in on monday, the 15th, to be induced if i didn't have eleanor over the weekend with my original due date being march 20th.
she said she would not normally suggest this but because of my progress, she figured i would handle an induction pretty well.
she definitely said it wasn't necessary and thought maybe eleanor would even arrive over the weekend.
also, my doctor was going to be out of town beginning tuesday the 16th through the week so it would be my only chance of having her deliver my baby- which i really wanted.
after talking it over with blake and our families, we decided to go with the 15th due date for several different reasons.
how it all went down-
monday morning we arrived at presby at 8 am. (this happens to be the same hospital both blake & i were born in..how neat is that!)
we filled out the all necessary paper work and got settled in our delivery room.
before getting any meds, i was 4 cm 90% effaced.
by 9:15 am, i was given the pitocin.
at this point, i felt great.
still had normal contractions but nothing i couldn't handle.
9:30 am is officially when labor began.
it didn't take long to feel stronger contractions that were more regular than anything i felt before.
both families were in the room with us up until push time (including lyla & jett!) so this helped the time to go by pretty quickly.
by 11:40, i was 5 cm and around 1:15pm i got the epidural. (can we say AMAZING!)
from this moment on, i NEVER felt a single bit of pain. not one. it was great.
at 1:30 they broke my water and by 3:00 pm i was fully dilated and effaced.
when the doc came in to tell us, we thought she was going to say i was around a 7.
needless to say blake and i were shocked and both started crying realizing we were about to meet our baby girl.
by the time they actually prepared and set up the room for delivery, it was 4:00 pm.
PUSH TIME.
i always imagined a crew of medical staff in my delivery room running around while i pushed out a child.
however, for the first 30 minutes, it was just me, blake and our nurse. then my doc came in for the last 30 min.
the pushing part was indescribable, something i will never forget!
we chose to watch everything in a huge mirror.
to all mommies-to-be out there- if you have this option...DO IT!
before my doc came in the room, every time i would push, eleanor's heart rate would drop so i would have to turn onto my side and wait for it to go back up.
however once my doctor came in the room, things changed for the better and out came eleanor!
she was born at 5:02 pm.
my labor totaled to 7 1/2 hours.
delivering eleanor was the most amazing experience i have ever been through.
i have not one complaint about the hospital, labor & delivery or my recovery room stay.
so there you have it! i probably forgot something so feel free to ask me!
more pics of baby eleanor coming soon!
i will admit, i had blake write down the details, times and events of the day so this should be fairly accurate.
as most of you know, i had my 38 week appointment (which was my last blog before the baby).
this was thursday the 11th.
i was 4 cm dilated and 75% effaced.
my doctor mentioned that because i was so far a long, i had the option of coming in on monday, the 15th, to be induced if i didn't have eleanor over the weekend with my original due date being march 20th.
she said she would not normally suggest this but because of my progress, she figured i would handle an induction pretty well.
she definitely said it wasn't necessary and thought maybe eleanor would even arrive over the weekend.
also, my doctor was going to be out of town beginning tuesday the 16th through the week so it would be my only chance of having her deliver my baby- which i really wanted.
after talking it over with blake and our families, we decided to go with the 15th due date for several different reasons.
how it all went down-
monday morning we arrived at presby at 8 am. (this happens to be the same hospital both blake & i were born in..how neat is that!)
we filled out the all necessary paper work and got settled in our delivery room.
before getting any meds, i was 4 cm 90% effaced.
by 9:15 am, i was given the pitocin.
at this point, i felt great.
still had normal contractions but nothing i couldn't handle.
9:30 am is officially when labor began.
it didn't take long to feel stronger contractions that were more regular than anything i felt before.
both families were in the room with us up until push time (including lyla & jett!) so this helped the time to go by pretty quickly.
by 11:40, i was 5 cm and around 1:15pm i got the epidural. (can we say AMAZING!)
from this moment on, i NEVER felt a single bit of pain. not one. it was great.
at 1:30 they broke my water and by 3:00 pm i was fully dilated and effaced.
when the doc came in to tell us, we thought she was going to say i was around a 7.
needless to say blake and i were shocked and both started crying realizing we were about to meet our baby girl.
by the time they actually prepared and set up the room for delivery, it was 4:00 pm.
PUSH TIME.
i always imagined a crew of medical staff in my delivery room running around while i pushed out a child.
however, for the first 30 minutes, it was just me, blake and our nurse. then my doc came in for the last 30 min.
the pushing part was indescribable, something i will never forget!
we chose to watch everything in a huge mirror.
to all mommies-to-be out there- if you have this option...DO IT!
before my doc came in the room, every time i would push, eleanor's heart rate would drop so i would have to turn onto my side and wait for it to go back up.
however once my doctor came in the room, things changed for the better and out came eleanor!
she was born at 5:02 pm.
my labor totaled to 7 1/2 hours.
delivering eleanor was the most amazing experience i have ever been through.
i have not one complaint about the hospital, labor & delivery or my recovery room stay.
so there you have it! i probably forgot something so feel free to ask me!
more pics of baby eleanor coming soon!
4.13.2010
maternity pics
I finally got my maternity pics back.
I had the wonderful Lauren Larson document my belly at 38 weeks.
She did a wonderful job!
I was hesitant to have these done but I think it will be great to have these to look back on!
We also had her come take some photos of Eleanor which we will have back in a couple weeks.
We can't wait to see them!
I had the wonderful Lauren Larson document my belly at 38 weeks.
She did a wonderful job!
I was hesitant to have these done but I think it will be great to have these to look back on!
We also had her come take some photos of Eleanor which we will have back in a couple weeks.
We can't wait to see them!
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