Hunter's 2 month changes

My little man is 2 months old now! He weighs 11.1lbs and is 23.5in long. I honestly thought he was bigger than that and thought I was going to have a little chunck on my hands but looking back at Hayden's baby book, he actually weighs a few ounces less than her at 2 months. I also saw that she was sleeping a little better than him but he isn't doing bad. He is sleeping around 5 hours at night and just wakes up to eat. He still eats well, about every 3 hour during the day. One thing I LOVE about him being different than Hayden is that he is on an eat play sleep schedule whereas Hayden ate on demand whenever and usually fell asleep on the boob. I mean I didn't have anything better to do since I was a stay at home mom then but still that was very tiring. With Hunter he is so predictable and it is WONDERFUL! I am not going to deny him food if he truly is hungry but I seem to be able to "know" what his cries are and what he may want better than Hayden. I am back at work now and truly happy to be there. Yes, it is tough to not be at home with my babies and spend all day with them and always have the house in order and dinner on the table .... etc BUT it would never be that way if I did stay at home. I wouldn't have it alltogether like people think stay at home moms do. Plus, my little income does help. having a part time job allows me to have space without spending money that I am not making. I cannot just sit at home so I need to at least make gas money ;) haha! I am much more comfortable going out with them then I thought I would be. I feel like I have grown a lot as a mother since with Hayden. Don't get me wrong, there are some really tough times and times that I feel like I am a bit overwhelmed, exhausted, axious, .... need I go on? But in all reality... I am a normal mother and still only have an 8 week old at home. I have a feeling days, weeks, months are going to FLY by even faster having two little ones! Hayden is a wonderful big sister and this age difference is absolutely wonderful and the best choice we could have made for our family! I have my Jesus to thank for holding our hand through everything! And the all knowing God for doing exactly as He has planned for us!

We got news soon after Hunter was here that daddy has lung cancer. It was (and still is) very heartbreaking. We have been goingback and fourth to the doctors and he has had several more tests to be sure that it was not in the bone, brain or anywhere else and thanks be to God that it is not anywhere else. The Dr is using these tests to determine treatment whether it be surgery to fully remove the cancer by taking the piece of lung infected and the lymphnodes that are infected or do chemo and radiation. We go again soon to find that exact answer out! We are fervently praying for healing and life changes. Like for him to QUIT smoking! We are all upset and trying to look at the best of things for sure. I will keep this updated as we find answers. I appreciate the thoughfulness and prayers of friends and family more than I could ever describe! Here is my favorite picture of dad and the kids! :)

Hayden's First Dentist

Today Hayden had her first dentist appointment. I have been trying to get her to the dentist for a while now and at first I could not find a pediatric dentistry to take our insurance and then when I finally found Young and Polite dentistry I had to make and cancel several appts before finally making one! It ended up working out perfect though because she was able to go to the dentist with me and see me not scared, then a dentist went to their school a week or so ago just to talk about brushing. This helped to prepare her for today. I really liked how the place was set up (like an under water adventure) and she gave us a tour then walked Hayden through everything she was going to do and what the tools were for, etc. Hayden seemed to be just fine but when asked to lay back she got really scared and cried a little. We were finally able to work her way down and she was good to go. I didn't like seeing her cry, I could tell she was really scared and the look she gave me made me feel like she was wondering why I would ask her to do something she was scared of. It was sincere. I had to make her do it though so she would know that there was NOTHING to be scared of and that it would end up being fun and exciting. After all said and done, it was just that! She got a prize for doing a good job and gets "points" toward a bigger prize each time! Pretty neat! Daddy sat by her side the whole time and held her hand. I was so glad I had him there since I pretty much had to hold Hunter the whole time! I hope she likes going to the dentist like I do. I know I'm weird! ;)

Hunter's Birth Story

We were scheduled for our induction for Dec 26th at 7:30pm. We would start the gel and the following morning we would start the pitocin drip. we decide to eat a good meal at Fatz (like we did before the birth of Hayden) and then we headed to Piedmont. We register, get in our room and have the best nurse! We get the gel about 8:30 or so and I am only about a cm at this point. Dr. Taylor was our doctor.
*Side Note* I truly enjoyed Dr. Taylor but he is family through a recent marriage so I purposely had not seen him at RH OBGYN so I thought it was pretty funny that he ended up being our delivery Dr... although he really has no idea who we are, or I don't think he remembered at least, but I sure did!
Okay so we have to wait an hour for the gel before getting up and once I was able to get back up I went to the bathroom and since the nurse had reassured us that the gel generally does not bring labor on any quicker and that we were looking at noon the 27th before birt, I get back in bed and take an ambien to get "a good nights sleep" Within 45 mins I am woken up by some heavy contractions. The nurse checks me and I am at 4 cm and decide I want the epidural (thinking if this is going to last until tomorrow and I'm in this much pain... so the anesthesiologist takes forever to get there and by the time he is I had dilated to 8 and I swore I was ready to push. I felt like I was about to have the baby any second but yet my water hadn't broken. I sat to the side of the bed to get the epi and my water broke. Felt like it went everywhere and that it was a lot but hubby said it was just a little puddle. I seriously could not hold my eyes open and was feeling loopy b/c of the ambien. RIGHT after my water broke I told them that I had to push NOW that the baby was coming. Sure enough, I pushed a few times and he came right out! I felt it all and it was a lot of pain but of course worth it all and I am so thankful that it happened "quickly". I am very excited to say that I had a "natural" birth but it was not something I was trying to achieve for any kind of goal ;) Hunter Cameron Timmons was born on 12/27/11 at 2:23am weighing 7.15lbs and 21in long. He came out with a perfect shaped head AND HAIR ;) , he nursed right away like a champ - WOHOO and he is less than 24 hours right now and has still nursed 8 + times with 4-6 BM and wet diapers! This amazes me at how well he is doing since dd was pretty opposite her first 24 hours! So here we are at the hospital with our new little boy and I am so excited to get him home and start all the "new adventures" we have ahead! Big sister is anxiously waiting for us to get home as well! She seems to be very excited for her baby brother!! Thank you for all the love and well wishes from friends and family! We are truly blessed and so thankful! Now off to get some rest! :)
**On a side cute note: I have a little snorter lol He snorts when he cries and sleeps. hehee

Justin had been by my side the whole time and such a good daddy :)

In the home stretch....

With 4 more weeks until the induce date! I cannot believe that within a month I will be holding my little boy! That even sounds strange to write... I will have my daughter AND a son! How perfect! This little man turns flips all day long in my belly. He is so active, it scares me of how he will be once he gets here. Another Hayden? Oh my!!! ;) He gets hiccups daily (sometimes 2-3x a day) He now pushes his little feet all up through my ribs too. I mean if you think about it the update for 36 weeks say that he could be at 6lbs and 18 in long so that is a lot of baby for a mothers belly :) The picture below is when I was pregnant with Hayden at 30 weeks and then with Hunter at 30 weeks. I definately carried these two different. Although with this one I only gained 5lbs less than with Hayden. BUT I started out heavier with Hayden and had lost the weight plus 20lbs before pregnant with Hunter.

So much to write... so tired to write it all :/

I will start by first saying "IT'S A BOY!" I can't believe I have not blogged since we found out! We are 28 weeks along now so only 12 more to go!!!!! WOW! Excitiong and scary that I will have 2 kids by the end of this year! So glad that I trust my loving God! ;) We are super excited to have a complete family of four! We will be done having children after this little one! Thankfully so b/c this pregnancy has really taken its toll on me. I feel like my body feels "older" It really is sad. It feels great when I walk and excersise so I do a lot of that but I constantly have to think about proping my legs up, sleeping on my left side 'only', drinking lots of water, stretching my back a lot.... I am just coming into my 3rd tirmester and I just feel like I only have a couple weeks left. I really love being pregnant, just this time around. my body doesn't so much! :( I am very nervous about the changes that will take place when baby Hunter gets here but I know we will be okay. Middle of winter, inside the house 99% of the first few months.... phew, that is going to be hard! But then again, maybe not as hard as actually going out... with 2!.... and to make it worse, going out ALONE! Oh my!!! ;) It will take some easing into, huh? And hey, Im not the first to have done it!

Okay so the other thing I came here to write about is our trip to the Disney on Ice show today.... we were able to take Hayden and see the princesses dance on the ice. It was so much fun to see her enjoying it so much! She was a very happy little girl! We rode the train and again, she called it "Thomas" lol! They did mini shows from Cinderella, Princess and the Frog and then Tangled with Rapunzel. It was about 2 hours and that was good timing.

My Pregnancy Excitement

With Hayden, it was the first everything. I enjoyed it from seeing the positive pregnancy test all the way to the end of my pregnancy and beginning of our new life. Yes, the newborn stage was hard but I loved it and I love my 3 year old so much at this age too BUT I am so excited to have another baby again. I never thought I could enjoy the "second" experience, not the baby itself, I knew I would love my kids the same, but the experience I never thought I could enjoy the same because it wasn't the first. I was so wrong! It is like a whole new love for this pregnancy. I got to have an u/s at 12 weeks with this one and I did not get the the first time and it was beautiful. To see something that tiny, I mean smaller than an actual piece of jumbo shrimp, move its arms and legs and the heartbeat was amazing! The first movements and know that they are getting stronger bring such joy and smile to my face everytime I feel it. To know that I have done the birthing process before and that I am "better prepared" for it this time makes me so much more confident and relaxed which does make for a more enjoyable pregnancy. To know that I dealt and overcame ppd after having Hayden makes me feel assured that everything will be okay! She is such a good helper to me already that I feel like this will be a pretty easy transistion. I know it will be hard work but I am not afraid of anything to go terrible. I feel that we are doing well preparing her and she seems to be understanding! Makes me so glad that we made the choice for the 3 year age difference!
I am also preparing for the new changes in a different light, as I have grown as a mother I feel more confident with my motherly instincts and decisions. I plan to make longer goals to maintain a happy healthy baby. First choice: I plan to exceed the 9 months I breastfed dd#1. I loved the bonding and the good feeling it gave me to know that I gave her the best. I am so thankful that I have these desires and that it worked so well with the first so I now have a better understanding, and passion to do it again. I have also prepared better for the homemade baby food journey that I plan to take on again. That is another wonderful feeling and I LOVED doing it with Hayden which makes me so much more motivated! My third and biggest decision is to tackle cloth diapering again and stick with it... as I did not do with Hayden. I have learned a lot more about it now, bought a great stock and I actually have a husband willing to help with it this time! We, well I, tried with DD for a few weeks and I gave up. I wish I had taken the time to know more about it and I know it would have worked. It is hard to learn something when you have gotten to a certain stress level with it. I have the energy, motivation, and "knowledge" I feel I need to suceed this time around!
Thanks for reading! I wanted to share because when people ask me how I am doing I want to tell them everything, how wonderful I feel, and how excited I am but I just can't say all this at one time! :)
So as my journey continues, I pray everyday that I will maintain this positive look at life and continue to be so thankful for all my blessings! I am so happy to share my joy! (Pray, too, that it stays through the tough days, as I know there will be tough days) :)

Funny Things...

I will probably update this often as this is a very funny age Hayden is at and she says and does funny things a lot! I want to remember some of them so I will try to jot them out here:
She has a stuffed puppy now and his name is Rooster "but it doesn't say cocka doodle do, it says ruff ruff"
She also had a couple of pennies in the car and randomly said "mommy, I want to make a wish" and never have taught her that I said "huh? like in a wishing well?" and she said "yes" I said "we don't have a wishing well" "Yes I do mommy, look." And she was tossing the pennies into her cup of water. I then remembered that mom had taken her to the manchester area where they have a fountain and now know that my mom taught her about that. So funny though that she remembers so well! It really amazes me! Nothing gets by her and I always have to remember to stick to my word or don't say it.

Hayden calls popsicles a "pocoloni" I have no idea why or where she got that from. I used to and still do have to correct a lot of 'S' words like s "pooky" etc and she will leave off the 's' so I tell her to say "s, snake" using the ss ss sound.... anyway, I was correcting her popsicle mistake the other day and she said "s, pocolicle" lol It really was hilarious!

Something else she says that makes me smile ... when we ask how much she loves us, she will say "BIG MUCH" She started saying that early on when we would say "thhiiissss much" and she started her own thing and still does it today! It is very special!

She says "are you serious mommy?" This she gets from me unfortunately. I say that good and bad, lol. She will say it to be more funny than truly asking... so she is indeed making ' fun of the way I do it' ;)

Lets see... she also learned to roll her eyes. Not out of rudeness but like a "so silly" eye roll that I guess I also do and didn't realize.