Easton's First Bath

Easton had his first official bath last night. We had to wait a while for his chord stump to fall off then for his circumcision to heal. Daddy did the honor of scrubbing while Mommy took pictures and supervised. He did not even make a peep. He loved the warm water and was a real trooper!

Wild and Crazy Times

We have been home for almost three weeks. We are starting to get into a little routine at home and Easton is sleeping fairly well for a newborn. I am getting almost 7 hours broken up at night which I really can't complain about. We are starting to get the feeding down a little easier but Easton decides to spit up whole meals every now and then and then is hungry about 20 minutes later! Our outings have consisted mostly of the grocery store and Costco. I try to time them during his sleepy times which are usually in the afternoons from 11-2 and 3-6. We had our family photos taken last Friday from a photographer here in town. I think we got some great shots and we are excited to see them here in the next few days. Easton has been enjoying some tummy time now that his belly button is healed and is getting really good at holding his head up. Grandma left last Wednesday after staying for a whole month. It was great to have the help to make the transition much easier. Aunt Trina and Uncle Max are coming tonight from Klamath Falls, Oregon and will stay for a week. Check out our new pics! Thanks to everyone for all of your encouraging words and support!

The Whole Story

A week and a half later I am finally getting a few minutes to post the whole story of Easton's birth. The last 10 days have flown by and when people ask what we have been doing I have to stop and think.....feeding, changing diapers, and sleeping. We have been able to go for a few short walks around the neighborhood now that I am feeling a little better but they are short. So here is how the story goes.

October 28th I had contractions off and on all day but was still able to make it to Costco and the grocery store. I had to stop a few times because the contractions were a little uncomfortable. Tried to go to sleep that night and got a couple of hours of shut eye.

12:00 midnight on October 29th.........Happy Birthday to me contractions start getting uncomfortable and they wake me up.

1:30 I wake Larry up from his deep sleep with the TV on trying to get my mind off of them. We start to time the contractions.

3:30 Contractions have been about 5 minutes apart for 2 and a half hours. I eat a bowl of cereal and a banana muffin before we head out to the hospital.

4:00 Arrive at the hospital and go to triage. I am 3 cm dilated and they have me walk the halls for 40 minutes to see if I dilate any more. At 4:45 they check me again and I have not really made any changes but they decide to admit me anyway. I would have flipped if they sent me home.

I get to my labor/delivery room where they have me walking the halls to try to speed things up. I felt like a zombie walking around, stopping every few minutes when the contractions hit.

7:00 am. Dr. Linnerson comes in to check me. I am at 4 cm so he breaks my water. I get an IV put in for extra fluids.

I got checked every two hours. At around 10:30 the contractions were starting to get unbearable so after some tears I decide it is time for the epidural. I was not happy getting the shot into my back because I was already upset about the pain from the contractions. All I remember is saying "I am never doing this again!".

Ahhh Relief........After the epidural both Larry and I were able to get some sleep as I was totally numb from the waist down. Modern medicine is great! I can't imagine women who do this without drugs!

5:30 pm The nurse checks me again and lets me know that I am fully dilated and that it was time to push. My nurse, Liz, who had been with me from 6:00 that morning was going off shift at 6:00 pm and I would have a new nurse come in. She decided to stick around because she wanted to see little Easton be born.

8:01 pm. After 2 and a half hours of pushing Easton finally decided to greet us with his chord wrapped around his neck. Daddy and I were both in tears when he finally came out and daddy stayed with him by the nurse station as they got him breathing well and crying. I kept trying to look over the doctor's shoulder to see what they were doing with him.

Around 11 they moved us all to our postpardum room upstairs for recovery. I felt like I had been hit by a truck! I will say that I think the recovery has been almost worse than the delivery.

A week and a half later we have been pee'd on almost a dozen times during diaper changes and spend a lot of time feeding in the nursery. Breastfeeding has been a bit of a challenge but we are determined to get it down. We have been getting about 2-3 hour blocks of sleep throughout the night between feedings and diaper changes. Overall Easton is a very happy baby except for when he is hungry! He lets us know. It is hard to tell who he looks like so far but we think he is a great mix of the both of us!

Easton's First Day Home!! - Happy Halloween!!

I know the text message pics aren't cutting it so here you go! Watch out it is addictive I know I can't stop looking at him!

Cort was amazing a real trooper I am so proud of her. She is still trying to rest and sleep whenever possible. She will add another post as soon as she can!

Thanks everyone for everything.

Still No Baby

For those of you that follow our blog I will give a quick update. We had another doctor's appointment on Thursday and I was still at a 1 and 50%. He said that the baby's head had dropped lower which I have felt. Sitting has become very uncomfortable in the past week as I have had a lot of pressure which is a good sign. If you are following the blog don't be afraid to leave me a comment. Just click on comment underneith and leave me a message. It is nice to get them to see that someone is reading this thing :). Thanks Erin for always leaving me messages! Keep hoping for this baby to come soon.........I am ready!!!

Baby Update

We had another doctor's appointment yesterday and the baby is still cooking. I'm still only dialated to 1 cm but am 50% efaced. A little bit of progress. No contractions that I feel at this point but the doctor says that we could have a baby any day now. My mom got into town on Wednesday so it has been nice having someone to bum around with to make the time go faster. Hopefully my next entry I will have some baby pictures to share!

Easton.....what?

It seems that a lot of people are curious just where one comes up with baby names. There are so many websites and books out there with lists and lists of baby names and what they mean. So where did we come up with the name of our little one to be? Sports of course. Around our third month of pregnancy we were eating dinner watching a baseball game when the announcer gave a congratulations to one of the players for becoming a new father that past weekend. They said that the name of the little boy was Easton. The first thing that came to mind was, "oh that is cute and different". Then Larry piped up with his comment saying, "Hey I like that, Easton makes skiing equipment and mountain biking equipment, that's a great name". We sat on it for a while as an option and as time went on it seemed to really fit us. From time to time when people ask what the name of the baby will be I get a "what?" after I tell them and have to say it again, or I get "Oh like the baseball bat?". I don't think it's that difficult but maybe just not heard all that often. The baseball bat comment makes me think twice sometimes but when it is all said and done we never heard anything that we liked better. It's unique, but not too weird like Apple or Sunday. As for his middle name, David, he will be getting that from his grandfather who passed away many years ago. We wanted to incorporate him somehow since Easton will never get the chance to meet him.