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Since Nate was only a week old, we decided to celebrate the holiday at our house this year. Mom and MeMa cooked and brought Thanksgiving dinner to us. Cole and Lora drove down from North Carolina to meet Nathan for the first time.
It was a great holiday & Nate enjoyed meeting his family!
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With Eyes
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Just realized I haven’t posted any pictures of Nathan with his eyes open. We don’t have many of those yet, because he still spends most of his day sleeping, but here’s a good one I took a few days ago.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Since Nate was only a week old, we decided to celebrate the holiday at our house this year. Mom and MeMa cooked and brought Thanksgiving dinner to us. Cole and Lora drove down from North Carolina to meet Nathan for the first time.
It was a great holiday & Nate enjoyed meeting his family!
We also celebrated Nate’s one week birthday! It’s amazing how much he’s grown and changed in just the week he’s been here! He tries to push up and pull his little head up when you have him resting on your chest or when you’re burping him. Not quite there yet, but oh so impressive for being just a week old! You’re already growing up too fast, Nate! Slow down! Let Mommy enjoy you being a baby for a while.
His face is plumping up and his little legs don’t quite resemble chicken legs anymore. He only lost 3 ounces after birth and when Sandy stepped on the scale with him yesterday, it looks like he’s a little over 8 pounds now. He really likes his milk!
Parenthood
Parenthood: redefining exhaustion in an oh-so-wonderful way. I don’t remember ever being so happy about sleep deprivation
Welcome Nathan!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Nathan Lee Johnson was born November 19, 2009 at 6:54pm. He weighed 7 pounds and 3 ounces and was 20 and a half inches long.
Baby Nate
We went in to start the induction at 6:00am. This was my first time in the hospital as the patient instead of being a visitor, so I was a bit nervous. The OB stopped by about 7:30 and started Pitocin. I got the epidural a few hours later. This was the part of delivery that I dreaded the most – a needle in my spine? Eek! We had a wonderful anesthesiologist who had me laughing through the whole process and Sandy was there holding me. Honestly, the IV hurt more and the sensation of my legs being sandbags was rather entertaining!
This is where the fun ended. The epidural was wonderful for the first hour, but then the medication seemed to stop working. I could feel my feet and every contraction. Every time I pressed the button for another dose, I threw up. Giving birth sans pain meds was NOT part of my plan. Our most wonderful nurse got the anesthesiologist to come back and give me an injection of something else. Sweet relief! Once I was pain-free and relaxed, things progressed really quickly. I napped for a solid hour before the additional pain medication wore off.
Un/fortunately (?) I was far enough along at this point that it was too late for additional IV pain meds. We got the anesthesiologist to come back and give me one more booster right as I started pushing. Delivery wasn’t pain free, but there was enough in my system to take the edge off and the need to get that baby out was greater than the pain of doing it.
Turns out Nate had the cord wrapped around his neck, so we had a vacuum assisted delivery that went really quickly. The doctors were worried about his oxygen levels, so he went to the nursery to get pinked up while they finished up with me. After 3 1/2 hours, all of his statistics were back to normal and Sandy wheeled him back to the room so I could hold him.
We spent two days in the hospital and are now home getting to know one another. I’ve never seen a more beautiful baby and I’ve never been more in love. He’s perfect in every way!
Watching Sandy with Nathan melts my heart. I’m so thankful to have a loving husband who is so excited about being a father. His face lights up every time Nate opens his eyes or gives us little gassy smile.
Daddy and Baby
I know how blessed I am.
We went in to start the induction at 6:00am. This was my first time in the hospital as the patient instead of being a visitor, so I was a bit nervous. The OB stopped by about 7:30 and started Pitocin. I got the epidural a few hours later. This was the part of delivery that I dreaded the most – a needle in my spine? Eek! We had a wonderful anesthesiologist who had me laughing through the whole process and Sandy was there holding me. Honestly, the IV hurt more and the sensation of my legs being sandbags was rather entertaining!
This is where the fun ended. The epidural was wonderful for the first hour, but then the medication seemed to stop working. I could feel my feet and every contraction. Every time I pressed the button for another dose, I threw up. Giving birth sans pain meds was NOT part of my plan. Our most wonderful nurse got the anesthesiologist to come back and give me an injection of something else. Sweet relief! Once I was pain-free and relaxed, things progressed really quickly. I napped for a solid hour before the additional pain medication wore off.
Un/fortunately (?) I was far enough along at this point that it was too late for additional IV pain meds. We got the anesthesiologist to come back and give me one more booster right as I started pushing. Delivery wasn’t pain free, but there was enough in my system to take the edge off and the need to get that baby out was greater than the pain of doing it.
Turns out Nate had the cord wrapped around his neck, so we had a vacuum assisted delivery that went really quickly. The doctors were worried about his oxygen levels, so he went to the nursery to get pinked up while they finished up with me. After 3 1/2 hours, all of his statistics were back to normal and Sandy wheeled him back to the room so I could hold him.
We spent two days in the hospital and are now home getting to know one another. I’ve never seen a more beautiful baby and I’ve never been more in love. He’s perfect in every way!
Watching Sandy with Nathan melts my heart. I’m so thankful to have a loving husband who is so excited about being a father. His face lights up every time Nate opens his eyes or gives us little gassy smile.
Daddy and Baby
I know how blessed I am.
Nesting!
Friday, November 13, 2009
I took my floating and vacation days before the due date as it was a use it or lose it situation. I’ve used the time to clean house and do some cooking. We now have 8 quarts of marinara, 3 1/2 quarts of chili, 4 quarts of potato soup, 1 lb of browned turkey, and 2 dozen muffins (minus the two I just ate) in the freezer. I have two more soups, two casseroles, and 2 dozen more muffins to make and freeze.
Sandy & I are going out tonight for what will hopefully be our last date night before Nate arrives!
Sandy & I are going out tonight for what will hopefully be our last date night before Nate arrives!
Gain and Loss
Monday, November 2, 2009
Right about the time we found out I was pregnant, Sandy decided he wanted to change his lifestyle and get healthy. Watching what Dad went through, impending fatherhood, and a general desire to just feel better about himself all factored into his decision to change eating habits and start exercising. He’d started with small steps back last year, but really got serious in the last 4 months – giving up sweets and caffeine, dipping smaller portions, starting an exercise routine, and saying no to dessert. All about the same time as my pregnancy weight gain really kicked in.
For the last 11 or 12 weeks, I’ve watched him exercising every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights from the comfortable reclined position on the couch with a plate of Oreos resting on my ever expanding belly shelf and a glass of milk on the end table next to me. I’d fall asleep while he was still pounding out push-ups and squats. For every pound I gained, he lost almost two. His original goal was to drop forty pounds from his heaviest weight before baby Nate made his appearance. I’m so proud to say he’s met that goal with two weeks to spare and is working hard to burn off 5 more pounds before the big day.
Here are some before & after photos.
Before
After
I know I say it often, but I just want to say it again – I am so proud of you, Sandy!!
So, where did all the weight Sandy lost go? Part of it ended up here:
Smuggling a basketball
Thanks for agreeing to serve as my personal trainer & motivator when it’s my turn, Sandy.
For the last 11 or 12 weeks, I’ve watched him exercising every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights from the comfortable reclined position on the couch with a plate of Oreos resting on my ever expanding belly shelf and a glass of milk on the end table next to me. I’d fall asleep while he was still pounding out push-ups and squats. For every pound I gained, he lost almost two. His original goal was to drop forty pounds from his heaviest weight before baby Nate made his appearance. I’m so proud to say he’s met that goal with two weeks to spare and is working hard to burn off 5 more pounds before the big day.
Here are some before & after photos.
After
I know I say it often, but I just want to say it again – I am so proud of you, Sandy!!
So, where did all the weight Sandy lost go? Part of it ended up here:
Smuggling a basketball
Thanks for agreeing to serve as my personal trainer & motivator when it’s my turn, Sandy.
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