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| Noah and Great Grandparents Robbins |
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| Noah and Great Grandpa Brailsford |
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Noah Meets His Great Grandparents
When Noah was two weeks old he met his great grandparents on Kyle's side of the family.
We're also very grateful that Grandma Linda was willing to come help us out on her birthday. We tried to make her day special with cupcakes.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Noah's Newborn Photos
I'm finally getting around to posting Noah's newborn pictures at 5:00 in the morning with the help of my bright-eyed baby. Kyle's sister Melissa came to our house when Noah was one week old to take these pictures. She did an awesome job. You can check out more of her work at wynstroplephotography.blogspot.com.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Back in January...
A few fun pictures from January:
Going to the zoo on a free day with Grandma Linda and Austin.
Making cookies with Megan, Brynn, Natalie, and Jason:
Going to the zoo on a free day with Grandma Linda and Austin.
Playing the piano with Karren, Heidi, Brynn, and Jason:
New Year's Resolution
We had one New Year's Resolution for our family: get rid of Jason's pacifier. Jason had stopped taking naps on his own, so we decided the "paci" was no longer serving a useful purpose. I waited two months to write about it because I wanted to see if we were successful or not (we tried to do it a year ago, but ended up going back to the pacifier).
We opted to go cold-turkey by cutting off the tip of the pacifier and telling Jason it was "broken." It was quite a heart-wrenching experience for the whole family when Jason found out about his broken paci. He was crying so hard that Kyle and I nearly started crying, but we both tried hard to put on brave faces for Jason and tell him it was OK. One of the hardest parts was helping Jason understand that there was no fixing the pacifier. In Jason's mind, Daddy can fix anything, so he kept asking when the pacifier was going to be fixed. It took at least two weeks for him to get over losing his pacifier, if not more.
I was nervous that when baby Noah came home with a pacifier, Jason would regress, but I can happily report that has not been the case.
We opted to go cold-turkey by cutting off the tip of the pacifier and telling Jason it was "broken." It was quite a heart-wrenching experience for the whole family when Jason found out about his broken paci. He was crying so hard that Kyle and I nearly started crying, but we both tried hard to put on brave faces for Jason and tell him it was OK. One of the hardest parts was helping Jason understand that there was no fixing the pacifier. In Jason's mind, Daddy can fix anything, so he kept asking when the pacifier was going to be fixed. It took at least two weeks for him to get over losing his pacifier, if not more.
I was nervous that when baby Noah came home with a pacifier, Jason would regress, but I can happily report that has not been the case.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Hospital Pictures of Noah
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| Noah and Grandma Linda |
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| Noah and Grandpa Curtis |
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| Grandma Diane, Jason, Noah |
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| Matt, Diane, Jason, Noah, Brynn |
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Surprise! Baby Noah is Here!
Kyle and I had the biggest surprise of our life when my water broke at 10:30 Sunday night-- three weeks and two days before my due date. We were caught unprepared as we both ran around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to think what we should pack and who we should call. My contractions immediately started coming every 3 minutes so I quickly decided to skip packing a bag, trust that my friend who was coming to stay with Jason really was only two minutes away, and race quickly to the hospital. Along the way I lamented that we had forgotten a camera, so Kyle asked his mom to bring one to us.
Immediately after being admitted to the hospital (I was already dilated to a 4) I asked for an epidural because the contractions were getting closer and harder-- much worse than I had experienced with Jason. The nurse said they had alerted the anesthesiologist, but that he was still 15 minutes away, so he might not arrive in time to give me one since my labor was progressing so rapidly. I was so relieved when he did arrive in time, and I finally got the blessed epidural. I am so grateful for modern medicine. This epidural really was a blessing for me because, like his older brother, baby Noah wanted to come sunny-side up. The epidural slowed things down enough that the doctor was able to turn Noah inside of me, which saved me from having to push for hours and from worse tearing. Instead, I only had to push for 30 minutes.
Noah was born at 1:04 am on Monday, February 6-- just 2 1/2 hours after my water broke. He weighed 7 lbs even and measured 19 in. long. Kyle and I were still in shock the rest of the day, Kyle especially because his work schedule is so hectic right now. Noah obviously didn't know how busy his daddy is, but I told Kyle it was probably best that he work as much as he could while I was in the hospital with lots of help around me. So poor Kyle visited us in the mornings and worked from lunch until 2:30 or later the next morning. We did, however, get to share a nice dinner together on Tuesday night that was provided by the hospital.
Our awesome mothers took care of Jason while I was in the hospital, and they have continued helping us out of the hospital. I seriously don't know what we would do without them.
When Jason met Noah it was a very special moment, at least for me. I nearly cried watching Jason hold his baby brother for the first time. Jason seems to have mixed emotions about this new member of the family. He loves to pay attention to Noah by holding him, and he gets jealous of other relatives holding Noah. On the other hand, Jason is having a hard time sharing his mom. He told me he wants to get in my tummy, that he wants to nurse, and he keeps trying to act like a baby.
I am amazed at how much better I feel during this recovery period than I did with Jason. With Jason I felt like I had been hit by a train and couldn't do much for a few days. This recovery has been quite tolerable in comparison, although I think the sleep deprivation is worse since Jason doesn't nap anymore.
Here are a couple of pictures Kyle took on his iPod while we were at the hospital. As you can see, he has a ton of hair. The nurses kept saying how much they loved his hair. It is pretty dark, but it has a silvery tint to it when in the light. We'll post more pictures as soon as we can get them from the family members who helped us out since we didn't have our own camera on hand.
We love our Noah!
Immediately after being admitted to the hospital (I was already dilated to a 4) I asked for an epidural because the contractions were getting closer and harder-- much worse than I had experienced with Jason. The nurse said they had alerted the anesthesiologist, but that he was still 15 minutes away, so he might not arrive in time to give me one since my labor was progressing so rapidly. I was so relieved when he did arrive in time, and I finally got the blessed epidural. I am so grateful for modern medicine. This epidural really was a blessing for me because, like his older brother, baby Noah wanted to come sunny-side up. The epidural slowed things down enough that the doctor was able to turn Noah inside of me, which saved me from having to push for hours and from worse tearing. Instead, I only had to push for 30 minutes.
Noah was born at 1:04 am on Monday, February 6-- just 2 1/2 hours after my water broke. He weighed 7 lbs even and measured 19 in. long. Kyle and I were still in shock the rest of the day, Kyle especially because his work schedule is so hectic right now. Noah obviously didn't know how busy his daddy is, but I told Kyle it was probably best that he work as much as he could while I was in the hospital with lots of help around me. So poor Kyle visited us in the mornings and worked from lunch until 2:30 or later the next morning. We did, however, get to share a nice dinner together on Tuesday night that was provided by the hospital.
Our awesome mothers took care of Jason while I was in the hospital, and they have continued helping us out of the hospital. I seriously don't know what we would do without them.
When Jason met Noah it was a very special moment, at least for me. I nearly cried watching Jason hold his baby brother for the first time. Jason seems to have mixed emotions about this new member of the family. He loves to pay attention to Noah by holding him, and he gets jealous of other relatives holding Noah. On the other hand, Jason is having a hard time sharing his mom. He told me he wants to get in my tummy, that he wants to nurse, and he keeps trying to act like a baby.
I am amazed at how much better I feel during this recovery period than I did with Jason. With Jason I felt like I had been hit by a train and couldn't do much for a few days. This recovery has been quite tolerable in comparison, although I think the sleep deprivation is worse since Jason doesn't nap anymore.
Here are a couple of pictures Kyle took on his iPod while we were at the hospital. As you can see, he has a ton of hair. The nurses kept saying how much they loved his hair. It is pretty dark, but it has a silvery tint to it when in the light. We'll post more pictures as soon as we can get them from the family members who helped us out since we didn't have our own camera on hand.
We love our Noah!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
1.29.12
Jason already likes to pretend he's a baby. I expected this would happen after baby brother was born, not before. Jason likes to study other babies at church and his cousin Heidi, then he does what they do. I wonder if this game will get more or less exciting for Jason with the arrival of baby brother. For now, I just play along with Jason's request to "talk to the baby."
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