How we love you!
While we stayed in the hospital Josh's mom took care of our Sophie girl. She also came over for a whole week to help out while Josh had to go to work. Since my dr. told me to stay in bed for about a week it was great to have her with us. She was so sweet and helpful.
Sophie was in heaven because she had her Mimi all to herself. She loved stealing her away to her room so they could play for hours together.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Noah - One Week Old
Noah is the perfect little baby. He hardly fusses and when he does it is because he wants to eat or needs to be changed. He is nursing on demand which is about every 2-3 hours. He sleeps well during naps and throughout the night. Life with Noah is simply sweet. We are having a blast as a family of four.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
His story
On the 23rd of May, we had our routine doctor appointment with Dr. Busch. At that visit he told us that I was 4cm and that I should go to school the next day but to keep in close contact with him. He also said that newborns are healthiest when born between 39- 41 weeks so he said that he was hoping that we could keep him cooking until at least the 1st of June (which would be 2 days before he was 38 weeks). That night, after our appt. I vacuumed, packed, did laundry, steamed our bottles and got things ready for his arrival. I had a feeling that our little guy was not going to wait until the 1st.
The following day, May 24th, I went to spend the last day of school with my kiddos. While my kids were busy with some of the fun activities we had planned for them, I worked really hard to finish my checkout list of honey do's. Around 10am, I started having some uncomfortable contractions. I called Josh just to keep him updated and we decided that I should try changing positions/activities to see if the contractions would go away and they did. When school got out I was saying my goodbyes and a lot of people asked when my due date was. I told them that my doctor wanted me to wait another week but I thought that he was going to come that night. I made sure to tell my principal that I finished my checkout list and that I probably wouldn't be returning to school on Friday and headed home. Josh met up with me at home and we all hopped in the car to go to my routine NST and Biophysical profile (ultrasound). Josh was sure that we were going to be able to wait until the first so he was a little skeptical when I packed the car with my bags and stuff for us to stay at the hospital.
Our first appt was the Biophysical profile and it went much faster than the others that we've had. The tech didn't printout any pictures for us this time around and in the past we had received multiple pictures from our ultrasounds. During the NST, I was having more contractions that were pretty painful but the NST looked normal so the nurse decided that she was going to discharge me. While we were at the dr. office the day before he said that if I was having contractions that they would probably admit me so I asked the nurse to call Dr. Busch. I was not ready to go home so I asked multiple times to get checked and for Dr. Busch to be called. The nurse was wonderful and very patient as I was adamant about not being discharged right away. Josh was not very happy with me for being so persistent because he was worried about the health of our baby and thought that we could wait until the first (like Dr. B wanted). Well, around 6:30 our nurse got a hold of Dr. B and I was checked and admitted at about 6cm.
Josh took Sophie home and Josh's mom met him there to take care of little Miss Sophie. While Josh was gone, I made a phone call to my parents and they wrapped up what they were doing and headed to the hospital to be with me. This all seemed like deja vu minus the part where we have Sophie with us. My parents, Josh, and Josh's dad all hung out with me in my room while I labored. They were there all the way up to "go time". My plan was to have an epidural as soon as I could but I was progressing quickly and I didn't feel like I needed an epidural. I was able to breath through the pain with the help of Josh and my mom by my side without an epidural all the way up to 9 3/4cm. At that point, Dr. B said that our little guy's head was to the side and that it was preventing me to progress. I couldn't handle the pain any longer so at about a quarter after 11 and almost 10cm I got an epidural. It was such a relief! I was so relaxed and at 11:55 I was ready to start pushing. About 20 minutes later, we were holding our little guy in our arms!!!!
His arrival brought us so much joy and the feeling that our family was finally complete! He is absolutely precious and so loved!!!!
The following day, May 24th, I went to spend the last day of school with my kiddos. While my kids were busy with some of the fun activities we had planned for them, I worked really hard to finish my checkout list of honey do's. Around 10am, I started having some uncomfortable contractions. I called Josh just to keep him updated and we decided that I should try changing positions/activities to see if the contractions would go away and they did. When school got out I was saying my goodbyes and a lot of people asked when my due date was. I told them that my doctor wanted me to wait another week but I thought that he was going to come that night. I made sure to tell my principal that I finished my checkout list and that I probably wouldn't be returning to school on Friday and headed home. Josh met up with me at home and we all hopped in the car to go to my routine NST and Biophysical profile (ultrasound). Josh was sure that we were going to be able to wait until the first so he was a little skeptical when I packed the car with my bags and stuff for us to stay at the hospital.
Our first appt was the Biophysical profile and it went much faster than the others that we've had. The tech didn't printout any pictures for us this time around and in the past we had received multiple pictures from our ultrasounds. During the NST, I was having more contractions that were pretty painful but the NST looked normal so the nurse decided that she was going to discharge me. While we were at the dr. office the day before he said that if I was having contractions that they would probably admit me so I asked the nurse to call Dr. Busch. I was not ready to go home so I asked multiple times to get checked and for Dr. Busch to be called. The nurse was wonderful and very patient as I was adamant about not being discharged right away. Josh was not very happy with me for being so persistent because he was worried about the health of our baby and thought that we could wait until the first (like Dr. B wanted). Well, around 6:30 our nurse got a hold of Dr. B and I was checked and admitted at about 6cm.
Josh took Sophie home and Josh's mom met him there to take care of little Miss Sophie. While Josh was gone, I made a phone call to my parents and they wrapped up what they were doing and headed to the hospital to be with me. This all seemed like deja vu minus the part where we have Sophie with us. My parents, Josh, and Josh's dad all hung out with me in my room while I labored. They were there all the way up to "go time". My plan was to have an epidural as soon as I could but I was progressing quickly and I didn't feel like I needed an epidural. I was able to breath through the pain with the help of Josh and my mom by my side without an epidural all the way up to 9 3/4cm. At that point, Dr. B said that our little guy's head was to the side and that it was preventing me to progress. I couldn't handle the pain any longer so at about a quarter after 11 and almost 10cm I got an epidural. It was such a relief! I was so relaxed and at 11:55 I was ready to start pushing. About 20 minutes later, we were holding our little guy in our arms!!!!
My WONDERFUL mom and I
My AMAZING parents
My BEST FRIEND and the world's BEST husband and daddy
Noah's cousin Aiden, who stayed up to meet him... we love that little guy!
Auntie Nae and the ROY BOY!
Poppi and Noah
Uncle Joel and Auntie Steph were are first visitors on Saturday.
Sophie meeting Noah for the first time = LOVE at first sight!
First family picture
Me and the little loves of my life
Mimi and Noah
Nate and Jan also came to meet the little guy!
WHAT A CUTE LITTLE FACE!
His arrival brought us so much joy and the feeling that our family was finally complete! He is absolutely precious and so loved!!!!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Noah Dean Henderson
He is here!!! Noah made his GRAND entrance into this world at 12:14am on Friday, May 25th. He weighed 6lbs and 12oz and was 20 inches long. Our family is now complete with the addition of this little guy!!!
Noah Dean Henderson
Proud Daddy!
Our beautiful baby boy!
Noah and our wonderful nurse Wendy
What WE love about Sophie
We love....
to listen to
- that she says, "I want me mommy!" or "I want me daddy!" just like a pirate or a little leprechaun!
- her laugh!
- that she loves to snuggle.... which means that she wraps her whole entire body around mine or somehow has to be touching.
- that she loves to read books
- that she loves her family!
- that she loves the 3 P's like her momma! (PIZZA, POPCORN, and PEANUT BUTTER)
- that her favorite place to go is COSTCO to get pizza and a drink. (Josh said it perfectly the other day... Costco = Disneyland)
- that while we are there she likes to be the one to hand the receipt to the people at the door so that they draw her a little picture. In fact, she now asks the people at the door to draw her a smile face.
- that she loves babies!
- that she is girly but also likes to hang with the boys!
- her smile!
- that she is so helpful!
- that Sophie thinks that all phones are i-phones and that she is always on facetime
- that she is so inquisitive.... HER WORD OF CHOICE THESE DAYS IS, WHY!
- that she loves to sing and dance!
- that she is independent!
- that Sophie is an outdoors kinda girl
- that she likes to color and paint
- that play-doh is absolutely her favorite thing to play with these days
Our sweet Sophie is just so amazing and fun to be around. She keeps us on our toes and laughing all the time. She lights up our life and makes us so happy!
to listen to
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