Welcome Baby K!

 Wow, a lot happens when you don't post for six months! We made it through the winter, enjoyed Christmas, New Years, Easter, and many wonderful days. The best? Baby K joined our family on April 2, 2012 at 5:40 PM. He weighed 9 lb 15 oz (I am claiming that extra ounce and just saying he was 10 pounds though!) and was 20 1/2 inches long.


During my whole pregnancy, I was against induction. I had been induced with Little Man and enjoyed a 23 hour long labor. Notice my sarcasm, because 23 hours was not enjoyable to be in labor while in the hospital. I really wanted to go into labor on my own and labor at home in whatever comfort I could enjoy.

 Little Man meeting Baby K for the first time. It was instant love.

At 38 weeks, I left my doctor's office in tears. I had not progressed any more from the previous week, in fact, Baby K had moved further up. He had made every appearance of making himself comfortable for the long haul. I on the other hand was far from comfortable. I had really hoped I could have a baby that week.

 Baby K at 2 days old.

It was at that point that I really started to consider induction. Mike and I talked about it, the pros and cons (Con, possible 23 hour labor, Pro, my sister was in town and wouldn't be here again until June,) and my reasons for not wanting an induction until about 10:30 that night. I then e-mailed my doctor then and let him know that we had decided to go ahead with the induction the following Monday, if needed, when I hit my 39 week date.

Baby K at about 2 weeks old.

On Sunday, April 1st, the hospital called me and let me know that I was number 7 on the list for inductions and to expect a call to go down anytime before 6 PM. If I didn't get a call on Monday, I would get bumped to Tuesday. I really didn't expect to get a call because of how many people were in front of me and they took two at a time.

 Baby K at 6 weeks.

I was looking forward to sleeping in, but my pregnant body had other plans. I woke up on Monday morning at 6 AM with my back hurting. I could not get comfortable, so I got up. We got everything ready to go and then waited for the call. We didn't expect to get one until at least after 3 PM, however, at 8:40 AM, we got a call to be there at 9:30. We then packed up the car, loaded up Little Man, took him to my parents. We then filled up on gas and headed to the hospital.

I love baby feet!

As we were getting everything ready to go at the hospital, the nurse told me that  I was having contractions, could I feel them? Nope, I wasn't feeling them at all! The then hooked me up to the Pitocin and started me going. Everything was going great! I was progressing, the pain from the contractions wasn't bad at all, but my back! I just could not get comfortable! My back was bothering me more than anything else. The nurse finally let me know that my back hurting was probably the contractions I "wasn't" feeling. Ha! That made sense! My nurse felt that I would have been in on my own either later that day or the next day if I hadn't been induced.

 Baby K 6 weeks old

I caved and got the epidural, just so I could try to get a nap. It was great! Not too much and it allowed me to kind of sleep. Because of my experience with Little Man, I didn't expect to have a baby until late in the evening. Imagine my surprise when I felt ready to push at a little before 5 PM! I held out for about 15-20 minutes, and then they started prepping for delivery. Wow, things happened so fast! They got ready and I pushed 5, maybe 6 times, and there was a baby! So much different than the first time around!

 Somebody has started to smile and we love getting them!

The nurses claimed that the only reason Baby K didn't come in at 10 lbs exactly was because he peed. It took off that ounce. We had some issues with biliruben (big surprise since we had to do that with Little Man also,) but everything else was great with Baby K. He has been welcomed into our family and is loved by all of us. I was a little worried how Little Man would react when this baby came home with us for good, but there has been no jealousy. He is always asking to hold "Baby Ke" as he pronounces his baby brother's name. He gives lots of kisses and pets his baby brother's hair.

 We have our Big Kahuna (since I refer to him everywhere as Baby K, my friend gave me this adorable outfit!)

 Baby K continues to grow fast! We had to move him to 3-6 month clothes at 3 weeks. At 5 weeks, he was weighing in at 14 lb 7 oz. He is growing so fast! Looking at him, he does not look like a newborn, though he still acts like one. He is our little chunky monkey, but is also big in length also. At his two week appointment he was in the 85% percentile and above in all of his growth charts. He is our future football player, that is for sure!

I love this little boy!

We are so lucky to have 2 healthy boys to love and cuddle. Transitioning from one child to two was not as easy as everybody says it was, but we seem to have made it! We are enjoying our family of four and feel very lucky!