4 days old and first sponge bath

Dearest Kayden,

Last night was an adventure. You stayed up for alomst two hours solid! It was crazy. You ate a ton! Pretty much the whole time. Between that and pooping it was an eventful two hours. You wore 3 different pjs last night too! First one daddy didnt keep you covered while changing your diaper. So you peed everywhere! It was funny. He jumped back leaving me and you to get covered in pee. I covered you up pretty quick though and got you a new pair of pjs. Later on you peed through your diaper on those. And then we put your last set on that actually lasted through the night.

Today has gone really well. Daddy has been gone for most it though. So its just us. But Nana is coming up tonight. She is super excited to see you. She spoils you rotten already.

We gave you your first sponge bath since coming home this afternoon. It went really well. You were awake for most of it and cried very little. So that was nice. Plus we got to put you in your super cute robe.

Something we have  to work on is this whole cluster feeding thing. For the last 4 hours you have eaten every hour! It totally helps the engorgement thing but makes it where I cant do anything which is hard but its okay cause I am hurting too much to actually do anything!

Well tomorrow is your circumcision and I am really nervious. It  is super hard for me not to be holding you and taking care of you but I dont think I can be in the room with your during the circumcision cause when you cry it breaks my heart. So daddy and I will prolly have to wait in the waiting room while they do the surgery. Its just so sad that you are so young and already have to undergo something like that but I know itll be alot better for you in the long run so we are going to do it. Thankfully this isnt something you will remember.

Well remember I love you!!!

Mommy

3 days old and First Doctors Appt!!

Dear Kayden,

Last night was your first night at home with us. It wasnt that eventful. At first we put you in the bassinet to sleep but with every lil sigh or deep breathe I would startle awake to check on you. So I quickly moved you into bed with me even though I swore I would never let you sleep in bed with us at such a young age. Daddy wasn't too pleased about it but was nice enough not to say anything.

Today was also your first Dr appt too. It went well. You were not very happy at all that you had to get naked or that you were poked and prodded. But it had to be done. You are completely healthy. Today you weighed in at 6 lbs and 12 ounces. So you are right on track.

You have had 3 dirty diapers since we got home. Your daddy is being such a big help with those.

Today you are wearing the cutest little dinosaur onesie that our friend Lindsey got for you.

Well you are eating tons and sleeping tons just like it should be. And your daddy and I fall more in love with you every minute.

Love,

Mommy

2 days old!!!

Dearest Kayden,

You are so precious!! You are currently laying across my chest asleep.

You were delivered July 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm. Labor went pretty easily. We went into the hospital early that morning and started on pitocin. Then Dr Hall came in and broke my water. I went into active labor around 9 am. So all in all I was in active labor less then 6 hours. Everyone keeps telling me how lucky I am that it passed that fast for my first delivery. You weighed 7 lbs and 1 ounce. You are 21 inches long and absolutely perfect!

Your daddy cut the cord which totally made your nana cry. I was mostly in shock. I was trying to push you out fast cause you were posterior causing alot of pain even though I had an epidural. So it was hard to wrap my head round the fact you were finally here.

I think your daddy has come to terms that you are here but its still surprising to me. You have been such a good baby! You sleep really well and latch on pretty quickly when you are hungry.

Well today we were discharged and came home. Muffin isnt sure how she feels about you yet. She just knows that something small is laying in her place on her mommy. She will get use to it! You have done really well! You slept the whole way here and then slept in your swing for a little while. You have already fed a couple times and daddy changed your diaper.

Well tonight is our first night at home together so lets hope it goes good! We already have your bassinet in place and will probably head to bed soon.

We are so glad to have you! You have been such a blessing to us already! We love you so much,

Mommy

3 days left.....

Dear Baby,

Only 3 days are left until we head to the hospital.

Lately pregnancy has been getting really hard on me. I almost passed out just grocery shopping for like 30 minutes yesterday. I just want to get everything ready for you before your here and I feel like I am running out of time and energy. It doesnt help that I am suppose to be conserving energy for labor and delivery!

We are so excited to meet you and hold you. We have already begun planning your baby blessing. Not that you will remember it but itll be a day for all of us to remember. Jonnys mom and brother are flying up for it! And my dad is talking about coming up for it. So hopefully lots of family and friends will show up. We are gonna try to do a bbq afterwards at a park but we will see when the time gets closer if that is possible or not.

Muffin seems to be getting quite anxious lately. Not sure if its becuase she can tell something is about to change or what. But I am excited to see how you two interact. Obviously you won't be doing much for a while and muffin is pretty lazy so I dont think much will happen till you are crawling or walking. Just please please please dont be allergic to cats. It would break mommys heart to have to get rid of muffin but I most definitely would do it for you.

The nursery is pretty much finished. We need to finish hanging up the rest of the clothes we have for you but people keep bringing us more. Not that I am complaining all of the gifts definitely have been a big help. I just need more hangers!! But we will make it work.

Your nana has been spoiling you like crazy already. Everytime we see her she has a new outfit or something for you. She bought you this really cool light projector sound maker thing. I havent got to see it yet but I am excited to get it! She will bring it up saturday.

Your grandma bought you a really nice pack n play! It is so nice to have one of those! We have been trying to find one but they were just so expensive we havent had the money to get you a nice one and I couldnt find a good used one.

The only thing I really wish we had was one of those play mats that has all the stuff hanging above it. and we will need to get you one of those walker things once you start sitting up on your own. But we will wait and see what else we get as gifts and wait a lil longer cause we dont have too much space left.

Well remember we love you lots,

Mommy

39 weeks completed!!!

Dear Baby,

Today we completed our 39th week together!! It is so crazy that that much time has passed. Only 1 week until your due date but thankfully Dr. Hall is letting us induce Sunday morning. On the downside I have to be there at 6:30am!! I am so not a morning person but I will prolly just go back to sleep once they have me all hooked up :).

I am so nervous/excited about having you. I am nervous about labor but I feel better knowing when it is gonna be atleast and we will be at the hospital when it starts which is good. I am so excited to bring you home but me and your daddy have lots to do before you get here. Today we went grocery shopping and we are gonna go again saturday to pick up milk and things like that. Saturday we are going to finish up everything that needs done. Lots of cleaning and organizing so I can relax when we get home.

The bishop of our ward says he talked to the relief society president and they are going to bring meals for the first couple days so that'll be nice not to have to worry about that.

We also need to find someone to take care of Muffin while at the hospital. But thats about all that is left. So saturday will be a busy day and Sunday we will get to meet you! Yay!!!

Your nana is gonna come up saturday night prolly so she doesnt have to drive so early in the morning. And Bret and Tabbie will prolly come up sunday sometime to meet you. But we are gonna ask everyone else to wait until we are home for them to come meet you.

Well remember we love you lots and only 6 days till we get to meet you,

Love,

Mommy

38 weeks 3 days

Dear Baby,

Mommy is feeling totally anxious tonight. Well today your daddy and I had an amazing job interview. It is managing a storage rental facility with some office spaces. It comes with an all expense paid 2 bedroom apartment! This would be so perfect for our lil family! It went so amazing. We now just have to wait and see if we get it. It started out with about 50 applicants. 10 of which got phone interviews. 3 of which got interviews in person today. And that is where we are at! We will know by monday at the latest if we get the job or not. I really want it so you can spend even more time with your daddy because the apartment is on site! And they are super animal friendly.

I am also anxious because as I told you before Monday we will find out when we can induce.

So Monday is gonna be a big day!

You have been moving tons today! Sad to say I cant really enjoy feeling it anymore cause you are just so strong it usually hurts :(. But not too much longer and we will have you. 10 days max!

Remember we love you so much,

Mommy

38 weeks and 1 day

Dear Baby,

This past week has been hard. Lots of cramping and contractions! It is super painful and exhausting. I miss getting out and can't wait to have you and take you to the park! To make things even worse the Nausia has started to come back and its super hot! So that makes it even harder to get out.

Yesterday was the 4th of July! We didnt do too much cause I get tired super easy. We did go to the arcade and I spanked your daddys butt!!! It was way fun. I cant wait to take you to arcades and things like that.

So today we had a Drs appt. Everything is healthy and right on track. We were hoping to go in and the doctor would check me and say I was at a 2 so we could schedule an inducement. But sadly I havent dialated any more from last week. So I am still at a 1. So we couldnt schedule an inducement. The Doctor is going out of town next week which makes me really nervous!! But in 6 days we are going back in and getting checked agian. If we are at a 2 then we will scheule an inducement for next week. If not we are getting induced on the 17th at the latest! I just really wanna schedule an inducement so we are at the hospital when everything happens and your nana could definitely be there! Also I dont wanna be alone when I go into labor! It would be super scary.

Ive been having lots of cramps and contractions tonight. But we just met with the Dr and he said it would prolly be a while. So I bet its just false labor so I dont wanna have your daddy come home. But I hate being home alone when I am in pain! So I dont know what to do.

Well your daddy and I got the last couple things we need for you except a play mat and a play pen. But your grandma is getting you a play pen. Shhh. We arent suppose to know yet. And your daddy and I are looking for a play mat still but havent found one we like at a decent price.

Well we are still deciding on names. We have 4 now but I am not allowed to tell anyone yet. Ill post it on here after we have you and pick one so you know what your other names could have been.

Well we love you lots and hope to meet you soon!

Love,

mommy