2 week pediatrician appointment!

Tank weiged 8' 13 oz. at his two week check up!!  Very healthy baby boy!!  I also had my two week OB-Gyn appt. to check my incision.  Everything went great!  Tank slept the whole time.  We took a picture with the doctor who delivered him.  (We forgot at the hospital, guess we were a bit busy!!!)

Tank week 1.5-3

We have had a blast showing off our baby boy!!  This is Tank week 1.5-3 pictures.  The ones of Patrick and Kristin are on July 29th (Aunt Kristin's birthday) where Tank met them for the first time!

Doing great!!

Tank is a dream baby!!!  He is eating and sleeping very well.  Its been wonderful getting a four hour stretch of sleep with him at least once a day!  Grandma T has been a great help during the few fussy moments between 10 pm-2 am.  Last night we got it down!!!  He went right down at 10 pm and doesn't peep when I get up with him at night or wee am hours.  My immediate family was here visiting the past 48 hours.  It was great to for the grandparents/aunts to spoil him for the days!  Pics to come!

Birth through week 1.5

Tank met Aunt Trysta, Uncle Joe, Auntie Tammy, and Granpa!  We had a grand celebration on my birthday and shared lots of memories throughout that weekend!

2 weeks old!

One week old!!

First week!

We have had a great first week!  Here are a few of Tank's first adventures!  He is sleeping and eating very well.  Grandma T has been a wonderful help!

First outing!

Tank had his first pediatrician appointment.  He gained 4 oz. in 2 days!  The doctor said he is in perfect health!  He was a little better in the car/seat to the dr. which is just around the corner.  I was a nervous wreck getting him ready and out the door to get there on time.  We made it with flying colors.  Though I nursed him again in the waiting room before we saw the dr.  You never know how people react so we were very discrete and calmed down within a few minutes.  We look forward to the 2 week appt. on 7/30.  We are most grateful for him and our family!!!

Discharge and first night at home!

Since we had the c-section we had many nights at the Birthing Inn.  The nurses and staff took care of  our family very well.  It was nice to have visitors to help pass the time.  We were thrilled to be discharged to go home on 7/19!  Chip dressed Tank in the outfit he was brought home in Feb. 1978!!!  The nurse so kindly took pictures of us before we left the room.  Tank did not like the car/seat on the way home and didn't stop crying until we were two blocks away (of course)!!!  He and Alvin had a great first meet.  Alvin is protective of him and has transitioned very well.

Birthing Inn stay/visitors

We were thrilled of all our family that came to see Tank at the Birthing Inn.  We had a great visit with everyone.  Our Pastor even came to join the festivities!  We are very blessed.

Leaving for Birthining Inn/ First hours of Tank's life!

We got the call to be at the hospital to be induced an hour before the scheduled arrival time since I was overdue.  We have been packed for weeks so we were thrilled to see our baby very soon!  We arrived in labor and delivery and they hooked me up to the monitors I learned that I was having contractions every 8 minutes and didn't even know.  We called our family to hear the heartbeat on the monitor to pass our time.  By 7 am I got an epidural and a little after 8 am Tank's heart rate had dipped down a couple of times.  To avoid the risk of lack of oxygen that he was getting in gestation our Dr. advised the c-section right away.  We agreed and didn't want to take any more risks.  He was born at 9:12 am, a healthy happy boy!!  We are so blessed!!

Frank Howard Baber V

Today July 16, 2010 at 9:12 AM EST our beautiful baby boy was born. He weighed in at eight pounds eleven ounces and was twenty two inches long. Both Mom, Dad and baby are doing well.
 
More pictures to come.

Hooray for 40 weeks!!

How does the ticker work??  I am out of days, past due, baking away a tan little man!!!  LOL   His last bpm was 132 and fundal measurement was about 7 lbs.  I have weighed the same amount the last three appointments (3 weeks).  Lots of nesting, walking Alvin, and going to the gym.  I am getting tired of re-cleaning the house in preparation for my mom to stay for a while, as well as guests in and out!  We feel the love of others that have called, FB, emailed, left messages, etc. or are just plain glad/surprised to see us still!  Thanks for your support!!  I will be very excited to have the heartburn/indigestion at ease here pretty soon too!  I know its worth every minute!  I feel very excited and blessed to have so many wonderful women in my life right now sharing the same experience with a healthy child!!  God is good!

Maternity Photos

We had a professional photo session on June 19, 2010 at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, VA.  I am just shy of 37 weeks in these pictures!

Belly Casting and more!!

We are full term in these photos!!  Dr. predicted he is 8 lbs 13 oz of my 25 lbs so far!!!  Whoa!!!  They said this is a high estimate!  As of 7/1 I am one cm dilated and 70% effaced.  The dr. is hoping for progression on its own otherwise we'll talk about induction the week of July 12th (our 7 year anniversary)!!!!  The family is doing great!  We are also enjoying my sister's dog, Liv, for two weeks while they are in Greece.  She had been a great pal for Alvin!  My friend Patti sent us a Belly Casting kit.  We are thinking to go soon, so we hope, and decided to bust it out!!  Quite messy, but very entertaining and fun, thanks Patti!!