Logan's 1st Doc Visit

Today Logan had his first doctor visit; it is a standard well baby visit between 3-5 days old. He is doing well! He is back up to his birth weight of 9 pounds. He was down to 8 lbs 10 ounces Thursday morning, and I'm guessing he lost a few more ounces before starting to gain again. He is nursing from me! Shaun never was able to get a good latch, so I am very excited. I am pumping occasionally to make sure enough milk gets produced because Logan hasn't totally mastered the whole thing. Birth stats: Height: 20 inches, Weight: 9 pounds, Head: 13.75 inches.

Here are his stats at 5 days old:

Height: 21.5 inches (nurse said that they tend to stretch out more after birth, but one of the measurements could be sligthly off). This is the 96th percentile.

Weight: 9 pounds; 86th percentile.

Head: 14.57 inches; 75th percentile.

We were wondering how this compared to Shaun, so if you are too, here are his stats at his first appointment:

Height: 21 inches, 86th percentile
Weight: 6 pounds 15 ounces, 21st percentile
Head: 14.06 inches, 42nd percentile

Logan's next well baby visit is in about a week on Tuesday, for the standard 7-14 day visit.

Logan Edward Hunter....

....was born on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 1:40pm. He weighed 9 pounds; and was 20 inches long! Labor started on it's own about 6am on Wednesday morning (more on the whole experience later). We are thanking God for not needing an induction and a safe and fairly quick labor and delivery.

Today is our first full day at home. We got a decent amount of sleep last night; better than the first night when in the hospital.

Here are a few pictures; I have a bunch more to download, which I'll be posting soon on Facebook and linking to the blog when I get a chance.

"Non Stress" Test

Today I had the "non stress" test that my doc says is standard after you pass your due date or if you are having problems it is done on a more regular basis. All is good. First they put on 2 straps to monitor baby's heart beat and any contractions for about 20 minutes. Baby's heartbeat is good. I was having a few contractions, but nothing I could really feel or that were regular.

Then I went to ultrasound to get the fluid level checked. It came up as "13" which is good, so they said I could go home. Also saw that he is still a boy!

Next is the weekly doc appointment on Wednesday. Hopefully labor starts soon though!

39 weeks and 3 days pregnant

I am at 2cm and 80% ephased!! Last week I was 1cm and 50%; the week before 1cm and 30%, so progress!!! He "stripped my membranes" today, so hopefully that will get something going. If I make it to Sunday (EDD), the hospital will call me to set up a few tests like monitoring the fluid and heartbeat. If all is good we keep waiting.

I have another doc visit scheduled for next Wednesday if needed. Then, if we are still waiting, I can get induced on 1/30, when I reach 41 weeks. I guess an induction before 41 weeks is considered elective (if there is no other reason),and so a non priority and thus hard to schedule, so doc advises against it.

This is all new to us even though it is baby #2! Shaun being 9 days early has gotten our hopes up and making this time seem to take forever!

We are praying for baby to come soon and on his own!

Polling all friends!!!!!!!

I have put 2 polls over on the right hand side. I am curious about what people think, so please vote for when you think baby Hunter will be born and what you think his weight will be!

The Christmas Season

Well, December flew by and so has the first half of January and I just got to posting for the month of December! The holiday season was crazy busy like usual. Shaun sang with his fellow 2s & 3s Sunday school classmates along with the 4year-Kindergarten class. He didn't sing much, but he was up there ringing his jingle bell; and at sometimes sitting. Oh well. He had the opportunity to be in the Kids Praise & Worship performance earlier in the month, but I didn't feel up to taking him to practice and the evening performance, etc on the weekend that Bill was gone at work. Next year I'm sure will be different.

The Sunday before Christmas we visited my Grandma (Shaun's Great Grandma) at her adult family home down by Seatac. We had someone take this family picture of all of us. I'm sure we will treasure it always. She is the oldest of all of my grandparents; the last one still with us at the age of 96! She is super excited to have a 2nd great grandchild coming soon!

We started a new tradition this year for Christmas eve day. It is a day for just us Hunter family to be together and celebrate Christmas. We had a lazy morning and I made Swedish pancakes for breakfast; a favorite in this house. Then Shaun and I made our 2nd annual birthday cake for Jesus. Then we went out to a special Christmas eve dinner; and then to the Christmas Eve candlelight service at church. We may have been to the church service once when we were first married, but not since then since we have always been busy at other people's houses. It was a good time. Then we came home and had a piece of the Jesus birthday cake, yum! We also read the Christmas story out of Shaun's bible together as a family. Shaun got to open one present; a new pair of pajamas and then it was off to bed! I really enjoyed the day and am looking forward to continuing the tradition for years to come!

Christmas day was our usual tradition of opening up presents at our house and then going over to my parents for brunch and presents. Then later more family comes over for more presents and a good time together for dinner.

Daddy's and their sons!

On New Year's day we got together with my Aunt Corinne & Uncle Doug who we usually have seen on Christmas Eve to celebrate Christmas.


Pregnancy update!
Today, January 15, is 8 days until my due date! This is the day that Shaun was born. My water broke with him 9 days early. I am hoping that something will start happening soon because I am ready to meet our new little guy, but we are enjoying these last days as a family of 3. We went out to the mall to walk around; one of the things that we can do to maybe help things along if they are ready. I was 1cm and 50% ephased at my appointment on Wednesday. The week before I was the same 1cm, but only 30% ephased, so a little progress made. The doc said that if I make it to my next appointment on Wednesday, we will discuss options. We also have a name all picked out for our little guy, but it is a secret until he is born just like we did with Shaun.

Here is a picture of me from today; with 8 days until EDD (estimated due date)!

Preschool, Snow, Thanksgiving

New preschool class
Shaun started the preschool level class at the hospital group in November. There was a waiting list and some of his friends were getting in so they decided to sign up too, and got in right away because they opened up a new class. It is similar to the other class in that it is once a week for one hour, except that it is more structured and they have more defined lessons, stories, with less play time. For example, they learned all about November and talked about the weather on the first day. Shaun loves to go to “school” and looks forward to it each week. I am sure he really is going to love it next fall when he starts real preschool, 2 days a week for 2 hours each day.

Snow
We got our first taste of winter weather the week of Thanksgiving. It was very cold, in the teens with some snow. The cold and ice was worse than the actual snow. We were even thinking that it was going to ruin our Thanksgiving get together, but luckily it was warming up on Thanksgiving day, so the roads ended up being fine. Shaun got to go out and play one afternoon. We pulled him on the sled and he got to throw around some snow. The snow didn’t make good snowballs or snowmen because it was so cold, so we didn’t get to do that, but Shaun still had fun. He did not want to go back inside after we had been out for about half an hour. All of our cheeks and noses were telling us it was time to go in though.

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving day after deciding it was all clear to drive, we went over to my Aunt & Uncle’s place near Kingston. We road the ferry over, which Shaun loved. I kept trying to get him to look at the camera to take a picture, but he literally said to me, “I’m busy looking out the window!” We had a good time minus my sister, Renae. She was stuck at home in Issaquah. Her car was still at work from the Monday before. Since there is a big hill up to her house, she did not want to drive it, but a coworker had an SUV and took her part way home. She finally got her car back on Friday. So, we got together with my parents and Renae and had Thanksgiving dinner again on Saturday!

Shaun & Antonio on the go at Thanksgiving:

Pregnancy update-7.5 months!
I am now 7 months pregnant or 34 weeks; 6 weeks to go (or maybe less)!!!! I had another doctor appointment on last Monday; I am in the 2 week cycle now. I go back in again right before Christmas and then I am in the 1 week cycle for the last month. Things are still going well; a few new aches and pains, but nothing that I can’t handle or is harmful to either of us. Doc said the new aches and pains are due do the baby being lower because it is my second pregnancy, so my muscles are not as tight. I get physically tired pretty quickly. I try and lay on the couch each evening after work, to rest and take the pressure off and have gravity go a different direction.

We have completed the baby’s room! We finished clearing out the room, Bill painted, we put up a wall paper border, put the crib back together and purchased a new dresser. I should have taken a before picture of the room, but just imagine a stark white, messy room. Here is the finished product!

My next task is to get out the smallest baby clothes, wash them, and organize them in the dresser. Bill’s next task is to bring up the basinets and little baby stuff like bouncers, car seats, etc and get them all cleaned up and ready. Our next task together is to decide on a name; that is now the priority on the ‘to do’ list!!!!


Merry Christmas season!