Home!!! Resting on Mommy tummy after breastfeeding!!!

Here is a video of Evan when I first got to hold him right after birth. What a moment that was!

The first of many check-ups by the nurses. Evan was given his shots and measured. He was 20 3/4 inches long.

Evan weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. at birth, but has lost a little bit of weight since then, which is normal.

Labor pains and Evan's arrival!!!

Labor began to get pretty rough, so Jenni decided to request an epidural to alleviate the pain - it was well worth it! Baby Evan was in a little bit of distress during the middle part of labor (his heart rate would keep going down with each contraction), so Jenni was given extra oxygen. Turned out that Evan had his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, but all turned out good:)









Finally, 14 hours after Jenni's water broke - at 3:34 p.m. on December 21, 2009, our son, Evan Henry, arrived!!! He is the most handsome baby in the maternity unit!

2:00 AM. Getting ready to go to the hospital!

Early in the morning of Dec. 21st, Jenni's water broke, so we hurried to get things ready. Even though Evan was supposed to be due January 11th, 2010, we were planning on having Jenni induced Dec. 30th because of her high blood pressure, but God had different plans. He answered our prayers by addressing our fears about whether we should induce or not. He took our choice out of our hands by having Jenni go into spontaneous labor! And we couldn't have been happier or more relieved!!!

Pumpkin belly

Happy Halloween!!! So which one is bigger the pumpkin or me??? Hmm close call!! Personally I think the pumpkin wins what do you Think??

7 months pregnant!!!

Hello, its me again. Here I am at 7 months prego, I must say my belly has grown quite a lot this last month. Here's a salute and a thanks to Gracia for the cute prego clothes. My mom complained on my last blog entry that there were no naked belly pictures so here ya go Mom:)

Baby is now a little over 2 lbs and over 14 inches long. Hard to believe we will be meeting him in 3 months!!! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Hellerstedt for the beautiful crib, changing table and mattress. We love 'em!! And thank you Great Grandma Youngman for the crib set-its all really cute. We haven't put them on yet because we don't want naughty kitty to get them dirty in case he sneaks in the crib when we aren't looking. Bad Kitty !! He is very curious of all the new baby equipment in his house.

Jodi, had me another beautiful niece on Oct 11, 2009!! I can't wait for all of them to meet each other!!! Way to Go JODI!!!

I'm excited because my Mommy will be coming out to Portland for 2 weeks on Oct 31st!!! I can't wait!!!!

Signing out,

Prego woman