More pictures!

So here are some more great photos of the adorable new Bean. I even managed to upload a video! We ended up not going to the parade yesterday. I woke up feeling bad but I'm doing much better now. We went over to my parents house and watched fireworks on TV and outside. Other than that we don't have any exciting news right now. Enjoy the pictures!

About Brendan

Now that we've shown some pictures of him, I figured it was time to tell everyone about his personality a bit. Well, you already know that either he's impatient or likes to do things fast and in his own way since he came out in only 3 hours! That seems to have translated into things like
"I'm crying because I want to be fed now!" or "I don't care if it's midnight, I don't want to sleep right now." He is a very alert baby. He looks around all the time. He makes the cutest faces too. One time when my Dad was holding him he got this frown on his face and just stared at him like that for the longest time. Every once in a while Brendan will make a face that looks like he's saying "ooh!" with eyes opened really wide. He also yawns, sneezes, and hiccups. He's definitely a boy (and Brent says definitely my son) cause he's given us some very loud burps!

So now for stat updates. He was 7 lbs 1 oz and 20.5 inches in the hospital. His first doctor's visit (June 23rd) he was 6 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches. You read that correctly... either the hospital was too busy to measure correctly or our son shrunk in a few days time. Actually I heard a similar scenario from a lady at church except that her granddaughter gained 3 inches in the same amount of time, lol. So then this week's visit he was 7 lbs 3 oz and 19.25 inches. He also had to get his first prescription cause he has Conjuctivitis. The only thing we can figure is that he got it from the restaurant we went to last Friday night. But he has his gel and his eye looks much better.

Brendan made his first church appearance last night. There was a wedding shower for the wife-to-be of a guy who grew up in our church. I didn't bring Brendan with me and I didn't have any pictures with me either and all the ladies were very upset with me. So I had Brent drop him off on his way home from his parents house. Everyone loved him, of course. I've been nervous to bring him for a service cause of all the germs he'll come in contact with. The doctor made me nervous about that at the first appointment because of the Group B Strep stuff. The doc said if Brendan runs a fever they'll probably send him to the hospital because of it. So as hard as it's been, I'm trying to limit exposure.

That being said, we're taking Brendan to his first 4th of July parade tomorrow! I'm so excited. We bought some baby sunscreen at Walmart the other day. We told my Mom about it and I said, it's even a spray and it's tear free. She immediately said, "Don't spray it in his face!". I rolled my eyes and said, "Like I would do that!".

We have been having lots of fun with Prince Brendan (Prince is what his name means in Welsh) in between our sometimes rough nights. He is too adorable. I'll try to log on later tonight to add more pictures!

Hospital Pictures!

Okay, so these are tons of pics from the hospital. The top one is the last one taken before we took Brendan home. There are tons more but my husband made me use discretion... even though I vetoed some naked baby pictures too. More to come tomorrow but it's late and Brendan is hungry. Oh, and my favorite is the one with Brent and the pacifier, too cute!

He's here!!!!

So I'm sure some know by now... it definitely was my water breaking. So that was at 10:15 pm on June 17th. Brendan Daniel Bean came into the world at 1:25 am on June 18, 2008. It was crazy! I didn't get to have ANY pain medication at all cause it went so quickly. Not the way I would've chosen to give birth to my first but it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Plus now everyone keeps telling me how amazing I am :-) I have broken blood vessels in both eyes to prove just how tough I was, lol. So if you see some creepy pictures of me, that's what that is. Brendan was 7 lbs, 1 oz and 20.5 inches long. He is absolutely adorable!

We came home yesterday after what seemed like the longest discharge process ever! We're all very tired but enjoying seeing lots of family and friends. Brent is doing great and is such a proud Daddy. He's taking good care of me and Brendan. I'm experiencing the joys (and pains) of breastfeeding. And Brendan is doing his best to not let us sleep at night. We're all learning from each other and while it is very tiring, it's been an amazing experience so far.

Water Broke?!?

We think the water just broke....We are going to the ER to check.....more updates to come...maybe. lol

At most 1 more week!

Our appointment went well today. We told the doc that I had been having more cramps/upper uterus pain in the past couple of days. And I am 90% effaced and 1 cm dilated! I can't believe it jumped that much again. So I went from 0% to 50% to 60% to 90%. The other news is that if Brendan decides to stay in just one more week, we are going to induce next Tuesday. And those who know me well enough to know my birthday... that's next Tuesday. Some people would say "aww, that's exciting!" but since I am a middle child and love to get attention when I can, I say "but that's MY birthday!". I told Brent that if our son loves me, he won't want me to be in the pains of labor on my birthday, lol. But I also noted that most of the major dates in my life have occurred on even numbered months, days, and years. Though Brent quickly reminded me that we started dating on an odd month, day, and year. So who knows? What we do know is that I am definitely close to having labor start naturally and that we hope that's what happens but if not... we'll have a baby by next Tuesday (or Wednesday). My guess is that it will happen before next Tuesday honestly. So I'm really glad Mom, Brent, and I worked really hard this past week to get things washed and put away in the baby's room. Now we just need to catch up the rest of the house!

1 week left?!

Monday's appointment went well. I am now 60% effaced and a little less than 1 cm dilated. My doc said he thinks I'm only going to carry this baby for another week! Crazy! So I went ahead and decided that I needed a day to organize the baby room and wash and that I needed my wonderful mother to help me. So that's what we're doing tomorrow. I told her and Brent that knowing me, as soon as I get that done (and our bag for the hospital packed) I'll probably relax and then the baby will come, lol. Brent told me I should've made today the organizing/cleaning day so the baby would come tomorrow. Tomorrow is Brent's dad's birthday.

The church shower was wonderful! We got so many presents! I went through all of the clothes that we got from all 4 showers to see how many we had in each size. We definitely have plenty in the 3 month, 6 month, and 3-6 month size. And the majority of what we got were onesies. Which will be good for this summer. I'm also excited cause we have 3 outfits to choose from for Brendan to wear on the 4th of July. Which I guess we can take him to the festivities? We'll probably see how we're all doing first. I'll have to invest in some sunscreen for the babe too, cause since he's our child, he'll be a fried bean if we don't protect him from the sun!

I think that's all for now. So I'm hoping that I continue to get as good a night's sleep each night as last night up until the little bean decides to pop out! We will keep you updated!