One Week Old and More pictures

One week old


Yesterday, our little guy turned one week old! My C-section was originally scheduled for today. Several times today, I kept thinking that I could have been pregnant a week longer and just now be meeting the baby. We are so grateful for our new little guy and so glad that he is healthy and we have had a nice week getting to know him.

Last Wednesday afternoon, we got the call from the OB that we were able to move up my C-section and scheduled it for Thursday afternoon-less that 24 hours later. We were so excited to be able to have the baby earlier but were definitely not ready. We still didn't have the baby's bed or other gear set up, we didn't have the hospital bag packed, etc. That night and Thursday morning were a whirlwind of getting all the last minute things ready. My parents arrived to watch Jack and Callie 10 minutes before Rob and I had to leave for the hospital.
My last hours being pregnant.

When we arrived at the hospital, we were informed that my C-section was bumped by another woman who needed a C-section and was in active labor. We had to wait in the triage room for another 2 hours but we were in really good spirits and excited.
Waiting for my C-section

I have had two previous C-sections so I thought I was pretty familiar with the experience but this time was very different. When they finally took me back to the operating room, they started the anesthesia. In the past, the spinal anesthesia was one shot in the spine and was over in less than a minute so not that bad. This time, the anesthesiologist could not get the anesthesia in the right place. She kept sticking me over and over and injecting me with medicine but it was not working. I do not completely understand how the spinal works so I really do not know what the problem was but she kept saying she couldn't get in the right place on my spine but kept sticking me over and over to try. This went on for about 25 minutes and she stuck me about a dozen times. They also make you sit in this very uncomfortable curved back and chin to chest position and my neck and back muscles started cramping from sitting in that position for so long. At this point I start to worry that this lady is going to injure me or something is going to go wrong and it can not be good having her do the spinal over and over. She finally gives up and calls for another anesthesiologist to come and try. Now since I have had this done twice before without incident, I knew that it can be done without so much trouble and that it wasn't me like she kept saying(she told me the trouble was because I was on the smaller side and that my spine was slightly curved). The second anesthesologist came and got it on her second try. By this time, about 45 minutes had gone by which should have been only about 5 or less. I still have several sore needle marks all up and down my spine from her serveral attempts. I was not happy at this point and was so mad at the anesthesiologist for putting me through unneccessary pain. Finally, Rob gets to come in the room and has been wondering what took so long and is really surprised when he sees I am in tears and not happy. The anesthesia still wasn't the best because with the last two C-sections, I did not feel anything-no tugging or pulling that I know other people have exprienced. This time, I felt every tug and pull, I was extremely nauseous, and had huge crushing pains in my upper abdomen and chest. I was miserable and could barely pay attention to what was going on with the baby.
Our first picture with baby. I was not a happy camper in the picture and was kinda annoyed when the nurse took it because I was in so much pain and discomfort but now I am happy to have the picture.

After they got me back to my room, I was happy to meet the baby and that the surgery was over. My parents brought Jack and Callie to the hospital that evening to meet the baby for the first time and they came each day I was there. My sisters also came and visited. I wish my time there was more enjoyable but I was sick most of the time. We stayed in the hospital through Saturday evening.







Baby with Aunt Nancy


As far as names go, Rob and I again were hopeless. The records lady kept coming up to our hospital room asking for the name for the birth certificate and we had to send her away 3 times. I do not know why we have such trouble deciding on names but it is so permanent and none of the names seemed to click or jump out at us. We would decide on a name and then change our minds. Finally, we knew the records lady was coming only one more time on Saturday a few hours before we left and we knew we had to decide on something. Finally, Saturday morning, Rob was the decisive one again and chose a name that had been thrown out at the last minute. We officially named the baby Hudson Xavier Lambourne. We are still getting used to the name and calling him Hudson and I often call him Xavier. I remember it took me a few weeks to get used to Callie too.

So far, he is a sweet baby and still sleeps a lot during the day with a few awake periods. He is an ok sleeper at night and is getting better each night. The last few nights, he is sleeping in 3-4 hour stretches, eating, and then falling right back to sleep. We are still fine tuning his sleeping but we are not completely sleep deprived which I am so grateful for.

I am now having a relaxing recovery thanks to my Mom who is here taking care of Jack and Callie and I spend my day holding Hudson and just watching him. I love all this time I have to bond and enjoy him.

Happy Zeroth Birthday to .......

He was born at 4:10pm this afternoon and weighed 6lbs 11oz and was 18 inches long. He and mommy are doing good. Keeping with tradition, the baby does not have a name yet and the name choosing process will probably go on until tomorrow or Saturday. Here are some pictures with more to come.

Belated Happy Father's Day

I meant to post this on Father's day but I think my mind has been occupied with other things this week. I do want to wish a belated Happy Father's day to my father and father-in law and express how thankful we are for them in our lives. I especially want to say how thankful I am for Rob and that he is a wonderful father. I am also grateful that he was very understanding that I was not able to do as much for him on Sunday as I would have liked since I am extremely pregnant. I still hope he had a nice day and I think it was at least relaxing for him.
Rob did get a very big father's day present which helped him celebrate the day. Rob has always wanted a recliner ever since I have met him. I am not a huge recliner fan but I finally came to my senses this past week that we needed something new for the family room because I decided I did not want to look at the old rocking chair that we bought 6 years ago at a garage sale in Utah any longer. So I knew that to get Rob on board with finally getting rid of this ugly chair, I would entice him with the thought of purchasing a recliner. He of course jumped at the opportunity to buy a recliner and both of us still do not know why we kept the other chair around so long because we both disliked it. We found a great deal at a leather store that was going out of business on a rocker/recliner that was a great compromise between comfort and not the typical puffy recliner look that I really do not care for. Rob spent most of Sunday in his new chair and now he has to fight to sit in it with the kids who also really like the new chair.
Our new family member(hopefully not the only new one this week:))

Yea Jack! Yea Jack!

The blog title comes courtesy of Callie who is currently watching Jack play a Vsmile game on the TV and chanting that phrase over and over. His game must be going well and he has a great cheerleader. On Thursday, Jack graduated from Pre-K. The school had a graduation ceremony where the kids sang and received a "diploma". As each kid walked across the stage and received the "diploma", they announced what the child said they wanted to be when they grew up. For Jack, they announced he wanted to be a Heart doctor, a scientist, a robot builder, and a daddy and he was the only child that had a list of careers instead of one. Afterwards, Jack picked to go to Steak n Shake to celebrate with steakburgers and chocolate milkshakes. Congratulations Jack!

Any Recommendations?

As we are counting down the days before the baby is here, I have just started focusing on all the baby gear and stuff we need as we have been getting the house ready for #3. We kept almost everything from when we had Jack and did not buy really anything new when we had Callie but with this one, I have been so tempted to buy new things. It is amazing how many new baby things they have come out with in the last 5 years. Also, when we had Jack, we were students and probably didn't buy as much or as nice of things as we would have if we were employed at the time. However, I do want to be practical and know that the most of the things we have will definitely get us by but may pick a few things to update. One of the things I definitely want to buy is a diaper bag. I have never had a diaper bag that I really liked. I have had big ones and small ones and the big ones are always too big and the small one we have will be definitely too small for three especially with a newborn. So I would love to know if anyone has a diaper bag that they love. I need one that can fit snacks and water for Jack and Callie but also fit all the new baby's items as well. I would also love to be able to fit my wallet, keys, and phone in it at times so I do not have to carry my purse and diaper bag at the same time. So please give me a diaper bag recommendation if you have one or anything other baby things you have found helpful that may not have been around 5 years ago. I look forward to hearing some ideas!