Friday, January 28, 2011
An awesome daddy!
I can't believe I forgot to mention this in the last post. Nathan is an awesome daddy and a fantastic husband! Even though he was home for only two weeks (essentially HIS vacation) it was all about me (while I was pregnant) and then all about that precious baby boy. The whole time he was home he was taking care of me, not letting me carry things and taking care of everything that needed to be done. Then when we were at the hospital he knew the right things to say and do and was very supportive and even had me laughing through labor. He helped with the baby all he could. I changed one diaper I think the whole time we were there. And when we got home he would get up and change Niko's diaper after I fed him so that I could go to the bathroom before trying to sleep again. Oh and he was sick pretty much the whole time he was here! I love him so much and he does so well with a pregnant wife and with a new mom and baby! I can't wait until we are all together as a family again :)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Playing Catch Up!
So my little sister got married! The wedding was December 18th (also my brother's 30th birthday) and everything was beautiful and worked out great. Mom was a lot less stressed when that day was over!
Then we had Christmas, but I have no pictures. It was the first Christmas I spent without my parents or my little sister :( but Jenise was here with her family so Grandma and I went over to mom's house to watch my nieces and nephews open their presents. And Trevor was there too. It is so fun to watch the little ones open their gifts! They are so excited about every single one of their presents and they remember to say thank you which is adorable!
Then January came....the month I had been waiting for since we found out I was pregnant. Nathan surprised me and showed up knocking on the door three days earlier than he told me his leave started, so that was awesome! We had a whole week together before the baby was due to arrive. We went and bought a play n pack and some other things to finish getting ready for the little guy and I really enjoyed just being with him :)
January 5th I had my last pre-natal appointment and of course Nathan got to be there (it was the third time he was able to come with me) and that alone was exciting. The doctor said we could start the induction at midnight (just so we weren't charged for a full day) and so we called to see if there was room. There was! I showered and we headed to St. Vincent hospital. I got all checked in and hooked up to machines then the fun started! They gave me cytotec at about 1:30 in the morning and then gave me ambien...so I slept a little :) They did a second dose of that and I actually went into active labor. I don't know what time I asked for the epidural, but I made it to 5 cm and my goal was six so I was fairly happy with that. And I was really happy after it kicked in! Nathan had to hold me so I didn't move and mess it or me up and he did an awesome job...and in return I didn't kick him :)
Time meant nothing most of the day, but after the epidural they started pitocin and about 4 pm the nurse thought we could try pushing. It was definitely time so mom woke Nathan up (he fell asleep on the hardwood floor :) ) and got the show on the road. Nathan did well during delivery and my mom was there to help too.
Niko Lewis Grill was born at 16:36 on January 6th, 2011. He was 9 lbs 9oz and 22 inches long. He had lots of cameras on him through his first bath and first diaper change (which Nathan took care of beautifully!) The nurse was nervous with the bath with so many people and cameras on her. Speaking of...I had met both the nurses before. The main nurse gave use the tour of the floor on January 3rd and we told her we would be there to induce on the sixth and so she called dibs when she got to work that day. The nurse that helped a lot I had classes with at MSU-B. They were both awesome and so nice!
Niko's feet were so long they didn't fit in the little box they put prints in! His left foot had heels and toes outside the box!!!
Then we had Christmas, but I have no pictures. It was the first Christmas I spent without my parents or my little sister :( but Jenise was here with her family so Grandma and I went over to mom's house to watch my nieces and nephews open their presents. And Trevor was there too. It is so fun to watch the little ones open their gifts! They are so excited about every single one of their presents and they remember to say thank you which is adorable!
Then January came....the month I had been waiting for since we found out I was pregnant. Nathan surprised me and showed up knocking on the door three days earlier than he told me his leave started, so that was awesome! We had a whole week together before the baby was due to arrive. We went and bought a play n pack and some other things to finish getting ready for the little guy and I really enjoyed just being with him :)
January 5th I had my last pre-natal appointment and of course Nathan got to be there (it was the third time he was able to come with me) and that alone was exciting. The doctor said we could start the induction at midnight (just so we weren't charged for a full day) and so we called to see if there was room. There was! I showered and we headed to St. Vincent hospital. I got all checked in and hooked up to machines then the fun started! They gave me cytotec at about 1:30 in the morning and then gave me ambien...so I slept a little :) They did a second dose of that and I actually went into active labor. I don't know what time I asked for the epidural, but I made it to 5 cm and my goal was six so I was fairly happy with that. And I was really happy after it kicked in! Nathan had to hold me so I didn't move and mess it or me up and he did an awesome job...and in return I didn't kick him :)
Time meant nothing most of the day, but after the epidural they started pitocin and about 4 pm the nurse thought we could try pushing. It was definitely time so mom woke Nathan up (he fell asleep on the hardwood floor :) ) and got the show on the road. Nathan did well during delivery and my mom was there to help too.
Niko Lewis Grill was born at 16:36 on January 6th, 2011. He was 9 lbs 9oz and 22 inches long. He had lots of cameras on him through his first bath and first diaper change (which Nathan took care of beautifully!) The nurse was nervous with the bath with so many people and cameras on her. Speaking of...I had met both the nurses before. The main nurse gave use the tour of the floor on January 3rd and we told her we would be there to induce on the sixth and so she called dibs when she got to work that day. The nurse that helped a lot I had classes with at MSU-B. They were both awesome and so nice!
Niko's feet were so long they didn't fit in the little box they put prints in! His left foot had heels and toes outside the box!!!
My last pregnancy picture 39 wks 4 days
A maternity picture with Daddy
Niko is born :)
A not so little boy!
Proud Daddy and so happy he was able to be there!
The awesome doctor and nurses:
Joy, Nathan, Niko, me, Dr. Neuhoff, Becky
We're so glad that Niko is finally here and now we are just counting the days until Daddy comes home and trying to keep busy until then!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Busy week
So this week has been busy and super awesome! I've been attempting to help my mother and older sister to get things ready for my younger sister's wedding (which is next Saturday !) and so that is keeping me really busy. Basically if I don't have something else planned I'm at least over at mom's in case there is something I'm actually capable of doing to help :) I am getting to the large and not so comfortable stage of being pregnant so sometimes I really just sit and watch them, but I guess I'm cheering them on, right? So while my actual list of activities is short, the wedding stuff is what is keeping me busy. And I am still working on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So having activities the other days feels like a lot.
Tuesday the ladies from my church had a shower for me and it was awesome. Besides the uncomfortable opening presents and making sure I say something nice about everything ( I know this is something that others besides me worry about so don't even pretend to think I'm crazy!) it was really fun and way more people showed up than I expected. It may be that they just feel bad for me because my husband isn't here, but they would have to at least like me a little to care enough to come right? I got a sweet diaper cake (and it's the only one I've ever seen in real life), tons of cute clothes and various other useful things. It was great and I'm so thankful......but I was so tired by the end and it was only two hours! I'm definitely not used to getting tired so easy.
Side note, I need to learn to let people help me. I'm usually the one who is lifting heavy boxes when we get home from Costco and bringing them in with no problem. I cannot do that right now. I already hurt my back and when I try to carry heavy things in front of my large belly that only makes the object heavier and hurts my tummy and my back. I let my first heavy box go the other night....it hurt to put it in the car from the cart so I had my brother carry it in the house. Baby steps here people, I'm not going to go completely useless just because I'm pregnant. Unless I get put on bedrest....but I'm not.
Today I had my 36 week doctor's visit. I will spare you all the details but it was the best! Baby and everything is still good, heard the heart beat and had a few other business things to take care of, but I asked about being induced and got the exact answer I wanted. I will be induced a few days after Nathan gets home so that we can have some alone time, have the baby, bless the baby on Sunday and then have almost a full week as a family before he has to go back! I'm so excited that it is looking like everything will work out perfectly :) Oh, babies don't come early in our family and he said there is no way I will be ruining my sister's wedding with going into labor. Just don't tell her that....
We have a concert tonight and another one this weekend and fill in any empty space with wedding stuff! January will be here before I know it!!!
Tuesday the ladies from my church had a shower for me and it was awesome. Besides the uncomfortable opening presents and making sure I say something nice about everything ( I know this is something that others besides me worry about so don't even pretend to think I'm crazy!) it was really fun and way more people showed up than I expected. It may be that they just feel bad for me because my husband isn't here, but they would have to at least like me a little to care enough to come right? I got a sweet diaper cake (and it's the only one I've ever seen in real life), tons of cute clothes and various other useful things. It was great and I'm so thankful......but I was so tired by the end and it was only two hours! I'm definitely not used to getting tired so easy.
Side note, I need to learn to let people help me. I'm usually the one who is lifting heavy boxes when we get home from Costco and bringing them in with no problem. I cannot do that right now. I already hurt my back and when I try to carry heavy things in front of my large belly that only makes the object heavier and hurts my tummy and my back. I let my first heavy box go the other night....it hurt to put it in the car from the cart so I had my brother carry it in the house. Baby steps here people, I'm not going to go completely useless just because I'm pregnant. Unless I get put on bedrest....but I'm not.
Today I had my 36 week doctor's visit. I will spare you all the details but it was the best! Baby and everything is still good, heard the heart beat and had a few other business things to take care of, but I asked about being induced and got the exact answer I wanted. I will be induced a few days after Nathan gets home so that we can have some alone time, have the baby, bless the baby on Sunday and then have almost a full week as a family before he has to go back! I'm so excited that it is looking like everything will work out perfectly :) Oh, babies don't come early in our family and he said there is no way I will be ruining my sister's wedding with going into labor. Just don't tell her that....
We have a concert tonight and another one this weekend and fill in any empty space with wedding stuff! January will be here before I know it!!!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thanksgiving Shenanigans
Be warned, I am very tired so this may not make sense and I will probably forget many things.
We started out our Thanksgiving fun by finding out something was wrong with the furnace. Our house was stuck at 65 degrees and it was so cold to get out of bed in the mornings. So grandma tried to start a fire...and dad finished it for us. The dogs have never seen a fire in the fireplace and they were very interested in what was going on.
Then on Sunday we found out that two of my cousins rolled their vehicle on the way here. They were fine and lost only the car and a cell phone. Plus, it was only a mile outside of Columbus so my mom and dad were able to drive over and pick them up.
My older sister was also on her way here and fishtailed her car into a guard rail. Everyone is good, but the back hatch on the car does not work. Which was way fun for her when she had to unload all the stuff and her kids through the doors, fun stuff!
The same night I dropped my car off to get fixed finally. I'm very excited to finally have it back and in it's perfect condition :) Then Monday the furnace was fixed!
Wednesday was the day we baked 14 pies (that was about a pie per person) and a whole bunch of rolls. It was awesome to have my sister and cousins here to help though. It is normally an all day process, this year it took about three hours excluding actual baking time since there is no way to hurry that along. Oh and Kaitlyn and Adam drove up from school with no wrecking of vehicles or anything!
Thanksgiving! Lots of food, games and fun! Everything was delicious and we had an awesome time.
This is probably my favorite picture from the day. The two little dogs insisted on both being on my lap the whole time we were playing games, but I got tired of sitting in such a way that created a lap. So I put Daisy on my belly and then Avarie wanted to say hi to baby (which she does all the time and is just so adorable!)
The rest of the week is blurred, actually it all is blurred because it's six in the evening and I think I could go to sleep now if I wasn't baby-sittting. But we had my younger sister's bridal shower on Friday so that was fun. Adam was watching the little ones and Aiden threw up on the couch...how fun for him:) He's a good sport!
They called to tell me my car was done, but I wasn't able to get there before they closed and then some Wii was probably played and invites assembled. I don't really know. Those things happened I'm just not sure all when :) Saturday Grandma took everyone (except mom and Trevor because they were sick) to Olive Garden and then we went to TJMaxx. Then Jeni and I did some other shopping. Then half the chaos left on Sunday to go back to school. The other half is just staying through Christmas!
Now we are busy getting ready for Kaitie's wedding in 3 weeks and then the baby 3 weeks(ish) after that! Busy busy busy!
We started out our Thanksgiving fun by finding out something was wrong with the furnace. Our house was stuck at 65 degrees and it was so cold to get out of bed in the mornings. So grandma tried to start a fire...and dad finished it for us. The dogs have never seen a fire in the fireplace and they were very interested in what was going on.
Then on Sunday we found out that two of my cousins rolled their vehicle on the way here. They were fine and lost only the car and a cell phone. Plus, it was only a mile outside of Columbus so my mom and dad were able to drive over and pick them up.
My older sister was also on her way here and fishtailed her car into a guard rail. Everyone is good, but the back hatch on the car does not work. Which was way fun for her when she had to unload all the stuff and her kids through the doors, fun stuff!
The same night I dropped my car off to get fixed finally. I'm very excited to finally have it back and in it's perfect condition :) Then Monday the furnace was fixed!
Wednesday was the day we baked 14 pies (that was about a pie per person) and a whole bunch of rolls. It was awesome to have my sister and cousins here to help though. It is normally an all day process, this year it took about three hours excluding actual baking time since there is no way to hurry that along. Oh and Kaitlyn and Adam drove up from school with no wrecking of vehicles or anything!
Thanksgiving! Lots of food, games and fun! Everything was delicious and we had an awesome time.
This is probably my favorite picture from the day. The two little dogs insisted on both being on my lap the whole time we were playing games, but I got tired of sitting in such a way that created a lap. So I put Daisy on my belly and then Avarie wanted to say hi to baby (which she does all the time and is just so adorable!)
They called to tell me my car was done, but I wasn't able to get there before they closed and then some Wii was probably played and invites assembled. I don't really know. Those things happened I'm just not sure all when :) Saturday Grandma took everyone (except mom and Trevor because they were sick) to Olive Garden and then we went to TJMaxx. Then Jeni and I did some other shopping. Then half the chaos left on Sunday to go back to school. The other half is just staying through Christmas!
Now we are busy getting ready for Kaitie's wedding in 3 weeks and then the baby 3 weeks(ish) after that! Busy busy busy!
Baby Shower
I had my first baby shower a couple weeks ago. My mother-in-law hosted and we had some awesome food and everything was beautiful. My mom was in charge of the games, which I was lousy at doing! And we got so much stuff for the baby. He's all set for clothes through six months. And it took the full two weeks before company for me to wash everything and figure out where to put it all! It was way fun and I'm so glad some friends were able to get off work to play. I feel like I'm far too busy to have a social life right now so it was nice to catch up with people this way.
We played the "guess how large Shannda is" game...........
And we matched socks for 30 seconds, or less you over-achievers who can expect a phone call when I'm swamped with baby socks :)
And a picture with my mother-in-law
We played the "guess how large Shannda is" game...........
Mom put a giant ribbon in my hair and now the only pictures with me in them I have this on my head.
And my mommy!
It was definitely fun for me and I hope everyone else got some enjoyment out of it as well :)
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