Lighting...

Good evening my friends and loved ones...

I'm conflicted... trying to find natural light at my parents house with out having to rip the house apart has become quite challenging... and I so badly want to get pictures of my little man with his valentine's day stuff... what to do! WHAT TO DO!

Maybe I'll try to re-arrange the family room tomorrow and see if I can get something put together... other wise I guess I'll just have to do some snap shots... but I'd love so much to get more studio like photos... I'm still learning...

Once we move into our new place (if the inspection goes well and everything is in order) I'm going to have to get something set up there.

I swear David is getting heavier and heavier every day... can you believe that tomorrow is his 6 month birthday???? My little love muffin is half way there to being a year old. Brings tears to my eyes to even think about it. :( Its amazing watching him grow, but at the same time I'm just wanting him to stay little forever.

I'm definitely going to get his pictures taken tomorrow for his monthly set. :)

So surreal... 6 months ago... I was just crawling into beg... contractions still the same... annoying, but not enough to be admitted.

I'm babbling... I'll shush for now, but I just wanted to give a quick update. :)

Goodnight my loves. :)

DIY Backdrops rock...

I haven't gotten the chance to do the things I've read about yet, but I'm super excited to give it a try.

I read that you can drape a blanket on the side of the crib, and having it face the window with good light coming in, and BAM backdrop! It's very exciting! :) Also learned you can take a rolling rack and clamp fabric, sheets, or blankets to it and BAM backdrop...

I'm soooo excited right now to give it a try... but I still need to find a location in the house to try it... gotta remember to breathe and plan...

So any way, expect some fun pictures sooner or later here.... not that the pictures I usually take of him aren't fun ;) These will be some cute little naked baby pictures. :) can't wait. :D :D :D

Snow Day!

Last night we got the snow storm warning for today... so Jeff worked from home today and we just kind of chilled as a family. We're also waiting anxiously for a call about the house we put an offer on... still no word on that...

ANY WAY...

Jeff decided to go out and snow blow the driveway.

I decided it would be nice for David to come out and experience his first snow storm. He was always too little to go out before, so this snow must of been for him from God. :) He wasn't quite sure what to think of it... just kind of sat there...

Jeff picked him up after only one picture, but we decided to try a standing in the snow pose for the camera.

It may of been a short trip out into the winter wonderland, but I thought it went very well. :)

And now for the pictures. :)

New milestones...

Today was David's first real day of sitting up all on his own.

He proudly holds his toes and grins his cute little gummy grins letting us all know that he has conquered balance and gravity!

Behold my infant child in all his sitting up glory!!

the gravity takes hold yet again...

But that's okay.... he finds falling over very fun...

I love him and his cute self so very much. :)

In other news, he had a HUGE dinner tonight... 2 oz. of milk mixed with almost a full serving of rice cereal... then he got to have some apple sauce which I have yet to get pictures of, but its hilarious when he eats it. He makes these sour little faces that make me crack up while he eats... he just smiles at me in response... after he's done doing his "sour lemon" face. I'll try to capture the moment next time he has apple sauce.

Then when he was done with that... he decided he still wasn't done eating and nursed for a few minutes.

Mom and I decided he must be going through another growth spurt.

This means I better get all his 9 month clothing ready... I have a feeling he'll be out of the 6 month stuff very soon.

Another new thing is that he is spending more sleeping time in his nursery sleeping in his crib, which means he's spending less time sleeping in our room. That's good news, but sad at the same time. I still can't sleep well because I'm too busy listening for him. ;)

Speaking of waking up, I hear him now, so I'm off to another bed time adventure with my most favorite little explorer.

Goodnight friends and family and sweet dreams to all. :)

Rice Cereal

David has recently begun the journey of solid foods.

This... my friends... is his dream come true. He's been watching mommy and daddy eat with such eager need. Let me tell you, he is a PRO with a spoon. He even chews while he eats. Amazing little man I have.

Well rice has become his first favorite food. But he has also experienced apple since then. I put a few cubes in a mesh teething toy and he went to town on that. We were surprised since the apple is kind of a tart one.

But when we gave him baby apple sauce... he gives the funniest "sour" faces I've ever seen. He keeps begging for more though. Next on our list it banana. :)

The Birth Story

It's already been 5 and a half months since I had my little boy, and I haven't even told the story on my baby blog... so I figured I'd better get my butt in gear and let every one in on how the delivery went with my little David Keegan.



Starting August 1st (which is also the birthday of my dear little niece Josie who came a little early, being only 30 weeks) I began to have contractions... went to the hospital, got sent home after a day there... they told me to wait till the pain level got to a 5-6... so I waited a week, then it got to that level, so we went back into the hospital... and again, got sent home after a day there... even though the contractions were very regular, being 2-5 mins apart for up to 3 hours or more at a time.




Well.... I was getting very frustrated. I was still at a 2 cm at my last check up, she had me make an appointment for the Monday after my due date to schedule to be induced by Tuesday or Wednesday if I didn't have him by that coming Sunday which was the 16th, and my estimated due date. I tried everything, herbal teas, massage points, I walked all the time...but I had trouble sleeping, was in pain almost all the time, couldn't work any more... it was just... enough already.




Then Monday, August 17th at 3:30am I dreamed I was in pain... and to my surprise, I awoke to even more pain then I was used to... I waited it out, counting the contractions, how long they lasted and how far apart. Around 6-7am I woke Jeff to tell him things are definitely happening... but in fear of being sent home, I waited longer. I decided to call my clinic and ask if I could bump my appointment (to set up an appointment to get induced Tues. or Weds that week) to a morning one. They told me they thought it would be better if I just went to the hospital. So Jeff and I packed up yet again and headed out to the hospital. They monitored me for a few hours. I was at about a 3-4... so they let me stay a little longer... then nothing changed. The nurse came in and started talking about maybe sending me home, yet again... and I started to cry. I just couldn't handle the lack of sleep and the constant pain any more. I told her to tell the doctor on call that I had an appointment that day to schedule and induction and begged her to ask him to break my water and get this going.



THANKFULLY he decided to do just that.



Dr. Jones, my angel, came in and broke my water and started me on the pitocin. Jeff called his parents and told them to pack up and head on down. I called my parents and told them as well.



After only 2 hours my contractions started to top the charts all on their own so they took me off the inducer. My body pretty much went into over drive and eventually I accepted a painkiller that would last a few hours. When I got to about a 6 I finally accepted the epidural. The doctor said I did really well with that, didn't move a budge, which is good cause I was really nervous.



Only a little bit of time went by before I started noticing the nurses running into the room on several occasions to check on the baby's heart rate. The contractions were getting too strong, and I wasn't progressing the way I should... they decided to put me at an upside down angle to get David's head away from the cervix to give him a break from the pressure. Shortly after that I felt a pain through the epidural... it made the doctor nervous. They called in the surgeon and they decided it would be best for me to get a C-section because David's heart rate was dangerously low and the pain could be a bad sign as well. So I agreed and they stopped my contractions and numbed me up... before I knew it we were in another room and they were getting ready to get my little man out.



Jeff joined me not long after. He held my hand during the surgery and reassured me. We were both nervous... I know we had both cried at one point...



I remember I was shaking a lot... teeth chattering... shock maybe?



45 mins go by and they finally tell me that they were almost there... told me I would feel a lot of pressure ... and then... I held my breath... then there... in the clanking and clattering of the doctors, I heard the most beautiful sound... the first cry of my son, my sweet, my everything...



I cried when I heard him... I turned my head to the sound as they carried him over to the care station... Jeff looked at me, kind of torn between the two of us... I let go of him and told him to quite go and get pictures... I watched through watery tear filled eyes as they cleaned him up. The huge smile on Jeffry's face... the smile that had to mirror the smile I had on my face...

Soon they let Jeff hold him by my face so David and I could see each other... I cried... ( I cry now just thinking about it ) ... David calmly looked into my face, knowingly, lovingly... I wanted so much to hold him... I brushed my hand across the top of his head. They offered to take a picture of our new family, so Jeff handed off his camera and I tried to bend head enough to see the camera... was hard to do since I was upside down compared to Jeff and David.



After the portraits were done, they took David, and Jeff went with him... my heart broke as I watched them go... but I just kept telling myself, I'll get to see him soon... as they stitched me up I kept talking about him... about the pregnancy... anything to keep me from freaking out... I so wanted to hold him.



A few hours go by and they came to get me. I got into my room and next thing I see is Jeffry coming into the room with the tiny little hospital cart holding my precious baby boy... they handed him to me and I burst out into tears... my love, my life, everything that was within me was now in my arms... No matter how tired I was... no matter the pain... nothing mattered at this moment cept for my love for him and they way he knew.



Family came in shortly after to be introduced to him... to hold him for the first time.



We only sent him back to the nursery for that first night to try to get some sleep. From there on he stayed in the room with me unless they needed to weigh him or test him for stuff...



It was an interesting experience... and I can't wait to do it again! I know I sound crazy, but it was all worth it in the end when I got to hold him... I've been in love with him since he was just a tiny little bean and I'm still madly in love with him now that he's almost 6 months old. :)



I'm trying to get Jeffry to write down his side of what happened so I can post it here as well. Here's to hoping he'll do it ;)



Love to all. :)

Down to the wire...

Well... I'm 38 weeks and 3 (almost 4) days... and have been having contractions for the last 4 days.

We've made two trips so far to the hospital, just to be sent home because I wasn't advancing fast enough. I have my normal scheduled OB visit tomorrow so we'll find out how much further I've dilated... (last time I was checked I was almost a 3cm).

It can be hard to sleep through the contractions, but sometimes my body just gives in to the sleepiness and I just pass out. So that's at least nice.

It could be any time now... so we're all anxious to meet little David.
Everyone keep their fingers crossed for a quick and easy (and SOON) delivery!