1 Month Old!

I cannot believe our little man is already a month old!! Where has the time gone!?! Emmery is doing WONDERFUL! He is growing like a weed!

4th of July

Hello everyone! I know this is later, but HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! I hope you all had a wonderful safe holiday! Emmery and I went up to Gwanma's house for the 4th! We had such a wonderful time! My mom's best friend Teresa flew in for a few days to meet Emmery and it was great having her here! Craig set us up a tent in the backyard because I've been craving going camping, but we never did get around to sleeping in it! Thanks for setting it up for us anyway granpa! :) On Friday we attempted to watch the fireworks from my mom and Craig's back porch, but Em had different plans! He got hungry right when they started setting them off so we ended up in the bedroom feeding through most of them. Oh well, I'm sure he didn't mind :) Sky was in Seattle for a Major's tournament for softball over the weekend and had an amazing time!! They got to play ball with the big boys! :) On Thursday Emmery and I ran up to Preston to take a few pictures with Riley. Boy did we have fun!!! Here are a few of them!

Our beautiful boy!

It feels so wonderful to be home! They finally released Emmery Saturday morning and we happily took him home! We have settled right in and love our little family! Bella has been so great with him and has seemed to welcome him easily. Today we went to the doctor and he got circumsized. He hasn't been a happy camper but I can't blame him one bit!! It was hard to watch and broke my heart hearing my little guy crying like that! But it should heal quick! Poor guy, he was a little trooper! Here are some cute new pics...

Happy Boy!


First doctor's appointment! He was such a good boy!

Welcome Emmery Michael Thomson!

We are so excited to welcome our beautiful son! Emmery Michael Thomson was born June 13, 2009 at 3:05 a.m. weighing 7 lbs 10 oz and measuring 20". He is the most amazing little guy!!! We are still in the hospital because when he was born he had an infection and had to go down to the NICU the next day because he was having a hard time slowing his respiratory rate down and it was making it hard for him to eat. His blood sugars started to drop and they were worried about him getting dehydrated, so they brought him down for a bunch of tests. They did all sorts of tests and his lungs, heart, etc looked PERFECT, so they ran blood tests and such and concluded it was just an infection that he probaby caught from me during delivery. I came in with a fever while I was in labor and they ran antibiotics on me but he still caught it. So they are running him on a 5 day regim of antibiotics and we should be good to go Friday!! I cannot wait to go home and sleep in my own bed! I've been staying up here at the hospital day and night to establish breastfeeding. In the mean time, he is doing REALLY well! He is eating like a champ and finally starting to gain weight back (he dropped to 6 lbs 13 oz) but is now back up to 7 lbs 2 oz! Go my little man! :) He is one very happy, content, alert and tough little guy! He already holds his head up really well and on my gosh does he have some strong arms! We are so happy to have him and life is wonderful! We want to say thank you to all of our friends and family for all of the love and support!!! We appreciate it more than we can tell you!

Still waiting...

Well we had a nice trip to Labor and Delivery this weekend. I was having contractions for about 5 hours consistently about 4-5 minutes apart lasting a minute, so we decided to go get checked out. They hooked me up to the monitors and watched me for a while. I wasn't dilating any further and only thinned to 85% effaced. So they sent us home after a while. Monday morning we went to our ultrasound. He weighs 6 lbs 14 oz and is absolutely perfect! Tuesday morning my dr stripped my membranes and boy was that NOT fun. I haven't felt the greatest since, but hopefully it gets things moving!!!!!! Until then, here's a cute pic :)

UPDATE!

We have progress! I had my 37 week appointment this morning and good news! I'm already dilated to a 2+ and 70% effaced. She said that he is measuring 5cm bigger than our last appointment (significant difference) so she hopes he'll come soon! She ordered a growth ultrasound for June 8th if he isn't here by then to see exactly how big he is (he's measuring about 40 now and I'm 37... so he's lookin big) and if he is ginormous like his daddy was then she wants to induce me so that I can actually deliver him! HAHA! AHHHH! It's getting so close! So all those irritating contractions I've been having for weeks are actually good for somethin! :)

The end is near... thank goodness

5 weeks left til Emmery's due date... we're praying he joins us a little sooner than that, but want him fully "cooked" :)
I have officially hit the "I'm so ready to be done being pregnant" phase. I can't quite explain the level of unattractiveness that my swollen finger, legs, feet and toes have reached. Its not pretty. My mom said something this morning that nailed it on the head... "I think it (pregnancy) was designed long enough for the baby to cook but just short enough before you contemplate murder." Ding ding ding! Everything is getting uncomfortable but I keep reminding myself that he is worth all of it!
I will try and post tonight pictures from our baby shower so you can see how spoiled our little guy is! :)