1 month already

This Sunday (not that I am looking ahead or anything), Donovan will be 1 month old. I can't believe how fast it has gone. It is amazing how time can fly when you have no sleep! He is a great baby, who loves to be held and cuddled all day long. I invested in a baby sling today so I can get a few things done. If it were up to him, we would be cuddling and eating on the couch all day. He has the sensitive side like his dad!

Past week and a half, he has not been sleeping very good at night, falling asleep in my arms, then I put him done and 45 minutes later waking up and wanting to be held, then I get him to sleep, then 45 minutes later he is hungry again. He is lucky he is do darn cute! Mommy is tired! I am done with breast feeding and I am weaning him off. He stays awake longer when feeding formula and hopefully will fill him up quicker and longer. He finally fits into his newborn cloths, and before I know it he will be in 3 month cloths.

LAst weekend my girlfriends came from MN and Chicago to meet Donovan, it meant a lot to have them come and visit me (even though I am pretty sure it wasn't all just to see me!) Donovan was loving being cuddled by the girls and I think they loved it just as much. He is lucky to have such great "Aunties"! Can't wait to see you girls again soon!

Payton is a great big brother! He is handling the transition perfect! He doesn't even care anymore when Donovan is crying. And loves to smell Donovan! He is still very needy, between the two of them, I have my hands full!

Birth Announcements will be out soon!

2 weeks new!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas! Ours was great! Family came to us so it was nice to have X-Mas at our house. Tim's Dad made tons of Seafood on Christmas Eve which was excellant! Then christmas day the food continued, which didn't help with my baby weight! But was worth it!

I can't believe Donovan is already two weeks old! We had our pediatrician appointment and he has gained 1 lbs in 8 days which is double what the doctor expected! He has also grew 2 inches as well! He has been eating like a little monster so that didn't surprise me. We are getting to know Donovan a little more and more each day and he is quite a special little boy. He has a great temperment, and seems very content majority of the day. He is becoming more aware everyday and checking out his surroundings more and more. He is starting to make more eye contact and even gives those slight little smiles, which are probably gas, but they are so cute that I am going to just pretend he is smiling at me! Everyday seems to get a little easier and more natural for us! Tim is a GREAT dad, who seems like he has been a dad forever, it comes very easily for Tim, I am not surprised at all!

My mom leaves tomorrow, and I can't even begin to Thank her for everything she has done! Making dinner, running errands, helping with Payton and most importantly holding Donovan so that I can take a nap! I will miss her very much, she has made my transition to becoming a mom easy, but I learn from the best!

Donovan Scott Marco

Hello!! Well,we are officiallly new parents! We couldn't be happier to introduce Donovan Scott Marco, he was born December 14th, 2008 5:07 pm. He was 7 lbs 11 oz and 19 3/4 inches long, and perfect! We are so blessed to have this early christmas present in our lives!

I went into labor Sunday morning, 5:50 ,my water broke and I told Tim "I think this is it!" He wasn't quite awake yet, so I needed to repeat myself! What a surprise!!!! I called the doctor and he told me to come in, we arrived at the doctor's office at 6:30 and got checked in. We waited about 2.5 hours for the Doctor to arrive, Tim thinks this should be his new profession, since he wouldn't have to be on time for anything! I was having contractions about 5 minutes apart, nothing too painful, but they were defintely there. We walked the halls, and tried to get things moving, which they did, when the doctor arrived, he check me and I was at 3 cm. He said "let's have this baby!" He predicted by early MOnday morning, Sunday late night, we would have ourselves a new baby boy!

Well within 3 hours, I dialated 4 cm, and was in extreme amount of pain, very quickly. Epidural couldn't come fast enough, when it did finally come, and started working, it was a god send! I don't know what I would have done without it. I felt like I needed to send the epidural a Thank you card, I was soooooo THANKFUL! I "labored" for a few more hours, not feeling a thing and just relaxed. Then Started pushing, and again didn't feel a thing! IT was great! It was a lot easier then I ever thought it would be. 5:07, Little Man Marco arrived into our lives! Very blue and stunned, he wasn't crying, just staring at us like "what the hell just happened!" The nurse quickly took him away and they started to do their thing, he started crying a little, but was not breathing like he should. The nurses were great and made me feel comfortable, and that everything was ok, in which they told me later he was a little tooo purple for their liking!

Tim watched everything which shocked me, he didn't pass out, or not look, he was totally involved and was great throughout the whole thing!

The nurses took him down to the nursery to get him on some oxygen and slow his breathing down a little. I was a little confused, but knew that he would be taken care of. After getting feeling back in my legs, and showering, we went down to the nursery to meet the little guy! He was precious! He had a oxygen tube in his nose but was awake and ready to meet us. He spent the night in the nursey Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night. Which was hard, because we didn't get a chance to bond, like I dreamed of, but he needed to be monitored. His breathing was too fast. The next day he was put on antibiotics, because he white bllod cell count was high, they thought he may have an infection. It ended up being probably because he was stressing himself out breathing to fast, which then was finally called something TTN, transient tachypnea of the newborn. It wouldd go away within 24-48 hours and I guess a lot of newborns get it.

We finally got to go home Wednesday afternoon. Payton met Donovan and is doing great! I little confused, and very interested, but is getting used to him.

First night at home, was overwhelming, but each night has gotten easier. We are getting to know eachother a little more every day! We love our little guy so much, and are so lucky to have him in our lives! It is crazy how much your life can change in one day, what an amazing experience!

I will try to post every week, but I am realizing, things are different now, and I am a feeding machine! My mom being here has been great, and would not be able to do this without her. Thank you mom!!!