Thanksgiving with the Cooks!!

My dad is so sweet. My family lives in Oregon and the plan was for my mom to spend time when Adam was born and for my family to come for his blessing in January. However, once Adam was born he couldn't stand it. They decided to come for Thanksgiving!!

The boys and Lexus played football on Thanksgiving at a nearby park. Although it wasn't the FOUR football games Lincoln was supposed to play in, hopefully they had a good time :)

All of my siblings were enamored with Adam and would argue over who got to hold him. The family was here for 3 days and until the moment they left everyone wanted to hold him. I think he got a little spoiled :) Lincoln especially loved to hold him, or change him, or burp him. He might be going to school in Rexburg next year and Adam would love to see him Uncle Lincoln more. Bentley called Adam "lil Adam" all weekend. It was sweet.

My mom made an AMAZING thanksgiving dinner in my tiny kitchen :) She was awesome!! Thank you guys so much for coming out. I'm so glad you all got to see Adam and we got to spend the holiday together!

Derek and Adam

Derek is such an amazing daddy. He talks to Adam and is so funny! I can't wait til Adam understands his jokes :) Derek makes me laugh all the time and is good natured even when Adam pees and poops on him. Adam has pretty good aim - even hit the squirrel on the wall in the nursery haha.

Here are some pictures of my boys :)

Derek always does bathtime and tummy time with Adam. He is such a good daddy!!

Birth Story

Here's the story :)

Derek and I went in to be induced at 10:30pm on Sunday November 13. We got all set up and I was induced with a thinning agent at midnight and four am, then pitocin at 8am. The contractions weren't too bad until about 5 am when I finally woke Derek :) At 9:30am I asked for the epidural. I LOVED the epidural - it was perfect and not as painful as I expected and I relaxed immediately. At that point I was about a 4. Around 11am they checked me again and I was at a 10!! Can you believe it? Once the doctor got there and we got all set up and I was ready to push it was almost noon. I had him at 1:11pm after a bit of concern. There was a point where I wasn't making progress and the doctor considered an episiotomy or a vacuum. But then I did it! :) Adam's arm was by his head and his arm and head came out at the same time. I tore because of his arm there - he always has his arms by his head and his hand was by his head in the ultrasound too :)

 

The doctors then sewed me up and Derek watched Adam being taken care of. He was a healthy 8 pounds! The only issue was he wasn't getting enough oxygen to his blood. So they took him to the NICU to give him oxygen in high percentages and regulated how much oxygen was in his blood. They put him in an oxygen hood. We couldn't hold him but we were able to touch him and hold his hands. It was hard because I couldn't feed or hold him initially. Eventually they weaned him from 70-80% O2 to the 21% we have in our air. They did a chest xray and blood work. Although he was up and down that night by the morning he was steady and was released to us at 9am on the 15th. We did a little victory walk as we wheeled him into our room :)

Since then we have been doing great! He's feeding really well which was a concern because I didn't get to breastfeed him until 20 hours after he was born. In the NICU they gave him an IV for nutrients. He is also sleeping well and only waking up 2 or 3 times a night. We sure love our little boy and are so blessed to have him in our lives!!

Adam Steven Moss

He's here!

11.14.11 8lb 1oz 20.5 inches 1:11pm

Family is doing so so well. Thank you to everyone for the meals, visits, gifts and support. Post of birth story to come :)

"So, have you had your baby yet?"

 This is me on my due date - 11.11.11. It's now 11.13.11 and big announcement - no baby!

However, tonight is when we were supposed to get induced. Finally, a time that is definite and final...or not. I called at 5:00pm to see how busy they would be around 5:30 like my doctor said and they are swamped. It's baby-having time at the hospital! So they said they'd call when there was room. It's now 6:30pm and we are super prepared. Bags packed, bed ready for my mom, dishes done, house clean, laundry done. What else, oh yeah, pantry organized, Derek cleaned the outside of the fridge, the oven and the shower (not all today...it's been a long weekend). We are ready. I guess that's better than being unprepared :)

Here is Derek with all our hospital bags :)  Yes we need 5 bags - clothes in one, diaper bag, Derek's work bag with books etc, camera bag - we're set.

I have really appreciated everyone's good wishes although 11.11.11 was a tough day. I know I shouldn't have hoped so much for him to be born that day but I kind of did. Derek stayed home with me on Friday and took me out to breakfast. The waitress asked my due date..."oh, you know, today" :) We've been walking a TON and on Wednesday I even played a little tennis :) I've been enjoying any distractions. We went to the ISU volleyball games this weekend on Friday and Saturday night. People saw me at church today and were surprised I was there. I've been having moderate contractions at night but nothing that has kept me from normal activity. I hope the induction goes smoothly and I'm not in labor forever. I hope that all these warm up contractions are good for something :)

I'll leave with the funnest comment asked of me today:

"So, have you had your baby yet?" ... "No" (as I look down at my belly - not so much) "not yet" :)

I promise next post will have some of baby Adam - we can't wait!

39.5 Weeks

Wow I look bigger than I think I am :)

We're still just a waitin'...

Only 4 more days til my due date. If I haven't had him this week we'll induce at the beginning of next week (14th/15th). I've been feeling pretty good. Occasional cramping and painful Braxton Hicks still but no consistency.

Oh and it snowed! It's officially November. But I am so grateful it didn't snow until after Halloween. We had a beautiful fall!