Thursday, January 27, 2011
Happy Boy
Parker was awake and happy, so I jumped on the chance to have a photo shoot. He loves the mobile over his Pack-N-Play!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
2 Weeks Old
Lounging around with dad and RoxyOur little man is two weeks old today! It is hard to believe it has been two weeks already. Sometimes it feels like it has been way longer than two weeks and other times it feels like we just brought him home from the hospital.
Staring at his mobile
Parker is doing great! We love him so much! He started out as such a tiny little guy at 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Typically babies lose weight after birth, which he did. He dropped to just 6 pounds a few days after birth. All of his newborn clothes we hanging on him and practically falling off. My mom ran to the store to buy a premie outfit to see if that fit better. It almost did, but Parker already has Jake's long limbs, so his legs didn't fit. Anyways, he's been eating like a champ and yesterday at our 2 week appointment we found out he gained a whole pound! He's at 7 pounds! Oh, I was such a proud mother.
I don't have anything to compare him to, but I'd say we're pretty lucky: He's a pretty easy baby. He gets a little fussy at night, but nothing that is unbearable. Usually the kid just wants to eat. Currently he is eating almost every two hours, but sometimes we get lucky with a stretch of three to four hours.
Stretching
My brain is mush lately, so here are some random thoughts and feelings I have about being a mom and the past two weeks:
- I think I had the easiest labor and delivery in the world thanks to the epidural
- I was NOT prepared for when the epidural wore off... oh my goodness... I am just feeling better two weeks later
- I'm still not good at taking naps. I know I should sleep any chance I get, but when it's daylight I feel like I need to be up and doing stuff (even though I can't get much done)
- Roxy has been a great dog. She is still curious about Parker, but no longer growls or gets upset at every little noise he makes.
- Jake is a wonderful father! I love him more and more each day I see him with Parker.... and he has changed way more diapers than me!! Can you believe it?
And lastly, all of our housing stuff is being finalized. We signed our lives away on Wednesday and should get the keys to our first house next Thursday!!! So excited!
Staring at his mobileParker is doing great! We love him so much! He started out as such a tiny little guy at 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Typically babies lose weight after birth, which he did. He dropped to just 6 pounds a few days after birth. All of his newborn clothes we hanging on him and practically falling off. My mom ran to the store to buy a premie outfit to see if that fit better. It almost did, but Parker already has Jake's long limbs, so his legs didn't fit. Anyways, he's been eating like a champ and yesterday at our 2 week appointment we found out he gained a whole pound! He's at 7 pounds! Oh, I was such a proud mother.
I don't have anything to compare him to, but I'd say we're pretty lucky: He's a pretty easy baby. He gets a little fussy at night, but nothing that is unbearable. Usually the kid just wants to eat. Currently he is eating almost every two hours, but sometimes we get lucky with a stretch of three to four hours.
StretchingMy brain is mush lately, so here are some random thoughts and feelings I have about being a mom and the past two weeks:
- I think I had the easiest labor and delivery in the world thanks to the epidural
- I was NOT prepared for when the epidural wore off... oh my goodness... I am just feeling better two weeks later
- I'm still not good at taking naps. I know I should sleep any chance I get, but when it's daylight I feel like I need to be up and doing stuff (even though I can't get much done)
- Roxy has been a great dog. She is still curious about Parker, but no longer growls or gets upset at every little noise he makes.
- Jake is a wonderful father! I love him more and more each day I see him with Parker.... and he has changed way more diapers than me!! Can you believe it?
And lastly, all of our housing stuff is being finalized. We signed our lives away on Wednesday and should get the keys to our first house next Thursday!!! So excited!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Parker James Hilton - 1/1/11
First off, this is Jake posting. With Kelly laid up after the most eventful New Years Eve/Day to date I decided to post. Parker James Hilton was born on 1/1/11 @ 12:17PM. Who would have thought that after 9 and a half months the little guy would help us ring in the new year. Now the back story:
With a very uncomfortable wife carrying our first born through 39 weeks we went to dinner, picked up ice cream, and settled in for New Years Eve. The events all started while Kelly and I were relaxing at home while watching the yearly celebrations on TV. I believe that Kelly can be quoted as saying, "Man I wish he would just come already." With that said her water broke and all hell broke loose. I started running around the house not able to think clearly, trying to gather all of our belongings to head to he hospital. Once out of the house everything fell into place.
We arrived at the hospital at 12:15AM and settled in for what we knew was going to be a long night. Kelly was given some Pitocin to get her contractions going and then we tried to get some sleep. Kelly didn't get too much sleep as the contractions got more intense. We both finally started stirring around 6:00AM and Kelly was only about 3 cm. With a small effort to test the waters Kelly was persuaded to get an epidural which turned out to be the best decision ever. Next thing we knew she went from 3cm to 10cm in just three hours and was ready to push. When all was said and done she ended up pushing for maybe 40minutes and the little guy was born. I still can't believe how smooth it all went and how relatively comfortable Kelly was through this whole experience.
Sorry I am kinda rambling, so I will get to what everyone really wants to see.
With a very uncomfortable wife carrying our first born through 39 weeks we went to dinner, picked up ice cream, and settled in for New Years Eve. The events all started while Kelly and I were relaxing at home while watching the yearly celebrations on TV. I believe that Kelly can be quoted as saying, "Man I wish he would just come already." With that said her water broke and all hell broke loose. I started running around the house not able to think clearly, trying to gather all of our belongings to head to he hospital. Once out of the house everything fell into place.
We arrived at the hospital at 12:15AM and settled in for what we knew was going to be a long night. Kelly was given some Pitocin to get her contractions going and then we tried to get some sleep. Kelly didn't get too much sleep as the contractions got more intense. We both finally started stirring around 6:00AM and Kelly was only about 3 cm. With a small effort to test the waters Kelly was persuaded to get an epidural which turned out to be the best decision ever. Next thing we knew she went from 3cm to 10cm in just three hours and was ready to push. When all was said and done she ended up pushing for maybe 40minutes and the little guy was born. I still can't believe how smooth it all went and how relatively comfortable Kelly was through this whole experience.
Sorry I am kinda rambling, so I will get to what everyone really wants to see.
Here are some pictures of the new addition to the Hilton Family:
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