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Sammy's Birthday! July 18, 2010

2010-08-18T09:38:00.001-07:00

Boy o boy I'm bad about updating this one! I'll get some pictures posted as soon as I can. This blog is difficult to update pictures, but this is a link to the pictures I took on Sammy's First Birthday!

I'd like to share my Walgreens Photo Center photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.

If you look to the left of the main screen, you'll see links to other pictures I've loaded on the site.

Sammy at 8 months at the park with Mommy & Daddy

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Sammy loved being in the swing today!

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Sammy sitting up at 5 months

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A few more pictures

2009-11-02T03:31:00.001-08:00

Sammy had a cold earlier last week so they weighed him in at 16.8 pounds!

Here's a little video I took of his being silly in his crib. It was actually time for him to sleep but he obviously wasn't in the mood for it.

Happy Halloween Sammy! 15 weeks

2009-10-31T16:45:00.001-07:00

Sammy at 14 weeks

2009-10-28T22:10:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Sammy at 14 weeks!

Watching the football updates with Daddy

Here he is learning to suck his thumb. This is good since he wont take a pacifier.

And here he is learning to sit upright. A friend gave us a little seat that lets him sit up all by himself!

Sammy LOVES to hold on to his burp cloth and throw it everywhere!

Sammy's Bath

2009-10-20T03:25:00.000-07:00

Sammy got a bath... 13 weeks 2 days

Sammy at 13 weeks!

2009-10-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

Today is not only Sammy's 13th week alive, but it's also his Daddy's birthday!

Sammy says, "Hook 'em horns, y'all!!" He's 14lbs 14oz in this picture.

Here he is sleeping with his daddy last week. He was 12 weeks old.

More Sammy Pictures!

2009-10-05T04:34:00.001-07:00

Looks like I owe quite a few weeks worth of pictures. Sorry for the delay. :)

Sammy and his cousins, Ashleigh and Alison. Sammy at 7 weeks.

Sammy snoozing away at 8 weeks old.

Me and Sammy! He's 9 weeks old in this one.

The following are all pictures of Samuel at 10-weeks old when we visited family in Dallas.
Here is Samuel with his Great Grandpa Mark and Grandma Bev.

Grandpa Larry.

Grandma Marcy.

Great Grandma Mary

Uncle Sean

Finally, we have Sammy all dressed up in an outfit his Aunt Kristin sent him. 11-weeks old! He has gained approximately 6 ounces each week and is around 14 pounds in this picture. He's growing like a weed!

Sammy Says "Hook 'Em!"

2009-09-04T17:19:00.001-07:00

We went to the Physics Picnic (aka Physnic) today and this is what he wore. :)

6-Weeks!!

2009-08-30T18:42:00.001-07:00

Sammy with his Great Grandpa Frank

Sammy with his Great Grandma Margaret

Great Uncle Kelly

Aunt DeAnna (my big sister)

Sammy sound asleep getting a kiss from his Great Grandpa

Sammy hanging out on his blanket

Finally, we have a video I took this morning with him smiling all silly! He starts to get fussy toward the end of the video.

5-Weeks

2009-08-22T15:31:00.001-07:00

Sammy hanging out at the house!

Samuel's first restaurant experience. He was very well behaved for his momma's 37th birthday at Chuy's.

Daddy holding on to Samuel so Momma can eat!

Momma holding on to Samuel so Daddy can eat!

Sammy at 4 weeks!

2009-08-15T07:55:00.000-07:00

Sammy at 4 weeks!

OH NO!!

No more pictures!

Sleeping Sammy

Lots of pictures!

2009-08-13T19:22:00.001-07:00

Mike feeding his baby boy. Sammy took a bottle quite well.

Sammy going out to the Farmer's Market! He needed a hat since it was so hot out. He's a little red and flushed... He's exactly 21 days old in this picture!

Sammy 22 days old!

Ms. Pati made Sam a little cap for the winter months (24 days). Notice how his face is entirely cleared up from the Jaundice! Sammy just doesn't like to have his picture taken, does he?

WELCOME SAMUEL EDWARD OLDS!!

2009-07-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

Born July 18, 2009.
7lb 10oz, 22 1/2 inches

With Mommy just 15 minutes after birth.

With Daddy catching his breath.
Samuel didn't breath right away and had to have oxygen to help him along for 6 seconds.

With Nan and Poppo 2 hours after birth.

With Grandpa Gene.

Look at those Monkey Toes!

Due to the difficult birth, Samuel had a bad case of Jaundice and had to have phototherapy to help clear things up. He lost lots of weight, down to 7lbs.

Angry Baby doesn't like the Phototherapy!!
You can see the blue lights at the back of his neck and on his chest. They call them "Bili-Blankets"

Samuel was released from the hospital on July 22nd!

With Mommy July 27th
Samuel still has yellow on his face but everywhere else is cleared up! Doctor is very happy with his progress. You can really see the difference between his hands and his face.!

2 weeks old!
7lbs 13oz, 23 1/8 inches!

39 weeks along!

2009-07-16T06:24:00.001-07:00

It's going to be any day now!!

Wow, compare to the last post just 10 days ago and see how much I've dropped since then! Amazing...

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37 Weeks!

2009-07-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

Here I am at 37 weeks along! If he comes when the due date is, we're looking at 18 more days from here...

FINALLY! Pictures of the baby room!

2009-07-03T18:37:00.000-07:00

First of all, we have the setup... the other side of the room has a boring ole bed there. We plan to have the double bed in this room for the first few months until we get settled, but here's what we have so far. Emily has insisted (and yes, I agree with her!) that we need more of the stickers on the wall with the jungle scene, so more are on order.

The baby changing table complete with monkey boy in his cloth diaper.

Here we have monkey boy in the crib with his monkey friends. What he's laying on is a pillow and afghan that my Grandma Tippi had made for me about 12 or so years ago. I wonder how she knew then that I would have a boy?? *cue Twilight Zone Music*

You can see the rug on the floor in this shot.

And here's the update I sent my family for those who are interested from my doctor's appointment on Thursday (yesterday):
Thought I'd give y'all an update on me and Baby Samuel!

Today's appointment was good! Went over the birth plan and they're 100% on board with all the requests with an exception of IV. They just want to put a saline shunt in my arm in case of emergency, which I'm perfectly ok with. It will NOT be connected to anything unless they get permission from myself and Mike. I'm still looking to do a natural childbirth!!

They're also predicting an 8 pound boy, but we'll see when he gets here... His heart rate was 155, in the good range, and he's still head-down with his body resting now on the left side of my body. He'd been on the right side for a good, long time so I guess it's about time he flipped over?? Funny thing, I know EXACTLY when he did it! It was last Saturday when I was in the car going to have lunch with my girlfriends at Chuy's!!

Otherwise, no causes for concerns. I'm healthy, good blood pressure, good weight gain (even if I don't like it!) and good progress. I'm loosing steam, though. It's harder and harder to get around and I'm tired ALL THE TIME. I'm also getting those "normal" pains from time to time. Just the calm before the storm, right?

Love to all!

36 weeks...

2009-06-26T14:24:00.000-07:00

So here I am at 36 weeks along today...

What a difference a month and a half make! This was taken on 5/7/09.

Due to Demand!

2009-06-18T08:47:00.001-07:00

Due to the high demand, here is a picture of me at 35 weeks! Enjoy!!

Samuel's Room is Painted!!

2009-05-25T16:19:00.000-07:00

Here are quite a few of before and after pictures! Emily and Mike did all the painting and I did the approving. :)

There's ole Boudreaux asking WHY ARE YOU CHANGING MY ROOM AROUND?

You can see on either side of the window where Mike took down this really ugly shelf that came with the house. Boudreaux's kennel is red next to the bed. He's moved in to the computer room now.

You can see some of Mike and Emily's progress here. This is Mike right before he booted me out of the room since paint fumes were all over!!

And of course Emily! She was none too pleased with me for taking her picture.

And after! Yes, we'll be repainting the doors a white. You can see some of the damage at the bottom of the door with the 2 black spots (that's the entry door to the room) where Boudreaux escaped his kennel and tried to get out. I think we'll be removing this door and replacing with a new one soon.

The closets.

And here is the general spot where Samuel's crib will be! Mike's dad and stepmom are buying the crib for us which we'll get this Friday. Mom and dad are taking me to Ikea this coming Friday to pick up lots of neat things for the baby room. I'll have a changing table, crib and other nifty stuff and of course I'll post pictures! PLUS, Mike and I bought new blinds today and should have them installed by this Friday. :)

And on the same spot you saw above, I put all of the fantastic buys I got from Craig's List! A stroller/baby seat combo, a playpen/bassinet/changing table combo (for trips to see family and friends in other cities) in the bag, a high chair and a baby swing! All for the price of ONE brand new stroller/baby seat combo. Not bad if I say so myself. :) The stuff is only about 3-4 years old and the previous owners kept everything in immaculate condition! Also nice is the fact that some of the stuff is interchangeable and all matches!!

And finally, the guest bed. Yes, this is in the same room as Samuel for right now for guests.

I haven't made it up yet, but I thought I'd show some of the neat things that people have bought for us thus far! In the box and around is a ton of neat things that Mike's dad and step mom have bought us. To the right of that are some baby diapers that I bought to practice folding and pinning. Above is a little outfit and booties that Jen bought Sam. Next to that is a Longhorn baby onesie!

We've got a Monkey shirt and pants from Emily, a couple of onesies that a coworker bought me and a cute little newborn hat from Emily. In the package, those are some onesies that Emily and I bought at Target with some newborn hats and socks.

Natural Childbirth and all the rest

2009-05-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

So the decision was made to do a natural childbirth. Mike is 100% in my corner of whatever I decide to do and supports me through it all. :) We're going with the Bradley Method of birthing. It's not going to be easy, but I'm VERY determined to keep Samuel drug-free during all of this. I want my body to do what it was made to do during this time. This is a very personal decision I'm making so it's very exciting and frightening at the same time!!

I'm also making an attempt to go with cloth diapers. Seems that there are lots of different kinds of diapers that include the old-fashioned kinds that you fold and pin to the new kind that are pretty much ready-made and all you do is button them together to diaper services that wash and fold them for you! I'm thinking we'll go with these: http://www.fuzzibunz.com/ since all you do is wash them after a mess has been made in them. It's been recommended to me that in the first few weeks that we'll probably want some disposable diapers so we don't have to wash the cloth ones hundreds of times in the process of learning how to do this as new parents, so I'm going with that advice, too.

I'm also attempting to make my own baby wipes that I mix my own cleaning solution in. I'm using this website's info to do it all. http://www.littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2

008/09/homemade-baby-wipes.html

Last week I made the solution to see how easy it was and it smells so good with the tea tree oil!
I made the solution:
1) 1 cup water
2) Organic Baby Shampoo (1/2 T)
3) 1 T squished up aloe juice (I have a plant in the house)
4) 3 drops tea tree oil

I have approximately 80 squares of flannel all cut up to 7 x 4.5 inches and all I have to do is put the solution on them and I have my own recyclable baby wipes! We'll see how long this lasts when I have a real, live baby to put this to the test with, but I've made my attempt, right? :D

This is my flannel pattern since I've got a jungle/monkey motif in the baby room.

And finally, Mike, Emily and I went to Lowe's and picked out paint colors to paint the baby room! Here's what we decided on:

We'll paint one wall the green color and the other 3 the beige color. Green is supposed to be soothing so I hope this will make a bit of a tranquil room for Samuel.

2009-05-07T13:17:00.000-07:00

Got a UT Physics shirt. Nerding myself out. :)

Hiccups at 28 weeks!

2009-05-05T11:57:00.001-07:00

Sammy is hiccuping. haha!!

I keep feeling a rhythmic *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump* over and over again.

Makes me giggle. :)

Update at 26 1/2 weeks

2009-04-18T04:36:00.000-07:00

No pictures or updates for now. Just wanted to note that all is well and that I had my doctor's appointment at 26 1/2 weeks. Sammy and I are progressing well with no problems or issues.

His heartrate is 150 and my blood pressure is just perfect.

In 2 weeks I go back for my glucose test which will more than likely be just fine.

That's all I've got for now! I'll see about posting some pictures in a few days.

It's a BOY!

2009-03-23T12:02:00.000-07:00

Seems we have a little boy on his way to meet us in July! The image is honestly pretty hard to understand unless you were there. If you click on it you can see where the technician has put little arrows to show "I'm a BOY!" and all. I just don't really see anything so I'm taking her word for it. :)

We are toying with the idea of his first name being Samuel, named after my grandfather and his middle name Edward, after Mike's grandfather. We'll see if he ends up naming himself when he comes in to this world.

The doctor reviewed the sonogram and told me that he is progressing about 5 days ahead of schedule and, while we can tell where things are right now, there's no need to move the due date ahead yet.

Both he and I are doing well. We're strong, healthy and progressing as expected. :)

I'm going to have a baby boy!!! Click on the image to see a larger picture.
In the first one, we have an image of his face. He was turned on his side and it's sort of hard to see. In the second one, you can see an arrow. This is what the technician says is his definite boy parts. In the 3rd one, we have the larger blobs that are his legs. In the middle of all of this is his boy parts (see arrow). Yes, I'm saying boy parts - haha!!

The First Onesie!

2009-03-16T04:11:00.000-07:00

Just need to post that Itty Bitty got his/her first Onesie from their Auntie Emily!

Emily and I attended the 2nd Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational and had a fun time. They were selling t-shirts and baby onesies so she and I thought it very important to get one for the Itty Bitty. :)

And yes, she says she wants to be called Auntie Emily.

Really looking forward to this Friday, March 20th where we'll find out whether or not we're having a boy or girl!!!!

Almost 5 month along!

2009-03-05T11:55:00.001-08:00

Here I am at 19 1/2 weeks. This was taken on the UT Campus by the Turtle Pond.

Texas Mountain Laurels are in bloom. They smell delicious!

Here I am by the Mountain Laurels

Update!

2009-02-25T06:54:00.001-08:00

Thought I'd give an update for those who aren't in the know!

Mike and I went to the doctor last week to meet the new OB/GYN and let me tell you, the new practice is MUCH better than my old doctor.

Mike got to hear the baby's heartbeat and we found that I'm right on track for a July 23rd birth so far!

I'm feeling well and just feel FAT right now. Of course, I've got a baby bump and am experiencing all the "normal" pregnancy woes.

We'll know as of March 20th what the gender will be, so I will post another very exciting update then!! I can't wait to do the sonogram again. I really had lots of fun seeing the baby flip around the last time.

Barefoot and Pregnant in the Kitchen

2009-02-06T09:57:00.000-08:00

So I was making us some Super Bowl Tacos and Queso in the kitchen when Mike walked up and said, "What, you're not doing this right, you're not barefoot!"

So I kick off my shoes and get him to take a picture. :)

Here I am, in all my fatness and 15 weeks of preggersness.

First Post here...

2009-01-06T14:33:00.001-08:00

This has been created so that I can post updates and interesting things about me and my Itty Bitty.

Here is our first listen to IB at 11 weeks

Just wait. At :28 seconds you can hear the heartbeat.

And here is our first look at our Itty Bitty at 12 weeks. You can pretty clearly see the profile of the face on the far left image. You can see the spinal column on the right one.

We'll know the gender at 20 weeks!

My next doctor appointment is set for February 19. I'll be approximately 17 1/2 weeks along then. I wish I could go next week, to be honest. :)