Two Months Old

Caleb is two months old today! Time has sure gone by fast, but on the other hand, it feels as if he's always been a part of our family.

This morning, we went to his two month well-child visit, and it was determined that he's in perfect health! I just love my kids' doctor. He is very nice and very helpful, and never rushes through our appointments even if he's running behind. Anyway, here are his stats:

Height: 23in (50th percentile) - He's grown three inches from birth and 2 inches since his two week appt.
Weight: 10lbs 1oz (20th percentile) - Gained two pounds since his two week appt.
Head: 15.25in around (15th percentile)

He is still a little guy, but he is a bit bigger than Ella was. Not by much, though.

He also got his first shots today. He was such a trooper. He cried at the initial poke, but quickly stopped. Hopefully he won't get a fever. It's miserable for me too when they get fevers. Here's a couple pictures of his cute little band-aids!

Smiles!

Here are the two cutest kids ever! Don't mind the bad quality of the pictures. They were taken with my phone. And Ella wouldn't hold still, so she's pretty blurry.

Such a sweet girl. I can't believe she'll be two in less than two months!

This is his first smile caught on camera, but he has been smiling for a week or so.

By the way, for any family reading this, Caleb's eyebrows have turned red like Ella's! Maybe he'll also be a redhead!

What's been going on with us?

Well, we have been very busy. I think things are finally calming down now.

Ella is just growing up way too fast! She is such a little social butterfly, it amazes me. She loves people and kids. It just takes her a few minutes to warm up, and then she starts holding conversations and/or playing. She is also a typical toddler. Getting into stuff, exploring, being curious, and throwing tantrums. The "terrible two's" and definitely upon us, and she's not even two!

Caleb is doing great and growing so fast. He's a great eater and a great sleeper! He has almost slept through the night a few times already. But I feel he's too young still to go that long without eating, so I don't let him (he probably would if I let him). He is such a calm little guy most of the time. Of course he has his times, but I am truly blessed he is a good sleeper and is calm because his big sister is extremely active and busy. I don't know what I would do if he weren't the way he is!

So, almost three weeks ago, we moved into another house. Unlike our last house, this is one that I could live in for a few years. In fact, I want to stay here until we can buy a house. It was a hard house hunt. We started in the beginning of March and the rental market is insane. There are lots of people looking to rent, and not many houses to choose from. We lost out on about three houses after putting in applications because somebody else slipped in an application just a day or so before us and got approved. It was really frustrating. We decided we could afford a little more expensive rent, but none of the houses we saw were worth it to us. Just before Caleb was born, we basically ran out of houses to see. We were freaked because we had already put in our 30 days notice to our property management company. We decided to just take a short break to concentrate on having our baby, and our realtor (she is absolutely amazing, by the way) continued to keep a look out for more houses that pop up. We were getting very scared, but we thought that maybe the wait will be worth it and that something great will come up. Well, it did! So, about three days after Caleb was born, we went to see this house. It was perfect. It was nice inside, the perfect size, and a great layout! The only downside was the rent. It is more expensive than we wanted to pay, and the pet deposit was a little insane, but our wonderful realtor negotiated with them and got us the first month free! That in itself was a HUGE blessing!

Anyway, we have been moving, cleaning the old house, and settling in the new house for the past three weeks. and we're still not completely settled. I think it will be a while before that happens, with the new baby and a toddler to take care of. I will try to post pictures, but I think I said that with the old house and I never did.

There is one word that describes us right now. Pooped.

Baby Caleb

Wow, we've been busy! Two kids is definitely much more work. Not to mention the billion doctors' appointments we've had (both me and Caleb). Things are finally sort of slowing down...sort of.

Caleb was born on March 13th at 8:05pm. That morning, I was scheduled for induction and arrived at Mercy Gilbert Hospital (which, by the way, I like much better than Chandler Regional where Ella was born. There was only one slightly scary nurse too!) at 7:30 in the morning. I was not looking forward to the pitocin, BUT, I was able to dodge that bullet yet again. Yay! With Ella, my water broke and I was not really dilated, so they were going to put me on pitocin then, but I ended up not needing it. Anyway, they decided to use some gels instead to get me into labor. They usually give three doses, but I only needed two.

It was a pretty easy labor until the late afternoon/early evening time (don't remember exactly) and the contractions were hitting HARD. They would not let me get the epidural until I was 4 centimeters (which took forever). Unfortunately I had to endure those very painful contractions until then. Finally they ordered my epidural, but had to do some blood work first. The lab must have been very swamped because it took them almost two hours to get to me. Then we had to wait for the results. My body was so exhausted, I almost couldn't handle it anymore. In short, I was 7 centimeters dilated when I got the epidural. What relief!

The L&D nurse was amazing. She was so nice and made sure I was as comfortable as I could be. I was sad to see her go when her shift was over and I still hadn't had the baby. As she was leaving, she joked that I'd probably have the baby while she was in the parking lot.

I wasn't able to get to know the new nurse. First thing she did was check to see my progress, and guess what? I was at a 10! Time to push! I only had relief from the epidural for about 30 minutes before it was time. The doctor came in and in only 2.5 pushes, Caleb was born! It's funny, because my original nurse was probably literally in the parking lot when he was born!

I hate being in the hospital after having a baby, so I chose to be discharged 24 hours after he was born. By the way, the discharge class they made me go to was a complete waste of time. They didn't tell me one thing I didn't already know. It should not be required for those who already had kids. Because of that, we didn't get to leave the hospital until almost 10:00 Sunday night. It was kind of weird leaving at night.

Here are some pictures of the first two weeks of Caleb's life.

Almost two hours old

First picture of both kids

True ASU fan. His version of the pitchfork. This made his daddy proud!

He was not happy about this "photo shoot"

She loves her "Baby bwuder" or "Cabub"

He's here!

Caleb Craig was born on March 13th @ 8:05 pm! He was 7lbs 10oz, 20 in. long.
Pictures and details coming soon!

Hmm...

I have no idea why my ticker says I'm 40 weeks and 8 days pregnant. Um, that would make me 41 weeks and 1 day, which I certainly am not. Thank goodness! I'm actually only 40 weeks, 1 day. But, I am now officially overdue. Oh well! I guess this means I either have a very laid back boy, or a very stubborn one! Either way, he will most certainly fit in with the family!

*Sigh*

Well, today is my due date. And baby is still not here. It's kind of depressing, let alone uncomfortable. He will come soon, though. I will be induced on Saturday morning if he doesn't show before then. I am really hoping he will. Even though it was my choice to schedule induction, I would rather not have to deal with pitocin. It's evil stuff, I hear.

Anyway, I just thought I'd give an update. It's a very nice thought that the next post I write will be the announcement of the birth of our baby boy! And he finally has a name! But I'm not telling now! Sorry! I kind of like keeping it a secret!