From Hospital to Home

Last Prego pic, just before going in. Wow, I'm lookin big!

Getting a little oxygen since his heart rate kept dropping. I was ready to get this thing going by this point! This was about an hour before I started pushing
First Bath

Lyla was so happy to see and hold a baby. Little did she know the baby was coming home, but she sure enjoyed loving on him when she came to visit!

Lyla got a little jealous that Aunt Cindy was holding Mac. She really loves her aunt Cindy and wanted to make sure she didn't forget about her

Getting some snuggles in before we tried to "sleep"
Next day: Wally and fam came to visit
Lyla came to visit again the next day and was still excited by the thought
of being able to hold a REAL baby!
The last meal you are there they bring in a special little dinner for 2 with sparkling cider and everything. It was pretty sweet and enjoyable as we had a few moments together before going home to the madness of life as a family of 4
All ready to go home! We left the next day around 4:30pm. Just about 24 hours later, whew, we were ready to go home and get some REAL rest

Baby Mac's Birth Story

Well, it wasn't the "ahh!! my water broke, lets go!" experience like I had hoped for, but we waited for the little guy to come on his own and just didn't want to come. So one week exactly after my due date we decided to be induced. The hospital we delivered at (Intermountain Medical Center) in Murray is SO busy, about 300-400 births a month. So instead of having a scheduled induction time we just were told we would get a call from the nurse between 6-8am to tell us what time to come in. Well, no call, so we called them at 8 SHARP, I was ready to go, had been up early and ready waiting. She said lots of women had some in the night and they weren't quite ready for me. She called back at 9:30 and said to come in at 10:15 to get paperwork started. So we went in, got everything ready and the nurse got the IV in with pitocin started and broke my water by about 10:45/11ish. Contractions started about a half hour later and by 12:30 the doc came in to give me my epidural. The contractions weren't TOO bad at that point but the doc had a c-section and wouldn't be back for at least an hour so I decided to get it going so I didn't have to wait until after. It worked like a dream as usual. We pretty much waited around until about 3pm when the nurse came to check on my progress which I had dilated to about a 6 at that point. The baby was facing the wrong way so they had me flip over to my side and put a leg up on a stirrup to try and get him to move around. We did this a few times on each leg and he finally started to turn. The nurse said at that point since it was my second baby that I should be ready to push in about an hour. It took from about 300-430 to be fully dilated. Once I started getting closer, around 4pm, the epidural started to wear off and it was not fun! I pushed the button for more drugs but we were close enough at this point that it didn't really help and the contractions were very strong and close together. It went from just feeling them a little to feeling them a LOT and so it made me super nauseous. I threw up a few times and got medicine to help the nausea which in just a few minutes started working and at least that part felt better. The nurse and doctor came in to get ready. Josh and I looked at each other and just smiled, getting excited that we were just moments from meeting our little guy. I pushed for about 10 minutes or so and he was arrived at 4:41pm. He laid on my chest and for about 2 seconds was just quiet, and then came the screaming. His cry was so sweet to hear and was a lot deeper than Lyla's was, it was truly a boy's cry! They then took him to be weighed and he came in at 8lbs 3oz and 21 inches long. We were so happy to have added another sweet child to our family and were loving every minute. Overall it was a great pregnancy, labor, and delivery and I am very happy to have a happy, healthy little boy.

He's Here!

McKay Michael Green

Monday-January 23, 2012
4:41pm
8 Lbs. 3 Oz.
21 Inches Long

He was too stubborn to come on his own, so I was induced on Monday morning and he came that afternoon. We are loving munching on his cheeks and getting some snuggles in.
More updates to come.

3 Days Late, so far

Well, I guess its tradition now for my babies to want to stay in the belly, must be too warm and comfy in there! I was due on Monday and it's now Thursday with no signs of labor. I walked this morning, played Just Dance on the Wii and then walked again this evening and got some cramping but no contractions. I am sad he didn't come on the 19th like I wanted...so that Lyla, him, and Crew would have been all on the 19th, dangit. Oh well, he's just not ready I suppose. I did set an induction for Monday if he doesn't want to show his cute face before then. I will then be at 41 weeks and hopefully he will be like Lyla and come the day before I am supposed to be induced :) Stay tuned...
On my due date trying to "walk it out" at the mall

7 More Days...

I am now 39 weeks and only have 7 more days until my due date, Jan 16th. I know it's crazy but I'm really hoping to go over...just a few days, until the 19th. Then this baby will be Jan 19th, Lyla Feb 19th, and Crew on March 19th. I think that would be pretty cool and would sacrifice waiting a few more days for that awesomeness.

Some days, or at least different times of every day, I'm either really excited and want him to come right now, or other times all I can remember is how hard and exhausting those first few months are. I am mostly excited but it is different this time because I actually know what it's like when they come! And this time will be really interesting with a full-on 2 year old on my hands at the same time...

Speaking of that 2 year old, she is making us laugh more and more every day. She does the cutest little things and is getting bigger and learning new words all the time. I hope I am able to stretch my time and attention between a newborn and her and that she doesn't feel like I'm abandoning her. Just to sit and play with her makes her so happy and I really am hoping I can still do that with another addition and being so tired. It will be an adjustment for everyone and I know it will work out, just a little nervous for the transition time.

Welp, off to bed. It's getting to that time where I have some weird delivery or pregnancy dream every night, interrupted by having to pee at 4 am, haha

Safety Pin PJ's

For the last few weeks we have had to do this:
(safety pin her pj's)

Otherwise she ends up like this:

She LOVES taking her clothes and diaper off. She always wakes up with wet blankets and sheets and doesn't seem to mind since she sleeps through it all. The safety pin idea has worked up until last night when she pulled some magic trick and STILL got her pj's off by some miracle, with the safety pin still hooked on. I'm sure it took some acrobatics to get them zipped all the way down, but I think potty training might have to be in the near future...