Butter and Cream

Today I took Bridger into the doctor. She was expecting Bridger to be at least to his birth weight, but he was beyond that. He is an overachiever already.

Weight 7 pounds 7 oz (up almost a pound)
Height 20.5 inches

Apparently my milk is cream and soon Bridger will be a butter ball.

Canyon teaching Bridger how to play with Thomas the Train.

Best big brother

Canyon is the best big brother. He wants to hold Bridger all the time. He gives him hugs and kisses. He asks for him first thing in the morning. He even shares his beloved Lightning McQueen car. Now that is love. I am so pleased with how Canyon has adjusted to Bridger. I hope the adjustment to Bridger sharing Canyon's room in a few months is just as smooth.

cute feet

Happy Fathers Day

Bridger is here. He couldn't wait for the doctors to be in town.

So now here is the story. I worked on the the 18th. I was floated to our NICU which made me happy. I took care of one baby rather than the 3 I would have had on my own unit. So I sat for 12 hours holding and rocking a little baby hoping that the braxton hicks I was experiencing would stop. I was schedule to work on Fathers day and I told my charge nurse that I wanted to go back to the NICU and have my same easy squeezy assignment. I was determined that I could stay pregnant until the end of the month. And home I went still having contractions but now they were getting a little more noticeable.

At 8:00 pm they were definitely more the just braxton hicks. They were coming more frequent and more painful. I called my charge nurse and told her I probably wouldn't be coming to work. At this time John is running around packing a bag for himself. I am still in denial that the baby was coming. At 10:30 I stood up and oops I wet my self... so I thought. It just kept coming. At this point there is not denying that Bridger was coming so I called my friend to come spend the night with Canyon and I packed my bag. And off we go the hospital.

11:30 we arrive. They determine that it is in fact my water that has sprung a leak and not my bladder and we are admitted. 1:00 am I decide to get an epidural. At 1:30 am it is in place and I feel good about my decision. At 2:00 am I am dilated to 7 cm. The nurse said she would come check my progress at 3:30. At 3:15 I am so so so ready to push. The nurse says "call the doctor, but he won't make it though." The resident starts to put his gloves on and out comes the head. The nurse held Bridgers head while the resident finished putting his gloves on. On June 19th at 3:17 Bridger was born. 6 pounds 9 ounces and 18 inches long.

Waiting to determine if I was really in labor or not.

Swollen red face. It is amazing how much they change in a matter of hours.
Now we are home and Canyon wanted to hold Bridger and eat at the same time. He was so tender with Bridger. He gave him hugs and tried to give him some of his lunch.

Bridger sleeping in his little bed.

I can't wait for tonight. A friend of mine is going to come and take some great professional photos of our two most amazing little people.

2 cm and 50%

I may be having baby Bridger very soon. I am progressing along and with my busy shifts at work that may very well put me into labor. I am not too pleased with this. Both my OB and Pediatrician are out of town for the week and I really really want them here for the birth. So if anyone reads this send positive thoughts my way.

We are preparing for baby and so we took the side rail off of Canyon's crib. Bad idea. He fell out about six times. Finally by 4 am I told John to put the rail back on. The next day Canyon remembered his eventful night. He stated "fell out of bed, Canyon sad". So needless to say we have the rail on the crib. My brother and sister in law gave us their toddler bed and we have successfully transitioned Canyon to the bed. But now the problem is he gets up out of bed numerous times in the morning.... very very early morning. How do we keep a 2 year old in is bed until a more appropriate time???? Help!

Canyon turned 2 on June 11th. We didn't have a huge party. We kept is incredibly small. Canyon had lots of fun.

Yum Yum.

His favorite part of the party. His new Thomas the train set. He can't go anywhere without that train. Thanks Mom.
Canyon is fasinated with bugs. He found a bunch of ants and then tried to picked them up to eat them. No no bugs are not for eating.

He loves my head bands.

My brother dropped off the toddler bed. As he was driving away he ran completely over Canyon's favorite bike. He flattened it into a metal pancake. I am so grateful Canyon was not on the bike but oh that was one sad event. Now Canyon says "bike smooched, fix it, Canyon sad". The look on Canyon's face explains how he feels.

Hiking with daddy