Smartest Baby in the whole world!

Okay, so most of you know of our genius baby. We have actual footage of Caleb feeding himself. He was 10 or 11 days old at this time. Now he didn't make the bottle or anything, but the fact that he held it all by himself at this age is absolutely amazing in my eyes. But then, almost anything he does is amazing to me. He is also a WONDERFUL burper. Like basically, most of the time, all you have to do to burp this kid is sit him up and he will burp loud and clear for you. I love it. I seem to recall someone once said that if you had the choice between a genius baby or a baby that burped good, most people would say a baby that was a genius, but what you really want is a good burper. Then they don't cry forever. Good advice. I love my family. I never thought that being a mom would be this much fun, pain, and stress all at the same time.

Caleb is getting better though. His yellow is gone, so no more jaundice and he is eating about 2 ounces at every feeding. Which is good, that means he will be putting on more weight. His eye is getting better, he had or has a blocked tear duct and the doc gave us some medicine for that. That is really helping. Steve loves being a daddy. You can see it in his face when he is feeding Caleb. Maybe not when he is changing the poopy diapers, but it's all good. He is such a HUGE HELP. Man, I could not imagine doing all of this on my own. I would go insane. Certifiably insane. Rexburg is freezing. It is too cold to snow. Below freezing all the time. Nights are sometimes below 0. I do NOT want to take Caleb out in the cold. But, times call for it sometimes. I will avoid it if I can.

Mommy at last....

Okay so WHOOOOO I AM A MOM! I can't believe that I am finally a mom. He is sooooo perfect. He looks like Steve except for all of that long dark hair of his. Which I adore. Caleb Andrew was born on November 24 at 1:22pm. He weighed in at 6 lbs 11 oz and 19 inches long. He is having a little trouble breastfeeding right now. He has a tongue thrust and he likes to suck on his tongue so we are trying to teach him to open his mouth and put his tongue down. Which is apparently WAY more difficult than I thought it was. Other than that he is absolutely perfect. We are so glad that he is finally here. I don't know if he shares these same feelings, but he is just going to have to deal right now. He will thank me later. Okay so labor is absolutely the WORST thing I have EVER done. I now have a new meaning of the number 10. You know when you go to the hospital and they have you rate you pain 1-10? Yea, what I thought was a 6 or 7 before is now a 3. But the labor only lasted 5 hours total and I was really only in pain for 3 of those hours. I went from a 2 to a 8 in 2 hours. Much pain. I did end up getting an epidural which was bliss for the last hour. YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING! I couldn't even get my legs to move hardly. They were basically logs that Steve and the nurse had to hold for me. So was it worth it? Definitely. No doubt about it. I think a perfect world would have the women be the ones who were pregnant and carried the baby for nine months and the dads/men did the labor and delivery part. But if that happened, we would have WAY less babies in this world. I hope you think he is as cute as I think he is. And if not, oh well you don't have to come see him. Love ya!

And Counting......

Okay so whoever said that the last month of the pregnancy is the longest was TOTALLY RIGHT! This little guy is taking forever to come. I know I am not due for another 8 days but the fact that I don't know when he is going to come is driving me insane! I wish that I knew he was going to come on a specific day so that I can be completely prepared for that day. I won't even ask for the time. Just the day. I am tired of wondering will it be today? The fact that I have contractions everyday sometimes 6 to 8 minutes apart doesn't help things. Should I start timing them when my stomach hardens or when the pain starts? Because sometimes it is different. I don't know what to do, this is my first time. SO ANY advice is good advice. I will accept it willingly and gracefully. So an update on Caleb. He is now 6lbs. 9oz. which is a very good size for a baby. He is officially ready to come and we are ready for him. He just needs to pick a day. If he listens to his dad, then he will be coming on Friday. If not, then that is fine with us as long as I get to spend Thanksgiving at home with my family. Food, think of all the fabulous food we will get....... I LOVE THANKSGIVING!!!!! Everything is going pretty good here. My Grandma is having surgery on Thursday and we are going to see her after Steve gets off work. It will all be okay... Well I will talk to you later! LOVE YOU!

Update...

So life here is going pretty good. Caleb is continuing to grow, which is Excellent news! Thank you everyone for your prayers. He now weighs a whopping 4 lbs 15 oz! YEA!!! He still has some growing to do, but that is why he is still in me, because that is the safest place for him right now. We went to the hospital last week, I couldn't feel him move all day long, which isn't good and very unlike him. Turned out he was okay, because he started kicking once the monitors were all hooked up and everything. Fun Stuff! I guess he likes the camera or being the star of attention. Is that good or bad? I am having a hard time eating lately. I feel like I can't eat anything. Or I am not eating enough. I can't lay on my back anymore, it is WAY too hard to breathe. And the snuggling is starting to go out the window, because I am too big to snuggle with and I can only lay a certain way. Steve is doing great at school. He loves his business classes, but he isn't so keen on either his accounting or finance class I can't remember which. Midterms were this past week and he freaking Aced them!!!! YEA!!! I am so proud of him. He is becoming more and more like a dad each day. I love it. Everything is starting to come together nicely for when Caleb comes. We have 4 weeks until the due date. That is so exciting. I hope that he comes a little early like the Friday before, or right on time. We will see what happens. It is up to him I guess. I have been on bed-rest lately...kinda... I usually do couch-rest so that I can still help people and kinda keep my house clean. The doctors say that whatever I have been doing to keep it up cause he is growing better than ever. So, basically keep being lazy and letting my hubby do all the work. Sounds like a plan to me! It looks like snow here in Rexburg. Very windy, cold, and cloudy, plus the fact that it is almost November and it has only snowed once. Very interesting. Oh well, it's not like I can go out and play in the snow anyways. Love you all, hope this finds you well!

Little Caleb...

So, baby Caleb is getting bigger, slowly but surely. Last I knew he was like 3 1/2lbs, which was like a week ago. So he is definitely supposed to me bigger, but it is good that he is growing. My amniotic fluid is still the same. Which if I am correct, it is supposed to be getting less as he grows and takes up more room. But I am not positive on that. I am 33 weeks along and getting closer each day. My hope is that he is at least 5 lbs. by the time is born. Pray for us.

Nursery

Okay well as promised, here are some pictures of the nursery completed. I hope you like!
So because I couldn't paint the room, but I did anyways, I helped. I painted some edges and door frames. I wore this mask so that the fumes wouldn't bother me. Steve couldn't really understand me when I talked and I sounded like Darth Vator when I talked and I had to talk slow and loud for him to even have a chance of understanding me. Funny right?

The changing Table

The posters that are above the crib

The crib

Half the dreser and a close-up of the plaque I made

The dresser with a bunch of blankets on top

The closet

Well, if you hadn't heard or saw, It freaking snowed today! What the heck?! I don't like the snow right now. It is cold, wet, damp, and everything else that is awful in this world. Snow isn't my friend right now. I complained all day about the snow. It is cold and wet. I didn't go outside except to throw the first snowball of the season at Steve when he was on his way home for lunch. HEheheheeheheheh! But he didn't even fight back! He just let me throw the snowball at him. That part wasn't so fun. He said he wouldn't fight back right now cuz I'm so big and pregnant that it would be hard to run and manuever around. So I'm glad about that. Life is going pretty good right now here. Caleb is doing good, he is having a fun time in there I think. It is warmer in there than it is out here so I hope he is comfortable. We are going to the doctor more and more now. Fun times. I am due in about 7 weeks. Exciting! But hopefully, he will come on time or a week earlier. I don't want him to be too early, that isn't very good. Well, life is good. Have a great day!

Baby...

Sorry it's a little blurry, but there is my ever expanding belly at 31 weeks. The baby could come in 6 weeks from now and not be a premature baby. HOLY COW! We are painting the baby's room today. Or rather Steve is. He says I can't post any pictures of the room until it is completely finished. He said it is an incentive for me to hurry and get it done. Everything painted and set up in the room wise. I'm excited. It is going to looks sooooo cool when we're done. I'm excited. Setting up the crib and everything will be fun. We are making biscuits and gravy and sausage. Steve has been looking forward to this meal all week long. I think he might be having cravings as well. Weird... I am loving ice cream now. I have a bowl everyday. Of the delightful rocky road. SOOOOO GOOOOD!!!!! Well have a great day and week! Love ya!