Friday, January 29, 2021
Snapshots from Teddy's First Week
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Brothers
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Welcome, Theodore
On January 14, 2021 at 6:15 in the morning, we welcomed our second son Theodore "Teddy" into the world. It was another wonderful experience and all are doing well! Due to the Covid pandemic, it was just Derek and I in the hospital and while we missed having family and friends (and especially Tatum) come to meet Teddy right away, it was a peaceful time the three of us.
We stayed for about a day and a half including one night after the delivery night then we were ready to get home, see Tatum and have him meet his brother. Teddy's stats were very similar to his brothers just 5 ounces bigger - 7 pounds, 15 ounces and 20 inches long.
We are over the moon to welcome a second little boy into our family! The first night in the hospital was very fussy adjusting to the outside world but ever since that our little Theodore has just been a dream - we have very much enjoyed our time adjusting to a family of four.
Friday, January 15, 2021
Third Trimester
It's hard to believe this pregnancy is coming to an end and our little boy will be here any day now. I got pregnant right at the end of the first shut down and here we are just coming out of our second shut down in PA - it's crazy that this is all still going on!
The third trimester has been pretty low key and uneventful. Fall was super busy as was the holiday season so the days flew by - adding in preschool shutting down and not missing many social events due to the pandemic and I can't complain.
I had a final ultrasound around 32 weeks where he was measuring about a week ahead, the baby's heartbeat continuously checks in around 135-145 and other than a little bit of high blood pressure at one appointment everything has been smooth sailing.
Not much swelling (towards the end with Tatum I had a hard time fitting my shoes on) but that could also be helped by the colder winter months! Parts of the holidays were exhausting so lots of naps and lots of going to bed early now and getting good nights of sleep.
Nesting is in full force - I finally finished the nursery shortly before Christmas and that was a huge check mark off the to do list. I've been doing all sorts of little projects, house work and keeping the house clean and ready. The hospital packs were packed over Christmas break, newborn/0-3 month clothes are washed and hung up, diapers have been stocked up and most recently bottles washed and put away - we are ready but also enjoying our final days as a family of three... and final days to get any little tasks I can done!
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
This & That
The start of January was a little more welcomed this year than others as we wait for baby brother to arrive and join our family - the countdown officially started on January 1. It's been nice to have some quiet days to cross a few more items off the check list.
Tatum has been out of preschool since Thanksgiving week and will start back hopefully next week - we've been reviewing the letters he learned in the fall, colors, numbers, etc. and doing some winter crafts until it's time to head back.
I love the craziness of the holiday season, but we've really been enjoying having less to do and also quiet nights.