2 weeks old!

Here are a few new pictures of miss Paige. She is doing very well and has already surpassed her birth weight. I suspect she's over 7 lbs by now. We are still working on getting a routine down, especially at night...but we're all learning together, slowly :) Feedings are going much better... a lot of trial and error though. She's reached some baby milestones since coming home from the hospital. She is now making eye contact, staring at mom and dad. And she's learned how to cry... a lot :) I'm hoping we'll soon be able to tell what each cry means! Right now they all sound the same. It's a lot of work, hard work....but we are having fun. Just love being a little family.

On a side note...Steve and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary on Monday. I can't believe it's been 2 years. Time flys!! I know the next 50 years or more will be just as great. And we couldn't have asked for a better anniversary present :)

Welcome Paige Jeaniene!

Well she finally arrived...3 weeks shy of her due date. Paige Jeaniene Hanson was born Saturday March 6 at 6:49am. It's a day and time I will never forget :) It's been just over a week since she arrived and I'm sure you all understand why I haven't blogged! We've been a bit busy, but it's been worth every second. Paige weighed 6.5 lbs when she was born...and after losing a few ounces before we went home, I'm pretty sure she's back up to her birth weight. Because she was early, her risk of Jaundice was high and sure enough her bili count was high as well. We had to bring her home on what's called a bili blanket.

The UV light helped to break down the red blood cells that were causing her skin to look yellow. She had to wear the light for nearly a week, and we had to take her in all week to get her blood tested every morning. Thankfully, Friday it finally came down to a safe level and she is cord free. She was awefully cute though as a my little glow worm :)

Paige was born with dark brown hair of all things. To say the least, her mom and dad were surprised!! The labor was long, almost 19 hours but it was the most amazing experience ever. It all started at work believe it or not. I had a Dr. Appointment Friday morning and my doctor told me that I was almost dilated to a 2 and about 70 percent efaced. She said she'd see me at my next appointment which was exactly a week later. I hadn't gained any weight since my appointment the week before so I decided to treat myself to a big chicken nugget meal from Wendy's. I got back to work around 11ish, ate lunch, and then one of my producers stopped by my desk to see how the appointment went. As I was telling her, my water broke!!! I ran to the bathroom, she followed...and sure enough it was the real thing! The news spread fast and by the time I was walking out of the bathroom to call Steve, about 10 people were cheering and smiling and trying to calm me down!! I got to the hospital, Steve met me there and the rest is history!

Paige is a very good eater and she's getting good at waking me up now to feed. When we first got home I had to set my alarm over night so I would wake up...now I hear her fuss and she eats!! She's been a little stubborn today, so I'm hoping it's short lived. Anyway here are some more pictures of baby Paige. She is just a doll!

Full Term!

This week I am finally considered full term...37 weeks! Things have been going very well and the baby is growing, growing, growing. We are now seeing the doctor every week. In fact we had an appointment on Friday and found out that I am dilated to a 1 and 50 percent efaced. So I'm progressing...slowly. It could be a couple weeks or a couple days. I think Steve hopes it's only a couple days. He keeps asking me if my water broke!! Sadly...no. I told him it may not even happen at all. But we'll see! I just can't believe we are on the home stretch! This weekend, during one of my many ups and downs out of bed, I finally realized this pregnancy is going to end. I was beginning to think it was going to last forever! Here is the latest picture of my belly...AKA torpedo. It's sticking straight out!

The baby's room is ready for her and I have just a few more rows to finish on her baby blanket. I'll tackle that tonight. Our bag for the hospital is almost all packed...I just need to figure out what little sleepers to pack for her!! She has too much to choose from :)

We have our next appointment on Friday so stay tuned!

8 1/2 Months!

Happy Valentines Day! I hope everyone had a great time spending the day with those they love. Steve and I had such a great day. We painted pottery this afternoon and we'll pick up our masterpieces in about a week :) I made something to hang on the baby's wall and Steve made a beer stein...let's hope they turn out ok! We then went to lunch and after that headed home and took a nice nap!! I feel like I haven't just turned off my mind in a long time, so it's really been a great day.

Now on to baby news. I had an eventful week with Dr. appointments. I had my 32 week check up on Tuesday and everything is going great. I am measuring perfect and baby is very very healthy. We then got our 3rd and final 3D ultrasound on Thursday. It was so great to see her again...and Yes she is still a girl. Of course I made them check one last time! :) Her heart rate is very good and she still has plenty of fluid to float around in. So that means she'll be in there a little while longer. Which is good news...although I wouldn't be against her coming in about 3 or 4 weeks when I'm considered full term! But that is up to her. Friday later in the afternoon I started having some pretty consistent contractions and around 9:30pm, after counting them and contemplating going in, Steve and I went in to the hospital to make sure I wasn't in pre-term labor. Luckily everything was great.....but I did have about 5 contractions in the hour we were there. They told me baby is not coming, but I need to take it easy and stay off my feet more now. Easier said than done!! Yesterday I tried to lay around and succeeded somehow. Steve went to the grocery store for me...thank goodness. He also brought me home some chocolates...and a small box for the baby. Wonder who is going to eat that?? Today I've relaxed as well...but now I have the itch to get up and do some laundry. I'll just take it slow.

Here are some new pictures..Steve took the belly picture of me today. I am certainly getting big! The ultrasound on Thursday said the baby was over 5 pounds!!!! So I'll likely have an 8 pounder!! The ones below are some of our 3D pictures...they may be hard to see, but she is basically looking at the camera and her hands are up around her face. I also posted one of her baby foot! She has Steve's toes :)

We have our next appointment on the 26th and then we'll go every week for a check-up. I can't believe we are getting so close! I'll post next week!

8 months!

I am 32 weeks or 8 months today! Very very exciting :) Just a quick update...I had a doctor's appointment this morning and baby is doing well. Heart rate was very good and the doctor thinks she is head down. YAH! I've been feeling A LOT of pressure so I had a feeling. I went to the gym last night and had a hard time getting around the track. I was waddling for sure and getting funny looks!

Baby is doing well. I'm measuring perfect at a 32...at 32 weeks. That's right on track! And baby likely weighs 4ish pounds. Contractions are picking up, but not so bad. As long as I don't have 6 in an hour I'm good to go.

Steve and I went to our child birth class on Tuesday and got a tour of Labor & Delivery. It's nearly brand new and is awesome. The rooms are huge and the room after the baby is delivered is even bigger! Lots of room for lots of visitors!! I'll have Steve take a bump picture this weekend and I'll post it soon!

Baby's Room

I finally posted some pictures of the baby's room! It's almost done...all we need to do is buy letters for her name, paint them and hang her name up on the wall. The name is TBA...but you'll find out soon enough. I think you'll all approve!

Sidetracked

Hi All! I'm so sorry I haven't blogged in such a long time. I don't know if I've been waiting to get new pictures on here..or I've just been a little sidetracked. Maybe a bit of both! When I was home in Indiana for Christmas I had a wonderful baby shower with friends and family. Here are few pictures from the day! This child is going to be very well dressed...she has almost more clothes than me!
I also had a wonderful baby shower in Sioux Falls yesterday afternoon. All of my friends from work and far away came...I think there were 28 people!! Lots of good food, wine for those not pregnant, and the best part is....my mom, sister and best friend Sara flew in. Here are a few pictures....PLUS the Bump :)

Baby is doing just fine! I am nearly 31 weeks and we are getting REALLY close. I think she's probably 3 pounds or a little over. I'm finally getting over a double ear infection. I was miserable for about a week and a half. But thank goodness fo antibiotics!! The baby is really moving a alot and not so much punching, but rolling. It's unbelievable how active she is.

Steve and I started a child birth class about 2 weeks ago and we are going to our 3rd class on Tuesday. We will have 5 total. We are both surprisingly really enjoying it and learning a lot. Some people recommended it, some didn't...but I'm so happy we signed up. All of my questions are being answered and Steve is truly interested. Last week's class was pretty interested...we had to watch the live birth and our teacher didn't warn us! BUT it wasn't that bad :) haha.

Steve and I are going to organize the baby's room tomorrow night and we'll post some pictures of the baby's room then! Soooo stay tuned!!