Merry Christmas

Well Christmas has come and Hayden is doing great. He is a very happy baby so far, except when his butt explodes every once in a while then he gets kind of cranky. It really is amazing how much joy one small person can bring to your life though.

Today we drove 2 hours down to Portland to spend Christmas Eve with Grandma Melissa. Of course Hayden slept the majority of the day/night and even got a chance to get Grandma all nice and wet. Dinner was fabulous and you all will have to ask for her recipe for her rolls; I have never had anything fill me up so quick. Amanda said it felt like she was eating a pound of bread in one roll, amazing I tell you.

Anyways, tomorrow we make the trek back up to the Evergreen State, and Hayden gets to discover a few more people, Santa, Grandma and Grandpa Ollmann and Hailee. Hopefully he is in a good mood when they arrive at 10. Well that is all for now, I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!!!

Love to all,
Jon, Amanda and Hayden

Home at Last

Well as a new mom I can say our little buddle of joy has been a blessing. On our ride home from the hospital Wednesday Hayden didn't fuss at all, even after the circumcision that morning. Being home with him is honestly almost like a dream that has finally come true. It is amazing how he can be so perfect even when he is crying because he has a dirty diaper or needs to be fed. At night when I get up to check on him because he is making his funny noises and I can't help but to stare at my gorgeous baby boy.

Jon and I have discovered a few things about our little boy. He has my lips and Jon loves to play with his lower lip because he sticks it out when Jon does. He also has my huge toes which can grab a finger, which is actually quite impressive. The best thing however are the noises and facial expressions he makes while sleeping. He likes to use his eyebrows while making these faces.

Being a new mom is a challenge but I can truly say Hayden is a blessing and we are so excited to have our darling boy with us on Christmas this year.

PS Hayden has a mullet.

The only thing that should last 22 hours is a flight around the world

Well everyone, Hayden finally decided to join us last night, December 17 at 4:16pm PST. To be honest it was kind of scary how close Aunt Gin was. We decided that she needs to buy a lottery ticket very soon.

He came in tipping the scales at a whopping 6 pounds 12 ounces and is 20 inches long. He has Grandpa Jack's hands and Amanda's feet. He can grab your finger with his toes which is kind of gross, but intriguing at the same time. They are almost as big as his fingers which are kind of like sausages and if he was a puppy you would think he is going to be HUGE when he grows up.

Other than the normal soreness Amanda is doing great and is in good spirits. I was so proud of her yesterday, 22 hours of labor would be hard on anyone and she did perfect. We will add more pictures when we get some more time, but I just wanted to get some posted so everyone could see him.

Its go time

Well it is 9:15pm PST and we are sitting in the room where we will meet Hayden in a couple of hours. We are still not sure when he will be coming but we do know that if he is not here by 5 AM they are going to induce labor. We were getting some pizza at a local place (garlic chicken so our breath smells wonderful) and Amanda's water broke in the restaurant. Well next time I write Hayden will be here and we both can't wait. Looks like Aunt Gin will be winning the contest!!!

Getting closer...

Well today has been very interesting. It started at 5:00 AM when I woke up and thought my water had broke. I wasn't sure however, so I stayed awake for a half hour or so but I didn't have any contractions and went back to sleep. I then woke up around 7:00 AM and the same thing was happening so when my mom came in to ask how I was doing I told her what was going on and she told me to call the doctor, because it is possible for your water to break and not have contractions (good to know now!!). Well, I called Jon first because I wasn't sure I was in labor and he called his boss while I called the doctor and the consensus was everyone thought my water had broke. I spent at least 3 hours in triage trying to determine whether or not I was in labor and even though I was having contractions (not painful ones) every few minutes they tested my fluid and it was not amniotic. All in all I had a false alarm this morning... Only good thing that came out of it was I got to see my wonderful, gorgeous husband, since I am now down in Portland with my mom!

Washington drivers

So last night Jon and I had another close call thanks to the 'wonderful' Washington drivers. It would have been an exact month yesterday that Jon was in his car accident and last night he was almost in another with me right next to him.

We were on a bypass to merge onto I-5 which happened to be 2 lanes. The lady in the left lane was not paying attention to the stopped cars in front of her and almost hit them. Instead of breaking or doing anything she came over into our lane almost taking us out. Jon had to break and use the shoulder of the road just to avoid her by mere inches.

The crazy thing was I was right in the middle of a contraction and then for the next 45 minutes or so continued having them for a total of 9. I finally took a shower however and they began to stop and slow down.

We are now monitoring my contractions a little better just in case of premature labor. I do have a doctors appointment tomorrow so I am not too concerned, just glad we weren't plastered against the guardrail last night.

Not to worry...

Well to be completely honest I was a little worried about Hayden this week. On Thursday Hayden hardly moved which is very very unusual for him. He is usually jumping around and moving constantly. So on Friday when I-5 opened up Jon and I got in to see the doctor down in Portland.

My cervix still has not moved or done much, but Hayden was still not moving as much as usual. The doctor recommended we have a bio-physical ultrasound, which measures his movements, breathing and heart rate.

The good news is Hayden scored an 8 out of 8 and is perfect. Hayden was even doing some funny things in my tummy. He was pouting, sticking his tounge out, and doing something naughty with his finger. All in all everything is perfect and nothing to worry about.