Monday, July 2, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
10 weeks old
I am about 3 weeks behind on new pictures but here are a few. I am having so much fun taking pictures of the little guy but I am afraid I am going to have to get a seperate room for all the photos!
He is getting to be a big boy and is sooooooo much fun! We can't wait to introduce him to everyone!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Patrick's First Father's Day
Happy Belated Father's Day to all the Dads! Ethan suprised Patrick with a special father's day request to take him to a baseball game. He even made a card and bought his Daddy tickets and a hat for his favorite team, the Detroit Tigers of course! We will all be going to see the Tigers play the Yankees in August. It was very cute because ever since we found out we were having a son Patrick has been talking about taking him to baseball games and coaching his baseball team.
No other big news to report other than the house is being painted as I type. I can't wait for it to be done!
Actually there is big news...
CONGRATULATIONS Jenny, Tim, and Kaylee on the adoption! It is now official. Kaylee is a Laird by law. We could not be happier for them to never have a home visit again!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Happy Birthday Boys!
Happy 29th Birthday Patrick and 2 month birthday Ethan! (Ok- so it was yesterday but I am so proud of my boys and was too busy yesterday)
Ethan is 12 lbs 1 oz and 23 1/4 inches long. He is such a good boy and getting to be a big boy!
Grandma and Grandpa Hurford are coming to visit this week and we couldn't be more excited. Can't talk long today but more updates later...
Ethan is 12 lbs 1 oz and 23 1/4 inches long. He is such a good boy and getting to be a big boy!
Grandma and Grandpa Hurford are coming to visit this week and we couldn't be more excited. Can't talk long today but more updates later...
Friday, June 8, 2007
Our little Buckeye
Due to popular demand I have posted our little Buckeye for all to enjoy! Note to Grandpa Hurford: THIS IS NOT A WOLVERINE! Please do not confuse the two, it may traumatize the child to be insulted in such a way.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
8 weeks old- tomorrow
I can not believe it has been 8 weeks since this little bundle of heaven came into the world! Sometimes it seems like yesterday, other days it seems like we have had him forever. He goes to the doctor Monday for his two month checkup and shots- ouch! He is so big I can't wait until we find out his new stats- height, weight, etc. He is such a happy boy. Smiling and laughing all the time, even in his sleep. It is truly amazing how no matter what is happening in your day that one big smile can just make you stop dead in your tracks and put everything in the world into perspective.
I am already dreading going back to work. Yesterday as Ethan was nodding off on my chest I started thinking about taking him to daycare and dropping him off that first day. I couldn't even do it in my visualization! I started crying and then laughing at how much of a mush I have become. God be with me on Monday when he gets his shots. Mom will probably have more tears than Ethan. I think if he could talk he would tell me to suck it up- he's a strong little man.
Speaking of... the King just woke up and wants to eat- NOW.
I am already dreading going back to work. Yesterday as Ethan was nodding off on my chest I started thinking about taking him to daycare and dropping him off that first day. I couldn't even do it in my visualization! I started crying and then laughing at how much of a mush I have become. God be with me on Monday when he gets his shots. Mom will probably have more tears than Ethan. I think if he could talk he would tell me to suck it up- he's a strong little man.
Speaking of... the King just woke up and wants to eat- NOW.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
You be the judge...
Patrick
EthanOk now, for those of you who think Ethan looks like me tell me what you think of this! I literally found this picture and for a second wondered how Ethan's picture had gotten where I had found it. It is amazing how much these two look alike from the baby photos. Patrick is so excited that his son looks like him- except for the blue eyes!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Finally- Some new pictures
The King is now five and a half weeks old and is growing like a weed. At his one month check-up he weighed 9lbs, 9oz and is gaining by the minute. He is already in 3 month clothes and fits in some of the 3-6 month stuff. He continues to be the greatest baby ever. Last night he slept 7 hours! It was only one night but I am hoping for two (and to take advantage of the time, last night we were only able to sleep for 4 of those hours). He continues to smile all the time, especially after he wakes up from a nap, first thing in the morning or after he eats. He is just so much fun. A true joy and blessing in our lives. I just can not believe how quickly he is growning up!
Everything else is good. I had my check-up today and everything is great! A few more pounds to lose of course but hopefully that will happen sooner than later- especially with our new treadmill being assembled next week. Patrick is still loving his job, just busy again with lots of cases.
The house, I mean money pit, well... let's just say we got a new sump pump last week and having gutter work done very soon.
Hopefully I will update soon!
Everything else is good. I had my check-up today and everything is great! A few more pounds to lose of course but hopefully that will happen sooner than later- especially with our new treadmill being assembled next week. Patrick is still loving his job, just busy again with lots of cases.
The house, I mean money pit, well... let's just say we got a new sump pump last week and having gutter work done very soon.
Hopefully I will update soon!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day! What an amazing title I have to say!
Ethan is such a big boy now! He celebrated his 1 month birthday on Saturday and is doing so well. He started smiling last Monday and has not stopped since. I can get him to smile most right after he wakes up from a nap or first thing in the morning. His big gummy grin melts my heart every time I see it. I of course have tried to snap a picture but by the time the shutter closes on the camera the smile has eluded me. I have captured a half smile that I will try to post this week. He is too cute. I will not however give up my quest a picture that easy, I will keep trying.
Other than that things are good. The house is still a money pit. The hot water heater broke this weekend and we have to install 2 sump pumps in the basement. More contractor coming this week. Lucky me. At least we are getting it all out of the way now.
Ethan is such a big boy now! He celebrated his 1 month birthday on Saturday and is doing so well. He started smiling last Monday and has not stopped since. I can get him to smile most right after he wakes up from a nap or first thing in the morning. His big gummy grin melts my heart every time I see it. I of course have tried to snap a picture but by the time the shutter closes on the camera the smile has eluded me. I have captured a half smile that I will try to post this week. He is too cute. I will not however give up my quest a picture that easy, I will keep trying.
Other than that things are good. The house is still a money pit. The hot water heater broke this weekend and we have to install 2 sump pumps in the basement. More contractor coming this week. Lucky me. At least we are getting it all out of the way now.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Finally- Some New Pictures of the King
The little guy is waking up so my time is limited. Ethan is two and a half weeks old and is growing up too quickly already! Last week he had a weight check at one and a half weeks and already weighed 8lbs 4 oz. He gained 8 oz from the previous week. The pediatrician was most impressed- so was I. He is doing great and is sleeping four hour stretches at night. He is such a good baby. He only cries when something is wrong- diaper, gas, or hungry.
Ethan already has a nickname in the house. He is "the King". Anything the king wants, the king gets and when the king isn't happy, nobody's happy. We just love him so much. He is so much fun to just watch sleep.
Everyone always says that you will never know how it feels until you have a child and they are right. What an amazing miracle and an awesome feeling to just love that little person so strong and so much.
The King has risen from his slumber- I must attend to the little man!
Ethan already has a nickname in the house. He is "the King". Anything the king wants, the king gets and when the king isn't happy, nobody's happy. We just love him so much. He is so much fun to just watch sleep.
Everyone always says that you will never know how it feels until you have a child and they are right. What an amazing miracle and an awesome feeling to just love that little person so strong and so much.
The King has risen from his slumber- I must attend to the little man!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Ethan Joseph Hurford
Ethan Joseph Hurford
Born: April 12, 2007, 2:00 AM
Height: 20.5 inches
Weight: 7 lbs, 15 oz
Ethan is absolutely perfect! I do not know where to begin other than to say I guess they were labor pains! We went to the hospital at 5:30AM and were admitted at 9:30AM. I had a natural labor progression that the doctor said was textbook- until the pushing part. I have to say that although I enjoyed the experience of contractions, I loved the experience of an epidural. Thank God for drugs! When it came time to push at 10:25 PM I was ready to see my baby. But, after an hour and 45 min of pushing he had only dropped one station. I was exhausted. The doctor advised us that she wanted to perform a c-section because she felt that at that point he had less than a 50/50 chance of dropping on his own in the maximum 3 hour pushing window. I did not want a c-section but had no fight left in me. That is where my best friend, the best labor coach in the world, and my champion stepped in. Patrick went to bat for me with the delivery nurses support asking if I could rest and try to push just a little longer. They agreed to redose the epidural, let me sleep for 30 minutes, and let me try pushing for another 30 min. After 30 minutes if there was no change we would have the c-section. So, I pushed again and before I knew it, although I thought they were lying, they said the baby was only a few pushes away. I only believed them when the doctor put on the rain gear to catch and then Ethan was born. Thank you Patrick for fighting for me when I couldn't.
It was scary at first because he was unresponsive- they didn't even let Pat cut the cord. As I watched what seemed like hours go by and my husbands smile turn to concern and the doctor intently watching and asking about more suction from accross the room I started to pray. And then I heard the most wonderful sound- my son crying. Because I had spiked a fever during delivery and because Ethan had been a little unresponsive they took him to the Critical Care Nursery. I was only able to hold him briefly.
He remained in the CCN until we went home Friday evening but is just fine. He is eating like a champion and is absolutely perfect! It is so amazing how you can just fall so in love with this little person instantly. He makes my life feel so much more complete.
Patrick is such a great Daddy! He just adores Ethan and everything he does. It is so precious to watch them together. Because I am breastfeeding Patrick has taken to the jobs of annoying Ethan when he is trying to fall asleep while eating- although that doesn't happen much anymore and changing diapers. He is quite good at swaddling as well.
We are home and loving every minute with our little family. We just feel so blessed to have Ethan in our lives. Our son.
I must apologize in advance: I am working on the pictures.
Our home computer is broken and our work computers will not let us upload pictures. As soon as I can I will post our little man's first photos.
Born: April 12, 2007, 2:00 AM
Height: 20.5 inches
Weight: 7 lbs, 15 oz
Ethan is absolutely perfect! I do not know where to begin other than to say I guess they were labor pains! We went to the hospital at 5:30AM and were admitted at 9:30AM. I had a natural labor progression that the doctor said was textbook- until the pushing part. I have to say that although I enjoyed the experience of contractions, I loved the experience of an epidural. Thank God for drugs! When it came time to push at 10:25 PM I was ready to see my baby. But, after an hour and 45 min of pushing he had only dropped one station. I was exhausted. The doctor advised us that she wanted to perform a c-section because she felt that at that point he had less than a 50/50 chance of dropping on his own in the maximum 3 hour pushing window. I did not want a c-section but had no fight left in me. That is where my best friend, the best labor coach in the world, and my champion stepped in. Patrick went to bat for me with the delivery nurses support asking if I could rest and try to push just a little longer. They agreed to redose the epidural, let me sleep for 30 minutes, and let me try pushing for another 30 min. After 30 minutes if there was no change we would have the c-section. So, I pushed again and before I knew it, although I thought they were lying, they said the baby was only a few pushes away. I only believed them when the doctor put on the rain gear to catch and then Ethan was born. Thank you Patrick for fighting for me when I couldn't.
It was scary at first because he was unresponsive- they didn't even let Pat cut the cord. As I watched what seemed like hours go by and my husbands smile turn to concern and the doctor intently watching and asking about more suction from accross the room I started to pray. And then I heard the most wonderful sound- my son crying. Because I had spiked a fever during delivery and because Ethan had been a little unresponsive they took him to the Critical Care Nursery. I was only able to hold him briefly.
He remained in the CCN until we went home Friday evening but is just fine. He is eating like a champion and is absolutely perfect! It is so amazing how you can just fall so in love with this little person instantly. He makes my life feel so much more complete.
Patrick is such a great Daddy! He just adores Ethan and everything he does. It is so precious to watch them together. Because I am breastfeeding Patrick has taken to the jobs of annoying Ethan when he is trying to fall asleep while eating- although that doesn't happen much anymore and changing diapers. He is quite good at swaddling as well.
We are home and loving every minute with our little family. We just feel so blessed to have Ethan in our lives. Our son.
I must apologize in advance: I am working on the pictures.
Our home computer is broken and our work computers will not let us upload pictures. As soon as I can I will post our little man's first photos.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Labor Pains?
Well, it is 4:25 AM. I have been up since about 1:15 with uncomfortable to say the least contractions every 3-5 minutes. This better be the real thing or I am going to ask for a take home spinal and a bottle of sleeping pills.
At our non-stress test yesterday we were sent straight to labor and delivery because my fluid amniotic fluid level was low and we were having contractions every 4-5 minutes (nothing like these though). I started having contractions Monday night around 5:15 PM. Of course they sent us home saying basically not to come back until the pain is unbearable- don't pay attention to time. The baby looks great and they say he is "tracking beautifully" with his vitals. They now guess his weight to be 7.7lbs (we'll see). So, after wasting the afternoon at the hospital we got home around 5:30PM. We had a lovely evening watching American Idol, House, and Boston Legal and went to bed.
So, now it is 4:33- two more big contractions later and I am hoping we will have a handsome baby boy by the end of the day. The issue now is when to go to the hospital. I called the doctor and their first question was, "Do you want an epidural?" after my answer not wanting to go that route right away they basically laughed and said to stay home as long as possible. The only thing is traffic. Now that we live outside the city the morning commute driving in to NYC could be a nightmare. I think we will leave at 5:30 if this continues only because if we don't we will have to sit in traffic or wait until around 9:30 which may be too long- after all I may end up wanting drugs!
Now that I have passed some time and caught you up to the minute I will sign off only to probably sign back on tomorrow to say just kidding- that has been my luck with this :)
At our non-stress test yesterday we were sent straight to labor and delivery because my fluid amniotic fluid level was low and we were having contractions every 4-5 minutes (nothing like these though). I started having contractions Monday night around 5:15 PM. Of course they sent us home saying basically not to come back until the pain is unbearable- don't pay attention to time. The baby looks great and they say he is "tracking beautifully" with his vitals. They now guess his weight to be 7.7lbs (we'll see). So, after wasting the afternoon at the hospital we got home around 5:30PM. We had a lovely evening watching American Idol, House, and Boston Legal and went to bed.
So, now it is 4:33- two more big contractions later and I am hoping we will have a handsome baby boy by the end of the day. The issue now is when to go to the hospital. I called the doctor and their first question was, "Do you want an epidural?" after my answer not wanting to go that route right away they basically laughed and said to stay home as long as possible. The only thing is traffic. Now that we live outside the city the morning commute driving in to NYC could be a nightmare. I think we will leave at 5:30 if this continues only because if we don't we will have to sit in traffic or wait until around 9:30 which may be too long- after all I may end up wanting drugs!
Now that I have passed some time and caught you up to the minute I will sign off only to probably sign back on tomorrow to say just kidding- that has been my luck with this :)
Friday, April 6, 2007
Happy Easter Weekend!
I hope you have a very safe and happy Easter weekend with your family and friends!
Still no baby here yet. I am always hoping that in the next moment my water may break and the fun may begin- but there again I'm still hoping.
Just a quiet weekend planned here. Back in Michigan all of the parents are helping to load our "Pod" for shipment on Monday. It will be nice for us to finally have nearly all or our stuff in one place. It will be great for our parents to have their basements and garages back without our stuff cluttering them. Thanks Mom(s) and Dad(s)!
An Easter baby would be a nice treat so please pray that a stork drops off our Easter basket this year with a healthy little boy!
Still no baby here yet. I am always hoping that in the next moment my water may break and the fun may begin- but there again I'm still hoping.
Just a quiet weekend planned here. Back in Michigan all of the parents are helping to load our "Pod" for shipment on Monday. It will be nice for us to finally have nearly all or our stuff in one place. It will be great for our parents to have their basements and garages back without our stuff cluttering them. Thanks Mom(s) and Dad(s)!
An Easter baby would be a nice treat so please pray that a stork drops off our Easter basket this year with a healthy little boy!
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