One Week Old Today

Happy Birthday Waylon! Today Waylon is one week old and things are going good. It is quite different with the second baby, I find that we are much more relaxed and just sort of continuing life as is. Sheridan is a fantastic big sister! It has been rough on mommy since I haven't been able to pick up Sheridan due to the c-section so right now Sheridan is daddy's girl and Waylon is mommy's boy....hoping to recover quickly. Sheridan is pretty uninterested in Waylon right now, which I guess is a good thing. The crying doesn't bother her and luckily she sleeps through the noise at night. She is just happy being a 2-year old. Waylon had his 1-week checkup on Wednesday and Waylon is gaining weight like a champ - he was 7 lbs 13 oz at hospital check-out and is already back up to 8 lbs 5 oz....in the words of our peditrician he is a "rock star". We think so too. Below are a few pics of some of our first few days at home.

Sweet Baby Waylon

At 7:45 am on Friday, May 21, 2010 Mr. Waylon Jon Shockey entered into our lives. He is a healthy baby boy at 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 21.5 inches long. It still feels weird to say "my son", I was so certain up until the very last minute that we were having another girl....I am actually still a little in shock and maybe even denial. But, a beautiful baby boy he is. So sweet and cuddly and just a content little baby. Everything is going really well so far, we are excited to go home tomorrow and get into our routine. Plus, it has been hard to be away from Sheridan for so long. She, by the way has been really good about the whole situation (I think being able to spend so much time with Grandma hasn't necessarily been a bad thing in her eyes). It will be interesting to see how things go once Waylon actually comes home. Below are a few pics from our first couple of days together:

Due Date....What's That?

I'm officially convinced the doctor shouldn't assign you a "due date". Mine has now come and gone and still no baby. I know it is just an estimate but it certainly gets you pretty anxious, especially when the day roles around and the baby seems to be in no hurry to come out. I feel like we waited a long time to even get things ready for the baby, I didn't even wash clothes until about 2 weeks ago and apparently I still had plenty of time to spare! We joke around and have Sheridan yell at the baby to "GET OUT" but I think the baby is already practicing turning a deaf ear. We go to the doctor tomorrow late afternoon, hoping I can convince her to break my water....

Still Pregnant....

About 8 days to go until due date, although my doctor said she would let me go one week past my due date. Seriously did not think I would STILL be pregnant. We are working to help move this along though, taking lots of walks (spent 4 hours at the zoo on Monday). Eating spicy food and I even jumped in a "bouncy" house today with Sheridan for about 30 minutes. No action yet though. Tomorrow is Mothers Day and I am excited to spend the day with family, hoping the baby at least comes before Wednesday so I don't have to work next week ;-) but if not we have a weekly appointment on Wednesday am so we will hopefully have a better idea of progress....or lack there of!