1 Week Old

Our baby is already a week old today! I can't believe a week has already passed. It's been a blur of days and nights and not really knowing what day it is. But it's been great! Really, I feel so blessed to be home with my two kiddos. Asher is such a good baby. I feel like he's just like Addalie, except that he doesn't spit up on me every five minutes. Night times are not horrible, but not great. I don't know what happens, but he always seems to end up in bed with me! Basically, we have just been hanging out at home getting adjusted to life as a family of four.

Here are some cute pics of our boy!

Sleeping

This is what our boy does best.


Here is Asher with the freakishly large baby Gran-D bought for Addalie.





Addalie has a new thing when going to bed. She wants all her babies and paci's when she goes to bed.

Photo Update

Sorry for the lack of updating the last couple of days, we have been adjusting to life as a family of 4.  Our sweet boy is doing great and being very easy, which you will never hear us complain about.  Our sweet girl on the other hand is a different story.  Addalie has been a little fussy the last few days getting used to sharing the house and our time with her brother, which we completely understand.  She loves kissing on Asher and holding him, the only problem is she wants to carry him around like one of her dolls, which to put it mildly is not very gentle.  We are praying for a quick adjustment!

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days......

These are pictures of Asher right before we brought him home from the hospital

Addalie was so excited her bubba was home, she wanted to hold him right away.

Besides pooping, this is what Asher does best.

Asher got his first football from Papa.  He is already dreaming about kicking field goals and taking care of our retirement!

Addalie got some early Christmas presents since we won't be going up to Welch.  Here she is wearing her new robe and holding her Madame Alexander doll from Meme and Grandad

Aunt Kyla stopped by for a quick visit.  Addalie loves when Kyla comes to visit. 

Yesterday we tried several times to get a family picture taken in hopes of using one for our Christmas card.  Turns out we spent several hours trying to get this done and didn't use any of them: failure!  This one turned out okay though....

Asher went for his first check-up today.  He is perfect and weighed in at 6lbs, 11oz. 

Before & Asher

Sena ended up not needing to be induced the night before, so she was trying anything she could to speed up the process.

They knew her too well right from the start...

She didn't have stairs like she did at home so she had to improvise

Almost ready for his first bath

Addalie kept checking to make sure they were taking good care of her bubba

Still sleeping

The Lambs were the only visitors besides family we got a picture of with Asher..

During shots and bath..

First time Addalie got to hold Asher

Sweet boy..

Asher passed his hearing test

Asher Daniel Reese

Asher Daniel Reese was born today.  He arrived at 1:52 pm, weighs 7lbs, 19 1/2 in. long.  He and momma are doing wonderful.  Here is a little video of our boy coming into the world. 

On The Way

One last picture as a family of 3

One last belly shot.

IV in, monitor hooked up and the Sing Off on TV.  Should be a good night!

Also, I will be updating Facebook more often than the blog, just because it's a lot easier.  My profile is here

-Daniel

Ready

We have been so busy this past week! We have completed our final major CARES events, which brings mixed emotions, attended birthday parties, gone to the doctor a lot, and more! First, let me fill you in with what's been going on with Asher.

I've been itching really bad for the past couple of weeks all over, and Daniel finally made me call the doctor about it. I felt silly because I was sure it was just dry skin. Turns out there is a condition called cholestasis (I probably spelled it wrong) where your liver slows down due to the pregnancy and it makes toxins back up in your system, thus causing severe itching. So I've been waiting this past week for bloodwork to come back to see whether or not I had this. I found out today that I am only in the beginning stages of it and it's not bad, but my doctor suggested we go ahead and induce since I'm full term and so uncomfortable. So... as of right now, we are planning on going in Wednesday night! Woohoo! It's baby time!

It's possible I could change my mind before then, so I'll keep you posted. I have mixed feelings about being induced. I'm really ready to have this baby and really can't imagine waiting any more, itching, and not sleeping. Plus, this week is such a better time for everybody than next week. But I really wanted to do this naturally like I did Addalie and labor at home for as long as possible. So everybody please pray that I go into labor naturally in the next couple of days!

Ok, so that's the update. Here are some random pictures of what we've been doing lately!
Pics of Addalie playing at a Gymboree birthday party! She loved it!

I'm so excited to have a mantal to decorate and stockings to put up!

Yes, Santa is my husband! He had to play Santa again this year at the Monterone Christmas party!

Addalie has her mama's Christams spirit!