MRW - weeks 2 and 3

Matthew has been wonderful. I get about 2.5 hrs of sleep at night between feedings and on a good night sometimes 3. We thank God for such a wonderful baby boy! We have been able to still do our regular routines; errands, Fridays After Five and Ryan's softball games. It just takes a bit longer to get ready, but I am enjoying being home with him every moment! Nothing new yet, but he is slowly becoming stronger especially when it comes to his head. He enjoys belly time too. Below are a few more recent pictures since the last post. Some of Abby too, so hope you all enjoy.

Matthew's Dr's Appointments

How could I forget... On his due date, August 6th, Matthew had a check up to make sure Jaundice was ok and not getting worse. He weighed 6 pounds and 8 oz; which he dropped from birth weight, but did gain from last day in hospital (which was the 4th). Matthew then had his two week check up and he weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces as of Monday the 17th of August, so he gained his birth weight back plus more; we were so happy! He is doing well and is a pretty good boy. Now, that he is at a good weight we can let him sleep and do not have to wake him for feedings. I just nurse him when he says he is hungry. All is going well with us and we love our new bundle of joy!

1st two weeks of August

These last two weeks have been filled with lots of family and friends visiting us along with my birthday and our anniversary. We have been busy and every visitor has been so nice and helpful from providing us with meals and doing laundry etc. Thank you everyone who has helped us out, we really appreciate it. As you can see here are some pictures of what we have done these last few weeks. We try and get Matthew out at least once a day from taking him to dinners, errands or just on a stroll. He has been very good; we have had many more good days than bad :) I love being a mom and enjoying every moment of him!

I must say it is nice to be in our home with just the 3 of us and Abby, trying to figure our our routines.

We hope all our readers are doing well and hopefully those who haven't met Matthew, will meet him soon :)

Arrival of Matthew Ryan White

Born: 1:00AM on August 2nd, 2009

Weight: 7 pounds

Length: 20 inches

Thank you to everyone for all your sweet thoughts, comments and prayers! We have been blessed with a wonderful sweet baby boy! Ryan has already been a great Daddy and a wonderful coach during my labor!

In Labor YEA!

Water broke at 4:15am and doc said we could come in at 10am, so we slept did a few things around the house and then came into MJH. In mild labor now so, we cannot wait to meet our baby Matthew :) Pictures will hopefully come by at least sometime tomorrow. Could not ask for better nurse or Doc :)

38 weeks & 5 days - Only 9 Days Left!

It is official, we are in the homestretch with only 9 days left. Matthew, when will you come and meet us and see you new room and home??? I wake up every day wondering will this be the day I can meet Matthew and see what he looks like? Well as you can see from a couple pictures below, my belly just keeps sticking out. It really is huge now! As much as I know I will miss being pregnant and him moving around in me, I know I cannot wait to meet him and eventually have my body back. Any guesses of dates, weight etc are welcome.

I know it has been a while since I have posted, but we have not been doing much since we have been hanging around the house awaiting his arrival. I have packed for the hospital and we are just trying to keep the house as clean as possible since we are not sure what will happen next ;) We have run a few errands here and there getting some last minute items needed for him.

I did have a very nice shower put on from my work. We did get some great things from my fabulous co-workers! We have truly been blessed with such wonderful people in our lives. We did get the pack'nplay, jumperoo, a couple outfits, a great book for him, the wonderful Clore handmade rocker for Matthew along with a very nice bib from Alice. Alice made it with Matthew's name on it. Thank you all at Investure!

Pics of Matthew's Nursery!

Last night, we had our tour of Martha Jefferson Hospital Labor and Delivery area. It was nice to see where we will be going and staying for a couple nights. It was a private tour by our friend and neighbor, Suzie, who is a Labor and Delivery Nurse there, hopefully she will be working whenever I have to go in. After the tour, Ryan and I went to a nice dinner at the Melting Pot, thanks to my mom. This was probably our last nice dinner alone before Matthew arrives. We enjoyed ourselves forsure!

This past weekend Friday night Ry and I took it easy and went to bed early. Saturday we went our separate ways. Ry washed the cars and ran some errands while I got my first and probably last Manicure and Pedicure while pregnant with Matthew, thanks to mom, for the pampering funds :) I also went to hear a talk on working moms, part-time moms vs stay-at-home moms; all very interesting. Then came home finished up some laundry and got ready for our photo shoot which we were all in. My good friend Bernie from college is trying to build her portfolio, so she took some pretty amazing maternity pictures; Abby and Ryan were able to get into a few as well! I am happy and lucky to be able to have a friend do something so special for me! I enjoyed it and liked the pictures more than I thought. I am glad I did it and happy to know Matthew can see what his mom looked like one day while pregnant with him. Below is a slideshow of a few of the great shots she got of us.

Sunday, we slept in went to Five Guys with Abby on the Downtown Mall and then took Abby to a park to walk around a very nice paved trail. She enjoyed it and was pooped by the end. It was a nice walk for us and good for Ryan to get out for a bit too especially since his surgery. Then we went to evening church service. We had a pretty nice relaxing weekend overall.

We are coming down to 37 weeks this week with a doc's appointment on Friday, so we will keep you all posted! Oh and how could I forget this week the car-seat was installed in my car along with a few other miscellaneous items. We are super excited!

The even better news is Bernie will be back down when Matthew arrives to get some great newborn shots too!

36 Weeks Today!

Yea, we are 36 Weeks today :) I had my Dr's appointment today and he said I am about 30% effaced and no dilation. So he is moving down, but not down far enough yet. His heart beat is good and everything looks healthy! I am measuring 37cm at 36 weeks, so just 1 cm over, which is not to be concerned. I cannot wait till next weeks appointment hoping for more progression of course. Our next appointment will be next Friday, so hopefully more stats to come :) stay tuned....

This picture was taken on Tuesday at 35 weeks and 5 days. Matthew is getting bigger :)