Tummy time!

Henry got his first taste of tummy time just yesterday. He had mixed feelings about it but the funniest part was Daisy. The floor is Daisy's domain. Anything that is on the floor or falls on the floor is fair game for Daisy so she was a bit confused.

Here is an awesome pic of me on the floor with Henry. Getting up from the floor was quite a challenge! Not sure I'll be doing tummy time with Henry until after I heal a bit more!

I do NOT like this!!

Ok maybe this is alright.

Here is Daisy, very confused as to what is going on... is this a toy, is he food, what is this???

What is that smell???

This part smells much better!

Hi daddy! :)

First bath

Henry got his first sponge bath the other day! He did so well! I was afraid he would be cranky and cry and hate it but he seemed to enjoy it :) Yippee!

This was right after I told Henry he was going to have a bath... is that a middle finger I see there little boy?!?

Naked time!

Oh maybe I like this!

Check out his cute little puppy towel! Thanks Shortee! :)

Too cute!

Awww, he smells soooo good and is so soft and warm :) I love this little guy soooo much!

Random adorable pics

So I could not decide which pictures to put up on the blog so I just chose some random ones that I thought were cute. Maybe when I get more than three consecutive hours of sleep I can put together a themed blog post! In the meantime, enjoy my randomness!

Henry asleep in his hospital bassinet with his Pooh bear.

Daddy feeding Henry at like three in the morning.

Ready to go home, FINALLY!!

Henry's first Dr visit. He is lying naked on the Dr table... he peed all over it! Good job baby boy!

Grandma and grandpa :)

Mom and dad! Like my awesome nightgown? I haven't gotten dressed in about a week ;)

Henry Xane Stoner

So I tried to write my labor and delivery story for the blog a couple days ago. I got maybe a quarter of the way through and broke down crying. Then every time friends or family would ask me about it, I would cry. Every time I even THINK about it, I cry. So, in conclusion, I'm thinking I will need to wait until the emotions of that day have subsided so I can write or talk about it. It truly was a very difficult few days. So instead, I will post some ADORABLE pictures of our son, Henry Xane :)

Here is our first family portrait right after I got out of surgery. I look awesome! ;)

Little Henry is exhausted from his journey.

Me and my baby boy.

Oh I jut love him SOOOOO much!

I finally took a shower and I felt a bit better! I love Henry's little footie pajamas!

Ok that does it for now. I have about 100 more pics I COULD post but I will space them out :)

To the hospital!

It is Wednesday night at about 7:00 pm. I still have not gone into labor much less felt a single contraction so we are headed to the hospital to start the labor induction process. Here is one last belly shot.

Almost 41 weeks pregnant here!

I'm guessing baby boy is at least 8 pounds, yikes!

My next post will be pictures of little baby Henry!!!! :) :) :)

Non-stress test

After passing the 40 week mark, my Dr. wanted to make sure that me and the baby were both still doing well. So I went last week for my first non-stress test and I went again just yesterday. They check the fluid levels, make sure that the baby's heart rate is good, that he is moving enough and getting enough oxygen, etc... It's not stressful for the baby, but it IS a little for me! Luckily, baby boy is doing just fine and passed both tests with flying colors! This is where I learned that I actually WAS having contractions! James was able to come with me for the second test and took some (rather unflattering) video of the test. Hard to look good while lying in a bed with monitors strapped to your belly!

I tried for a good hour to upload another video of the nurse explaining the printout to James but it just was NOT working so I said, forget it!

Now the next time I go to TMC, I will be having a baby! Scary!!! But soooo exciting too :) I am so ready to have this baby but there will be some things I will miss about being pregnant and some things I won't.

Things I will miss about being pregnant:

* Feeling the baby move. I love feeling my little boy move, kick, punch, squirm, roll and even hiccup all day and night! It really is amazing!

* Compliments from family, friends and even total strangers about how great I look while pregnant.

* Eating whatever I want without (really) worrying about the weight gain.

Things I will NOT miss about being pregnant:

* Body pains - Being so uncomfortable all the time! I'm big, fat and swollen. Peeing 40 times a day, eating a tiny bit and being hungry 10 minutes later, leg cramps, knee pain from the extra weight, hip pain, boob pain, bone pain, etc... the list goes on and on. I know I'll have more pains during and after the baby is born but hopefully those will go away soon after.

* The constant barrage of questions from well-meaning family, friends and total strangers about my pregnancy. AND the horrifying labor stories from people, no one needs to hear that!

* The awful maternity clothes and having nothing to wear. I would really like to wear normal clothes but I know that it will be a while before I can do that.

I am sure there are more things for both sides of this list but I can't think of them right now ;)

Happy Graduation!

What do you do when you are three days late and will probably be induced on the day your baby sister graduates from high school??? Keep your self busy by going to spend some time with your baby sis and recreate graduation! James and I had some time on our hands this weekend so yesterday we drove down to SV to spend some quality time with Emily. We took her out to lunch and then went shopping to get her a dress for graduation. Now I know it doesn't make up for missing graduation but it made me feel a bit better. We even made Emily put on her cap and gown so we could take pics with her as if we were at graduation.

The last of the Spencer siblings to graduate from high school! Way to go Lee :)

Me and Emily, and Henry of course! Henry loves his Auntie Em :)

Me, Emily, and James.

And of course, we HAD to celebrate graduation with some silly string! Here's a video of me and James helping Emily take her last steps out of high school. It's bit long but I think it's pretty funny :)