September 2008

Well I am finally starting to get the hang of being a Mom. Lucas is two months old already! At his two month Dr's appointment he weighed 12 lbs 11 oz and was 23 3/4 inches long. He is now officially a cute chubby baby. He was in the 75th percentile for height and weight, which is a nice change from last month. It was also time for shots, and they did not go so well. Lucas was fine until the pain kicked in later that day, then he cried for the rest of the day until we went and got some baby tylenol.

We had a lot of fun this month going to Pine Valley every weekend (Ok I had fun there and Brian worked) and taking one evening to go to Sand Hollow Reservoir. This was the first time Lucas went out on the boat and my first time out there since March! Our friends Mike, Megan, Eric, and Autumn came out with us, Lucas even got to bring his cute little friend Aspen. Although you can really see a size difference between them is big now, Aspen is just one month younger than Lucas.

Brian has been trying to get out the lake but hasn't made it out that much this summer with Lucas and all. We are hoping that next summer will be a lot more fun going to the lake with our whole little family.

August 2008

August has come and gone so quickly, I hope time doesn't always fly this quickly! Lucas is already a month old and at his Dr.'s appointment he is still a little guy, but getting bigger. He is now 8 lbs 10 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. That puts him in only the 25th percentile for weight but average for height. We are hoping to do better in the weight catagory next month :)

We are adjusting well to parenting, just enjoying all the one on one time. Lucas finally took his first real bath! It took a while for his umbilical stump to fall off and then he just seemed so little I didn't dare brave the water yet. Babies are too slippery when wet and soapy!

There are also several pictures here from Lucas's 5 generations! I think it is so neat, especially since I only ever knew one set of grandparents. His generations are his Great-Great-Grandma Rose Blackwell (97), Great-Grandma Carol Berg (71), Grandma Julie Bone (48), Dad Brian Bone (26), and then Lucas Bone (1 month).

July 2008

The 1st month of Lucas's life has been interesting to say the least. He is a sleepy head eater so he never gets a full meal and so sometimes he goes as little as 45 minutes between feedings. This is causing me to get extremely tired and poor Lucas just isn't growing very fast. At his two week check-up he had lost about the standard pound as weighed in at 7 lbs 3 oz and grew to 21 inches. Dr. Twiggs suggested that I start supplementing with a few ounces of formula after his feedings to help get his strength up so that he can be a better sucker.

He doesn't cry much (except for two nights when he was a few days old when he wailed for probably 3 hours), but when he gets hungry or sad for any reason he makes this really cute squeal that Daniela says sounds like a pig.

Oh and I am still sitting on an inflatable donut due to the chronic pain. No one told me about episiotomies before I got pregnant...

To see these pictures more clearly you can go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/laura.brian.bone/July2008#

July 9th, 2008 - Lucas Arrives!

Well the day finally came. I went to see Dr. Astle on Tuesday 7/8/08 for my regular appointment. When I was there he decided to strip my membranes and said that I would probably still be a week before having Lucas. I was pretty disappointed at hearing this news, I was born a week early and really wanted Lucas to come early as well. My feet and legs had been swollen since the end of February and I was ready to throw out the compression stalkings!

By the time I got home I was already having a few contractions an hour, but nothing steady, so I convinced Brian that we should go for a walk and see if we could get the baby to come. At midnight I couldn't sleep well anymore so I started timing my contractions. They were coming 8-11 minutes apart. I was about to lean over and wake up Brian when I realized that he would not be a happy camper if I woke him up now and he had to wait forever for Lucas. So, I decided to let them get closer together before waking everyone.

At 6:30 my alarm went off and I got up and got ready for the day. I emailed Robin and let her know that the baby was probably coming today and I would be going to the hospital shortly. After I was ready it was about 7 am and my contractions were about 5 minutes apart so I decided it was time to wake up Brian and my mom. I told Brian that he had to get up and get anything done that was really vital for the day and he proceeded to tell me that he still had 30 minutes to sleep. By that time the contractions were getting stronger and I told him that he needed to get up NOW because we were going to the hospital very soon!

By about 8 Brian, my mom, and I were in the car headed to Dixie Regional Hospital, with contractions coming every 3 minutes. At 9 we were official admitted and I started to shake I was so nervous! I wanted Lucas to hurry up and come already, until they told me he was coming and then I started to panic. Was I really ready for him to come out?!!

I really wanted to have Lucas natural but I knew that I would have an epidural if things didn't look like they were happening quick enough. At about 11 the Dr. came in and told me that I would probably be having Lucas around 6 that evening that it was probably time to break my water. After the extremely uncomfortable event,...my contractions starting getting way harder, and my fabulous assistant Brian (he was in charge of pushing on my knees) had been sent downstairs to have some lunch. My mom was trying her hardest, but just wasn't as effective as Brian was, so around Noon I decided that I probably couldn't handle 6 more hours and decided to get an epidural.

At last I was able to unclench my jaw that had been aching through every contraction! I tried to rest, but even though the epidural took away the pain I could still feel the tightening of the contractions. Because I had gotten the epidural my Dr. decided to give me some pitocin to speed things along. It was 2 pm when they told me it was about time to start pushing. After 2 hours of pushing, Lucas finally arrived at 4:02 PM.

When he was out they laid him on my stomach and I could not control my emotions. Suddenly I was just filled with so much joy and an incredible feeling of accomplishment. We had created and BEAUTIFUL baby boy and I was almost in disbelief that this little person would be coming home with me. What made it worse was when I looked up and Brian and he was just emotional as I was, although without much of the water works.

Lucas weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 20 inches long.

To see these pictures more clearly you can go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/laura.brian.bone/LucasBirthAndHospitalStay#