Five Weeks!

February 17, 2014

5 weeks!

Mark had his one month well visit last week. The doctor says he's growing well (he's nine pounds now and 21.75 inches)! Mom left this week- Mark misses her- especially after dinner!

Grandma and grandpa Henry are coming to visit, and so is Uncle Dave! His first time meeting an uncle!!!

Getting so big!!

Funny face!

We babysat our neighbor's toddler. Poor Ender got his tail pulled. Hopefully Marky will learn not to do that. Ender was very kind about it- no hissing or scratching!

This is a good pic! Think it's from Frances's old school camera. 

4 Weeks!

February 11, 2015

4 Weeks!

Parenting has been such an amazing adventure! We are having so much fun. This past week, Frances and Kelly came to visit Mark! Mark has started rolling over (video below - but if the plugin doesn't work, try here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5bn15nws59laig/20150210_184332.mp4?dl=0), and last night he slept from 9:30pm to 4:00am.  The only sad thing is my mom leaves on Friday!  We would never have made it this first month without her.  Mark will miss her so much! He loves sleeping in her arms.

Love,Betty

3 Weeks!

February 3, 2015

3 Weeks!

Marky is so much fun! He's more alert now, so we get plenty of time for tummy time and play. He's already growing out of newborn sizes- I think this will be his last week in them!

Very preppy in his new polo cardigan- thank you, Mary Doreen!

This swing is amazing!

Tummy time just made him sleepy. 

Mark is glad his team won the Super Bowl!

Two Weeks!

January 27, 2015

2 weeks!

It's Marky's two week birthday! Cannot believe how much he's changed. He's more alert now, and he's got himself into a routine during the day (nights are totally different)! Sleep deprivation is starting to catch up to me.  Mark also got to meet grandma and grandpa Henry last week! Finally, he had his first leaky poo diaper. Oops! We need to fasten them better!

 

The philosopher- Mark Joseph!

Love, 

B

1 week!

January 20, 2015

1 Week Old!

Tom took the first late shift with Mark this morning. He fell asleep holding Mark in the rocking chair. I woke up Tom to tell him I would take over. He didn't want to let him go, saying "But he is so sweet."  

I hope every baby has a dad that loves them the way Tom loves Mark-  Tom looks forward to late night shifts. Tom held Mark during his Hep B shot, but had to look away when Mark got the shot. He takes pictures and videos of Marky every chance he gets, and he wants us to call him Mark, not Crits- "his in utero name." Thanks, Jeanne and Lee, for raising such a loving son. I hope someone can say that about us one day. 

This is an exciting week! Christy and Mike came to visit. Lis is here now! And grandma and grandpa Henry are here this week!

Love,

B

0 Weeks!

January 18, 2015

0 Weeks

Year of the Horse

Marky is home!!!!!  This has been the most amazing week. We love our little guy so much. Haven't had time to email or call people, but really appreciate everyone contacting us! Wanted to write a quick post to update everyone at once. 

Completing the striped shirt cycle!

Starting a new tradition- not sure how long we can keep it up. I'm biased, but isn't he adorable!

Meeting Ama Lai for the first time. 

Tired!

Blue eyes for now- not sure what color they will be eventually- how fun is that!

Tom and Mark in the wee hours in the hospital. Love watching my boys together. 

Thanks Auntie Linda for my outfit! I'm full of poo!!!!!!

40 Weeks plus 6 days

January 13, 2015

40 Weeks and 6 Days

Mark Joseph Henry's very first day on earth. We love him so much already!!

Had a crazy crazy whirlwind of a day yesterday. I was progressing great when my water broke in a huge sudden burst (think of the end of a log flume ride- sorry! TMI!) around 2 or 3pm.  Mark got distressed and his heart rate dropped. All the nurses got quiet and very busy fast, which scared me. They turned me on my left side and gave me a shot to stop my contractions. Thankfully Mark stabilized, and they started giving me Pitocin to restart my contractions. They bumped up my Pitocin all throughout the day and night until my contractions were at the maximum possible intensity! It was so painful and I had to get two boluses of strong painkillers, and at one point I was shaking, sweating, holding a barf bag, and gripping a railing. We also tried other sorts of strategies like stirrups. Despite all this, I made no progress with dilation. After 12 hours of this, Dr. Williams finally said at about 2am that it didn't seem like there was any way Mark was going to come out without a c-section. We agreed- he'd been stuck at the -1 position for about 16 hours!

So, we went to the OR. I was delirious because I hadn't been allowed to eat or drink for about 30 hours at that point. They brought Tom in after they anesthetized and draped me, and in about 7 minutes flat we met baby Mark!

He is the most precious baby ever. He's eating well and so far loves to snuggle. Hope you all get to meet him soon!

Love,

Betty and Tom