4 MONTHS old!!!

Mr. Seth turned 4 months old on the 10th. Man I can't believe it. He is beginning to hit so many milestones. He has found his feet, he has a few teeth starting to push their way out, he is starting to make sounds that sound more like...dadadada, and sooo much more! He loves to smile and laugh, and is beginning to become a pro at faking his cry and the best one...He SLEEPS thru the night!!!! Praise the Lord!!!!!!

We are excited that the weather is warming up, so now we can be outside more and he can begin to explore nature(with his eyes, nose and maybe sometimes touch..lol! ;o))

My first day back

Today was my first day back at work. Well part time, like 3 hours. But it was my first time away from Seth for that long. WELL actually that is a lie. When I had mastitis, I did have to go to Urgent care and we all know those are not 30 minute trips. So this was my first "non urgent care" separation from Seth. My mom and sister watched him for me and well I guess I have been neglecting him(my mother said jokingly, of course I don't neglect him). My mom said he had horrible cradle cap (which for some reason I have not noticed, I mean he has a WHOLE head of hair and I have only seen minimal flaking) and was dirty behind the ears (he is a boy for goodness sake..lol!). So my mom and sister lathered up his hair and scalp with baby oil and went to work. I guess Tristan was there "comb rinser" and would take the comb to the bath tub and rinse it off. Well when I got there he was asleep with a perfect slick Mohawk. I don't think I will be able to get that baby oil out for a couple of months! He did look adorable if I do say so myself! Here are a few pics!

12 Weeks Old!!

Time is sure flying by! I can't believe my little boy is 12 weeks old!!!!

Seth is doing amazing. He eats like a champ..lol! He is smiling and talking and now has a fixation of watching TV. Not something we purposely planned. Ever since he had been able to see object far away, his eyes always gravitate toward the TV. It is probably the flashing of many colors and noises. So we have introduced Baby Einstein DVDs. They are great for when Mommy needs to take a shower. Today I put him in his swing and stuck it in front of the the TV and played the DVD. Ran and took a shower and as I was drying off I could hear Seth talking to the TV.

Oh yeah and Seth totally loves little kids. He will smile and talk up a storm to any child. He loves to watch them jump around also.

For awhile he tricked us and started to sleep from 11pm to about 6:30-7am. But that has recently changed. He still usually will go to sleep about 10-11pm and wake up at 3-4am. Still a good 5 hours but the extra 2 hours would be nice. Unfortuntely I usually still have to get up and pump so I don't really get that full 5 hour sleep, or 7 if he decides to sleep longer. I keep telling my self it is worth it for him to get breastmilk instead of formula for now. However when I go back to work we'll see if my mentality will change.

Very recently too Seth has started to laugh when we tickle him or "play boxing" with Seth and Jakob or Seth and one of Tristan's stuffed animals. It is soooo cute!

Here are a few pictures:

My lil' man!!

whatcha want daddy?

Relaxing in the tub

Before washing his hair

Seth with Moe!

2 months old...

I can't believe how fast this past 2 months has gone! It is bittersweet! Bitter=he is getting so big, not a little newborn anymore, Sweet= his milestones! Smiles, talking, etc....

The past 2 months has been a rollercoaster. Mostly for me and recovery. It took me about 3 weeks to recover from having him. (ie. stiches and so forth has to heal) Plus I developed some other problems during the first three weeks...I would share what it is but it is TMI for all my viewers..lol. BUT then week 4 I got Mastitsis! That is soooo horrible. So it took me a week or so to heal from it, then BOOM I get a cold. Another week to heal. Then double BOOM, Mastitsis is back! On the other side!. Man can a woman get a break! She has a baby to care for! lol! So needless to say my body is not cooperating in the healthy department.

Seth on the other hand has been improving very much. At first he was a screamer. I think it is due to the fact we were underfeeding him, but with an increase in food, he has improved much. He still screams but mostly it is if we waited to long to feed him or he is extremely tired. He is smiling soooo much now and talking up a storm. We have a little IHOME 2Go (like a mini boom box that you put your ipod in) and we play music for him at night. So last night at the 1am feeding, I fed and I rocked him to sleep and as soon as I put him down he woke up. I put the music on and was singing along. He decided sleep can wait, and sang along baby style! It made my heart melt! Being a mom is really amazing! Everytime I look at him and I am sooo grateful that I have a healthy, happy baby!

Brett has been an amazing dad! He doesn't hesitate to change his diapers, which I am extremely grateful for! Luckily tho breastfed babies diapers are not as bad as formula fed ones. Brett LOVES being a daddy and Seth LOVES his daddy! We are truly a blessed family!

Seth's First Christmas!

Soo Seth turned 2 weeks old on Christmas Eve. We celebrated Christmas Eve by going down to my grandma's house in Orange County. Seth's first adventure out of the Antelope Valley! He did great on the way down there and back. He did get hungary toward the end of the ride down there, but thank the Lord we were minutes away from my grandma's!

For the first time in my life I did not stay on my mom and dad's house on Christmas Eve. It was a bittersweet moment. Sad cause I didn't wake up at my parents on Christmas but happy because I spent it with my little family! We did get up WAY early and headed to my parents house. We were there about 7am. Opened presents with the family and then headed over to Brett's parents house for our second christmas morning. OH yes, Santa brought Brett and I a new camera! We LOVE it!

We got to have 2 Christmas dinners...we were STUFFED by the end of the night..lol!

A Birth Story! (a little late but better than never!)

HOORAY!!! Seth Allyn made his entrance in the world on Dec 10, 2008 at 10:33am. He weighed 8lbs 1o oz and was 22 in long. What a last couple of weeks we have had! Let me tell you a little story...

So as you know Seth was due Dec 1st. Well Dec 1st came and went and he decided that was not the day he would come! My doctor then scheduled an induction date for Dec 8th, one week from my due date and just so happen to be my birthday! We anxiously awaited Dec 8th or were hoping that he would decided to come before then, but again he was not ready to come out so finally Dec 8th came. The way it worked with the hospital and induction is you are on a list and as long as they have enough staff and beds they call the list. I was told I was last on the list, so I expected to be called later in the day. So Monday we anxiously awaited the phone call. My doc office said that if they had not called me by noon to call the office so they could have me come in and monitor Seth to make sure he wasn't under any stress. Well noon came still no call so we went in to my doctor and Seth was perfect. So after that we didn't know what to do with ourselves, waiting is NO FUN! We ate, then decided there was no where we wanted to be, so headed home. I finally called the hospital to find out where I was on the list and come to find out they had not even called the first person on the list. The were BUSY. Later we found out they delivered 24 babies that day.


So Tuesday came and I tried to not get my hopes up that they would call right away. To distract ourselves we picked up Tristan and Jakob and headed to the mall. Then later Corryne and Greg joined us to walk around. We were there for awhile, like 11am to 3pm. At the end of our trip to the mall I called the hospital for a status check and was told I was next in line to be called! We were ecstatic and decided to go home and wait, but again I tried not to get to excited because all I know a rush of women could come in ready to have their babies and I would have to wait. So once home I was tired and went to lay down. About 4:20 pm WE GOT THE CALL! We jumped in the car (as it was already packed) and headed to evict Seth!!

LABOR:
We got into our room about 5pm. The nurse examined me and I was 2-3 cm, 60% effaced and -2 station. We had to wait for the doctor to examine me before they could administer pitocin. My doctor was being covered by another doctor but he was in surgery so we waited. Finally about 7:30pm he came in and checked me. I was the same. Pitocin was started about 8pm. About 12am I got the epidural. The anthesi0logist was going to be leaving to do a couple of surgeries and the said that they said it would be a couple of hours before he would return, so I took the opportunity to get it! IT IS AMAZING! I wasn't in excruciating pain, it just was very uncomfortable, but I knew it would only get worse.

From 12 am to 5pm I was dilated to 4cm but was progressing in the effacement and station stage then about 5:30 I was checked and was 7 cm, 90% effaced. By 6:30 I was completely dilated and ready to go. Unfortunately they wanted him to descend a little more before I started pushing so I wouldn't push forever. So from 6:30am to 8am I had to breathe thru the urges to push. At 8am I was finally able to push! THEN he got stuck on my pelvic bone, so it took me 2.5 hours to push him out. Talk about EXHAUSTING!!! Finally after what seemed like forever he was born! For one second I felt the relief of him being out then I got the most excruciating burning sensation down there. It was so bad I couldn't stop crying! (I know this is TMI but I had to get an epistomoy and he tore me so I had stitches). After what seemed like forever, the doctor was done fixing me up and I finally got to see Seth. Basically from the time I was "breathing thru the urges" till the moment I first held Seth (after the doctor fixed me up) my eyes were closed. It was my way of concentrating and focusing. So I didn't see him come out but I did hear his cries as I was crying (again while I was being fixed). When I finally got to see him and hold him it was amazing! We are sooooo happy and blessed he is finally here! What a long journey! Here are some pictures from the big day :)

Waiting to start the Pitocin

Breathing thru the urges to push

Just delivered

Momma and Baby Seth meeting outside the womb!

Daddy and Baby Seth meeting eachother!

Day 2 of Seth's life and going home day!!

Holding his head up! Such a strong boy!

Ready to go!

Just around the corner!!

It's been awhile since I last updated...so here it goes.



I am 39 weeks 5 days. I have been dialated to 2 cm and 75% effaced for 2 weeks. Doing all I can to aide Seth in getting here as quick as possible! The pressure, pains and hard time getting up has taken its toll. This last week they did an ultrasound and estimated his weight at 7lbs 7ounces. Hopefully he won't get much bigger. If he isn't here by Monday (his due date and my next doc appointment) then they will schedule induction date for a week later...which is MY BIRTHDAY! My mom said if he is born on my birthday she has to go buy a lottery ticket because what are the odds of having both of her daughters have their first child, boys, on their birthdays (Corryne had Tristan on her 21st birthday!). We shall see!



I went on maternity leave on November 3rd and became Jakob (my nephew's) day care provider till Seth is born. It has been great! Yes tiring but I LOVE that little guy so it is worth it to spend some time with him like I did Tristan when Tristan was a baby. Jakob is such a happy baby so it is easy to take care of him. He loves to smile and laugh and it just makes my day that much brighter! :)



Greg graduated from Culinary Arts School early this month. We are sooo very proud of him! Oh yes and my dad is doing good, PRAISE THE LORD! We are all sooo thankful he is still here with us.

This Thanksgiving was very nice and laid back. We had our first "Turkey Dinner" at 1pm with Brett's family. Then at 4pm we had our second with my family. Let's just say we were TOTALLY stuffed by the end of the day! My sister and I decided to hit the "Black Friday" sales. Yes I was up at 3am, out shopping at 4am. There was a few items I wanted but mostly I went to get LOTS of walking in. We shopped from 4am to about 12pm, with a breakfast break with our dad. Then I took like a 3 hour nap and went to Kohls and dinner with Brett around 5pm. We came home and decided to then decorate the inside of our home. I couldn't believe the energy spurt, but if gave me hope that JUST maybe Seth is coming, like within the next day or so, or maybe he is just giving me false hope.

I hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with your families.