Mia here, 5 weeks!

I'm 5 weeks old today. I'm a really good baby for mommy and daddy!! I have been sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night! I think my mom and dad are doing a great job of loving me :)

I may look like my daddy, but I have my mommy's eyes!

I'm working on focusing on objects and I have begun smiling a lot more! I can even recognize mommy and daddy's voices!
I'm learning how to be a big girl and take naps in my own crib to get me ready to sleep in there at night!

Yesterday I went to see my great nanaw Tanguy!!! She thinks I'm pretty special :)

I'll keep you updated to show you how much I'm growing!!

Love you all!

Mia Lynn

New Toy!

A Samsung 55 Inch LCD T.V.

Jeremy's new "baby"

We have a little rearranging to do, like moving the clock and adding some pictures of Mia to the wall!

Oh....and how could I do a post without some pictures of Miss Mia???

My friend, Emily and her little guy Evan, went for a run on the Riverbluff Saturday morning!
Mia enjoying the new T.V.!

I think she likes tummy time!!

Look at those beautiful, blue eyes!

I'm thinking if I put some gel in her hair it would stay curly!

Hmmm....think she's going to get lots of curls?

One Ounce

This NOT so little girl is ONE ounce shy of 9 lbs! Her 1 month checkup went great! Head measured 14 cm, weight was 8lbs 15 ounces, and length was 21 1/2 inches! She is in the 25th percentile for weight, 25-50th for her length & 5th percentile for her head!

Waiting for Dr. Reyes to come see me!

Daddy helping the nurse measure me!
Just cheesin' it up for the camera!

Grandma Deeter took Mia and Jayden for a run--along with Haley and myself!!

Just looking pretty!

Sweet baby Mia. Mommy and daddy love you so, so much!

Getting to be a big girl!

Can you believe she's 1 month old?

I have to go back to work in another month! It will be ok though, she'll be in good hands!

Little swimmer! & 4 weeks!

Daddy has 2 baby girls. Mia and Zoe. They both like to snuggle with him :)

Me and Mia--today she's 4 weeks old!
Jayden cruising around in the walker!!

Will be curious to see how much she weighs at her 1 month appt. on Friday. Look at that double chin!!!

Grandma Deeter and Mia!!!!

(hopefully will be quitting FM soon to babysit her grandkids!!!!) :)

The adorable shirt Pat and Marilyn got for Mia!!

Brennan showing off his muscles in his sweet speedo!

Mia floating on her back!!! (with a little help from mommy!)

She really enjoyed the water!

Ahh....my beautiful baby girl! And future swimmer! :)

Mia is 4 weeks old today!! Time is FLYING!!! 6 more weeks until I have to go back to work!! She is such a good baby!!! She will usually sleep between 4-6 hours when she first goes to sleep. Then she gets up to eat (which takes about 40 minutes) and then goes right back to sleep for 2-3 more hours! She does like when I eat garlic breadsticks or salad!!!! Guess we had to learn the hard way!!

She goes to the Dr. on Friday for her checkup!

She's growing!

Mama and Mia!

Just a few pics of Mia!

Her arrival.

I never told my labor and delivery story!!

On Tuesday morning (7/7/09) I was scheduled for a non stress test at 8 a.m. Jeremy was still at home because he didn't have to go into work until later. I get all hooked up to the monitors and drink my usual cup of apple juice and watch the morning news. (everything on the news was about Michael Jackson's memorial) A couple of the nurses noticed that I was having some pretty regular contractions during my NST. I could tell I was having a few, but didn't know how regular they were getting. Dr. VanCuren came up to check on me and also noted the contractions. He looked at me and said, "Do you want to have a baby today?" I froze. He told me that he would break my water and we could have a baby today. He could tell I looked frazzled so he told me to call my husband and he would be back in a half hour. I called Jeremy and told him the Dr. said he would break my water and we could have a baby today. I think he took it better than I did!!!! He told me he would be up in 5 minutes! Then I called my mom, sister, Cyndi & brother. Told them not to rush, but mom, Haley and Cyndi were up within an hour!!!

It was about 11:30 when my water actually broke. The Dr. just got a small enough poke to get a small leak going around 10:00. So from 11:30 until about 5:00 I would walk (well Haley would say sprint) the halls for 30 minutes and then I would get hooked up to the monitors for 30 minutes to make sure baby was doing ok. What seemed like a lonnnng day for Jeremy, actually went by pretty fast for me. I was busy walking and breathing through my contractions!! I was dilating about 1 cm every 1-2 hours. I was very pleased with the way labor was going, so the thought of having a c-section had pretty much been tossed out the window.

I got to about 7-8 cm when it was decided by the Dr. and nurses to start some pitocin to get her here a little quicker. I knew from Connor's birth that pitocin can kick your butt. So I told Cyndi that I wanted to get an epidural, not knowing that I had to wait until I had a full bag of fluid go into my IV--which takes about 40 minutes! I kinda got nervous thinking that I might miss my "window of opportunity." Luckily, I was able to get my epidural around 7 cm. Right after my epidural I had one of the worst panic attacks ever recorded (for myself)! I seriously thought that I was going to die. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest. My pulse went up to 165 beats per minute and I turned a nice shade of white and was shaking uncontrollably. I had 3 nurses and Dr. VanCuren in my room plus Jeremy and my mom. They had to turn off my epidural and hook me up to some oxygen. After about 45 minutes I finally was able to get calmed down and Haley popped her head in to check on me. I asked the Dr. if it was ok that she stayed....and asked her if she wanted to stay. You all know that she really didn't want to, but decided at the last minute to go ahead and stay in the room. HA!! Not really, I thought she was going to do a backflip when I asked her to stay!

By this time I was fully dilated and not very numb because they kept having to turn off my epidural. I could feel my toes, legs and contractions.

Jeremy had a hold of my left leg, Haley my right. Cyndi was sitting on the end of the bed while she blocked her face as I peed on her everytime I pushed. I remember mom standing right next to Jeremy, with an excited yet nervous look on her face.

I pushed, Jeremy counted, Haley yelled to get my chin to my chest! I only had to push for about 20-25 minutes before Mia made her grand entrance. I remember feeling a lot of burning and pressure, but not something I would call pain. After her head came out, I remember Jeremy saying "look at me, look at me". I looked up at him because I was just so nervous and wanted her to start crying right away. One last push and Mia was all the way out! Dr. VanCuren laid her on my belly and I remember looking up at Jeremy so freaking excited. Dr. VanCuren went to hand the scissors to Jeremy to cut her cord, and he wasn't up for doing it....I grabbed the scissors right out of his hand and cut her cord :) Her arms flailed and she had a very soft cry. She received an apgar score of 9. We knew she was going to be just fine.

The day Mia arrived couldn't have been a more perfect day.

I can remember her birth and Connor's as if they just happend yesterday. 2 totally different experiences, one I wish had a different outcome. But without Connor, we wouldn't have Mia. And Mia sure has a big chunk of mine and Jeremy's hearts. We are so in love and so thankful for all of you that have followed her journey here and prayed so hard for a safe delivery.

3 weeks old!

HELLO WORLD! I'm 3 weeks old today!

Daddy gave me my 1st bottle!!!

Enjoying some outside time while mommy sat in the sun!

Hair bows +

Rubber cement = hair bows that stay in Mia's hair!!

Mia is 3 weeks old today. She has a big brother that would have been 16 months old today. I could write how sad I am that he's not here with us. But I'd rather focus on how happy we are to have Mia in our lives. She brings us SO much joy and happiness. It still hurts A LOT to think about what Connor would be doing and who he would look like.....

Happy 3 week and 16 month birthday to both of my babies. I love you so very much.

Cousins

Sweet, sweet baby girl :)

Momma and Mia!
COUSINS!!! Mia, Brennan & Jayden!!!

Aren't they all so cute!?

Brennan's like "what the heck guys?"