life's about to get crazy!

Ryken is 11 days old now and Derek left for Hawaii on Saturday. I'm handling both boys fine, which was to be expected since Owen is 5 years old and SO self sufficient. But, through all of this newborn phase and Derek gone in Hawaii... we'll be moving! We put an offer in on a house back in May, it was a short sale so we knew it could take a while. In late October, we decided to cancel the offer because it was so up in the air and with a baby coming I didn't want any surprises. As soon as we cancelled it, the short sale was approved. We either had the option to reinstate our offer, or walk away from the house completely. After some discussion, we decided to reinstate the offer. We knew this was our house from the moment we walked in, and really in our price range it's the best. Move in ready!!! All appliances, nothing needs to be replaced, just paint the boys' rooms and move. This should all go down mid December, and hopefully we'll be spending Christmas in our new home.

On the baby front, Ryken was 9lbs 3 oz when he was born. When we went for a follow up at the hospital he weighed 8 lbs 3 oz. Not a good loss... we went in the following day and he'd gained an oz. The next day I weighed him and he had gained 3 oz! I was really excited... but then his weight started to go down again. And on Sunday he was back down to 8 lbs 3 oz. I called the labor and delivery unit at the hospital and she recommended I start supplementing and then call his Dr to see what he suggests. So, I supplemented all day Sunday (he gained 3.5 oz Sunday and Monday) and Monday evening we met with the Dr. He said Ryken looked great and gave me a prescription to help my milk come in stronger. I will be supplementing all this week and when he goes in for his circumcision I'm hoping he'll be up enough to stop the supplementing. I'm praying he keeps gaining like he is!

Meet: Ryken Spencer

Ryken Spencer was born Friday 11/11/11 at 11:11am, weighing 9 lbs 3 oz and measuring 22 inches long!

We were scheduled to have the c-section on the 11th and 10 am and with a c-section before us and just how everything panned out, our little mister made a big impression on the whole hospital! He was the talk of the labor and delivery unit.

That morning while getting ready to go, I noticed I was spotting. And while being monitored the nurse told me "yep, he was gonna come today schedule c-section or not, you're having some really strong contractions and about 5 minutes apart." Crazy!

Here are some pictures my friend Keren took for us the day after he was born (she was going to be there for all of his very first photos, but was called into another birth... lots of babies born on 11/11/11!)

39 weeks

Ok, I've officially never been this pregnant! Owen was born at 39 weeks 1 day... I am 39 weeks 1 day now. I can't believe that he'll be here soon!!!! I'm busy making sure the house is clean for the big day and making sure me, Derek and Owen are all ready to be away from home for a few days. Yikes!!!!!

38 weeks

Yesterday was Halloween... I took Owen trick or treating last night and we walked all over my mom's neighborhood (which is quite large) and when we got back I noticed that Ryken was significantly lower than he was when we left. Kinda weird looking really. At my Dr appointment this morning though we've had no progress and everything is on track for the c-section. Thank God! I would hate to have Derek miss the birth. Everything checked out well, heartbeat was at 155bpm and he's still measuring good. She did, however, say that he's going to be a good size baby. Which to me says, he'll be over 9 pounds like Owen. Good thing I didn't take the tags off the few newborn outfits we bought!