It was an amazing Christmas. We have 2 kids now! Edward is super excited for Christmas now. He is finally super excited and into Christmas, so we get to do all sorts of fun stuff. We got to do our annual trip to Swansons and Edward loves looking at the train display and seeing the reindeer. This year was great because we happened to show up while there was a Santa wandering around and Edward loved it because he had candy canes in his bag. 🙂
These first couple months with Morgan have been difficult in some ways, but super exciting in others. Difficult in that we are still trying to find a balance between giving Edward attention and getting Morgan what he needs. Exciting because we are seeing Edward grow every day as he fully accepts his new big brother status.
Morgan’s favorite thing to do right now is to lay underneath the tree and stare up at all the lights. He is slowly beginning to sleep longer at night which is really nice for Mommy. We love seeing all of his faces and he is such a happy baby!
My favorite photos are the ones of the boys when they are being sweet to each other. Edward is loving being a big brother and always wants to be close to Morgan. He wants to sleep with him every night and it is super sweet.
We had a super busy October and November. Most of October was just chilling around the house while we waited for Morgan to arrive. We were certain he would come early, but he didn’t. Sharyn’s mom came up and stayed with us for the month, so we got to do lots of things with her. And Papa stopped by occasionally too, so Edward got some last minute personal grandparent time in. We went to the Air museum at Paine Field for their Monster Bash halloween event. Edward, Daddy, and Papa all rode on the big Monster Jeep and had a blast even though it was pouring rain and the wind was whipping it all around. He seemed to have fun though.
Then after Morgan, was Halloween. We headed down into our old neighborhood for a trick-or-treat around Licton Springs and then headed down to a friends house for the regular trick-or-treat door to door with friends. Edward loved every minute of it. I asked him later if he like Halloween, and his reply was “I don’t like Halloween, but I love candy!”
Between October and November, we had all the grandparents visit. Grandma & Papa visited in October and early November. A few days after they left, Grandad and Grandma Peggy came for a visit, and then two weeks later, Grammy came for a visit. We were super busy and It was nice getting to see everyone in a short period of time.
Of course, we also had Thanksgiving and spent it with Grammy while she was visiting. Edward loves all the food we make.
We decided in January to go ahead and do another IUI cycle and use our last vial of sperm. We had our fingers crossed, but having had 2 failed IUI’s and a failed IUI to IVF under our belt, we weren’t sure what to expect. We knew we were doing the same medical cycle that we normally do. We kept this cycle around quiet from everyone as we have never had a surprise for anyone, so we thought we would try. It was super hard when I was struggling with all the hormones and the waiting game, but we did it!
We had the IUI on January 23rd with 3 good size follicles, 2 small follicles and 15 million sperm. 2 weeks later, this is what we have:
Our first couple ultrasounds of the baby:
12-13 weeks along and we made the announcement to our immediate family:
Then comes the halfway point with the anatomy scan where we hear that everything is great with the baby.
And of course, then the announcement to everyone else that we are expecting a baby:
24 weeks comes shortly after and all of a sudden, I am measuring 5 weeks ahead.
Then 30 weeks, still measuring ahead, so back in for another ultrasound to make sure baby is still fine and not to much fluid. We are on the upper end of fluid, but still in the ok range.
35/35 day! 35 weeks down and 35 days to go!
Then we hit 40 weeks and my brain went nuts because they were not expecting the baby to be late, if anything, the doctors didn’t think he would even be an October baby. So, at 3 days late, we headed back to the MFM for another ultrasound and an NST to make sure everything was going great. Because of course my brain was flipping out on not wanting to loose another baby. Everything was fine. They were estimating baby to be almost 11 pounds and told me that they would have sent me straight to induction if I was delivering in the hospital. My midwife was a bit more lax and just kept telling me I would be able to do it no matter what. It was what I needed to keep some of my self-assurance there as I prep for delivery of what I know now is going to be a HUGE baby!
Then, we hit 41 weeks. I was huge and uncomfortable as we went in for what we hoped was our final midwife appointment. We spent most of the week trying everything we could to put me into labor. And it succeeded. I took this photo about an hour before we headed off to the midwife appointment and then I was in full labor 2 hours after the appointment. Basically, I had the baby less than 9 hours after I took this photo and I took the photo not feeling like that baby was coming any time soon. And the meme was the thoughts that I was having the whole time.
And that is the pregnancy in a nutshell. I was super happy to have him and breathe again! You can read the birth story here.
