Happy Mother's Day!

Just over 4 months ago, I joined what I fondly call the "Mom's Club"- being a Mom to Colin makes me so happy, every day I fall more in love with him.

It's been a bumpy road to get to this blissful Mom state- I've been MIA from this blog since January, and ALOT has happened since then. I will start blogging more soon after the end of May, which is my last days at work...yes I quit my job to be a SAHM, the hardest but best job in the world!

I never realized until I became one myself what being a Mom really is all about- I'm so thankful to have my great Mom to help me along on this journey.

Happy Mother's Day!

Colin Kenneth Tummel

Colin is now 17 days old! He was born on December 30th at 18:17pm weighing 8lbs .6oz , 21 inches long at 18:17pm..

Our lives have changed so much over the last 17 days, here is what we've been up to:

After 4 nights in the hospital we came home to Ybor. Our days our filled with what you would expect- feedings, diaper changes, sleeping...repeat!

Evan was home with me the first week, thank god! He has been AMAZING at taking care of Colin- no easy task.

I sadly had a lot of trouble breastfeeding.After much trying and tears, I gave up and have been pumping my breast milk around the clock to give to Colin via the bottle. When I was pregnant, I thought breastfeeding would come naturally and would be easy. Boy was I wrong. But, I've found an alternative that has worked so far for our family. I actually do like having Colin on a bottle as this takes all the responsiblity of feeding him off my shoulders and allows Evan and other family members to also feed him. I hope to be able to do this at least a month and if I have to switch to formula after that so be it. My mantra is Happy Mom, Happy Baby.

On advisement from our pediatrician, we are not supposed to take Colin anywhere that has big crowds the first 2 months. This is hard with our active lifestyles, but so far Colin has made trips to the park, to my Mom and Dad's houses, to my Dad's office for Thursday lunch, and yesterday we took him to a restaurant- we sat outside and no one else was around us so I felt ok with it!After being cooped up in my house for the majority of the last 2 weeks,it also made me feel a bit normal- sitting outside at one of our new fav. restaurants eating and drinking a beer under the Saturday sun.

There is so much more to tell but I'll stop here.We are up for visitors now, so please call or email me to come by and meet our sweet little man!

Boredom

Today I'm 40 weeks and 3 days past my due date! This baby is definitely taking after his dad. Evan was 4 days past his due date, I was 1 week early. Maybe Colin will come tomorrow?
Thursday is my induction day...I've had mixed feelings about being induced. Part of me thinks it's playing God a bit. The other part of me thinks being induced might be nice..walk into the hospital, get hooked up to the pitocin to start contractions, and then be able to get my epidural right away?? That sounds like a pain free way to have a baby...we'll have to see!

I've definitely left the honeymoon stage of enjoying not working. Now, I'm pretty bored not working....it's werid, and I'm sure things will change when C arrives and I'm enjoying those sleepless nights and endless feedings, but staying at home has no appeal to me. I like being busy and productive...I know Colin will keep me busy but I'm sure once we get into a routine I'll be glad to go back to work.

Merry Christmas and Happy Due Date to me!

I really thought baby C would be here by now, but he's not :( He must be awfully comfy in my belly...

I still feel good and am getting good sleep...throughout my pregnancy C does not kick me when I'm in bed at night of which I'm very grateful bc during the day his kicks have become very strong!

I'm taking bets for when he will come now...my induction date is December 30th so I hope he comes before then. I'm happy to have all my family around me anxiously awaiting his arrival as much as Evan and I are!

39 weeks and 2 days

This morning I had my 39 week appointment, these are getting pretty redundant now...pee in a cup, weigh me ( i tell them not to tell me, as my scale at home seems much nicer to me than theirs??), take the blood pressure, listen to the heart beat, then check me to see dialation...still at 1 cm. I've been 1 cm for 2 weeks now, I guess baby C is pretty cozy in there! Every one seems to want to know when he's coming, I think my friends and family are more anxious than I am. I'm feeling very indifferent right now..I think my excitement level would be much higher if I didn't have such a mounting fear of the birth.

Am I really going to have a little baby in my arms any day? I can't wait to see what this little guy actually looks like!

Full Moon Baby

This week we are having a full moon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Evan has a thing with full moons. It seems to him everytime there is a full moon, the hospital is always busy busy with new patients esp. when he's on the trauma service!

So, Evan is predicting that if this baby comes early ( please please come early baby C!) that it will be either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week...let's see if he's right!!

Oh Christmas Tree...

I love decorating our tree each year. Whenever Evan and I travel, our souvenier that we pick up from each destination is a Christmas ornament. We've only been doing this a few years, but we've been a lot of places over that time frame, so we've got a nice collection going so far. I love all the memories it brings back when I pull out each ornament. This year, we added an Eifel Tower, a Buckingham Palace crown, and a street car from San Francisco.

Hands down though, this year, my favorite new ornament is the one my mom gave me- it's a stork carrying a baby. I'd been looking all over for a Christmas ornament for baby C, but didn't want to get anything that said "Baby's First Christmas" because I'm not sure if he'll be here by then...this ornament is perfect!!