My sweet baby boy!

Time has flown by!

2010-12-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

AROUND 5 MONTHS--

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FIRST HALLOWEEN!

AROUND 9 MONTHS--

FIRSTs

2010-06-08T14:52:00.001-07:00

Aedyn went to church for the first time on Sunday June 6th, 2010
We went to Abba's house for the first time and we all really liked it there.
Including Aedyn .lol. he sat in his carseat the whole time, didnt cry once.
He was so good.
The only thing was that he was still sleepy and wanted to take a nap, so he kept trying to doze off and then the music would start really loud and he would be awake again.
He was so cute, I have noticed when he gets really tired he will hold the left side of his head or his left ear.
He was doing this alot.
And at one point he was covering his left eye. I doubt we will be so lucky to have him be this good everytime we go to church, but heres for hoping!
I really want to raise the babies in church and i think Abba's house is the one.

Another first lately has been Baby food, we decided to try it out on Monday, June 7th, 2010.
We gave him mixed veggies, and I was definately expecting him to HATE It, because Rylee's first baby food was green beans and she hated it.
But surprisingly Aedyn loved it!
But he was tired of eating it after 4 spoonfuls which was fine, because I am not even trying to feed him baby food all the way yet.
This was more of a test run :]
And it went well.

Aedyn just turned 4 months old and he is 14 lbs 3 oz
He still is not sleeping through the night, but i think we are getting there.
Especially since he officially takes a passy :]

Something really cute Aedyn has started is mimicking. If you baby talk to him, he will copy you all day long. lol
He has always loved being talked to, BUT HE LOOOOVES being baby talked to.

He is also the most ticklish baby i have ever seen. He loves to be tickled and will laugh so hard from it.
Its too cute.

3 months old

2010-05-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

Aedyn weighs 13.6 lbs this month :]
hes our little fat daddy.
hes also a little charmer, he loves to be talked to, and anytime you say his name sweetly he will give you the biggest smile.
hes gonna be a ladies man, you just wait & see.

Aedyn is already starting to scoot, he is following in his sisters footsteps.
It really makes me wonder if my babies have done stuff early because their genetics or because we work with them alot on their milestones.
The other day I told Jake that he was scooting & he was like No way.
So i lay Aedyn on the floor to show him & he does nothing, so I put him on the bed and there he goes.
He is also rolling from belly to back & also from back to belly really well now.
He is already becoming mobile :/
One thing he has started doing earlier than Rylee is... teething.
Rylee got her first tooth in her 5th month, & in Aedyns 3rd month hes started to get one.
It hasnt broken through the gum yet though.
I never know why he is cranky, I dont know if its his tooth, or his acid reflux, or gas or what.
It seems like hes already been through alot :/

He is almost constantly laughing or smiling. We noticed when he was littler that he was ticklish. If we ever tried to tickle him he would tense up and grunt. But now he had the cutest little laugh, it melts my heart :]]

He is the cutest little man in the world, I couldnt imagine not having him in my life

Acid Reflux

2010-04-19T08:41:00.000-07:00

2 Nights ago Aedyn slept in his crib for the first night.
I was really nervous about it because he still sleeps in the bed with me and takes a bottle in the night.
But everyone has been telling me that I need to get him sleeping through the night, which I definately DO want!
And doctors say that a baby can start sleeping through the night around 3 months.
So I wanted to give him a chance to do that.
I put him in the crb & he slept for a while & then cried, so I gave him his passy which he is sooo attached to now, and he went back to sleep.
This went on probably 7 more times because he kept dropping the passy out everytime he fell asleep.
So eventually I just decided to let him cry & see if he would just fall back asleep. Well I stayed awake while he cried and he cried alot all night.
So in the morning we went to the Soddy flea market and while we were walking around he fell asleep in my arms.
So I just thought he was going to be sleepy all day because he didn't get a good night of sleep.
After the flea market he got in the worst mood and was fussy for the whole day. I assumed he was just upset about the night before and was cranky from no sleep.
Well as the day went on the crying got more and more and he was crying harder than I have ever heard ANY baby cry.
I took him to my moms so me and Jake could plant flower seeds.
And my mom mentioned that maybe he was constipated so we went the rest of the day thinking that.
Then when we got home he was still crying and Jake came up with the idea that it's his acid reflux & we looked it up online and he had all the symptoms of it.
Which Dr. Wiley had said something about him having it when he was around 2 weeks old and gave him some medicine for it.
But I haven't been giving it to him because it usually makes his eye swell up for some reason?
And he had never acted like he was ever in any pain or like he really had acid reflux until yesterday.
So I gave him the medicine & the internet said to keep his upper body elevated.
So that is how he has to sleep now and everything.
I feel so bad for him , but today he seems to be doing alot better.

The days are flying by

2010-04-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

Aedyn's First Easter (4/4/10)

Aedyn at 2 1/2 months old

Aedyn rolled over for the first time at 1 month, 2 weeks, and 3 days.
Which is one day earlier than Rylee did for the first time.
I know, I am so crazy about the details, I just don't want to miss a thing.
Lately I have noticed how insane my picture taking has gotten. I'm sure one day I will have 100 albums full of pictures, I'm sure Rylee & Aedyn won't even care about.
But I just love pictures, because I know one day my babies are going to be grown and I am never going to get this time back.
So I try to do as many things for them and give them as many fun experiences as I can now.

For the past week or so Aedyn has started to really talk. He is so funny. Whenever I say his name really sweetly he gives the biggest smile almost every single time I do it.
That is what got him to talk, because when I get him to smile is usually when he's the most talkative.
I forgot how much I missed baby talk, it's been so long since Rylee did that.

He's getting to be a big man now :] He weighs in at 13 lbs. already. He has the biggest turkey neck I think I have ever seen on a baby. lol
He has had it since he was born but it has really gotten big lately. All I ever hear is how big he is.
I love spending my days with my babies :]

SWEET SWEET BOY :]

2010-03-18T08:44:00.000-07:00

I am so happy with my life with two babies :]
They both make my life worth living, if it weren't for them I would be nothing.
Aedyn is the best little boy I could ever ask for.
He sleeps very well at night for a 6 week old I think.
He doesn't nap very much during the day anymore, but I do let him whenever he wants to.
Around 8-9 at night he starts to get really sleepy and I usually try to keep him half way awake until 10 when we go to sleep.
Just to try to maximize MY sleeping time!
He wakes up probably about every 3 hours for a bottle, which is definately an improvement, it was more like every hour and a half.
He wakes up for good around 8 in the morning! ughhh Rylee usually lets me sleep until 10. But no more sleeping in for me! haha

When he is awake during the day, he has the bottle in his mouth almost constantly!
Jake calls him fat daddy, he is getting really big! I'm going to miss him as a little baby sooo much!

Aedyn's been pretty fussy and always wants to be held. I don't really care that he is going to be spoiled. lol
I definately cared when Rylee was a baby about holding her too much and all of that, but not this time!
I don't know why, I just feel like I am doing the right thing this way?

Rylee isn't so easy with Aedyn all of the time, she thinks she is helping, but usually she is hurting him.
I feel sortof bad for him that he has to go his whole life having someone to torment him.
But on the flipside of that he will always have someone to play with :]

Rylee rolled over for the first time at 6 1/2 weeks. So I am anxiously awaiting Aedyn to do it!
I love them with all of my heart!

1 Month old!

2010-03-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

I WILL ADD PICS LATER...

Aedyn now weighs about 9 lbs.
This past month Aedyn has had a few problems, none real serious though.
His right eye had alot of goo in it and Dr. Wiley said that meant that his tear duct was closed off, and that it would come open on its own time.
I had to put this cream in his eye though to keep it from getting germs in it and becoming infected.
Also he was spitting up and acting like it hurt, his Doctor said that he probably had acid reflux.
And apparently 10 days after birth his stumach has acid in it and that will burn his throat. So he got medicine for it.
But I really don't feel like it has gotten any better because now he is throwing up almost every time he eats. I feel so bad for him. I think we are going to have to switch him to soy.

He doesn't really take a passy, he still hasn't learned how to keep it in his mouth on his own so I really never give it to him to begin with. I'm not sure if I would rather him take it or not. Because it's not really something I need to start because he will be dependent on it, but on the other hand it may help him sleep through the night?
On the subject of sleeping... We have another bed baby!
The one thing I thought I was sure about was that he wouldn't sleep in the bed with us like Rylee did.
When we had Rylee we didn't want her in a bassinet or crib, we bought a sleep positioner so she could sleep with us.
So we never even attempted it with her.
With Aedyn, we have a pack n play in our room, and it seems like every time I put him in it he starts to cry. I really just got tired of sitting at the pack n play with a bottle all night. It is soooo much easier for me to have him in the bed with us, because I don't even have to get up, I just put the bottle in his mouth, and done!
And he is alot more comfortable being by his mommy, he wakes up alot less in the bed with us.
So I know it will be easy now and hard later, because we had to get Rylee out of our bed and it was badddd. Hopefully he will sleep through the night in a couple of months and we can move him to his own room.

Breastfeeding didn't go so well :/
I wanted to breastfeed sooo bad this time to help me lose the weight. And while we were in the hospital, I tried and tried, way harder than I tried with Rylee.
I was so worried about him being hungry.
I got the lactation consultant to come help me, and she basically said that he just didn't want to learn to breastfeed. We tried tricking him with a feeding tube and nothing worked. So Jake just had the idea that I could formula feed him and still pump to help me lose weight. He really took the pressure off of me.
We both know he will be fine on formula.
Well I pumped for about 3 weeks everyday. And then that 3rd week, I put the part to my pump in the dishwasher and it never really worked the same again.
So that night it wouldn't even work so I skipped one night and then the next night I got it to work but I was barely producing any milk.
The next night barely any again, So I was just like whatever, im buring like 1 calorie. And I quit. :/
But the good news is that I am so busy with 2 kids that I barely have time to eat!

Circumcision

2010-03-04T09:04:00.000-08:00

Jake & I came to an agreement on circumcising Aedyn.
I really didn't see a reason to have it done, but Jake was insistent on it so he would be like most boys.
So I decided that only if he had pain medicine we would do it.
Well Dr. Patel, my doctor who would be doing it said she doesnt use it, so I was referred to a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Kelley.
He went in at 9 days old, the same day his umbullical cord fell off.
he was weighed and he was 7 lbs 6 oz. And just 2 days before at WIC he was weighed and he was 7 lbs. 3 oz.
The doctor came in to explain the procedure to me, they did it with plastibell.
The doctor said that they were going to strap him down to do it and I started crying, and I definately didn't want the doctor seeing me cry so it was pretty embarassing.
They took him back and they said it would just take 5 minutes, the whole time I was in that room by myself worrying about him.
I cleaned my shoes to keep my mind off of him.
They finally brought him back to me and he wasn't even crying and it didn't look like he had cried. The nurse said that he only fussed when they strapped him down.
I was so relieved that it was over and he was fine.
It looked soooo weird. Like a dog's thing. lol
They told me that for the first 2 days I need to put neosporin on it and then after that not to put anything on it so it could dry up and heal like his umbullical cord did.
The plastibell was like a little ring that stayed on for 2 weeks.

I'm so glad I won't have to deal with this again!

Birth Story

2010-02-12T08:08:00.001-08:00

At 39 weeks we had an induction scheduled for 8:30 at night on February 1st, 2010.

At around 7:00 my best friend Amanda, and her brother Josh, came over to our new townhouse that we had just moved into over the weekend.
They wanted to see it for the first time.
We were rushing to go out to eat at Olive Garden for our last family dinner as 3
We were way behind on time, because by the time we got to Olive Garden and were seated it was about 7:45ish. We noticed the woman sitting behind us was Rebekkah from the Mommy meeting, one of the leaders who was being induced the next morning.
What a coincidence.
Well we ate very fast and took Rylee to my parent's house so we could get going to the hospital.
I was feeling kinda guilty for leaving Rylee and just going and changing her life so much.
It was weird, I definately didn't expect to feel like this.
Well we get to the hospital on time, and I have to wait in the waiting room for my room to be prepared! So we rushed for nothing.
We sat in the waiting room talking to some weird old guy who was talking about his 15 year old having a baby. It was kinda uncomfortable, and I was happy when they came in and got me!
Well I got in there and took my 39 week pictures before I had to get in my gown.
And then it was time for the millions of questions they ask you when you are in labor.
They told me that Jake couldn't be in the room for it. Neither one of us really liked that, because there's nothing he can't know and I wanted him there for the whole thing, just to make me feel more comfortable.
He said "No I am not leaving." Because they tried to tell him to leave when I was having Rylee and he said no, and they didn't make him leave.
And we weren't even married then. This time, they kept telling him that he had to leave.
Finally she said she would go ask her boss if he could stay and he just decided to leave on his own so he wouldn't start alot of drama.
It was pretty dumb. The reason he couldn't be there was to ask me if I am being abused.
I guess I see the point in it but if I, the patient want him to stay, he should be able to stay.
So once all that was over, I got my IV! I was so worried about it because its always hard and painful to give me one because my veins roll.
We told the nurse that and she was like Im pretty good. and she was. It was quick.
They checked me and said that I was 1 1/2 cms dialated, like they had said in the drs. office.
I got started on my cervidil at around 9:00.
At around 10:00 Jake decided he wanted to try to sleep a little, anticipating a long labor like with Rylee (23 hours)
So I watched tv for about 30 minutes and went to sleep too.
It was soooo hard to sleep, I had the monitors on my stumach to monitor the babys heart beat and his heart beat was already hard to pick up by the way he was positioned, so everytime I would try and turn over or move it wouldn't pick up.
And the nurse would come in and fix it.
And then every 30 minutes or so, the blood pressure thing on my arm would start.
It was almost impossible to sleep. They said I could request something to help me sleep, but I wanted to stay away from as many meds this time as I could.
So I said no.
I fell back asleep, and around midnight I started to feel contractions already, which I hadnt expected because I was only on cervidil. I didnt think that would give me contractions.
At 2:00 AM it was time for me to come off of cervidil and start pitocin. I was soo not looking forward to the pitocin because I know it makes your contractions awful!
But before I got my pitocin, the nurse said I could take a shower if I wanted, which I was pleasantly surprised by that.
She taped my hand up in a bag so my IV wouldn't get water in it. It looked pretty funny. lol. I'm glad I got the videos I did from it. :]
I couldn't even feel my contractions in the shower. It was so nice I never wanted to get out, but I knew the longer I stayed in the shower, the longer it would be until I had Aedyn.
Once the pitocin started, I felt bad contractions probably less than an hour later.
Jake went back to sleep and I was trying to fall back asleep.
I was able to sleep for a little while. I was told that Dr. Patel would be coming in to check on me before her office opened around 8-9 AM.
Well around 6 AM i was very exhausted and I couldn't sleep from the pain, so I asked for the sleeping medicine that they earlier offered me but I said no.
And now they said it was too late to get it! I thought I should be able to go to sleep whenever I wanted!
But they said I couldn't have it because it would probably still be in affect when it was time to have the baby and I would be asleep. I wish they had told me I would be cut off from it, I would have taken it before.
A couple hours later this male doctor that I had never seen before came in to break my water.
For one, it was already hurting extremely bad when he was checking how much I had dilated. So I was tensed up, and he kept saying "relax, relax". And I was trying but I was just in too much pain and couldn't relax.
So he tries to break my water and it hurt way way more than the contractions were hurting, I was crying and I didn't want anyone to know.
So the doctor says to the nurse, she isn't going to relax, in a rude way.
Like excuse me? I hated that doctor.
I asked if I could get the epidural and then get my water broke so I would be able to relax. And he said that I can only have an epidural when I am in active labor, and the way to get into active labor is to have my water broken.
Well he said he would come back later and try again. I knew that wasn't going to be the case, I knew I did not want him back in my room at all.
At this point I was pretty upset because it hurt so bad and I was not looking forward to anyone trying to break my water again!
The thought crossed my mind to get the other kind of pain medicine before i get my water broke, but my plan was to not use that medicine this time because it makes you so loopy and out of it.
I asked the nurse if it would help and she said probably not.
Then about an hour later, Dr. Patel came in and broke my water and it really didn't hurt at all. She is a much better doctor than that guy was.
Well I got the pain medicine anyway, because I was trying to hold off on the epidural as long as I could. I knew for sure I would be getting the epidural, I just wanted to wait because when I was in labor with Rylee, the epidural slowed down my dilation. And while the pain med was going into my IV, I could already feel it starting, I couldn't keep my eyes open. The next thing I knew Jake was gone, and apparently he went to the cafeteria to get food.
I was really sleepy and out of it. I could still feel my contractions some but no where near how bad they were before.
So I went to sleep for a few hours. I woke up from the pain from my contractions. And I just couldn't hold in the pain I was feeling, I knew Jake was asleep on the couch, but I just started yelling every contraction. I immediately knew it was time for an epidural. I asked for it and the nurse was like, I don't know if you can have one yet because at this point I was only about 4 cms. dilated. They asked Dr. Patel, and she said to give me the epidural whenever I wanted it.
So I got the epidural and right after they checked me and I was 6 cms.
Right after that, Meagan Odell, and her kids came to visit me, which I didn't know that they were coming because of the meds I was on.
After they left, My mom, dad, & Rylee came to see me.
While they were there the nurse checked me and said that I was 8 cms. I was dilating so much quicker than i did when I was having Rylee.
They stayed for a while, I was very happy to see Rylee. And about an hour later I was checked again and they said I was 9 1/2 cms.
It was starting to seem more and more real. I had everyone but Jake go to the waiting room.
They prepped my room for delivery. Dr. Patel was trying to get to the hospital in time to deliever him.
She got there and checked me and said that I was 10 cms. but I had a "lip", just a little bit of cervix blocking the way.
She said to try to push and see if he could just push past it. I did and it didn't work. So we waited through a few more contractions that I couldn't feel thankfully!
I pushed for a few minutes, Dr. Patel was much better than the doctor that delievered Rylee, she was more supportive and telling me what a great job I was doing.
They put the mirror in front of me so I could see what I was doing. It was crazy to see, but I am glad I did.
While I was pushing his heart rate was going down and there were times when they couldn't even pick up his heart beat. So they put an internal fetal monitor in. Which I later found out cut his little head :/
But while they did this I couldn't push and like 2 contractions later, while I wasn't even pushing, his head was coming out on its own.
I pushed for maybe 20 minutes and he was out!
At 1:21 pm on February 2nd, 2010. He weighed 7lbs. and was 19 1/2 inches long.
I am so happy to have my baby boy here! He completed our family.

GETTING INDUCED!

2010-01-22T02:41:00.001-08:00

35 weeks pregnant with Aedyn Levi in the picture above. :]

At 36 weeks I went to my weekly doctors appointment with Dr. Patel and she asked if I wanted to be induced, I pretty much immediately said "no" because I hadn't really considered that option yet.

Ofcourse I would rather have him myself on my time... When Jake got home that night I was telling him about it and he seemed to think it was a good idea.

So I had the whole week to think about it and I decided I wanted to be induced, but I rememebered from being pregnant with Rylee that she told me she wouldn't induce before 40 weeks. Which isn't too good, becuase this is my second baby and I feel like he would come before then.

& I am a serious "worrier", and I have been stressing so much over just the thought of going into labor while Jake is at work and having to try to get in touch with him (which is really hard to do with cell reception where he works). And then him having to rush home to get me and take me to the hospital,when he works like an hour and a half away!

On top of that, I would be in labor while having to try to get Rylee all ready to get to her nana's house.

And also, I have been thinking of how cool it would be for all of us to have this pattern with our birthdays.

My birthday is 1/1 and Rylee's is 5/5, so I thought it would be cool if Aedyn's could be 2/2. But that is only 39 weeks and 1 day.

Jake found out from work that he can take off a week for me having the baby, so we had to take that into consideration, and the 2nd is a Tuesday, so he could have Tuesday-Friday off and then a free weekend off. So this idea was sounding better and better to me. All the while assuming Dr. Patel would refuse to induce me early.

ANOTHER issue of the week, circumcision. The whole time I knew we were having a boy, I assumed I didn't want to have it done.I just don't see the point in it really. I feel like he is born how he is supposed to be. And its just un-necessary pain for him to go through. Jake and I haven't talked alot about it. The conversations about it went about as far as -ME "Aedyn's not getting circumcised." JAKE- "yes he is" ME-"no, he's not, you will see." But I really thought he wasn't serious. I didn't think he cared as much as he does. Finally he started to tell me how seriously he cares that he is circumcised. His main reason being that he doesn't want him to get made fun of one day. Which I think is pretty dumb. I never thought of this to be an issue? I have never known of anyone to be made fun of for this? But apparently.? So after seeing how strongly he felt about it, and me not really feeling that strongly about him NOT being circumcised, I decided to give in with the condition of only if it is numbed! I definately wouldn't be ok with it if he has to feel it all, that is just cruel, I don't care if it does just take 10 seconds. I wouldn't let someone cut me for 10 seconds without me being numb!

This whole week me and Rylee were sick and just layed around together, I began to notice that Aedyn wasn't moving too much throughout the week.

I know that it is normal for the baby to run out of room and not be as active, but I thought it was weird that it happened the same week I was sick, so maybe the baby is sick too? I don't know , but it makes me feel kinda bad :/

Well, going into my 37 WEEK appointment, I had a few questions.

She didn't seem worried about the baby not moving as much, she just asked me if the baby is moving 5 times in 5 hours. And he definately is. So she didn't worry about it.

I asked her about the circumcision and she said whichever OB/GYN working in the hospital the day I am released from the hospital would be doing the procedure. And she said that none of her partners numb the baby! ahhh. I told her that is a must for me, and she pretty much said that if there is nobody at the hospital to do it numbed, then I would have to wait for someone on the "surgical team" I think she said. So I think I am going to call Aedyn's pediatrician (Dr. Wiley) to see if he does circumcisions and make sure that he uses numbing medicine. I really couldn't believe that it is so common to just do it with nothing. I think Jake agrees with me on this situation. I know he doesn't want the baby to feel pain if he doesn't... So this is still in the process! I really don't want to wait and look around for someone to do it until after hes born, I want it done as soon as possible so hes less aware.

About being induced--- Right away I asked her about it and I said " I was wondering if you would induce at 39 wks and 1 day." And right away, she said yes. So I don't know if it is because this is my second baby or if she has changed the way she does things now? or what. But I was worried for nothing. I told her my reasons why and she said thats fine. She even made a better suggestion, she said I could come in the evening of February 1st to start getting induced and then have him on the 2nd :] It couldn't be working out better! I still don't know the time I go in yet, she said she would set it up and tell me on my next appointment when to come in. So it all seems very very real now, that it is almost time to have a baby!!!

We have been trying really hard to get out of our apartment before the baby comes, and into the nice townhouse we have been looking at for about a month. Everything has been in a process, and we told the manager we wanted to be moved in before the 1st and she said we will be able to. Now we just have to hear that we are officially approved. So it is going to be crazy moving in and then a couple days later having a baby! It will be so hectic having a newborn in a messy house that nothing is in it's place yet. MY LIFE IS SO CRAZY :]

Aedyn Levi

2010-01-14T09:21:00.001-08:00

Will be his name :]

we decided around 34 weeks...It wasnt mine or Jakes top picks, the name is more of a compromise. Pretty much how Aedyn was.

I had been complaining to Jake for forever about how Aedyn needs a middle name and how bad I just wanted his name to be complete.

So he promised me that he would think and look online for names for 30 minutes one day.lol

And he had already brought up the name Levi a couple of weeks before, and I was just sort of like, i dont know?

And he looked up the sons of Jacob in the bible and one of the sons were Levi, so it seemed like it worked and gave it more meaning.

I like it alot and I am so happy to have his name finally complete!

Aedyn Levi Foraker! :]

Also at 35 weeks - I was 1 1/2 cms dialated already!, when I was pregnant with Rylee I was 1/2 cm every time I got checked until I went into labor. And when I made it to Labor and Delivery I was 1 1/2 cms.
So it really makes it seem more real that he is going to be here sooo soon.
Dr. Patel asked me on my last visit if I wanted to be induced. I said no without much thought about it because I really do want to go into labor on my own, but the more I think about it, the more it does make sense for me to get induced.
Mainly becuase I am a big time stresser... I worry about everything!
I have so much to plan for this time around. I have to make sure Aedyn's bag is packed, mine is packed, Rylee's is packed for staying with her nana and pappaw.
And Jake has to take off time from work for the days I am in the hospital and probably about 3 more for bonding time with the baby and just helping us get settled down.
Not to mention that Jake works an hour away from home, and it is pretty hard to get in touch with him at work (with bad cell reception).
So if I were to go into labor at home alone with Rylee I would have to call Jake and wait an hour before I could even get to the hospital.
I am thinking I would rather have everything all planned out and ready to go now.
But... I will have to see when Patel will induce, becuase I remember when I was pregnant with Rylee she said she wouldn't induce early. Most doctors I hear about will induce at 39 weeks.
I would like to have Aedyn on 2/2/10.
I would like him to follow mine and Rylee's pattern of 1/1/92 and 5/5/08.
I just think it would be cool.
But I would technically only be 39 weeks, 1 day.
If she says no to that I would consider 2/5/10- because Rylee's birthday was the 5th and also this is a Friday and Jake would have the weekend off without messing with the budget.
or 2/10/10, because it is kind of like the pattern?
Its not a huge deal, but somehow it really has turned into one, lol. Jake even wants the baby born on 2/2/10.
Another new factor in all of this is that more than likely we will be moving at the end of January! not the best time to be having a baby!
Thats got me a little worried, but Jake seems to think we will have no problem. I hope he's right!

I have already packed Aedyn's things for the hospital, and I have made a list of all the things I need to take.
I think I have figured out my birth plan and everything. And how I want things to go with Rylee while Im in the hospital.
So I feel pretty in control of the situation at this point, I just hope it stays that way.

I am 36 weeks now and I have been having awful ligament pains where I cant do anything, I cant move at all.
On top of that I have been having what feels like very mild contractions, mainly at night time.
But the only difference is that I don't feel a pause in between the pains, like you would with contractions.
It is more of a constant discomfort.

I haven't asked the doctor about it yet, but I will at my next appointment.

Middle name!

2009-11-30T05:45:00.000-08:00

So we have been set on naming our baby boy Aedyn for about 5 weeks or so? Probably longer.

But we are still yet to agree on a middle name for him.

Aedyn was a good mix of mine and Jakes taste.

He likes more traditional names and I like more young and cool names.

So we have not found another name like that yet...

I really like Wyatt, Bentlee, Chance, & Maddox.

Bentlee is deffinately my favorite.

But Jake said he did like the name Chance but he didnt think it was right for his name.

So another no!

The only options Jake has brought up for a middle name are Reid and actually I think thats it.

I want to love his name! and I definately dont love Reid.

I havent come up with any more names that I like. I just keep trying to convince him to go with Bentlee.

He isn't coming up with anymore names either.

I dont know how he will get a middle name! I dont want it to get to the end and Jake be like o well, we didnt come up with a name, lets just name him after me.

Because that is what he wanted in the beginning, to have a JR.

& the scary thing is that if Rylee has been a boy I would have named the baby Jacob Jr.

I just dont like the idea of having 2 people the same name. I dont like the tradition of naming your baby after people.

Obviously everyone will know that he is his baby.

And I dont really want to budge on this because when I was pregnant with Rylee I really really wanted her to be named Khloe.

But he wouldnt have it. It meant more to me than I think he understood.

So I dont want to give in on his name if he isnt willing to do that for me.

I am just so ready to have his name complete...

Aedyn ....... Foraker :/

I made the shirts I have been wanting to make since I found out I was pregnant.

One says Big sister Rylee

And the other says little brother Aedyn.

Theyre cute. It'll be good for pictures and keepsakes.

But I still have more shirts and letters and I want to make a shirt that says his first and middle name! So I am just waiting and looking for cool ideas!

Shopping!

2009-11-09T08:54:00.000-08:00

I have been waiting for a couple of months to finally get to go shopping for Aedyn!
We got paid some extra money for staying with my Granny in the hospital.
So it really made me feel like it was ok to go spend some money.
But I really felt alot of anxiety about it weirdly.
I was really worried about spending so much money at one time even though I knew we were ok on money.
I had planned on buying him this 10 piece crib set for $70 on ebay, but when I got to the store I saw alot of blue & brown (my theme).
And I saw that I could buy everything seperately - like the bumper and sheet and everything to mix and match.
So I decided to do that. It was a little bit cheaper but I didn't get as much stuff so I didn't know what to do at first.
Jake was just trying to stay out of it and not help me make a decision because this was more for me than for him because I love to shop.
I got him a baby book and 2 pairs of little shoes, 2 Pajamas, -(I really tried to stay away from clothes becauase I THINK my mom will help me out with clothes.
And I already have some for him that I have bought from yard sales and consignment sales.
I also got him recieving blankets, passies, bibs, and i think thats it?
I don't know, it didn' seem like I got very much for my money, but I still had some left over out of the budget I made for this trip.
So it was over all a good trip, now I'm really excited to make his bed up and see it all come together.
I love my little boy :]

23 Week ultrasound.

2009-10-23T04:53:00.000-07:00

Its a boy!

I am really happy to be having a boy.

After the ultrasound technician told us that she thought it was a boy but she wasnt for sure, we started buying boy clothes and telling everyone it was a boy, especially Jake.

He thought it would be a girl too just like everyone else did.

We are almost set on the name Aedyn, but anything can change.

We have already taught Rylee to say Aedyn and that is what she calls my belly now.

Now if we could just come up with a good middle name that we both like.

It is so hard for me and Jake to agree on names!

I like Aedyn Wyatt or Aedyn Maddux, Jake likes Aedyn Tyler.

I just cant believe I saved all of Rylees baby clothes for this baby. And now I have to start over again.

It will be really hard for me to sell the clothes.

Really we are very much prepared for this baby already, we have all the big stuff, we just need more clothes and diapers.

We are going shopping for him soon hopefully!

I feel him kick almost all the time now, he is just as active as Rylee was.

I am really not having much pregnant symptoms still.

I have the "pregnant pees" thats about it. lol

I have stopped losing weight unfortunately and gained back what I lost and then some :[

Im really hoping and praying that I can breast feed the weight off this time!

ahhhh

only 16 weeks to go!

I love my Little girl & my Little boy!

Ultrasound at 19 weeks

2009-09-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

I had my 19 week ultrasound about 2 weeks ago.
When I got to the doctors office they told me that I wasn't down for an ultrasound.
I was so upset immediately because Jake took off work early to make it to the appointment.
And it was the end of the day and the ultrasound technician was booked for the day.
They told me they would SEE if they could fit me in.
They did thank God.
I would have been so disappointed if they hadn't.
So we go in and the ultrasound technician is looking at the baby for about 5 minutes and I can't even see the screen.
Rylee was freaking out the whole time wanting me, I think she also thought I was getting hurt.
It was cute, but it was ruining the occassion a little bit.
Her daddy calmed her down by the time I got to see the baby.
The woman kept referring to the baby as a she and "her hands" and stuff like that.
So the first thing Jake said was, You know the sex of the baby don't you?
And she said , well the baby is at a bad angle and I can't see anything so I'm assuming it's a girl.
And as she was showing us the babys legs and trying to see the private area she said she thought she saw a boy part.
The woman said that she never gets it wrong because she doesn't guess.
But she said she was leaning towards it being a boy.
So Jake totally has his hopes up, I hope that it is a boy for that reason.
He has started to tell everyone that he's having a boy,
He is really excited, but we aren't going to go shopping until we know for sure what the baby is.
We go back for another ultrasound when I'm 23 weeks.
Lets hope the baby is at a better angle.
I feel like its a boy though, because I haven't had any morning sickness, and I haven't had any weight gain.
So we will seee..
ALSO... on the day I had my ultrasound I felt some of the biggest kicks yet,
When dr. Patel was listening to the heart beat he kicked the dopler machine really hard.
And that night was the first night Jake felt the baby kick for the 1st time :]
It makes me so happy when he feels the baby kick.
He can feel him kick alot more now because he's getting bigger and stronger!

Kick, Kick

2009-09-08T17:51:00.000-07:00

Well, I started feeling little flutters at about 15 weeks and I thought this has to be too soon to feel the baby move.
I was still unsure.
Now at 18 weeks I am feeling the baby move almost all throughout the day.
Its exciting and unexpected because I didn't feel Rylee move until 20 weeks.
But they say you feel it sooner with your second because you know what you're looking for.
But I love feeling the baby move, it reassures me everyday that the baby is healthy.
I find out in one week what the sex of the baby is and I cannot wait!

Heard the baby's heart beat!

2009-08-23T15:13:00.000-07:00

Well, I was supposed to hear the baby's heart beat at my last visit (11 weeks).
But when Dr. Patel tried to find it, she couldn't, which completely freaked me out.
Because I had already had thoughts earlier on in the pregnancy that something was going to be wrong. And I was not at the 12 week mark where miscarriage rate goes down.
But she brought in the ultrasound machine and I got to get a quick view of the baby.
She saw that the baby's heart was very healthy and pretty much instantly turned the monitor off. Jake got to see the whole ultrasound. But I did not because Dr. Patel was blocking my view.

But at this visit, she came in and right away listened to the heart beat and it was healthy, 177 BPMs.
So I am definately not worrying as much as before. I am sure that the baby is going to be perfect.
I also asked the Doctor about being a vegetarian and my protein intake.
I have gotten a protein supplement, but it was a shake and I really didn't like it so I asked her if there were any pills I could take?
And she said no, And at this point I was really worried that I was damaging the baby or something by not eating enough protein.
But the doctor assured me that the only thing that could go wrong was that the baby would be a little smaller.
So I was very relieved, I am enjoying this pregnancy alot more since all my worries have been relieved.
And on top of that, every time I have been to the doctor, I lost weight,
The second time I went I lost 3 lbs. And this time I had lost another lb.
I really don't know how though. I have not really been eating better or working out. And I have no morning sickness so it's not like I'm throwing up and thats causing me to lose weight.
So I'm happy.

Today was a big day...

2009-06-23T20:24:00.000-07:00

I have known that I was pregnant for a couple of weeks now...
And I have been having this bad feeling. Like the baby wouldn't make it or something was going to go wrong.
& Then on top of that I got flu symptoms, & that scared me, I thought my sickness was going to hurt the baby in some way. Like I really thought I was right.
I was still a little sick today when i went to my doctor's this morning.
But I wasn't really worried that much anymore, so i didn't even bring it up.
It was my 1st pregnancy visit in a while, I had to get blood drawn, & a papsmere :[ ugh ew.
And then Dr. Patel said, well I will go see if you can get an ultrasound today, & I got one!
I was really surprised because with my 1st pregnancy she had to schedule me ahead of time for an ultrasound.
So I am 7 weeks & 1 day.
Due date of February 8th, 2010 - which happens to be the day before mine & jake's 3 year anniversary.
I really wanted Rylee to be in the room to see her little brother or sister, but she was in a bad mood so she went to the waiting room where Uncle Austin was.
And before we started the ultrasound I asked the technician if it was going to look like a baby & she said they start looking like a baby at 10 weeks.
!
Which was when I got my 1st one with Rylee & she was kicking and moving and looked like a really small baby.
But she told me not to expect that this time.
& She was right. The baby didn't move at all.
I kinda wish I could've waited the 3 weeks.
But it's ok because I got to see our baby :]
He or she is 9 milimeters long. & is growing at exactly the rate that it should be.
I could see the heart beat perfectly but we couldn't hear it or time it because it's so early.
Getting the ultrasound made it seem alot more real.
And made me feel alot better about the pregnancy, I don't fear so much that i will lose it after this.
I hope & pray that everything is great for our baby.
I do need to be careful of what i eat now that i am a pregnant vegetarian.
I have to make sure that the baby gets enough protein.
Which won't be hard, i just have to think more about what i eat.
Speaking of food...
I can't hardly stand it, even when I'm really hungry, certain foods that I would normally eat sound like disgusting.
I have lost my appetite almost completely.
Morning sickness hasn't necessarily started yet.
The other day i was gagging for a while but I hadn't eaten so i ofcourse didn't throw up

I do think that this pregnancy will be harder than the 1st because of all the symptoms I am already having.
I am very grateful that I have been given 2 beautiful, healthy babies & i will never take them for granted :]