The Waddells: November 2009

Well, a very lovely lady pointed out to me that my blog said I was 57 weeks pregnant!! Everyone was impressed with my figure at 57 weeks preggo!! Haha! :) I have completely neglected our blog! Obviously, a lot has happened since my last post (at which I was 34 weeks pregnant!). I'll just touch on the major events!

We welcomed Parker James Waddell into the world on June 24, 2009 at 5:23 p.m. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 19.5 inches long! He was the most beautiful newborn baby you'll ever see! And boy, was I lucky. I had the most amazing labor and delivery. We went in for my weekly checkup with the OB at about 11:00 that morning. We were happy (and surprised) to find out that I was already dilated to 6 cm and 100% effaced! I was extremely surprised because I hadn't had the least bit of pain from contractions! The happiness soon turned into shock when Dr. Moffatt told me that it would probably be best if we went ahead and got me into L&D. WHAT? I wasn't ready at all! I didn't even have my bags with me! But, because I had tested positive for the Group B Strep, she didn't want to take a chance on not getting the antibiotics in me before he was born! So, off we went. She broke my water at 12:30, I received an epidural at about 2:30 or so, and was fully dilated by 5:00. I pushed for 11 minutes and he was here! Piece of cake :) Haha! I was extremely blessed to have such an easy time with everything.

We had to stay 2 nights in the hospital because of the Group B strep stuff, but we went home on Friday afternoon! It was such an amazing feeling to have us all at home, as a family of 3!

Parker has done extremely well. We haven't had any sickness thus far and he is a very good eater! He has stayed at about the 25th percentile in his weight and height. At his most recent doctor's visit (4 months), he weighed in at 13 lbs 14 oz and 24.5 inches long! We started rice cereal last week, which has been fun. He eats it really well! I'll put up a pic of that next time. He is such a happy baby. He smiles all the time and has recently started giving us some laughs! He discovered his voice last week and has been jabbering and squealing like crazy :)

We took Parker to the beach when he was only 5 weeks old! It was a great time. He slept the whole way there and back! I felt like we packed up the whole house just to be gone for a week though!

Since then, we've had lots of firsts! First trip to Dollywood! First shots :( First juice bottle! First time in the Bumbo, jumperoo, etc... This boy definitely loves his mommy! He's so attentive and just takes everything in. I love to watch him absorb everything around him. He loves to watch football. He loves the tv period (great..). He loves his passy. He loves to be snuggled, mostly when he's sleepy. He has the biggest dark blue eyes. He looks just like I did when I was a baby (I'll put up comparison pics soon!). He's a great sleeper, atleast 8 hours most nights! He HATES the car and screams in it most of the time (fortunately, this developed after our beach trip!). He loves to look at himself in the mirror. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past 4 months.