Two Months

Our baby boy is two months old and we are completely smitten with him! We have really seen his personality shine this past month and are so in love:) Caleb is cooing and grinning up a storm! During the day after he eats, he is the happiest boy. He will kick his feet, move his arms all around and talk to us non-stop. He is also following us with his eyes and loves the sunshine and ceiling fans. He is a big fan of the activity mat. He loves to watch the birds spin from the center above him and he hits his arms against the hanging toys (Chris is hoping for a little baseball player or quarterback..ha!). He still loves his bouncer and it has been our saving grace sometimes at night. You love the car and fall asleep everytime we go anywhere! You also like your car seat so much sometimes you will stay sound asleep in your seat hours after we get out of car?!

We are still working on his night time routine. He has been falling asleep between 8-9 pm and sleeping until 12-1 to wake up to eat and then waking up again between 4-5. The colic comes and goes (or were just getting use to it). You'll fall right to sleep for a few days and then we'll have a really rough night where Chris and I are trying everything to calm you down. The refllux is much better with the help of the Prevacid. You've only been on it for three weeks but we can already tell a difference. We're hoping the colic/reflux stage passes soon. Its so hard on us to see you cry with your little tears and all!

Caleb had his two month appointment last Monday and received four shots, three in the leg and one liquid in the mouth. Poor guy took it like a champ! He cried really loud as soon as the nurse poked him but shortly after calmed down. The nurse said that was a sign of a good natured baby:) Our baby weighed 10 pounds 14 ounces (exactly 4 pounds more than his 2 week appoinment) and is 23 inches long.

We are so happy you are a part of our lives! As much as I want to stop time, I can't wait to see what to see what month 3 has in store for us:)

Six Weeks

Little man has had a rough two weeks! Not only does he have colic, but he is now battling with reflux:( I started noticing the signs right around 4 weeks and they just kept getting worse. It's been a battle with feedings and he was making so much noise while nursing that it was waking Chris up at night?! The worst part was when he would scream and start crying but try to eat again because he was starving. No parent wants to see their child suffer like that! Dr. Bishop put him on Prevacid and it seems to help. We still have at least one bad feeding a day where he struggles to eat, but the doctor said to give it two weeks before we try something else. Praying for relief!!

Onto better things, Caleb is smiling at us! Last night when Chris got home from work I was rubbing and blowing on his tummy and he just kept smiling at us with a big ol' grin on his face:) He also smiles a lot when he is sleeping or fading into sleep after he gets a good feeding. It is the sweetest thing to see! I'm still working on capturing one on the camera.

He is out of newborn diapers and into size 1. They are still a little big but the newborn diapers were way too tight! He is also pushing out of his newborn clothes. It makes me sad to know that he's not my tiny baby anymore but happy that he is healthy and growing:)

He is such a strong boy! We were at the Presswood's house for a pre-season Texans game (for the Daddy's) and he was practicing tummy time with Krista. He was kicking and moaning and grunting like he wanted to go somewhere so she put her hands by his feet for him to push against and sure enough he started scooting across the mat! Slow down buddy because I'm not ready for you to be crawling yet!! He can also hold his head up for a while. His favorite thing lately is when you put him over your shoulder like your burping him, he holds his arms out and picks his head up to look around at whatever is behind you. Cracks us up because he has the funniest look on his face:)

Our little monkey LOVES bath time! He just sits back, looks around and is perfectly content. I even caught him checking himself out in the mirror the other day...good heavens!!

I can't wait to see what the next two weeks have in store for us!!

One Month!

Our little monkey is One Month Old today and we are so smitten with him:) Caleb you should know how much you have changed our lives. I know we had a life together before you, but the life we have now just doesn't even compare. We love you so much! Everyday I love you more and more; I didn't know my heart could love so fully and completely. We are so blessed that our Heavenly Father chose us as your parents for your time here on Earth. He could not have given us a more perfect baby.

You are such a sweet baby when you're awake and looking up at us with those baby blues! You sleep for most of the day, but we get a few hours here and there of your smiling face. You typically nurse every 3 hours during the day and every 4 hours at night. Between nursing, burping and a diaper change, our nursing sessions still take right about an hour each time. You're not on any set schedule yet. Some mornings we're up when Daddy leaves (9 am) and others we get up around 11 am. It all depends on how your night was and how hungry you are!

We have been battling with COLIC and it is no fun! I say its no fun for us but you are getting the worst of it. Some days are better than others...one day you'll sleep all day and you wont make a peep and others your crying and fussing every 30-45 minutes it seems like. We are trying to burp you more frequently and keep you in your bouncer to help with your tummy. I hope you know that we are trying everything we can to help you through this stage and pray it runs its course sooner than later. It breaks our hearts to listen to you cry at the top of your lungs and know that we've done everything we can to help.

You love to be held and the Dr said that we can't spoil you during this phase so we are holding, rocking and bouncing you A LOT! During the days if your being fussy and crying, I'll lay you on my chest and you fall fast asleep (melts my heart!). When Chris gets home from work, he swings and bounces you in his arms and you look up at him with the sweetest look on your face. We are soaking up this time with you right now because before we know it you will be crawling all over the place!

We are completely in LOVE and can't wait to see how you grow over the next month!

First two weeks

Oh goodness, where did the time go? I know everyone says that but it really does seem like he was just born and we were all in the hospital together, but Monday will be three weeks?! We are so in love with our precious monkey! It's true what they say that you will never imagine the kind of love you will feel until you hold your first baby in your arms. Everyday we ask each other how did we deserve such a sweet and perfect gift from above. Here is what we have been up to:

His first Pediatrician visit. He weighed 5 lbs 10 oz and Dr said he was a strong and healthy boy!

Caleb's first "sponge" bath at home which he really enjoyed and didn't cry or fuss at all.

First Onesie

Burp Time!

Nap Time

Play time on the activity mat

Aunt Jamie visits:)

Just a swinging...

Enjoying the bouncer from Nana

Hanging out with Memaw

Caleb James Brewer

To say our hearts our full would be an understatement! We are completely in love with our little guy and never imagined the love and overwhelming joy we felt when he was born. Here is his birth story:

We went in on Sunday night (7/8) to start the induction process. I was put on Cervadil to help thin my cervix and was told it might start contractions but mainly the pitocin would start the contractions in the morning. Boy were they wrong! I started having major contractions about an hour after it was inserted. Poor Chris he was a trooper and stayed up with me most of the night because I couldn't sleep at all since the pain was so bad! The nurse finally removed the Cervadil around 1:30 but the contractions kept coming with the same severity. With the contractions being so constant, the nurse couldn't start the pitocin at 5 am which was what Dr. G had ordered. There was supposed to be a two hour break between the Cervadil and Pitocin to give Caleb some time to rest before the major contractions started. The nurse called Dr. G around 6:30 and Dr. G said to go ahead and start the Pitocin on the smallest dose. Let me just say MAJOR contractions started at this point! I would have strong contractions every 2-3 minutes back to back, then there would be a short break and then start back again. Dr. G came in to check me at 7:30 and I was only 1/2 a centimeter dialated. To say I was upset was an understatement. Dr. G suggested I go ahead and get the epidural since I was in so much pain and it would give me time to rest since I didn't sleep the night before. I felt so much better that i slept for at least 3 hours! While I was sleeping they were increasing the Pitocin every 30 minutes to try and get me to dialate. Dr. G came back around 12:30 to check me and I had only progressed to 1 cm. With the severity and consistency of the contractions plus the overnight laboring, most people would have been at least 4-6 cm by then. Dr. G said it probably wasn't going to happen naturally and suggested we re-route for a c-section. After all the pain and laboring I had been through and the little progress I had made, I knew deep down that it wasn't going to happen either and I didn't want to jeoperdize Caleb. We agreed to the c-section and Dr. G scheduled it for 4 pm. We went in at 4:15 and our little man was born at 4:35 pm:) He weighed 6 lbs 3 oz and was 19.25" long.  He came out screaming and crying and was even more perfect than we imagined!

Oh my goodness I will never forget the emotions I went through as I watched the nurses clean him up and his Daddy look at him for the first time. I just layed there and thanked God for this healthy baby boy and the blessing that he chose us to care for him! I still can't believe that he is ours and we get to spend the rest of our lives with him:)

We were in the hospital until Thursday afternoon so we had a lot of visitors! Thank you to everyone who came by the hospital to see us or who we spoke to over the phone. Also thank you for all the wonderful texts we received as well! We are so humbled by all of our family and friends prayers and support during this time.

36 Weeks

I'm a little behind on posts but plan on getting caught up soon! At our 36 week appointment we had our last sonogram. It was the last time we got to see our guy until we would meet in person:) He was positioned head down and weighed 5 lbs 12 oz. Since his head was down and turned, we couldn't get a good shot of his face, but we got plenty of his feet and little bottom! His heart rate sounded great and was around 145 on average from the fetal monitor.

At the end of the week was Debbie's birthday so we went out to eat at Pappasitos to celebrate!! Yummy! It was so good! We enjoyed celebrating the special day with Debbie on her actual birthday, June 29.

The Baby Shower

Saturday, June 2, I had my big baby shower with all my family and friends! It was so much fun and everyone was way too generous!! I have to give a BIG thanks to all my wonderful hostesses...they made my house look beautiful and everything was perfect from the decorations to the food and games. It could not have been a better day! Caleb is completely spoiled and received tons of goodies from color changing rubber duckies to many cute onesies and lots of books.

I'm using this as my 32 weeks picture. This is Rachel one of my hostesses who organized the shower and was even a week and a half away from being induced! She's a trooper and looks amazing!

We also celebrated my birthday on Sunday. I turned the big 26 (look out!) We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse with my family and of course they had to embarrass me and make me get on the saddle (pregnant and all). Oh well, it's a memory we can look back on and laugh with Caleb about:)