chocolate chip

a few nicknames for simon: si-guy, chocolate chip, chipwich (since he has a brown birthmark on his head)

twirl

ziggy and i have been admiring the twirl on his hairline.

flowers

flowers for simon that we've been enjoying.

baby bliss

i'm in baby bliss heaven. sleep deprived and sore but so worth it. i love this little guy.

the arrival

Welcome Simon

I went into labor Monday night and delivered a giant adorable baby into this world. mark, my mom and mother-in-law were all around to see the show. i was in labor from 1:45 am until i had him the next afternoon at 1:59pm. i got to the hospital around 4am and was dilated about 3 inches. Then i dilated to about 5 inches and got an epidural. after 5 hours, i was fully dilated but when i pushed, the baby's heart rate fell and the doctor's pushed him back in. they warned me of a possible c-section and got mark in scrubs. luckily after an hour, he got back into position and i started to push. i popped out an 8lb 12 oz baby beautiful baby boy and it was just as amazing and remarkable as the first time i remembered it. we decided to name him Simon.

big bro approved

giant strawberry

look at it!

walking with batman

come on cervix, dilate! here i am with my cervix and batman trying to get that sucker effaced! we walked this bridge over viers mill about 3 times.

space shuttle

the space shuttle landed for display at the air and space museum. it was piggybacked on another plane and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse from my mom's front yard.

38 weeks 2 days

i have one big baby growing. estimated at 8 lbs 5 oz so far but they could be 30% off in both the big or small scale. the docs are concerned that his head is so big it won't drop, which means i won't dilate. possible c-section argh!

niya and me

we're both pregnant and expecting dragon born boys. it's really neat to have kids that will be 5 weeks apart.

video

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happy easter

we went to a park in germantown and was not expecting 25mph wind gusts. we had a picnic, then packed up and had the easter egg hunt in our backyard. z found an egg with a pepperoni in it. it was a lot of fun, teagan and ziggy are so cute. and little grady was being a sweetheart as usual. the hilight of the day was watching the 4 year olds blast mark and john with their nerf guns, and also watching them pee on the fence.