Its Been Two Weeks

Wow how the time flies. The past two weeks have been super busy since Weston was born. I'm not sure where to start. Well at Weston's 2 day check up the Dr. told me to only have the older 2 kiss the top of his head or his feet. She said if he gets a temp of 100.4 that its no joke. They will hospitalize him for at least 2 days, do lots of blood tests and take a spinal. I wasn't worried at all cause the boys had been healthy for a long time. Not only was my nephew around him with a temp at not even a week old do to my in-laws taking care of him but a few days later Kaden starts to having a cough with stuffy nose and sneezing. Then a day later Gavin gets a fever of 103.0 for 3 days and after the fever he starts waking up in the night crying in pain. It was so hard keeping the two of them away from Weston because they love him so much and want to touch and hold him all the time. Luckily Brandon was able to take care of Gavin but i still woke up every time he started crying.

Other happenings have been Kaden graduated from preschool and is now getting ready to head to kindergarten. As i said time flies. I have been so lucky to be able to work at the same school he went to for infant care and now stay home with the kids. Its important to not only me but Brandon too that I'm able to stay home with these guys and we are willing to sacrifice whatever is needed to do so. Brandon has worked so hard to make this happen and still is. He also does so much at home too. I'm so glad that we will be able to spend more time with him this summer since he doesn't have school or teaching and is only working part time at the pool. Summer fun here we come!

Weston Ray Arrives

At 5AM Monday May 31st I woke up with some pretty strong contractions. I walked around for awhile and then took a shower to see if this was really time to go in, or if they were going to stop like a few other times. They were very inconsistent but i called Labor and Delivery and they told me i needed to come in since it was my third and i would go really fast. I was admitted about 8AM and the contractions slowed down a lot so i thought they were going to send me home. If i would have known this was going to happen i would have not gone in. The Dr. checked me out and decided to keep me. The contractions came back and were now stronger so i asked how long it would take to get the anaesthesiologist in for the epidural and they had just gone in for an emergency c-section and couldn't be there for an hour. I toughed it out and as soon as i got the epidural my body must have relaxed and did its thing. So at 2:50PM Weston Ray Stephens was born weighing 7 lbs 14 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. He is perfect and doing great.

I tried nursing again with him even though i couldn't do it with the first 2 but then realized the stress it was causing me wasn't worth it. I was going to pump and the first couple of time i tried that Gavin was into everything so that was vetoed. I have to say though, that making this decision and not letting it make me feel like a bad mother has made the baby blues almost non existent thus far. I am actually feeling like a better mom because I'm not stressed out.

As for Kaden and Gavin... they are doing great. They love their little brother so much, I couldn't ask for it to go any better. When Weston is crying Kaden goes up to him and will touch him softly and say "its OK big brother is right here" Gavin is telling people who come over "that my baby, not your baby." Also on the first night home Weston's pacifier came out and Gav said "uh oh baby mustache fell off." I guess he watches too much Toy Story.