So Alan is starting to figure out how to talk a little more. Maybe next he'll say, "Go Cougars!"?
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Baby Alan
We have absolutely been loving our time with little baby Alan. It is hard to believe how big he is getting. We wanted to put up a few more pictures to show how much he's grown!!!
Alan is fascinated by the carrier handle on his car seat.
He's pretty good these days at hearing and seeing things and then looking in that direction. Smile for the camera!
Ok. So it's actually kind of hard to catch one of those smiles, but we got one!
Alan loves to eat everything- his hand, his bink, and especially his dinner!
He loves to play with Daddy!
And here's one where he's all wrapped up after bath time.
Isn't he about the cutest thing you've ever seen?
Alan is fascinated by the carrier handle on his car seat.
He's pretty good these days at hearing and seeing things and then looking in that direction. Smile for the camera!
Ok. So it's actually kind of hard to catch one of those smiles, but we got one!
Alan loves to eat everything- his hand, his bink, and especially his dinner!
He loves to play with Daddy!
And here's one where he's all wrapped up after bath time.
Isn't he about the cutest thing you've ever seen?
Thursday, July 16, 2009
An Exciting Few Weeks
Phew. Well, I guess I'm finally back into the blogging scene. Thank goodness Scott was able to do a few posts in the mean time there so that you could all see our BEAUTIFUL son. These last couple of weeks have been packed, so I thought I'd give the highlights with some pics to go along with it.
Labor/Delivery
First of all, the whole delivery process went pretty well. They were going to induce me on Saturday, so I went into the hospital Friday night around 10:30 so that they could try to soften the cervix to make the delivery go more smoothly. Apparently it worked, because I started into labor on my own about 4 hours later. There were no complications at all, except for my own discomfort when the epidural stopped working. It worked initially, but then wore off pretty quickly. In the mean time they tried about 100 different things to try and help it start working, but this just took forever and did not help at all. In the end, they took it out and gave me another one, because as Scott can attest to, I was not happy. In fact I was very mad and frustrated in addition to the pain. The anesthesiologist must have given me a super dose on the second epidural to make up for the fact that the first one didn't work. As soon as he was done, the nurse decided to check my progress, and during this whole "epidural not working" process I had gone from a 4 to a 10! Pushing went pretty quickly, and the actually delivery was fine. We were just happy to see this baby boy!
Bilirubin
After Alan was born, he had to be put under the bilirubin lights because of his jaundice. They brought this bilibed and biliblanket to our apartment and he had to lay on it 24 hours a day. He could only come off of it when I fed him, and even then he wore his biliblanket. He looked like a glowing little alien with cords coming out of him. :)
It was hard not to hold him for a few days, but I was amazed at how well he did with the bed.
He would just lay on the bed and never cried or fussed at all- which was good because I couldn't pick him up. At night, after a feeding even if he wasn't sleepy, he'd just lay on the bed wide awake and not fuss. He didn't do that before, or after, but it was amazing, and let me get some more sleep too! But a few days and heel pricks later, Alan was done with that whole jaundice mess and ready to be up and about.
Visitors
We have been so lucky to have family members galore come to visit! They all helped out so much during these first few weeks, and I think they were pretty excited to see Alan as well. Scott's parents were here when Alan was born and stayed for a few days. My mom came when Scott's parents left and my dad came out a few days later. Then my sisters came out to visit and go to EFY. We are very grateful to have such a wonderful, loving family!!
Surgery
And in addition to all the fun times, we had some not so fun times too. Alan went into his 2 week check up last Monday and was totally fine. He was up to 9 lbs 8 oz, and was happy as could be. Then that night he started throwing up. He continued throwing up for several days. I'd try to feed him smaller amounts, which I thought was working, but sooner or later he'd throw up again anyway. Needless to say, this all amounted to lots of messes, little sleep, and lots of worries on my part.
On Thursday, we took him in for an ultrasound, and found out that he had pyloric stenosis. I guess it's pretty rare, but four times as common among first born males. His pylorus, which connects his stomach to his small intestine, was basically much bigger than it should have been and was stopping any food from passing through. Food would just sit in his stomach until he threw it up. So we took him up to Primary Children's Hospital so that they could operate on him. They did a laparoscopic surgery and only had to do three little cuts on his stomach. Alan was such a good patient, and all the nurses bragged about him. He is good as new now, and back to eating like a champ.
The whole thing was kind of a scary ordeal, but I was just so relieved to find out what was wrong and know we could fix it. The endless throwing up was more scary than the surgery itself. And despite the fact that we had a perfect view of the big old U on the mountain from our hospital room window (much to Scott's dismay- we shut the blinds), we were very grateful to have such a wonderful facility so close to us. They did a great job and we are sooooo happy that Alan is back to being himself again.
Labor/Delivery
First of all, the whole delivery process went pretty well. They were going to induce me on Saturday, so I went into the hospital Friday night around 10:30 so that they could try to soften the cervix to make the delivery go more smoothly. Apparently it worked, because I started into labor on my own about 4 hours later. There were no complications at all, except for my own discomfort when the epidural stopped working. It worked initially, but then wore off pretty quickly. In the mean time they tried about 100 different things to try and help it start working, but this just took forever and did not help at all. In the end, they took it out and gave me another one, because as Scott can attest to, I was not happy. In fact I was very mad and frustrated in addition to the pain. The anesthesiologist must have given me a super dose on the second epidural to make up for the fact that the first one didn't work. As soon as he was done, the nurse decided to check my progress, and during this whole "epidural not working" process I had gone from a 4 to a 10! Pushing went pretty quickly, and the actually delivery was fine. We were just happy to see this baby boy!Bilirubin
After Alan was born, he had to be put under the bilirubin lights because of his jaundice. They brought this bilibed and biliblanket to our apartment and he had to lay on it 24 hours a day. He could only come off of it when I fed him, and even then he wore his biliblanket. He looked like a glowing little alien with cords coming out of him. :)It was hard not to hold him for a few days, but I was amazed at how well he did with the bed.
He would just lay on the bed and never cried or fussed at all- which was good because I couldn't pick him up. At night, after a feeding even if he wasn't sleepy, he'd just lay on the bed wide awake and not fuss. He didn't do that before, or after, but it was amazing, and let me get some more sleep too! But a few days and heel pricks later, Alan was done with that whole jaundice mess and ready to be up and about.Visitors
We have been so lucky to have family members galore come to visit! They all helped out so much during these first few weeks, and I think they were pretty excited to see Alan as well. Scott's parents were here when Alan was born and stayed for a few days. My mom came when Scott's parents left and my dad came out a few days later. Then my sisters came out to visit and go to EFY. We are very grateful to have such a wonderful, loving family!!
Surgery
And in addition to all the fun times, we had some not so fun times too. Alan went into his 2 week check up last Monday and was totally fine. He was up to 9 lbs 8 oz, and was happy as could be. Then that night he started throwing up. He continued throwing up for several days. I'd try to feed him smaller amounts, which I thought was working, but sooner or later he'd throw up again anyway. Needless to say, this all amounted to lots of messes, little sleep, and lots of worries on my part.
On Thursday, we took him in for an ultrasound, and found out that he had pyloric stenosis. I guess it's pretty rare, but four times as common among first born males. His pylorus, which connects his stomach to his small intestine, was basically much bigger than it should have been and was stopping any food from passing through. Food would just sit in his stomach until he threw it up. So we took him up to Primary Children's Hospital so that they could operate on him. They did a laparoscopic surgery and only had to do three little cuts on his stomach. Alan was such a good patient, and all the nurses bragged about him. He is good as new now, and back to eating like a champ.
The whole thing was kind of a scary ordeal, but I was just so relieved to find out what was wrong and know we could fix it. The endless throwing up was more scary than the surgery itself. And despite the fact that we had a perfect view of the big old U on the mountain from our hospital room window (much to Scott's dismay- we shut the blinds), we were very grateful to have such a wonderful facility so close to us. They did a great job and we are sooooo happy that Alan is back to being himself again.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Alan Robert Robertson
Alan was born June 20, 2009 12:36 pm. He was 8 lbs., 1 oz. and 20 inches long (I think tall is more accurate, but I am told the correct word is long). He must take more after his Mom because he is one of the cutest babies I've ever seen.
Friday, June 12, 2009
So, what did you do two days before your due date?
I know you've been wondering that, so I thought I'd let y'all know. Our beloved Wymount has decided that now is the best time to replace carpets!!! We called to see if we could postpone this service, due to my present condition, and that really didn't seem like a possibility. (probably due to the fact that everyone here is in the same condition!) From watching the progress they've been making around our quad, we realized that they'd probably make it to our apartment, and finish early next week. After our doctor's appointment, we found out that I would probably be a little bit late, making it a very real possibility that I might have the baby ... early next week. We just wanted to get it over with, and replaced the carpet two days before I was due instead. So, we stacked all of our stuff in our...
kitchen,
bathroom,
and on the balcony!
And since everyone has been posting pictures of their baby rooms that they have all nicely prepared, I thought I'd do the same!
Anyway, it was quite an adventure, to say the least. Scott has been wanting to eat at the new Cannon Center before the baby, so we splurged and went there for lunch. Quite an improvement in my opinion. It was overrun with kids here for sports camps, but because of the way it's set up, there was not a single line! Unheard of at the old Cannon Center! It seemed much more efficient. Then because I was stranded from the apartment all day, I decided to head to campus to finish up some things I've been meaning to do there. And if the sports camps weren't enough at the Cannon Center, I found upper campus overrun by EFY....
Absolute madness! This was all quite funny to me as I hadn't actually been to campus for a while. We've decided that BYU must be the most efficient and well-used campus in the world. :)
It actually took them much longer than expected to finish the carpeting, as they were doing several apartments at once. We went back at five and they weren't done, so we went and hung out at Michael's apartment for a little while and ate some dinner. Then we came back at seven and they still weren't finished, so we wasted a little more time. We went and got a free ice cream cone at Macey's and then walked over to Big Lots and sat in their recliners! (that was my favorite part of the day!) We also saw a really bright, full arch rainbow, which the camera couldn't really capture adequately, but here's a try at it...
Finally, when we came home at 8:30 they were done, and we started trying to put our apartment back together again. Needless to say we slept very well last night.
Nothing like keeping busy til the very last minute! At least I'm not just sitting here tapping my toes waiting. We like to keep life interesting, and seem to be pretty good at it. :)
kitchen,
bathroom,
and on the balcony!And since everyone has been posting pictures of their baby rooms that they have all nicely prepared, I thought I'd do the same!
Anyway, it was quite an adventure, to say the least. Scott has been wanting to eat at the new Cannon Center before the baby, so we splurged and went there for lunch. Quite an improvement in my opinion. It was overrun with kids here for sports camps, but because of the way it's set up, there was not a single line! Unheard of at the old Cannon Center! It seemed much more efficient. Then because I was stranded from the apartment all day, I decided to head to campus to finish up some things I've been meaning to do there. And if the sports camps weren't enough at the Cannon Center, I found upper campus overrun by EFY....
Absolute madness! This was all quite funny to me as I hadn't actually been to campus for a while. We've decided that BYU must be the most efficient and well-used campus in the world. :)
It actually took them much longer than expected to finish the carpeting, as they were doing several apartments at once. We went back at five and they weren't done, so we went and hung out at Michael's apartment for a little while and ate some dinner. Then we came back at seven and they still weren't finished, so we wasted a little more time. We went and got a free ice cream cone at Macey's and then walked over to Big Lots and sat in their recliners! (that was my favorite part of the day!) We also saw a really bright, full arch rainbow, which the camera couldn't really capture adequately, but here's a try at it...
Finally, when we came home at 8:30 they were done, and we started trying to put our apartment back together again. Needless to say we slept very well last night.
Nothing like keeping busy til the very last minute! At least I'm not just sitting here tapping my toes waiting. We like to keep life interesting, and seem to be pretty good at it. :)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Retreat!
It has been asked what I would be doing on my work retreat. I hope this explains it all...
Thanks for the pictures, John K. P!
Thanks for the pictures, John K. P!
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