Easter Weekend

Whew! What an eventful weekend it was! Jeremy's mom flew in late Wednesday night from California. Jeremy and I decided to drive down to the airport with Marchelle and surprise his mom since she had yet to see Landon. She just ate him up! He definitely was a spoiled baby this weekend. Friday Jeremy's sister Cristin flew in from Colorado with her two kids Damon and Ella. Damon just fell in love with baby Landon. He hardly let him out of his sight all weekend. Pretty much my job all weekend was the "feeding" machine. When Landon was hungry he was passed off to me and the minute he was done, grandma, aunties, or the cousins had him. He definitely was the center of attention all weekend. I will have to say the highlight of the weekend was Landon actually rolled over! Unfortunately we didn't get it on video, but Cristin was able to catch just a couple of shots in the middle of his roll. He is such a strong baby. He will hold his head up for minutes at at time. We were so excited that he was able to roll over at only three weeks old, but my mom reminded me that the faster he progresses, the sooner he will be into everything! It's crazy how fast he is growing! Instead of writing in depth about our weekend, here are pictures from the last few days.

mid roll

still rolling

pooped after rolling

17 days later...

I can't believe Landon is already 2 1/2 weeks old. It's amazing how fast time flies! We are absolutely loving parenthood, especially since he is such a good baby. The kid is awake maybe two hours total out of the entire day. He is getting so big and has just about outgrown all of his newborn clothes. Today was his first full day out and about. It's been really hard for me to get up and leave the house with my cracked tailbone sitch. He had a doctor's appointment this morning at 11:00- just a follow up with the urology specialist after his awful circumcision experience. All is well now. :) Since the doctor was in Kirkland we decided to drive down to Bellevue to show some of Jeremy's old co-workers the baby. After Bellevue we went shopping to Babies R Us and Target. Landon slept the entire five hours which was so nice. Jeremy is really excited for when he can start taking him to Mariner's games. I don't forsee that happening anytime soon though...

Our families are loving our newest addition. My sisters are ecstatic to FINALLY have a boy in the family. Jeremy's mom and sister come up this week for Easter and to see Landon so that will be a lot of fun. We will be sure to post pictures of the festivities. Here are some pictures from the last two weeks.

We got half of a smile!

First day trying out the "binky". He even knew how to hold it himself.









Opening day for the Mariners. Daddy insisted he wear this shirt.

Dimples just like dad.

He's Here!!!!

Landon James Klippenstein
March 20th, 2009
1:10pm
9 lbs 4 oz

He is finally here! Thursday night I helped my mom train some of the girls on her softball team on how to be a catcher. So, I was squatting, jumping up and down, moving side to side, etc. Basically I was the most active I had ever been in the last nine months. Well, that definitely triggered something- I woke up at 4:48 am on Friday morning with my first contraction. I didn't think too much of it. Six minutes later there was another one. I woke up Jeremy and told him that I thought I was having contractions. So, he busts out the stop watch and starts timing them. Sure enough, five minutes later another one came, and another, and so one. After about 30 minutes they started coming four minutes apart and then three. So, we called the hospital and they told us to head on in asap. We only live 15 minutes from the hospital, but by the time we got there my contractions were only two minutes apart. Since I had been told that once I went into labor it was going to go really quick form me, I was worried I was too late for an epidural. We got to the hospital a little after 6:30am and met my mom there. I was dilated to six centimeters and my cervix was 100% effaced and ready to go. They quickly called the anethesiologist to administer my epidural. Apparently, I have a little bit of scoliosis that I didn't know about so it was a little tricky getting the epidural in and centered. Finally after about 15 torturous minutes it was in. I don't know how women have natural child birth, but I definitely have a new respect for them! After the epidural was in I was a happy camper. However I was dilating really fast and was about 9 1/2 centimeters around 11:30. My midwife wanted Landon to work his way down as far as possible before I started to push, so pushing didn't begin until 12:30. 40 minutes later he was out! It was an amazing experience. Definitely a lot easier than I ever thought it would be. I was told that I am lucky to have such a fast labor for a first time mom and that my body is built for delivering babies. That was all Jeremy needed to hear from the nurses and doctor- he is already talking about baby number two! Help! The only bad thing that happened is my tailbone cracked because he was a big boy and came so quickly. Thankfully after three miserable days I was finally given some strong medication to deal with the pain. Other than that, things are going great and we feel so blessed to have such a wonderful baby boy. He is beautiful and we absolutely adore him. Here are some pictures of our little guy but they definitely don't do him justice. :)

We love his little old man face!

Yet another baby update...

Yesterday Jeremy and I had another weekly doctor appointment. It looks like in the past week I've dilated another centimeter. So, as of right now I am about 100% effaced and 3 centimeters. I was surprised to have made any progress considering I sat on my butt all last week. Due date still stands at any day. I'm trying to take it easy until Friday- my last day of work. All of my co-workers are worried something is going to happen before then, but I'm feeling pretty good. We are just so ready for this little guy to come out! Jeremy wakes up in the morning and asks, "Did he come yet?" He's just a little anxious, can you tell? His anxiety is even worse now that baby Carson has been born. He told me yesterday this is ten times worse than waiting for Christmas to come. We will continue to keep everyone posted. My poor mom has been sick with the flu so she's made me promise that we don't have the baby before Wednesday. So after tomorrow, you better believe I am going to be jumping on a trampoline, doing jumping jacks and running for miles!

Another Baby Update

So, yesterday Jeremy and I had our 36 week appointment. Over the last week or so I've started to have somewhat painful contractions. Nothing serious and I didn't think much of it. Well, at our appointment yesterday we found out that baby Landon is definitely coming early! I am already 95-100% effaced and two centimeters dialated. Our doctor said I am going to have a super fast labor, which was great to hear. She said he could come in two days or he could come in two weeks, but he will definitely be here before March 22nd. Jeremy and I are really excited to know he is coming early but I'm not getting my hopes up that he will be here right away. I would like him to wait at least another week so his lungs will be fully developed, but it's all on his time. We will be sure to keep everyone posted!

ABC's

Two blogs in a week, can you believe it?


A-attached or single: attached
B-best friends: the hubby of course!
C-cake or pie: cheesecake
D-day of choice: Saturdays or Sundays
E-essential item(s): cellphone, my suitcase (aka- my purse), lip liner
F-favorite color: Red
G-gummy worms or bears: worms
H-hometown: Seattle
I-indulgence: peanut butter m&m's, peanut buster parfaits
J-January or July: July
K-kids: 6 1/2 weeks away!
L-life is incomplete without: family
M-marriage date: March 1st, 2008
N-number of siblings: five sisters
O-oranges or apples: Apples
P-phobias or fears: spiders
Q-quotes: "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it."
R-reasons to smile: we're having a baby next month!
S-season: Hmm...I adore Christmas, but after the last snow storms, I'm going to have to say summer.
T-tag friends: Sarah & Keilah
U-unknown fact about me: I have a terrible guilty conscience
V-very favorite store: Target
W-worst habit: Procrastinating
X-x-ray, ultrasound, or mammogram: ultrasound. :) (What a weird question)
Y-your favorite food: Enchiladas, guacamole, bacon cheeseburgers and cheesecake
Z- Zodiac: Pisces

Ugh....here you go...

Ok friends, FINALLY here is a very pregnant picture of myself at 32 weeks. I am now 33 weeks and will work on posting updated pictures soon. My mother-in-law took pictures last week while Jeremy and I were visiting for his sister's birthday. Now, do you see why I have not posted any pictures?

Quick update on our lives-
Jeremy started his insurance classes this last week and is really enjoying them. It's amazing how much information they cram into these classes. The poor guy looks like he's run a marathon after each one. He's doing really well and I'm proud of him. So, if anyone needs home/car/life insurance let him know!

Baby continues to grow. In my last post I talked about possibly having my due date moved up. Well, after an ultrasound to see the size of the baby, it was determined that the baby was perfect in size- it's just me. Apparently I just have a huge belly. Thankfully my stomach has slowed in growing. At our 32-week appointment I was only measuring a week ahead of schedule at 33-weeks. Our next appointment is February 9th- hopefully I will be right on schedule. We did find out that baby is in the breech position, but the doctor informed me he has PLENTY of room to drop into position. We are hoping in the next week or two. It would really be nice to breath again...






Jeremy loves talking to the baby. Unfortunately sometimes he forgets he doesn't have to literally put his mouth on my stomach and yell. :)