Some Family Photos

Just some pictures from our last family photo shoot. Thanks Diana.

Catching Up Part 2- Colt Christian Miller

So here's my baby story. My due date was January 4th and I had had an ultrasound on Dec 20 to see how big he was getting. I really want to do a vbac this time around. I didn't have a hard recovery with Ty's c-section but I really didn't want to feel limited. I know they don't let you even try a vbac after 2 c-sections and there are more risks with each kid you have. I didn't want to feel limited in how many kids we might be able to have. Anyways my doctor and I had been discussing the since we first met so that is why we had an ultrasound at 38 wks. At 38 wks he was measuring 7lbs 8oz. A good size baby. That's bigger than alot of newborns. But I was happy because that is actually small for my family. Anyways I had an appt set on my due date and I figured if I hadn't gone into labor before then they would set up and inducement date. My doctor was actually out of town that week (of course) so i met with her associate. He really didn't want to induce me, despite what my doctor said, so he told me that he would wait until I was 41 wks and then take another ultrasound to see if a vbac was even possible. I came home pretty depressed because knowing the size of babies in my family and knowing that Ty was 9lbs 3 oz at 41 weeks, waiting that long probably would give me no chance for a vbac. I called back that day and pretty much complained enough that they set me up for an inducement date for Jan 6th.

Ironically, I didn't need that because at 5:00 am, an hour before I was to go to the hospital, my water broke. I started having contractions at 5:30 and headed for the hospital. They put me on a little pitocin at 8:00 am and I got an epidural somewhere around being dilated to a 5 at 12:30ish. It took me just over an hour to get from a 6 to a 10 but we had to wait for my doctor (doctor's associate) to get there. So at 2:30 I started pushing and at 2:53 pm on January 6th Colt Christian Miller was born. I would say I would prefer vaginal delievery to c-section. I know there are risks to having a vbac but there really was no reason to worry. Every thing was as smooth as could be. Ty was an emergency c-section because he was wrapped up in his cord so tight. Colt didn't have any part of it wrapped around him. I'm just glad I was able to have a vbac and that my body went into labor by itself. Colt was born at 8lbs 14oz and 21 1/2 inches long. He was healthy with no problems or worries at all.

Catching Up Part 1

I have no excuse! I've been slacking. I'm finally going to update the blog. I've got a lot to update on too. I'm going to quickly skim over Christmas and New Years.

We had a wonderful Christmas. We were sad that we weren't able to make it to Texas where the rest of my family was spending their holidays. (I've decided never going to be in my third trimester during the holidays again.) It sounded like they had a great time and I hope I can be with them next year. So since we really couldn't travel anywhere, we did our own christmas. It was actually really nice and lo-key. We had a fun time watching Tyson open presents and enjoyed a nice dinner although it ended being to much for our little family. One of the traditions we want to carry on from my family is making gingerbread houses. So we did. Ty loved it! He mostly like eating the candies off of it.

Ty had such a good day. I think he understood who Santa was because whenever we'd mention santa he'd run to where he left the cookies the night before and say "cookies and celery reindeer"

I think he was also a little upset that there weren't cookies there for him in the morning. Another tradition I wanted to start was matching PJ pants. So here is a picture of the pants I made for our family.

Here is one of the many Toys that Tyson got and Loved playing with. Hotwheels track that goes in a loop. He also got a wooden train set that was a hit. It's now three months after christmas and he still plays with them. Yay!

New Years was fun. Sorry I don't have any pictures. My mom was able to be here for New Years. She was coming to help me with the baby so it was an extra bonus to have here for at least one holiday. Gramma really did become Tyson's best friend. He would want to play in his room with Gramma but close the door if I tried to come in. We had so much fun with my mom. Thanks mom for coming out and helping. It was so fun just having you here. My mom and Tyson made cookies and one of the things my mom does when she comes to help with baby #2's in our family is make matching aprons for cookie making. They turned out super cute and now Tyson has to wear his apron when ever we are making cookies whether he is helping or not.