Connor Turn's 2!!

Connor is 2!!!

One of Connor's favorite gifts

I can hardly believe that my little baby is 2 years old!! Where has time gone?! We were so happy to have the WHOLE family here to celebrate with Connor. What a loved little boy he is. We didn't have a big birthday party since we just welcomed baby Greyson...so we owe Connor a big bash next year. However, he did get a week long celebration filled with sweets....taking cupcakes to his school, celebrating on his actual birthday, and even a little party at home with a few friends. Enjoy some of our favorite pictures and videos of Connor's special day.

Melts My Heart

We wanted to share this video of Connor meeting Greyson for the first time in the hospital. As I said before, we were very nervous about how Connor would react to his new baby brother.

This video brings tears to my eyes....I know these boys are going to be the best of friends!

On another note, we went to Greyson's 1st doctor's appt. yesterday. Doctor said he looks great and that we have a healthy baby boy! He is gaining weight and is up to 6 pounds 14 oz. He lost 7% of his birth weight upon discharge from the hospital, but he has already gained a little more than an ounce a day. We didn't get all the stats on his size etc. I think this appt. was mainly a weigh in. He will return for his 1 month visit in April along with his brother's 2 year visit.

Spitting Image

We think baby Greyson looks so much like his big brother did when he was born. We couldn't help but show these side by side images!!!

Greyson

Connor

Greyson

Connor

Tell us what you think!

Happy Birthday Greyson James

After much anticipation, Greyson James arrived on Thursday, March 17th , 2011. He was due on the 19th, but our doctor advised us to go ahead with another induction. As much as I wanted to go into labor on my own, we agreed to the induction. She said I was ready, baby was ready, and we had Jeff's parents here to keep Connor...so it just made sense to go ahead with her advice.

We checked into the hospital at 7 am on the 17th. They started all the ivs of fluids and meds soon after. Around 2:00 pm the doctor came in and broke my water. My contractions came on strong immediately after that. I requested my epidural, which was not soon enough for my comfort. Right after the epidural was given to me, the nurse suddenly couldn't find the baby's heart beat. I can't tell you the worry I felt, and the worry I saw in Jeff's face. We were truly scared in those moments. As many nurses rushed in and the doctor was paged for the emergency...they finally found his heart beat. I am not sure how much time had passed...although it felt like an eternity. They monitored him to make sure his heart was steady, and then it was time to push. I pushed for 40 minutes, and there he was!!! Healthy, crying...and Jeff was even able to cut the umbilical cord. The nurse and the doctor both explained to us, the reason they couldn't find his heart beat was because I went from 5 cm dilated to 10 cm dilated in a matter of 45 minutes. The baby dropped so fast into the birth canal that it he was stressed and it was similar to us losing our breath. He is fine, happy, and healthy, and we could not be more relieved!!!

As for his name...we couldn't decide on a name for the entire pregnancy. We came to the hospital with a short list....Greyson being at the top of mine. Jeff said when he came out and he first saw him, Greyson was the name he immediately thought of. James is after my father who passed away last summer. He would be so proud to see his second grandson if he were alive today. I found out I was pregnant the day I came home from FL after his funeral. If James Doehne didn't sound so cheesy...and if he wouldn't be made fun of for being a sausage king (Jimmy Dean) I would have honored my dad with the first name. However, Greyson James sounds perfect to us!

The rest of our stay at the hospital was great. We had many visitors, Connor's God mother, Jessica Bedard and baby Evan; the Schnabels, and Melissa Vernon all stopped by to meet Greyson.

Connor came with Mimi and Papa. We were honestly so worried about how he would do with a new baby. After all, every time we have been around another baby and tried to hold him/her, Connor would freak out and cry. So we were so concerned that he would not do well with a little one in the home. But we worked hard to tell him about being a big brother. Mimi and Papa really prepared him too...teaching Connor how to say 'Greyson'. When Connor came into the hospital room he was happy and so excited to see his parents and baby Greyson! What a relief!!!! Connor opened the presents that Greyson got for him...Connor loved the attention.

Even coming home and our first few days all together, Connor has been wonderful. He is adjusting so well!!! And so much better than we ever expected.

Lots and lots of pics are on here to share with you all. Hope you enjoy them.

ZOO and Daddy's Birthday

Just a quick post to share some pics from our trip to the zoo! Connor is very much into animals right now...he knows them all...giraffe, zebra, rhino, elephant...and the oooh oooh ahhh ahhhs (monkeys). Another funny thing he says when anyone or anything is outside, is that they are going potty...so all the animals at the zoo were "going potty". He gets this from us telling Luca to go outside and go potty, so now he thinks when you go outside, you "go potty". Not sure how we are going to change the wording on this one! HA!

He is doing very well with his ABCs. This is too funny to hear...so I will get it on video ASAP to share!

We also celebrated Jeff's birthday....low key, with a yummy meal of stromboli and cookie cake. Connor loved both and also liked helping his daddy open his presents!

Connor's 2 year birthday is right around the corner too...it is hard to believe our baby is going to be 2...and not only that, we will have another baby by then too. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of this new baby boy. We are about 11 days from the due date! Very exciting!

We will keep you posted, and hopefully the next post we will be introducing that new baby boy!

Enjoy the few pics from the past couple of weeks!

Valentine Cookies

Okay, so I had to use youtube because the video uploader on this blogger site is ridiculous!!!!

Here it is....

February

Hey all! Not too much here to report....although as February is coming to and end we are getting very close to welcoming a new baby boy into our family. I have about 3 1/2 weeks to go. The doctor says the baby looks great...weighing in around 6 pounds as of last week. It is not likely that he will come early but at my next appointment we should know a little more. We have been busy trying to get everything ready, but we sure are behind the ball this time around!! It is amazing how different a second pregnancy is! We are getting Connor's big boy room ready and baby boy 2 will get Connor's hand me downs. Pictures of these rooms to come soon!
As for Connor-roo, he has been talking up a storm....new words and phrases all the time. He is communicating so well these days! He gets very particular about people and who he wants to do things for him....he even shunned his mommy the week Mimi and Papa were in town! When they were here to visit, they took Connor to the Discovery Place and ended up with a year membership pass because they had so much fun! On another note, Connor has been battling a cold for weeks...nearly 4 weeks...we are home with him again today and made yet another trip to the doctor. I swear they must know us by name. This time we finally got an antibiotic...so hopefully we can squash this and get him healthy before his brother comes!

Enjoy some pics of this past month! I will get the video on in a separate post, because it is taking hours to upload!