BABY DREW!

35 weeks pregnant. Little did i know, he would be coming soon...
(seriously what the heck i know. But this is my blog, my journal and i wanted this picture in it!)

At 36 weeks to the date i went into labor. It was a Friday night, the 18th, and i was feeling a lot of pain and pressure. We decided to go up to the hospital just to get checked out. I honestly felt like we'd be heading home in an hour or 2. We didn't even take our bags. When we got there i was a 4. They called Dr Hartman and he said to get me an iv and watch me for another hour. I said, why the iv if i'm not for sure staying? I don't want to get pricked for no reason. So they called him back and he said ok lets wait a bit but i'm sure she's in labor. We waited a bit and they decided to prick me anyways. (not sure why) When i was a 5 they took me into a room and said you're having a baby! I kind of freaked out. I seriously was not feeling that much pain anywhere and i was thinking 'are you sure?' Well slowly but surely i went from a 5 to a 5+ to 6 to 6+ at that point i had the decision to make. I seriously was not hurting at all. I thought about not having the epidural.. for about half a second. I then said you better give it to me now before it gets to late. I still had no potosin, i was doing this on my own. Finally at about 7+ they started to pot. I still was slow. Usually once that starts they slip right out! Hour by hour i would dialate about 1/2 to 1. At 3 she called Dr Hartman (who was alseep in his office because he had delivered a baby already that night and didn't want to go home) He came in and we went to work! Well the little fart got stuck (just like his big bro!) Dr was debating vacuum or c section. We tried and tried and he wasn't coming! He started out face down, then flipped face up then flipped again right before finally coming out! Dr called him 'corkscrew Drew' but he finally made it! With the help of the vacuum. So.. that's the story of my delivery for those who actually read that all ;)

1036pm getting settled into room, i look mighty LARGE!

Netso did me up in a cute pony/bun!

Patiently awaiting

..and waiting (or napping!)

picture taking and waiting..

talking cf and waiting...

grammy was the photographer, so i made her pose so i have proof she was there.. waiting...

Its FINALLY time!

Ahhh.. Cute baby Drew!

Dr with corkscrew Drew and bunny ears!! I must say i LOVE this guy!

Dad bringing baby to me

I love him! So sweet!

And the moment we've all been waiting for! I was seriously SOOO excited for the kids to get there!! It was absolutley PRICELESS!!! Libbi slept in so she came up later.

This kid has been SOOOO excited to get a brother! Here they are in their matching shirts "big bro" and "lil bro" with footballs! Tender :) They ate it up, they are going to be GREAT helpers!!

Then it was Libbi's turn. She came after the others left so she had him all to herself, which was good! She DID NOT want to share him!!

And NOW she understands that being a mom is hard work! So she got to have some diet coke when she was done!

Daddy with Drew

This was my favorite picture (to date) of him wrapped up like a baby burrito!!

And then comes the hard part... I loved this that was right above my tv for the whole stay.

After a long day Saturday, they noticed some things weren't quite right. He had an elevated number in his labs (lactic acid) showing signs of dehydration. They admitted him to NICU to get him some fluids. Sunday morning the jaundice came.

Chase and Kurt gave him a blessing, hoping for the best.

Unfortunately we had to leave him and come home on Monday. He just isn't eating enough. They put in a feeding tube and whatever he doesn't eat on his own, goes through that. They want him eating 36 ml every 3 hours. Which is alot for a little guy! They don't call it baby jail for nothing! Breaking him out of there is tough! They said once he eats his 36 ml per 3 hours for a full 24 hours he can come home. Today he has done fairly well. He ate 36 at 4am, 38 at 7am, 30 at 10am and 30 at 1pm. She then gave him 10ml in the tube to make up for being short at 10 and 1. We'll hope that's close enough and he keeps up the good work. We really want him home!!!

This is NO place for a baby!!

The kids sent up some animals to keep him company.

But for now this is what he's up to. No fun AT ALL!!! The jaundice is not very serious at all. That is not what's keeping him there. He needs to eat. If he were a girl they said he would be doing better, girls must know how to eat better than boys. Imagine that ;)