Changing Already!

Nathan is changing already. Last night while laying on my chest Nathan picked up his head and turned to face the other side. His head was still rather wobbly, but he is gaining more control every day. Then today during a diaper change his umbilical cord came off. His belly button has healed up very nicely. He has been a little fussy tonight, but it seems he just wants to be held. Hopefully he will sleep better tonight, last night he was up every hour until about 1am. David and I plan on being pretty low key tomorrow and sleeping as late in the morning as we can (between feedings). Well Nathan calls!

Nathan's First Doctor Visit

Nathan had his first visit to the doctor today. Over all he was rather unimpressed with the visit. He cried most of the time because the doctor was running late and his appointment delayed feeding time. He weighs in at 8lbs 5oz now and has grown from 19.5 inches long to almost 21 inches long! The doctor said that they would like to see Nathan gaining 20 grams a day and he is currently gaining about 10grams a day. They will continue to watch his weight, but said that he is doing well otherwise. Needless to say the visit was thoroughly exhausting for him, but he loves the swing his Grandad and Grandma bought him. Yesterday Nathan spent the day with his Grandad wishing him a happy birthday. He thinks Grandad is wonderful and will spend hours in his arms listening to him talk. As you can see, Grandad thinks he is pretty great too!

Arrival of Baby Nathan

It is official. We have a cute baby. Baby Nathan Douglas Totten was born on September 14, 2009 at 9:31am at UMC via c-section. He weighed 8 lbs 12 oz and measured out at 19.5 inches long. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, so the c-section was a good thing. He is doing well, as is mommy.

I have been working for the past 2 days, 10 hours per day. This will allow me to take the rest of the week off, while LeAnn is home and work half days all next week.

LeAnn will be off of work until December 7th. This is to allow her to heal and to spend lots of time with the baby.

Both Nathan and LeAnn are supposed to come home tomorrow. She may stay an extra day (allowed) because of Nathan not keeping his weight up (as of 9pm tonight, he has lost 9.7% of his body weight). He is eating and breastfeeding, taking his first bottle tonight and eating 3/4 of an ounce of formula.

Grandparents both want to keep the baby. They have been told NO! They are more than welcome to visit and to babysit, but will not get to keep the baby. LeAnn and I both love him too much.

Please continue to pray for Katie, as she needs a job. Also pray for LeAnn and Nathan, as they both come home from the hospital for some home time. Also pray for all of the birthdays that happen between Sept 13 and 20th (I think 3-4 now with Nathan)

We all love you....

David

More Baby News

We are inching closer to the birth of baby Nathan. Right now, we are sure that he is going to be big. At the last sonogram, the baby was 9 lbs 10 oz and his head was off their scale (meaning bigger than 41 weeks), with excess ambiotic fluid. LeAnn is now on weekly visits (hopefully they will do something this coming week). She also has to have non-stress tests done twice a week until the baby comes. We are hoping for this coming week (she is now considered term, but they want to wait as long as possible to make sure the lungs are developed).

Have a great week.

David

PS - Who has gotten a TV (LCD), brand new for $3.00???

Fine. A New Post

Since it has been a while since I updated the post, here is the latest

Sonogram went well. Baby measuring big still. Dr. slightly concerned. Ordered another sonogram for the first week of Sept (if the baby hasn't come already). Last one said the baby was about 6 pounds and 3 weeks early.

Work is going well for me. A few minor headaches, but school started with a bang and will end quitely.

LeAnn is now working days and enjoying it. Unfortunately, the pregnancy is tiring her out, but that will be done soon.

Pray for the final weeks of the baby and a smooth birth.

David

We are getting closer

We just went through birthing class last weekend. It was dull and boring. I didn't like the movies that they showed, but survived. We did get a tour of the hospital. It was fun.

The baby seems to be measuring big still. We have an appointment on the 7th to narrow down the due date. I think that the baby will come early by at least 2 weeks. However, this is the only way to be sure.

LeAnn has just finished her last night. She has gotten a day position starting this week. This is a big blessing, as we will be able to spend more time together and she won't be so tired all day and up all night.

Amy and Lorna are in town this weekend. It was really impressive to see Zoe talking and wiggling around. Katie is also in town. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Katie's birthday was Wednesday.

I will have another update later this week or this weekend. Not much else to talk about. Have a good week.

David

9 Weeks and counting

Hi everybody

It is early on Saturday and LeAnn has to work tonight. It is a bummer, but it is how she had to schedule herself. Oh well. At least she is feeling pretty good. She made up her last schedule before the baby is born this week.

Baby Nathan is growing and growing. He (at our dr. appointment on Wednesday) was head down and ready to come out, but he still has a little bit of growing to do. The doctor said that everything was looking very good. We are still planning on being at the hospital around Sept 20th, but that is subject to change. The last ultrasound said 6 days early, and LeAnn is starting to show that as a good possibility.

I have gotten my first paycheck. I got a bigger raise then I expected. Instead of about a dollar raise, I got about a dollar and a half. What a suprise. I should also be able to take off a week when the baby is born. Another relief.

Next week, I have training all week. With the new techs only working 6 hours per day, it will be a challenge. I have to get them scheduled and then work on getting myself scheduled. I will be semi-responsible for their hours and workloads. I have been able to keep up on the work orders on my own so far, but have had to push some of them back due to teachers not being there. Also on Monday, my techs will get their laptops and need to configure them. We have come up with a list of software that each tech will need to have installed, but it will be up to the techs to install it.

We are going to see HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!! I am really looking forward to this, as the book was really good. If only they would release the final movies starting this fall.....

I hope everybody has a good week. I am sure that I will (even though I will be in classes almost the whole time). For those of you in Tucson, try to enjoy the rain and don't go outside if you don't have to (105+ all week from what I heard).

David