Casidy Blair Rounds

I am happy to report that our little Casidy finally made it into this world! I had my induction set for May 10th at 7am, 5:30am rolls around and I get a call from the hospital saying that they will have to hold me off for a few hours because they got so many people come in the night before.. I was pretty depressed and I waited for them to call me back. At 9:30am (still no call) I decided to call them back..and boy am I glad I did because I was able to go in at 10:30am. I am not sure I would have made it in that soon if I didn't call. At 11:30am they started the Pitocin and we were on our way to see our little girl.  Not much happened until my doctor came in at 2pm and broke my water.. after that it was major contractions and time for an epidural.. ASAP! I got lucky and the doctor came right in to give me the epidural, after that it was much better. At 4:30pm I was dilated to a 10 and she was ready to come to this world.. of course we had to wait for my doctor to come! At 4:56pm with two pushes, Casidy was born! She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long and had dark hair. We were so excited to finally meet our little girl and I was very excited to be done with the pregnancy. The labor went really well and we had some great nurses while we were there. Of course we had plenty of family come visit which is always nice and we also had time to ourselves. Steven went home that night so our other two kids could sleep at home.. they seemed to have a harder time sleeping when we weren't there. I got a good amount of sleep that night and was able to rest all of Sunday. We left the hospital right before 6pm on the 11th (Mother's Day).
 So far our little Casidy has been a great baby! She rarely cries and is an excellent sleeper. I often try to keep her up so she is more tired at night but she just wants to sleep all the time. She is a good eater and at her doctor's apt this past week she had only lost 5 oz, which according to the doctor the average for her weight would have been 8 oz to 13 oz.. so she was doing well.
 She finally lost her umbilical cord last night and we are excited to give her a real bath. As for sleeping at night, we are at night #3 where she has slept from 11:30pm-4:30am, and 5am-10am... so I am a pretty happy mom with a good amount of sleep.
 Steven goes back to work tomorrow and I am dreading the fact that I wont have him here to help me during the day. I think the kids will have a hard time adjusting as well because he has been around for 10 days straight.

 

This picture makes me laugh.. Casidy is already wondering what she got herself into! haha 

All bundled up and ready to go home!

Aubree Aly Rounds

We are happy to announce the arrival of our new baby Aubree Aly.  She was born on May 5th, 2012 @ 1:02pm.  She was a chunky 10lbs 1oz and 21 inches long. 
 The induction went well this time and actually gives me hope that if I do want to have another kid that maybe it wont be as terrible as the 15 hr labor I had with Korbin.  With Aubree we went in at 8am on May 5th, the dr broke my water at 8:45am and by 12:30pm I was fully dilated.  We waited for the dr to come, gave two good pushes and Aubree was born at 1:02pm.
 It is amazing how different each labor can be.  My two experiences couldn't have been more different, but in the end I am always glad it is over and excited to have a healthy, happy baby in my arms.
 We had some awesome family support at the hospital as well as at home.  We are lucky enough to have both sides of our families be there and want to be involved in our special day.  Korbin got the chance to spend Saturday with his Grandma Rounds as well as Aunt Leslee and Cousin Makayla.  When Korb got to the hospital to see Aubree he just kind of looked at her, not sure what to think. 
 After the first night we were ready to come home. The beds are terrible and I didn't like being trapped in the room or being checked on every little while, so we decided to go home Sunday evening.  It was nice to be home and Korb didn't seem to mind the new little one we brought home with us.
 Now that the week or two has passed Korb knows who Aubree is, but he never seems to care that she is there, he just does his own thing and will occasionally go say hi to her.  He is also a big help with her, always putting the Binky back in her mouth or getting her blanket. He is just a sweet big brother and we are glad that he is transitioning so well.
 Aubree is doing well.. she has had a cold the past few days and I haven't liked that too much. She has had major boogies and lots of sneezes but she still sleeps and eats well so I think she will be just fine.  She isn't as good of a sleeper as I remember Korb being which is unfortunate, but she is a decent sleeper and I really can't complain.  She will wake up once a night usually around 3am, sometimes she will wake up twice and those are the nights I dread.  She will eat a good 3 ounces and need to burp.  It takes about 30 mins to get that all done and then we are usually back to bed.
 Everything else is going well. I only have about 6lbs left to lose and hopefully in another few weeks I can get to exercising again and playing some soccer. I have been itching to do anything besides sit on the couch, so I am excited to start moving again!
 Thank you to all our friends and family for the support with our new addition. We have had some delicious dinners brought to us that helps tremendously as well as presents for Korb and Aubree.

 The proud Mom and Dad with baby.

 There is the proof! 10 lbs!

Look at those chunky legs!!



Getting ready to go home.

And the final picture of me the night before she was born. Boy was I BIG! And I am extremely glad I don't look like that anymore!