Monday, August 15, 2011
Nash - Hiccups 2011
Can you say Hiccups – I had completely forgot about the little enemy for babies. It seems like right when you are trying to put them to be or down for a nap.. BAMM..they happen. And they do not go away in babies like they do in adults – you know – swallow your breath, eat a teaspoon of sugar, hold your breath… at least I can try to do things to get them to stop but a 5 week old baby – no chance...my current solution is to walk laps around Nash’s room while holding him until they stop where than he hopefully is almost to sleep. Nash is 5 weeks old and doing great. I would guess he is about 12lbs right now give or take a pound. He is smiling at the boys and hadden and spencer love helping with the bath and trying to get him to smile at them. uh oh… sounds like he is screaming right now. He should be sleeping….
Thursday, August 11, 2011
School Started today
School started today – Thursday Aug 11 – spencer does not start until next week. Hadden had a ½ day today and then full day on Friday…..another summer has come and gone. His only comment - we did not have PE today....
Canoing with the boys and a Lake day
since we didn't go on family vacation this year carrie and i decided to do a few things around Nashville...
1. The first was a trip to the Buffalo River for a 10 mile, 5.5 hour canoe trip. Carrie opted to stay with Nash while i took the 2 boys. it was a great trip. weather was hot, man were our butts sore, next time i will take a game day seat cushion...highlight was the rope swing/cliff to jump off - about 15-20 feet or so... the kids both asked a thousand times when they were going to be to the rope swing - it was at mile 9 of a 10 mile trip.... they had fun, the water was super clear and we saw lots of fish. we went with Chris, Andrew and Brady - everyone had a good time with no flips of the boats - however getting stuck on logs was a common... i did have to bail the kids into the water and have chris catch them down stream… this is a trip where having at least 1 other dad is key.
2. Lake Trip to Percy Priest Lake. This was a last minute trip for sure. Seth brought his son – Ashton and Hadden wanted to invite creed so it was the 4 kids and 2 adults. We rented a pontoon that had a latter to a top deck to jump off and a slide going off the top. We pulled the kids behind the boat with a tube and got to try to throw them off like our dad’s use to do with us.. but with a 90 power engine – not the easiest thing to do but we figured it out (slack in the rope and then rip the tube out of their hands) - no injuries resulted from the day. the highlight was probably tubing and jumping off the cliffs…it was a fun day.
1. The first was a trip to the Buffalo River for a 10 mile, 5.5 hour canoe trip. Carrie opted to stay with Nash while i took the 2 boys. it was a great trip. weather was hot, man were our butts sore, next time i will take a game day seat cushion...highlight was the rope swing/cliff to jump off - about 15-20 feet or so... the kids both asked a thousand times when they were going to be to the rope swing - it was at mile 9 of a 10 mile trip.... they had fun, the water was super clear and we saw lots of fish. we went with Chris, Andrew and Brady - everyone had a good time with no flips of the boats - however getting stuck on logs was a common... i did have to bail the kids into the water and have chris catch them down stream… this is a trip where having at least 1 other dad is key.
2. Lake Trip to Percy Priest Lake. This was a last minute trip for sure. Seth brought his son – Ashton and Hadden wanted to invite creed so it was the 4 kids and 2 adults. We rented a pontoon that had a latter to a top deck to jump off and a slide going off the top. We pulled the kids behind the boat with a tube and got to try to throw them off like our dad’s use to do with us.. but with a 90 power engine – not the easiest thing to do but we figured it out (slack in the rope and then rip the tube out of their hands) - no injuries resulted from the day. the highlight was probably tubing and jumping off the cliffs…it was a fun day.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
school starting
School starts this week for both hadden and spencer. Hadden will be going to 2nd grade and will have the same teacher he had last year - Mrs Rainbolt. he really did well with her last year and she was moving up to 2nd grade and were given the option to have her for a 2nd year. Spencer will start Kindergarden and think he will have Mrs Meyers - who hadden had for first grade and we both really liked her as well... they are both excited to start school and Monday night is the ice cream social to see what other kids are in there classes.
summer coming to an end
Hadden and Spencer have had a busy summer. Hadden went to SAC which is at the elem school nearby - they have games, art, labs, field trips (bowling, zoo,swimming every Thursday) - he did this on the days Carrie worked which were tues/thursday. these same days Spencer would go to his school where they had different theme weeks. one week that was probably his favorite was carnival week - they would win tickets and then at the end of the day get to pick prize based on the number of tickets they had.
Hadden also enjoyed a week at camp where some of his favorite things to do included. hiking, zip lining into the lake, shooting the Beebe gun, climbing the 40 foot climbing wall (i didn't make it to the top), playing sports, dodge ball etc... sounds like a kids dream week. next year Spencer will get to go. while hadden was doing that i had a week to spend with Nash and Spencer. Spencer and i went to the park and he road his bike around the 1 mile loop while i ran and then he would play for a bit until he was hungry and then we would go to lunch... we did this 2 of the days during the week and he brought his buddy Sam both days...it was fun to spend some one on one time with Spencer.
1.. some random things Said this week - hey look guys a rainbow.... spencer - yeah - god is shooting it down - it is his way of saying there will not be another flood....
2. greg to carrie - i can't believe you have not seen JFK. Hadden - who is jfk - john kennedy - our president who was killed.... spencer -- yeah.. he was shot in the head and killed during a parade. i learned it in school....
baby is crying.. will continue this later...
Hadden also enjoyed a week at camp where some of his favorite things to do included. hiking, zip lining into the lake, shooting the Beebe gun, climbing the 40 foot climbing wall (i didn't make it to the top), playing sports, dodge ball etc... sounds like a kids dream week. next year Spencer will get to go. while hadden was doing that i had a week to spend with Nash and Spencer. Spencer and i went to the park and he road his bike around the 1 mile loop while i ran and then he would play for a bit until he was hungry and then we would go to lunch... we did this 2 of the days during the week and he brought his buddy Sam both days...it was fun to spend some one on one time with Spencer.
1.. some random things Said this week - hey look guys a rainbow.... spencer - yeah - god is shooting it down - it is his way of saying there will not be another flood....
2. greg to carrie - i can't believe you have not seen JFK. Hadden - who is jfk - john kennedy - our president who was killed.... spencer -- yeah.. he was shot in the head and killed during a parade. i learned it in school....
baby is crying.. will continue this later...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Things kids say
Since Nash has been born Spencer and Hadden have had some pretty funny moments.
1. Hadden on Monday saw carrie breastfeeding for the first time with Nash. He ran over and started to whispering to Spencer and they both ran over and said -
S/H --what are you doing?
C " Nash is eating"
H/S - what is he eating ?
C --Milk ---
H/S --How does the milk get there?....
Spencer - He is eating off your boob...
S 0 did i do that when i was a baby -
Carrie - yes ,
spencer --uhhh gross....
Hadden - holding him Monday morning when he has a big poop --- " i don't think i want to hold Nash anymore today.
1. Hadden on Monday saw carrie breastfeeding for the first time with Nash. He ran over and started to whispering to Spencer and they both ran over and said -
S/H --what are you doing?
C " Nash is eating"
H/S - what is he eating ?
C --Milk ---
H/S --How does the milk get there?....
Spencer - He is eating off your boob...
S 0 did i do that when i was a baby -
Carrie - yes ,
spencer --uhhh gross....
Hadden - holding him Monday morning when he has a big poop --- " i don't think i want to hold Nash anymore today.
Nash Edward Meyer - July 8 1:55 PM
Today i am going to recap the day that Nash was born. It started with Carrie and I waking up at 3:30 or so to get to the hospital by 4:30 so that carrie could get induced.
1. 5:00 - carrie is hooked up to all the IV's and the drug to start the contractions starts.
2. 5:15 - flo and i head to mcdonalds to grab a little breakfast and coffee before the big day gets going to fast.
3. 5:45 - we are back to the hospital and carrie is doing well - laying in bed having some ice chips.
4. 6:15 - this is when the excitement begins - she gets up to use the bathroom and when she comes back the nurse plug her back in and we can tell something is not right.
5. 6:16 - 6:20 or so ---nurse is moving carrie to side to side and calls in 2nd nurse and the dr. they are in there quick. the dr then calls and says get the ER ready for an emergency C- section. it has gone from 1 nurse to 8 or so folks in the room and i am scared and not sure what is going on.
6. 6:25 - the baby's heart had decelearted so they back off the potosum (contaction Medicine - from 6 to 0) - carrie and the baby are doing okay. The Dr and Nurse say to be prepared for all day birth.
7. 6:30 - 9:30 - i do lots of walking, carrie sister Ashley arrives. things are progressing slowly - she is back on the contraction medecine. nothing is happening quickly.
8. 10:30 0r so - go to break the water and the baby has moved up to high -- to dangerous to break the water. the waiting game continues. Carrie is doing well. The baby likes it when she is on her left side in the bed - when she moves to her right side the baby's heart rate falls. she stays on her left side the rest of the labor.
9. 11:00 - grab jason's deli for lunch with 5 guys fries for a side.
10. 12:00 or so - they nurse comes into check carrie and says you are dialated to a 6 but " uh... i think i feel the baby's hand on his head" i had not heard this from the other 2 times carrie gave birth. the nervous part of me says this cannot be good.
11. 12:30 or so - the Dr comes in and says there are 3 options. because the baby's hand is on the head if they break the water the hand could fall out and an emergency C-section would need to occur, two - the hand is moved and everything proceeds as normal, 3 - we wait --- at this point i turn white as a sheet and need to walk so i proceed to the hallway to walk while the water is being broke. Needless to say it is extemely good news that i never decided to major in medecine as i do not have what it takes to be in the hospital very much.
12. 12:35 - the water breaks - everything is good.
13. 12:35 - 1:30 - carrie is having lots of contractions - big ones. she is comfortable but starting to feels some pressure.
14. 1:40 - she calls the nurse - she is now dialated to 10 - Nash is ready to come.
15. 1:50 - 1:52 - she starts pushing - i can sense from the dr's a sense of urgency.... they are not letting her have any breaks between pushes.
16. 1:55 - the 3rd of 4th big push and Nash is hear. He had is hand between the cord and his neck and the cord was wrapped around his neck. the dr indicated we had a min or 2 more before a C-section would have happened.
Nash- right at 9 hours of labor and daddy was a nervous wreck but it was so great to see how great carrie did. She did great and Nash was healthy baby boy. 7 lbs, 15 oucnes - 19.5 inches long and all the tests came out great. He passed his hearing test on Saturday morning.
Our friend Sarah was the nurse on the baby floor both Friday and Saturday night so she helped take care of Nash which was great. We left the hospital by 11:00 on Sunday July 10 to come home. Hadden and spencer stayed with Carries parents - they came to visit there brother on friday and held him and gave him hugs / kisses before heading to Carrie's parents. they had a great time there hunting and playing outside, going to the creek to swim running around.
1. 5:00 - carrie is hooked up to all the IV's and the drug to start the contractions starts.
2. 5:15 - flo and i head to mcdonalds to grab a little breakfast and coffee before the big day gets going to fast.
3. 5:45 - we are back to the hospital and carrie is doing well - laying in bed having some ice chips.
4. 6:15 - this is when the excitement begins - she gets up to use the bathroom and when she comes back the nurse plug her back in and we can tell something is not right.
5. 6:16 - 6:20 or so ---nurse is moving carrie to side to side and calls in 2nd nurse and the dr. they are in there quick. the dr then calls and says get the ER ready for an emergency C- section. it has gone from 1 nurse to 8 or so folks in the room and i am scared and not sure what is going on.
6. 6:25 - the baby's heart had decelearted so they back off the potosum (contaction Medicine - from 6 to 0) - carrie and the baby are doing okay. The Dr and Nurse say to be prepared for all day birth.
7. 6:30 - 9:30 - i do lots of walking, carrie sister Ashley arrives. things are progressing slowly - she is back on the contraction medecine. nothing is happening quickly.
8. 10:30 0r so - go to break the water and the baby has moved up to high -- to dangerous to break the water. the waiting game continues. Carrie is doing well. The baby likes it when she is on her left side in the bed - when she moves to her right side the baby's heart rate falls. she stays on her left side the rest of the labor.
9. 11:00 - grab jason's deli for lunch with 5 guys fries for a side.
10. 12:00 or so - they nurse comes into check carrie and says you are dialated to a 6 but " uh... i think i feel the baby's hand on his head" i had not heard this from the other 2 times carrie gave birth. the nervous part of me says this cannot be good.
11. 12:30 or so - the Dr comes in and says there are 3 options. because the baby's hand is on the head if they break the water the hand could fall out and an emergency C-section would need to occur, two - the hand is moved and everything proceeds as normal, 3 - we wait --- at this point i turn white as a sheet and need to walk so i proceed to the hallway to walk while the water is being broke. Needless to say it is extemely good news that i never decided to major in medecine as i do not have what it takes to be in the hospital very much.
12. 12:35 - the water breaks - everything is good.
13. 12:35 - 1:30 - carrie is having lots of contractions - big ones. she is comfortable but starting to feels some pressure.
14. 1:40 - she calls the nurse - she is now dialated to 10 - Nash is ready to come.
15. 1:50 - 1:52 - she starts pushing - i can sense from the dr's a sense of urgency.... they are not letting her have any breaks between pushes.
16. 1:55 - the 3rd of 4th big push and Nash is hear. He had is hand between the cord and his neck and the cord was wrapped around his neck. the dr indicated we had a min or 2 more before a C-section would have happened.
Nash- right at 9 hours of labor and daddy was a nervous wreck but it was so great to see how great carrie did. She did great and Nash was healthy baby boy. 7 lbs, 15 oucnes - 19.5 inches long and all the tests came out great. He passed his hearing test on Saturday morning.
Our friend Sarah was the nurse on the baby floor both Friday and Saturday night so she helped take care of Nash which was great. We left the hospital by 11:00 on Sunday July 10 to come home. Hadden and spencer stayed with Carries parents - they came to visit there brother on friday and held him and gave him hugs / kisses before heading to Carrie's parents. they had a great time there hunting and playing outside, going to the creek to swim running around.
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