I Love My Little Family!

So it has been a while since I have posted anything, and even though I have not left the house much, it has been an eventful 12 days since Jaxon has joined our family.

We brought Jaxon home from the hospital on Thursday the 17th, which was also Savannah's 2nd birthday. Noah took her to Little Gym that morning and then to the Sweet Tooth Fairy in Provo, for some amazing cupcakes. My friend Ginger brought us pizza too. It was a really nice day. I feel bad that her birthday was a little stomped on, so she is having a party on Oct. 10th at the Little Gym, which will be about her instead of her brother. :)

Noah took Savannah shopping on Friday. He is such a sweet daddy. She got money from family for her birthday, so Noah and I decided she really needed some clothes for the fall/winter. He did a really good job picking out some outfits. They took little trips to the store together pretty much everyday for a week and now Noah is Savannah's buddy and she drags him everywhere and wants him to help her instead of me. She is becoming more and more a Daddy's girl. They even nap together.
Monday Savannah went to her 2 year appointment with the Pediatrician. I really love the Dr we found when Savannah was born. He is super nice and has no problem spending time with us and talking about whatever. He also got a good laugh at Savannah dancing around the room in her diaper and socks. So she is almost 28 lbs (65 %tile), 34.75 inches (76 %tile), and her head is 19 inches (71 %tile). She is getting so big!

Monday night my family came over for a belated birthday party for Savannah. Its so nice to have my family close. We dont see each other all the time, but just knowing they are close is comforting. My mom was able to be there for Jaxon's birth, and makes sure she comes over to hold him for a few minutes every week. I love knowing my kids will get to know their family between seeing my family here and our trips to San Diego.

My kids are great! Savannah is so sweet to Jaxon and loves to give him little kisses and hold him whenever she can.

Jaxon is here!

Jaxon is Awesome! He hardly ever makes a sound and did not even cry for his circumcision. He loves to cuddle, eat and sleep. He makes lots of funny little faces and likes to watch his big sister. We love him and are so excited he is here!

I was able to be induced on Tuesday and 9 hours after getting to the hospital, our little Jaxon Tyler Bongard made his appearance. I was hooked up to pitocin around noon, dr broke my water at 3:30, was at 5cm at 7:15 and then by some awesome power I was at 10cm at 7:54 and pushed for 9 minutes. It was a super easy Labor except for my epidural. The poor guy shoving the needle in my spine said I was the hardest one he has ever done. It took over a half hour and lots of tears, but was well worth it. :) Now I just have a big bruise on my back and cant forget the sound of him scraping against my spine with the needle, but I would get it again!

floating baby lies!

So I have always thought that the floating baby tickers are creepy, so of course I had to put one on here. Just want you to know that the floating baby lies! It says I have 0 days left. Well, I should as I am due today, but I am pretty sure I am going over. I wonder if it will start telling me how many days over tomorrow.

I am grateful for a great Dr

So I know there are some Dr's out there that are a bit money hungry and push c sections, but I realized that I really lucked out. I found out this morning that I have not progressed at all in the past 3 weeks and that though I was supposed to be induced on the 4th (our plan all along), my body is just not ready. I have cried on the way home from my last 2 appointments because I feel like for some reason its my fault that I cant dilate, but today I felt a little better as my Dr explained that this baby is just so high and not coming down so inducing would lead to a c section, which my Dr wants to avoid for my sake. I think he apologized to me 3 times (like it was his fault my body isn't pushing things along).

After 3 attempts at castor oil, miles of walking, eating everything that a wives tale out there suggests, I have decided that I should side with my Dr and really think of what is best... waiting. My due date is in 3 days and I will probably go over it, my hopes of my kids birthdays being further apart will not happen, but I am finally ok with it all. I just want this little guy to be safe and though my back is aching and I am so incredibly tired, I think I will just put it in God's hands and hope he is ok. I have an ultrasound on Thursday to check his size and position and am hoping things are lined up the way they should be. I'm just grateful for a Dr that doesn't push or risk the unnecessary.

No Baby yet!

So I went to the Dr on Monday and had made no progress from the week before. Apparently I took it a little too easy out of fear that something would happen at work. Well, I finished my last shift on Wednesday and now we are playing the waiting game. I was supposed to get induced this Friday, but the Dr said it would not go well and I would probably get sent home or it would be really long since I am only at 1cm. So I have tried all the natural things I can to just help things move along, hoping when I see the Dr on Tuesday he will tell me that I can go over to the hospital. Even though I wont have a baby in time for the Kiddie Kandids sale this weekend, I will be able to help Savannah finish her antibiotics from her ear infection and do her temperature taking for a week from her H1N1 vaccine trial (which is something I would have felt really bad pawning off on my sister when we have the baby). I guess its a blessing in disguise. So their birthdays will not be as far apart and I will have to wait a little longer to hold my baby, at least I have a super awesome little girl who will cuddle with me for now. :)

I wonder if he will look at all like Savannah did...

Savannah 12 days old