Colin is a great baby - although I may be a tad bias :) He sleeps well and eats like a little piggy. He only cries when we change his diaper or he's hungry ::knock on wood::
I had my first outing yesterday. Mike had the day off, so he watched Colin so I could do a little shopping. It felt nice to get out for a little while. I only called home once :)
It's been an emotional week with Colin's health scares on Friday/Saturday. Then I found out on Wednesday that my Grandma is not doing well and not expected to live too much longer. It's been an emotionally difficult week for me.
I know I am rambling in this post but I want to get out as much information as possible.
Many people have asked about names, so I'll quickly touch on that. Colin was just a name that we both liked. I loved the name Isaac but Mike hated it. I jokingly brought it up as a middle name for Colin and Mike surprisingly loved it. The name just stuck. Our girl's name was a little more difficult. We had both loved the name Lily for quite some time but Mike's cousin recently had a baby named Lilly, so we were torn if we should still use it. Although, I have a cousin who has a son named Collin, the fact that Lilly was the most recent baby born, we were torn if we should re-use it so soon. We read baby name books over and over but nothing felt as right as Lily. We decided that we needed to use the name that felt right to us and Lily was it. If Colin would have been a girl, her name would have been Lily Jane. Jane is after my Grandma Herrema. So there are the names :)
Well I hear Colin starting to move around upstairs, so I should wrap this up.
Colin Isaac was born on Jan 30 at 9.45am. He was 8lbs 4oz and was 20". We had a rough start to life and an even rougher couple days later but we are doing much better now!
I hear Colin starting to stir, so I'll quickly end it with a picture.
- I'm now considered full term since I'm 37 weeks.
- Two weeks ago, I was already dilated and a "thin cervix" which I did make the Dr repeat because it isn't often I hear my name and thin in the same sentence.
- This week, although my blood pressure is still in the healthy range, it sky rocketed for me. The Dr isn't TOO worried but if it continues to increase, then she said we would talk about moderate bedrest and possible induction.
- The baby has dropped and is in position.
All of the things have made me realize that this baby can be here at any moment. I know I could be pregnant for another couple of weeks but I also know that this baby could come anytime now. It's exciting and scary at the same time. I feel like I have so much I want to do before the baby gets here but I have zero energy lately. My house is completely unorganized and I'd be mortified if people came over and saw it in its current state. We still haven't put away all of our baby gifts or figured out where we are going to put everything we need. I haven't started preparing meals for once the baby gets here. I'm nowhere near done with my scrapbook that I desperately want completed before the baby arrives. The carseat isn't installed. The curtains aren't made. I still want to do some finishing touches to the baby's room. The list goes on and on. It's easy for me to get overwhelmed when I think of the long list.
However, then I think of what IS done and what truly NEEDS to be done before the baby comes. Aside from the car seat, everything that needs to be done is done. Most importantly, Mike and I are ready. We are so ready to meet this little guy/girl.
So whenever you are ready baby, Mom and Dad are ready for you! Just possibly sorry in advance that you aren't going to have brown polka dots on your walls :)
As promised, here are the adorable onesies and burp clothes that were made at my shower last week.
