I know this post is a month late, but can you really blame me? I was at home with a new born!

On Tuesday, July 27, 2009 at 5:23 p.m., we welcomed Gage Anthony into the world. I was really nervous that last hour waiting at the hospital before they took me back to the OR. All those ‘what ifs’ were going through my head and I was making my self freak out.  But, of course, everything went fine. I got into the OR a few minutes after 5. After some prep, Dr. Raja finally made it in and not even 10 minutes later, Gage was out and they were starting to close me up.

I started crying when they told me his weight. Just all those worries about him being small or having to go to the NICU, I guess. I don’t know why I thought he might be really small because I could tell by how big my tummy got, he was already way bigger than Shaye was. He came out weighing 5lbs 13.2oz and was 18 3/4 inches long. With some big feet and hands too

 

We are slowly getting back in to the swing of things around here. Thank Goodness.

Yesterday, Shaye had her very first day of Kindergarten. Her teacher is Mrs. Ratliff and Shaye really seems to like her. She has a couple of friends that she already knew in her class so I’m happy about that. The only bad thing that I found out yesterday was since she’s now in school and not daycare, there are no naps. That girl was so tired and whiny when I got home from work, I thought I was going to strangle someone. Other than that, she was ok. She told me all about her getting to color an apple, and that it starts with an “A”.  And that she got to play outside 3 times instead of just once. Which is a big deal, of course!

Yesterday was also Gage’s first day of daycare and my first day back to work. I know, I’m sorry I still haven’t posted a blog about his birth but everytime I sat down to start a post, I got distracted or someone needed me so now that I’m back at work, I have time to blog lol. Just don’t let my boss in on that. hehe  He went to the Dr. last week and got a good report. He is (was at the dr appt, anyway) 7lbs 1oz, 20 inches long and 13 in head circumference. I think in weight, length and head he is in the 5th percentile, so he is still low but oh well, he’s healthy so that’s all that matters. He had a good report yesterday which I’m really happy to hear. In the month that he has been with us, I have kind of spoiled him (lol) so I was worried about him crying alot for them. But nope, he ate, slept and pooped for them which is what is expected. It did make me laugh though when I got his daily report, that it took him almost 2 hours to drink 3 oz, so I’m guessing he kept falling asleep. That little fart loves to sleep. More than eating, which is way weird for a boy. lol 

We haven’t heard anything from Dani yet. I’m not sure if she ever got called yesterday because it was kind of hectic at our house, but I’m sure everything went real well. Next Thursday is Dani’s first football game to cheer at, so I’ll make sure to get some pictures of her in her Admirals uniform.

I’m hoping sometime today I’ll finally get you a ‘Gage post’ so everyone can meet the little one. Until then..

Yes, yes we are still here. I just haven’t felt like writing, I guess.

All the way back on June 2nd, Shaye baby turned 5 years old. It cracks me up now becuase everytime she tries to do something and I try and help her, she swats me away and states “I’m 5 now, I can do it.”  That seems to be her answer for everything, “Mom, I’m 5. I’m a big girl.” Overall I think she had a pretty good birthday. On the 2nd, we went over to Mom and Jeff’s house and had a ‘birthday supper’. She got to choose everything we ate and got to open a few presents.
 

She finally got her ‘cupcake maker’ that she’s been begging for since Christmas. Plus a couple new dresses because, of course, our little princess could never have enough dresses

On June 17, we were able to have her official birthday party with her friends. I got really mad that day too because even though that I gave the daycare the invites 2 weeks before the party, they decided not to hand them out until THE day of. I know the rule of thumb is to invite the same number of kids that your kid is turning but we had an entire swimming pool just to ourselves, and I wanted Shaye to have one last party with all her daycare friends before she started Kindergarten. Since the invites weren’t handed out, I think we had a total of 6 kids there including Shaye. I guess it all ended up for the best, but I really wish she could of had more friends there.  OH well. Here are a few pics from that party, if you want to see more, click here.