One Month Old

Dear Rhett- I can't believe that a month ago today we were in the hospital both trying to get some sleep, you slept lots I'm not quite sure I did.

In one month you already have a big personality. You love to be cuddled and we hope you love that for a long time. You love the water! Anytime you are fussy we can turn the water on and most times you will calm down for at least a minute. Not just the sound of water, unlike most newborns you love playing in the water especially getting your head washed. You love to eat! If I would let you, you would eat for hours and hours and then some, your stomach is a bottomless pit! Since we gave you your binky you have craved it, sometimes you cry just because you want the plug which we are just fine with especially because it helps you fall right to sleep for three hours in church each week. Like your daddy and I you talk a lot in your sleep. You start to grunt like you want to be picked up and eat, one of us will get up to feed/cuddle you but it was just a fake out and for another hour you will talk in your sleep. You love monkeys, well at least all your monkey clothes. You are slightly OCD about what you are wearing, if there is a little spit up on your clothes you will fuss until you get clean clothes on. You and your daddy have staring contests, but don't worry you win most times. You sleep on your side, every time we lay you down on your back you will immediately roll to your side. From day one you have smiled, some may say it's because you are gassy...which is very true, but we know better, you are just a very happy baby. Most of the time you are content with life, unless you have a bubble in your little stomach that won't come out for a long time. Since three days ago you thought nursing was way below you, and would actually throw up the milk I would give you, but the past couple of days you are getting much better. The first part of your life you didn't want to gain weight, but since the doctor told you that we would have to bring you in each week to get you weighed you have now gained exactly the right amount of ounces, 5 ounces to be exact each week, so that we no longer have to go in every week and weigh you. You love your blankets, and going on walks, and sleeping in your car seat. You hate the floor at the grocery store because it's so bumpy. Unlike most babies who start to cry while in the car and then they stop because they have gone to sleep, the one time you cried in the car and then stopped you didn't go to sleep you were just mad, you clenched your fists and pursed your lips and wouldn't even look at us, basically telling us "how dare you let me cry while you drive this car." At 11:00 a.m. every day no matter when the last time you took a nap you have to go to sleep otherwise the rest of the day you get cranky. You love to have people hold your hand, if I have something that needs to get done I will put you on the floor, you will start to fuss but if I hold your hand you will be patient and wait until I am done. 

We love you lots, and are excited to see what month 2 will bring.

Because my sister wanted to see what Rhett's room looked like here it is, I know the pictures are not so great but you will have to deal with it. I decided I wanted things that would make me happy at 2 in the morning.

My sister Allison spent 6 months cross stitching this, she is amazing!

The large picture is one of Jesus when He was a child. Some may  think the hanging fairy is creepy but my mother gave it to me and it reminds me of her. The  blanket on the bed was made by my Grandma who passed away several years ago.

Quotes by Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin

Newborn Pictures

Our new friend Jen and my friend Nicole both wanted to try out their cameras on Rhett

2 Weeks

It's official Rhett now has a belly button! If you all knew about my obsession with belly buttons as a child you would understand my excitement.

Rhett also had his first CODE BROWN/ORANGE which meant he also got his first real bath in the kitchen sink. Have we mentioned how much this kid loves water!

He likes to say hello to everyone when they come over

One Week Old

On Sunday February 26th I hit my 38th week mark and at about 11:30 p.m I started to have contractions every 20 minutes. The next day I continued to have contractions but despite Spencer telling me to sit down, rest, and not do anything because I was in pain I didn't listen (so I'm kind of really stubborn). I went to the store while still having contractions 15 minutes apart. I remember a store clerk looking at me weird probably because I looked like I might fall over when one contraction hit me really hard in the bread isle. Spencer got home that day and started studying for his test which would take place the next day. You see I couldn't go to the hospital that day because even though our baby was not due until the 12th of March we had planned for 6 months to have a leap day baby, and if he came the day before then we would for sure know what a sense of humor God has, and besides the next day was free pancake day at Ihop and if I delivered then there would be no free pancakes. Anyway  my contractions started to get worse but I couldn't just sit down, even though Spencer kept persisting that I do. So I went into the kitchen and finished a sewing project. The project took much longer than anticipated due to having to stop every few minutes so I could breathe through the pain in my body. At about 7:30 p.m. I told Spencer we were most likely going to go to the hospital that night and so he should probably eat something before we go. An hour later I announced he needed to take me now! He scrambled to get everything in the car, lets just say he was kind of frantic. Right before we headed to the car I made him take this picture: 

I had to wait five minutes before taking the picture because my contractions had been five minutes apart for the past 20 some odd minutes so yes this picture is right in between contractions. So we headed to the hospital and we were set up in a room right away. The nurse asked when I wanted my epidural and we just laughed due to my father explaining how I needed to say "I want it now and if you don't call the doctor now I will start screaming!" But don't worry I didn't tell her that. However the anesthesiologist was there in about 15 or so minutes or at least that's what it felt like after they called him, he got me set up and I was a happy girl. At 2:45 a.m. I started to push. Spencer did great helping me I couldn't have done it without him. My doctor came in around 3:30ish and we all started to have bets on when this baby would be officially born, how much he would weigh, and whether he would have red hair. As the doctor could see his head he said "your baby does have red on his hair...but the red most likely isn't the hair that I'm seeing." He thought he was so funny. Finally at 4:19 a.m. February 28th Rhett Spencer Donovan was born weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces and 19 inches long.

Spencer was pretty excited that he didn't manage any to bad pornographic pictures.

We were taken up stairs to recover and try to sleep. Spencer was able to give him his first bath he loves getting his hair washed. 

 Spencer is an amazing dad. As soon as Rhett was born he started crying of course. Spencer went right over to him and started talking to him and he calmed down. He sure loves his daddy!

My stay at the hospital was great. I had awesome nurses and an amazing husband who took care of me the whole time. I was nervous that my nurses would make me wake our baby up and try to feed him every two hours, but they didn't. In fact my nurses just let Rhett sleep since he and I were so tired. We brought him home on Wednesday in a blizzard. 

I know since he is not many days old that he hasn't quite woken up yet but he is really a very good baby. And I know  in these pictures you cant tell but he smiles a lot. He is also a cuddly baby which is always nice. He eats about every two hours, except last night it was every three hours. That means I got a lot more sleep!

My parents came to visit us. Have I mentioned how amazing they are? Well it's true! Thanks mom and dad for the year supply of food.

Despite what some may have thought with the pictures that were sent out at the first, Rhett does not have red hair. He does have a lot of dark hair in the back and the top of his head has dark hair with blonde streaks in it. So who knows it could change any day.