Two Week Stats

So I took Stetson to his two week appointment yesterday and the kid is puttin' on the poundage with the best of them! Two weeks ago exactly from yesterday he went in and got his circumcision done and he weighed 7 lbs 6 oz, but my milk had just come in that day so he was still just losing weight from birth. Yesterday he weighed 8 lbs 10 oz, meaning he gained 20 ounces in 14 days. His Dr. said, "Well, we look for 1/2 to 1 ounce a day in the first two weeks so we would have been happy with 7-14 ounces, but we're very happy with 20!" My reply was, "Now you know how much time I spend feeding him!!" At least I know my every two hour duty all day and every 3 hour duty all night is doing some dang good :)
He is healthy and actually starting to wake up a little bit during the day now and although all of us are STILL adjusting to this family of four deal, all is great! Haddyn is still such a good helper. In fact, I honestly expected her to get a little more naughty with his arrival, cause well, she's me in a little body and I know me....BUT, she has been such a good little girl and is even starting to work on potty training now! Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE being a Mom?? Well, just in case...I LOVE BEING A MOM! (It's amazing I still feel this way today after only sleeping 4 hours again last night and being up with both kids throughout the night. Prayers are answered, even when they just consist of "Give me strength to make it through the day and still like myself and my kids" he,he :)

Haddyn loving her baby bro
This shirt is a newborn size, which is all that would fit him correctly when he was born because he is so short...think he's grown out of it already or are 3/4 length sleeves in for boys now??
Doing his second favorite thing just below eating....sleeping!

And Then There Were 4....

So, I am not exactly spending much time online these days. In fact, I'm not really spending much time doing anything but nursing our new little guy and trying to spend some special time with our sweet little girl. But, for now I have both babes asleep and I know it won't last long enough to have a nap of my own, so I'll take advantage of this opportunity to bring y'all up to date!
For those of you who didn't know, my labor with Haddyn was 29 hours long and I was so scared that was going to happen again with Stetson. It was much better this time however, and I was only in active labor for 10 hours with him!! Yay!! I'll take 10 hours over 29 ANYTIME :) The biggest thing I was worried about was pushing though because it was so easy with Haddyn and I only pushed for maybe 15 minutes. Well, as it turned out I had good reason to be worried about that because Stetson has a much smaller head than Haddyn did, but he has line backer shoulders that made pushing a BEAST. I pushed like 45 minutes and was dead---I don't know how women push for 2 hours or more sometimes!
Everything went really well overall. Haddyn handled labor a little better than he did though and his heart rate dropped with each contraction for the last few hours. There was one little scare when it stopped recovering after each contraction and we got really close to an emergency c-section. It was scary, but my blood pressure was so low I really wasn't all that "there" so I didn't actually catch on to how serious the situation was until it was almost over. Good thing Scott was paying attention and he was actually the one that suggested turning off or down the Pitocin and that seemed to be the step that was needed. Anyway, it all turned out just fine and Stetson is happy and healthy and I am recovering so much better than I did with Haddyn and that is all we could ask for!!
Haddyn loves her baby brother so much! She got sick the night we got home and is finally feeling better so each day she gets a little more brave with how she touches and kisses him. Today she got mad at me because I wouldn't give her the remote so she hauled off and smacked Stetson on the head. Gotta love 2-year-olds! Stetson is a good baby, but he has his days and nights confused and has been much harder to get on a schedule thus far than Haddyn proved to be. Luckily though, he is a good nurser and I'll take that over a good schedule any day-if I could just keep the kid full!!
I was so worried about having two kids and being able to love the 2nd like I did the 1st. (sounds horrible huh?) It has been so great though--I guess if you have 2 you probably understand, but somehow it's like my heart just grew and made lots of room for more love. Awww. I know, corny right? Oh well, being a Mommy is the BEST thing ever and I'm so, so thankful for the opportunity Scott and I have been given to raise a family together!
Because of the swine flu the hospital has new rules in place that no children under the age of 18 can visit patients. That put a bit of a damper on our situation. We didn't actually find that out until we were already there and so we had not prepared Haddyn for 3 days away from Mommy and not being able to come see Stetson the next day. She was so mad at me she wouldn't even talk to me on the phone and the one time my Mom tricked her into taking the phone and she heard me, she shot a beasty glare at Grandma! It broke my heart and it made those 2 days so long without being able to see her. Scott and I enjoyed the time we were able to spend just with Stetson, but we both agreed it wasn't like when we were in the hospital with Haddyn because part of our family was missing without Haddyn there with us. Anyway, this is a pic of their first meeting and luckily, Haddyn forgave me very quickly once we came home. In fact, she didn't want anyone BUT Mommy :)
Also, my sister Dana came to stay with us last Thursday to Saturday. Haddyn was SO excited to have her Aunt Dana all to herself and of course, Haddyn was spoiled rotten for those 3 days! We loved having her here and we wish that we could do that more often, but I guess then it wouldn't be as special.This is Haddyn's self interpretation of a bucking horse. She gets on my feet usually and yells "Yee Haw, Cowboy!" The best part is when she does it while I'm nursing and Stetson gets his own little ride. Hmm, maybe that contributes to his reflux??? :)
It was a really nice day on Sunday and Stetson and I had been home all morning while Scott and Haddyn went to church so we decided to have a little family walk after lunch and before the classic Sunday nap. Stetson liked the carrier and it was hillarious when Scott took his coat off and Stetson was completely DEAD WEIGHT and his arms and legs were just hanging out of the carrier. He looked like a doll. he,heI had to post both of these because in this one we are all looking at the camera and in the shot, but I didn't check Stetson's blanket--DANG IT! Anyway, in this bottom one Scotty is cut out a little, but you can see Stetson!

Introducing....

Just wanted to let everyone know Stetson Alma Moulton has arrived!! He was born Thursday October 29th at 8:40 pm. He weighed 8 lbs 0 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. I'll do a big post later with all the details, well, not ALL the details but you know what I mean. :) For now, here's a pic and we're all doing great trying to adjust to life as a family of 4!!