Thursday, July 23, 2009
Rohrer Union
Here are some of the awesome pics from our recent family reunion. It was our son's first family reunion and another awesome year for the rest of us! Thanks to Lene and Beau for organizing it and letting us use their house. Thanks to everyone who came and participated and helped out. It was so great to have everyone together. It was especially cool to have my whole family around for the arrival of our son. We love you guys. To everyone else viewing this- enjoy!!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The First Week- A Week of Firsts
So we've had quite the experience as new parents. The first week was full of fun and lots of surprises. On the first night home my mom came to stay with us and stocked our fridge with wonderful dinners and snacks. She only got to stay one day- but we were sure glad she was here to help us out! Thanks Mom!
So after Grandma left we were left to discover parenthood on our own. We found that our little Peewee doesn't much care if he's wrapped up in his blanket as long as he knows we're close by. His favorite spot is undoubtedly on our chests where he lies his head and then curls his legs up and sleeps for hours. We also found that he does quite well when we set him on the couch in the crack between the cushions. Here we decided to join him for a family photo.
On day we were craving some sunshine and I took the little guy outside on the lawn. Of course- he was wonderfully content and loved it!
Honestly- our little boy doesn't complain about much. He hardly ever cries- but he does make some of the cutest noises ever! He's perfectly happy just to be alive and be with us. I could really take a lesson from the sweetie. However- he doesn't love to be put in his carseat.
He doesn't spit up. He doesn't cry much. He doesn't blow out his diapers- true I know that's involuntary. But he does like to pee when I'm in the middle of changing his diaper! This is me giving up on burping him (it's really hard to get him to burp and when he does it's the sweetest quietest burp I've ever heard) and instead playing Squishy Face!
One other thing that we've learned about our little prize is that he loves to suck. He doesn't have to have his bink- though it is nice to have around sometimes. Instead he sucks on his fingers- one, or many, or all of them. He loves to put his hands to his face- so we really have to keep up on cutting his nails!
All in all we are very lucky to have such a good little baby. He's so cute and we love him so much.
So after Grandma left we were left to discover parenthood on our own. We found that our little Peewee doesn't much care if he's wrapped up in his blanket as long as he knows we're close by. His favorite spot is undoubtedly on our chests where he lies his head and then curls his legs up and sleeps for hours. We also found that he does quite well when we set him on the couch in the crack between the cushions. Here we decided to join him for a family photo.
On day we were craving some sunshine and I took the little guy outside on the lawn. Of course- he was wonderfully content and loved it!
Honestly- our little boy doesn't complain about much. He hardly ever cries- but he does make some of the cutest noises ever! He's perfectly happy just to be alive and be with us. I could really take a lesson from the sweetie. However- he doesn't love to be put in his carseat.
He doesn't spit up. He doesn't cry much. He doesn't blow out his diapers- true I know that's involuntary. But he does like to pee when I'm in the middle of changing his diaper! This is me giving up on burping him (it's really hard to get him to burp and when he does it's the sweetest quietest burp I've ever heard) and instead playing Squishy Face!
One other thing that we've learned about our little prize is that he loves to suck. He doesn't have to have his bink- though it is nice to have around sometimes. Instead he sucks on his fingers- one, or many, or all of them. He loves to put his hands to his face- so we really have to keep up on cutting his nails!
All in all we are very lucky to have such a good little baby. He's so cute and we love him so much.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Welcoming Polo Warren Afuvai
He finally came! We would like to share with you our pride and joy- Polo Warren Afuvai. Aka- Peewee or P.W. He was born on Sunday July 12 at 11:52 pm. He weighed 7lb 15oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is so handsome and all is well.
So the story goes that there were no signs of labor until sacrament meeting started on Sunday when I started having contractions suddenly and only five minutes apart. I waited out the meeting, went home and waited out another two hours. By four o'clock we had made it to the hospital, and I was dilated to 6 cm. Needless to say they gave me an epidural, a STRONG epidural, right away and we waited until almost midnight to greet the cutest baby in the whole world. We're very excited and very exhausted! We love him though!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Jet Skiing for Labor!!
"Jet skiis" and "39 weeks pregnant" are two things I bet you never thought you'd hear in the same sentence- unless that sentence ended in a "Yeah Right!" Well Jake's family is having a little reunion this week and we headed up to Pineview Dam yesterday to join them. We decided to skip out on the camping in a tent thing due to the very frequent bathroom trips in the middle of the night caused by a hefty (7 1/2 lbs) baby sitting on my bladder.
We got up there are soaked up plenty of sun- though we piled on enough sun screen to keep us white as we were when we arrived. We figured sunburns in the delivery room were something we should try to avoid, just so I wouldn't scream, "Don't touch me!" anymore than necessary. We played on the beach, and spent plenty of time in the water! We were joined by some friends for a total of 16 kids and 14 adults! I had made up my mind beforehand that I wouldn't be going out on the jet ski this year due to my Panza (belly). However, Jake's brother Darce said to me, "Grab a life jacket, I'm taking you out there!" And so I did. And so at 39 weeks pregnant I jumped on the back of a jet ski and cruised the dam! I can't say he went much over 35 mph- but it sure was nice to be able to skim the water. It was, after all, a beautiful day and the views were awesome!
And then we headed back to camp for some delicious taco soup, hot dogs, and dutch oven peach cobbler! Sad to say we did come home late last night and slept in our own bed. But you can be sure our little guy will see plenty of camping trips once he gets out here to see us.
Speaking of baby news--- No, the water skimming ride didn't induce labor and the doctor tells me I'll probably have to wait until next week for the big day. But all is well and he's looking healthy!
We got up there are soaked up plenty of sun- though we piled on enough sun screen to keep us white as we were when we arrived. We figured sunburns in the delivery room were something we should try to avoid, just so I wouldn't scream, "Don't touch me!" anymore than necessary. We played on the beach, and spent plenty of time in the water! We were joined by some friends for a total of 16 kids and 14 adults! I had made up my mind beforehand that I wouldn't be going out on the jet ski this year due to my Panza (belly). However, Jake's brother Darce said to me, "Grab a life jacket, I'm taking you out there!" And so I did. And so at 39 weeks pregnant I jumped on the back of a jet ski and cruised the dam! I can't say he went much over 35 mph- but it sure was nice to be able to skim the water. It was, after all, a beautiful day and the views were awesome!
And then we headed back to camp for some delicious taco soup, hot dogs, and dutch oven peach cobbler! Sad to say we did come home late last night and slept in our own bed. But you can be sure our little guy will see plenty of camping trips once he gets out here to see us.
Speaking of baby news--- No, the water skimming ride didn't induce labor and the doctor tells me I'll probably have to wait until next week for the big day. But all is well and he's looking healthy!
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