Henry's 2 Week

Yesterday, Henry Clay turned 2 weeks old... can't believe he is that old already. He is growing like a weed and is a very healthy little boy :) His weight is up to 9 lbs. even and he is in the 75% for his weight. His height is 22.5 inches which puts him in the 95%. He is going through a growth spurt... gaining over a half pound and growing half an inch just since his last check up a week and a half ago. Henry is still doing well with his sleeping and feeding habits. He is up to 2 oz. every 2-3 hours... and sleeps well at night with 3-4 feeding throughout the night. I usually get lucky with about two solid hours of sleep at a time... I know I'll catch up on it one of these days, ha! Henry is also become more alert and stays awake for longer periods of time... his most active is morning and evening... he likes to cat nap in his bouncer in the afternoons. He is still mommy's sweetheart and of course a daddy's boy... and especially little brother to Peighton... she has grown to love him and wants to always be around him. She is being a great big sister and mommy's little helper... if only she could get up to feed him at night, hehe. I'm lucky that she's a hard sleeper and Henry doesn't wake her up throughout the night. We are settling into our new little family of four quite well and we are so blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children whom we love and adore :)

Henry Update!

I am pleased to announce that I am completely in love with a little boy named Henry!! He melts my heart every day and I could not ask for a better baby :) He is doing very well... growing and thriving strong! He is up to about 2 oz. a feeding and eating every 2-4 hours depending on his mood, ha! He is sleeping well at night... waking every couple of hours for his feedings. Henry is become more awake and alert every day... he is keeping both his eyes open longer with each passing day. He is just so darn cute... I love him :) We took him to his well baby check up this past Wednesday... he weighted 8 lbs. 7 oz. so he lost about 8 ounces since his birth... just under 5% of his original birth weight. The doctor gave him a seal of approval... and he goes back this Friday for his 2 week check up and his first round of shots...eek wish us both luck!!

Henry Clay Doggette

A Baby Story

Well he is HERE!! Henry Clay arrived into the world on Friday, February 12th at 8:08 in the evening... words could not express how blessed I feel to have such a beautiful and healthy little boy... he melted my heart from the minute I saw him. The experience was magnified even greater by having Brandon here after all. YAY!! I will have to start at the beginning... I got a call on Tuesday evening from Brandon saying that he was being sent home on Emergency Leave and was starting his journey home the next morning. I was completely surprised and in such awe... and on Thursday evening he was home :) We were so happy to have him home if only for a short time!! Now at this point I was seriously ready for baby to be born... everyone was here and I wanted Brandon to have as much time with his son as possible. On Thursday night, I started having contractions and they only increased overnight. I still wasn't sure if I was in labor labor.. but I decided to head to the doctor the next morning to see if I've been progressing any... and sure enough my contractions were every 3-5 minutes and I was at 4 cm dilated... time to be admitted to the hospital. I was so relieved! I was in my room at about 930 am and by 4 that afternoon I had no progressed much further so my doctor decided it was time for some patocin and to break my water... needless to say it was then time for an epidural :) And about 3 hours later, I started feeling the contractions again... and the doctor checked me out and I was fully dilated and ready to start pushing!! It happened a lot faster than I imagined and way faster than my labor with Peighton. With my first practice push, his head was crowning and the nurse told me to wait for the doctor... then 30 minutes later of pushing... Henry was out. It was an emotional experience... and I was so happy to have him in my arms and more thrilled that this labor was so smooth compared to last time :) He weighted in a whopping 8 pounds and 15 ounces and 22 inches in length... Henry topped his sister... I guess I just grow them big, ha! His apgar scores were 8 then 9... we couldn't ask for more healthy of a baby. My own recovery went very smoothly with no complications and I was feeling good the very next day. Henry was thriving just as well... and we were released from the hospital on Sunday by lunch time. It never felt so good to be home :) And I'm still in awe and feel overwhelmingly blessed that Brandon was here to experience it all...

Doctor Day

Well this day has been crazy... and its not just because its snowing again... i thought we lived in the south... and yet snow again for the second week in a row... i am ready for spring time :) I had my OB appointment this morning... I am 38 weeks and 2 days... and could not be more ready for his arrival. At my last doctor's appointment on the 25th of January, I had no progress so I was quite surprised and happy when she checked me today and I was already 3 centimeters and 50% effaced with his head in position 0... she told me that she'd be surprised if I made it through the weekend. Woohoo!! I've been experiencing some contractions but nothing too intense or regular... mostly I have a lot of lower back pain. So needless to say I called my mom and told her she might want to head up earlier than planned... hopefully I'm not jinxing myself and he still isn't born for another week or so, ha! I am a mix of emotions though... part excited and part anxious... and part sad that Brandon won't be here. Now its just a waiting game :)

Peighton also had a doctor's appointment today for her 3 year old check up. It never ceases to amaze me how crowded a doctor's office can be especially a PEDS... but yet again I was aggravated that our appointment was at 3:45... we got there around 3:30 and didn't leave the office until 5... at least we don't have to go back till her 4 year old check up unless she gets sick in the meantime. It was a good visit though... she is growing and developing just perfectly :) Peighton weighs 33 pounds and is 37 inches tall... around 70% for her weight and 55% for her height. Luckily for both us, she is all up to date on her shots and didn't need to endure that heartbreak. She did have to get her finger pricked for her blood to be checked for her iron levels. I am happy to say that they were up... so she is no longer anemia... her daily multivitamin is helping keep her levels under control. She cried more for having a band aid on her finger than the actual procedure! So all in all, Peighton is right on track!