Happy Easter!

                    Decorating Easter Eggs, 10:30pm the night before... definitely a first for us. :)

 This Easter was very special, since we weren't originally expecting to celebrate with Henry.  

Hayden loved looking for eggs, and playing with all of his Easter Basket goodies.  Mommy and Daddy enjoyed having dinner catered from Boston Market, and taking turns with naps. :)

Such an adorable little bunny!

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Henry's First Bath

Henry experienced his first bath today.  Unlike Hayden's first bath, Henry was wide awake, and wasn't a very big fan of it!  It was nice that all three of us were able to help out. 

Henry is is so super tiny, so we made it very quick.

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Our first week home with Henry

Our first week home with Henry has been pretty eventful!  Unfortunately, Jake like Hayden, Henry has jaundice, which means we had to use the dreaded Billi-blanket... bluck!  This one was a little different from last night... Henry was not a fan.  He didn't want to stay on the mat, which means he needed to be held throughout the night.  Thankfully my mom was here, and the three of us were able to split the night/day shifts.  Even Hayden was an awesome big brother, and helped out with the holding! :)

Our little glow-worm, and big brother.

Hayden really enjoyed having Grandma around.

My new midnight friends. :)

 

Tired parents. :)

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Hayden's Birthday Present... a Baby Brother

Time to leave the hospital and head home!

Ironically, the day we were discharged from the hospital was Hayden's 6th birthday!  What a birthday present!!

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Happy 6th Birthday, Hayden!!

I can not believe it has been 6 years, since Hayden has become part of our lives!!  This past year, he has hit so many milestones, and has grown into an adorable, sweet little guy!  

• Lost 5 teeth... a few by accident.
• Learned to ride a bike without training wheels
• Accomplished tying his shoes
• Has soared through kindergarten; such a strong reader, and loves Math & Science
• SO curious and loves to ask questions
• Loves to dance, tell silly jokes, and can whiz through mazes
• Very creative with legos and anything else that involves building

We celebrated his sixth year with a Lego party.  Thankfully, my mom was in town to help with the cake, since we were bringing little Henry home on his birthday.  One of his birthday presents, was a trip to see The Globetrotters, since he has enjoyed playing basketball this past year.

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Our New Family of Four

They wanted to keep Henry a little longer, just to be on the safe side with his breathing, so we stayed in the hospital  for three days.  I was very excited for Hayden to come to the hospital to meet his little brother. Hayden, understandably was a little unsure about it. :)

  Thankfully, Jake arranged for my mom to fly out, and take care of Hayden while we were at the hospital.  

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Henry's Arrival

After my water broke, we patiently waited for Henry's arrival, but after 8 hours and no change, they suggested putting me on pitocin.  Henry still wasn't in too big a hurry, because it was another 6 hours until I was ready to begin pushing.  I was feeling contractions, so I asked for an epidural around 12:00.  I had a similar experience as I did with Hayden, which was being completely numb from the waste down, which made my legs hard to feel... very frustrating!

I didn't have to push as long as I did with Hayden, only about an hour this time.  Although, this time around I was very sick during the delivery portion. :(

It was definitely anti-climactic with this delivery. Because Henry was considered pre-term, being 5 weeks early, there were a lot more nurses there to tend to Henry.  His breathing was a little strenuous, so after holding him for only a few minutes, they brought Henry to the NICU.

Later that night, they let me hold him for a few hours, but he had to stay in there overnight just to observe his breathing.  Henry also wasn't eating as much as he should have been, so they placed him on a feeding tube to help him along.

Thankfully, our little guy showed a lot of improvement, and was off the tube & out of NICU the next day!!!

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Happy Birthday, Henry Jacob Rutherford

A huge surprise that our little guy came a little over a month early!  The night before, when I was getting ready for bed, I complained about my belly button hurting and noticed it finally popped out... must have been like a turkey thermometer telling me our little man was finished baking in my oven.  After sleeping for a few hours, I woke up at 12:30 to go to the bathroom and realized as I was walking my water broke.  Took me a few minutes to realize, but then woke up Jake.  He was so calm (thankfully one of us was.)

After taking a shower to quickly shave my legs, lol, we packed a suitcase for Hayden and took him to my friend Brandi's house... SO thankful she picked up her phone at 1am.  We finally arrived at the hospital around 1:30am, when I was admitted.  Because I have been on blood thinners, I had to wait until 9:30 to receive an epidural.  Thankfully, our little guy waited to arrive until after that!

Henry Jacob Rutherford was born at 4:47pm, weighing in at 6lbs. 8oz (which is pretty large for being almost 5 weeks early) and 20 inches in length.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

In honor of the day, we had our St. Patrick's Day meal, hunt for four-leaf clovers, and our traditional gold scavengar hunt from the leprechaun.  No luck this year, the leprechaun trap didn't work again! ;)

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