2 months old!

Yesterday William turned two months old!!
My little boy is growing so fast! I can hardly believe it.
His weight is now: 15 pounds 2.5 ounces 96th percentile
His height is now: 24.5 inches 97th percentile
and his head is in the 96th percentile
He is a BIG boy, but a very proportionally big :)

He has his own passport now!!!

He is crazy strong, and loves to show off those muscles during tummy time! He also likes to kick me in the stomach whenever he gets the chance.
He is totally hotbodied. This kid does not need an extra layer. In fact, if I am feeling like I need two blankets at night, he probly just needs one, cause otherwise he sweats a bunch.
He is learning to love bath time! As long as he gets to have us cuddle him in the bath he does great!
Speaking of cuddling, this kid likes to cuddle 24/7!
He is a CHAMP at eating. Seriously, I am super glad about it. He's gained weight really fast and seems to be very healthy. Plus, he was the EASIEST kid to breastfeed since day one. I have had absolutely no pain, and if he latches on incorrectly he re-latches himself. Since day one guys. I am so lucky.
Sleep is still iffy, but we are working hard at actually getting him on a schedule. Cause the kid kept thinking that midnight was his bedtime. And he still can't go longer than 3 hours without eating, but I don't mind that.
Every morning this kid has to poop. Same time every morning. He is regular. lol but it does mean I have to get up with him to help him work out his morning farts through bicycle kicks and baby sit-ups. After about 5 minutes of working it out he is a happy camper :)
This kid loves to play where's the baby and follow different toys with his eyes. He is also practicing swatting and grasping things. Like my hair, he loves to pull hair.
He loves to be read his books! And he loves to be talked to in Spanish!
He also loves smiling and talking! His baby coo's melt me. He smiles SO BIG, and daddy knows how to make him laugh. (Apparently his Elmo impersonation, and his angry dinosaur voice are the Funniest things to this kid!)
His eyes are still grey. Not sure what they will end up being.
He is a huge fan of car rides! Or more specifically, freeway rides. The whole stopping at lights thing annoys him.
He loves piano music. Don't try to sneak in other instruments though, he is pretty specific about it being just piano. His favorite is Yiruma :)
Oh and yesterday he rolled over from his front to his back when we left him on his own for a couple minutes. Holy cow! I'm not sure if it was on purpose or if he just accidentally did it, hopefully I will actually SEE it soon. I've seen him roll onto his side a couple of times (he likes to sleep on his side)

William's Birth!

My little man is here!!! I have never been so sleep deprived or deliriously happy. He was born at 39 weeks exactly. It took me a while to realize it was true labor. I thought I was just having bad cramps. I spent the morning working reading and writing my 39 weeks post but before I finished it the cramps were getting pretty bad, so I took some tylenol and a warm bath, and when the cramps got too bad in the bath I switched to a shower. The "cramps" were getting bad enough that I was stopping whatever I was doing and focusing on breathing with each one. My husband came home to see me while taking a late lunch between classes. I told him i might be having the real deal but we both agreed to just wait it out till my obgyn appointment at about 4 since they were still 7 minutes apart. When I got to the doctors I explained to the nurses that I was having contractions at then 5 minutes apart and how strong they were, the doctor saw me immediately. I was already dilated to a 4 so he stripped the membranes and sent me to the hospital next door for an hour long observation to make sure it was real labor and continuing. After about 20 minutes of observation they asked me if I wanted the epidural (A definite yes) and got me into my room.

It took 5 tries to get the dang IV in me so I could get the epidural. My bruises from the burst blood vessels are just now finally starting to fade. But oh that glorious epidural!!! So much relief! It was beautiful. As soon as it was working it was time for another cervix check. My water broke during it and Bradley got to see it lol. Some of my husband's family showed up soon after to bring him some dinner and come say hi during the whole waiting to dilate thing. The nurse thought the epidural might be slowing my contractions down so she gave me a low dose of pitocin. I could still feel everything but it wasn't painful, which was awesome. About 30 minutes later I told the nurse I was feeling a lot of pressure, so she checked me again and I had jumped from being dilated at a 4 to a 9 in under an hour! And this kids head was right there ready for pushing! The nurse went to get the doctor. As soon as she returned a few minutes later we started practice pushing, but the baby was so ready to get out we could only even do a couple since we definitely wanted the doctor there. When the doctor arrived we got my mom on video chat, and I kept my mother-in-law and of course my husband in the room.

Doctor Bean is the best, he was great to have delivering little William. Him and my nurses (the same nurses who took care of me on Christmas when I thought I was in labor the first time) kept me super positive. Bradley had the gopro to video the whole thing cause I wanted to see it all. Birth is pretty dang cool. Near the end of pushing Doctor Bean suggested some music be put on, so Bradley put on the Henry Mancini station on Pandora, and the first song to come on was "I've got you under my skin" by Frank Sinatra, which made us all laugh, cause it was such great timing. Very appropriate for the situation. After 40 minutes of pushing baby William was out!! My husband made this great video to commemorate the event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GDcJpA3EyY

Birth was awesome, and honestly easier than pregnancy for me :) I LOVED giving birth. And I really loved meeting my baby with some quality skin-to-skin right after! Love at first sight. I cried, Bradley cried, it was all just beautiful. I slept all of two hours that night because I couldn't stop staring at this beautiful child that had grown inside of me (how did he fit????) I ended up sending him to the nursery for those two hours so Bradley and I would sleep. My hospital stay was filled with amazing nurses helping me, visits from family members, and some surprisingly good hospital food. My experience really couldn't have been much better in any way. I'm so grateful everything went so smoothly.

And here are a ton of pictures taken at the hospital by my sister-in-law AmandaBethPhotography, she is amazing :)