Breakfast On Pluto

I can't believe my sweet babe is nearly 2 months old!  I also can't believe how much of my time is taken up by being a milk factory. My poor house is neglected, my poor animals are neglected, my poor self is neglected, because Jordan must feed around the clock. Jojo is getting bigger because she's awake more than she sleeps now. I'm lucky if I can get a solid 1-2 hours of time, but usually she naps in 20 minute chunks. She sleeps best on me, which makes it hard to get anything else done!



She is THE sweetest chunk though. She laughs (AKA joyous squeal) and babbles at us all day long, loves to watch Veggie Tales' "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything"- just that video- and is happiest when cuddling with Mommy and Daddy in their bed. She even sleeps through the whole night when she sleeps with us. I know I shouldn't let her and ought to keep her in her own bed but sometimes I can't say no to a full night of sleep. :-) She's going in for her shots on Monday and then I can finally show her off in public without worrying that she's going to die of a cold and I will be blamed. Of course, Rob and I can't help but think she is the smartest, most advanced child there ever was, but there are a few things that have amazed even our doctors.

• Jordan has been supporting her own head, consistently,since 4 weeks. 
• Jordan "talks" back and forth in answer to what we say.
• She has strong legs and can support her own weight for several seconds at a time.
• Jordan hums along with music, especially if Mommy is singing to her.
• Jordan has a specific sound for when she wants me, AKA to eat. She will say, wawa (which sounds eerily like mama) and if I don't come over right away, she will cry WAWAWA. Lol.

All in all, she's won our hearts and its so fun to have her around! I cannot wait till next week when my family comes in and I get to take her to Disneyworld! Even if we ride the Carousel, take a picture in front of the castle and get her a mickey hat and go home, it will be awesome. And now that naptime is over, I have to go feed the little miss before she screams.

(I'll try and keep this PG but if you never wanted to know anything at all about the birthing process, don't read ahead!)

Mid-contraction. Thanks Rob.

Rob and I knew Jordan was coming the night before she was born. At my last dr. appointment that Thursday, my doctor told me to go to the hospital if she wasn't born that night- I was about 5cm. So we laid in bed freaking out all night long, and at 5:30am went to the hospital. I considered not showing up but I knew this had to happen sometime and after all this waiting, postponing it another day or two would just be worse.

Once at the hospital, we checked in at triage and I had my temperature and blood pressure taken and answered a ton of questions. The admitting nurse was SO funny. She went on about how labor is just a pain the neck, and how you don't need any of the baby stuff they say you do. She went on and on and on.






So we got into the triage room and they hooked me up to a monitor.While hooked up I dilated to 6cm and then were officially admitted. We had to wait a while for a labor room, but one opened up around 8am. I had my first wheelchair ride up there!


They hooked me up again. I had an IV drip and a monitor so I couldn't move around like I wanted, but I wasn't in pain and was so tired that laying around was nice.

Our nurse, Lya, was SO awesome. She really helped calm us down. Rob's vesovagal started acting up so he kept laying on chairs- they eventually brought him a recliner so he didn't pass out! At 8:45am they broke my water and started me on a Pitocin drip to make my contractions regular. For awhile we hung out and joked around, waiting for stuff to start. Rob had joked at the beginning of all of this that I had until 10AM to have the baby, but since we didn't even get into our room until 8am he kindly extended the deadline until noon.

Around 10:30am my contractions had starting speeding up and began to get painful. I was already past 7cm but I decided to get pain relief because I figured I could be like this till 7 or 8pm and I'd die. The problem is, by the time I decided I needed an epidural, it took about 30 minutes for everything to get set up and another 20 minutes for it to begin to set in. Poor Rob had to go into the bathroom while they gave it to me, and the nurse tried to call him out while my back was still exposed. I yelled to warn him not to look but he still got a glance. By 11:30am, half my body was numb and the other half was still getting beaten by the contractions. I felt so bad for Rob, he was taking my pain worse than I was.




I went from 8 cm to 10 cm in 5 minutes, and after a few pushes we had to wait for the dr. After 20 total minutes of pushing out came Jordan, with a record time of a 3 hour labor! Once the doctors pronounced her healthy, we were amazed at how great she looked- not squished or deformed or bruised, not even a conehead :-)


Jordan Hanna, born May 27th at 12:18pm, weighing 6lb. 9oz. and 19 inches long. She's such a love! Rob is already an amazing dad, and hopefully my mothering instinct will come out from its 25 years of hiding so I can be a decent mother. 

Perhaps I need to explain why I really love the Fourth of July! Long weekends, cookouts, waterparks, fireworks, LOVE IT. My favorite memories involve a day out at a celebration of some kind, with lots of events, eating KFC picnic style, with a huge firework finale (the kind where they play music with the fireworks). My absolute favorite one to date was the year my friend and I went into downtown Boston and spent the day sightseeing before watching fireworks on the bridge. I've also had an awesome 4th at the Hollywood Bowl (oh California I miss you!).

This year was a little tricky. I hate when they put fireworks on the 3rd instead of the 4th. It doesn't feel real to me. But with a 5 week old baby in tow, we ended up not going to fireworks. We are still keeping her away from crowds until we get the 2 month shots as recommended, and in Orlando there are NO places without tons of crowds. I did my KFC, and a relaxing weekend with Rob and Jordan, and it was nice.

Jordan got all dressed up in honor of the holiday. I bought a dress from Gymboree courtesy of Noni, and while it was still a little big it was super cute! I know I wanted a boy, but I do have to say the perks of having a girl is that I get to play dress up all over again. And next year I get to look forward to dragging my one year old and husband to fireworks!