First Visitors...

We didn't get a picture of all of our hospital visitors but here are a few pics from Caleb's first 48 hours of life ;)  Did I say it before, I love the hospital we delivered at...haha!  You will probably here me say that many times, every nurse we had was wonderful as was the hospital setting.
First visitors were my parents and my brother or "Uncle Elvis" as he would like Caleb to refer to him as...

 Cousin Ryane comes to visit...

 Caleb during his first "photo shoot" wearing his custom C shirt that I had made for him...FYI for all your sceptics out there we really hadn't decided on a name 100% and I brought another onesie with another initial in case we decided not to got with Caleb :)

 Another shot of Caleb during his photo shoot...

 Our steak and lobster dinner and it was delicious way better than many restaurants we have been too..we were very pleasantly surprised and the chocolate cake was to die for...should not have eaten it but I could not resist!

 Another shot of our boy :)

 Here are a few of the photos that were taken at the hospital by the photographer there...they did a great job :)

 Holding his head up and he wasn't even 24 hours old yet, needless to say he is quite strong!

Some other visitors were our friends John and Alex and their little boy Jace.  They came during Caleb's hearing screen and Jace did such a good job being quite as well during that test.  Alex said a few times to him Jace isn't baby Caleb so cute so then Jace kept saying "Baby Caleb so cute!" So adorable when said by a 2 year old :)

Amber, Barian and their little boy who is also 2 also came by to visit us.  Brody brought some of his great new toys he had gotten at his birthday party earlier that day and was so cute as he would look at baby Caleb.  We were trying to get him used to the idea of having a baby around since he is going to be a big brother in June.  He got some practice about how to react when his parents are holding another baby, I think he will be a great big brother:)

Introducing Caleb Andrew Seaman

So sorry for the delay in this post, it has been an amazing but crazy ride since our little guy was born, from family visiting to some feeding issues which I can blog about later I am super behind in my blogging!  Hope to get one done every day for a few days here to catch up!!

Here is a pic from the night before we went to the hospital, last night before we got to meet the little guy, actually probably just about 24 hours before. This says 40 weeks but it was closer to 41 :)

Caleb's Birth Story:
Caleb's due date was March 20th, prior to this I had no real signs of labor and a fairly easy pregnancy.  It seemed that he was taking up a lot of space in there but not until my doctors appointment two days after his "due date" did the doctor suspect he might be big!  We went into the doctor on Tuesday the 22nd and Caleb still had not "dropped" at all and I had no signs of any labor so he went ahead and did a sonogram just to make sure he was head down.  During that sonogram the doctor determined that he could be as big as 9 lbs and 13oz.  Oh my we all thought, the doctor said that since I was already scheduled to be induced on Friday we would continue with that plan and see how progress went.  The doctor wasn't overly confident that he was actually that big otherwise he said I would have automatically been put into in c-section category.  So then our next fear was we were having a huge baby and what if we were not able to get into the hospital on Friday due to it being very crowded which we had been told all week that it was.
Friday morning at 7:15 we left for the hospital and by 7:45 were all checked in which was wonderful.  First prayer answered!  We delivered him at Baylor Frisco very close to our house which I had heard rave reviews about and they didn't disappoint.  Our whole experience there was excellent including the staff, food etc.
Our first nurse of the day was wonderful and started me on an IV and Pitocin. The doctor stopped by and we had talk with him and nurse that they would watch me all day but that Caleb still had not dropped at all and if that continued to be the case or there were any signs of distress that we would deliver him via c-section as we had thought would be the case.  I have always said I didn't want to just have a c-section but I wanted to make sure no added distress was caused to the baby so whatever was safest was what we needed to do.  So we hung out in the delivery room until about 12/1 with a small bit of progress I think we went from 1 to about 2 or maybe 3cm.  The around this time the doctor came by to say he was going to break my water to see if that helped or sped up the process.  At this point I wasn't in much pain yet but the nurse told me that the anesthesiologist was heading into a complicated c-section so they wanted to come put in my epidural before that.  No medicine had to go in but just in case in the next few hours I needed it and they were not available.  So they came in and put in my epidural line, two doctors.  One who was the normal one and the other who was I believe his boss but mainly would oversee the process.  As he was putting it in they kept saying they were ready for him in the operating room so the other doctor offered to finish taping the epidural to my back so he could get into surgery.  They did a test dose of meds and seemed to be working although it was stronger on one side than the other.  Either way we were ready when we needed the meds. 
About an hour after the doctor broke my water we started to see some progress and then a little more progress and I was starting to feel a lot of pain.  Around that time they started my epidural which seemed to help the pain a lot.  A few more hours passed and I was starting to feel a lot of pain especially on the left side of my body.  Seemed to feel every contraction and it was very painful.  The nurse had the anesthesiologist come back in to check everything and he noticed that my epidural was out...hence the pain I was feeling.  I had bairley moved so ended up blaming it on a bad tape job of the other doctor.  He was very apologetic although by far the epidural wasn't bad at all so I didn't mind having one again as long as it meant it would help in the end!
So after epidural #2 was in place we were back in business, Caleb had dropped a little bit and I had dilated to about 4 cm's.  Around 7 was shift change for the nurses also about the same time I started feeling terrible, I thought I was going to be sick for about a half hour and probably should have gotten sick, I bet it would have made me feel better quicker but I hate that so much I avoided it :)  The new nurse was hopeful that the sickness meant that I had progressed even more so on the next check they found that I was at 9.5 and he had actually dropped.  Something we thought was never going to happen which was awesome!
Here is the last picture opportunity before we started pushing...pic of me and then the rest of the room :)

Since the elight eight basktetball was on that evening at least something was now on tv to watch as well, the first two games were pretty terrible but the second two games turned out to be quite good.  So much more exciting than daytime tv....terrible!  Around 9:15/9:30 my doctor came back and I was starting to feel lots of pressure which was a good sign we were ready to start pushing.  My new night nurse was awesome and I kept telling her I don't want to push a really long time.  She said that she had been doing this for too long and was too old (only 37, not old) to let me push for too long either and would not let me start until the time was right :)
After my doctor came in though he said it was probably time to start pushing, she somewhat dissagreed and took her time getting the room prepped before we actually started.  Around 9:45/10 we actually started pushing.  The doctor finally came in around 10:30 or so as we were getting really close, also at the same time the Ohio State basketball game was on and a good game it was.  The doctor asked if we could spin the bed around so he could watch the game too...needless to say Jared gave him some updates but we didn't move the bed ;)  After about an hour total of pushing and at the very end of the basketball game (11:01pm) Caleb made his debut!  We were so excited to meet him and they weighed and measured him twice to make sure his large size was correct.  9lbs 1oz and 21.5 inches long, he had a fever when he was born due to me having a fever at the end of labor.  Within 10 minutes though that was gone and we had him in our arms!  What an amazing moment and day!! 

My parents had gotten into town earlier that day so after about 2 hours they came to visit Caleb for the first time and brough Jared and I some food, I was so hungry after not eating since 10pm the night before!  We were then sent to our room and our next adventure in being parents had begun! 
Jared was wonderful during the whole process and I could not be more thankful for such a wonderful and caring husband.  Plus, he loves babies and kids which most of you probably know already which is awesome.  We are so thankful to God for such a beautiful, healthy baby boy!!

36 Weeks...

This one is a little late too, going to take a 38 week picture today! Can't believe we are soo close already! Wearing the same shirt as the 33 week picture so you can see some difference ;)  As you can see Libby made it into the last picture, she is so excited for her little brother....umm j/k she doesn't have any clue how much her life is going to change...poor girl.

Baby Shower in Texas!!

I had a wonderful baby shower in Texas the weekend of the super bowl.  There was a bit of drama leading up to the shower in that in Dallas we had 2 inches of ice covering everything for about 3 days and then the dusting of show we were supposed to get turned into 6 inches.  For a city that shuts down at the threat of bad weather you imagine how crazy it was here.  The shower was Saturday which was supposed to be really our first day of a little warmer weather where the snow and ice might finally melt.  That mixed with the fact that Jared's mom, brother and grandpa's flights got canceled which lead to them driving down!!  We moved the shower back from its original 11am time to the afternoon! I am so glad we did because we then had a wonderful turnout and the day was perfect! 

To start off here are some pictures of the fabulous decor, and cake!

 Awesome cake!! 

 Even a gluten-free cake for me! 

 Cakeballs were a hit as well as the brownies, you can see some more of the decor in these pics which was fabulous!  Lots of sports stuff as that is what the babies nursery theme is.

 Some of the fabulous presents!

 Games!  Some were pretty tough, the hardest was Mac' & Cheese but my friend Kristin got that one :) 

Cute, cute favors!  Basketballs, Baseballs and Soccer ball cookies, I heard they were excellent!  Darn trying to be good and not eat flour!

 Pictures of Jared and I when we were babies, such a cute idea!

 Also, some favorite toys memories from when were little, doll and book of mine and a bunny, shoes and pictures of Jared!  All were quite cute and I must say I had forgotten about some of them so nice to see them again!!

Me with the amazing hosts of the shower, they did such a fabulous job and I had such a great time! 

 Gift from my Mom (had to get a pic since they could not be there,missed her!) mobile for the room as well as Sophie the giraffe!

 Gift from cousin Kelsea, she wanted to come but couldn't make it down from Oklahoma because of the weather, a cute OU tag blanket.  This child is going to be VERY confused when it comes to sports teams to root for :)  Jared and I differ in who we cheer for in about every sport plus we have the Texas and Oklahoma teams...oh my!!

 Adorable sign that Aunt Kayla made for the babies room "for Love of the Game"  is perfect in the room, will try to post pictures of that soon!

 This onesie was a favorite, thanks Cyndi!! 

 Big gift of the carseat from the shower hosts...thank you so much...already installed in the car!

 Me with the adorable cake

 Showing off some gifts from Aunt Heather who could not be there either, we missed you!  A great blanket for the baby to play on as well as some Micheal Jordan onesie's (one player Jared and I can both agree on as a favorite)

 Me, my mother in law and sister in law with all the wonderful gifts!!

The shower was such fun, so glad we were able to have it and it wasn't cancelled due to crazy weather in Dallas!! 

33 Weeks...a little late

I haven't been a very good blogger lately so here are a few posts to catch up :)  Here are my 33 week pictures! Can't believe this was already several weeks ago!  Time is flying by and we are so excited to meet our little boy!

Christmas In Indiana....

Sorry for my blogging absence...still some more Christmas to post ;)  After our trip to Chicago we headed to Indiana for some wonderful time with Jared's family!  It was so great to see everyone and be able to spend so much time with both our families...wish so much we lived closer.  How many times will I say that...well probably for both our families until we actually do..haha!

Our first Christmas celebration there was the Burke Christmas which is Jared's mom's side of the family.  I took some pictures during this time but not really any that ended up being any good :(  We had a wonderful day with the whole family, a great meal and is the tradition a white elephant gift exchange.  Which we try to find the best gift we can to throw into the mix. 

We then had our annual family shopping day where we try to finish up any shopping we have not done for each other.  Great that we can also take advantage of the after Christmas sales ;)

Finally we had our Seaman Family Christmas, this first pick is a glimpse of Jared during our brunch which was delicious!!

Next we moved on to gifts ;)  Lots and lots for everyone!!

Stockings too, although Santa had to put all our gifts in bags as they would not fit in our stockings :)

A picture with my Jared and his mom with some of our fabulous gifts that she gave us this year :)

Libby was a little tired from all the fun in Chicago still and to top it off in Indiana she also got to play with her cousin Zeus, she took a little rest during all our Christmas fun :)

Nate and Mom showing off his awesome gift to her!  He is very creative and lets just say his gift is to try to start saving some money ;)

Heather and Mom with the awesome pink snuggie that she got her!

Nate and Jared in some of their awesome Colts gear, thanks Mom!!

Had to put this one in :)  I made Christmas bags this year for my mother in law for the gifts that she gives all of us.  We get so many wonderful gifts from her each year and to make life a little easier I thought I should make bags for each person in the family in hopes that she isn't up all night before we celebrate Christmas.  I think it helped and was fun but not sure that any more sleep was gotten this year :)

The girls showing off some of the great gifts - pj's and bags to just name a few :)

Our trip was wonderful and so thankful to be able to spend time with family although the car ride was not quite as fun this year with having to stop so much due to being pregnant.  We will have to see how our little one is next year before we set out on our journey.  Hope he will be a good car traveler ;)

One final pic that I must share.  Libby is quite the retriever and loves to play frisbee with Jared, she jumps and catches it in the air and will run after just about any ball or object you will throw for her.  Well her cousin Zeus likes it as well but has a few different habits when it comes to going after the frisbee.  Libby drops it and takes off, Zeus will wait until you throw.  Well Jared learned that the hard way and when Zeus dropped the frisbee and he went down to pick it up Zeus jumped up and hit his head on the top of Jared's eye.   He kept trying to come up with a "fun" story about what happened but to no avail many friends/family/co-workers and strangers asked him what happened when his eye looked like this ;)

Next up, what we have been up to in Texas, a belly pic update and my Texas baby shower!!