8 days old.....

I can't believe how quickly the past week has gone by and how much Leyton has grown & changed in that short time. When we left the hospital on Saturday, Leyton weighed 6lbs and 6oz, (it's typical for newborns to loose up to 11oz. the first week) and on Monday when we went to a follow-up doctors visit (due to his high temp. he got after he was born) they said that he was back to his birth-weight of 6lbs 11 oz. Needless to say, he loves his Similac formula! The doctor said that everything looked well and that the blood test and cultures looked fine and told us to come back in 2 weeks for his first real check-up. Today we went to the hospital to get some blood work done-standard practice-and when they pricked his heel he cried but as soon as they were done he went right back to sleep. He is great in the car -(we are so lucky) and sleeps through all his car rides. We are working on trying to sleep a little less in the day so that we sleep longer at night-but aside from that he is a happy baby and we are extrermely lucky, grateful and blessed for such a precious gift!!!!!! Enjoy the pics of his first week at home.

He's here!!!!!

Leyton Michael Perrin was born at 6:40pm Aug. 20. He weighs 6lbs, 11oz and is 20" long. He is beautiful with long eyelashes and a head of brown hair.

D Day

Today we got some good news:

Dilated: 3cm
Effaced: 95%
Measuring 40 weeks

Still making progress-slowly. However, the best part is that unless he comes before, we are scheduled to induce next Wednesday at 5AM (his actual due date)!!!!! My last day of work will be this Friday and I will have 1 more doctors appointment next Tuesday. I am feeling mental relief-but not physical relief-but at least we have a day. Until next week........

And...we're still counting.....

I know this is late-but I hoped to be posting pics by now (sigh). Progress report from Dr. Appt on Tuesday:

Dilated: a little over a 2
Effaced: 95%
Station: 0

Dr. Robert was glad that I was progressing and didn't feel the need to do anything-she really didn't know if I would make it to my next Dr. Appt this Tuesday-ahem. I had a few small contractions-inconsistent-this past week and then nothing. I continue to have lots of braxton-hicks contractions-but that's not what "gets the baby moving". We'll keep you posted.....

The Final Countdown...

Today marks the 3 week count down to my due date and according my Dr., she doesn't think I will make it to Aug. 26- I really hope she is right. The following are my "stats" as of yesterday's appointment:

-Dilated 1.5cm

-80% effaced

-Stationed at a -1

For those of you who aren't preggers and have never been-let me make this simple-I've progressed quite a bit since last weeks appointment (40% effaced and no dilation), baby has dropped and she can feel his head. She wouldn't give any estimates-but she did say that she didn't think I would make it to my due date but she didn't think it would happen in the next day or two (but to have my bags packed). We'll keep you posted on my "progress".

With that news I decided to go ahead and post nursery pics-we still need a lamp and are waiting for the rocking chair cushions to come in-aside from that (and the fact that I need to move the diapers) the nursery is complete.

Here is a close up of the bedding that my Aunt made-I love it!!!!