Maxwell David Ostrom

 

This little man is one month old today. I am so grateful God blessed Tommy and I with a healthy beautiful boy.

   

I checked in the hospital Saturday around 6pm to be induced Sunday morning. Because of my history and being on blood thinners my dr recommended being induced and I was completely on board. Being pregnant one less week, knowing when it would happen, my family being able to make plans all seemed great to me! The toughest part about being in the hospital was being away from John Thomas. I have only been away from him three nights his whole life so it was tough on both of us. My sisters and mom brought him to the hospital that night and he basically ignored me until it was time go. When he realized I was not taking him home he had a breakdown. He started crying begging me to come home, it broke my heart!! I started crying too. A nurse who was walking down the hall came in to make sure I was ok because she heard the screaming and crying. So sad. Thankfully my nurse came in and ask JT if he wanted to go get a popsicle and he managed to pull himself together ;)

After a night of little to no sleep it was baby day!!

John Thomas warmed up to me being in a hospital more when I let him crawl in the bad and showed him all the buttons he could push for the TV and move my bed.

 

Pitocin was started around 7am and we started the waiting game. I didn’t progress much at all until Dr Imbody broke my water around 5:30pm. The contractions started coming faster and more intense,  By 7pm they were awful!! and I got an epidural. I had two epidurals with John Thomas and neither one worked, I prayed they would this time! and it did. Labor with an epidural versus without is night and day difference. I could still feel the contractions on my left side but not bad. In my opinion the epidural made child birthing  SO much better! I could actually enjoy it (as much as you can) I don’t remember what time I started pushing but I don’t think I pushed longer than 30minutes. My husband and my sisters were all in the room when Maxwell David Ostrom made his entry at 11:55pm on June 1st . He was 7lbs 6ounces and 21 inches long and completely healthy. I am so blessed! John Thomas, my mom, dad, step mom and nephew were all in the waiting room to meet him. They were troopers! Especially JT and Gavin

 

At this point Maxwell was still baby boy, we could not agree on a name until his second day of life. Honestly it came down to a coin flip, best out of 7!

John Thomas is a big brother!!

 Little brother threw the first punch :)  

I am so thankful to be the mom of two boys and can’t wait to see what God has in store for both of them.

 

All the pictures are off my iphone, I hope to actually download the ones taken with the camera soon:)

Taken the day I went in the hospital

Getting Ready

 

We are counting down the final few days as a family of three.  I absolutely can not wait to meet this new guy that has been growing inside me! At the same time I am a little sad it will not be just JT and I anymore. He is my little buddy, we are together all the time and it works so well. My biggest concern is him adjusting well to having a baby at home and sharing me. Tommy believes that will be tough on him. I’m hoping with my family here and everything we have planned for him, he will stay busy until I become settled in my new role as a mom of two. I can’t wait!! So thankful the Lord has provided a healthy pregnancy and praying for a healthy baby (and safe delivery)

This pregnancy has been tougher than my with Jon Thomas. Starting with the fertility dr.,going on clomid, getting blood work twice week for the first three weeks, drs appointment every week from week 7-13, shots in my stomach twice a day starting the day I found out I was pregnant, progesterone, iron pills, starting at week 30 twice a week non stress test. Thankfully everything has gone well and we have never received one negative report from a drs appointment.  Now just a couple more days and we will meet the newest member of our family!

Tommy was off work the whole Memorial Day weekend and it was so nice to have him home!! Friday we celebrated our 5 year anniversary with a very nice dinner in Cincinnati

 

  

Saturday I got a new car! something bigger for our growing family :)

My new Highlander, I love it!

 

Saying goodbye to my old car, I really loved it too!

Sunday was John Thomas’ day and he wanted to go to the zoo. After church we drove to Cincinnati zoo.  He loved it!

JT requested to have this picture made, he is saying cheese

Monday we were able to relax and prepare for baby. We finished the day grilling and going out for ice cream. Successful day!

Another “cheese” face :)

End of the school year

 

John Thomas absolutely loved going to school this year! Next year he will be in the three year old class, he will start going three days a week from 9-12.  I think it will be perfect for him. They had a “graduation” for the school. The two and three year olds classes each did a song and the 4 years olds graduated.

 

We celebrated the end of school year with one of his friends, Landon, at Scene 75

John Thomas also had a field trip with his school the last day of school.  We went to Learning Tree Farm, where we also went a couple weeks before with my Moms group from church. He loved it both times:)

Sweet friends

 

His favorite part was catching the chickens    

Here is a few pictures from our last trip that I never blogged about

I think John Thomas going to “school”(two days a week for 2.5 hours) was great for him. He loved his teacher, his friends and learning. Now I am ready for all the fun summer brings!

Mother’s Day

Mother’s day celebration began on Friday, John Thomas’ pre school hosted a Mothers Tea for all moms. The teachers had all the kids make a card, poster and plate for the mothers. It was really sweet. My first handmade keepsake from John Thomas, really special.

He did show me on the plate where he put my favorite color (yellow) and his favorite color (orange) in the middle and Daddy’s favorite color (red) next to us. He loves knowing everyone favorite colors and finding them throughout the day.

We also had princess crowns. He didn’t want me to wear it much Friday but all day Sunday he would ask me where it was and to put it on

  

Mother’s Day was a nice but tough day. Saturday night I was up most of the night with my back and hips hurting. I could tell the baby dropped over night when I got up the next morning.

Francis was due on Mother’s day last year (May 12) so I think Mother’s Day will always be a little tough. I am very thankful to be less than a month to meeting our new baby but my heart is still hurts thinking about Francis and having a one year old. No one else remembers the dates like a mom does so it makes it tougher when you feel like everyone else has forgotten. My eyes have also been opened to all the women that are struggling to get pregnant, have lost children or mother’s. I am so thankful to be a mom but my heart breaks for all the women struggling.

I decided this year I wanted to start a Mother’s Day tradition, when John Thomas woke up that morning I asked him if he wanted to go get donuts and he said “Wow, that’s a really big treat” So cute!

We then went to church and lunch at the Country Club where sadly I didn’t take any pictures. Tommy had to run into work for a few minutes, John Thomas ran around the gym and played basketball

And at almost 3.5 this was the second day this week he refused a nap, we are now on day four of no naps. Just in time for baby;) I was really hoping he would nap until kindergarten!

A few random pictures

This was the beginning of me tracing his body with side walk chalk. I am pretty sure I did at least 20 more traces before I finally told him we had to take a break.

 

A booster for the university held a dinner to honor the coaches for their hard work and success during NCAA tournament.

 

Getting his workout in at Crossfit :)