Kevin, Krystina, and Samuel

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Day 1 of parenthood

2/3/2010 - The Day After

When I look at this picture now the phrase that come to me is ...

"What do I do now?"

That morning we met our pediatrician and he told us that he could circumcise Sam right away, we agreed to it. After the traumatic experience Sam was pretty exhausted and calm for the rest of the day.

Poor Little Guy

All he does is sleep!

Amid all of the excitement, we still managed to count all our our son's toes. He had all ten!

What we didn't notice was that on his left foot his pinkie and 4th toe were WEBBED!

He was the most well known baby in the hospital because of his cute little toes!

I am seriously considering framing the picture of his little toes :)

Dreaming of Heaven

My friend/co-worker Asia came to meet Sam.

Yes, her name is Asia, like the continent ;)

2/2/2011 Samuel's Birthday!

2/2/2011

5:30 AM - Kevin wakes up for work, I can't sleep so I get up too. Kevin goes to work and I go downstairs to watch TV and clean the house because I was set to be induced that friday.

7:30 AM - Kevin walks in the door informing me that he had been laid off, but his work was giving him a months severance pay to help while he found another job, and our insurance would still be in effect for another 2 months. So it was bad, but not as bad as it could have been.

7:35 - AM We call the hospital letting them know that we will be inducing that day. At first the nurse said that was not possible, but after politely letting her know that she will let us have our baby today and some sweet talking my OBGYN they told us to come right in!

10:00 AM - Pitocin is started and my water is broken

11:00 AM - My Best friend Hannah shows up for moral support!

12:00 PM - I receive my epidural.
I tried to hold out, but the nurse kept saying, "Quit trying to be a hero and get the epidural already!" I didn't need very much more convincing than that! 2 hours of pitocin induced contractions was all I wanted, I did my due diligence.

No more pain.

I look totally high, and felt high too. It was hard to keep both my eyes open. The rest of the labor i played card games with Kevin and Hannah. I did not take any naps because I was too exited for him to get here!

10:00 PM After 2 hours of pushing, my little piece of heaven FINALLY came to this earth :)

Don't mind his Alien vs. Predator head! He has quite the journey!

2 relieved and proud parents.

The actual birth was not that bad. Don't get me wrong, it was to most pain I had ever been in.

I opted out the my last shot of epidural before pushing so I could feel my legs and push better to make it go by faster, but it still took 2 hours!

Word of advice to future mothers out there, when the doc and everyone around you keeps telling you "you are almost there!", they are lying.

It was such a great experience and I would like to think i had a good attitude through the whole process. Kevin was such a good sport and he cut the chord! Hannah was awesome! She stayed the entire time and got me McDonald's after because the cafeteria was closed.

Sam came back to us, after the nurses took care of him, all bundled up!

One proud, and VERY tired mamma!

His cute little smooshed face :)

Auntie Hannah!

Sam's First Bath

Newborn diapers were so huge on him!

Samuel Kevin Egbert

7 Pounds 8 Ounces, 21 Inches long

The day might have started out a disaster, but it also ended up being the happiest day of our lives :)

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Susie Homemaker? Hardly!

My friend Lyssa has a cute car seat cover that I had been eyeing for months. When I went to buy one for Sam, I found out they sell for 40 bucks a pop! Really? For two pieces of fabric sewn together?!

I didn't even think twice about walking away and driving to JoAnn's to pick out my own fabric.

Kevin and I received a nice sewing machine for our wedding that I never opened until I took on this project. This seemed like a safe first project to test it out, right?

I know I have a son, but I refuse to stick to the blue boy patterns for EVERYTHING!!!

I have decided that even if I pick out girly patterns, as long as the colors are gender neutral, it would be OK.

Here is cover number one. I sewed the entire cover inside out first, and hen had to rip out the seams and sew it right side out. This took a lot longer than I expected, I had Sam before i could sew the straps on!

And it's reversible!

I already have the fabric for the second one that I will hopefully make before I go back to work.

All the fabric came out to less than 40 bucks for 2 covers and another yard of fabric for a nursing cover! So worth the money :)

Kevin Ruined Christmas!

I worked really hard this year to find a present for kevin that was original, one that he would never guess. Kevin didn't ask for anything big, but my favorite thing in the world is to see Kevin' eyes light up. I got the bright idea to get him model dirt bikes for Sam's room when he was born.

I got him a James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael, and Ryan Villopoto bike.

These are some of his favorite riders! I got off work early bought them and rushed home to wrap them and put them under the tree before Kevin got home from work! I could not wait until Christmas!!!!

Christmas eve rolled around and Kevin went up to the tree that afternoon and picked up one of the presents and squeezed the box. He smiled, looked at me and said "its a toy", I confidently said no. Then he said "its a model car" I smiled, and confidently said no. He then said "its a model bike!" I then did what any woman would do it this situation. I proceeded to punch his arm and then ran upstairs screaming "YOU RUINED CHRISTMAS!" I locked myself in our room and cried for one about one minute flat... and then realized how insane I was and got up and got over it.
Oh the joys of being 8 months pregnant and overdosing on hormones...

Christmas is here!!!

Twas the Night before Christmas...

Our fireplace might be gas powered, but at least it still looks like Christmas :)

We decided to be a real christmas tree family this year. All my life we went christmas tree hunting in our garage, not at a store! Kevin convinced me that the pine smell from the tree was one of his favorite parts of christmas. I suggested putting pine car fresheners around the house, but that didn't fly! I was outnumbered by Kevin and our brother Trent that was living with us at the time.

We offered to puppy-sit Tank(the Yorkie) while our friends, the Pateys, went to Alaska.

Rocky loved having a playmate, she loved it a little too much. While they were chasing each other around the house rocky slammed into the wall! We love our dumb dog...

Rocky knows how to jump on our bed, and always lounges there even though she know she's not allowed. Tank got jealous so we let him up for a minute...

It then turned into a dog pile!

Tank had no fear of heights! Don't mind my prego belly, only 5 weeks to go! :)

Christmas Morning!!!

We slept in until about 7. Ye,s I said slept in! You try to make a pregnant lady sleep in, especially for Christmas morning!!!

As you can easily see here, Kevin wasn't as exited as I was to wake up that early...

His attitude quickly changed when he saw what was inside...

He has only played it like once since Christmas, better luck finding a stocking stuffer next year Krystina. Nothing beats his Reflex dirtbike game.