5 Weeks

5 Weeks

We’ve been busy growing!  Grayson now weights 8 lbs 10 ozs!  Yay!  Our little man is putting on the weight and we are so thankful!  (He did not put on enough weight between his 2 week appointment and his month appointment).   So, our goal and focus has been making sure he is eating well.  I cannot tell you how happy it makes Chad and I that he is starting to gain.

We’ve been busy learning how to travel too.  Chad, Grayson, and I made our first trip up to Austin and my goodness; I was exhausted after our trip.  If the car stops, he is unhappy, and starts to cry…..   Grayson and I have learned that there is coffee shop in Wimberley, yippee!!  Grayson and I also took Birdie to the veterinarian this week to have her stitches taken out.  I must say, it really did feel like an accomplishment to take the baby and the dog into the vet!

Chad and I have started to learn that our simple errands are not quite so simple anymore and that we really have to plan!  Partly due to Grayson’s eating schedule which right now is still every 2 to 3 hours and partly due to the fact that Wimberley is not the easiest to get too!  We are getting the hang of it though. 

Here are some pictures of the cutie!

Four Generations

His San Antonio Girlfriend- slept right through his first date!

Stare Off

Baby G Sleeping

One Month Old!

All Smiles in his crib

Grandma Bille and Grandpa Ray came to visit!

Hanging out

Three Weeks?!

Daddy Time

Lou, Pops, Boone, Case, Ryder, and Grayson

After my First Real Bath

Great Nanny and Grayson

Poppop and Grayson

We can’t believe it, but the little mister is already three weeks old!   Time has absolutely flown by and I have no idea of what we have done for the past three weeks!  All I know is that the Sills Family is so loved.  We have had visits from all of the Grandparents, the aunts, uncles, cousins, and Great Nanny and Poppop!  We have even had visits from friends and our wonderful neighbors!  All of the visitors have been so wonderful and such and amazing helps as Chad and I learn to be new parents!  Thank you for all of your love and support! 

And Then There Was Three!

Words cannot describe how completely blessed we are!   Grayson Douglas Sills arrived into the world on February 20, 2012.  He was 21 ½” long and weighed 7.9 lbs and had a gorgeous head of hair!

Chad and I started our morning off pretty early arriving at the hospital a little after 6 am.  I was pretty excited when Paula our nurse walked in.   She was the same nurse / instructor that we had for all of our classes, so I felt completely comfortable with herJ.  I don’t remember which happened first, but I think that my water was broke and then we started inducing the labor.  For the first few hours everything was progressing really nicely.  I was able to walk around the Labor and Delivery part of the hospital in order to get the labor moving and in order to deal with the contractions. 

After about 8 hours of being in labor, things stopped progressing.  Grayson was not handling the contractions well and his heart rate would fall after each one.   Our nurse Paula walked in and told us that there was a possibility that we would need a C-Section.  After about another hour of being in labor, Paula walked back in and told us that we needed a C-Section and that our Doctor was on her way over.  At this point in time in was about 3 P.M.  I was wheedled back to the operating room and about 10 minutes later, Chad was finally able to come back to the operating room too.  If you ask Chad, those 10 minutes was the longest of his life.

Grayson Douglas was born at 3:17 P.M.   He is a beautiful healthy little boy!

We were able to spend the rest of the afternoon as a family of Three!   We are so lucky and so blessed that we had family around to support and lift us up.  Grayson is so loved-already!

Baby Grayson

The Sills Family

Sleeping in the hospital

Laying under the Photo Therapy Lights

On My Way Home!!

It's Almost Time

Today is February 15^th and Grayson’s Due Date is just around the corner!  I really cannot believe how fast the time has gone by and that Chad and I are about to be parents.

We had our weekly appointment this morning and we still have no news yet.  Our doctor did want us to go ahead and pick a day to induce, which she had talked to us about last week, so we knew it was coming.

If Grayson does not come in the next 3 days, we will finally get to meet him on Monday, February 20^th!  We are so ready and so excited to meet the newest addition to the family! 

While we are waiting, here are the rest of the belly pictures!

It's a Small World

My friend Katie sent me an email months ago regarding one of her friends that was interested in starting a photography business.  Her friend needed all sort of subjects to help fill up her website, engaged couples, newlyweds, families, newborns, and of course maternity couples.  The only bad thing, as you can see from the previous posts is that my belly was not that big and would not have made the best maternity pictures!!

Katie’s friend, Kelly and I emailed a few times back and forth and decided that we would wait until about the 30 to 33 week mark before we took any pictures.

As Chad and I were trying to find Kelly and emailing back and forth, her last name came across in her signature block in her email… Kelly Lavoie.  I had not seen her last name before, because usually she would just sign her emails as Kelly Jean.   I figured that Lavoie is not that common of a last name and I was right, Kelly is the sister of one of my sorority sisters!! 

I just think it is amazing how small this world really is!  As you can see, Kelly did a fantastic job of capturing my belly and accentuating it!!  Chad and I had a great time taking pictures.  We were in a very eccentric part of Austin, South Congress.  It is so much fun on that street and when you think of “Keeping Austin Weird” this is the street that you think of! 

I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we do!  Thanks Kelly!

The Nursery is Complete- Finally!!

It’s done!  I’m not exactly sure how we procrastinated so long, that’s not really like Chad and I.  But somehow, the nursery has taken us months to finish!

We could not have done it without Nanny, Grumpy, and Lou!

After a few months of using my amazing selling skills, I was able to convince Chad that the light yellow walls that we had in the room (which when the room was painted about 5 years ago and were supposed to be perfect for a nursery some day) needed to be painted blue.   Next time I want to paint, somebody please remind me to hire a professional to paint.  Painting is so not my thing.

Chad made shelves to go into Grayson’s closet so that we would have more room for storage.  He thought that we would need them, and he is so right!  The shelves are already stuffed with shoes, blankets, sheets, and all of the essentials that we need.  I must say, I am so impressed with how handy Chad has become over the years! Thank you honey J

After rearranging the furniture in the room at least a dozen times we have settled with what you will see in the pictures, for now.  I had no idea that when we purchased the glider- which has the name “Chair and a Half” that it was going to be so big- and so big in the room.  I do love the Chair and a Half because both Chad and I can sit comfortably next to each other on the chair and of course Zoe has room too.   Birdie has found her spot in the room too, she likes to sleep under the crib and look out the windows.

We are 37 weeks along today, hopefully only three more weeks until we meet Grayson Douglas!

Before

The awesome shelves Chad made

Daddy hard at working haning curtains

The Chair and a Half!!

Belly- Here We Come!

The belly growing started off slow, but we are picking up speed quickly!  Grayson only has 9 more weeks to grow in there.

He started moving around a few weeks ago.  It would crack me up every time because it felt more like a tickle then a kick.  Nobody ever said anything about it feeling like that. 

Saturday morning before the baby shower, Chad and I felt him have the hiccups for the first time!  That was pretty sweet.   (I’m sure as the weeks progress, my feelings on those will change.)

Just in the last week- so the 30 week mark- I can tell that he is getting stronger.  Those sweet feelings of him fluttering and swimming have definitely turned into kicks and punches.  He’s gotten me a few times, where I have had to stop and think about what just happened!   What’s also funny, is now when he moves or turns around, I can see my whole belly move with him. 

So far everything is going great!  Hope you enjoy the belly growing shots!



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