chunky monkey

Who would have ever thought that we would have a baby that weighed 9 lbs at a month??? Haley and Graham both weighed 9 lbs at their 3 month appointment!!

bath time fun!

Here is one little tradition that we've been doing!

HALEY O'NEAL

GRAHAM ALEXANDER

NATE COLIN

CINCO!

Well here we are. A family of 5! Nate has been a true blessing to our family!

Haley and Graham can not get enough of him!

Nate Colin

Welcome home Nate!

Well after 38 1/2 weeks we are proud to announce that Nate Colin Sisson is here!

I went to the Dr yesterday morning with no intentions of being induced and left the appointment with these instructions, "get your hubby, eat some lunch, farm your kidos out and head to the hospital".

During the appointment I was telling her that "the baby" (we had not settled on a name yet) had not been very wiggly so she set up a test to monitor his heart rate and then did an ultrasound. She said there was no good reason for him to not be moving like mad (he was the wiggliest baby ever) and she also could not see where the cord was so she felt like it would be best to go ahead and get him out. While I really wanted to go into labor on my own she felt like it would be best to induce. I was induced with both Haley and Graham and to make a long story short-it made my labor very long! I was not to thrilled to have another long labor kind of day.

The short story-labor did not go as long as the other 2. It took about 6 hrs. I made it with only taking something for nausea and something to take the "edge" off. That's correct-No epidural!
For those who know me, that's a BIG deal! Nate arrived after only pushing for a short while. The cord (like the Dr thought) was wrapped all around him and that's why in some (or most) of the pictures his face looks kinda blue. Most of the color is from where the force combined with the cord, caused bruising. After getting the cord untangled, he let out a loud scream and all was well!

Mom, dad and Nate are all doing great. We will leave to go home tomorrow to be with big sister Haley and big brother Graham! They are so excited to see him. With the flu being so bad here they wont let kids under 12 back to see the babies. They did get to see him through the nursery window.

38 weeks and counting

So as of this Sunday I will officially be 38 weeks pg. I was supposed to have my 38 week checkup today at the dr but it got canceled. So with that being said I have no idea if there is any change or not! The suspense is killing me!

I'm not one to post pg pics on the blog (or anywhere for that matter) but thought that the friends and family might enjoy!

I feel like a nerd standing there while Alex takes a picture...

Just the belly. For the most part I'm the same size I was with H & G.

Haley jumped in the pic. Speaking of Haley, she has become VERY attached to Anna. I never thought it would get worse but I was wrong. Anna sleeps in the pack n play, drinks from the bottles, sits in the car seat, likes the boppy and gets nursed every few hours. This should only get better when little man arrives!

Well we couldn't leave Graham out, undies and all!