Hello! I have a good excuse for this post being late...WE HAD A BABY! That's right, baby Amelia showed up and we are so thrilled about it. So this is the first post from the Landis'...family of three!
January 4-10:
This was Baby Amelia's due date week and I was scheduled to work 60 hours...and that's what I did! Monday I worked a short day and came home for smoked pork chops and noodles, then rested for the rest of the night to prepare myself for the rest of the week.
Tuesday was a long day for me, so Jonathan spent the evening working down in the shop on a few different things. After the two days of work, Wednesday was a welcomed break and my only day off that week. I did have a doctor's appointment and kind of expected them to schedule for me to be induced...they did not do that, so it was a little disappointing. We stopped at Target and got a few last minute items to prepare for the baby, then went home and Jonathan finished his work day. In the evening we went to Mom and Dad's for chili and games since Shem was getting ready to go back to school.
The rest of the week was work for me. Thursday I worked, then Jonathan had band, so I came home and ate, then my family came over to visit again and Shem brought my birthday gift! It was good to get to see them and to not be home on my own for the whole evening. Jonathan came home and brought some cake, so that was delicious! Friday was a long day for me. Jonathan came to visit on his way back from Robertson's...and he brought me some Subway!
The weekend was long for me...Saturday was Baby's due date...so that came and went! Jonathan was at home and worked on a few projects! He worked on getting the water lines ready for our fridge to be hooked up, installed a sediment filter in our water lines and re-routed our cable. After work, we met at Doug's for dinner as our last "pre-kids" date night. Sunday was the Brown's game in the evening after work, so Jonathan got a lot done during the day so we could just relax in the evening after I got back from work. He and Dad fixed our light out by the shop that never turned off, then he went to get groceries and picked up Hot Heads for our dinner! I had Mexican food both of those nights just trying to go into labor...to no avail.
January 11-17:
I was off work on Monday, so that was a much needed rest day after my long week. It was full of rest since I knew I had a 13 on Tuesday. Sometime around 6 AM on Tuesday I woke up not feeling well at all. I knew I was either getting sick or going into labor, so I ended up texting my partners who said they would cover the shift for me and I called Laura to let her know that I wouldn't be there, which was all okay with everyone! At this point everyone was just waiting for the call to come through since I was already past due. I ended up sleeping until about 11 AM, then had a completely normal day. By bedtime I was pretty irritated that nothing had happened. As we were going to bed we got a text from Jonathan's mom saying that his cousin's baby was born that day...their due date was January 8th originally and ours was the 9th, so I jokingly said "Maybe our baby was just waiting for Andrew and Casey to have their baby because they knew their baby was supposed to come first." Ironically...I went into labor less than an hour later!
At first, I went to sit on the recliner, hoping to get some sleep! That didn't go as planned...but at least Jonathan got some sleep for a few hours! It was about 2 hours out on the recliner for me...mainly just making sure it was really labor! So I was timing contractions and making sure they were progressing as expected. By about 12:30 I was confident it was labor, the contractions were getting worse and were coming closer together, so I woke Jonathan up so he would be able to help me out and get us ready to leave. At about 1:30 he wanted to go to the hospital, but we stayed at home until 2:30am...at that point I started bleeding a little bit so we headed out as soon as that happened! We got to the hospital at about 3:30am and they got me all checked in and established the fact that we were going to be having a baby before we left. I got my epidural at around 9am when I was about 7 cm dilated...and then we waited...and waited. Thankfully, with the epidural, I got to sleep a little bit while we were waiting. Of course, I couldn't eat, which was very irritating, but the sleep was good. At 8:30pm I was finally dilated and could start pushing...so I pushed until 11:30pm, then they came in and said we needed to try the vacuum before I was too tired and had to get a C-section. Once they got her on the vacuum it took two contractions and she was out at 11:48! Jonathan was wonderful and got to help a lot. He helped hold my leg and helped me lean forward...all of which I couldn't have done on my own. When she came out they let him tell me that she was a girl, then they set her on my stomach and got her cleaned off and finally gave her to me so we could snuggle! After that they took her to weigh her, examine and do some tests on her. She was 8lbs 8oz and 21.25 inches...a little bigger than we expected! Jonathan stayed with her the whole time, took some pictures and just watched her. She barely cried at all, just let them do whatever they needed to, such a little trooper!
Once the epidural ran out and I could go to the bathroom on my own, I got to eat, we went to our new room and finally got some sleep between trying to get her to eat. We stayed in the hospital until Friday afternoon. No visitors, little help from the nurses, it was a sweet time as a family, just the three of us! Thursday morning we fed her, then facetimed our family so that they got to meet her, even if they couldn't come to the hospital. It was so sweet to get to introduce them to her. We were all ready to come home by the time we were released. It is a little stressful to bring a baby home for the first time...but she was a little angel! She slept the whole time and was just perfect...as expected. This is how she is in general!
Once we got home, my family came over to see her and hold her, then Ken and Pam came over as well! She loved getting to meet everyone and was just sweet as sugar the whole time! Saturday she got to meet Jonathan's sisters and Dustin, so she loved that as well. Sunday was the Browns game, so my family brought pizza over, Mom helped us tear down the Christmas decorations and we had a good evening together watching her first Browns game!
January 18-24:
Our fist week home...it was so wonderful. We were loved on by so many people. Monday we went to the doctor for the first time. Poor Amelia had lost too much weight, so we had to increase her feedings. Every two hours she had to eat and every other feeding I would pump, then add some formula to her bottle so she got a few extra calories. It made for a long couple days! Thankfully, we had so much help. The Parrish family brought us dinner on Monday and they all got to hold her, then the Henmans brought us dinner on Tuesday. Vance was fine with her until his mama held her...then he was definitely not okay! It was funny, and we had a good time interacting with him! Jonathan got the fridge hooked up to the water that day, so now we have ice and water on the door, which has been very helpful and has spared us some space in the fridge since we don't have to have a filtered tub of it in there anymore!
Wednesday we had Amelia's follow-up appointment and she had gained 60 grams when they needed her to gain 15...so she really exceeded the expectations! It was so wonderful to know that she was headed in the right direction...it was also wonderful to be able to cut back on some feedings! Mama was getting exhausted! That evening the Lumleys came over and brought dinner. We loved spending time with them and their boys and so appreciated the food they shared with us!
On Thursday, Jonathan went to band so my parents came over to spend time with me. I just wasn't ready to have her all by myself yet. On Friday, Amelia got to meet Aunt Chery and Uncle Jeff! She is so spoiled already by everyone in her life and is loved by everyone who meets her...which is only natural since she is adorable and the sweetest thing in the world.
It was a good weekend for us, Jonathan went up to the farm on Saturday, so Amelia and I hung out at home for the morning! Once he got home we had stuffed shells, watched a movie and relaxed. Sunday we had church, the Landis' came to visit and we rested again that evening. Ken and Pam brought Grandpa Landis to visit as well, so Amelia got to meet her Great Grandpa, which was super sweet.
As you can see, the past few weeks have been a little crazy and have involved a HUGE adjustment for our family...all of us went through some pretty crazy changes! We are all feeling much better now, are fairly well adjusted and are starting to fall into a bit of a schedule!
We hope everyone is staying healthy and enjoying the beautiful winter we are having!
Love,
Allison, Jonathan and Amelia
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