Grace 1 week old

our first day home went rather smoothly. grace slept a lot and was rather mello. i called the dr to make her 2 week apt. the nurse asked a bunch of questions, how is she sleeping, eating, how much is she eating, ect... after all was said and done she was concerned that she was sleeping too much and not eating often enough. she was eating about every 4-6 hours. well jaxon ate every 4-6 hours and it was never an issue. because when we left the hospital she was looking a little yellow that brought the concern with her eating. so the nurse told me that i needed to feed her at least every 2-3 hours. if grace didn't improve then i had to call in the next morning. needless to say that made for a very long sleepless night! the next morning i called in to see what counts as improvement. the nurse deccided that we needed to bring in baby for a weight check. just as we feared, she has lost 2.5 oz. in one day. not a good sign. so i had to continue to feed her every 2-3 hours even if i had to force her to eat or feed her with a syringe. we had to go back in 3 days to weigh her again.

i felt that after the 3 days grace had made a big improvement in her eating. she was eating more ofter as well as more food. yea! she had gained weight! although she was still less then when we left the hospital. but she is going in the right direction!

so i can remember, her weight went as follows: birth 6-11-09 - 8lbs 12oz

hospital discharge 6-15-09 - 8 lbs 4 oz

1st weight check 6-16-09 - 8lbs 1.5 oz

2nd weight check 6-19-09 - 8lbs 3 oz

over all she has been a great baby. she is getting more and more alert as each day comes. she LOVES her binkie, (in case you haven't noticed by the pictures!) just like jaxon. every once in a while jax will run off with it waiting to see if we hace noticed he is sucking on her binkie. she has a really good suck and can hold it in by her self very well! i hardly ever half to put it back in for her! she has her happy, content moments and her not so happy moments (greg and i call our kids angry elfs at these moments. from the movie elf).

she decides to be wide awake when it is time to go to bed and sleeps a lot during the day. she will sleep in her bed, couch, or floor untill it is time to go to bed then she will cry in her bed untill you hold her and then she falls sound asleep.

as a side note jaxon has continued to be as gentle as a 2 yr old can be and loves her to death! he has only had one jealous moment. one morning as he was asking to get out of bed and i was feeding grace. i told him that greg would come and get him out of bed. jaxon's reply to that was "no mommy, daddy hold baby, get me out!" i thought it was kinda cute they way he realized that i couldn't cause i was holding baby and that he wanted his mommy to get him out!

greg and jaxon have been gone for a couple days at his parents house. i have been in orem at my parents with grace. it has been great to just spend some one on one time with my new little girl. she has already been such a joy and i can't wait to continue to get to know her and watch her grow!

introducing Grace Michelle Sorenson!!!!

I know i am a little late on posting this! i really had planned to post right after baby arrived, but for some reason i was EXHAUSTED! everytime i would start to post i would fall asleep! better late then never!

Grace: june 11 2009 8:15 am

8 lbs 12 20 1/2 in

chubby with blonde hair

everything went well minus the nurse anesatists struggling with my spinal block (ya that was very unpleasant and that is putting it nicely!). grace did have some trouble with her breathing the first couple of hours. she was breathing very fast, which isn't that uncommon with a c-sec. then she has a bit of a heart murmor, it lasted about 3 days and then vanished. it lasted a bit longer then normal but at least all is well now!

She is perfect in everyway and we think she is pretty darn cute! she look exactly like her big brother when he was born except she has a much rounder face and blonde hair. speaking of big brother, he has been very good with her so far. the first thing he says when he comes to visit is " i want to see baby gwace!" or "where baby gwace?" he loves to "love" on her. he gives her lots of kisses and is very tender with her. his favorite part about her is her toes. he loves to play "this little piggy" with them.

hopefully i will be able to post more especially as we get home. i am sure there will be great stories about life at home with 2! thanks for all that visited and sent the well wishes!

baby day, sooner then later!

i have wanted to move our c-sec. up but the hospital has been booked solid. a little dis-heartening. i have been so miserable that the thought of another 2 1/2 weeks was quit depressing! this past thurs i had my 38 week checkup. as usual everything looks great and i am still retaining a lot of water ( the not so great part:) )

i had mentioned to my dr how i wanted to move the date up but everything was booked. well he decides to go check and see if anything opened up. i thought it would be a waste of time. then the nurse pokes her head in the room and says that something opened up on the 11th! so we didn't even think about it and told her to book it! YYYEEEEAAAHHHHHH! we got it moved up a week! but then it hit we have a WEEK! and then not only are we having a baby but we will then have 2 !!!! i got a little freaked out but excited at the same time. so the down side to having baby 1 week early is that she will arrive the day before jaxons b-day! thank goodness he is young enough that he doesn't even know it is his birthday and won't care that we will celebrate it later.

as of today we have 3 days till it is happy birthday baby girl!!!! since i get to hang out for 4 days in the hospital (visitors welcome) i will post pic's with a baby arrival update so stay tuned........

working is so overrated

well the job hunt still continues. greg was/does want to stay in the koosh area. there were a couple of potential opportunities there but unfortunatly about a week ago it was confirmed that none of them would work out at this time so on with the job hunt. there jsut are not very many opportunites there so he has really concentrated his hunting in utah/slc county. he has applied for several and now we are just waiting for the jobs to close to see if he gets interviews for any of them. there is one that i think would be great so i am crossing my fingers for that. he has been doing some random things and helping out with shifts at his brothers residential treatment center so that gives him something to do and a little bit of moola.

since he has had a little more free time he has been an amazing help to me with jaxon, along with the in-laws. as each day goes by it gets harder and harder for me to do a lot of things so i have beyond words appreciated all that they have done. greg has even taken jaxon to koosh with him for a couple days so i can just relax before the baby comes. greg is not always the most, "attentive" to when i need help but when it comes right down to it he is there for me. i love knowing that i have a great hubby that is there for me when i need it most! love you!!!

blessing in disguise

Well our lives have taken yet another unexpected turn. greg has been layed off from his job in tropic. i won't go into much detail so i guess if you want all the juicy tidbits then you will have to email me. :) but more and more lately we have felt that tropic jsut wasn't the place for us and had contemplated looking for another job. but gregs boss just beat us too it! we will be moving to koosharem next week. it may be a temprary move or it could be perminant. just depending on where greg can get a job.

although it is not the best time and it was a hair unexpected, we are relieved and are starting to see the blessing in the trial. when one door closes another one opens, right! either way we think that this will be a great thing for our family. we have some amazing friends and family who have been very supportive and we are very grateful!

so if any of you hear of something in the social work/counceling field let us know! :)

go look for binkie!

we FINALLY did it!!!!! the binkie is no more! so it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be but at the same time it is! it has been about a week now and jaxon still asks for it when he goes to bed. i have to remind him that binkie is all gone. he is content with that answer for a min and then he wants to go look for it! when i tell him that it is all gone, no more binkie he starts to cry. it is the most pathetic thing you have ever heard! it does make my heart break just a little because i know he loves his binkie so much! he cries for mom and then eventually will fall asleep. that part wasn't too bad, i could deal with it because i knew it was the best thing for him.

the part i didn't anticipate was that he wouldn't sleep! his 2-3 hour naps have gone to (if i am lucky) 1 hour! he goes to bed later and wakes up 1-2 hours earlier. i know you all feel so sorry for me, however! this kid NEEDS more sleep! he is tired all day and is much more whinny then normal. it is apparent that he needs more sleep! so needless to say this makes not only jaxon tired but mom and dad as well!

but the binkie is gone.....

6 weeks and counting!

only 6 weeks left! i am deffinatly counting down the days. we have our c-section scheduled for june 18th which is my due date. so as long as this little nameless girl doesn't come early, that will be the day!

i am getting big, but i guess that kinda comes with the territory. i waddle quit a bit as well. you really should see me trying to chase jaxon down! he knows he is faster then me and laughs at my sorry attempt!

greg is working non-stop. the tourist season is in full swing! we just keep saying to our selves "winters off, winters off, winters off......" and i do alot of breathing exercises! it helps having a therapist in the house to help you deal with your anxiety! jaxon loves to "go work hard" with dad.

we have really enjoyed the warmer weather. we are outside quit a bit, which is good to get the "2 yr old wiggles" out but not so good for the house cleaning!