I have decided I need a Fresh Start!!

I am starting a new page to chronicle the life of our little miracle and other happenings.  I wanted to be able to share the pages with family and our church family, but felt like there might be things on this site that I didn't necessarily want to share...

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Pictures of my Little Baby 

Isn't he so cute when he smiles

Jonas Chillin' with his Dad

He loves looking at himself at the mirror

He loves looking at his Dad

May 3rd - Boy I look rough!!

Jonas - Today he definitely DID NOT follow his Onzie!! He would not sleep... so I put him in time out!

My first Mother's Day! ( I look half asleep!!)

Jonas loves to look at himself in the mirror.  We took our piano bench, put the changing pad on top of it and then leaned a large mirror against the back.  That we can have him in the Living Room with us when he is awake.

His first Doctor's visit last Monday - he was SO good!!

Little Jonas had his 2-week check-up today.  He is growing!! He is now 7lbs and 3 oz... 1 oz above his birth weight, and he has grown a 1/4 inch!

The poor little thing had a tough time of it today.  When they were trying to do his newborn screening, his little heel kept clotting so fast that they had to stick him 3 times!! He now has bandaids on both heels, and one on his thigh from his hepatatis shot.

Unfortunately we are formula feeding after our best attempts at breastfeeding.  In the hospital, he was latching on perfectly and sucking, had a cute little milk (colestrum) mustache and seemed to be doing great!  However, he kept losing so many ounces a day.  When he got below the 10% cut-off line, the Lactation Consultant and the hospital made us start supplementing with formula.  Evidently, he wasn't swallowing the milk. By the time we got home, he had decided that he like formula from a bottle much better than milk from his Mom!  I literally had so much milk that it was pouring down my chest!!  I've had lots of tears about it (so please, no comments about how much better breastfeeding is than formula... I KNOW THAT!!), but he is doing better and I'm thankful for that.  It was going to be a real struggle finding a place to pump at work when I go back in 2 weeks, so as long as he is healthy than I'm going to have to learn to be okay with it. 

I had a great Mother's Day yesterday.  It was the first time I wasn't in tears.  It was actually nice not to be presented with one of those 'honorary' (pity) Mother's Day Gifts.  At our old church, I was always given a gift as the 'Mother of the Church.'  And even though we are trying to recoup from all the money we have spent and I didn't get a gift this year... I finally have the gift I've always wanted - our little Baby!

Oh yeah... I was told I look Hot yesterday!! Whoo-hoo!! I'm not back to my pre-pregnancy weight (I have lost 23lbs)... but I'm back in most of my clothes!!  I still have about 12lbs to lose to be where I want to be which is a little smaller than I was... but I have to admit I look pretty decent.  I can't wait until I am released to start really excersing so I can tone up.  I do think I am going to start taking Jonas for a stroll around our Apartment Complex everyday in his little carrier.  Maybe I can drop the rest of the weight pretty quickly and tone up and look better than I did before.

Jonas Lee Cannon has arrived!!

He was born April 30th (my grandma's birthday) at 8:07pm, weighing 7lbs 2 oz, and 19" long.  He is an absolute doll!!! 

I went in to be induced at 7:30 Monday morning and everything was progressing fine.  By about 4pm, I was dilated to 8 cm and was told that I could start pushing about 6pm.  Unfortunately, my contractions were starting to stress the baby and they had to give me medicine to completely stop them.  After about 30min, my contractions started again, but the fetal monitor kept showing that Jonas was in distress.  At that point, my Doctor said that we needed to do a C-section.  I was absolutely scared to death!!!

When the cut me open, they found that Jonas' head was literally stuck in my pelvis.  Come to find out, my pelvic bone is made funny and there was NO was he was coming out the 'right' way!!  It took 2 doctors to pull him out... they pulled so hard I was coming off the table... and yes I could feel it!!  Evidently his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and so every time I had a contraction it was forcing his head deeper into my already too small pelvis and choking him!!  Thankfully, I have a wonderful doctor who didn't waste anytime.... and now I have my perfect little son.

I will update more later (the whole breastfeeding/formula ordeal at the hospital, not naming him until 2 DAYS LATER, etc) but I didn't to leave everyone hanging!!

Now, I'm going to go stare into my little angel's sleeping face!!