Day 2 (A little rough on Mommy)

So Day 2 was a little rough. Gene and I decided that he would go to work because the nurses at the hospital could take care of me. Well, we were wrong. I was so ready to get out of bed and moving. I saw my nurse at 6:30 AM and then my Dr at 7:30. I didn’t see anyone (even though I called for a nurse a couple of times) until closer to 11. By the time my sister got here I had completely lost it. I was crying and frustrated….I was so sad that I had to refuse the nursery to bring me my child because I was all alone and couldn’t get out of bed. All was well once my sister got there. I was up, moving and calming down. So if I look horrible in the pictures there’s the story!

Mommy and her new little man

 

My sweet little angel!

I look awful, but here I am with my boys

I have a picture of Trenton in this same outfit. I think they look identical.

Super Dad! Gene has been so amazing and supportive. I love him so much and I can’t believe we have such a growing family!

Nana and Trace

So this day ended on a positive note. I had family come visit and my sister Laurie has been amazing. Without her I would probably still be a wreck and have post partum depression!

Gene said next baby we have we are not delivering at this hospital. Umm….next baby??

Trace Daniel

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 7:51 AM we welcomed Trace Daniel Flores to our family. We arrived at The Womans Hospital at 5:00 AM for pre-op for my c-section at 7:45. It was a very long and busy day. The delivery went somewhat smoothly I had a lot of upper abdominal pain which caused some not so great drive heaving. Gene got to spend the first moments with Trace while they cleaned him up! As soon as they pulled Trace out he started to cry, it was such a heavenly sound! Dr. McBride said “Wow, look at the head and shoulders on this boy” They kept calling him a linebacker! He weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. (I predicted he would be 7 lbs 11 oz). Trace is such a good baby and has really done well with breast feeding, although I feel like I am starving him, but he seems fine. I think he looks so much like Trenton did at a couple months old. Trenton just adores his little brother. He has been very helpful and understands he can’t climb on Mommy right now because she has a big bo-bo.

39 Weeks (last preggo pic)

This is what happens when you wake up at 3:30 AM and go to the hospital.

Big Brother coming to meet his new little brother!

Trace Daniel

The family getting to see Trace from the nursery

I really didn’t get to meet Trace because I was so sick in the OR. So here we are meeting for the first time!

Trenton checking out his new buddy

Grandma Flores and the Flores Boys!

Trenton was checking on his brother every time anyone had him. He was so curious to look, kiss and hug him.

Paw-Paw Daniel

Sleeping beauty

Big Brother just relaxing on the bed while Mommy rested

My boys!

I feel so blessed to have 2 healthy little boys. I can’t wait to watch them grow up together and become best buddies!

38 Weeks

**After several attempts to get a picture alone it just didn’t happen. Mr. Cranky (with toothpaste all over his face) insisted!

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far: 38 Weeks

Size of Baby: He is a bit over 19.5 inches long and weighs about 6.5 lbs. He is the size of a leek (from head to toe).

Total Weight Gain: 25 lbs

Gender: Boy! Trace Daniel

Maternity Clothes: That is all I can wear at this point and even those are getting uncomfortable. Would like to go naked at all times!

Movement: He moves as much as he can considering the lack of space he now has! I get a lot of elbows popping out of the side of my belly and he likes to curl up and stick his little bottom in the air! I also feel a lot of low pressure and back pain!

Food Cravings: Not much room for food for fear of puking it up later!

What I Miss: Sitting comfortably! Standing for long periods of time without feeling like I walked a marathon!

Sleep: Sleep? WHAT’S THAT??

Best "Big Brother" Moment: Trenton loves to lay on my belly like a pillow!

What I am looking forward to: Meeting my little man in 5 days! Last day of work is Friday 10/22!

Doctor Appointment: Dr. McBride said we will be taking home a BIG BABY! Probably around 8 lbs or more. I still say he will be around 7 lbs 11 oz, but that’s just my guess! Pre-Op went great.

Next Doctor Appointment: October 27, 2010 @ 5 AM! We are to report to Labor and Delivery for our 7:45 (or earlier) C-Section!! Happy Birthday Trace Daniel!

Hopefully I will get a few blogs in before next Wednesday of some things we have planned with Trenton this weekend. I will hopefully do a Welcome Trace blog from the hospital or I will have Gene update as much as he can!

37 Weeks

**If I look super tired in this picture I am. I have not been feeling well or sleeping well at all.

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far: 37 Weeks

Size of Baby: He is a bit over 19 inches long and weighs about 6.25 lbs. He is the size of a stalk of swiss chard (from head to toe).

Total Weight Gain: 25 lbs

Gender: Boy! Trace Daniel

Maternity Clothes: That is all I can wear at this point and even those are getting uncomfortable. Would like to go naked at all times!

Movement: He moves a lot all day and then in the evening he moves into some special position which causes me to throw up for about an hour!

Food Cravings: Not much room for food, but Tortilla's and Queso have been heavenly!

What I Miss: Sitting comfortably! Standing for long periods of time without feeling like I walked a marathon!

Sleep: I have been sleeping awesome once I am done with all the puking!

Best "Big Brother" Moment: Just seeing how patient he is with the little girl across the street and Chase when he cam over Saturday. I think he is going to be an AWESOME big brother!

What I am looking forward to: Meeting my little man in 9 days! Last day of work is Friday 10/22!

Doctor Appointment: Everything looked good. Pre-Op appointment on Wednesday!

Next Doctor Appointment: October 20, 2010 Pre-Op appointment at the hospital (Only 1 week left at this appointment!)

To Infinity and Beyond

Just a little sneak peak to Trenton’s Halloween costume! His jet pack should be delivered this week and that will complete his costume! He is so stinkin’ cute!

Fall Festival

Every year we try to go to a fall festival. We usually go to the one at Trenton’s school, but considering I will have a 2 day old on that day we opted to visit the festival at the elementary in our neighborhood. Our neighbors we going and I thought what could be a better way to enjoy this beautiful weather! Now being 37 weeks pregnant and walking about a mile was a challenge, but I did it and Trenton had so much fun. Of course, the first thing we did was ride the train when we got there. They had a lot of little games set up and TONS of snacks. They even had little boutiques set up inside the school! Trenton got to touch a baby sting ray too. The Kemah Aquarium had a station set up! I have to say it was a blast, but this Mama was exhausted. The things we do for our kids!!

My camera was acting goofy too so these are not the best quality of pictures!

The train

Crystal and Chase riding the train

Trenton and Scott (super excited!)

Scott was brave and got his hair spray painted. Trenton opted to buy a ring pop with his tickets!

We played a few games like……

Football toss (he made it 2 out of 3 times!)

Gone fishing

Nerf hunting (we played this one a couple times) What boy wouldn’t want to shoot nerf darts at a paper deer, hog and turkey!

The Chic-Fil-A cow! Our favorite place to eat

 

We even had italian ice to cool us off. Trenton wanted to show me his tongue was blue and mine was red!

And what day would be complete without a big stick of cotton candy!

  

Needless to say we had a great time and came home with a sugar high!

Trenton and Chase decided to grab their blankets and watch Princess and the Frog! They are so cute and having Chase at the house made me realize that our house is NOT ready for a cruising baby and neither is my energy level!

Spooky Baking

It was just Trenton and I at home tonight so I thought what better way to spend the evening than by ordering a pizza and making Halloween cookies! I am getting much better at baking and decorating cookies! Maybe one day I can make my own dough and frosting! Until then Betty Crocker is my friend! Trenton had so much fun icing the cookies and of course sampling the icing. I can’t believe that soon I will have 2 little ones to bake with! Maybe my boys will learn to bake and really impress their wives…

Cookie cutter, icing, sprinkles, dough……CHECK

One super excited little boy…..CHECK!

Trenton wasted no time getting started on cutting out the cookies

Look at that face! He had such a blast

Waiting and watching the cookies bake

Cookie masterpiece part I

I highly recommend the Betty Crocker cookie icing in the bags. Less mess and Trenton could ice his very own cookies with little of Mommy’s help

You can see his first cookie! Not to shabby

 

YUMMMM! ICING!!!

Some of his final masterpieces…and a few of Mommy’s too

And the end result!

I think we did pretty awesome for some beginners! Anyone who knows me should know I am less than great at baking, but I am determined to learn. First baking then sewing!

Football Time

In all of my organizing and moving rooms around I found Trenton’s UH football jersey! We have not been able to attend a game this season, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still root for them at home! Even if they aren’t having a great season!!

We were heading to Gretchen’s last night to watch LSU beat Florida and decided since UH was playing at the same time we would wear our gear over there! Trenton was super excited about his jersey and kept saying “GOO COOGS”

Mommy and T in our gear…you can barely tell I am delivering a child in 17 days!

On our way out he turned and posed for me

Ummm…first attempt at the Coogs sign!

And now we have it down! Go Coogs!

36 Weeks

 

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far: 36 Weeks

Size of Baby: He is over 18.5 inches long and weighs about 6 lbs. He is the size of a crenshaw melon.

Total Weight Gain: 23.5 lbs

Gender: Boy! Trace Daniel

Maternity Clothes: That is all I can wear at this point and even those are getting uncomfortable. Would like to go naked at all times!

Movement: He moves a lot all day and then in the evening he moves into some special position which causes me to throw up for about an hour!

Food Cravings: No room for food. Not even cherry coke!

What I Miss: Sitting comfortably! Standing for long periods of time without feeling like I walked a marathon!

Sleep: I have been sleeping awesome once I am done with all the puking!

Best "Big Brother" Moment: I had my phone on my tummy last night and he asked “Is my brother kicking your phone” Me “Yes” T “Can I watch?” He loves to watch his brother move!

He also got new shoes and Trace has the same ones and he tells EVERYONE he sees that him and his brother have the same shoes!

What I am looking forward to: My bedding coming in!! Meeting my little man in 19 DAYS!

Doctor Appointment: Everything looked good. Trace is weighing close to 7lbs they estimate right now. I think my nurses words were “WOW you have a big baby in there”

Next Doctor Appointment: October 13, 2010 (Doctor said to have my bags in the car just in case) ONLY 14 DAYS TO GO AT THIS APPOINTMENT!!

How cute is this picture of Trenton loving on my belly!