December 2010

Christmas came and went and it was wonderful this year. Last Christmas was mine and Rob's first one married and this one was the first Christmas with a baby! I would love for next Christmas to be our first one in our own house! Christmas eve we had my family come over. We ate, played games and opened our Christmas jammies from my mom. Later that night before bed, Rob red Luke:2 and I read The Three Trees. Christmas morning Rob and I opened our presents and then went over to my moms to wake up Mack so he could open his presents! We spent the rest of the day playing and relaxing and then had a yummy ham dinner and my moms.

I just want to say how thankful I am for my family. My mom and my aunties are AMAZING women full of knowledge, advice, love and support. How could they not be? Their mother was amazing. A girl needs that in her life and I am truly grateful. I don't know what I would do without them.

Random little updates

Carson is 2 months old! He is a big healthy boy weighing in at 14 pounds. He is such a joy! His favorite things include, eating, laying on the floor and stretching out, sitting in his bouncer and kicking his legs like CRAZY, talking, smiling at mama and sucking his fist. He is a wonderful baby. He is really spoiling Rob and I. Hopefully our future children are as happy and content as he is.

Our family recently took a quick trip to Phoenix for Rob's grandma's funeral. It was a sad event but a wonderful opportunity to spend time with Rob's family. Despite being there for a funeral, we had a blast. We enjoyed eating pizza and wings several times, spending lots of time with Rob's parents and siblings, showing off our cute baby to everyone and spending time with friends. Carson did wonderfully on the airplanes. He slept the whole way there and back.

We got our Christmas tree and it is totally dead. Randomly during the day I'll hear pine needles falling off. Ah well, it looks pretty and smells good. Last Christmas was our first one as a married couple and this one will be our first one with a baby!

Thankful

With it being November many people are posting something they're thankful for every day. It got me thinking about the things I am thankful for. Of course there are very obvious one but I started thinking about all the little things I am thankful for. Here are my lists

Obvious things to be thankful for
-My Rob
-My Carson
-My mom and brothers
-Rob's family
-The gospel
-The temple
-The scriptures
-Our bishop (He is amazing!)
-Our home
-Rob's job
-Our friends
-The knowledge that my family will be together forever
-Breastfeeding Carson
-Good health


Little things
-My breast pump so Rob can get up with Carson at night and feed him so I can sleep
-A daily shower
-Yummy smelling candles
-Christmas time
-Music
-My slippers
-Warm baths
-Nursing bras
-stretch mark cream
-Binkys
-Laughter
-Kisses
-The smell of my baby

Carson thinks I'M his pacifier.

It has been 19 days since our sweet baby came into our family and life is truly wonderful. Really it is! Carson sleeps for 3 and half too 5 hours at night. It's great!It kinda freaks me out when he sleeps for 5 hours but I can't complain about getting sleep! Rob has really amazed me since we've had Carson. He is a natural!He LOVES being a dad and he loves his baby boy. He is so hands on with him and involved. He is wonderful to me as well. He'll gladly take Carson off my hands so that I can have some "Mandy time" when he gets home from work. I love it because after a long day of nursing and changing diapers, as much as I love it, (really) it's nice to be able to take a bath and read my book and just have a few minutes to myself. Rob is constantly asking if he can get me anything or if I need anything. A few days after we brought Car home he even went to the store for me to get the..."supplies" a mommy needs just after she has a baby. How sweet is that?! Oh I love him so much! I LOVE my little family!!

Carson is doing awsome! He is already 10 pounds 2 ounces and almost 23 inches! Yes I feed him buttermilk ;) I love him soooooo so so much. I miss him when he is sleeping and sometimes I'll go and just watch him sleep. He is so beautiful and SUCH a good baby. He only cries when he is hungry. At his Dr. appointment yesterday he did so well. He didn't cry at all and when they did his 2nd PKU he didn't cry! I was stressing out about it because they had to poke my baby and squeeze blood out of his foot! Carson did better then I did :) I love that I am able to stay home with him. I love every minute of it. I LOVE MY LITTLE ETERNAL FAM!!!

Our sweet baby, Carson Robert Ganem is here!! We love him so much! Here is his little story....

I woke up Saturday morning around 5:30 with a consist ant cramping pain. Like one giant never ending contraction. The pain wasn't too bad so I didn't worry about it. I went back to bed and at about 10:30 I woke up with the same pain. I called the hospital and they told me to come in. I didn't want to yet so we waited about another hour. By this time I was having regular contractions about every 3 minutes so off to Overlake we went! We got to overlake and checked in to triage. They checked me and I was only dialated to a 2 so they had me walk around for a half an hour. After the walking they checked me again and I was just a 2 and a half so they sent us home and told us to come back when the contractions get stronger. We got home and I took a bath and tried to lay down...ya right! After being home for about 4 or 5 hours we heading back to the hospital. This time they checked me in for real. By the time I was checked in and hooked up to the monitors the contractions were coming every minute and each one was more painful. They checked me and I was just only a 3. The doctor came in and broke my water. It had meconium in it so they were worried. They told me that once he was born they didn't want him to cry so they could suction him out and make sure everything was okay. At 8:15 I got my epidural and life was great. The nurse told me once I got it I could take a nap and rest....uh ya no. They checked me an hour later and I was a 9!! Then all of the sudded there were tons of nurses in the room I had oxygen on and was on all fours. Apparently mister Carson's heart had dropped really low because of how fast everything had moved. It went back up though and everything was fine. I got checked me again and I was a 10! The nurse had me do some "practice pushing" but on the first practice push she could see his head! She had the doctor come in as well was nurses from the NICU to check him out because of the mec in his water. I started pushing at 10:00 and at 10:14 Carson was born!! 8 pounds 8 ounces 21 inches long. They took him away immediately to make sure he hadn't aspirated any meconium. I had to wait about 15 minutes to see my baby!! When they brought him too me it was AMAZING!! There was my baby. In my arms. He was so beautiful and perfect and smelled so good! I really can't describe the feeling but it was magical.

I LOVE my Carson. I love that he is something that Rob and I made. He is my baby and I have loved every minute of having him home. Even when he is up every hour to nurse. When he is sleeping I miss him! He is probably the best thing I have ever smelled and I LOVE when I can smell him on me. Rob has been a great dad. He is always there to change Carson and help me with everything. He is amazing and is taking such wonderful care of me and his son. He even makes sure that I get a nap during the day. I love that. I love that when I'm napping he and Carson are having that time together. My mom has been a HUGE help too. She came over and had baby so Rob and I could sleep. She made us dinner twice and she was there for me every step of the way when I was in labor and delivery.

Carson is doing wonderfully. He is a nursing champion and is already and ounce OVER his birth weight. He only cries when he is hungry or getting changed. I love him more and more each time I look at him. He mesmerizes me. Love my Rob and my Carson. My little eternal family.