Randomness

Evan is now 2 1/2 weeks old, but these pics were from when he was 8 days old:

I love baby "ooooh" faces

Jonas loves to copy Pete and he usually lays on the floor with Pete when he does his stretches after biking. Jonas even grabbed an apple to chomp on like dad!

Jonas's monster creations. We got these magnet books from Grandma and Jonas has loved putting faces together. He got the nose and mouth mixed up on the one on the left (and thought that monster mouth was a hat) and added a mouth goatee for the one on the right, complete with eyes for ears. Hey, at least he got all the matching eyes...

I love sitting like this, like kneeling but flat on the ground, and I found Jonas in this position this morning after getting mad about his "temple" falling over. 

INTRODUCING EVAN!!!

EVAN LLOYD GALLANT!!!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

1:04 am

7 lbs. 9 oz.

21 1/2 in. long

We are so excited to add this cute little man to our family! If you want to know the story leading up to this wonderful event, read on:

I was having contractions all day on Tuesday, but they were around 10 minutes apart, so too early to go into the hospital. Pete was so good to call during recess, lunch, and after school to see how I was doing. Then after school he went up to Kelly Canyon to go snowboarding with the youth in our ward. I was a bit hesitant, but let him go since it's only 30 minutes away. My contractions started to get more intense in the early evening, but still 10 minutes apart.

At about 9:00, I took a nice warm bath while Jonas watched a movie and as soon as I got out of the bath, my contractions increased to 3-5 minutes apart. Pete walked in the door just as I was getting out! Good timing, eh? So I told him to pack his bag....he was a bit taken back and was not expecting to go to the hospital just yet. I called my awesome friend Donna over to watch Jonas until my mom could get up here from UT. THANKS DONNA!

We checked in and I was hooked up to all the fancy equipment by around 10:30. I was measuring 5-6 cm at this point, so they called the anesthesiologist down :0) He was finished with my epidural by about 11:40 and then Dr. B came down to break my water. At this point I was at 7-8 cm. My best friend, GINA, came over to keep us entertained and snap some pics. THANKS GINA!

My mom, dad, and sister Jena were on their way and I was hoping they'd make it before he came. Jena is due in June and wanted to come up to get an idea of what it might be like since this is her first.
They arrived at about 12:15 and I was at 8-9 cm.

So, needless to say, I was ready to go just before 1:00 and I started my pushin'. I pushed through two contractions and there he was. The umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck once and he was pretty purple when they laid him on me! It took a while, but he finally pinked up. 

Here are a bunch of pics in no particular order and without caption.

Fabulous Dr. B!

Later that day...{but it literally felt like the next day since we had such an early start to the morning}

Jonas's initial reaction was something like, "what is this thing?" No smile, he just stared at "it." 

He wouldn't come sit in the hospital bed next to me. He was terrified of it {or me} for some reason.

He was willing enough to give Evan knuckles...

First FAMILY photo:

Day two: getting ready to go home!

Finally a smile from big brother! I guess it just took a day...

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to visit, sent messages via e-mail, texting, or facebook, or called to chat. We really appreciate your love and friendship. And, please feel free to stop by and visit if you want and are in town--we love visitors!

Look with your EYES!

Okay, I have to explain the title. When I ask Jonas not to touch something, I say "Look with your eyes, not with your hands." So lately when I say the words "Don't touch" he automatically says "'ook wif fer eyes" It's just too funny. So speaking of looking with your eyes...it's been exactly a week since Jonas got his new glasses.

Day 1 with glasses:

He has been SO GOOD to wear his glasses. I thought he might struggle for a while and want to rip them off constantly, but really the only time he tried to take them off in the first couple of days was when he was eating. Yesterday morning, the first thing he said when he woke up was "where's my gwasses?" Let's hope he stays this good. His next eye appointment will be at the beginning of April, so we'll see if there is any change. It's great to see him watch TV or look at us from across the room and NOT have his right eye drift inward. Even on the first day, when I took them off of him, it looked weird to see him without them!

Yes, those are his glasses.....in the trash! Read the story below:

On Monday, he was told he couldn't have a fruit snack for breakfast {I know, I'm such a mean mom!}, so he neatly folded his glasses and put them ever so gently in the garbage can. He stepped backwards a couple of steps to take a look at his devious artwork, and then stepped back to the garbage and hid them under the envelope, looked again, and then decided to put them back on top and walked away. It was like he was trying to be defiant, but just couldn't be too defiant. I was right there watching him do it, so I let him finish what he started and then got them out. I guess we'll have to check to make sure we know where his glasses are BEFORE we take out the trash!

Jonas LOVES temples and he got to go to temple square last Saturday and was in complete AWE at the grandeur of the temple. He just couldn't get enough. I thought this pic was cute to show how little he is compared to it, and you can't even see the top of it!

 

Okay, my sister was complaining that I didn't have any baby belly pics, so here they are:

The one on the left is me on my ORIGINAL due date: March 2nd, and the one on the right is BELLY TO BELLY with my little sister, taken last Sunday. She's due in June with her first. We are so excited for them and I am especially excited to know that our little guy will have a cousin his age. It always makes it fun!

Well, the next post just might have info regarding our newest member of the family.