Funny Story

This might embarrass Sullivan when he's older, but I want to remember this so I'm going to post it!  

Sullivan was just a few days old and Evan and I were still trying to get the hang of changing diapers. We laid Sullivan down on the changing table, took off his diaper, and then it happened. Sullivan projectile pooped across the room. I mean seriously, there was poop everywhere! It went from the changing table all the way to the bedroom door. Evan and I were both a little shocked at what happened. We were still laughing hours later! 

Good thing he's so cute!

 

Sullivan's 1st Month (Part 1)

Evan took off work the week after Sullivan was born. We had so much fun getting to know Sullivan and trying to figure out how to be parents and how to take care of a baby. 

We had lots of visitors who came to play with sweet Sullivan.

Granddaddy and Grandmama Dilworth

The Greatest Uncle Eddie

Awesome Aunt Kelly

Great Grandmama Sullivan

Paigey

Laurie

Kelli and Tyler

The boys with the babies :)

Paige

Lauren

Baby swap! Ashley holding Sullivan and me hold Weston.

Weston is one month older than Sullivan. They grow so much in one month!

Evan and Matt swapped babies, too!

 

Doctor's Visits

During Sullivan's first 3 weeks of life, we went to the doctor about 6 times! Poor Sullivan. He wasn't gaining weight and his bilirubin was high. Finally, by the time he was 3 weeks old he gained his birth weight back. We figured out that my breast milk was causing his jaundice and we learned that it would eventually go away on its own. 

Here are some pictures of Sullivan's first visit to see his pediatrician, Dr. Reynolds.

On the way to the doctor!

Sullivan loves his paci.

With daddy.

Dr. Reynolds checking Sullivan out.

Coming Home

Monday, November 28th we got to leave the hospital and come home. 

On the ride home

It was a rainy day. Evan drove so slow!

 When we got home, my parents came out to the car to sit with Sullivan while Evan and I went to greet the girls (our dogs). After we got the girls settled down, we brought Sullivan in the house.

Emmi was so curious about Sullivan! Lizzie really didn't seem to even notice him! She just wanted to show us her new green toy!

Great grandmama Sullivan gave us some overalls that great granddaddy Sullivan wore when he was a baby. We put the overalls on Sullivan. He wasn't very happy about it, but we snapped a couple of pictures.

 Lizzie finally noticed that we brought home a baby! She didn't leave his side for the rest of the day :) Emmi was over Sullivan after the first 10 minutes, which we figured she would be.

My parents left and we were on our own! I don't know what we thought it would be like, but we weren't prepared for the first night at home. Sullivan didn't sleep at all! We tried putting him in the bassinet in our room... he cried and cried. We tried putting him in his crib... he cried and cried. We tried holding him all night long... ding ding ding, we have a winner! Haha, no sleep for us!

Meeting Sullivan

November 27, 2011

Here are some pictures of friends and family meeting Sullivan in the hospital.

Tyler meeting Sullivan.

Paige and Sullivan

Great Grandmama Sullivan

Lauren and Ashley

The Steadmans and the Whisonants

 Again, I need to get pictures from our family!

Game Day

I'm going to try to keep a blog going about Sullivan. I want to remember these sweet days! So, here we go from the beginning...

November 26, 2011
It's game day! My water broke at 9:30am. I spoke to the doctor at 10:30am and he told me to come on in to the hospital. I took my time getting ready while Evan ran around the house like a mad man and packing the car. He says that he wasn't nervous, but I know that he was!

Before heading to the hospital.

We got to the hospital at 11:45am and the nurse set me up in the MAC unit to be monitored. Within an hour, we found out that it really was my water that broke and that I was in labor! The nurses moved us into a labor and delivery room and started me on pitocin to help get labor moving along. I was 5 cm dilated at this point. I wasn't really in too much pain with my contractions even though they were coming every 2-3 minutes. After a couple of hours I asked for an epidural and soon after that I dilated to 7 cm.

My nurse, Sandi, came in at about 6:45pm and let me know that her shift is over at 7:00pm. I was really sad that she would be leaving soon. She checked to see if my cervix had changed any. She looked up at me and said, "Oh wow, you're ready!" I was 10cm dilated and ready to start pushing. Evan and I couldn't believe that it was game time!!! I started pushing at around 7:00pm. Sullivan arrived at 7:45pm-- just in time for kickoff!  

 These are all the pictures I have from the night he was born. I need to get more from our family!