2 Months (plus a little)

**Okay, I wrote this post a month ago and just never posted it! So, here's a month ago and tonight I will do another one for Jack's 3 month....maybe.... =)

December has been such a BUSY month but we have LOVED it! For Jack's second month of life he was showered with visitors.

We had Grandma Barlow, Steph, Dave, Sammy, & Andrew for the first round. (Yes, he is in this photo--can't you see his legs kicking??) =)






Grandma and Grandpa Gubler for the second round.


And we just sent Nathan (the third round) home today. (Although we never did get a pic with Nathan and Jack both in it....hmm....maybe Nate didn't come to see Jack....maybe he just came on vacation and it happened to be right after Jack was born.....hmmm...something to think about.....) =)

How FUN!! =) We are ready for more though. Who is up for it???? =)

Now there is a lot to post about all the fun things we did during December but this post is to primarily update you all on Jack.

He is doing fantastic!

We went for his 2 month well baby appointment last week and he was already 12 pounds 7 ounces. Yes, he is a chubby one! (But believe it or not he is still in the 50th percentile). He is also smiling a lot now and loves to give his little half grin to us everytime we make eye contact so he can wrap us a little bit tighter around his little finger.

Yes, he does still cry a lot--he wouldn't be my baby otherwise--but he is sleeping actually really well (at least compared to how Zaylee was at this point). He goes to bed about 9 and sleeps until about 2 and then it varies. On a good night he'll sleep until 6-7 but on a bad night he is up every two hours afterwards.

He loves his big sister and likes to watch her craziness. She likes to teach him about the "little piggies" and loves to have him be Prince Charming whenever we are playing. She has also been known to mention that when he gets older we are going to get him a tutu so he can go to her dance class with her--Alex definitely scoffed when I told him that story! =)

We also had the opportunity to bless Jack at our house on the 22nd. It was a small crowd (we missed having all you family there!!) but it was a good one. Tracey, Ben, and Sam came down from Austin (you guys rock!), G & G Gubler, a member of the bishopric, and our little family made up the whole of it. It was a great night. Luckily, the day of the blessing Grandma Gubler reminded me that I had Alex's blessing outfit. So we cleaned it up a bit and used it for Jack's blessing. I love the sentimentality of it and am grateful that she reminded me that I had it.




By Christmas morning, Jack finally got the cooing down. He is SO cute to watch when he is cooing. He makes it look like it takes a full effort to get those sounds out but grins everytime he does it. Very proud of himself I would say! =)

And just oh, you guys would love him! So.....COME VISIT! =) (I know, not enough pictures....I will work on it!)

Dance Recital

Zaylee had her first dance class recital. She loves the class and her teacher and we love watching her develop her talents and having fun!

This video is of the 2nd time around (they do each group twice...). So this version you miss the super excited wave she gave us when she finally found us in the audience but get to see her fascination with stage lights. =) Dancing quality: not quite as good as the first time but this one was the better video. So, enjoy!

Okay, nevermind....Blogger sucks and after trying to load the video for literally 9 hours I give up. If you want to see it, it's posted on facebook.....

P.S. She did take a solo bow at the end of the first dance (hilarious!) but unfortunately, we missed filming it. =(

The whole dance company:

We saw Santa!

Yesterday we decided to go pay a visit to Santa Claus. VERY EXCITING! Zaylee was so cute about it. When we got there, the line was blocking her view of him so she asked me to lift her up. "There he is!! I see him!!!" I asked her if she was going to sit on his lap and give him a great big hug. She said that she would and "I'm going to give him a KISS too!" Then immediately put both hands over her mouth with her big mischievious eyes showing how excited she was. It was great!

Jack, well, he wasn't so excited but hey he got his first photo with Santa and didn't even cry!

She gave the hug, forgot the kiss, told him what she wanted, forgot to ask where Mrs. Claus and the reindeer where, and after about 4 shots, finally smiled and looked at the camera for the picture.

So fun! Merry Christmas!

One new picture

Too lazy to blog but couldn't pass this up. Again, it's a cell phone shot so I apologize for that. (Alex took the camera to work and forgot to bring it home......)

But, just look at my cutie!!!! =) Will try to update more sometime soon....or at least sometime in the future.....



(and no, I still don't know how to rotate photos....)

"G"

After a short break from school we are finally back in the swing of things. Zaylee has made me feel so good about what we've been accomplishing mainly just because she is so excited to get started doing it again. She told me that she missed having school. (Although she's not too happy that Jack gets to be a part of it because won't stop crying unless he's being held....she told him yesterday that this is HER school time and he could have his OWN school time another time!)

Anyway, the real reason for this post is today she told me, "I think you are like a good teacher, Mom!" It made me feel so happy that she thinks it and that at least I am somewhat successful in one thing I am trying to do!

So with that said, here she is playing with the Green playdough we made for our "G" day today.

The Christmas tree because we read the Grinch; the snail, just because.....


And here he is: Mister Happy Jack! (Pic taken by the Z'ster herself!)

Firsts

Jack has had quite a few first times this week. I did manage to catch a few of them on film and so here they are!

First bath at home (he hates these--except for when I wash his hair, he immediately quiets down and enjoys that part)


First nap with Daddy on the couch


First outing (2nd day after discharge follow-up visit to the pediatrician)


First Halloween


First cuddle with Mom and Zaylee


First hair spike (taken with a cell phone camera--thus the low quality....)

We sure love this guy!!

Oh and definitely this girl too! Zaylee got to help Daddy do her first big people's puzzle this week while he was off work:


And this guy too! (Actually taken last week on the walk attempt to induce labor naturally....yes, he is riding Zaylee's trike....) =)

We're home!

Yea! We're home! And we're all doing great!

First, the photos. If you haven't already seen them, Tracey got some great ones that are posted on her blog. (We are SOOO very glad she could come down and help out with Zaylee while we got to hang out at the hospital. Such a relief to know that Zaylee was well taken care of and we had nothing to worry about while we were away. Thanks Tracey!) And now here are the ones that we took at the hospital.

Introducing: Jack Weldon Gubler!
7 pounds 4 ounces; 19 1/4 inches long; born at 5:36 am.

(For those that may be interested, "the story" may be found at the bottom of the post.)

What a peaceful little thing! He likes to just lie around and observe the surroundings or just sleep. Not too much of a crier (fingers crossed). YEA!!


Holding baby brother



Love this photo! Notice the hands: Alex's and Zaylee's supporting him with his little hands on top. Love it! (Blogger rotated it and I don't know how to rotate it back so turn your head to the side for how it's supposed to look and so he's not upside down!....)


Peaceful night the second night (first night? ya not so lovely)



Posing with baby Jack



(Can you tell how excited Zaylee was to be posing for this photo??)


Just before we were officially released.


Not liking that carseat too much!



And now for the random Zaylee shots:
Posing in Jack's pumpkin hat that Tracey made for him.



What happens when Alex is in charge of dressing Zaylee and he lets her pick her own clothes.


"The Story"

So, we were supposed to be induced on Wednesday the 27th which didn't happen. The hospital was overloaded (supposedly, there were a record number of babies born this week) and we were turned away. =( We were very upset that we had to wait another day to meet our sweet boy but dealt with it because we had no other choice! =)

Wednesday night we prepared ourselves to be rejected again on Thursday but still had hopes. At 1:45 am there were no doubts, we would either have this baby at Wilford Hall or they could send us to a different hospital but baby was ready to come! The contractions started about 1 minute long every 6-7 mins and by 2:45 Alex was insistant it was time to call the hospital to see if we could come. They said they did have a bed so head on over. We dropped Zaylee off at a friend's (lifesaver's) house and got to the hospital at about 3:45-4:00 (not sure...didn't really care to look at the clock by that point).

When they checked me they were shocked that I was already dialated to a 6. They started rushing the paperwork and tried to quickly get in an IV line so they could draw blood for a platelet count for the epidural. After blowing two veins they finally got one and got the blood off to the lab. By this time the contractions were already feeling pretty unpleasant and were close enough they decided to get me out of triage and into a labor and delivery room.

We got to L & D and they checked me again and I was well on my way to an 8 and they started to panic a bit....there was still a lot of paperwork that needed to be done! =) I at this point was feeling pretty miserable as one contraction kinda just lead right into the next. That was kinda sucking not to at least have a break between them anymore. So, I told them I didn't care about the epidural anymore and that I would just take the IV drugs. Guess what..."it's too late. You can't have IV drugs now because it's too close to delivery. The baby will be too larthegic." So I asked about an IV drug that an anethesiologist in our ward had told us about that didn't have that effect. "Well, that specific drug requires one-on-one attention with an anethesiologist and to be honest we are understaffed right now and just don't have one available for that. It's okay, you can do it. It'll go quick." (Ya, easy for them to say!)

So, now I know it. No, drugs. Not good news to a major wuss like me. So, I told them, "fine, I am done then. Break my water and lets get this over with." As soon as they did I immediately asked myself what was I thinking!?! Holy cow! I didn't realize how much worse those contractions could get!!! I'll admit it. I screamed a bit. I'll also admit it. I hit Alex a couple of times. (I really only remember one time but he claims there were at least two times.)

After they broke my water I had maybe 5 mins before it was time to push. I pushed for maybe 10-15 mins and it was done. He came out face up which they said is a particularily painful way to have to deliver--go figure. All I know was how glad I was to be done. The resident OB that delivered said that in the future I should always planned to be induced. Ha!

"Thank you! Happy Halloween!"

Tonight was our ward Halloween party. It was such a good time. Great chili, great conversation, great time for kids, great pie eating contest, and great trunk-or-treat. Overall, I think you get the picture, but it was a great night! =)

Our little Snow White!


Out Trunk-or-Treating



The Spoils!



Now for the best part. Alex, yes, I said Alex, participated in the pie eating contest. Not completely voluntarily (one of his friends in the ward signed him up but he chose not to take his name off surprisingly enough....) but he still did it. Even lucked out and got a chocolate pie. It was great. Didn't get a video, but here is the play by play in photos. Hilarious! Never have I seen him do something like this surrounded by a bunch of people we don't really know. I loved it! He didn't win and said he just felt sick after but it was great entertainment!

Quick update

Okay so I went in for my 38 week appointment today. Three and a half hours later, here are the results. My blood pressure was high so they were worried about pre-eclampsia. Went and did more tests and they said everything looks fine today. Will go back in on Monday for another non-stress test and then they are going to induce me next Wednesday if I haven't gone by myself before then. Ultrasound results were, "everything looks good!"

For those that may care: dilated to a 3; 50% effaced; stripped membranes today.

For those of you that may or may not care: MY DANG PLATELETS ARE TOO LOW FOR AN EPIDURAL NOW!! SEE I TOLD YOU I SHOULD'VE HAD HIM AT 36 1/2 WEEKS!

Still no name for sure....Zaylee said today, "can we PLEASE name him Jack?" =)

37 Week Ultrasound

So I had my 37 week ultrasound today since I was measuring too small at my 36 week appointment (32 cm was what I was measuring). I didn't get really anything out of it because the doctor that was supposed to come in to talk to me never came in and eventually the technician just told me I could go. When I asked him the results he said that he wasn't supposed to tell me anything but, "ummmm....it looks alright...." And so with that I will wait until next Wednesday for my OB appointment and hope I can get a clearer explanation of the results.

Here is the ultrasound photo. His head is really low right now so the tech couldn't get a good facial view so as he said to us, "use your imagination." =)



P.S. Today Zaylee was watching a show on t.v. and they asked "what are your talents?" She said "I draw, I play music, I play ball, I ride my bike, I dance....those are my talents!" It was cute and thought I would share! =)