Pea Baby

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Kaia is on the lookout for Santa

Friday, December 23, 2016

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Ari,

I apologize for allowing you to fall into the second child trap. Life is much busier these days than it was when your sister came along. Rest assured, I am loving every moment of being with you. You are such a mellow child, which you'd have to be to survive your sister. You look perpetually terrified, but again, I think I would be too if Kaia were in my face every free chance she got. You love to move. Your Nana came to stay with us for a couple weeks and she was in love with the way you like to stand up when you're on her lap. You love playing upside down baby and standing up (with assistance) to look around. You don't HATE tummy time, though I wouldn't say it's your favorite. You seem to want to roll over more than you want to lift your head. You're a great sleeper and eater and an all around good baby. You have a bit of a cold and pink eye, so I'm not sure you've felt 100% for a while. I'm impressed at how happy you've still been. You haven't started smiling yet, but you're getting close. We've seen flashes of smiles, though it's never been for any good reason yet. Your brother and I are trying to ensure our names gets out of your mouth first. I vote for team Mama (but I guess team Noah is pretty cute as well). You are an extremely cuddly child, you refuse to sleep in your own bed for any length of time and I love cuddling too much with you to turn you away. We're going to see Santa on the Polar Express this weekend. It should be a blast. I adore you baby boy!!

Here are some favorites from your first month:

1 month photo- 8 lbs 11oz

2 week photo

Halloween Costume

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Ari Stewart Watson Goldman

Kiddo,

I'm so glad to be able to write about you. I've had two miscarriages and was terrified that if I wrote about you it'd jinx everything. But here you are. Adorable and perfect.

Your birth was fast more stressful than your sisters. It started with a bad blood test that indicated that I might not get an epidural. As a result we didn't start the induction until 2 pm. Once we started things seemed okay for a bit, but then my low blood pressure and your dropping heart rate panicked everyone and they cut my medicine. Occasionally I'd get them to up the dose briefly, but they'd have to give me epinephrine to keep your heart rate in line. That was all manageable and by about 9pm you looked like you'd be out within the hour. And then you weren't. From 9-1 we waited to dilate that last .5 cm. Your heart rate would drop, my blood pressure would drop, doctors would swarm and not much else happened. I started to get sick and the epidural was all but cut off. Around 12 the doctor came in to talk options. They were worried about your heart and needed to get you out. They didn't think me doing it on my own was a good idea so we were down to forceps, suction, or an emergency c-section. I was terrified. We decided to go with the forceps and the room filled with about 10 doctors/nurses. I pushed with everything I had because I knew how badly we needed you out and with a minimal assist from the forceps you were out 10 minutes later. 6.8 oz, 20 inches at 1:21AM on 10/21. You have been mellow ever since. Very alert. A great eater and an overall sweet heart. Your siblings adore you. Kaia stayed up until you were born and demanded to touch/hold you ASAP. Noah loved holding you every chance he got. Your grandma, uncle dobby and aunt teen stuck with me and daddy til the end and got to greet you immediately. I have more updates , but wanted to get this down while I could. I love you lots.