Welcome Aiden!!!

We are so excited and blessed to announce that our son Aiden Michael Wells was born on September 9, 2015 at 4:10pm.  He weighed in at 6 pounds 2 ounces and was 19.5".  He is absolutely perfect!!!  And we are so in love with him.

Connor is doing an amazing job at being a big brother.  He loves Aiden so much.  He is very caring and loves to hold him and give him lots of kisses.  They already have an unbreakable bond and I am so excited to watch them grow up together.

Aiden was born 10 days early.  I had a scheduled doctor's appointment on Tuesday, September 8th and the doctor let me know that I had signs of preeclampsia and decided that I needed to be induced.  We scheduled the induction for the next morning.  Knowing that I was going to be induced, I went home, finished work and then began to pack for the hospital and make arrangements for Connor for the day. 

It was very hard to sleep that night.  I kept thinking about the next day and how I finally get to meet my little boy.  I was scared and nervous and excited all at the same time.  Diana came to pick up Connor at 7:00am and Barry and I left for the hospital around 7:30am.  I got to the hospital and we started the Pitocin, waiting a few hours and they broke my water around noon and the contractions were really fast and strong after that.  Of course I requested the epidural ASAP :).  We had some problems with the epidural this time.  It did not take very well on the left side.  My right side was good and I did not feel the contractions, but I could still feel them on the left hand side.  We were about to call the anesthesiologist back to see if there was something he could do, but then we found out that Aiden was breech. BREECH!!!  Oh my!  So, my only choice was to have a C-Section.  I could not get in for a C-section for another 2 hours because the doctors were booked with them and it was not an emergency.  So, I had to feel contractions on the left side for another 2 hours :(  They finally wheeled me in for a C-section and I was so scared and nervous.  It was all happening pretty quickly and it had been a long day.  But, I had a great doctor and nurse and the let me know that they would get the baby out as soon as possible.  After they prepped me, Barry came into the room and within 2 minutes they had Aiden out.  He was crying and everything was great!!!  I felt a lot of pressure and was having a lot of pain, but it was over quickly. 

After I was done in surgery, I went to the recovery room and finally was able to hold Aiden.  I had a reaction to the spinal they gave me for the C-section and was shaking a lot, but that did not stop me from holding him.  He was absolutely perfect.  After I got to hold him for awhile, they gave him a bath and it was time to go up to my room. 

We had a lot of visitors that day and we fell more in love with Aiden.

It was a long hard day, but at the end, Aiden was here and healthy and perfect. Welcome to the family Aiden.  We love you so much!!!

2 More Weeks to go!

We are in the homestretch with Baby #2!  Only 2 more weeks to go until my due date.  I am hope that the baby will come sooner though!!  Everything is going well still, but everything is getting a lot harder. I am very anxious to meet him and see what he looks like.  I know that Connor is getting excited too.  He keeps asking when the baby will be here.  I know he is going to be a great big brother.  He has been practicing taking care of the baby with his own baby doll named Karen. He has been very good to her. Changing her and putting her in the swing.  Let's hope that he is as caring for his new baby brother!!

I'll keep you posted on the baby news!  Let the countdown continue!!!

The countdown

Only 4 weeks to go until we get to meet our new little baby!!  This pregnancy has been so different from my first one. I have felt great, but the end is starting to get hard.  It is probably much harder than it should be since I'm still chasing around Connor and carrying him around.

Connor is getting excited too.  He loves to give my belly hugs and kisses.  He tells me that he loves the baby and that he is so excited to be a big brother. It melts my heart and I love hearing this! I really wonder if he knows what is coming.  I think that he will be amazing! He is such a loving and kind little boy.

We have decided to name the baby Aiden. I think that Connor will call the baby Boy Aiden!  For a long time Connor wanted a sister and was upset when we told him that it was a boy, not a girl. So, we started saying the baby boy Aiden in Mommy's tummy. He now thinks the baby is named Boy Aiden. haha.

Lots of big changes around here, but all great ones! Life is good and we are very blessed! Let the countdown begin to our new family of 4!!!!

PRESCHOOL

How is it time for my little baby to go to Preschool?!?!?!  He was a champ. He did amazing and I am so proud of him. Connor is going to Westminster for preschool. He is in teh 3 year old program. He will be going on Tuesday's and Thursday's from 8:00-11:15.

He was so excited to wear his backpack and bring a snack to school. He let me take a couple of pictures before school that morning and then we drove to school and walked down to his class together. He went right into his classroom without hesitation and found the play doh table.  His teacher came over and showed him his name tag for his locker area and showed him where to hang up his backpack. He did not want to take his jacket off (he actually kept it on the entire day at preschool).

He then went back to playing and Barry and I snuck out since he was doing so good!  I went home and really didn't know what to do besides count down until I went to pick him up at 11:15.  I kept wondering how he was doing.

It was time to pick him up and he walked out of the school with his teacher and ran right to me. He said that he had a good time! His teacher Ms. Charity and Ms. Micki are amazing people and filled me in on his day.  He kept his jacket on all day, ate his snack, asked for me a couple of times but after being told that I was going to be there to pick him up he was okay, and they heard a lot of "No thank you, not right now." Connor had a hard time transitioning from activity to activity. But, overall he did great and I cannot be more proud!!!!!!  He did it!!!!

This is the first time Connor has been in any type of setting like this and I'm sure once he knows the routine he will be a lot more comfortable. We will see how the 2nd day goes :)

Way to go big boy!!!!  Momma is so proud of you!!!

Volleyball

Connor tried out volleyball with some neighbor kids and Carson. I'm not sure if he really got what he was supposed to do, but it was really fun to watch. Look how tiny he is compared to the other kids.

More Summer Fun!

Here are some more pics taken over the summer.  Train museum, more parks, using his imagination and building with blocks, pools, play doh, dressing up and being silly. Ah, the life of a 3 year old!!! :)