He is so chunky!

I just can't get enough of this big little guy.

His little personality is starting to come out and he is just a little stud.

month two stats:
weigh in: 15lbs 14onces
height: 25 1/2 in long
eating: breast milk {8-10 times still}
clothing size: 3-6months and now 6-9months!
diaper size: size 3

We are still 100% breastfeeding and it is going SOOO well now. He is taking a bottle like a champ now too. This makes it so much easier for me now that I'm back to work a few nights a week. I am only pumping once a day and my freezer has an entire shelf devoted to frozen breast milk.

He is changing so much.
He had his first rode trip down to my parents house in California. It was a 10hr drive down there and he did so well. We worked out a system where I would pump and then bottle feed him so we didn't have to stop all the time.

milestones/factoids:
rolled over twice on March 5th
is laughing all the time
loves his cow toy
grabs at his toys
loves baths now
started taking naps in his crib
loves to be cuddled
started using the pacifier {I try to only use it to "pacify" until I can nurse him}
no longer swaddled; he would wake himself up trying to get out of it
both eyes still goopy
hair has lightened up
moves his head when you call his name
loves when Josh does Elmo voice...or any voices
starting to baby babble
makes it through Stroller Strides every day now...yes!
met his Papa Lou and Great Grandma Jean
is so loved by his big sister

It was a beautiful day!
The sun was shining and the spirit filled the church.
Our baby boy received his first blessing from his father and his name was announced in the church.
My heart was filled with love and I am just so grateful for my family.
I am so grateful to my heavenly father for blessing me more than I could ever imagine.

Just look at those cheeks! Aren't they just so kissable!

Nathan has changed so much since birth....for starters he is one chunky little man! I just love watching him change and grow everyday!

month one stats:
weigh in: 12.5lbs
height: 24 1/2 in long
eating: breast milk {8 to 10 times a day}
clothing size: 0-3 months and some 3-6 months
diapers: size 1-2 almost ready for 2-3

He is 100% breastfed still! Yeah go me!! As you all know this is a huge accomplishment for me. It was really hard the first few weeks getting in the grove of everything and this little guy was one hungry kid. He was eating every hour to hour and a half AROUND THE CLOCK and each nursing session was about 45min long! There were a few times I was ready to throw in the towel but I pushed through the pain and made it!
Now he is eating every hour and half to two hours during the day and sleeping 5hrs at night. We are up at 3am then back down until 7ish.

Aww.....sleep.....that word is magic!

Since I am breastfeeding this time around, I am the one getting up every night. With Kaylee being a formula baby, Isaiah and I would switch off but not this time. He gets to sleep every night! Its okay though...he works hard to provide for us so its the least I can do to help out... {love ya babe}

milestones/factoids:
he is holding his head up pretty well now
Is grabbing for things {ie....my hair}
loves to snuggle and sleep on my chest
gets kisses everyday from his big sister
loves tummy time
hates baths
sleeps all the time
is a noisy sleeper
eyes are grey
goopy eyes still until his tear ducks open up
loves being carried in the ergo baby wrap
smiles alot and puckers his lips

This week is a bit jumbled up.

My days just seem to just fly by and when I sat down today to put this post together I couldn't remember what happened on which day. I'm on limited time between feeding Nathan and him napping so I figure as long as I get the pictures put in a collage and posted I win!

Not that there is any losing really....its more of a personal victory knowing I accomplished something other than cleaning the kitchen, doing the laundry, cooking a meal, nursing a newborn or changing a diaper. It's the little victories that count.

Here is our week with zero order to the pictures...

Isaiah filled out his paperwork for his vasectomy! No more babies here! Snip snip on Feb 10th!
I made the most amazing oven BBQ chicken
My chunky little guy
Kaylee has to have ALL of her dollies when we are in the car
Josh decided to try out the Ergo baby carrier at Joann's. It lasted about 5 min until Nathan decided he needed mamma

I worked out a few times this week. It felt good!
So cute in the sink.
Kaylee brought her bike to stroller strides
Getting a bite to eat at the mall with Amy and Parker
My two favorite guys passed out on the couch

So that was our week in a nut shell. I can't believe it is already February!
I have three post I am working on right now at the same time so hopefully I will finish soon but for now my time on the computer is over....Nathan just woke up. Back to mommy duties!

The snow is all gone and we moved into some great weather this week.

I am starting to get the hang of managing two little ones.
Though it isn't easy, it is starting to get better.
I even ventured out for the first time by myself {well without Isaiah but with 5 for my girlfriends} for a day trip to the zoo.

Here is our week....
1: Time to clean out the fidge and through everything out. booo.....
2:we had a few piles of laundry that I had to catch up on from not being home for 5 days
3: Nathan's 1 month appointment went well
(post to come on this soon...)
4: Nope not another baby! I found a lump in my right breast a few months back and they were checking it out. A letter from the radiologist today said it was non cancerous...just a big cyst...yeah! I go back when I am done breastfeeding to check the size again and then we will figure out what we want to do about it.
5: Melissa from Aloha finally got to meet lil man.
6: Kaylee and Bems hanging out while Elliott and Isaiah played flag football

1: Zoo trip!
2: Jack was so enjoying the big walrus
3:Me and my kiddos. Kaylee walked around and I wore Nathan in the Ergo baby.
4:Is that SUN!!!
5: She crawled up on the couch the minute we got home and was out for a few hours
6: Josh bought Nathan his first pair of Kobe's.

Saturday we celebrated Trystan's 7th birthday!
All of the cousins together in one picture
{Trystan, Cyrus, Emmalina, Kaylee, and Nathan}

Snowmageddon 2012 hit us hard this week causing our power to go out for five days which led us to house hop like gipsies throughout the week. Thank goodness our friends had power, warm water, generators, and wood stoves. Good times!

We started out the week with a daddy daughter date to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D. She loved it! I hung out at home with little man watching reality TV. We ended the night with Isaiah feeding Nathan for the first time with a bottle! Go breast pump!
We headed out in our three inches of snow to play a little bit and build a snow man. After getting cold in the snow we tried out a new Pinterest project, messless finger painting. It was a hit! We finished the night with a little movie time.
Then it happened. We woke up to this! I only took one picture of the snow because shortly after we woke up our power went out. Not good. This was the beginning of our five days of waiting for life to return to normal. I borrowed some pictures from some of my friends on facebook.
Not only did we get a good 13inches of snow but then the freezing rain and wind came and down came the trees. It was crazy!
{thank you Alisha, Jennie, Amy and Krystal. }
We packed up and our friends Chris and Christie came to the rescue. Some how they didn't loose any power. We have no idea how this happened because everyone around them lost it but we were happy to spend a few days hanging out, watching movies, and eating some good ol' junk food. Christie and I were going crazy after two days and needed to get out so we headed to Taco Bell and Target. Luckily Chris has a huge truck so we ventured out in safety.
After a few days there we headed out to the Bippert's house to hang out with them. We had so much fun we forgot to take pictures. Finally our power came back on and we headed home.

Oh what a week it was!
It really made us realize how important a food storage is and a generator. We lost everything in our fridge and freezer....including all of my stored up breast milk.....not good.
We were blessed though to have people around us that love and cared and took us in.

January is shaping up to be a pretty good month.
Nathan is already three weeks old!

I feel like all I am doing is nursing and sleeping, watching entirely way to much TV and movies, and enjoying all of the snuggle time with my little family.
Kaylee had a super fun week. She went to Stroller Strides with Lindsey and was able to play with all her friends. Then she went up north all day with her on Thursday and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. She loved it! She told me all about the monkeys and the fish when she got home.
Then she spent the day with her Uncle Josh and went and played at Jumping Jacks {the bouncy houses as she calls it} and then was spoiled with some good ol' mexican food and a RED BALLOON! haha
Overall I would say she is still getting as much if not more attention than she had pre-Nathan. Her routine is still all messed up but we are working on a new one.
I am so grateful for my friends and their volunteering to take her for a few hours to allow me to sleep when Nathan sleeps and just relax without a 3yr old running around.
We ended the week with the first of many days of SNOW!!

Here is our week.....
yep...our Christmas lights are still up, watching TV with me in the morning, cutest baby boy hangin with his uncle, funny faces in her Toy Story shirt, Jumping Jacks, semi smiley face after a bloody nose. She was jumping with other kids and hit her nose on some kids head.....instant bloody nose. She handled it like a champ. She didn't even cry and Uncle Josh was great taking care of her without me there.

got out of the house for a bike ride around the neighborhood in 30 degree weather, sleepy baby, looking out the window at all the snow falling, playing in the snow and building a snowman with daddy.

38 weeks pregnant: We went to the doctor for our weekly checkup and found out I was 3cm dilated and 50% effaced. I was having contractions for the last week too! We were so excited! The doctor said he could be here any day! I called my mom and dad who were coming in to town that next week. We were happy and sad at the same time because we all really wanted them to be here for the birth.

39 weeks pregnant: No baby yet! My parents made it in to town and we went to the doctor on Tuesday. 4cm dilated and 80% effaced! The doctor scrapped my membranes and said she thought she would see me later that afternoon or evening in labor at the hospital. YEAH!! We went to walk the mall to try and get things going....didn't work

40 weeks pregnant: STILL NO BABY!! I was getting so frustrated! I was having contractions so I started doing everything I could to induce labor....EVERYTHING! {well except for caster oil....I had to draw the line somewhere...} still nothing progressing.Finally.....I started to get contractions closer together so I called the doctor and she said to head into labor and delivery for monitoring .

We went, we waited, we were monitored, then we were sent home....false labor....boo.....

december 24th.........
{five days late}

1:30am
I woke up with some pretty strong contractions. I tossed and turned in bed thinking it was just the same thing going on but a bit stronger.
Nothing was going away! The pain was starting to get consistent.
I woke Isaiah up and we called in my bestie Corinne to be with Kaylee....
yep...at 2am on Christmas Eve!

2:00am{ish}
Isaiah and I decided to leave for the hospital before she made it to the house because the contractions were coming closer and closer together. My parents were up and getting ready so we decided to meet them at the hospital.

We made it to the hospital and had to go through the ER because it was after hours in labor and delivery. I was sitting in line in my wheel chair breathing and toning through the pain while some guy in front of us with something going on with his angle was taking his sweet time checking in! Finally it was our turn and I was checked in through ER and wheeled back to labor and delivery triage. The nurse asked me all the standard questions and I answered through the contractions that seemed to be coming faster and faster and more painful.
She decided to check my cervix to see how far along I was and she was shocked to find out I was 8-9cm already! She hurried me into the delivery room and said we were going to have a baby within an hour or so!
I semi freaked out!
I labored with Kaylee for almost 38 hours so this was WAY faster than I was anticipating.
My birth plan was to have an epidural so I didn't feel the pain and was going to be laughing all the way to pushing! Having a baby without drugs was NOT the plan!
They called the anesthesiologist anyways for me because I was convinced I still had time to get the epidural. He came in within 15 min and the doctor decided to check me again to see if I was progressing. YEP! 9-10cm!!!
She said there really was no time to get the epidural...she said I was going to have this baby within 30 mins!!

Crazy but this was me in the last bit of labor {8-9cm}. During the contraction is was really intense but in between them I was so excited. The nurses were joking with me saying I was handling labor better than 99% of the women they see. I was talking and joking with everyone in between the pain. I even said Merry Christmas to the doctor when she came in to deliver and everyone started laughing at me.

All the grandparents waiting patiently in the room to meet the newest little guy
I told them it was like going to a movie and they needed popcorn and sodas

4:00am {ish}
I had to push and that was that!
I really didn't think I could do it. It was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. It was soooo intense!!! At one point I started saying "I cant do this....I cant do this!" Isaiah and my dad were right there coaching me along telling me I could and I gave it everything I had.
The only way I can describe it was pure instinct. My body totally took over and every muscle inside me was working for one purpose...to get this baby out!

4:19am
NATHAN MICHAEL TORRES
makes his entrance into the world
9.1lbs 21 1/2in long

Nathan had to be assessed by the NICU doctors because there was some meconium when they broke my water. He turned out A-okay and it was time to meet him for the first time


first bath

meeting big sister Kaylee

meeting Santa
Nothing says Christmas baby like a picture with Santa!
This super cute couple came around to take pictures with the new babies. They do this every year. I think it is the cutest thing ever that he had his first picture with Santa on his birthday.

coming home
We were able to go home on Christmas morning!
Kaylee was so excited to wake up on Christmas and come to the hospital. She wanted to get all dressed up to get us. So cute!

our Christmas miracle

There are no words to describe how your heart just grows with a new baby. I am so in love with him, more in love with Isaiah and Kaylee and feel so blessed to have these precious gifts from God.
I am thankful for a smooth and successful delivery and a healthy baby and to have our parents there with us to support us and experience such a life changing event.

I am most excited to know our family is complete and I can't wait to see what the future holds for the Torres family.