It's amazing what a couple days can do...

....it can make a cute baby even cuter!  I swear Lincoln is getting cuter by the minute!  The first picture I stole from Jen, she took it when she came to visit us in the hospital.

 Lincoln's baby acne is already looking better.  Oh, and did you see that cute little cleft chin...where did he get that from??

....it can make one tired mama into an even MORE TIRED mama!  Lincoln didn't give me much sleep in the hospital, but I'm hoping that will change in the next little while.


....it can make a super big belly turn into an only mildly big belly...that will hopefully transform into a six-pack soon.


....it can make a family of 4 turn into a family of 5.

....it can turn Brynlee into a big sister and Carson into a big brother x 2!

....it can make us all happy to have a healthy little boy join our family.  We love you Lincoln!

ps.  the cute little hat in the last pictures is one that I made for him.  It's slightly too big on him, but isn't he stinkin' cute!?

Zoo's Who??

My parents gave the kiddos this animal guessing game for Christmas and they love it!  Carson learned how to play immediately and became quite good at it.  Brynlee is NOT so good at keeping the animal a secret and usually just blurts out whatever animal she sees on your forehead.  We've been working with her though and she is able to keep it a secret a bit better now.  We played it tonight and had a blast! 

Lincoln's Birth Story

Here's the approximate timeline to Lincoln's birth.  I was a bit anxious the last few weeks before I had him b/c I wasn't sure if I was going to have a ssimilar experience to Brynlee's.  Brynlee was born super fast and we never made it to the hospital...she was born at home on our bed!  I definitely didn't want that to happen again and was worried that I wouldn't recognize labor till it was too late.  I wanted to be induced, just in case, and was scheduled to be induced on Friday, January 14th.  Lincoln decided he wanted to be born on the 13th, instead, and here is how it all went down. 

January 12th, 7pm:  I went to a girl's Bunco party and wasn't having a great time!  I actually was having contractions every 15-30mins that were mildly uncomfortable, but didn't think much of it.  All the other girls were excited about my contractions, but I didn't want to get my hopes up.  Plus, I only had to wait one more day to be induced.

10pm:  Came home from Bunco and was still having contractions.  I laid down and watched TV for an hour and had Dan time the contractions.  They were only about every 12-15mins apart and not too bad, but were getting a bit more painful. 

11pm: I finally decided to call my doctor and just ask him what he thought about my contractions.  He was super nice and said I better come in and get checked, just in case.  After all, we don't want another baby born on the bed!

January 13th, 12am: It took a bit to get our babysitter over and ready for us to go to the hospital.  I was still skeptical at this point that my contractions were anything real.  They were getting fairly painful though and made me hope that something was actually happening. 

12:30am: got hooked up to the fetal monitor and everything and was dilated to a 3.  I was only dilated to a 1 last time i was checked at the doctors, so something was happening.  Then we just hung out for a few hours to see if the contractions were doing any good. 

3am: Pain was starting to get really bad, but I wasn't dilating very much, I think I was maybe a 4.  The nurse asked my doctor what to do and he agreed I could stay.  Got my IV, sent off bloodwork, and waited for anesthesia to give me an epidural.

3:30am: The contractions were getting super painful now.  The anesthesiologist came in, and after a few attempts, put in my epidural.  It started working and I was so much more happy!  I rested/slept for the next couple hours.

5:30am: checked again, but not much progress.  IV pitocin started to help things out.

5:45am: Doctor Ng came in to break my water. He said that I would start feeling pressure soon after. 

6am: Feeling lots of pressure and LOTS of pain!  My epidural had been working so good, but now seemed to be doing nothing...dang it!!  Dan went to let the doctor know that I was having a lot of pain.

6:05am: Doctor came in and said I was just about ready to push!  Everyone got everything ready in the room for the arrival of the baby.  I started pushing and was in SO MUCH PAIN!!!  I was really hoping for more pain relief than when I didn't have an epidural at all, but the last 30mins were just as painful as when I had Brynlee!! 

6:19am: Baby Lincoln was born!!!  He looked great!  There was a complete knot in his umbilical cord!  Dan cut the cord and they put him on my belly.  He was adorable!!!

My AWESOME nurse and doctor, Lisa and Dr. Ng.

Introducing Lincoln Alexander Loveridge

 This morning baby Lincoln Alexander Loveridge was born.  He arrived at 6:19 AM.  He weighed in at 7 lbs 14 oz.  He is 21 1/4 inches long.  Overall the labor went well.  Lynette had been having contractions for a few hours when we decided to go to the hospital.  She slowly progressed and so they broke her water.  40 minutes later we had a crying baby in our arms.

 

He didn't really know what to think of his new surroundings.

After Carson got home from school, we all went to the hospital to see the baby.  Brynlee and Carson were soooooo excited to see their brand new baby brother.  Carson is still trying to figure out how the baby came out. That is a discussion for another day :)





 
 Mommy and baby are doing great.

  

The all new, exciting and improved, party of 5, 

Loveridge Family!

Spoiled Rotten

I tell my kids that they are spoiled rotten, but truthfully it is ME who is!!  Last night my awesome coworkers threw me a surprise baby shower at work.  When I got to work and went into the break room there was a party waiting for me...complete with pizza, cake, and presents!!  What a fun surprise!

On my way home from work that night, I was overwhelmed with all of my blessings.  I realized that I have almost three kids and I've had SIX baby showers.  I've had 2 showers for each baby...one from friends at church and one at work.  Do I not have the coolest friend ever?!!  I really am spoiled rotten.  It made me think of all my blessings....including cute kids and the world's best husband!!  And there are so many more! 

Oh, and did I mention only 8 more days till I have a baby!

Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam!!

Brynlee is a Sunbeam!!!  That means that she gets to go to big kid primary at church...and not in the nursery anymore!  Is she really that old already??  She was a bit hesitant to go into primary initially, but Dan stayed with her a bit since he was substituting in Carson's class.  Dan said that she was scared until they invited all the new sunbeams up to the front to sing Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam.  She went up to the front and had a great time singing and jumping...she loves that song!!  She went to class just fine and said she had a great time!  Hopefully she will be fine from now on.  Here's a picture of our big girl with her crown on.

Trios

Carson and Brynlee got more Trios for Christmas.  Carson is really creative with them and loves coming up with new monsters and robots and stuff.  Here he is with a robot he made all by himself.  Pretty cool eh?