Monday, October 28, 2013

All about my Baby Boys..

This Wednesday we have Coley's 6 month check up.  I obviously love seeing how he and his big brother compare in size and everything so I looked back at the blog from when T was 6 months to see what he was up to at that point and it made me so sad that I used to be so good at writing all about Treagan back then and I haven't written a thing about Colston!  AGGGHHH.  Kicking myself.  I am committing to be better though!!  I thought being a mother to one was busy, but had no idea what adding another to the mix would be like!  It's nutso, but I would not have it any other way.  I am loving these 2 sweet boys more and more with each passing day and just feel completely amazed that I somehow got blessed to be the one they call Mama.  Anyway, a little about our Co-Co Bear....  This baby is the happiest baby in the world!  He really has been such a blessing to me.  There were only a couple weeks, maybe from like 1-2 months, where he would fuss a little.  But otherwise he has seriously been so great!  He smiles constantly and rarely cries.  It's a  huge relief for this worn out mommy!  And Treagan has adjusted to the whole thing so well!  He loves Baby Cole and is always so concerned about him.  Cole loved to sleep in the swing at first.  It was hard for me to let him because I was so set about having my babies be in their room from day 1.  But he did so much better in the swing, so I finally gave in and let him sleep there for a few months.  He was sleeping through the night (usually about 8-10 hours) by 2 months.  SO AWESOME!  He did have a little problem with his neck though.  The doctors think he may have been too crowded in my belly and he was therefor stuck in just one position for a bit during his stay in my womb.  So he came out unable to look to the left very well.  He was diagnosed with Torticollis (luckily very early) and we started Physical Therapy when he was just weeks old.  It helped a ton and we were fortunately able to fix the problem before it caused too much damage and mishape to his cute little head.  He has been a great baby so far.  Not very fussy, not very spitty, mostly breastfeeds, but will take a bottle when needs be, sleeps well, happy all the time.  He's just a dream baby!  Anyway, I love both of these little angels so much.  Looking forward to Coley Oley's appointment this week.  I'm excited to see what a big boy he is!

Colston K Behunin

Well. . . He's here!  We made it to our scheduled C section date, MAY 6TH, much to the Doctors surprise.  Dr. Haskett really had me thinking I was going to go into labor before, but luckily we made it and all of our well laid plans were carried out perfectly!  My sweet friend Shanna came and picked Treagan up for us on Monday morning.  It was so nice of her to let T play with her and Stella, so my fam could be at the hospital with me for the birth.  We got to the hospital, met my cute mama, sis, and Gentry there.  Abby of course made sure she was working that morning too so she could give little Cole his first bath.  I felt so thankful to have so much love and support surrounding us during such an amazing experience.  We chatted for a bit, and before I knew it I was giving hugs and being wheeled back for surgery!  I definitely felt more mentally prepared this time.  After the epidural they laid me back and then Kellster came in.  Such a relief to have him by my side.  He was giving me the play by play on what they were doing on the other side of the curtain.  Then I heard my doctors saying, "That's a huge head!"  "Wow it's a monster baby, he's huge!"  Then, because he was so big for my body, they had a super hard time getting him out.  They tugged and tugged and pushed on my ribs... I seriously felt like I was being run over by a car.  Not gonna lie... It was a bit traumatic.  They finally got him out and he was wailing!  Much different than my experience with Tay's birth.  I was relieved that he came out crying.  I heard them yell out 8 lbs 14 oz at 8:14 am!  Pretty cool.  So yeah, he was a much bigger babe than Trey.  Almost 3 pounds difference!  But besides the weight difference he looked just like his big brother.  So precious.  I of course was crying through the whole thing.  Daddy went with baby to get him cleaned up, while I sat in recovery with my mom and sisters.  I laid there mostly just in shock until I finally got wheeled down to meet and feed my sweet new baby.  He was perfect.  I was in a bit of a fog for the first few minutes so I watched my mom hold him from across the room.  I was having a hard time believing he was mine.  I was starting to panic and worry that I wasn't bonding with this sweet baby the way I should be.  I felt nauseated.  I was shaking.  I didn't even feel like I wanted to nurse him.  It was odd!!!  But then he was laid in my arms.  The sweet little burrito bundled so tightly.  He smelled divine and I knew he was mine.  All mine.  Heavenly Father had officially trusted me... little old me... to be his Earthly mother.  I immediately felt inadequate, but loved him the second I nuzzled into his little face.  It's one of the sweetest moments when you meet your child for the first time.  It's an experience that will never get old and I pray I'll never forget.  They mentioned that he had initially had a hard time breathing so they had to do Cpap, but that he was good to go.  Not true.  A few hours later he was all blue and not breathing and was immediately admitted to the NICU. The nurses there were amazing and took such good care of our new little bundle.  Todd and Kelly gave Colston a blessing in the NICU that first night.  I don't remember much of what was said, probably because I was still so drugged up, but I remember the feeling.  I knew everything was going to be okay and was told that there was something extra special about this little guy.  Although it was hard to have him in the NICU during my hospital stay, and we would much rather have been able to have him in my room and to be able to show off his cute face to all our sweet visitors, we feel blessed that he was only there 4 days.  He finally passed his oxygen tests and we were able to take him home with us.  My recovery this time has been amazing compared to the last time! I don't know if its because I knew what to expect this time or if it was all the extra walking to the NICU I had to do, maybe both.  But I feel blessed.  Another huge blessing was all of the help I had while I recovered.  My mom took several days off work, which was huge.  Kelly's parents came to town that weekend, and Kell's work gave him two weeks of paternity leave. It was so awesome.  They mostly helped entertain Treagan so I could focus on the newborn.  We also had tons of meals brought in from friends and family and we are just so thankful!  Having a new baby in the home is such a sweet and wonderful (and tiring) time and we are so proud of and happy to be a family of FOUR!

So today is now October 28th.  I wrote that all within a few weeks of Colston's birth, but I hadn't added pictures so I was waiting until I did so to post it.  But I obviously am not getting around to it, and I post most my pics these days to Instagram.  So if you want pics, go there.  I think my blog these days will be more words, less pics.  Mostly just to document the life of our little family so I'll never forget all of these sweet details!