Me and My 2 Aces

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Recent pics of our boys

Acey, after a haircut by daddy!

Double Trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!

Noah....3 months old!

Precious smiles...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

It's been forever since I've posted an update! So much has happened in that amount of time, and our babies have grown leaps and bounds! We've finally settled into a rhythm in taking care of 2 babies, I'm glad to say. It was a tough first couple of months dealing with exhaustion and not having enough energy to keep up with the boys, the housework, and life in general! Happily, I'm back into the swing of things, exercising, and have got a good schedule going at home. Throw in an amazingly helpful husband and each day is getting easier and easier!

Currently, I'm on a mission to lose my last 10 lbs. of baby weight through our vegetarian diet and exercise whenever I get the chance to fit it in. I just want to start my 27th year of life in the best shape I've ever been in. Ace is a main source of motivation for me. He's been getting in shape and losing lbs. for a while now (since I was prego) and is looking fabulous!

We got an extra blessing this Christmas when we found out that Adrian got the job with the police department! They are sponsoring him through the Academy, so he was able to quit his current job and go full time without losing pay or benefits! We are overjoyed, as Ace really really wanted this and are excited to see what the future holds for us with a new and better job on the horizon! He started the academy the second week of January, and is now in his 4th week. He loves it...to say the least! As for me, I'm getting more and more brave venturing out with my two babies. We've gone on shopping trips, jaunts to the park, and out for lunch. I've now got my jogging stroller, so now I just need warm weather and we'll be regulars out on the trail!

Our boys are getting so big! Acey will be 2 February 20, 2 days after my 27th birthday, and Noah will be 4 months Feb. 16. Acey still loves his Thomas trains, even more so now that he has a new train table to drive them on and lots more trains and track that we can even keep up with. He has learned lots more words, especially 2 of the most important words to saving a parent from the brink of frustration: "Help Me". Before learning those words, he would whine and cry endlessly until we figured out what he wanted. We are almost in full blown terrible 2 status with him, which makes going out in public difficult, but I'm hoping we get through this stage quickly! Noah is such a big boy now! He's tripled in size!! He is so active and loves to chat with anyone who'll talk to him! He makes lots of cute baby noises and hates being put down for more than five minutes. We can safely say he loves attention! he's almost sleeping through the night, but for breast fed babies, that really just means he sleeps between the hours of 11 and 4 am. He's got a gorgeous smile and a contagious giggle! What a joy it is being a mommy of 2 boys!!

We've got lots of exciting things underway for our family! Stay tuned! XO

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Our Baby Story

Noah Joaquin born 10-16-09 @ 8:23 am...

Noah...just 1 week old

In the early morning hours of Friday, October 16, 2009, I started having contractions that made me think, "Great, it's going to be another one of those false alarms." When the contractions continued for the next 2 hours, I decided to wake up my peacefully sleeping husband (thankfully he was off that day!) and tell him, those four words no husband of an expecting wife wants to hear at 4am, "I think its time!"

So in a harried rush, we woke up lil Ace, got everything ready to go, and let Ace's mom know that we were headed to the hospital. She was going to fly in to take care of lil Ace during our hospital stay- I know, the best mother in law ever, right?!! =) The drive was horrendous...we live over a half an hour away from the hospital (which is downtown, so not only far, but lots of stop lights) and by that time, around 5:30 am, I was in terrible pain.

We got to the hospital, the nurse checks me and decides that I should be admitted. No false alarm this time! In our rush to get to the hospital, we had forgotten one small detail- who was to take care of lil Ace before Ace's mom got here?? Now, under normal circumstances we probably would not have worried so much about this nor had a problem finding someone to come to the hospital to stay with him there, but due to the whole H1N1 fiasco, no person under age 18 was allowed in the hospital! So we had to find someone to take him for the time being until Ace's mom was to arrive later that afternoon.

Considering my last labor took a few hours to progress to delivery, Ace and I thought we had some time. He called my mom friend who agreed to watch him at her house-the only thing was he had to drive him there. She lives near us, and remember, we're about a half hour away from the hospital. I wasn't the least bit worried that Ace wouldn't get back in time. I thought we'd have a few hours or so! Boy was I wrong!

After Ace left, I got my epidural, and thought things would be smooth sailing. Wrong again! My labor was progressing so quickly that the epidural could not keep up, not even with an extra dose of pain meds could I feel comfortable! Time was ticking away, and this baby was ready to be born. I was calling and calling Ace to see if he was on his way back to the hospital. Meanwhile, the nurses were telling me I could push if I wanted to! I told them I wanted to wait until my husband came back (at this point, he was still 15 minutes away!) It was crazy...I was just remembering Ace saying to me, "Jen, if we can't find someone to take lil Ace for now, do you think you can do this on your own?" Great, I'm going to have to deliver on my own! Just as this thought crossed my mind, Ace walks in the door in the nick of time, I start pushing, and 20 minutes later, the rest is history. Noah Joaquin enters the world with a quickness!

Since our little Noah was born at 36 wks. and 4 days, we had to stay two full days in the hospital (they call it, late term preemie). He was healthy though, and there were no complications and that's all we could ask for! The hardest thing, believe it or not, was being separated from lil Ace for the longest time ever! Luckily he was in the caring hands of his Nana, so we didn't have to worry. We went home the afternoon of the 18th a family of 4!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

This baby has no more room in there!!!

Too bad this isn't a video...its pretty funny to watch in person, but whenever this baby moves, all can see it!

"Normal" Belly

Baby is starting to move right where my hand is

Now you can see either a heel or maybe an elbow poking out!

Full blown pointy belly! Crazy!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

34 weeks...baby #2- stay in there!!!

Yesterday morning I had a wake up call- literally and figuratively speaking! I woke up with ridiculously painful contractions that were close together and were not letting up! Of course, given my history (I delivered Acey @ 36 weeks) I was wondering if these were the real thing. So, I'm thinking history is repeating itself and once again, I'm not ready to go into labor! Not only do I not have my bag for the hospital packed, but none of the baby's clothes are washed and put away (due to nowhere to put them yet!) as well as we have no one secured to take Acey overnight for when we are in the hospital! So, Ace and I had a minor freak-out, more me than him. But I threw some necessities in a suitcase packed some things for Acey, and called my doc and went in to get checked.

Thankfully, it was just false labor for now! This baby needs a few more weeks in the belly. So, its rest, rest, and more rest (as much as you can with a toddler!) until hopefully 37 weeks or so...