One Month

It's hard to believe that our little Ben is just over a month old already! Time has flown and he's growing fast and doing great. We think he's gained almost 2 pounds and is starting to grow out of his newborn size clothes and move into the 3 months ones! He's starting to do a lot of smiling which is so much fun, and in general is a pretty happy guy! We love to go on daily walks and the weather is starting to get really nice in Boise. I still have 5 weeks of leave left before I have to go back to work, and I intend to enjoy every minute of it! Here are the latest pictures I've posted of our little man...

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/heidi_hagman/album/576460762400343299

Benjamin Joseph Hagman

He's here! Benjamin Joseph was born on April 4th at 7:58 am. He's a big boy, he was 8 lbs 10 ozs and 21 1/2 inches long. He is doing wonderful and has made us so happy! Here's the story of how it went down...we were scheduled to be induced at 5 am on April 4th. The day before, the doctor put a catheter in my cervix to start getting me dilated before the induction. By that afternoon I was having pretty regular contractions and we went to the hospital around 11 pm because I was getting really, really uncomfortable and my contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart. Once there they said I was dilated to 3 cm and I was staying! I got an epidural (the best thing ever invented) and was able to rest through the night as I continued to dilate and contractions continued at the same rate. Around 7:00 am I was fully dilated and we were ready to go. Dr. West showed up, I started to push, pushed for about 15 minutes and the little guy was born!! I was really lucky and we were so amazed the first time we laid eyes on him...he is so perfect and the whole labor went so well. We stayed in the hospital two nights and came home with our new son on Friday morning. He's been doing great, he really is a happy little guy and has been letting us get some pretty good sleep at night, just waking up every 4 hours or so to eat. He's also a very good eater and nursing has been going well, and he's packing on the weight! Mike has been off work all week and it's been so nice for us to spend time the three of us and Mike's very helpful, changing way more diapers than I have. We've been busy taking pictures and uploading them here, if you want to take a look! We'll keep you posted!

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/heidi_hagman/album/576460762390505709

Still waiting...

Well our due date has come and gone and still no Baby Hagman. He was due last Wednesday the 28th and the doc saw no sign of labor coming any time too soon, so we made an appointment to be induced early in the morning this Wednesday, April 4th. It would be really great if he decided to come on his own in the next couple days before that, but we're not holding our breath! The doctor says it's very normal for first babies to be overdue, and everything has been going great but he's apparently just not ready yet! WE, however, are more than ready! I'm feeling pretty huge and uncomfortable but have been on maternity leave starting just over a week ago which has been really nice. About 3 weeks ago our new car finally came in, so that has been a fun distraction for me to cruise around in our new Honda Cr-v! We love it, and here is the last recorded photo of the baby belly that anybody will be seeing! The next post will be pics of our little son...we're so excited!

Baby Room

Well the little guy's room is about done except for a couple shelves so I wanted to post some pictures to share. I think he'll be pretty cozy in his new home! I have to of course mention that Mike built the very beautiful changing table/dresser...it's awesome and turned out just the way I imagined it...thanks babe! He's also going to make some little shelves to hang above the changing table, but I was so excited I had to post some pictures now! :) 6 more weeks to go until our due date, it's getting close!

Baby Shower

Saturday Jan 27th Kari hosted a baby shower for me at her house, and it was wonderful. It was so fun to have so many friends and family there to celebrate our soon-to-be-appearing son! We had a nice time visiting, eating yummy food, and they even did a little project of painting either a onesie or bib....which will really be useful soon! And of course I got showered with a lot of amazing gifts from everyone, both my mom and Mike's mom each made an amazing blanket for the little guy. Only two more months and he will be here, and now we're ready with just about everything we could possibly need! Here are a few photos, and the rest can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heidi_hagman/sets/72157594505210240/