Merry Christmas to ALL!!!

Great Grandma Phyliss arrived last night from Tipton to celebrate Christmas with us. YAY!!!

Visit from Grama Jo

Grama Jo came to visit us from California from Dec 11th to Dec 20th. I was great to have her here to spend time with us and having the extra set of hands was an added bonus! Thanks for all of your help Grama Jo. She timed her visit so she could also attend a very important event. Jason graduated with his MBA from the University of Iowa on Dec 18th!!! YAY! He had a permanent smile on his face ALL DAY! We drove to Iowa City on Friday evening to attend the ceremony and dinner. We are so proud of you Jason! He had his last class on Dec 19th and is relieved to be done...finally!

Nolan's Two Week Checkup

Yesterday we went in to see Dr. Anderson for Nolan's two week checkup. My mom went with us to chase Nash while I was occupied with Nolan. He was 8 pounds 1 oz at birth and dropped slightly to 7 pounds 11 oz before we left the hospital. A few days later, Maggie, the visiting nurse came over and Nolan weighed 8 pounds 5 oz. Jason thought for sure he was up to 9 pounds yesterday but I refused to believe it. When the nurse weighed him at his appointment the scale read 9 pounds 12 oz. My jaw dropped. I told the nurse I didn't think it was possible but she insisted that it was correct. When we saw the doctor, he was in disbelief too. He sent us back out to the scale for a re-do. Sure enough, 9 pounds 12 oz. I still can't believe it. His length measured 20 1/8 inches and head circumference measured 37.8 cm. I asked the doctor what percentile Nolan was in and he just said, "big." I had some concerns about a few things: Nolan's tongue is attached almost all the way to the the tip, when he spits up it also shoots out his nose and he has a rash on his bottom. Dr. Anderson recommended we get some zinc oxide for Nolan's bottom but was not too concerned about anything else. A good report overall! Nash and Nolan both have appointments in February.

Nolan's Homecoming

We left the hospital on Monday, December 7th, around 11am or so. The lactation consultant came in to talk to us right before we left to talk about the obvious. She also discussed how to best introduce Nolan and Nash. I started crying (freakin' hormones) and then cried all the way home. I was nervous about introducing them and SO excited to see Nash. He wasn't allowed to visit us at the hospital because of flu season.

This was the sign we saw on our garage when we pulled up to the house!

Nash was plastered to the front door as we walked up. He was yelling "Daddy, Daddy!"

Right away Nash wanted to see the baby. He was clapping and saying "baby, baby!" He started rocking Nolan in his carseat and kissing him right away. It was such a relief to see how excited he was...a moment I will never forget.

Nash and Nolan are getting along quite well. Nash likes to hold him (for brief periods of time) and loves to share his stuffed animals. He even tries to share his raisins. We have to keep a pretty close eye on them.

My boys.

It's a BOY!!!

My water broke around 2am on the morning of 12.5.09. Nana and Papa drove down from Grand Mound to stay with Nash while Jason and I headed to the hospital. I think it was around 9:30 when I finally dilated to 4cm and was able to get my epidural. Life was MUCH better after that! The nurses kept a very close eye on the baby's heart rate because it was dropping after contractions (same thing happened when Nash was born). This time however we were able to pull through it without a c-section. By 11:30 I was 6cm dilated and by 12:15 I was 8cm dilated. Around 3:15 the real work started and at 4:58 pm Nolan Jace Wentland entered the world! He weighed 8 pounds 1 oz and was 20.5 inches long. Slightly bigger than his older brother was at birth (6 pounds 13 oz and 18.5 inches long). We are so blessed to have such a happy, healthy little guy and we look forward to introducing him to his big brother Nash.

To Baby, From Mommy

Dear Baby W #2,

I'm not sure if you are aware but your due date was yesterday. Everyone is anxiously awaiting your arrival. We can't wait to meet you! Any chance you will bless us with your arrival this weekend? I won't make any plans, just in case!

Love,

Mommy