Mateo one week old

Look at those long legs.

Mateo sleeping

We had Mateo's 10 day check up today. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. He gained 5 ounces in 5 days but our doctor said he should be back to his birth weight by now. So we will be sure to wake him up every 2 hours to eat so he can gain some more weight. We go back in a week for another weight check. What can I say our little man likes to sleep.

New pics of Mateo

Kaden did not like the swing. I am glad that Mateo likes it since it was never used before.

Proud Big Sister: note her big sister shirt


What an angel.

Proud Daddy with Mateo

Who is Who

I have been looking at pictures of Kaden as a newborn and she and Mateo look so much alike. These two pictures do not give the similarities justice. The colors give away who is who: Mateo is first and then Kaden.

Mateo Hadley Biamby is here!

Mateo Hadley Biamby was born on October 16th at 8:53pm. He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 inches long.

I was induced at 11am on October 16th. Mateo was a breech baby until week 36 and apparently he did not completely turn and he was considered oblique (which means he was at an angle and was more to the side). We went ahead with labor hoping that he would center himself. At 1pm my doctor broke my water and I took an epidural. Throughout my labor Mateo's heart beat would drop occasionally during the contractions, which meant he wasn't handling the contractions very well. At 7pm I had not made any progress since 1pm and Mateo had not centered himself so we had to change birth plans and have a c-section. After having experienced both delivery methods, I can not understand why anyone chooses to have a c-section (sorry if I offended anyone). I had a reaction to the anesthesia and could not stop shaking through the entire procedure and through most of the recovery. The gas pain is just about unbearable after the surgery and it is hard to do just about anything. But the important thing is that we are both safe and healthy.

We got home on Sunday afternoon and we are doing well. I will post more later.

Baby Update

I went to the doctor this morning and he sent me once again to the hospital to run the same tests again. They once again came back fine. So we picked a date to induce labor. We will be going back to the hospital on Thursday, October 16th at 7am to induce labor. This works out perfect for us since my mom will be here on Wednesday evening. I was in labor with Kaden for 10 hours (her labor was induced as well) so we are hoping for it to be about the same time or shorter!

In other news this weekend we had a very nice baby shower. I will post pictures later. Kaden has been sick with a cold and she has more teeth coming in! I can't believe it. It looks like it could be 3 more coming at once.

Update on Hadley

Well I have had quite a week and it is only Wednesday. Yesterday I went to the doctor and he thought my blood pressure was too high so he sent me to the hospital for blood work and a NST (non-stress test). Everything looked good and my blood pressure was fine so I got to go home 5 hours after I got to the hospital. The baby is fine and he decided to turn around so he is no longer breech! My doctor wants to induce labor on Monday but I asked if we could wait till Thursday when my mom will be here. This all depends on my blood pressure so please pray that the doctor likes what he sees on Monday.

Yesterday I started having a toothache and today it was so bad that I had to go to the dentist. My wisdom tooth is infected (this happened to me at the beginning of the pregnancy) so I am on antibotics and can't wait to be pain free. I have to have my wisdom teeth pulled, which I knew, but my doctor did not want me to do this while I was pregnant. I almsot made it through the pregnancy without any more problems.

Go Miami Dolphins!

Kaden helped Daddy cheer the Dolphins to a win over the Chargers on Sunday. Go Dolphins!

10 months old

It is hard to believe that Kaden is 10 months old now. She is becoming quite the little girl. She wants to walk so bad and we are working on this with her.

Words Kaden can say: wow, oh oh, dada, mama, baby

She now waves bye bye (she did this earlier and then decided she didn't want to do it anymore) and she claps her hands.

Kaden is growing so fast it is amazing. Soon she will have her baby brother to play with.

Kaden's time with Daddy

Kaden enjoying pizza with Daddy while Mommy was in the hospital last week.

Kaden loves her walker. She bulldozes through the house in this thing and is fast too. I love to watch her go after the dogs, it is so funny!

Sleeping Beauty. Usually Kaden naps on the way home from daycare. I guess she has so much fun she is worn out by the time we pick her up.


Gilbert sent me these pictures while I was in the hospital so I could see Kaden. What a thoughtful husband!

Update on bed rest

I am still hanging in there at home on bed rest. I have watched more TV than I have in a long time. Thank goodness the new shows have started back. I have been recording them at night and watching them during the day to stay occupied. I am also reading a great book, The Choice by Nicholas Sparks.

I go to the doctor tomorrow for a check up. I hope my blood pressure is okay. I am certainly not ready to be sent to the hospital to have the baby. I forgot to mention before that the baby is breech. I hope that he will turn himself around. I have no interest in having a C-Section for several reasons. The number one reason being I can't drive for a certain period afterwards and I will not be able to lift Kaden. This will be very hard on myself and Gilbert, so we are praying that the baby turns before I need to have him.

For those who are curious we did have a boy name picked from the beginning. So when the surprise came at least we did not have to go through the entire name selection again. The name we picked is

Mateo Hadley Biamby