The Pearson Family: 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Michael 1 month old

Here are a few random pictures of Michael at one month old. I need to be better at taking pictures, but I have been kinda tired. I will try to do better. I'm still adjusting to having 2 kids!

Michael blue eyes

Can you tell who loves his little brother?

Just documenting the size difference in their heads.

My boys!

Little hands

Bathtime! We were keeping his head warm with the washcloth.

Cutie pie!

Asleep after bathtime

More to come soon!

Easter was fun. We just spent it with Jason's family this year. My family was kind of spread out, so it was an easy choice to make. Anyways, we gave Ethan his basket at home and then headed over to Sara's for the annual egg hunt. The Pearson's basically have a competition to see who can find the most eggs, and they get a trophy and their name on a plaque. Also whoever gets the least amount of eggs gets a trophy that is the back half of a donkey...guess who lost? Yep, yours truly. Out of 400 eggs, I found 17. But I also just had a baby and couldn't run around yet. The winner was Josh, with 59 eggs. Congrats Josh!

Ethan's face when he saw his basket

Ethan's basket

He wanted to be a cowboy for Easter

Josh the winner

Ethan with one of the girls new rabbits. The Easter bunny brought them 2 bunnies.

This picture is a little blurry but I loved Ethan's face in it. He totally has a Pearson face in this one..he looks like Matt.

Charlotte with the bunny ears we got her.

Papa Don

Happy Easter!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Brooke's 3rd Birthday

The 21st of March was my niece Brooke's 3rd birthday. We drove over to her house to celebrate. They had a big princess castle bounce house and ponies for a pony ride. It was our first big outing with Michael after his birth. We had alot of fun and it was nice visiting with family.

Jason's mom with Charlotte

Ethan and Brooke. They are best buds

Ethan on the horse

"Hi Dad!"

I just love the way Brooke looks in this picture.

Sara and Brooke

Papa with Brooke and Lily

Sara and Charlotte

Michael thinks he's a pirate...

Charlotte with her daddy

Grandma Jeannie and Michael

Lily with the pinata

Ethan getting the crowd going...

Watch out...Ethan has a bat

Brooke broke it open

Happy Birthday Brooke!

Michael: Week 1-2

Some pictures of Michael between one and two weeks old:

Fun

This is just a blog of a couple of fun things that Ethan did lately.

Ethan with cousin Carly

I don't know what they were talking about, but it looked interesting.

Ethan found a roley poley

Wearing our friend's ren fair costume.

Visitors

We have had a few visitors who wanted to meet Michael. It was really nice that people drove far to come see us. I wanted everyone to meet Michael as soon as they could, so it meant a lot to me to have these visitors.

My cousin Amanda holding Michael

Amanda, Ethan, Aunt Silvia and Lauren, with Michael

We drove up to my grandma's one day because my cousin Janet came out for a visit from Texas, so we invited more people over to meet Michael. This is my cousin Nicole with Michael

My mom with Michael

Janet with Michael

Janet's son Stone with Michael

My cousin Justin with Michael

Thank you to everyone who came to see us, either in the hospital or at home. I know we don't have pictures of everyone, but we still love you and are glad you were able to celebrate welcoming our newest child into the world!

Michael Drew Pearson: Born March 4th, 2010

If you have been reading this blog, you know that the last 2 months of my pregnancy were VERY uncomfortable for me. Michael was VERY active in the womb and my back hurt a lot. Everyone thought I was going to deliver early, but that wasn't the case, as much as I would have liked to. I was dialating, but very slowly. I had an appointment on March 3rd, and I was 2 centimeters. Since the 4th was my due date, and my doctor knew how uncomfortable I was, he asked if I wanted to be induced the next day. I jumped on the chance. Ethan was a couple of days late, and I hated it. This way, we were able to get all of our things we needed for the hospital and Ethan staying the night at my mom's, and we still had our heads on. We both got to take showers and just enjoy a slow pace to the hospital.

We drove up to my mom's to stay the night, since we had to wake up at 3am, and we didn't have to wake Ethan up. It was pouring rain when we left, but the day turned out to be beautiful.

When we got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitors, we discovered that I was already having contractions. They were about 15 minutes apart, but they were there. I guess the lower back pain and shortness of breath I had been having were contractions. Now I knew what they were, so I was able to tune into them. They started me on pitocin, but the lowest dose to help the contractions along. The never needed to up the dose, which was a good thing. I just needed a jump start.

Right about when the contractions were getting slightly uncomfortable, the doctor came to give me an epidural. I did not have one of these with Ethan either. I'm lucky and didn't have any complications, so my feelings on epidurals is why wouldn't anyone want to have this? I was so comfortable, and able to rest and enjoy the experience. This was giving to me at 11am.

Shortly after, Jason's mom got there and went with Jason to go get lunch. I was cool with this because I had no pain. At about 1pm, I started to feel things a little more, but still no pain. The nurse told me what I should be feeling when I was getting close to deliver. She said the doctor would probably call around 1:30 to see what my progress was. The nurse left and about 5 minutes later, it felt like Michael was moving down. So I called the nurse back in to check me and I was 9 cm. She said she could easily stretch me to 10. So, they started getting all the stuff ready for delivery, and paged the doctor. The nurse helped me start doing practice pushing. This is where the epidural was really nice. I was in so much pain with Ethan, that I couldn't pay attention to what the doctors and nurses were telling me. I just wanted him out so bad, that I pushed when there were no contractions and ended up tearing so bad, that it took me a long time to heal. This time with Michael, I was aware of my contractions, and I was able to let everyone know when I was ready to push and when I didn't feel it anymore and could take a break. Michael was born at 1:56pm, was 8 lbs and 19.5 inches. I tore very little and I've had a much better recovery time. Best of all, I enjoyed the experience and actually would have another child! Thanks to my mom for watching Ethan so I didn't have to worry about him, thanks to Jason's mom for being there with us, and helping Jason coach me through, and thank you to my wonderful husband for being a great support to me. (Am I giving an acceptance speech??) Enjoy the pictures!

Dr. Lee with Michael