Tough couple of days for mommy and Grant

We spent some time at the doctors the last couple of days.  On Monday I went in to try find out the cause of some intense pain I was having.  Turns out I had an abscess caused by a bacterial infection in my sutures...not fun.  Then today, our doctor performed a circumcision on Grant as well as a newborn test that required baby boy's foot being pricked.  Needless to say, he has had a rough day.  So for the next few days, he and I are going to try to take it easy.  Here is his  "taking it easy" look.  Poor lil guy...

Sleepy boys

This is too cute; I had to share!

Pops and Grant a.k.a. Grandpa's Little Sidekick

Happy 1 week birthday lil' guy!!!!

More photos from week 1

First stroll around the block

Mommy, Grammie and Grant tried out the carrier today and had a good time outside in the rare Seattle sun.  To stay warm, G Man rocked his fuzzy bear outfit.  Too cute...

Grant and family

Grant and Grammie Cindy taken Sunday, G Man and his Auntie Sherri taken tonight.  Can't believe he is already 3 days old!

Mr. GQ

Grant isn't even a day old and already has had a photo shoot. To see his pictures go to www.bellababyphotography.com. Click "View Photos" and enter password jtho0217lewallen

First photo

This is Grant at 13 hours old.

Grant Hayes Lewallen has arrived!

After a very eventful Thursday night and today, Grant Hayes Lewallen joined us Friday, February 17th at 7:45 PST. Coming in at 8 lbs & 19 inches, both Grant and mom are doing great! We'll definitely have pictures of the little guy posted tomorrow.

At the hospital again...

We went to L and D triage around midnight.  Stayed for about 5 hours, mainly spent walking.  Around 4 they checked me and I was only 3.5 cm dialated with my bag of water still intact.  Back home we were sent (with a shot of morphine).  Rather than helping with pain, the morphine really got things moving.  By 10am I was having contractions every 3 minutes and was 6 cm (sure nice our doctor is across the street from the house)!  Anyways back to the hospital we went.   Epidural is in and my water has broke...now we just wait! 

Getting Ready for Baby

Baby boy will not only have his own nursery, but he also has a whole setup in our room.  To reduce the odds of SIDS, experts recommend keeping babies near you at night for the first 6 months.  We will see if we can actually make it the 6 months with the pack n play, but its worth giving it a try!  

38 weeks (and 2 days)

The belly is still growing...

37 weeks (and 5 days)

Here is Jimmie in front of the baby's tree. We sure hope he likes it...it only took us over 3 hours to put up! ;-) Big items left on the checklist: Install car seat, set up bassinet in our room, clean the house, file our taxes, and have this baby!

Important: Please read if coming to Seattle

I know expectant moms can be paranoid, but I just watched a story on the local news tonight that got me thinking. Whooping cough is on the rise in the Seattle area, and unfortunately babies can't be immunized until after 6 weeks. So I am going to pass on the reporter's suggestion to all friends and family that will be around the baby his first six weeks: please consider getting the TDap (Whooping Cough) vaccine. I got mine during pregnancy and will certainly encourage Jimmie to do the same. Thanks for your consideration!
Link to the news story: Whooping cough on the rise in state