The Hosmer Family: May 2012

So now that Hunter is here I am going to try and do blogs more frequently. I cannot believe he has already been here for 3 weeks. Some days it seems like 3 days and others it seems like 3 years...haha :) He is continuing to grow. I think he is up to almost 8 1/2 lbs now and is just the cutest baby ever. Although I am a little biased. It seems like he has been a part of our lives forever and we cannot imagine our lives without him. I am still breastfeeding and am loving it. When I got pregnant, I told everyone I would at least try it but in my mind I did not think I would last. I love not only the financial aspect of it (because his food is free this way) but I love the opportunity it gives me to really bond with him and have our special time together. No one else can do this for him. Hunter loves his mama's milk as well. He cannot get enough of it, haha. I am love being home with him and am dreading going back to work even though that is still 8 weeks away. We are just having so much fun hanging out at home and making trips to Nana's house. I especially love going to Nana's house because then I get a break to rejuvenate myself. She changes his diapers and gives him so much attention. I can tell he already loves going there. I also just love having time with just him. We are home for 8 hours all by ourselves and there is only so much TV we can watch. I wrote him a song last week which he loves. It goes like this

I love you

You love me

We're a happy family

With a mom, and a dad, and a little baby boy

He brings us the greatest joy

We also went last week and took a few newborn pics with my cousin Winter. When I get some I will post them on here. He did so good with the posing and I think they are going to be super cute. My sister Jennifer is also coming out for a visit from Indiana and will be taking more of him and we are going to do our first set of family pictures. I cannot wait and am so excited to see how they turn out. Hunter also celebrated his first holiday yesterday on Memorial Day. We celebrated by going to my aunt's for a really great BBQ and the rest of my moms family got to meet him. It was such a nice day and being with family always makes its better. I will add some more recent pics of Hunter so everyone can see how he is doing and to see just how cute he is :) Not sure how Scott and I got so LUCKY!!

Some Things Hunter Likes:

Mama's milk
Watching Baby VuVu with Daddy on Youtube
Snuggling with Mama after eating
Sleeping in his bouncy seat
Kisses from his grandmas

Some Things Hunter does Not like:

Getting his diaper change (especially poopy diapers)
Tummy time
Waiting for Mama to get ready to feed him
Daddy's goatee

Just hanging out at home

Sunday Funday with Auntie, Nana and Mama

Mama and Hunter

Hunter in his new outfit from Nana

I've got my eye on you...haha

Sleeping in his bouncy seat

So Peaceful

I was so excited...I caught him smiling in his sleep

He loves his Daddy

He's just sooooo cute!!

I will have to pre warn everyone this is probably going to be a longer post because I have so much to cover. The most important thing to let everyone know is that Hunter James Hosmer has arrived. He was born on May 6th, 2012 at 1200pm. He weighed 7 lbs 6 oz. and measured 20 inches long. He is the most beautiful baby ever and Scott and I fell in love with him at first glance. It is just the most amazing feeling to know we are a family and will be together forever. Its at times like this that I am so grateful to have the knowledge of the gospel in my life and know for certainty that my family will be together not just in this life but for all eternity. What a comfort that brings to my heart. He was not supposed to be here until May 24th but he just couldn't wait to meet us.

As many of you know we were set to move into our new two bedroom apartment on May 5th (our apartment is amazing by the way). Luckily we were able to get everything moved and pretty much put away before Hunter decided to come. Also, I think Scott jinxed us because he kept telling Hunter through my belly to just stay put until the 6th so we could move, and Hunter listened :)

So we had moved all day and were pretty exhausted and hungry so we decided to go grab a bite to eat and them come home and hit the sack. We decided to go to Claim Jumper near our house. We had just finished eating our yummy mozzarella sticks when I felt this gush of water come out of me. At first, embarrassing as it might sound, I thought I peed my pants, but when I tried standing up the water just kept coming. I looked at Scott and he asked what was wrong, and I said "I think my water just broke". He couldn't believe it. He then called my mom (who thought at first he was playing a practical joke on her) and then her and my dad met us at our place and then we were off to the hospital. Now at this point I'm starting to realize I am actually going to have to have a baby. Lets just say I was scared and nervous. I had been thinking about this for the last couple of weeks but it really hit me at that moment. We got to the hospital at around 1100pm and by midnight I was having contractions. They put me on a pain med that slowed down the contractions so I could get some sleep. At 6 am they started me on Pitocin to start up the contractions, and boy did they come fast and hard. At around 730 am I received my epidural (although it was way better than the alternative, I hated the feeling of not having control over my legs). The doctor was set to arrive around noon, but at 1100 I started feeling alot of pressure in my pelvic region and I told the nurse, so she decided to examine me. I was 10 cm dilated and ready to push. She had me do a practice push and she had to make me stop because I was going to push the baby right out. He was really low and ready to arrive. The doctor got there around 1140 am and 4 pushes later our bundle of joy came into the world.

I never knew how I would react when they first put my baby on me. I have never been a real maternal person so I was afraid of how I would feel. As soon as they put that baby on my chest I knew he was mine and I was going to love him unconditionally forever. When they say you get maternal instincts, its totally true. I knew at that moment that deciding to have children was the best decision Scott and I have ever made. He is just the most precious gift I have ever received, and the most wonderful blessing. One of the things though that I will always remember about this day was seeing Hunter be placed in Scott's arms for the first time. Scott is a jokester 99% of the time so I wasn't sure how he would react. But the look in Scott's eyes of just pure love for his child, was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. He is going to be a wonderful support to me and the world's best dad.

Its been almost two weeks since he has come into our lives and what a wonderful two weeks it has been. It seems like everything I knew before his arrival has disappeared and he is what our lives revolve around now. Went to the doctor last week and he was down to 6 lbs 12 oz. but the doctor said that was normal. I am breastfeeding and Hunter loves his mama's milk :) We go back to the doctor tomorrow to make sure he is gaining weight and to see how he is doing. I will make sure to keep everyone updated on his milestones. I will post some pics from the hospital and some more recent pics as well.

The coolest thing though about him arriving early was I was actually a mother on this Mother's Day. The greatest gift I received though was our sweet little boy.