Bobby's Birth

Robert "Bobby" Thomas Egbert, was born on Sunday December 12, 2010 at 9:32 pm. He weighed 7 lb 1 oz and was 20 inches long. He came exactly 1 week early, which worked out perfect for us. We were really hoping he wouldn't wait all the way until his due date! Saturday night we headed over to Hannah and Garrett's for Rob's surprise man shower. We had a great time hanging out with some of the other residents, but by the end of the night, I was pretty uncomfortable. I had been having light contractions for about the past month, but these ones were starting to get more painful.



Sunday morning I woke up at 3:30 am to some more contractions. I started timing them and they were about 6 minutes apart. They weren't horribly painful, but I couldn't sleep so I took a shower and made sure my hospital bag was ready. I got back in bed to try to relax a little the contractions slowed down and I actually fell asleep in between a few of them. By breakfast time I was all ready to head to the hospital, but now the contractions were about 10 minutes apart so I just had to wait it out. It was a long day of waiting. By noon the contractions were miserably painful, but still about 7 minutes apart. We sat around watching tv and timing contractions until around 3:00 when they all of a sudden started coming 4 minutes apart and by this time they were really painful. We quickly jumped in the car and went to the hospital. They checked me out and told me I was very far along and that the baby would be born really soon.



Once they got me into the delivery room it seemed like forever before they got me the epidural. They gave me some other pain meds to hold me over until the epidural came which I was extremely grateful for! Then Bobby decided to take his sweet little time and we waited and waited and waited. I was so exhausted that I was in and out of sleep and, according to Rob, talking some crazy nonsense. By the time I was fully dilated, the nurse had me start pushing. I pushed once and she told me to stop and the doctor came right over and I pushed 2 more times through 1 contraction and Bobby was born. My parents had just gotten into town the day before and they brought Adeline over to the hospital but she was not interested, she was just mad to be woken up!



Everything went smoothly in the hospital and I was feeling pretty good (much better than I felt after Adeline was born). We took Bobby to the pediatrician the day after we got home from the hospital and his jaundice level had jumped way up so we had to put him on a billi blanket for a few days. We had to keep taking him in to get his billirubin levels checked. Luckily, by Monday morning we were able to take him off the blanket and he's doing great. He is a fantastic eater (I cannot tell you how thankful I am for this!) and he is very calm. He's still sleeping all the time and he doesn't cry too much. Adeline is having a bit of a hard time adjusting, but that was expected. It's pretty crowded in our little house with everyone here, plus add in a big Christmas tree and there's not much room for Adeline to play. It's also freezing outside, so we've been stuck inside a lot. She's been playing with Nana and Papa and loving the extra attention but I think she'll calm down a bit when things get quieter around here again (will it ever be quieter again???).



Bobby is getting cuter and cuter everyday. We don't think he looks that much like either of us, or like Adeline when she was born. It will be interesting to see what he looks like as he gets older. He has less hair than Adeline did when she was born, and Bobby's is a little lighter. He's got dark bluish brown eyes which we are sure will end up brown. He is growing like a weed. He was back up to his birth weight by 5 days old, and as of Monday, he was already 7 lb 9 oz and I'm pretty sure he's about 8 lbs by now! We are so excited to have him as part of our family and can't wait to see what personality he'll have!








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Robert Thomas Egbert

Our son was born last night, 12/12/2010. Here are a couple pictures. Bobby and I are both doing great. More pictures and the full story to follow.

Location:J Clyde Morris Blvd,Newport News,United States

Finally, photos I’ve been meaning to post

So I am finally getting around to posting all the photos from the past 2 months that I’ve been wanting to share.  We’ve been a little pre-occupied trying to get ready for baby #2 and Christmas and stuff but I’m really glad I got a chance to blog these before Bobby comes!  And in case you’re wondering, the doctor said he will most likely make his appearance any day now (even though I’m not due until the 19th).  Enjoy the photos!

Adeline and I have matching fuzzy crocs!  Hers might still be a little big for her!

At the beginning of November we took a 10 day vacation to Atlanta to see my family and Sumter to see Rob’s parents.  While we were visiting Rob’s parents, we all took a day trip to Charleston to scope out some possible areas to live and of course we had to stop at the beach! 

 

The fall colors were beautiful here this year.  This is where we go on our walks everyday and it was magnificent for about a week!

We had 2 Thanksgiving dinners this year.  One with just the 3 of us on Thanksgiving day and then 1 with friends the Sunday afterwards.  It was great to split it into 2 meals, that way we didn’t completely stuff ourselves at either of them, but we were still able to have all the traditional food we love!  We only got pictures of our family meal though.

I also have some family and pregnancy photos that we took, but I can’t find them on the computer right now, so that will have to be yet another post. 

November Updates

Sorry, no photos with these updates, I will post some soon, once they are off the cameras and edited and such.  We visited family in Atlanta and Sumter this past week so we have photos from that, plus the leaves are just gorgeous here now, so we took a few fall pictures as well.  I also plan to have Rob take some pregnancy photos soon too that I’ll share (if they look good :).

Me and Bobby: 

I am now 35+ weeks into my pregnancy and I’m really starting to feel it now.  I had an ultrasound yesterday to see how big the baby is and they said he is a little over 5 pounds right now.  They did some 4D pictures for us, but they mostly just look creepy because I am so far along in the pregnancy and things are getting a bit tight in there!  The best view we could get was very clear right on his nose, which is looking pretty big at this point!  We could also see a little bit of hair, but not a ton.  It will be interesting to see what he looks like when he gets here (I am picturing him looking just like Adeline did, so if he looks different, I’ll be shocked!). 

I am starting to get into the “nesting” stage.  I have some things around the house that I really want completed before little Bobby gets here like better child-proofing (especially in the kitchen) so I won’t have to worry so much about Adeline getting into stuff when I’m taking care of the baby.  I also want to make a bunch of soups to freeze so that when I need a quick, easy lunch or dinner, I have something already made.  I am already planning on making extra mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving so I can use the leftovers to make some kind of potato soup, and I will use the turkey carcass to make some nice turkey stock for turkey noodle soup.  I’ll probably also make some tomato soup and some zuppa tuscana soup (the kind they have at Olive Garden).  So if you have any other good soup recipes that you think would freeze well, let me know!

Rob: 

Rob is just finishing up the greatest rotation ever (orthopedics) and has to start family medicine next week.  He’s had a lot of free time on this past rotation, so now we have to readjust to him working a lot more.  He will have to be on call a couple times a week and won’t have very many days off at all.   I have to take advantage of having him around the rest of this week.  I think I will have him put up our Christmas tree and hang some lights on the house this weekend because I honestly don’t know if he’ll have time to do it any other time before the baby is born/Christmas.  I know you’re not supposed to do that until after Thanksgiving, but I don’t really care since we’re not even doing Thanksgiving until the Sunday after because of his work schedule. 

He has also been in running mode and sourdough bread baking mode lately.  As many of you know, Rob gets a hobby in his head and gets super focused on it for while and right now he is enjoying trail running and bread baking.  I never knew sourdough bread could be so intricate and involved, but of course, Rob has been reading library books about it and watching youtube videos and he is determined to make the perfect loaf of bread.  He’s got all kinds of experiments going with different kinds of starters and different kinds of flour.  He’s actually baking a loaf today that he’s been working on since yesterday, so we’re excited to see how it turns out.

Adeline: 

She is so cute lately!  She is just getting into the talking stage and just babbles all the time.  We have no idea what she’s trying to say, but most words sound like “dadda” or “ba”.  I know she is actually trying to say other words, they just all sound the same when they come out.  She’s been doing this for about a week now and its so exciting to see her learn so much so quickly. 

She has also been sick for a while, but we are super lucky because she handles it really well.  She still acts happy most of the time.  She is getting another tooth right now and has pink eye (its the viral kind so luckily her eye isn’t all crusty or anything) and she hardly seems to notice.  Let’s hope she continues to deal with sickness so well as she gets older.

Again, sorry about no pictures this time, but I really felt like blogging and didn’t want to wait for the pictures to be ready!

Halloween and a few other things

Adeline was a pumpkin for Halloween this year.  The Halloween festivities started when we carved pumpkins.  I carved the jack-o-lantern and Rob carved the Mad Hatter. 

Then we had the church “Trunk or Treat” where Adeline loved the freedom to run around.  She didn’t really get the hang of trick or treating though.  She loved wearing her costume.

The next day we had a Halloween party at the park with a Stay at Home Mother’s group that I am involved in.  It was so cold that day and super windy, so we didn’t stay too long.

 

And finally, trick or treating on Halloween through our neighborhood.  Like I said, Adeline didn’t really get the hang of trick or treating, but she LOVED dumping her candy out all over herself!  Then she decided to try to eat the candy through the wrapper.  We let her eat 2 pieces and have been eating the rest ourselves!

And now a few other cute pictures from the past couple days.  This first one is what happens when you go to Sam’s Club at lunch time and you forget to bring something for the kid to drink!  She LOVES soda!

And in this next photo we are training her to be hooked on video games from the very start!  I think this post is making Rob and I look like horrible parents, but you have to admit, they’re pretty cute photos!

And this one I just though was cute!

Photos, Photos, and more Photos

We had a great day on Saturday with our friends Hannah and Garrett.  We went to a pumpkin patch and enjoyed what might be the last nice day we could spend at the beach without sweatshirts.  We took tons of pictures, played bocce ball, and relaxed (as much as possible) while the kids ran around and played in the sand.  Then to top it all off, we came home and had a delicious fish dinner!  So glad we were able to take advantage of the beautiful weather and have fun with great friends.