Wy's first trip

Wyatt was an angel on his first vacation! He slept great, ate great, and got extra snuggle time.

Uncle Shu got his first lesson on changing baby boys! He is getting prepared for his own.

The house had a HUGE sink! It was the perfect bath tub for my little man.

He slept through the entire tea party.

Poor guy was still suffering from thrush... after 8 days of treating him with the prescription with no relief, I decided to go the herbal route. After 3 doses of this stuff, he was cured! Blue mouth!

Getting some love from his cousins! He is the most cherished little cousin of the clan at this point. it is so sweet to watch the kids woo over him...even the boys!!

One month

My sweet little man is already one month old... Where have these 4 weeks gone? Oh yea...breastfeeding, changing diapers, reading books and building towers.. The boy weighed in at 7-13 this week and 22 inches long. it reminds me of his sister who started out so tiny, gaining slowly at first, but then picked up in a BIG way and soon was chubby as ever! That is why I am a huge on demand feeder... I am open 24/7, and whenever he is hungry, I let him eat. Poor Wyatt has been through so much already, including an ear infection and thrush... So I decided to hold off on vaccines for at least 2 more weeks. I don't want him to go through anything else that is not absolutely necessary. Boy, he is the sweetest thing :)

No more broccoli for momma

I am so thankful for this daddy. He is the best husband/father in the world. Not only does he clean, do laundry, entertain and take care of Claire, but he is up helping mommy with a gassy boy last night. He picks up where I leave off without asking. I'm so thankful.

Poor baby

My little man was not himself the last 24 hours... I had noticed some white patches in his mouth, as well as pain when feeding, and had a sinking suspicion that we had thrush. When he was up every 30 minutes crying last night(and he usually sleeps a good 5 hours straight!) I knew something was up. So I called the doc and took him in. Come to find out, he has a terrible ear infection! Doc said he has teeny tiny nasal passage ways that are stuffed up and block easily, causing a build up of fluid in his ear canal. She said she has never seen a 3 week old who is breastfed with an ear infection, and this must be pure anatomy related. ::sigh::
Well... I wanted a little one who looked like me, and I got him... But I didn't want all of my health baggage for him! I hope he doesn't live a life full of ear infections and tubes as I did, maybe I had small nasal passage ways as well.
Either way, all he wants to do right now is nurse and cuddle, and I shall oblige. Sorry house work, my baby needs me!

Sleep...thanks bud

We have been really lucky so far with this buddy... We are actually getting sleep this go around and boy does it feel good. At about a week old Wyatt started cluster feeding in the evening, we start the feeding frenzy around 5 and he will nurse for close to 3 hours straight... No I'm not kidding. Sometimes he will fall asleep for 15-20 minutes in between but then picks back up and eats...and eats and eats. He gets his fill because when we go to bed around 10, he sleeps for 4-5 hours! After that long stretch he usually will sleep 3 hours from then on. I will sit and nurse every night if I can get that kind of sleep! We feel like a million bucks. Thanks buddy.

Handsome man

Daddy snuggles

We've got a Brown!!

When Wyatt was born we pulled out the baby photos and did some comparing... He definitely has daddy's brow and ears... But everything else matched mommy's baby photos to a tee! The pronounced nose, chris and Claire have the exact same nose, but this guys looks like mine. The long thin face, the lips... Oh the lips! He looks like a Brown. And I am proud!

Welcome Son

Wyatt Jeffrey Busbey

July 24, 2012 

11:10pm

7 pounds 5 ounces

20 1/2 inches

Wyatt's birth story: 

On July 24, I woke with a horrible headache, blurred vision and seeing spots. I knew immediately that my blood pressure was up. And I was right...167/97! I waited until 9am, until the doctors office was open, and called to let him know.

His nurse told me to pack my bags and head to the hospital...and that I was in luck, because my doctor was there on call!

I packed everything up, left Claire with my mom and called Chris to say, this could be it!

Once we got to the hospital we were placed in triage where I laid on a stretcher and had my blood pressure monitored as well as the little guys heart rate.

Labs were drawn and urine collected to test if I had pregnancy induced hypertension.

While we waited for results, I started contracting. First it was every 8-12 minutes, and soon enough it was every 2 minutes. Here I am in the hospital, for hypertension, and I am going into labor on my own!

Once my doctor saw my contraction pattern, and that they were getting uncomfortable, he checked me and I was 4cm...and we were admitted!

I called my mom and sister (my labor team!) and told them to come quick, this baby was on his way.

My labor continued for 8 hours, in which my doctor had to leave because another doctor was coming on...I was so sad. But he stuck around 3 extra hours hoping I would deliver...love him.

Wyatt came quick at that point, all of 4 pushes and he was here!

As soon as he was born, I knew something wasn't right. The boy was blue... really blue. I tried and tried to rub him and get him to cry, but the nurse had to take him away to stimulate him to see if he would pink up.

It took over 12 minutes, which felt like an eternity to me without my baby in my arms.

At that point my nurse told us she needed to call the neonatologist to come and examine him because he was not transitioning well. The doctor came and looked him over, and another 10 minutes went by with us on pins and needles.

Here is poor daddy, crying for his son with the comfort of Ema.

I told him it would be okay, and not to cry, but he was terrified.

Finally, the doctor said he was doing better and he could stay with us.

Needless to say, we were relieved! 

We finally got to hold and bond with our little sunshine.

Shady Grove was amazing... their protocol is to have 2 full hours of skin to skin bonding and breastfeeding while recovering in Labor and Delivery. The baby is never taken from mom during this time.

No one is allowed back to the labor room during this time.

But just like with Claire... by blood pressure sky rocketed and they had to dim the lights and keep it quiet for it to recover. I was medicated and my mom and sister were shooed out so that I could rest.

We cuddled and loved on this precious baby.

I was amazed that even when the neonatal assessment nurse came to assess him, he never left my arms!

Way to go Shady Grove... major points for us.

We spent most of the night cuddling and loving on this beautiful little miracle and thanking God for this precious gift. We were so thankful for this time just the 3 of us were able to spend together.

It wasn't until the next morning that we could have Claire come and meet him. We told her when we left her to head to the hospital that just maybe baby Wyatt would be ready to come out of mommy's tummy. And Ema prepared her on their way to visit. It was just amazing to see Claire get it. She came in looking for baby Wyatt and fell in love with him right away.

I melt.

I swoon.

I never thought I would have enough room in my heart for this. I never saw myself with a son.

I am so thankful God has blessed us with him.

A boy, what a difference.

And I'm in love.