The Arsenaults

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Dane's newborn photos

Dane Jeffrey Arsenault

My handsome little man!

I love her smile!

I hope they grow up to be best friends

Very hard to get Laila to smile and look at the same time!!

He gets 1000's of these a day!

Aunt Samantha made crochet'd this blanket for Dane

The same basket as Laila's newborn pictures too

This last one didn't come out quite like we were wanting. He was awake and being uncooperative, but oh well. I really wanted one with him and his name.

My sister-in law Jayme took all these pictures, and did a great job as always. Thank you A.J.!

Dane's birth announcements

Around here lately...

Life as a family of four is amazing. We love our little guy, and what's not to love, his is such an easy baby!

He will be 6 weeks old this coming Sunday and about 2 nights ago started sleeping 6 hours straight! Crazy! He wakes up about 3am to eat and again at 7 am. He goes back down and sleeps until about 10 or 11. The rest of the day he is mostly awake with little naps here and there. I'm so thankful he is a good sleeper at night.

Big sister LOVES her baby brother. She is so helpful and if he cries at all she alerts me and tells me, "mommy go get Dane, go get him, he's crying!" She tells him, "here I am, its ok" if he fusses and wants his pacifier.

baby boy!

My big helper!

Also, at 5 weeks Dane started sleeping in his own bed! I wasn't really planning on it yet, but due to some terrible chemical smell in our bathroom (D.J. decided to super disinfect our shower) Dane couldn't sleep in our room, so it kind of forced me to see how he'd do and he was perfect.

My tree frog, his favorite way to sleep!

Aww, my boys!

Pink chair don't care!

Enjoying the cooler weather with this sweet pea

We went to Austin to visit D.J.'s dad, Julie and Colton and got to go to Dane's 1st car show. It was a beautiful day out to walk around.

Uncle Colton, Daddy, Dane

Three generations

Their first car show together

Also, I have twins...

Laila Dane

Dane's Birthday!

I realize I am super late posting this. I got started and then, well its been alittle hectic around here.

My sweet precious Dane Jeffrey Arsenault was born September 22, 2013 at 3:18 am weighing 7 lbs 2 oz and 20.5 inches long.

His entrance into the world couldn't have been easier. I am so so thankful!! I have been praying for weeks/months about his delivery. I knew in the end it was up to God how his story would go and when he would come, but I prayed over this moment with great fervor. I guess partly I was alittle afraid of a 48 hour labor and 4 hours of pushing like with Laila, or a c-section. Not that either is the end of the world.

My contractions started Friday September 20th, about 11:30 pm. I had been having braxton hicks for months now, so I was being cautious to make sure they were true contractions. I slept off and on that night and by the morning the contractions still had not subsided so I knew it was the beginning. I also knew I didn't want to go to the hospital too early and get sent home (got sent home twice w/Laila), so Laila went to Mamaw and Papaw's house for the day, I rested, walked, did squats and lunges. By about 1:00 pm I called my doctor to let her know where I was at with the contractions (5 to 7 minutes apart) and she said to go get checked at the hospital, just to be safe, as 2nd babies generally come faster. I knew the contrations weren't that bad yet but I went anyway.

I was only 2 cm so they monitored me for 30 min, his heart rate dipped so they sent me for an ultrasound. Turns out it was only because he had fallen asleep and then woke up. I walked an hour and checked again. A little over 2 cm, so we went home. After all that we didn't get back home until about 4:00. So I put on my tennis shoes and went for a 45 minute walk around the neighborhood, texted family letting them know Dane would be here withby the end of the weekend. After I got home I did 30 lunges and 30 squats, showered, layed down, and then that's when the contractions changed.

You know the realllllllyyyy painful kind when all you can do is bend over and moan?! It progressed so fast right after my "workout", which I was so grateful for. I was afraid I would be in contraction mode for another day or two! My sister Samantha arrived at my house at about 8pm, D.J. got home from the gym about 8:15 and I was ready to go back to the hospital. I called my doctor and told her how bad they were and she said ok I'll admit you. HOOOORAY!! This was going so fast!

We arrived and I couldn't walk 10 steps without a serious bent over contraction. They check me and I'm 4cm dialated, YAY!

I love him so much, he is so awesome and supportive in all the right ways.

Let me tell you about this girl, my sister. She was so awesome! Taking pictures, getting me ice, she was so great. She also made this baby blanket for Dane. I LOVE the colors and it is so soft! I gave her the choice to be in the room with D.J. and I if she wanted to be. No one was in the room with us for Laila, so I thought this time around, why not. My sister is also a nurse so I knew she was used to this sort of stuff. She's not a labor and delivery nurse but still, she knows things! She definitly wanted to be there and wasn't grossed out by any thing, so that was great.

She also Face-timed with my other sister Suzanne so that got to "be in there too". Her phone was situated where no real um you know stuff was showing LOL But it was so cool having them both apart of it.

Just waiting

About 30 minutes after I was admitted to a room I got an epidural. My poor nurse, I probably asked her at least 5 times how long it was going to be until I got an epidural LOL. My doctor got there shortly after and broke my water.

After that we slept off and on for the next few hours. I feel sorry for my family, everytime I have a baby it is in the middle of the night! This time my parents and Aunt Becky came prepared with blankets and pillows!

At about 2:00 am the nurse said I was 9 cm and just going to wait about another hour for him to "labor down" which means to let your body push the baby lower before trying to push. At about 3:00 am I was 10 cm and we started to push. I probably pushed 5 times and he was ready for the doctor. She got set up and 2 pushes later Dane was born! I couldn't believe it. I think I said you're here! That was so easy!

He looks a little like Laila, but he still has his own look. Currently, his eyes are greyish blue still.

Going home with our kiddos!

At Dan'es 1 week check up he had gained a pound since leaving the hospital! I'm breast feeding and he is great eater, we haven't had any problems so far.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Laila's 3rd Birthday Party

Ok, so this will be the 3rd and final birthday post, I promise!

Laila's 3rd birthday party was a pool party. Having a September birthday is great for water activities, plus its her favorite!

The day started out great and the kids that were there already got to swim for about 45 min....then...the dreaded THUNDER!!! It thundered for an hour and never rained until about 20 minutes before we left. So everyone had to get out. We ended up spending most of the time eating pizza, cake and opening presents. The one good thing about the storm rolling in is that it did cool everything off nicely.