2 week update

Henry had his 2 week appointment on Friday. Everything looked good except the Bilirubin is still fairly high. He doesn't have to go back on the lights, but we have to get it checked again next week. Oh, this jaundice thing is getting old!

Here were his stats-
height- 20.5 in, <10% weight- 6 lb. 12 oz. <10%

Just passed his birth weight, which is the goal at 2 weeks. But, I checked Isaac and Dawson's records, and they were both 7.5 pounds at 2 weeks. And Isaac started out at 6 lb 5 oz! So Henry isn't growing as fast as they did, but he's growing just fine.

He's still an absolute delight. I'm starting to wonder if it isn't just his personality. I don't want to jinx it though! He still sleeps well at night, although I don't have to set my alarm to wake him anymore. He still almost never cries, only if I make him wait a really long time to eat. He just snorts and grunts when he wakes up which is a big change from Dawson who has woken up screaming his entire life! Isn't it a blessing that they all come different! We love Dawson even though he wasn't such an easy baby. I'm not due for 2 more weeks.... I'm sure glad he was early. You know, Henry came 30 days early. And my sister Lauren came 19 days late. So that means my Mom was pregnant for 49 days longer than I was! I don't know how you did that Mom! End of pregnancy days are similar to dog years... Each day is worth at least a week. Anyway, here are some pictures.

Dawson takes good care of Bubba. Lots of kisses, and always keeping track of the binky!Henry sleeps on his side. Here he is stretching as I try to wake him up.

Election Results

Here are the results- Dave increased 867 votes from the primary election. David went from 6th to 1st place. He's in! Congratulations Dave!

http://www.cachecounty.org/
click here to see the tally

Vote, Vote, Vote

Vote, Vote, Vote- unless you are a goat, cause goats don't vote
vote, vote, vote- unless you are a felon, cause felons can't vote
That song was dedicated to Lauren and Kate. I'm forever grateful that you introduced me to "making fiends" so I could sing that song every time I think about voting. :) I love having obnoxious songs stuck in my head!

Anyway, it is election day, so wherever you are- GET OUT AND VOTE! I hope my husband will be able to sleep at night after all this is done. He is so sick of people making mean stuff up about him. Last night he was accused of lying at the Radio forum 2 weeks ago. The funny thing is that it was recorded and is on the radio station's website for anyone to hear. So that is a pretty easy thing to prove. When I woke up at midnight to feed Henry, he was still awake because he was so upset about it. He also went outside to get the mail and saw one of the other candidates passing out fliers. He went over to tell her good luck, and she attacked him. She told him that because he was claiming that he would "vote with integrity" that he was implying that the other candidates wouldn't vote with integrity. Her signs say "She listens." He should have told her that implied he didn't listen. The ultimate irony of it all is that not only did she NOT listen to him, she can't stop talking! 20 minutes later he walked inside looking totally deflated. I feel bad for him, but it will all be over tonight. (hopefully)

And now onto the good news......
I am taking a trip to Boston and Maine with my sisters over Christmas break. My Dad booked me a first class ticket yesterday, so I can go with Aimee and Lauren. (They already had their tickets) Thanks Dad! Henry will get to go see our relatives in Maine, and he can spend some time with his aunts too. I'm so excited to go on this fun trip with my sisters!

Another boy cousin!

I am SO excited to announce my sister-in-laws big news. (That doesn't sound normal does it?) Trisha and Zach are having a boy! A big boy at that. He's going to be an awesome football player just like his daddy. That makes 11 boys and 6 girls in the Low family grandkids. I really can't imagine them with a boy, they have the girliest little girl, but I am so happy! Henry will have a cousin in the same grade as him, hopefully they'll come live in Cache Valley again someday so they can go to school together. Congratulations Trisha and Zach, and if you need any boy advice we're here for you! Baby Boy Champlin can have some great hand-me-downs from the Low boys.

EWWWW!

Wow, we had quite a night last night. Dawson and Isaac have had a little stomach bug. Isaac's only lasted one night, but Dawson has had it since Halloween when he threw up on Dave at the Aggie Game. Dawson has always had a very sensitive digestive tract, starting with the colic way back when.

So last night I was changing Henry's diaper when he decided to projectile poop all over my shirt. As I tried to wipe myself off, he peed (which went in the other direction). So I was working on changing my clothes and cleaning up, while Dave played with Dawson on the floor. Then Dawson had a blowout and it got all over Dave's pants. So we went to give Dawson a bath and clean Dave's pants. We were tired, and thought an early bedtime might be nice, but Daws wouldn't go to bed. Over the next hour or two Dawson threw up twice, so we went through two sets of bedding, and had to scrub the carpet (and of course 2 more baths).

We have done more laundry in the last week than I've done in a long time!

Names...

I just realized that I couldn't even remember the meaning of the name Henry. I mean I know that the name is significant no matter what it means, but shouldn't you know the meaning of a name that you name your child? Here are the meanings and significance of our boys names, and a sneak preview on what we might name our next. ;)

Isaac David- Isaac means laughter, but more significantly Isaac was Abraham and Sarah's first born son... and ours too. And of course his middle name after his father.

Dawson Gordon- Dawson means "son of David" and Gordon is his grandfather. David's name is David Gordon, so Dawson Gordon is the closest thing to his name without doing a "jr." It is so fitting for him, and we love his nickname of "Daws"

Henry George- Henry means "ruler of the house" Yikes! I hope he's a good ruler! And of course he was named after his wonderful grandfather and great grandfather George Henry Biada Jr. & Sr. or Georgio Enrico (which is why grandpa George calls him Rico)

And we've already been busy at work on our next boy's name. I would really like the fourth to be a girl, but we think it will probably be a boy and we don't have any girls names we love.

We really like the name Spencer. We are still discussing the middle name. Open to suggestions if you have any. The 2 middle names we have thought of so far are Hinckley and Phillips. (Phillips is a family name) Of course, I told Dave he gets to pick the next name since I picked Henry. So ultimately it's is decision. And things always can change, we aren't 100% on Spencer, it's just the latest idea.

No, this isn't an announcement. I know we like to do things fast, but that would be a little too fast. Honestly, we have no idea when we will try for this #4, we'll take it one day at a time right now. We need to save up for a bigger car if we want another kid, ouch!

Random

I have a bunch of random things to write about, and random pictures to post today. First of all, no one guessed Henry's birthday correctly, so no one wins! But Dede came the closest, good job! I'm actually glad no one guessed it, that was way too early.

Here is a picture of Henry when he left the hospital.
Here is our proud little Buzz Lightyear. After living in this costume for a week, I hope I never have to see it again. But he sure is cute!
How sad that our first family picture is Halloween. But here are the 3 boys together.
Here is a picture of our first Aggie game together. This was the night I thought I would deliver Henry. I actually sat a few rows away from my Dr.- the real one, who can't seem to show up to my deliveries! I gave him a really hard time about it. The funny thing is, he is such a hard worker, he doesn't vacation very much (just when I'm about to deliver). He told me he wasn't surprised at all that I had him so early. He said I should just plan on all my kids coming at 36 weeks, he didn't think I'd ever make it further than that. I'll have to request that he clears his calendar for my 35/36 weeks next time I'm pregnant.
Here is the proud big brother. Do you like that smug look on his face? He feels very comfortable holding Henry.

We had a few minutes of open eyes yesterday, I had to take some pictures. He looks like a little baby bird to me, with those big beady eyes on his scrawny little face and body. He is on his bili-lights in this picture. That's where he is almost all day actually. But I think he's done tomorrow.Pictures just cannot do justice for how small this kid is. It just seems impossible to me how little newborns are. But look at his arm next to mine. And look at how his head fits right into my hand. Now look at your hand and picture a tiny little head sitting inside your palm. That's how small he is. I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts, my other boys porked right up within a few weeks.

The last thing is the election is coming up on Tuesday. Dave is getting pretty stressed out about it. I'm really excited to see how it goes either way. Hopefully the "other side" doesn't get too mean in their campaigning against him. We'll see.