at valens doctor apt yesterday he wighed 9lbs 1oz !! he was 7lbs 10oz two weeks ago... that is really good! dahlia gained about a pound a month. and he also has grown 2 inches since he was born.. isnt that nuts! so last night i didnt wake him up to feed him, i just let him wake me up. so after six hours he started crying. it was so nice to get a big chunk of sleep!

after i wrote the previous entry valen screamed for three hours. not sure why! he was pretty good today though, just had trouble falling asleep on his own, he wants me to hold him. and it was way too hot to swaddle him so he seems to wake himself up a little easier by whacking himself in the face (= i dont mind holding him, but dahlia talks loudly and wants to sit by me, so he cant really fall asleep when she is poking at him and jabbering on in his ear(= it is cute though!  

i have been meaning to blog but havent had the chance (=

things are going rather well... considering (=

dahlia is adjusting great! the first few days she cried a lot, but since then she seems to like him and wants to help. she loves to sit on the couch with me while i feed him and tries to smooch him or hit him. but she thinks she is being nice. when he cries she is concerned... it is very cute! he likes to sleep a lot! during the day he sleeps really well but then about 9 or so he gets gassy i think. screams for about an hour usually. we are going to try some different things starting tomorrow. over the counter remedies. we are just so thankful he doesnt wail all night long! he sleeps a little too well at night! i cant seem to wake him up! which isnt good for my milk supply, he seems to be gaining weight fine, but i just suffer (= so justin and i have pumped the past few night in the middle of the night... not fun! things really could be worse so i am not complaining, believe me we went through a lot of craziness with dahlia so valen is really an angel!!! we are going to the doctor tomorrow so we shall see how much he has gained. justin and i measured him the other day and he already grew an inch!!! crazy!

our house is in shambles and showers are rare, but other than that things are great!

we went to church on sunday. i didnt have time to fix my hair at all... i had the worst bed head, but everyone still was commenting on how well i looked. it was so nappy... seriously i would never have gone out of the house looking like that in the past, but after just having a baby, i just dont care.

well valen is psychoing i better go relieve justin!

i have been meaning to update but just havent gotten around to it. Valen is really a good baby! compared to dahlia he is an angel! well at least how dahlia was at his age. he gets cranky usually about late evening for 30 minutes or so.... sometimes an hour )= but that is it. other than that he just eats and sleeps. dahlia is adjusting rather well too. the first few days not so much, but lately she has been great. she doesnt understand touching him softly though, and has wacked him a few times in the head. but no permanent damage done (= when he cries she points in his direction and acts concerned, it is really cute (= we went in to the doctor last week when he was 5 days old, and he was almost back up to his birth weight, so i am not too concerned about how much food he is getting. with dahlia i was always concerned about that. so pretty much he is the complete OPPOSITE of dahlia... ahhhhh it is nice (= oh except for sleeping through the night, they both sleep very well at night and i have to wake him up to feed him.... i hope that stays like that for a while!

as for me, i dont think i will catch up on my sleep for a few months, but that is to be expected. it is so weird having two children now, we are a family of four!! nuts!!! we watched the video last night of the birth. i would cringe last week if i thought about the pain i had experienced but last night i was ready to see it (= i got a little tense but it was cool to see. i am so glad justin filmed it! what a crazy beautiful experience!!!!!!

we have been home for almost two whole days now, things are going fairly well, well as good as we thought they would be at least. dahlia has been a little frustrated and cranky, just wanting all of our attention is hard for her. when i am feeding him she is mad and just cries. i am so glad justin is available this week to help out, i could definitely not do this alone! she seems to like him overall, just gets a little jealous sometimes. she wants to give him smooches a lot so that is a good sign (= they are more like head butts though(=

we did in fact choose a name for him, it is Valen Jude... Valen with a long A sound.... like as in kale or male..... he has his own blog now too! the only problem with him so far is he woke up every two hours last night to eat, and during the day he wants to go 3 or 4... so he has his days and nights mixed up but that will change i am sure. i dont mind getting up to feed him, it just takes a few minutes to wake up. he is so sweet though! doesnt cry much at all!! hopefully he will stay that way!

ok seriously that was the most horrendous excrutiating unimaginable pain i will probably ever experience!!!!! if it wouldnt have been for the back labor, i think i would have made it ok. but the back labor thing is a killer! once i started having those contractions about 8:30 things got a little nuts. i tried the tub, and honestly i dont know if it helped at all, but i didnt get out until i started pushing. i was screaming like a mad woman just like in the movies! we will put a clip on here of when he came out. we got that on video but we wont show you anything gross, dont worry(= the good news was that the horrendous labor was only about an hour and then the pushing was less than twenty minutes, but i swear it felt like i was pushing for eternity! i really thought when we were all done that i had pushed for at least an hour! i am glad that i did it without an epidural, but if i accidentally get pregnant again i will DEFINITELY get one!!!

i got absolutely no sleep last night and today only about an hour nap, but he is adorable and wonderful and so sweet and i dont mind so much(=  

we will go home sunday morning and i cant wait to sleep in my bed on my back! woohoo!!