Mavericks first 6 Months

How has 6 months passed already?!?! I feel like I blinked and my newborn has turned into this fascinating little human. The last 6 months have been so magical. Maverick truly has brought so much joy into our lives. Even on our worst day, Maverick still manages to turn it around. 

Month 1:

Mavericks first month was a lot overwhelming. I was a new mom and completely exhausted and questioning every decision I made. Luckily for me, Maverick was very understanding and we worked out the kinks together. He was a little Colic-y but it only lasted about a week... Thank goodness!

Month 2:

Maverick started to smile around 2 months, and it was the most rewarding feeling seeing him smile at me. It was the reassurance I need to know I wasn't completely failing as a mother.

Month 3:

Maverick had a busy third month, it was his first flight and trip Las Vegas! A nice family vacation was definitely needed around 3 months. Sun, food and a pool, yes please. 

Month 4:

Maverick finally let us hear his giggle around 3 1/2-4 months, and it was magical! Peek-a-boo is a staple around here. It really is so amazing to see his little eyes light up and his arm flaps around followed by his perfect little giggle. Sometimes I re-watch videos just to hear it when Maverick is napping. 

Month 5:

We had a solid roller on our hands. He especially liked to roll over in his sleep and give his Momma a heart attack! Little Man still hates Tummy time and gets so angry when he rolls to his Tummy. Its hard to explain to a 5 month old that he did it to himself... :)

Month 6

Maverick is half a year old! I can't believe how quickly his first year is flying by! He is talking so much loves and giggles at everything. We are so lucky to have a happy healthy little man. Maverick is so strong, and loves to bounce and stand up. He is starting to sit up on his own, but still is showing no interest in crawling. He still hates laying on the ground, and constantly does a crunch. He wants to put everything in his mouth. Solid food here we come! 

                                       

Maverick Birth story Part 2

Once we arrived the hospital I was quickly admitted and the waiting game began. Once we were settled into our room and my IV was inserted  we decided to see if walking laps around the maternity ward would jumpstart the process.. As we were walking the ward a nurse noticed my IV had fluid stuck in it so she decided it needed to be flushed. We returned to my room so it could be fixed. While the nurse was changing the lead, she accidentally cut the tube! Blood and fluid started to gush out of the hand, and thats when the Midwife decided to come in and say HI. While the nurse was trying to keep the IV in my hand, the midwife started to go over the days plan and that we needed to start pitocin.

Because I was so detracted with the IV coming out of my hand, I didn't even realize that she wanted to jumpstart my labor so early. Luckily Chris jumped in and told her we wanted a more natural approach until absolutely necessary. Once my IV was back in place and no longer shooting blood and fluid all over we decided to see if my body would start labor naturally. A few hours later, with absolutely no progress we reevaluated and had a better game plan that soon pitocin would be administer.

My family started to tricked in in the late afternoon and it was basically a party until Thursday night at 7pm.

We finally started piton around 9PM because I started to spike a little fever, and thats when the fun started... I was able to hold out until around 5AM and finally got an epidural. After the epidural I slept until about 7AM and not much progress had been made. During all of Friday, Maverick was under a some distress since my water had broken so early Thursday morning. Between oxygen and extra fluids and more pitocin everyone was a little worried and tried. Finally at 4pm on Friday the actual DR came in and decided if i didn't process two more centimeters in a hour it was C-Section time.

When the Dr left the room I instantly burst into tears. I had never even thought about a C-Section as an option for Mavs delivery. I was so deflated that my body was not working like it was meant too. After some reassurance from my Husband and family I finally came to the conclusion that if a C-section was the healthiest and safest way to deliver Maverick that that was how it would need to happen.

I was so incredibly blessed to have my entire family with me right before I was wheeled into the room for the delivery. We prayed for a safe and healthy delivery and that was exactly what we got. After some serious nerves and a couple upchucks it was time to have our baby boy.

Maverick Christopher was Born at 7:44PM weighting 6 lbs. 9oz. and 19 3/4 inches long.

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Mavericks Birth Story part 1

Nearing the end of 38th week of pregnancy I finally decided it was time to get my hospital bag in order. To say I'm the worlds biggest procrastinator is an understatement. I finally said enough is enough and went out to Target to collect the pieces that I didn't already have at home. That night I showered and climbed into bed. Around 3:30AM I felt a little trickle and hurriedly ran to the bathroom thinking I had accidentally peed in my sleep.... After a view minutes in the bathroom I realized I was still semi leaking, so I walked back to the bedroom and gently woke Chris up. In his half sleep stooper he asked what was wrong, I responded with "Well I woke up to a little gush and now I'm leaking, I'm not sure if my water broke but its just still leaking" he popped up so fast quickly saying, " Alyssa, thats textbook water breaking!" He hurriedly ran to Mavericks nursery and got the birthing book the hospital had given us and found the page with the beginning of labor chapter. We then decided to call L&B just to see if they wanted us to come in. I was in no way thinking I was going to go into the hospital, I didn't have any feeling of going into labor. The nurse asked me a view questions and then said" Yep, come on in and well get the ball rolling". I think I asked the nurse about 3-4 time if she was sure I needed to come in, and she assured me I did. After that we frantically started to get ready to go to the hospital. Around 4:15AM I decided it was probably time to tell my Mom what was going on. I walked downstairs and slowly opened the door to her room, before i could even open the door all the way she had popped up and pulled her eye mask off already asking what was wrong. I called her over into the kitchen and told her my water had broken and we were going into L&B. She then asked about 4-5 times, " Now wait, whats going on?" after explaining again again  we all got ready and started our way to the hospital.

My Maverick

Sep. 26th 2014.

Have you ever woken up and just had a gut feeling that something big was about to happen? Well, on September 26th i woke up with an odd feeling in my gut saying take another test. Chris and i had been married for about 3 months and had decided that we would let take see where fate would take us with starting our family. I know from the moment Chris and I got married that i wanted to start our family right away; he took a little convening but I won out. We decided at the end of August to just see what would happen, it was a fun month. On September 20 I decided to take a test, just to see if we would be one of the lucky couples that we able to conceive right away, to my disappointment the test came back negative. I was a little bummed, but it was our first month in trying, so i didn't really expect much. I let the week pass and wasn't really thinking about it much. Then on Friday morning i woke up with an odd feeling telling me to just take another test, just do it. So before I hopped in the shower to get ready for work I tested again. Not thinking much of anything i hopped in the shower and went about my morning. When i was halfway done blow drying my hair, i realized i forgot to look at my test. So I ran to the bathroom and picked it up. To my amazement i saw the faintest of lines looking back at me. I was stunned and shock and thinking a little bit that i was imaging things. Part of was thinking no way it could have happened, and the other part of me was thinking" You just want there to be a line, so your imaging it. So, with all the crazy thoughts spinning in my head, I was also going to be late for work if i didn't finish getting ready.i quietly kissed Chris on the cheek and ran out the door for work.  I couldn't focus on anything that morning other than thinking could i really be pregnant. Luckily for me, my friend for got to work 30 minutes after me so i had someone to talk to. As she walked into the office i practely cornered her in the kitchen, making sure no one else was around and frantically whispered; " I think i may be pregnant". With amazed and stunned eyes she said, " Think?!?!, how do you think? " I then went over the faint line and the unsureness about the morning. We then decided to go on our lunch break together and get a digital test; no faint line business. The next 5 hours seemed to drag on the slowest they possibly could. We hurried to Target and got two digital test to see if i was imaging things or if i was actually pregnant. We went back to her apartment and off to the guest bathroom i went. Again, what seem like the longest 3 minutes of my life passed by so slow. We decided to wait in the living room for the results , so after about 5 minutes i peaked my head into the bathroom, looking back at me was PREGNANT 1-2 weeks. So many emotions went threw my head all at once! I was so thankful, excited, scared, and nervous all at once. I was pregnant, I was going to be someones Mother. We quickly found a box and some tissue paper and wrapped the test up for Chris to unwrap when he got home from work that day. As we were walking back into work, my friend decided a picture was needed to show the exact day I found out I was pregnant, and for that I will always be grateful. Again we returned to work and I couldn't focus on anything, all i kept thinking was I am going to be a Mom. How lucky and blessed am I!??! Luckily the rest of the day seemed to fly by and I was off work before I knew it. Chris on the other hand ended up working late. He finally got home from work around 6pm and i was so excited to give him his present. Luckily we had been giving each other presents out of the blue recently so this didn't really cause any red flags. I was bursting with excitement when he finally sat on the couch open the box. He picked up the test and with wide eyes looked at me and said" Really?!?!!?". We were going to be a family of 3, and we couldn't have been happier.