One week!

I cant believe that Brendon is already a week old! He is such an amazing little kid. He hardly ever cries, and when he does its only cause he is hungry or needs a diaper change. Other then that he is totally fine just laying down on the bed or floor and in his bouncer. But at the same time he LOVES to cuddle, esp. with his daddy. He now weighs 7lbs and 10oz. He holds up his head really well! He can hold up pretty high and for about 45 seconds! He is still having a hard time with day and night, but that just comes with time. He is currently drinking formula and seems to be taking it great! (ALOT less spit up :))

3 days after we left the hospital Brendon started to get jaundice. Two days later the doctor wanted to test him again. It went up even more. She wanted us to take another test the next day to see if it was going to go down yet. It went up by .1. Its not horrible but not good. It needs to head the other direction. We went in today to do his 5th heel prick for the jaundice test. Thankfully it is starting to go down and he no longer needs to do another test for it!

Mike and I are still trying to adjust to the sleeping schedule. And it is starting to get a little more difficult as Mike is starting to go back to work. He will return full time next week, for this week his is only working 4 days. But thankfully I have my parents at home to where they dont mind watching him while I take a nap (I get pretty mean if I dont get my sleep). Even though Mike is starting to get back to work, he helps out as much as he can with Brendon in the middle of the night. He lets me get some sleep which I think is super sweet of him. Cause he has to wake up early in the morning to work most of the day, and his work is hard labor for sure.

I have big hopes and dreams for my little man. I hope that his life will be 20x better then Mike and I's will ever be. That he will succeed and be happy.

Brendon Zander

Saturday day night I started getting contractions every 5-7 minutes for about an hour and a half before Mike came home from work to take me to the hospital. Sat in the ER room for about 45 minutes and then went to triage for about an hour. I was contracting every 3-5 minutes but I was dilating fast enough for them to keep me there. So they gave me some pain meds and a sleeping pill and off we went to go home.



As soon as we got home my contractions were getting more and more painful and next thing I knew they were about a minute or two apart. They were getting so bad I was screaming at the top of my lungs, so I woke up Mike. He was trying to help me to the car to go to the hospital. But because I was in so much pain (back labor) I needed my mom to help me out. When I finally made it downstairs I laid down on the floor while Mike got the car. While laying down my water broke. I REALLY started to freak out now. As we started to make our way I felt a head! We were on the 202 and he started to crown. But thank goodness he went back up. As we pulled into the hospital parking lot he started to crown again. But this time he was not going back up.



We pulled up to the ER entrance Mike ran out and told them what was going on. Two nurses ran out and noticed that Brendons head was half way out. By the time an ER doctor made it out his head was completly out. I pushed about two times and then he was born, right in the passenger seat of our Jeep. Mike got to cut the cord and then they rushed me to the labor and delivery room to finish the rest of the labor process and to get alot of stiches.


Brendon couldnt be any healthier. Not sure why but all the nurses and drs were a little shocked. Whenever a nurse or dr would walk into our room they would comment about how they heard about what happened. We were pretty much famous there haha

So far he has been the best baby boy I could ever want. He hardly cries, and he LOVES to cuddle. I am recovery very well and just loving being a mommy.

Born 3:32 Am

Weight 7 lbs and 3oz and 19 1/2 inches long