Our 1st week home

It's been a little over a week since we came home from the hospital with little Peyton.

He still has his days and nights mixed up and has had a few nights that have kept mommy up all night due to gas issues, but he is still a wonderful baby! He continues to screech like a bird when he wants something and rarely full out cries!!! Most days it is near impossible to wake him up even to eat....he just sleeps all the time.

Paul and Preston still love to give him kisses and to hold his hands. They are adjusting to always having a baby in the house now and Paul tells us that he is "too loud" on the rare occasion that he does cry!

Mommy is feeling much, much better and getting around much better too! We are still waiting to see the doctor about the fluid thing to see what he thinks about it. It still causes a lot of pain and bothers me quite a bit, but at least the actual incision is healing very well. Other than that, mommy is just really tired and trying to catch up on sleep during the day!

Big Paul was able to stay home until Wednesday with us, but he went back to work on Thursday, so mommy's Aunt Sylvia came to help her out on Thursday and Friday! She was a big help to us even cooked dinner both nights!!! Paul & Preston enjoyed her being here as well!!!

Thank you so much Aunt Sylvia!!!! That was so sweet of you to do for us and we really appreciate it!!!

Peyton's first doctor appointment

Peyton had to go to the doctor this past Monday for his very first doctor's appointment! It was a family outing because Daddy, Mommy, and both his big brothers went with him! He weighed 7 lbs. 1/2 oz. so he was not quite up to his birth weight yet. We have to go back on Monday to see if he is at least 7lbs. 5.6 oz., his birth weight. No shots today though!!!

Welcome Home Peyton!

We were able to leave the hospital a day early this time! This means that we came home a day before Mommy's birthday on September 18. Paul and Preston even decorated our car for the ride home (thanks Nanny)!!! The boys were so excited that mommy, daddy, and Peyton were finally coming home. Paul said "Is Peyton staying with us?" Haha...it was cute! When Peyton cries Preston says "Baby crying." He looks so worried. They both are doing very well, seem to love him, and continue to kiss him (too much) and Paul even helped give him a bottle! They love being big brothers! As for Peyton, he has his days and nights mixed up so it has been rough lately! He sleeps all day and wants to be up and be held for most of the night.

Mommy has been having a rough time with managing her pain. I had another section and this time I have fluid that has gathered in my stomach and according to the doctor will take about 2 weeks to start going away! That makes recovery evn more difficult by adding pressure right above the incision! At least I am able to walk around better now!

The boys with their decorations!

Daddy & Peyton

Big brothers Paul & Preston with Peyton! Hanging around the house for tummy time!

I forgot to show a picture from the boys at the hospital visiting Peyton and Mommy, so here they are. They both did very well and were very excited that Peyton was ready to come out of mommy's belly! The both gave him plenty of kisses! Paul even read Peyton a book in the hospital!

Ready to go meet their little brother!

Paul & Peyton

Preston & Peyton

Thank you so much Mimi for watching the boys while we stayed at the hospital and for staying an extra day with us when we came home! You are AWESOME! Mimi did all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, and everything else, including taking the boys to the hospital to visit us! She even helped mommy with the baby last night, so I'm sure she is looking forward to a good night's sleep in her own bed tonight!!! Thank you so much, I really don't know what I would do without you! And, we know the boys loved spending time with you because Paul said "We had fun with Mimi!"

Peyton Joseph Miano's Arrival

Well, our little Peyton did not want to wait until my dad's birthday! Yes, it would have been neat, but at least we know he chose his own day to come out! On September 15 at 3:30 in the morning I woke up and could not go back to sleep. This is not unusual except that I felt "weird." No, I cannot explain it, it was just weird. I had been having very strong Braxton Hicks contractions for a few weeks now, so when I ended up on the floor of my room a few times before Paul had even left for work that day I didn't think it was anything serious. I never did go back to sleep and when the boys woke up we all ate breakfast and went to take Paul to school.

Preston and I got home and I called Paul and told him that he may want to wrap things up that day and I may need him to stay home tomorrow if I feel "like this again." I was telling him that I could barely walk when I was getting the contractions, but they didn't feel like "real" contractions. Anyway, Preston and I spent time together and did a little sticker picture. Not long after that I lost the "plug" and proceeded to call Paul and tell him to come home from work NOW! Though I know you could not go into labor for another couple of days, I also knew how I was feeling and it wasn't quite right! I called the doctor and they told me to take tylenol, get off my feet, and call them in a few hours. Of course, I told them I was not having contractions....(they felt no different than the serious braxton hicks I had been having the last couple of weeks!)

By the time Paul got home, I was having "real" contractions. I started timing how far apart these alledged "braxton hicks" were apart and began to notice that they were coming at regular intervals! It was then that I decided I was in labor! Paul picked up Paul from school and then fixed the boys and I lunch and it wasn't too long after that when I found myself crawling on the floor on a more regular basis! When they say the more babies you have, typcially the faster your labor progresses, they mean it! I called the doctor and told them that yes I am having contractions and they are now about 7 to 10 minutes apart. They told me to come into the doctor's office around 1:30 (it was 12:30) to be checked out by the doctor! I guess I sounded too calm on the phone because I was thinking WHAT? Checked out? I'm in labor, I need to be going to the hospital!

Anyway, as Paul packed a little bag for the kids and gathered my bag and the cameras and everthing, I was crawling on the ground during contractions and helping him get stuff for the boys when I wasn't contracting! He seemed to be poking around to me, but I guess I was a bit hormonal so who knows how slow he was really going! All I know is that I kept telling him to hurry up now! He took the kids to Charmaine's house and we headed to the doctor's office.

We got there and my contractions were about 5 to 7 minutes apart now. I sat in the room waiting for the doctor to come in (still complaining about how absurd this was to be here instead of the hospital where the epidural is administered). Well, I don't even know if he knew I was there, but I finally told Paul to go tell the nurses that I was going to the hospital now and he can check me out over there....I refused to stay here any longer in pain! Paul said the contractions were now 2 1/2 to 5 minutes apart, alternating. The nurses said Ok, go ahead and head over, I'm sorry.

Well to make matters worse, Paul is laughing at me and I am in public having contractions that close together so I want to be freaking out and I have to remain calm for fear of embarrassment. We get in the elevator as we are heading to the hospital and it stops! Yes, it stops! Paul said it was for about 30 seconds, but all I know is that it stopped, did something funny and I was not at all amused! There was another girl in there, not pregnant, who didn't know I was in labor, saying oh my god, what's going on? I was like Paul "go fix it" He's like what am I going to do? I swear I was freaking out inside, but I managed to remain calm out of pure shock! Thankfully the elevator started up again and as the other girl was like "oh that was scary!" all I could do was look at her with mean eyes! If she only knew! I wanted to be like "stop complaining!" Anyway, we walked out and Paul went to get the car as I stood there waiting having pretty painful contractions and not being able to sit or bend down anywere. How uncomfortable!

We made it to the hospital where they determined that yes I was in labor and yes the contractions were 2 to 5 minutes apart. I was only dilated 2 cm which was much less than I was for Paul when his contractions were farther apart. As I came to find out and this also explains all the back pain I have felt in this pregnancy, my uterus was tipped backwards, laying on my back and the baby was sitting in there pretty much directly on my back. This causes you to dilate much slower, though the contractions are normal. So, needless to say my back was really aching! I had to stay there for a long time, whereas for Paul they let me go get the epidural much sooner. So, on the third one, who was supposed to be scheduled, with no labor pains or anything, I ended up feeling the most pain, contraction-wise anyway. I mean, both types of contractions hurt probably just the same, but Peyton's had to be felt longer as I sat and waited to be able to get an epidural.

I don't know how long I really waited, but it was long enough to begin freaking out! I can't say I was exactly nice to Paul at this point....actually, I should say that I was pretty horrible to him! I do remember flipping him off a few times and reminding him that he would never again touch me! I was not a good pregnant person and I certainly was not a good labor person either! So, sorry Paul! You really were great!

Well, finally, I got the epidural, I suddenly became nicer and we waited for the doctor to stop seeing patients for the day so he could come see me. He did, then apparently he went to eat dinner because my father-in-law and mother-in-law saw him down there when they went to eat, while I waited with indigestion and nausea for a delivery room to open up. I did end up throwing up, nothing but stomach stuff I suppose because it was about 6:30 pm now and I hadn't eaten since 12:00. (I had a half of a turkey sandwich)

Finally, a room was opened and cleaned and I was given more medication through the thing in my back so that I was "good and numb" for the section. I did manage to wait until after they took Peyton out for some anxiety medication, which was put in literally while I was still on the operating table right after he was pulled out. I also got to use a mirror to see them pull Peyton out (very gross and it looks so dangerous). But, it was neat that I got to see that.

Peyton Joseph Miano entered the world on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:19 PM. He weighed 7 lbs. 5.6 oz. and was 20.5 in. long, making him the heaviest and the longest of all our boys! He looked like "one of ours" and resembled the way his brothers looked at their births. Now, I beli eve he looks like Preston with dark hair and dark eyes, but we will have to see.

The boys did come by today to meet their little brother, but I will post another one about that later when I get the pictures off of my mom's camera!!!

So far, Peyton has been wonderful...he rarely cries and sleeps all the time! Of course, they all sleep all the time, but when he is awake, he seems content doing whatever. He doesn't even cry to have his diaper changed and when he is hungry he still doesn't cry! It's about time I get a "good" baby! However, I doubt this will continue....he's only one day old! But, even if he were to scream about everything, we love our little Peyton Joseph and wouldn't trade him for anything! He is the most adorable day old baby in the world and he is already loved so much!!!! He's so cute!!!! I love having another baby around...I really missed it!

Thank you so much to Aunt Sylvia, Mimi, and Charmaine for staying with the boys for us!!! We wouldn't know what to do without you all!!!

Week 39

Your baby's waiting to greet the world! He continues to build a layer of fat to help control his body temperature after birth, but it's likely he already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls.) The outer layers of his skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.


My poor back is aching and it pretty much hurts to move! This pregnancy has been very rough on me...the baby got the hiccups pretty much everyday, at night, I have been nauseas throughout the entire pregnancy basically, and my body has been aching! I feel that at this point, I am entitled to complain EVEN MORE! LOL....of course, Peyton is definitely worth it and it's not his fault he's number 3! I am so ready to see our little man!!! I am nervous, anxious, and excited all at once! Wow....he's almost here...literally!

Here are the pictures of Peyton's room that we finished on Wednesday!!!

3 days left!!!!

Doctor Appointment at 38 weeks

I went to the doctor today and everything looks great! I actually lost a pound...wow...that has never happened before! Not like it matters though with the rest of the million that I put on! Oh well, the one pound difference is due to all the fluid which can fluctuate up and down.

Thank you so much Charmaine for watching the boys for me!!!!

Only 5 days left!!!!

Paul's first day of preschool!

Paul started his 3 year old preschool this morning! He was so excited that he put his school bag on about 30 minutes early and he was begging me to go to school! I had to keep telling him it wasn't time to leave yet! When I dropped him off, he started to have second thoughts though....the teacher came and got him out of the car (a wonderful thing when you have another one and soon to be another two in the car also) and he had a nervous look on his face. Awwww! I kept telling him Nicholas was right there to make him feel better! (They are in the same class too!)

On the way home Mommy cried and Preston cried too (literally he had tears in his eyes)! He said "Where bubba go?" then he said "Go back!" It was so sweet! He missed his bubba already! Preston did not know what to do with himself...it was like he was lost without Paul! He wanted a million hugs at first and then he seemed to do ok! He really missed him though! Charmaine walked over (she had dropped Nicholas off at school too) and we, or I should say she, finished hanging everything in Peyton's room! Thank you so much Charmaine.....that was so nice of you to do! After that, I went to pick up Paul from school!

He was quiet at first, like he really didn't want to tell me much about it, but then he got more talkative after he ate some lunch! He said he painted, colored, and played outside. He said he had fun! Yayyy, hopefully he will be excited to go back!

Thank you Maw Maw Toni for coming over this evening to watch the boys for me! I'm glad they took a nap for you!

Peyton will be here in 7 days!!!

First Time Skating!

When Paul got home from work today, the boys went outside with him to try and skate for the first time! They had on their helmets and pads and they just looked so cute! Paul LOVED it and did pretty good with it too! Preston wasn't so sure about it at first, but he eventually had fun! Preston was squatting down and letting Daddy push him down the road!

Week 38

Your baby has really plumped up. He weighs about 6.8 pounds and he's over 19 1/2 inches long. He has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold his hand for the first time! His organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If he's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If he's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time he's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after he's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

Well, this past week has been very rough! Hurricane Gustav came and knocked out the power everywhere, including our house. We stayed at my mom's house for the storm and for the week after because we had no power here. All there was to do was eat, so basically I'm a cow! I really can't walk too much at this point because I get so many Braxton Hicks (the painful kind) and I really am struggling to walk, or waddle I should say! I also do not want to go into labor, so I don't want to push myself! I have been sleeping a lot and I still feel tired, so this week was definitely a good reminder that Peyton is ready to make his arrival! Anyway, we finally got power back Friday night and we came back home yesterday. We have been cleaning, unpacking, and trying to organize everything while making sure everything is in order for the baby!

Thank you so much mom for letting us all stay with you and for watching the kids! Thank you Kyle for giving us your room for most of the week and for letting the boys play with your cars! Thank you Amy for watching the kids for us all day Friday while Paul worked and I had a doctor appointment and for helping me with them all week.....you were all a big help!!!! I am very lucky to have to such a wonderful family!

10 days left!!!!

Strange Pregnancy Issue

Last night we were at my mom's house where we have been staying and we were all sitting on the sofa watching TV. Little Peyton decided to kick, punch, or hit (whatever) my stomach out into a hard ball on the lower side of my belly! It felt very weird and everyone was feeling it saying how weird it was. Well, eventually he decided to leave that area so that it was no longer a hard ball right there, but instead it was a soft area that stayed there. We didn't think much of it and Paul and I came back to Baton Rouge to our house so that I could go to the doctor today and he could go to work. Well, not long after we got home, I felt that area and freaked out. I felt a soft ball hanging down from my very large swollen and pregnant belly! Gross! How disgusting is that!?! Anyway, I won't go into it anymore except to say that I showed Paul where it was and he goes "I can see it!"

That was enough for me....we called the doctor and headed to Woman's Hospital! Needless to say, we spent a good portion of the night in the labor and delivery unit and we were both exhausted! Not one nurse in that area had ever seen such a thing! Wonderful! After an ultrasound that showed there was nothing abnormal going on in there, the doctor came in an explained that most likely what happened is that Peyton pushed something around (could be b/c it's baby number 3, I have had 2 sections already and there is plenty of scar tissue also) and may have somehow shifted my uterus around and made something come out in that area! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! That is really gross! So, we went home and finally got to sleep! Even weirder, when I woke up this morning, it was GONE! Not kidding...I couldn't even show my doctor because it does not exist any longer! Very strange, but at least the baby is OK!!!!

I have been having plenty of Braxton Hicks contractions so much so that it is getting difficult to walk because I get them so often! The good news is that while we were at the hosptial, the nurse kept saying that I was having a lot of contractions. I didn't know they could see Braxton Hicks on the monitors, but I was glad that Paul could see how many I was having! Not that he didn't believe me, but you know, I was glad he could see it with his own eyes! I sure hope Peyton doesn't decide to come out early since

we are now officially scheduled for a section on my dad's birthday....September 17 at 7:00 am!!!!!!!!

The doctor is going to do the section before he goes out of town that day!!! I love my doctor! The nurse called to tell me this today after my appointment and she goes "I've worked for him for a long time and it's the first time I have ever scheduled something for him on a Wednesday....it's his day off!" Yayyyyyy! He probably was thinking it was easier to just do it for me since I've been driving him nuts for the entire pregnancy!!!!

Only 12 days left!!!

Hurricane Gustav and September

Yayyyyyyy! We are finally in September, so now the baby should really be arriving soon:) It seems so much closer now that we are in the actual month! Exciting!

We are in Slidell at my mom's house for Gustav since Baton Rouge was closer to the eye and we knew mom wouldn't flood. We were only worried about tornados at our home, here in Slidell too, but at least we are in a larger house here, with other people! It has been very windy and rainy of course, but we're doing well. The power went out around 5:00 am this morning, but we had generators so we managed. The power is now back on already, it came on around 6:00 this evening....we did not expect it to come back on so soon, so that was exciting for us! It is pretty miserable being pregnant without power, even though we had the generators! I had a fan on me, but not having air conditioning was really terrible! We are still here waiting to see when it will be safe to go back home and make sure our house is ok! Hope everyone is safe!!!!