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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

1 Week

It's been a week! Instead of bombarding facebook with tons of adorable pictures of my little guy, I thought I'd put them here! Enjoy!
5 Days Old

6 Days Old - I think that even his sad face is just so dang cute! This sleeper sack (along with many other clothes) is one that Conner's cousins wore when they were this small too!

7 Days Old - I tried putting a 0-3 month outfit on him today...it's still too big! Lol!

Since the outfit was too big, I changed him into this one
My cute little monkey! He's just so adorable!

Conner was only one week old when he was introduced to the work shop. Now he's truly a Dietz :)



Monday, June 16, 2014

Baby Shower

Another fun thing that took place while my mom was in town in April was a baby shower! My mother-in-law, sister-in-law and my mom threw me a wonderful baby shower!
 We had lots of very yummy food (some pictured below) and great company! We had such a fun time!
 My mom made this adorable baby in a cradle fruit salad!

Other foods not listed: Chicken Salad Sandwiches on croissants, pasta salad and nut cups.

Conner's Bedroom


My mom came in town in April to help out while I was on bed rest. We kept really busy getting Conner's room ready for him. In this post, I use the term "we" loosely. I was there for it, but I could only help with what bed rest allowed.

First we painted

 We painted the walls and this cute saying that is the theme for the room

 Then we did a lot of sewing projects

We sewed:
2 crib sheets
2 changing pad covers
Window curtains
Baby blanket

Ammon cut out the wood stars, I painted them, then he hung them. We also put glow in the dark stars on the ceiling.

After she left, I continued a few project; the crib mobile and the crib skirt.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Father's Day 2014

This was Ammon's second Father's Day and he got exactly what he wanted! A couple of weeks before Father's Day I asked Ammon if there was anything in particular that he wanted for Father's Day and he said he wanted to snuggle with his newest son. At the time I said that he had to choose something that I could actually do something about it, but in the end, he got his wish!
What handsome men I have in my life!




That night we went to the Powell's for dessert. We had scotcharoos, orange floats and grilled pineapple. It was all really yummy!




Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Conner

To our friends who don't live close: SURPRISE!
To our family and local friends: HE HAS ARRIVED!



This pregnancy started off as our little secret! We didn't plan on telling our family until after the 1st trimester. However, at 12 weeks I went in to have a cerclage put in (the doctor stitched my cervix closed to prevent pre-term labor). While placing the cerclage, the doctor found that my cervix had already started dilating. Not much, but enough that he immediately put me on bed rest. That's right, 12 weeks pregnant and put on bed rest! I was to lay down as much as possible, only getting up to go to the bathroom, shower or get food if nobody else was around. Sitting up was okay, but laying was preferred. I was able to leave the house, but only in a wheel chair. We knew that our little secret couldn't be a secret any more. Our local family (and friends) would notice when I started showing up in a wheel chair or declining invitations to do things that I normally would have done. So we started telling our exciting news.

I was still really scared. I had been 12 weeks pregnant before. So we decided to keep our exciting news to family and local friends. Nothing on the internet, especially facebook! Then I made it past 24 weeks (viability), and we were so excited. But Viability doesn't mean that the baby will live, just that the doctors will try to save him. We were told that at 28 weeks the baby has a much better chance of survival. Then I made it past 28 weeks! Hallelujah! But our little baby boy would still be in the NICU if born that early. So we kept it quiet still. As time past, we got more and more confident and excited. PLUS, we now had a REALLY awesome surprise when he was born. So we decided to keep it off the internet until he was born. So...

SURPRISE!!!!

We had a baby boy! We are so excited to have him as a part of our family! We hope you can join us in our excitement and love our little surprise!

This pregnancy wasn't easy. I was on bed rest from 12 weeks until 36 weeks - that's 6 months of bed rest! I was completely devastated when the doctor put me on bed rest. I cried a lot. Obviously it was for a good reason, for our son, but the thought of 6 months of bed rest was completely overwhelming and didn't sound like fun at all. I lost a lot of muscle strength during those 6 months, and I'm sure it will be slow trying to regain it back. But that's okay. I'll work on it as much as possible with a newborn baby!

To top it all off, at 35 weeks pregnant, I had awful mouth pain and discovered I needed a root canal. Not fun. Awful timing! I don't know if it's common everywhere or just here in Peoria, but I called around to a few different endodontists and the quickest I could get in anywhere was 3 weeks. Yikes! That's a long time when your mouth hurts. It also puts me at 38 weeks getting a root canal!

So at 38 weeks pregnant, I headed to the endodontist for a consultation appointment. After filling out the paper work, I took it up to the secretary and as I was handing it to her my water broke! The endodontist was very concerned! I think he was worried I would have the baby in his office and hie would have to deliver my baby! So he had his dental assistant drive me to the hospital.

Our little boy was perfectly content staying inside of me, which caused some problems with the delivery. But that was is LONG story! We are just so grateful to have him in our family! He's so cute and we love him so much!

Born June 10, 2014