Happy Birthday Ethan AND Owen!

So we have had a lot going on in the Davidson household the past couple weeks. A new baby, a big birthday, visits from Grandparents and lots of fun!

Let’s start back a couple of weeks ago. On March 1 I started having contractions. We went out to eat and they seemed to get stronger and stronger throughout dinner. So when we got home we decided to have a friend come over and stay with Ethan for the night and go into labor and delivery. We thought this was it! When we went in, I wasn’t as progressed as they would have liked, so they had me walk around for an hour. When I got to the hospital, the contractions were every 2-3 minutes apart and really strong. By the time I finished walking, I hadn’t progressed much and the contractions were every 4-5 minutes apart and not nearly as strong. We made the decision to go home instead of walking more. Needless to say we were very disappointed. I really thought I was going to have the baby! The nurse thought that I would have the baby in the next 24 hours, but I wasn’t so sure. I think I may have been dehydrated.

On Wednesday I had my Dr appt and had her strip my membranes in hopes of getting things going. That night I woke up with contractions at 2:30am and couldn’t sleep though them anymore by 3:30 so I got up and walked around. They were every 2-3 minutes apart again, but I didn’t want to go in unless I was sure this was the real thing this time. I woke Jason up at 4:30 and told him what was going on. I took a shower and kept timing the contractions. Around 6, they started getting further apart (but still very intense) so I had a snack and watched a little TV, and tried to relax. At 7:30 Ethan woke up and we decided we should probably go in and get checked out. We dropped Ethan off at my wonderful visiting teacher’s house and got to the hospital at 9:30. I was a little worried because the contractions were about 5 minutes apart by then, but the nurse said I was dilated to a 5 so they would keep me! We were VERY excited by that news. I had decided several months ago I was going to have a natural labor and delivery this time around, so I decided to labor in the jetted tub for awhile and that was wonderful! I would highly recommend it. The Dr came in around 1:30 and broke my water and that’s when things started getting really intense. A little after two it was time to push and after two pushes, Owen was out! I’ll tell you what, natural childbirth was quite the experience. I honestly felt like up until the last 45 minutes or so it really wasn’t that difficult (but that last 45 minutes and pushing about did me in! ) Jason was a great coach and I was lucky to have him by my side through it all. Would I do it again naturally? Not sure. Now that I have done it both with an epidural and naturally I’m not sure how I will do it next time. Although it is pretty neat to say I did It 100% drug free (I didn’t even have my IV hooked up). And the recovery has been SOOO easy this time around. It has been wonderful!
So here are the stats for ya:

Owen John Davidson
March 4, 2010
7lbs 9oz
21 ¾ inches long
2:11pm

And Owen is an absolutely wonderful baby who is as sweet as can be. I thought Ethan was the perfect baby, but Owen just might have him beat. The only time I have heard him cry was right when he was born. He just squeaks, and grunts, but never cries. He has blond hair and I think his eyes will be blue. At his Dr appt last week he was at 7lbs 8oz which I was thrilled about because it took Ethan awhile to get back up to his birth weight after he was born. He eats every 2 hours like Ethan did, so I have a feeling he will chunk up just like Ethan did real quick. My only complaint about Owen is that he wasn’t born sleeping through the night (that’s not too much to ask is it). The waking up every 2-3 hours gets old pretty quick. Hopefully he will be like Ethan and start sleeping through the night by 2 months (fingers crossed.)

Ethan had more fun playing with the remoste that controlled the blinds than seeing Owen! :)

And now the update on our newly terrible two-year old. Happy Birthday Ethan! I was so excited Owen came early so the boys wouldn’t have to share a birthday. Ethan had soo much fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa Davidson for the week after Owen was born. They left the afternoon of his birthday and Grandmama Brittner came that night. Getting to see both grandparents? Can you say spoiled? For his birthday we got him a happy meal at McDonalds and made him an awesome fire truck cake. We opened all his presents (playdough, art supplies, cars, bubbles, UP, books, and much more!) and played with them. He was so happy! It was very cute. It is hard to believe that Ethan is already two. Some of the fun things about him right now are:

Ethan spends hours every day moving things from one place to another. He sorts, organizes, plays and reorganizes. In the past it has been silverware, and now it is his cars and a collection of unsharpened pencils

Ethan is a super picky eater. We aren’t sure what happened. As soon as he hit 18 months he refuses to eat all the things he used to. He lives on hardly anything, but I know he’s not hungry, because he is really good at telling me when he is. And this boy loves sweets. Cookies, candy, ice cream. He loves it all.

Ethan’s favorite movie is “UP” which he got for his birthday.

Ethan eats a popsicle and reads stories with mommy every day.

Ethan got a remote control dinosaur for his birthday which he loves, but he refuses to be on the ground when it is turned on, he has to be on the couch because he thinks it might eat him.

Ethan still doesn’t have a huge vocabulary, but he still talks plenty! Slowly he is adding more words and when all else fails when he tries to get us to understand him he just says “please” over and over.

Making the cake!

Grandmama Brittner and Owen!

Jason and I feel so blessed to have two wonderful sons to watch grow up. They are so much fun and although being a parent is challenging and exhausting, we are loving every minute of it!