One Month

It's hard to believe our little guy is already one month old!  His one month check up is on Friday.  I am anxious to see how much he weighs now (I'm thinking about 10 1/2 lbs) seeing he never seems to be satiated.  He is definitely a growing boy!

2 weeks old

Trey is now two weeks old!  He is doing well...is eating constantly and had already passed up his birth weight at his appointment last Thursday, when he was 11 days old.  He was 8 lb. 4.4 oz.  Babies are supposed to gain 1/2 - 1 oz. per day, and he gained 10 oz. in 7 days!  Brianna is a great big sister and is always saying "I love baby Trey" :-)  She always wants to be touching him, and I frequently have to tell her to leave him alone while he is sleeping.  I guess it could be worse!

So excited to feed Trey a bottle

1 week old

Found his thumb!

Opening Day.  Go Reds!

 Go Cats!

2 weeks old

Steven "Trey" Horner

We apologize for the delay...it's been a rough week!  We would now like to announce the birth of our new baby boy, Trey!  He came into the world very quickly...born just an hour and 45 minutes after I called the doctor to say "I think this is it."  We stayed at the hospital for one night and were able to come home the following evening.  There was some concern with Trey's bilirubin level (jaundice) when we left the hospital, but they just ordered that we have it tested again the following day.  Unfortunately, the pediatrician called us back after learning his level the next day and told us that he needed to be readmitted to the hospital to be given phototherapy.  So we spent Tuesday evening,  night, and most of Wednesday in the NICU.  He did great in his little tanning booth and ate great as well, which was important for helping his body rid itself of the bilirubin.  At his pediatrician appointment on Thursday morning, the doctor said Trey appeared to be doing great and there was no need for further testing.

Austin and Brianna are both in love with Trey and it is so cute to see them with him.  Austin was excited for us to get home from the hospital on Monday and Wednesday so he could see him again.  Brianna constantly wants to hold him and kiss him :-)  So without further ado...

Steven Carl "Trey" Horner III

March 20, 2011
11:28 AM

8 lbs 2.4 oz

21 inches long



Still waiting...

We're playing the waiting game right now.  I've not progressed at all in 3 weeks, but keep thinking that every night could be "the night!"  2 weeks ago Brianna said to me "Mommy, I'm ready for my baby to come out now."  I told her that I was ready too :-)  I am enjoying being able to sleep a little longer each morning and getting to spend time with her without having to log onto work.  Yesterday we went to the mall, where Brianna got to play in the play area, then ride the carousel.  When we got home, I gave her some scrapbooking stuff that I had bought her with the hope that it would give me a chance to get some scrapbooking done.  Plus, she keeps taking pictures with the camera she got for Christmas and saying that they are for her scrapbook...but she did not have one!  I'm pretty impressed with her first ever page:

Hope to be able to post within the next day or two with pictures of the new baby!

One month!

One month, or less...that is all that is left of life as we know it!  I see little babies with their parents recently and it still seems strange to me that we will have a new little life in our house by next month at this time.  I had my first check at the doctor yesterday and am already 2 cm dilated.  Of course, they tell you that does not mean anything with regard to when the baby will decide to show up, but it's hard not to get excited knowing the end of this pregnancy is near and the process has started!

36 weeks:

While I'm counting down the days, I've realized that I don't have too many more to spend with just Brianna.  My boss has approved of my maternity leave starting a week before my due date so that I can spend some time with Brianna before the baby is here.  Of course, that will only be possible if the baby comes before or after my due date.

Mom and I took her to Chuck E. Cheese's on Friday and she had a blast :-)

Also, here is a cute picture of the kids from earlier this week, waiting to open their Valentine's:

Big Girl Room

Brianna has slept in her "big girl room" for 3 nights now!  The bed was all ready for her 4 days before she would actually sleep there.  She's been very excited about her new room since we started working on it, but once the lights were turned out at night, it was a different story.  I had to get all of her stuff moved into the room before she would even think about it.  Her first night in the new room she was worn out and slept all night.  The second night she woke up once and wanted to go back into her old bed.  I let her, but told her I would not stay in there with her.  She came to our room a few minutes later and said "I want to sleep in my big girl bed with you."  So I stayed in there with her until she fell asleep.  Hoping this habit will not be too difficult to break...  Last night she didn't even mention her old bed.  Hopefully by this weekend we'll be ready to convert the "old bed" back into the crib for the new baby!

30 weeks

Well, there are just 10 weeks left (give or take) until the next member of the Horner clan will make his/her appearance!  Brianna is still convinced the baby is a girl.  I told her a couple of days ago that we needed to go to Babies-r-Us to get a boy outfit and a girl outfit so the baby will have something to wear home from the hospital. She told me that we did not need to buy a boy outfit.  Here is an updated belly picture: