New Photography Page!!!

Made a new blog for my work, updated with all my new sessions : ) Maybe some day ill update this blog!
http://andreashaffersphotography.blogspot.com/

6 months!!

Stats at 6.5months(we were late to get a appt this month)

15lbs 12oz(10th%)

27in(60th%)

My boy is getting bigger, and its making me sad. I love watching him grow and do new things, but i kinda want this time to last longer.. Evan is growing so much better these last few months, hes come a long way. He is a very skinny guy but hes healthy looking now... He can sit on his own, has been since he was 5months. He is not crawling yet, but he wants to so bad. He has started pulling himself to his knees in his crib so i think we will have to lower that soon : (  I  think once he starts crawling he will be making mommy a ball of nerves.. Hes SO active, even though he doesn't crawl yet, hes always busy rocking or kicking.. Hes such a happy dude, always has a smile to give..

So i have not done his 6month photoshoot yet, but here are a few of my favs taken over the last few weeks, and a few of the big kids too......

4 months!

12lbs 2z(5th%)

25ins(60th%,i think)

Evan is still a tiny dude. He actually LOST weight in the last 2 1/2weeks. Im a bit worried about that, but other than his weight hes perfect!! He is a sweet little guy, and loves people talking to him.. He rolled over once last week, and hes getting close to sitting on his own. His favoite thing to do is stand! Hes just like Logan was.. We love our little guy and im so blessed to have my 3 beautiful babies!!!!



3months/New House

10lbs 8oz

24.5ins

Evan is doing well! Hes a tiny little guy, and is now on a higher calorie count formula to put some meat on his bones.. But other than his weight issues he is great.. He smiles more and more every day. And just in the last day he has started to "talk" and even a few little laughs, which are just the cutest!! He love to sit up and stand just like Logan did. I'm anxious to see if he is a fast mover like Logan was too.. He hates tummy time, prob because his tummy is so sensitive, and he still is spiting up a lot.. He loves watching his siblings play and loves to be held by his mommy : )

In other news, we bought our first house!!!!!!!!! We closed after 6 crazy months, and LOTS of frustration.. I had to move into a hotel in the end and move our things into a storage unit. But we are in the house and slowly getting settled..

Well here are some more pics of my little Evan : )

2 months!!!!!!

10lbs 2oz

24ins

My sweetness is doing well! He has to go back for a follow up appt in a few weeks, to see how his weight is and some other issues. But overall he is doing great. He loves to sit up and look around and he also loves to stand, already.. Hes not the happiest baby, but thats all right i still love him, hehe...

Evan Lucas Shaffer

September 15, 2011

4:24pm

8lbs6oz

21ins

  I arrived at the hospital for my induction at 530am on sept 15th. Was brought straight back to my room to get prepped and to do all the paperwork etc... The doctor came in and did a cervical check and a quick u/s to see what kind of induction method would be best.. At that time( about 6-630am) i was 2cm and about 60% effaced but my cervix was still fairly firm.. The doctor had decided that a quarter dose of cytotec(a med used to help ripen the cervix) i s what we would start with. The pill would be inserted and after 2 hour i would be checked and either do another dose or start pitocen and a Foley bulb... So fast forward to about 830 and the cytotec was inserted. I had to lay down for the first hour, and then would be  allowed to get up and walk if i wanted.. Well within that hour my contractions started. They were not very strong at that point but i was feeling them.. I got up at about 930 and  sat in the rocking chair in the room. I sat there and rocked for about 30mins when i felt a gush. Yep water  broke.! The nurse was surprised as thing were defiantly progressing with very little medical intervention.. I continued to labor in the chair and my waters also continued to break.. (this is where time got very blurry) I think at about 11ish i got back in bed.  My contractions started to pick up and were 2mins apart at this point. The doctor came in at some point to check me and i think i was about a 5, not sure.. So labor was defiantly in full swing and i did not need any other help(like pitocen, YEA) At some point(maybe 12ish) a nurse(she was not my main nurse) rushed in and told me to turn to my side and put on a oxygen mask, baby's hear rate was dropping.. She was very frantic about it all but after a few mins thin calmed down fort a bit anyways.. I was in extreme pain by this point, and questioning if i could do this naturally.. Baby didn't seem to be tolerating the contractions well at all. I was on oxygen for this whole time. I think it was 1ish when i finally  broke down and got my epidural, i just could not do it any longer(i was 7cm when i got the epi. I was having back labor and baby was posterior.. I got my epi fairly quickly and it was a million times better than it was with Logan.. Soon after getting my epi, baby's heart rate was looking worse  and not coming back up. So the nurses had to give me a shot to slow down my contractions.. That seemed to help, thank goodness... I'm clueless to what time it is at this point. I just know the nurses where in and out trying to get a reading on baby, but having a hard time. So they decided to put a internal monitor on his head(now this may have happened  before i got that shot of meds, i really cant remember. Ya i was that out of it).. So some time passed and i was ready to push this baby out.. I had 3 nurses and  2 doctors in the room for delivery. As they where worried he was very large, and needed to be there to assist if he got stuck. I was warned as to what may happen if he got stuck, and it really freaked me out.. I ended up only pushing through 3 contractions, so about 5mins.. And out came my baby boy.. They whisked him  over to the table to make sure he was okay since he looked so bad during labor.. They doc said it looked like he was compressing his cord.. I didn't get to see him for about 15mins, while they did all they needed to do.. My little poop machine, pooped 3 times right after birth, and hasn't stoped since, ha ha... When it was time to get his weight all the nurses and doctors gathered around for the big reveal(everyone thought this boy was gonna be huge like 9-10lbs).. Well he wasn't huge at all, not tiny but just PERFECT! After that i got to hold my sweet boy and we named him...

As of today we are doing well!! Evan ended up losing 20oz(went down to 7lbs2oz) of his birth weight(13%) and was back to his birth weight at 2weeks1day .. He is a tall skinny boy! He is a pretty very easy going little guy.. I'm doing well too. It took just over a week to recover, but I'm feeling good now.. I struggled emotionally, it was really hard the first 2weeks for me.

If there are any typos in this(which im sure there are), just remember i have a newborn, hehe...

Last belly pic, 39weeks

first born

                                                                               1day old

4days old

                                                                1week4days

                                                                       
                                                                       2weeks

Come on Baby, and Gestational Diabetes...

I have one lazy and stubborn baby boy.. I have now had 2 anatomy ultrasounds and still have not been able to check everything.. I cant lie that im a tad worried something may be wrong with his heart since thats the organ that we cant see.. I know if there is a problem we will get through it, but i just want to know if my baby boy is 100% healthy.. SO i need lots of positive thoughts that baby will COPPER ATE at my next ultrasound on Tuesday..

I also have gestational Diabetes again, which is totally fine with me.. I did really well with managing it with Logan so i know i can do it again.. And so far i have not had to change my diet at all.. Well since i got preggo i had changed my diet a bit, just due to having major food aversions.. So far all is well, and i can still eat my sweets(even though i really dont eat them much) I have LOST 4lbs since the beginning of this pregnancy, which is awesome since i started off the heaviest i have ever been : (  But anyhow, other than that pregnancy wise. Im feeling better, sick some days but really not bad.. Im feeling him move more and more everyday which is just the most AMAZING feeling......

What else is going on with us.. Coreys been gone for a few weeks and we be back in a month. Hes just in New Jersey for training. I have had some really rough days,but trying to push through.... Logan turned 2 on the 11th, and im still wondering how the heck that happened.. I swear he was just born.... Hes also getting more and more interested with baby. I told him that baby is "cooking" so he will touch my belly and say Baby Cooking, haha...  Hannahs doing well.. She is talking more about the baby and doesnt seem to be as upset about having another brother.. She FINALLY graduates kindergarten on the 3rd, and i couldnt be more proud..

And for your viewing pleasure a pic from last week at 21weeks(im now 22weeks) Still not showing, but thats normal for me....

Baby #3 IS A.................

This whole pregnancy i had planned on NOT finding out the gender. I though what a wonderful surprise it would be to find out at birth.. And since i have a boy and a girl, i really didnt have a preference.. But the week leading up to my BIG ultrasound, i was struggling BIG time.. I decided that if the ultrasound person got the perfect shot we would find out. And guess what, baby was not shy in the slightest to show off the goods. But baby was awful stubborn, and i have to have another ultrasound get get pictures of the very important stuff like the heart and some other stuff as well. I'm okay with it, cause its a chance to see baby again. Plus we didn't get a profile shot at all. Baby was just to comfy next to my uterus, haha.. Well, anyhow baby is a boy!!!! I was sad at first, cause i knew how badly Hannah wants a sister. I'm excited about having another little man around the house..I'm doing okay. Ill 20weeks tomorrow, and i cant believe how fast its gone. I'm still dealing with some morning sickness and throwing up, but its not nearly as bad as it was....

Thank you 2011!!

WOW its March already!!  Its been such a crazy 3 months.. We have settled here in cali, well kinda.. And every day I'm here, I'm more glad we got to move close to family and our closest friends.. In my last post i listed some goals/wants for 2011, and some have already happened. 1 of them in particular that i really didn't think would happen this soon is..... I'M PREGNANT!!!! 12weeks1day today. Yes i said it, and the best part is we conceived 100% naturally! SHOCKING, i never ever imagined it would happen.. We have been trying for almost a year, but it happened on its own.. I'm due Sept 20th, and we are very excited and feel extremely blessed... Other than that things are good. Kids are good. Hannah's doing okay in school. Shes adjusting slowly which i expected. She has already spent 5 or 6 nights away from us, which she loved. Logan is blooming socially BIG time. Before we left he rarely talked outside of the house, and did not do well with others. Now he says HI to everyone he sees, and loves going to his grandparents houses.. Anyways, hopefully ill be better at this blog stuff from now on.. Ill leave you with the sweetest pic of the year.....

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!!! WOW, i cant believe its 2011 already...  This should be a pretty exciting year for us. We are moving back to Cali in about a week and a half, and we are very excited to see all our friends and family..  Im not making any new years resolutions this year. But I'm making of list of things I'm going to work on and things i HOPE happen this year..

Eat Healthy
EXERCISE(I'm going to the gym tomorrow)
Be a better mother
Make time for Corey and I
Make time for ME
Work on my Photography(and make some money, hopefully)
GET PREGGO/START FERTILITY TREATMENTS(this is a BIG BIG HOPE)
Buy a house

Merry Christmas!!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!!!

 Oh and to share a few pics of the kids : )

Happy Halloween!

Friday we all went out to a trunk or treat for Corey's work. Had a good time and got to take some pics of the kids in there costumes. Logan has been sick though, and got worse Friday, so Last night Corey and Hannah went out trick or treating and Logan and i stayed home and handed out candy. I'm sad Logan only got t wear his costume once.. Here's a few pics and My little Alice in wonderland and my Little Vampire(watch out Edward Cullen, Logan is way cuter! LOL)

6 weeks!

Till we move back to cali!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont have a exact date yet since we dont have offical orders, but we should be home by christmas. Its gonna be a crazy 6 weeks, since Corey will be working 12 hour days 6 days a week till we leave,  but we will somehow manage.. Cant wait to see everyone back home!!!!!

Whats up with us!!!!

I dont blog much anymore, mainly cause i dont have many readers. But ill give those of you who may want to know whats up with us, here you go : )
Lets see since i have posted last.. We had a pretty good summer that consisted of LOTS of swimming, its WAY too hot here to do anything else. We all real got nice tans.. Hannah turned 6, yes 6... She lost her first tooth(well second, the first was pulled), she started her second year of kindergarten, has started dance and soccer. Logan, has grown into a true toddler. My very mellow loveing son is now a whiny, screaming, climbing monster!!!! Not really but he is defenatly showing another side of his personailty.. He has grown so much, hes still a shrimp with a huge head though, haha... He soo smart, well to us, cause he does so much more than Hannah did.. He just blows us away.. We moved a few weeks ago into base housing. It was stressful but we are glad we did it, we could not afford the other house. We also got 2 new kittens.. Heres some good news for my cali friends, Corey put in for base of preference and we should hear back within the next week if we got a base CLOSE to home. We could be back soon! The best news will be pictured at the end : )

the kittens Phoenix and Star



She was so proud to lose that tooth


First day of School


Just some cute pics







ANd for the best news.........

Corey made SSGT, he will Offically be SSGT on October 1st, YEA!!!!!!!