Photo Card

Swiss Dots Chocolate Baby Announcements

Personalize your announcements with Shutterfly.

View the entire collection of cards.

Life at Home

I was released from the hospital on Thursday just before noon. I was so ready to come home and get settled in. Thursday night was rough. We played musical beds here and it didn't really work out to great. Ty slept in our bed with Josh and I slept in Ty's room with Max. Max was sleeping off and on but I couldn't fall alseep for anything. Sometime during the night Ty wet through his p.j.'s and Josh decided to come get me up to take care of things. Josh went to work on friday and my sister came over all day to help me out. When she got here in the morning I left Max with her and I took Ty to daycare. Thats when all the emotions kicked in. I cried the whole way there and back. I felt to bad leaving him and just going home, even though I know he loves it there. I got better as the day went on and I took a 2 hour nap. Friday night was just spent at home. My parents came over and we ordered take out.

I felt like a new person when I woke up on saturday. Max had a couple of 2 hr stretches and I know that was just what I needed. Max had a doctor appt in the morning and it went great. He was down to 6 lbs 14.5oz and he didn't grow yet. He goes back on Oct. 31st for a follow up. We realized on the way there that Max loves his carseat. He slept the way to Swansea and way back and for another 2 hrs when we got home. Saturday night was spent watching the cardinal game and we enjoyed some delicious lasagna.
On sunday we just took it easy and home and enjoyed family time.

Ty has been a great help with his little brother. He always makes sure that he has his burp cloth and a paci. He loves holding him and giving Max his bottle. I swear since we have been home, Ty has grown a foot and says 75 more words than he did before. It almost breaks my heart that he seems to have grown up over night. But he is a big brother now. Most of the time he still refers to Max as "Baby" and he is sure to tell us when Max is crying. I put Max in his crib yesterday for awhile and Ty pushed his bench over to it, so he could see in.

Today, I took Ty to daycare this morning and he got to show everyone his new brother. I cried again when we got home because I feel so guilty being here without him but we are paying for daycare and I think he needs to keep with his normal routine.
I did forget how much easier it is to get stuff done without a kid running around. My plan is to get everything done today so I can have a great day with both of my boys tomorrow.

Max doesn't know what to do with it being so quite around here when Ty is gone.

P.S. Check out his side burns, lol.

It's a new day...

Meet Max

Max Ehren Voss

7lbs 6 oz

19 1/2 inches long

Born at 6:15 p.m.

Our First Family Picture

It was a long day but we got a great reward in the end. Ty isn't really sure what to think about his baby brother yet but I think he will like him soon enough.
Max is doing great! He has a nice set of lungs, that he is already been exercising. His hair is dark and curly so far.
Mom is feeling great as well! Even though I was technically in "labor" from 1:45am to 6:15pm, I got a couple of naps in and the pain wasn't too bad. I beat my pushing record, went from 19 minutes to 10 minutes! I will have a full post of Max's birth later on. I just wanted to share this wonderful experience with you now.

Ty's Room

Here is a before pic of the tan walls.

A fresh paint job makes a big difference!

A huge thanks to PaPa & Grandma R. for buying the new bedding and ottoman for birthday presents. And also to Aunt Amanda for buying Ty's new sheet set as part of his birthday gift.

My sister also redid Ty's letters to match his new room. This girl is creative! I wanted the plaid to match his bedding so she printed out the pictures of it off the Pottery Barn website and created these! They are perfect!

The 4 drawer chest before and after. 2 coats of primer, 2 coats of paints, lots of sanding, we removed those wing things off the top drawer and drilled new holes for new pulls on the drawers.

 

The night stand is currently be used as a t.v. stand.

The happy boy in his new room!

 I still have more that needs to be done but I am pretty excited the way everything has turned out so far. I have more stuff for the walls but that will be a work in progress.

Baby Update 10-11-11

I had my 38 week check up today and besides waiting for over an hour, everything went great! I am dilated 2cm. Dr. Mathus scheduled my induction for October 18th at 12am. One week from today I will be holding a new baby!
I have had people ask me how much weight I have gained this pregnancy and truthfully I haven't be paying attention. So I asked the doctor today and are you ready for this?!?!??  I have gained 6 POUNDS! Thats it! Can I get an AMEN!
Ty fell asleep while we were waiting and he continued to sleep while the doctor was in the room, while I went down 2 flights of stairs, into the car and most of the way home. I couldn't believe he fell asleep in the first place but I was shocked when he stayed sleeping.

I was laughing like crazy and then Dr. Mathus came in and he started laughing too.

Ty's Birth Story

During my entire pregnancy I measured smaller than average. At my 34 week appointment I measured much less than normal so the doctor ordered an ultrasound, turns out the baby was frank breech(butt down, feet by face). I was sent home with instructions to do these crazy exercises...get on all fours, arch your back like a cat and rock back and forth. I had another ultrasound a 37 weeks to see if the baby had got into the correct position and he did! At my 39 week appointment doc scheduled my induction for August 17th at 12pm(a full week past my due date). At 40 weeks I had already made enough progress on my own and had "lost my plug" so Dr. Mathus changed my arrival time to 6am. I was so aggravated that he kept moving things back but since I was already fully effaced and dialated to 2+ there was no need to go to the hospital earlier.
Saturday morning, August 15th, I woke up a little "wet." It was one of those did I really pee my pants moments. I told Josh about it and we decided I should go to work and see what happens. I didn't have many appointments since no one wants to get their hair done by an overdue pregnant lady! When I got home I read over the paperwork on what to do if you think your water broke. So I laid on the floor with my feet in the air for 30 minutes and then stood up. NOTHING.
Sunday morning, August 16th, same thing...I was a little "wet." I knew I didn't pee this time. It took untill about 10am before I decided to call the hospital. They told me to come up and they would check things out. Neither Josh or I were in a big hurry and felt kind of stupid since I was scheduled to go in the next day but I was concerned that the baby wasn't getting what it needed. Josh loaded up the car and off to Belleville. We stopped at Hardees for lunch and to the hospital we went. After I got admitted and up to OB they did confirm that my water had broke and they called Dr. Frank,(who wasn't my doc and I had only met him once)he was on call and he said to go ahead and get things going. The nurse told me I could get the epidural whenever I wanted it, as she started the pitocin around 2:30. Calls and messages went out to
everyone to let them know we were at the hospital.
Since my water was already broke they could not continue to check me since it could cause an infection. I'm thinking it was about 6pm when I decided that the contractions were bad enough and it was time for the good drugs. Little did I know that Mr. Epidural wasn't at the hospital waiting for me. Since it was a Sunday he had to be called in. After waiting for a century and 3 times of sticking me with the needle, it was done and I felt great!

The Grandpas

The Grandmas

Josh's parents, my parents, and sister were all there by now waiting for the baby. I'm not sure when the pressure really kicked in but I was talking with my Mom and telling her something wasn't right. My major concern was that my epidural wasn't taking evenly because I had to lay on my side due to the baby's heart rate. My Mom talked to the nurse and she check me, then said "Honey, you are ready!" Not long after that Dr. Frank showed up and I started to push. 19 mintues later and with the help of the vacuum, Ty Joshua Voss came into this world at 10:46pm(sunny side up). When they layed him on me, all I could think about was how tiny he was. He weighed 6 lbs 7oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Josh went to go tell everyone that our little baby boy was here and they all made their way into the room.

Proud Daddy sharing our news!

Papa and Grandma Ruhmann

Grandpa and Grandma Voss

Aunt Amanda

 This was the most incredible experience of my life. God blessed us with the miracle of life!

Our New Family