The story of Roman

Friday, June 3rd:

I had a restless night. I kept waking up with contractions...although I wasn't completely convinced that they were real.

Saturday, June 4th:

11:00 - my contractions became regular, occurring every 10 minutes.
14:00 - Rob called his mom & sister and they headed out to our house. After they arrived, I went 30 minutes without a contraction and was worried that we had them visit prematurely!
17:30 - Rob & I left for the hospital. Contractions were 5 minutes apart when we left and 3-5 minutes apart for the ride in
18:00 - Rob gets pulled over by a cop on Route 17...for speeding! When the cop was walking up to our car, I was between contractions...so I faked one! The cop led us to the hospital after that.

The times become a little blurry after this, but I was checked in for observation and walked the halls for an hour and a half. After they admitted me, it took awhile to get my epidural, but then...relief...finally! My nurse, Julie, was amazing...smart, comforting, funny!

Rob, Linda (my mother-in-law), and Melinda were at the hospital with me throughout my labor. Robert, Tina, and Brynley were also there for a little while on Saturday night, but Brynley was very upset when she saw me in the hospital bed so they didn't stay long.

Sunday, June 5th:

I took a short nap, but mostly we chatted through the night. Melinda left around 3:30am and we continued to wait. After 18 hours of labor, Roman finally joined our family at 4:56am. He screamed for the first hour and peed on my favorite nurse. Then he was calm and a good eater and perfect in every way!

Roman met his big sister on Sunday morning:




And had his first bath on Sunday:




Welcome to the world, Roman! You are so very loved already!

Brynley's self portrait

I am super behind on blogging! Needless to say, life with a 2-year old and a newborn can be quite busy. I have spent a few hours today finally uploading pictures from June and the beginning of July and I hope to blog/post them over the next several weeks.

Until then, I hope you get a kick out of this picture taken by Brynley herself!

How we get what we want around these parts

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!"

Potty stickers

Brynley earns stickers for "going" in the big girl potty.

"Yo ho ho...I put pee in the potty...argh!"

Please forgive the nakedness; Brynley finds it necessary to be completely naked when she uses the potty. No shirt, no socks, no shoes...nada!!

Family of three

As expected, life has become a bit hectic since we became a family of four. In the 10 days since we've been home from the hospital, I have been sick for two days and now Brynley has been sick for two days. Needless to say, I'm behind on blog posts and taking/uploading new photos.

The Friday before Roman's arrival, Brynley had a busy day. In the morning, I took her to a playdate where she got to run around and have fun with other kids her age. Then in the afternoon, Rob & I took her to the brand new playground in town and then out for ice cream (or as Brynley calls it..."ice keem cone". Our last day as a family of three was perfect!! That very night, I started having contractions!

Some pictures from our day:

Memorial Day (Eve)

Back when I was only one day overdue, there was a night that I was going to be home alone with Rob at work and my backup hospital ride (Melinda) out of town. My in-laws were kind enough to come stay the night with me in case that was the night that Roman decided to arrive. Although he didn't make his appearance until a full week later, we enjoyed our visit with Nana and PawPaw!

Here are some pics from our day:

Welcome Baby Roman!!

Someone special has finally decided to make his appearance into this world:

Roman John Rainwood deMariano

Born June 5, 2011

4:56 AM

7lbs 9.5ozs

20 inches