Surfer Baby!

Auggie went swimming at Grandma Geri's pool for the first time last Friday and he was really one cool surfer dude! He loved the water and all of the attention Mommy and Daddy gave him because he loked so darn cute! Also there is a picture of Auggie in his crib on the first night sleeping all by himself away from Mommy and Daddy's bedside. He is growing up too fast!

2 month pictures

Here are the photos of Auggie taken at JC Penney for his two month birthday! He is a little ham in some of them. We couldn't get him to smile as much as he normally does, but he did show a little smile. He is so darn cute, if I do say so myself!!!!

Two Months Old!

Auggie turned two months old June 16th. We celebrated by getting his pictures taken at JC Penney and then going out to dinner at Olive Garden. Mommy also bought him some really cool sunglasses as you can see in the picture. Finally we had birthday rice krispie treats made by Mommy. They were yummy! Today we went to the doctor and found out how much Auggie has grown. He is an astounding 13.8 lbs and 25 1/4 inches long. The doctor said he is in the 99% for height and 91% for weight. He said he is in the 50% for a 5 month old. He said everything looks great and healthy, he is just a big kid. He said his height and weight are very proportional so nothing to be concerned about. Keep looking for the photos from JC Penney I will post them as soon as I get them.

Father's Day

This weekend we celebrated Father's Day. We started off with a celebration in Springfield with Grandpa Kenny. We went to a Mexican restaurant and Auggie had a good time smiling at his cousins over and over again. Then Sunday we went to church then Mommy, Daddy and Auggie went to another Mexican restaurant in East Peoria. It is one of Daddy's favorite kinds of food! Then we went out to Grandpa Bill's house to spend time with him. Auggie ended up puking on Granpa Bill for Father's Day after he fed him! Not the present Grandpa Bill probably wanted! I think Daddy had a really good first Father's Day. Auggie and Mommy are so lucky to have such a wonderful, helpful, and loving Daddy! He is the best in the whole world!

Weekend of Firsts!

Auggie had a jam packed weekend! He did many firsts this weekend. On Friday night it was his first trip to the Tremont Turkey Festival. He enjoyed the turkey sandwich and strawberry shortcake 6 hours after Mommy ate it! Then on Saturday night he went to his first movie at the drive-in theatre in Springfield. He slept through both movies and missed Indiana Jones and Ironman. Then finally on Sunday Auggie went to the pool for the first time. He swam with Mommy and Daddy at Knights Action Park. He enjoyed the kiddie pool and a few laps around the lazy river laying on Mommy's chest. Auggie is growing so big, his Aunt Kendra H. was almost brought to tears because he has grown so much since she last saw him.

New things!

Auggie is growing so fast and I can't believe he will be two months old in just over a week! He finally got to meet Carsen Kahl, Lindsay's newest addition to the family. Mommy is planning on having them be very good friends and some day get married! Just kidding! As you can see Auggie is HUGE compared to dainty little Carsen, and get this Carsen is three weeks older than Auggie!!! The other picture above is of Auggie taking his first nap in his big boy crib. He hasn't slept in the crib yet, but I think he likes it.

One month Pictures

Here are a few of the pictures we had taken at JC Penney forAuggie's 1 month birthday.

One Month Old!

On May 16th Auggie turned one month old! I can't believe a whole month has gone by already! We celebrated by going and having his pictures taken at JC Penney. The pictures turned out wonderful and we can't wait to get them and post them on here. We also had cupcakes made by Aunt Kendra H., thank goodness she made them so Mommy did not have to make anything! We all know how much I like to cook or bake!

First Bottle Feeding

Yesterday Auggie was 4 weeks old and we decided to try a breast milk bottle for the first time. I wondered if he would take it okay and I shouldn't have because as soon as Chad popped it in his mouth he started gulping it down. He finished 4 oz. in record time and I think would have taken more if we would have had more. Daddy really enjoyed the bonding time with him too. Mommy was a little sad to be a bystander in the feeding for the first time.

Mother's Day

Auggie is now 3 weeks and 4 days old. Where does time go? I can't believe he will be a month old this week. Sorry it has been so long since we posted, but life has been a little busy around here. Auggie has been traveling like crazy. In his 3 short weeks of life he has been to Indianapolis for a family wedding and Springfield twice. This past Saturday we went to Springfield to celebrate Mother's Day with Grandma Ruthie. We went to church on Sunday and then out to eat. This was Auggie's first over night stay at Grandma and Grandpa Stults' house. He loved rocking in the recliner with Grandma Ruthie! It was my first Mother's Day and Auggie and Chad made the day an unforgettable one! I am very proud to be Auggie's Mommy!

Level II Nursery

After Auggie was born it took them two hours to do their typical testing and bathing of him. During an hour of that I was sleeping off the medicine from the c-section in a recovery room. Then they wheeled me past the nursery where Auggie was being taken care of and had the grandmas and grandpas and both Aunt Kendras meet me there to see the new little boy in the family. Everyone was excited to see him and marveled at how big he was!!! Then they took me to my room to wait for Auggie. It took an hour for them to finish up and finally bring him to me. I was so frustrated that it took that long, I had only spent about 15 min. with him in the operating room and I wanted to hold him and bond with him. When they brought him to the room I was so happy to see his little round face. We spent several hours together having the grandparents, two Aunt Kendras, Uncle Josh, and Mommy and Daddy holding him and adoring him. The nurses kept checking his temp. and it was low. This concerned them and finally they decided to take him down to the nursery to put him under a warmer. While there they found that his oxygen was low also. This really concerned them and they decided to do a chest x-ray. The x-ray came back and it showed that he had fluid on his lungs. They said this sometimes happens with a baby so big and going through a c-section instead of a vaginal birth. They said he would be put into the level II nursery and given an IV to give him antibiotics and food. This devastated me because I could not get out of bed yet and go see him. Everyone else could see him except me!!!

Well later that day because I had a great nurse, Ami, she helped me get out of bed and took me in a wheel chair to see Auggie. It killed me to see him in his isolette all hooked up to IV and monitors. I knew he was in good hands though at OSF since they are a level 3 birthing center. There was no other hospital in 27 counties that would have been better for him! Auggie was in the nursery until Friday hooked to the IV and monitors, then the doctors said he was probably going to be done with that and okay to be taken off, but he now was jaundice! This didn't shock me because it runs in our family. I just was disappointed that now that he was getting over the one thing, he now had something else. It seemed never ending. During all these days Chad and I would go in the nursery every 2-3 hours to feed him and snuggle. I really believe Auggie being in the nursery instead of my room was a blessing in disguise. It motivated me to get out of bed and start walking unassisted after the surgery. No cut on my stomach was going to stop me from seeing my new son! It was 24 hours after my surgery that I was walking all the way to the nursery. I couldn't believe myself that I was doing so well after the c-section. I thought I would be much worse off.

Then Saturday they dropped the bomb that Auggie would not be going home until maybe Sunday, but I would have to be discharged at midnight Saturday because my insurance wouldn't cover more that 4 days in the hospital. We were so upset because there was no way we were going home without our little boy. They tried to convince me to go home for a little while and get some rest, but of course I refused. My nurse, Heather, helped us out and picked out some reclining chairs for us in the waiting room. She also asked for a cot to be set up in the waiting room for us. It was totally bizarre sleeping in the waiting room with people and elevators going by, but we survived. We felt like we were homeless for the night, but we got to make every feeding and didn't miss anything with Auggie. We did go home between the 5:30 am feeding and the 8:30 am feeding to get a shower and bring some more stuff home. When we got back the nursery nurse meet us at the door saying Auggie's jaundice count was down and that he was going to be released that day!!!! This was the best news we heard all week. They had to retest his hearing, circumcise him, take his pictures, and then go through the paper work of discharging him. Around 11:30 am they called us and said that he had been circumcised and that they could not get him to calm down even after Tylenol and sugar water. When I came in the nursery you could hear him screaming. They showed us his wee wee and then said please feed him! As soon as I got him and fed him he calmed right down. Seeing him cut and crying so hard made me so upset.

After several hours we finally got all the paperwork, tests and pictures done. We were free to go home with our new little bundle. We could not believe after such a long week that we were finally able to go home and start our lives together. We are truly blessed that Auggie is perfectly healthy and there were no complications after all he went through. He is a little miracle sent from above.

He's Here!!!! He's Here!!!!

Well Tuesday morning we went to the doctor at 8 am and he gave us the choice of a trial induction or a c-section my cervix wasn't dilated and his head had not engaged in the pelvis. He sent us home to make our decision and call when we were ready. Chad and I talked and talked about what we should do. We finally both decided to do the trial induction because if we didn't try we would always wonder "what if". So we called the doctor and they scheduled an induction at 11 am that same morning. We hurried and got the dog to the kennel and then grabbed our last lunch as just the two of us. Then we headed to the hospital. They checked us in and got us settled. They started the medicine at 1:35 pm that was supposed to open my cervix. I quickly started to have contractions one right after another without any breaks. I had to lay flat on my back for 2 hours and then could get up and move around with the medicine in for another 10 hours. I was really miserable and only got 2 hours of sleep only when they gave me some medicine to ease the contractions. At 1:35 am they stopped that medicine and then began the petocin to induce labor at 2 am. Sometime around 3 am they became concerned with the baby's heart rate, they made me try laying in several different positions to see if this would help. It did not help out and around 4 am they decided that we would have to have a c-section for the sake of the baby. They prepped me for the surgery and we headed off to the operating room around 4:30 am. Augustus "Auggie" William Lohnes came into this world, screaming, at 5:08 am April 16, 2008. Chad got to announce what it was: boy or girl. They brought him by me and I couldn't believe how big he was. They announced that he was 9 pounds 14.9 ounces and 22 inches long!!! We almost had a 10 pounder.