Baby John Bean- July

John's Big July

John's 1st 4th of July was a busy one. It started out with Wyatt's 2nd birthday party in Wellington. John slept through the whole thing, even being tortured by Daddy. John's favorite part was when he got to try on Wyatt's safety goggles and use his new chainsaw. That's especially tough when its bigger than you.

After Wyatt's birthday party, we headed over to Kersey to Cousin Breanna and Scott's 4th of July party. He slept until about 7pm then played in the grass before the bugs got too bad and we had to leave.

Then on July 5th Opa and Daddy put together his beautiful new tractor! John got his tractor from Uncle Merle in honor of Great Grandma and Grandpa Lawrence who always ran Internationals on their farm. He loves it already and can't wait for Mommy to let him turn it loose!

More to come on John's big adventures in July!

Pictures of John

June

I'm 1 month old today!

Daddy hanging out with John

Baby John and Opa both napping under their hats.

Auntie with Baby John

John's 1st tractor bucket

Tummy time on a bunky from Great Grandma Whitted in Daddy's pajamas

John and China hanging out

Daddy and John by irises from Great Grandmas Budner and Whitted

Argh! Just call me Jacabo

John's hand in Opa's hand

Pictures of John

May

Oma and Opa with John

Daddy with John on the back patio

Mommy with John and Abu

John Cade at home

John and I were discharged from the hospital on Friday May 27th. It was Memorial Day weekend so everyone was going to have a full 3 day weekend to spend with Baby John! Daddy drove us home very carefully to Oma, Opa and Uncle Rascal who were waiting oh so patiently. John was a little fussy when we put him in his car seat for the 1st time but calmed down quickly and slept the whole way home. Grandpa had the video camera ready and rolling when we pulled in to catch all the action as it unfolded, "action" should be taken lightly as John was still sleeping. We gave John the tour of his house and let him try out his cradle Opa had made for Mommy when she was born. He liked it! Grandma Gail and Grandpa Steve came over a little later when Oma and Opa went to set up the camper.

John has is now 1 day shy of being 6 weeks old and good golly has it gone by fast. John is a wonderful baby. The first couple weeks he slept all the time, loud or quiet, dark or bright, it didn't matter. Now as he's getting bigger he's eating more, staying awake longer and more frequently and still sleeping through anything if he wants to. Sleeping at night hasn't evened out yet. Most nights Mommy is able to get a 3 or 4 hour chunk of sleep, feed, then another 4 hour chunk of sleep which she is very grateful for. But as I'm writing this I have to note that not all nights are this nice, such as last night. John slept through his 1st 4th of July fireworks celebration, both the city of Windsor's and Daddy's but as soon as we put him in his cradle he was awake and wanted to eat, so at 10:15pm I fed the little man. At midnight I was finally brave enough to try putting him down again in his cradle, up until this point he wanted absolutely nothing to do with going to sleep. Then at 2:30am he decided it was time to eat again, so again I fed him and began the getting him back to sleep process. (It usually takes no more than 40 minutes any more to get him fed and back to sleep.) Only this morning, he was again no where near ready to go back to sleep, I rocked him, walked him, snuggled him, changed him, and at 5am I was finally able to get myself back to sleep. I was so excited thinking I'd be able to sleep for a while because all that fussing had to make him super tired right?! no, he was back up at 6:30am wanting more.

John has done a lot of fun things already in his short little 6 week life. Here's a quick run through then I'll be back later to fill in the details. John got to meet his Aunt Caitlyn face to face on Wednesday June 15th and continued to get spoiled by her through Monday June 20th. He was baptized at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church on Sunday June 19th. This day was extra special for us for a couple reasons, it was Daddy Brad's 1st father's day, and his Aunt Denise's birthday. We figured what a great way to celebrate family. John was babysat for the 1st time on Friday June 24th by Grandma and Grandpa Budner so Mommy and Daddy could go see Kung Fu Panda 2. Then on Saturday June 25th Mommy, Daddy and John went up to Red Feather Lakes to meet Oma and Opa. John went camping for the 1st time and he did it in style, Oma and Opa's 5th wheel. Mommy and Daddy went to a friend's wedding while John entertained Oma and Opa. Sunday July 3rd John went to his 1st birthday party, Wyatt Bisceglia's 2nd birthday and slept through the whole thing. And Sunday evening went to Cousin Breanna and Scott's 4th of July bash east of Kersey, CO still sleeping until about 7:30pm. Then on Monday July 4th he "watched" the city of Windsor's and Daddy's fireworks through his eyelids. Busy little life for a handsome little dude.

Baby John Bean

First of all, sorry it's taken almost 6 weeks to post an update.

This new chapter of our story begins at 3am on Wednesday May 25th, 2011.

At 3am I was rudely awakened by my water breaking. I rolled over to tell Brad to hurry up and get me a towel. I had to tell him 3 times that my water had broken before he was conscious enough to understand. Then of course, Diablo, our eldest cat, decided that her being comfortable was more important than Brad getting up to get me a towel so she was thrown off the bed. I got after receiving a towel from my loving husband and called the doctor, he said he'd call the hospital to let them know I was on my way. Brad and I took our time getting ready to leave, I wasn't having any contractions. We called my parents since they were going to have to drive up from Denver, typically about 1:15 to 1:30. We left the house at 4am and headed for Greeley and called Brad's parents on the way. We were both kind of sad that neither set of parents seemed terribly enthusiastic, but I guess it was 4am and they had been sleeping soundly. I asked Brad if he was going to drive like a maniac, he asked if I needed him to, I said no since contractions were just barely starting but that he could because it was probably one of the only times he'd have an excuse. He didn't rush figuring we'd be at the hospital long enough, no need to rush if we didn't have to

Brad dropped me off at the emergency room and went to park, thinking I'd have to fill out at least a little paperwork to say who I was. The put me in a wheelchair immediately and we had to wait for Brad before we headed up to the birthing unit. We had to go to triage for about 15 minutes before we were moved to a labor and delivery room. The nurses got me hooked up the the monitors and we got to hear our precious Bean's heartbeat, always a fantastic sound. I was only 2cm dilated so we settled in for the long haul and called Auntie Caitlyn. She took about a minute of grogginess to get out an excited "yeah!" and Brad and I immediately thanked her for her effort to be excited even though she was sleeping. Once I was settled Brad went out to move the car out of the ER lot and to get all of our stuff. While he was wandering outside trying to get to the car (he couldn't get back to the ER inside the hospital, he was lost) he found my parents pulling in. They'd made it quickly since there isn't a whole lot of traffic at 4am. They helped carry in our stuff and settled in themselves. Gail and Steve, Brad's parents, showed up a little later. My contractions were getting closer but I was still able to talk through them so Brad and his parents and my dad went up to the cafeteria for breakfast while my mom and I stayed to work. My mom got her work out rather quickly as my contractions started getting stronger pretty quickly after everyone else left. She had to prop her elbow on her knee to get enough pressure on my back. At 8:51 I told Mom I needed Brad too, she texted Dad, not knowing if she had Brad's number or not. Brad ran from the cafeteria and Mom stepped out while they checked me; she didn't get to come back in because it was time to start pushing. The baby's heart rate had been low for longer than they liked so they opted to use the vacuum to help the baby come down a little faster. Dr. Abbot used the vacuum on 3 pushes and the baby's heart rate came back up so we were able to put that bugger to the side. John Cade Budner was born at 9:44am and without any pain medication! Daddy Brad cut the cord and was wonderful through the whole thing, even with the bruise I gave him on his side from squeezing him. :) Brad and I took as much in as we could just the 3 of us then I sent him out to tell the grandparents who were anxiously awaiting news. Daddy shared that our new little boy was 7lbs 4 ozs and 20 1/4 inches long! When the grandparents were able to come in they all fought over who would get to hold him first, Oma (Grandma Sharon) said she did because she was the oldest. But even Oma had to wait until we could Skype Auntie Caitlyn so she could meet her nephew even though she was in Rhode Island.