Well -- it has been almost 2 weeks since our little "Lemon" loaf's arrival and I suppose it's time to say goodbye to the pregnancy blog. I have grown so attached to it and this is a sad farewell for me. But --- The Koiter Family story will continue, as always, on our shutterfly share account. 
As much as I cursed Jason and my midwife for pushing me to keep active and keep walking at the end of the pregnancy -- I am really enjoying the pay off!!! I have officially lost 21lbs. as of today -- 1 week post-partum!!! Since this was our last pregnancy Jason and I thought it would be fun to do a few post-partum belly pics as well just to chronicle the return of my pre-pregnancy figure. Right now I'm looking about how I looked at 4 months pregnant and I am so happy with my body. I am really looking forward to getting back into shape and getting to eat and drink whatever I want!!!!! Yippee!!!
Our beautiful bundle of boy, Lennon Wyatt, came home to us yesterday afternoon, 2/10/11 at 4:08 PM!!!! Lennon weighs a whopping 9lbs. and is 22in. long. When you consider that he was 10 days early -- it's shocking to think that he would have been close to 10lbs if he was born on time. I shudder to think what would have been if he had come late....;0) The labor was smooth and much easier than my first. The total time was 10 hours, with early labor lasting about 6 hours and active labor about 4. I pushed for about 30 minutes (which was heinously fast) and before we knew it we were holding our perfect little man. Lennon and I are in perfect health and we are all taking it easy and recovering quietly at home. I will continue to update!!!
The Nursery is fully finished and boy oh boy are we in love with it. It's so cozy and cute. We had such a blast picking out all of the little details and it was nice to have gone with a mix and match theme that allowed us to incorporate pretty much anything that we came across that we loved. We even made our own hanging light fixture that is suspended from the center of the room so that we could have a little more light than the adorable lion lamp on Lennon's dresser. It will be interesting to see what changes his room goes through in the next few months -- as Miles' room continues to change even now after 16 months. The only thing that is missing from our little one's room now is our little one. Oh -- I just can't wait to nurse and rock him in that chair!!!
Jay Jay, Miles, and I have been spending most of our time together these days just walking and walking and walking. This morning we popped little man Miles into the stroller and headed to the elementary school where I walked up and down the stairs (2 at a time) and circled the track. Miles and Daddy explored the 
We decided to take another one at 38 weeks since there was a very small difference between the last two. These past two weeks Lennon has had a huge growth spurt and my tummy is SUPER big!!! Look at the Lennon Bun. He's even adorable in the oven.
My midwife almost fell out of her chair, laughing at my reaction, as she took my weight this morning. Seriously -- I almost passed out. Now -- before I tell you what I gained in the past 4 weeks I will say that my total weight gain so far has been 34lbs. and is absolutely as perfect as can be. I am blessed to have had such a healthy weight gain. But -- BUT -- 9lbs. in 4 weeks????? 9lbs.????? I didn't even gain that much over the Christmas Holiday and I ate tons and tons of holiday crap. Good God this baby is going to be ginormous. My midwife agrees -- he's one big boy. We're all really interested to see how long he is too. He is at Station +1 and his feet are still crammed up inside my ribs. We're talking one tall little boy. So -- here I am trying to get over the shock of the biggest weight gain over the smallest amount of time in my life and trying prepare myself mentally for the fact that I will most likely be pushing out a toddler sized newborn. Please pray for my poor lady bits. Sigh. The rest of the prenatal appointment was great. BP is excellent, Lennon's heart sounded great, and my titers were negative once again. Renee has an acupuncturist and massage therapist working out of her birth center now and I made a few appointments with them for next week. They will both work on the acupuncture/acupressure points to help get labor going. I also scheduled a membrane sweep with Renee for next Sunday as I will be 39 weeks and I told Renee that I will be damned if this baby and I go over due!!! I can totally handle on time -- but my head may explode if February 20th comes and goes without. The membrane sweep is what got labor going for me with Miles. Oh and the fact that right afterward Renee made me walk up and down 100+ stairs for 2 hours. Either way -- the sweep will happen on Sunday the 13th. Maybe if we are lucky we will get a Valentine's Day baby. There is something kinda sweet about that...;0) Of course there is always something sweet about February 4,5,6,7,8,9,10.... you get my drift. Well -- Miles is napping and I should take this time to nap too. xoxoxoxoxoxox
