One week!!!!!

On Monday, December 29th Wesley turned one week old. This has been a crazy week for our new family. As some of you know Katie was hospitalized after returning home with eclampcia. She was able to return home on Monday after being in the hospital for two days. We are very thankful that Katie's family was still here for the holiday's to help Mark with Wesley, thanks to Emily as well for helping out.

Christmas 2008

We spent Wesley's first Christmas at our house here in kingwood, although he is only three days old I think he got more presents than anyone. Santa brought Wesley lots of books and learning toys so that he can grow up and be brilliant. The Katie’s family spent the holidays with us helping out around the house and helping with Wesley. All in all it was a great Christmas!!

Wesley Jay Oekerman

It all started at 10:45 Sunday night, Katie woke up with contractions that were about 6 to 8 min apart. At about 11:30 I heard her walking around in the bathroom so I got up to see what was going on; she said that she was having strong contractions that were getting closer together so I got my watch and started to time them. At this point the contractions were more like 4 to 6 min apart so we decided to go ahead and call the hospital and tell them we were coming in. We left the house around 12:45 and drove down to the medical district, thankfully there was no traffic on the road and we made it there without any problems. Shortly thereafter we were admitted into the hospital where the nurse checked Katie and determined she was 5cm. After a while of painful contractions Katie decided it was time for the epidural and from then on out it was a waiting game. At around 12:00pm the doctor came in the room and decided it was time for Katie to start pushing, two hours later we had a beautiful baby boy!

Wesley Jay Oekerman
December 22, 2008 @ 2:42pm
Weight: 7lb 15oz
Length: 19 ¾ inches

Stress Test

My mom and I went to the dr's office this morning to have the non stress test. I was asked to lie down while they strapped the fetal monitors to my belly to hear the babies heartbeat. His heart rate did jump when he moved, but they said that the test looked great and there was nothing to worry about. While I was laying there the dr said that I did not have contractions. Wesley is obviously very content where he is.
I was told to call the dr tomorrow (Saturday) after 5:00 p.m. to get my instructions on being induced Tuesday. I go to the dr on Monday afternoon. We will keep you informed as we find out more information.
Merry Christmas

40 weeks 3 days

Still no baby Wesley. On Wednesday morning Mark, my mom Kay and I woke up at 5:00 a.m. to get ready to be induced. In Houston you are placed on a list to be induced and if a family comes in who is actually in labor the dr's push you back. We had to call starting at 6:00 a.m. to see if they had a bed available and of course they did not. So they make you call every two hours after that, the catch is you may not eat or drink anything. We called every two hours until 3:00 p.m. I called the dr to see how long this was going to go on and she told me that I could eat and I was off of the list. Apparantly the labor and delivery was extremely busy.
We go in on Friday morning at 9:00 to have a non stress test on the baby. This test provides the dr with information on how the baby is handling contractions and his movement by watching his heartrate. Then we have our weekly appointment on Monday afternoon, if he is still not here. Keep watching for updates.

39 weeks 6 days

Mark and I went to our weekly dr's appointment on Monday afternoon hoping to hear news that baby Wesley had made progress from the prior weeks. He is very comfy and warm where he is at and does not want to meet his family yet. We are going to be induced on Wednesday, if they have a bed open. We are not sure of the time yet we have to call at 6:00 a.m. Wesley is measuring correctly and his heart rate is where it needs to be. Keep watching the blog for pictures soon!!!

Snow Fun

Around 9:00 there was enough snow on the ground to go outside and have fun. Mark, Max & I went in the backyard and made snow angles, threw snowballs (at max) and made a daddy snowman and a baby snowman.

This is what the yard looked like before we rolled the snowman.

Mark is making his snowangel along with Max's help.

What a great looking snow angel.

Mark did not tell me that my belly was showing, sorry. Here is my snow angel. I am sure that a lady who is 39 weeks pregnant should be doing this.

Burr it's cold.

This is our snowdad and snowbaby before Max attacked it. Mark and I searched the house for items to make the eyes, scarf and nose. I found rocks to make eyes but they would not stay on, so Mark colored the eyes and mouth on with a magic marker.

Snowing in Houston?????

Today I get a call from my sister in law, Emily, telling me that it was snowing at her house in Tomball. I thought snowing in Houston, that is just crazy!! So about 45 minutes later I look outside and see very small snowflakes falling from the sky. They did end up getting larger and the quantity increased. Max was not sure what to think about this, so he stayed inside on his blankie. Here is a video and picture of the house. It snowed for about 45 minutes. Nothing really is sticking.

This video is a from our back porch. If you look hard you can see white flakes.

38 weeks 6 days

Mark and I went to the dr. on Monday and we were hoping to hear that Wesley had made progress, but we are still 3 cm and 90% effaced. Welsey is teaching us to have patience which we will need in weeks to come. Mark and I go back to the dr on Monday the 15th to talk to the dr.

38 weeks

Mark and I went to the our 38 week dr. appointment this morning hoping to get news that Wesley would be arriving soon, but that was not what we heard. He is not ready to meet his family just yet. I am still 3 cm dilated and 90% effaced and his heartrate is 139 beats a minute. We are going to walk the malls over the next few days and hope that helps. We go back to the dr on Monday afternoon. Keep watching the blog for updates.

Wii

Matt and Mark playing baseball. Mark and Matt playing boxing. They saw Heather and I playing and took over.

Heather and I playing bowling.

Our friends Heather and Matt got a Wii over the Thanksgiving weekend, so Mark decided that we must go over and try it out. For those of you who don't know, Mark has wanted a Wii for several months now. It was hilarious watching two grown men play this game (I am sure they both were sore the next day, but they would never admit it). They were very excited the first few games; standing up and actually getting into the game. After a few games their energy level had lowered and they were playing from the couch, not giving it their all.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

Mark did a great job at installing the lights.Over this Thanksgiving weekend, Mark had a few extra day off of work so we decided that we should put up our Christmas decorations before Wesley arrives. We had fun deciding where to place the Christmas decorations and the tree; next year it will be more fun with the help of Welsey!

35 weeks dr appointment

We only have one month to go!!! Mark and I went to the doctor today for our first weekly check-up. Baby Wesley is measuring right for his age. We thought that we would go to the dr this week and the dr would say that Wesley was still high and not dilated, but we received an eye opener. The doctor told us that I am measuring at 2 centimeters dilated and 80% effaced. Baby Wesley was very low and it seemed to surprise the doc. We are packing our bags and getting everything finalized. Keep watching the blog for updates.

Finished room

Wesley's room is finally finished!!! Mark and I have worked on it for several months.

We are all ready for baby Wesley's arrival. His carseat is installed in the car, his bag is packed and all his clothes are washed and ready. Stay tuned for more information.

Happy Halloween

After Hurricane Ike Mark went fly fishing everyday and Max went along a few times. He decided that he wanted to be a fly fisherman for this Halloween. Mark and I did not dress up this Halloween, we stayed home and passed out candy to all the little trick-or-treaters. This time next year we will have Wesley to dress up and take to a fall festival.

Max was watching tv which is what he likes to do now.

4 minutes later he was ready for the hat to come off of his head.

Assembling baby items

We received our last big registery gifts at Mark's work baby shower (pictures to come). We decided to assemble the pack n play one night when Mark got home from work. This took a lot longer than I anticipated (directions are the key when assembling something). Mark decided that he did not need the directions because this was going to be very easy. Well 30 minutes later I was getting worried because this is where Wesley is going to sleep the first month or so of his life and I needed to make sure it was assembled correctly. After reading the instructions we finished putting it together and rolled it into the bedroom.

Yea, step 1: get out directions. The next night Mark, Max and I decided to put the swing together. We read the instruction step by step and the swing was put together in no time! Max decided to help Mark put the seat cover on.

This is a very cool swing, not only does it swing three different ways but you can hook your ipod up to the swing and the baby can listen to music. Mark decided to try this out, so he hooked the ipod up and began to find music for Wesley. Mark searched through the ipod and found music that I don't think Wesley would find very soothing, but we had a good time playing with it.

Finishing touches

Mark and I were in Midland for the baby shower and we found a quote to stencil on Wesley's wall. Mark decided that he was ready to tackle this task and we found that it was very easy to do.

Well if Katie knew the difference between a"u" and a "n" she would not have to work hard to get the letter off.! oops

Max was exhausted after working a few hours on the wall. It was all worth it in the end.

Houston Baby Shower

Emily, Becky and Lauren hosted a baby shower for Mark and I in Houston a few weeks ago. We had yummy breakfast food to snack on. It was nice getting to see our friends and family. Katie's mom and dad came down to visit that weekend as well. During the shower Mark and Katie's dad went and played golf. We are very thankful that we have good friends and family. Thanks Emily, Becky and Lauren for hosting such a fun and cute party.

33 week sonogram cont...

Okay we finally got our computer back!! Here are a few more pictures of baby Wesley. Wesley cooperated with the tech during the first few minutes of his photoshot and looked directly at her. This is a picture of his face.

Here is a picture of Wesley's foot pushing up against, okay maybe not pushing, but kicking my side.

We found out that Welsey does have hair, yea!! So we will have to see if he has blonde or brown hair.

Here is a video of Wesley opening and closing his mouth. He must be hungry.