Daddy and Amelia Movie Date & Max newborn check up!

Dear Amelia and Max -
Yaya, you and Daddy went on a date Thursday morning to see the movie Lorax...you call it the Orange Movie. Daddy said you were a very good girl. You really enjoyed the movie!

Max, you had your newborn check up today! 

Here are your stats:

Weight: 7 lbs 6.5 ounces (down from 7 lbs 14 oz at birth) - 23.63 percentile

Length: 20.5" (somehow down from 21.5" at birth) - 65.25 percentile

Head: 14.25 (up from 14" at birth) - 46.41 percentile

Lets focus on the head for a second, your head is less than average size. DO YOU HEAR THAT?!!?!?!? A DIRKS/STEPHENS/GRADE without a HUGE head!!! YAY MAX!

Love,
Mom

Newborn comparison

Dear Amelia and Max -

Since the second Max was born, Daddy and I thought he looked just like a boy version of Amelia. 

Check it out...

Amelia Alixandra Dirks - October 30, 2008

 Maxwell August Dirks - March 24, 2012

Love,
Mom

Picture Alert!

Dear Amelia and Max -
Well, that labor was MUCH different from Amelia's. As a matter of fact, so was my pregnancy and after labor.

More details on the labor later but for now...some PICTURES!!

Right after Max joined us at 721pm last night. Showin off his muscles!

Papa Jim and Cookie were in the waiting room while Max arrived. You and Kiki headed over around 730pm. As you were coming down the hall, I could hear you saying "I gotta find my Mommy and Daddy" just hearing your voice brought me to tears. 

Cookie has much better pictures but here is my favorite so far. 

You weren't sure what to think at first but warmed up after a few minutes. 

Glamma, Cookie, Yaya, Kiki and Papa Jim left at about 845pm. Max received his first bath, so did I. We switched rooms and we were on our own! 

Max was a good sleeper - he ate at about midnight, 245a and then waited until 615a. His temperature has been a tiny low so he is currently down in the nursery being warmed under the light. He has also been spitting up a little amniotic fluid. The nurse said this is because of his fast delivery (GO ME! 21 minutes to be exact,) he didn't have a chance for the amniotic fluid to be squeezed out of him so he still has some in his lungs. Nothing to be concerned about. 

We are thinkin' the little man will have some visitors today - we are looking forward for Max to meet the people who are special to us!! Show him off of bit. 

Love,
Mom

Maxwell August Dirks...arrived at 7:21, weighs 7lbs 14 oz, and 21.5 inches long

Dear Amelia and Max:

Yaya is a big sister!!!!  He is here, handsome and healthy. Dark hair and we think brown eyes. Your Mommy is a champ…she only had to push for 20 minutes. Such a miracle!


Love,

Glamma.

Almost time to push......

Dear Amelia….


Well she is dilated to 10, but has a little lip on her cervix, just like she did when you were ready to come into the world. So they are going to let her “ripen” a little bit longer and then she can push. Yay! Your Mommy is doing such a good job and your Daddy is really helping your Mommy.

I just ran into your Papa Jim down in the lobby, awaiting your brother’s arrival….your Mommy sent me down there to get her a diet coke and some potato chips…to indulge in after your brother arrives of course. He is so sentimental…and shared with me a story about something he has always said to your Daddy since he was little….”You’re a good man, my boy” which of course made me get all teary-eyed. How wonderful that there is going to be another Dirks man in this world soon, that your Daddy can tell the same thing too.

You’re Mommy and Daddy, have great big hearts and they are just waiting for your little brother to arrive to fill them up even more. How blessed am I to be able to see my third grandchild enter this world. As your Great Grandma Floss says,” I am one lucky old broad.”

You are having a wonderful day with your Grandma Kiki...and I know she is anxious to bring you to the hospital to meet the little guy.

The next blog….will be when your brother arrives. Unless of course your Mommy does something funny.

Love,

Glamma

Cleopatra...please get me some grapes

Dear Amelia:


Your Mommy is funny. She is really hot so I was “fanning” her and without missing a beat, she asked me “to get her some grapes”. You are too little to understand why this was funny, but trust me it is. She is up, alert and sassy…just the way we like it.

More later….

Love,

Glamma

Resting...and snoring

Dear Amelia:


Your Mommy is still resting and while she is having contractions they are not quite as strong as they would like to see. They put a device on your little brother’s head, so they can monitor and determine how to adjust the Pitocin to make the contractions a little stronger. The doctors are feeling really good about how things are going…so no worries.

Your little brother will share a birthday with Payton Manning (assuming he is born today…your Mommy would kill me if she knew I said that…the “if he is born today” part), a famous quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Your Daddy, Uncle Doodie and Uncle Aldo were all football players too.  Or will he be a hockey player like your Daddy and Uncle Billy? I wonder if your little brother will be your BIG brother someday.

We will keep you posted on how things are progressing!

Love,
Glamma