Summer 2016

We have had a wonderful summer enjoying our time with Worth and Mary Van. Lots of pool and family time.  

The week before Worth arrived!

MV snuggling her brother

The weekend before Worth arrived. Pardon my nasty hair. I decided to let it grow for maternity leave so I could pull it up easily. I just got it cut and it is so much cooler during this summer heat!

Brad and I celebrated six years on June 5, two days before worth was born. 

Making pancakes

Lots of swimming!

Pardon my belly!  I was trying to swim the baby out. 

Dinner with nana and papa

Brushing teeth with papa

Brad is teaching her to love golf

 

Deep conversation with pap

 

Worth had lots of visitors but mama didn't take many pictures!  The Bowen, dozier, collins, Scott, Heath, griffin, Neal, Filipovic and Douglas families all came to visit. 

MV is such a good eater. Eggs, bacon, toast, bananas and strawberries!

Lap full of love

He has no problem relaxing

Swimming with pap

Martha and win

Checking out the deer

With sweet Maggie 

Loving her corn -three ears!

 Father's Day

 Three generations of Shinglers

Obsessed with blocks

W at two weeks with his big bear

This girl's hair gets so curly when it gets wet or sweaty!

Getting ready for Worth's newborn shoot

All smiles

So sweet

Bubbles and sidewalk chalk

We went to Atlanta for a shower for cousin Sam. The girls 

The cousins with their kids

Most of the time, Worth was sleeping. When I needed a shower or nap, he was the baby on the right. :)

First tub bath! 

I finally got to meet Wyatt on the weekend of July 4th. And they all got to meet Worth. Being three weeks apart made travel a little tough when they were born. 

We went to the lake on Sunday, July 3 for the day. MV enjoyed the kiddie pool, boat ride and playing on a large float!

 This girl loves any form of water

           

Worth was inside all day. He was pretty good until he peed all over himself. 

With aiden, Brantley, Kate, ann, Maggie, Lauren Kate and Campbell. 

Napping with uncle duck

Our dear friend jay passed away in February. The guys spread his ashes on the lake - one last ride

On Monday, we enjoyed the Shingler pool with nana, papa, roman, Sela and Damir. Plus Megan, Adi and Wyatt 

 Fun in the pool!

MV loved the slide

One month!

Worth seems a little worried

 Getting the most out of this bubble while I can

Beating the heat at the fish store

Waffle House!  

She loved it

And Worth slept

Pool party with the Bowen, collins and dozier families

MV loved jumping off the diving board

Hmmmmm

Love these snuggles

Resting up before swimming with cousin traci and skylar

Poor skylar had a bad reaction to a mosquito bite

Swinging

Sharing a snack

Throwing rocks at the river

On the ride to the river

Hugs goodbye

The orientation on this picture is accurate. This kid slept sitting up like this

Frozen peas. I used to eat these too!

Publix trip with mama

Selfie at the doctor before our beach trip. Pulmonologist said she sounded good after a month off of her meds. Hopefully she won't need them back. Or she will outgrow this reactive airway disease (asthma?) soon!

On the road to Fripp with papa

View from our balcony

Worth was under the tent for a few hours on Friday. We came back early while the guys stayed out with Mary van. Nana came over on Friday night and watched Worth on Saturday. 

Dinner at Johnson creek tavern with the lawrences

Worth was all smiles

Beautiful sunset

To save on more sunscreen applications, I put her in this sun suit on Saturday. Here she is modeling papa's hat

Building sand castles

Selfie

I bet I found ten of these baby sand dollars down in the sand. So cute!

 

At bonito boathouse for dinner

Rare family photo

With nana and papa

 Snoozing on the way home

Worth's fall outfit

Pigtails

With Mickey - her favorite

I am enjoying one last week of maternity leave.  I have Worth in daycare already so I can get a morning and nighttime schedule down before jumping back into work.

Pap mentioned drinking a whiskey after keeping MV for a few days.  And she repeated it!  Time to start watching what we say...

 hey buddy

what does a pig say?

sibling love

snoring baby

twinkle, twinkle

baby faces

4th at the lake

yay america

sliding at nana and papa's with roman

going off the diving board

dolphins at the beach

daddy dinosaur

dinner blessing

LOUDLY

worth william shingler

We were blessed with our sweet son, Worth William, on Tuesday, June 7 at 1:13 pm. His name comes from my mother's maiden name (Bloodworth) and Brad's dad - William (bill).

*delivery details - feel free to skip!*

I was due on June 5 (our anniversary) and decided that I wasn't going 8 days over my due date like I did with Mary Van. The Tuesday before my due date I was 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced so we thought he would come any day. We set an induction for June 7 just in case. I was having a lot of contractions all week and through the weekend but not at consistent intervals.

We went back to the doctor on Monday, June 6 and I was 3 cm and still 50%. So, we went to the hospital at 6 on Tuesday morning. After the usual hurry up and wait, we got settled in the delivery room. One of mom's former students was my nurse and she was great. With Mary Van, my bp bottomed out from the epidural and I was throwing up and needed oxygen for the few hours before and through labor. I also had the shakes like crazy after delivery. Katie, the nurse, was able to manage those reactions really well! The anesthesiologist administered the epidural slowly and we gradually cranked it up. I did have about 45 minutes of feeling really woozy but Katie gave me some ephedra via IV and it worked really quickly to bring my bp back up. She gave zofran once labor was imminent to keep the nausea at bay as well. (I was still throwing up that morning as we got ready to leave for the hospital.)

Dr Joseph came in around 9 to break my water. I'm having a hard time remembering but I think we did the epidural next. He started it slow and it took a while to start working so we bumped up the doseage. That's when I got a little woozy but the ephedra kicked in quickly once I got it. Then I think we did the lowest level of pitocin. Around 11, I was already up to 8 cm. I was 10 cm at 12:30. Dr j came in at 1 and worth was here at 1:13. I pushed 3-4 times each through 4 contractions. And didn't feel a thing! ;)

He was 8 lbs, 11 oz and 22 inches with a full head of dark hair. I was not expecting him to be that big!! They had to do his footprints on an angle for the birth records because they wouldn't fit! The pediatrician said that any baby over 8.5 lbs is considered large and that's in the 5% percentile.

Because of his size, he had low blood sugar and a low temp. They got his temp regulated pretty quickly but he had to have a formula supplement because my milk wasn't getting him enough calories. We were able to sleep well the first night because they kept him to feed him. Otherwise, I was nursing and giving him 2 oz of high calorie formula until Sunday. His blood sugar has improved since my milk came in but we go to doctor today to confirm. He was 8 lbs, 7.5 oz on Friday so his weight is good and he should be back up to birth weight today.

*update - his weight is not up but down. :( blood sugar was good however. we go back tomorrow to meet with the actual doctor (instead of practitioner) to get a plan in place and answers. We are supplementing again and feeding every two hours but he hates the formula and throws up a lot.*

*update #2 - I feel so much better after meeting with the pediatrician. I was pretty hormonal and emotional yesterday. Worth had gained 1.5 oz since yesterday. They weighed him and then I nursed before they weighed him again. He took 2.5 oz from me and the doctor was very happy about that. We stopped the formula since he hates it and I am feeding on demand. He said you don't want to see babies his age lose weight but was happy with his blood sugar and today's numbers. Hopefully they continue in that direction this weekend. We go back Monday for another weight check.*

Selfie after the epidural and before delivery. Bliss. :)

He's here!

Happy daddy

Big, hairy boy!

Love

A resident, Katie and dr Joseph. Great team!

With bb

With pap

With uncle Levi

Aunt Megan and uncle Adi were tending cousin Wyatt so we will all get together over the 4th

Sweet snuggles

Papoose

With MV and papa

MV is so sweet with worth. She wants to help with him and kiss him all the time. I love it.

With nana and papa

With Sela and Damir

Chilling with pap

Seriously wide-eyed and picking up his head the day after he was born.

And he has hairy legs! I feel like (nerd alert) Zeus when Athena sprang from his head fully formed. He is so big and is so developed. I asked the doctor if he thought my due date was figured incorrectly. Ha.

Sweet Mary Van. She may love worth but she has started acting out a little more since we've been home. I'm sure that is to be expected. She has moved upstairs to her big girl room and bed, is being potty-trained and has moved up to a new class at daycare which requires her to lose her paci during naps. Plus a baby brother after mama and daddy being in the hospital for days. All in the last two months. So we are working on trying to discipline her and manage her tantrums. Fun!

Sweet kiss

Mommy's little helper

Headed home!

We are home! We had to wait a while on dr Joseph to do his circumcision so it was almost 5 on Thursday before we left. Brad was ready. He hates the hospital couch and didn't get any sleep. I told him I would swap with him. No sleep for the last nine months or the next three (at least). ;)

Helping put lotion on his feet

Baby burrito

Lap full of love

He loves his mama roo!

i think worth looks just like his sister did.  his nose is a little more upturned and he has more hair but otherwise, they are very similar as babies.  here are some of her...