This past week

Here are a few random pictures from this past week.

Scott & Sara Mouton with Zane

My mom and Zane

Kylee and my mom making some cookies.

LIttle Man!

I know that I am going to forget how small Zane is, so I decided to take a picture of him with Kylee's baby doll and in Kylee's baby doll stroller. It's kinda funny because the doll and stroller are pink and he is a boy, but about everything Kylee has is pink!

Hospital Baby Pictures

Here is a link to the hospital nursery pictures of Zane.

http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=9273279a-4871-40aa-ae5e-286a300df781

Zane Curtis Smith

On February 17, 2009 at 6:21am, God blessed us with a baby boy Zane Curtis Smith weighing 5 pounds, 7 ounces, and 18 inches long. My actual labor was only about 2-3 hours and I had an epidural for 2 hours of it (which I slept for most of the 2 hours). Although he is such a little guy, he is healthy and his doctor is very happy with how he is doing. Joshua's parents were here for a week and my mom is here for 3 weeks, so we have lots of much appreciated help. Kylee is very excited to have her little brother finally home and is adjusting to sharing mommy and daddy with someone else. Zane seems a lot more laid back than Kylee was, but only time will tell!! Thank you all for your prayers for our little Zane Curtis.

Here I am at 38 weeks (1 1/2 days before Zane was born).

Update on Zane

I went in for an ultrasound and doctor's appointment. Zane wouldn't cooperate very well and turn his head so they could get a good measurement of it and also measure the rest of him so they could tell how much he was weighing. But as far as they could tell, he had gained at least a few ounces which they said was enough for him to stay in for now. Yea! We go again on Friday, but just for a non stress test. Thank you all for you prayers.

Conversation with Kylee

Here was a conversation that I had with Kylee this morning.

Kylee: "Mommy, what did you do to your hair?"

Me: "I didn't do it yet. It's still a mess."

Kylee: "I can see that!"


She is only 3! What is she going to be like when she is a teenager?!

Prayer request for baby Zane

Last Tuesday, I went in for my 34 week checkup and when they weighed me and measured my belly, there wasn't any growth since my last appointment two weeks before, so my doctor decided that I needed an ultrasound. They found out that Zane was measuring and weighing at 31 weeks, so then they did a non stress test. My doctor said that the placenta and fluids looked fine and that Zane looked fine, but he was just concerned because I had been growing consistently and then all the sudden I didn't. His gut feeling was that Zane was fine and maybe just smaller (taking after Josh's side maybe), but wanted me to go and see a specialist on Wednesday. So, on Wednesday at the specialist's office, they did another long ultrasound and then the doctor came in and did another one. He agreed with Dr. Hill about everything looking ok, but did not know why all the sudden Zane was not growing like he had been all along. At the moment, the placenta was fine but he was concerned that maybe the reason of his size was the placenta wasn't allowing enough blood flow through to the baby. So now, I have to check his movements 3 times a day, go for an ultrasound once a week, a non stress test twice a week, and they will induce labor in 3 weeks if all has gone well up until then.

My nature is to stress and worry (which I have been working on not doing), but I am actually at peace about everything. I'm glad that God is the one in control. I have had a few friends that have told me that this has happened to someone they know and everything turned out fine. I am just happy that I live now when technology is so much better and even if Zane came right now, he would be just fine. I would just like prayers that he grows like he should and can stay in me at least for 3 more weeks. The only thing that stresses me out a little is that each time I go to the doctors in the next 3 weeks, they might send me directly to the hospital. That's kinda crazy. Guess I should pack my bag sometime soon, huh?

34 weeks

I am 35 weeks today (I'll try to take a picture later), but here is a picture from last week. Kylee and her friend Gracie have been pretending once in awhile that their bellies are getting bigger because they are pregnant, too! Kylee decided to get in the picture with me and stick out her stomach. After my picture, I got one of Kylee by herself. I should have asked her how many weeks she was!!!