brady at 3 and 4 weeks old

we all are still adjusting to life with brady. we are having so much fun with him. he had his one month checkup at the doctors and now weighs almost 11 lbs and is 22 inches long. that puts him above average for both height and weight. i am trying to put him on an eat/wake/sleep schedule but it hasn't been working out too good yet. last night he did sleep almost five hours which was great for both mom and brady.

dad and nana schlesinger have been out for the past week visiting. it has been nice to see them meet their grandson and great grandson for the first time.

papa joe came out for a visit a couple weeks ago. we had tons of fun and he called brady bright eyes the whole time. joe was so in love from the first time he saw brady. nana dipietro visited right after brady was born. unfortunately i don't have any photos of her visit. things were so crazy that we didn't even think of it.

papa joe and his grandson





nana and her great-grandson






the family



brady wearing a red sox batting helmet....it was for decoration but it fit him





momma lulu and her angel



mimi and her beautiful brady



daddy and his baby boy



papa john and his grandson



i love you nana



father and son



yes i broke down and used a pacifer.....only when nothing else works



bath time.....he is liking it more and more

first two weeks home...

i have been slacking on the blog...sorry things are a little crazy around here. i never realized how much a little human can eat, poop, spit up and pee all over the wall almost at the same time. we have visited the dr. 3 times already. the first was his one week checkup and the other two were for his eye and another thing us first time parents weren't too sure about. he now weighs 8 lbs. 12 oz. so he has almost gained a pound since he has been home. the doc says everything is working fine and he is a strong healthy boy. he is actually sometimes sleeping 4 hours at night. let's hope this lasts!!

here are some pictures of sweet Brady. he is the perfect little boy.

Brady at 1 week



daddy giving Brady his first bath



he didn't like it so much....oops we got the cord wet



he hated it for a bit



he loved this part



daddy loved this part too :)



our first family walk. it only lasted a quarter of the block because Brady started wailing. i should have fed him first. the puppies continued their walk with daddy.



off to the dr. for his first check up.



what Brady does best!!



momma and her baby



father and son...so cute



momma gave him his second bath



we attempted "tummy time" but he wanted to sleep instead



here is what scott has been waiting for over the past 9 months....Monday Night Football with father and son in their Brady Jersey's...how adorable.

Brady Ryan Currier 9/2/09

yes our precious little brady ryan was born on september 2, 2009 at 12:02 AM. he weighed 8 lbs and was 19 inches long. i don't even know where to begin and i have already welled up just thinking about his little journey into life.

first i just have to say that the love i have for brady is so overwhelming its hard to control my emotions just thinking of him. i now know how every parent feels for their child....including mine. this is one of the reasons we are on this earth and it is just so beautiful. i have also found a new love for my hubby, scott. just watching him with brady is the most amazing thing...he is already such a great daddy and so involved with everything. i don't know what i would ever do without him.

so the plan was for me to be induced on september 1st. we went to the hospital and received some medication to thin my cervix. i did start to experience some mild contractions when the medicine was administered but NOTHING compared to the real thing. by 10 AM my cervix had thinned so the doctor started the pitocin. i then began to feel much stronger contractions and we attempted to work on my breathing. the pain started to become unbearable and i wasn't even dilated yet so the nurse gave me some nubane to numb the pain. that worked for about five minutes. the pain was just increasing so they eventually gave me demerol. that definitely made me feel very funny and say some things that didn't make much sense. the demerol did help with the contractions for a short time and then the pain was back. i think by this time i was maybe 1 or 2 centimeters dilated....very frustrating. usually the doctor won't administer an epidural until around 4 cm but the pain was so bad eventually they gave in. the women couldn't find the correct place for the epidural so she ended up attempting seven different times in my back. i was about to knock this woman out and so was scott. finally it took and the epidural was a lifesaver for a little while. i was able to sleep through contractions and it was great.

i started feeling pain again so they had to give me more medicine and i was not dilating much at all. i eventually got to 4 or 5 and never any more. at every check the nurse said she could feel brady's head and it was starting to get swollen because it was pushing down on my pelvis and not fitting through the birth canal. after some debate and some conversations with the doctor we all decided that a c-section would be best. i finally went in for my surgery at 11:45 PM, about 24 hours since my admission. scott was by my side the whole entire time and was the best husband in the world. he held my hand through every contraction, helped me breathe, fed me ice chips and gave me all the love in the world. for the times that scott was away my mom was right by my side. she was so great to have there. she knew what i was going through and did so much to help me get through it.

the surgery was fine but i was a wreck....i had so much medication in me and i was just so scared and nervous. it was such a relief to see scott come in wearing his scrubs....and he looked so hot and i know that wasn't the medication :-) he was such a big help to me and talked me through all my nerves and everything. brady was then born at 12:02 AM now sharing the same birthday as my uncle Jimmy :-).

we came home from the hospital on friday night and are now adjusting to our new life. again, scott has been such a great daddy and i have been a nervous wreck. i know it will get better but you just don't want anything to hurt/harm one of the loves of your life.

brady is the perfect addition to our family and i can't wait to show him off to everyone. thank you to everyone for all your support, cards, gifts etc.

here are some photos of the day our new son brady arrived.

obviously this was the beginning of our stay...notice the smile. this is the only photo of the pre-labor that we have...thankfully!





scott and i waiting for brady to be born...scott will kill me but doesn't he look so hot in his scrubs.


brady's here!!!



scott cutting the cord



beautiful brady



8 lbs



such a precious photo



my first look at our new son



first family photo



what a great daddy



mimi's first sight of her newest grandson



brady getting his testing done



scott also got the nurse to put brady's footprints on his white shirt. i will post a picture of that soon. it is the cuttest thing.



all tested and wrapped ready to see mommy



todd meeting his nephew for the first time



the most amazing nurse in the world. tracielea was such a help in the hospital.



brady and mommy



getting ready to go home



first time in his car seat...what a little pumpkin pie

39 week belly

well here it is...my 39 week belly. this could be the last belly shot but i will try and take one final photo before brady arrives. i have been feeling good just a little tired and heavy. i can definitely tell brady is positioning himself because there is a lot more heaviness at the bottom of my belly. he is still moving around a lot and if the calculations are right he probably weighs around 8.6 lbs right now.

we got some good news at our last dr. visit. i am being induced on monday september 1st.!!!! that is very exciting news for me because i am DONE with being pregnant. luckily i have had a pretty easy pregnancy and have no stretch marks but at this point i am mentally done and ready to meet our little baby boy. we told our doc that we wanted to make sure that he delivered brady. we also told him that scott works an hour away at night so we were a little nervous that i would go into labor while he was at work. of course we were a little nervous but i mainly didn't want to go past my due date.

i ended up starting my maternity leave this week so it works out perfectly. i will be off for one week before brady gets here. just enough time to do all my last minute things and spend some quality time with my hubby. we realize that things are going to be very different around here so catching a movie, going out to dinner, sleeping in....yes we are doing it all now :)

i do get a little anxiety about it all as it nears. both about the labor and also about becoming a mommy. it is all so overwhelming but we can do it and have a great support group to help.

if i don't get another chance for a belly shot than the next photos will be of brady ryan currier :-)

38 week belly pics

well it is actually 2 days shy of 38 weeks but close enough in my book. please disregard the hair because my mom and i spent the day doing brady's room. scott had done a lot of the furniture stuff but then we purchased another dresser for all brady's clothes. my mom and i put everything away and took everything out of boxes. now we really feel that much more ready for brady's arrival. i still need to pack our hospital bag and get a few odds and ends....besides that, brady is welcome any day!!

i am thinking that he will come this next weekend only because scott is working all weekend and my mom, brother and sister-in-law are all going away camping so nobody will be around. no worries because scott can be home within 45 minutes....actually probably 30 minutes knowing him.

we have our next appointment this tuesday. not sure if we will hear anything new but i will be sure to let everyone know if we do.

37 week 3d ultrasound :-)

today scott and i had an ultrasound to check on brady....mainly to see his size and position. well EVERYTHING looks perfect!! his heart and brain developed fine and yes...he is still a boy. they took measurments to see how big he is and he is measuring at 7.3 lbs. we couldn't believe it!! she mentioned that i am measuring about 4 days earlier than my due date. if he stays in my belly until 40 weeks he could weigh 8.5-9 lbs.

things are going great for us. i am still feeling good and trying to prepare for his arrival. i did a lot of laundry in the sweet smelling dreft detergent. the only problem is we don't have enough space for all his cute outfits and blankets. guess we will be investing in another dresser.

so here are the photos from our ultrasound....i knew that i loved brady already but after seeing his chubby little cheeks it made my heart melt...scott's too. we are sooo looking forward to holding him for the first time...it is the only thing i can think about. i am not nervous just so anxious to see him.

look at those cheeks and lips. his eyes are closed here

here his eyes are open and that thing in front of his face is his foot!! he is actually in a very good position for delivery. it's so fun because when he moves i know which part of him i feel. scott and i are trying to figure out who he look like...i think he has scott's nose and possibly my lips...but after thinking about it i think they look like my daddy's (more in the first photo)

36 weeks pregnant

hi all...i am now 36 weeks pregnant so i thought it was about time to post a new belly photo. my belly grows every day and i can feel brady rolling around in there all the time. we are very excited because we have an ultrsound scheduled for monday morning :-) we are hoping that our dr.'s office will give us a 3d one like they did last time. we haven't seen our little boy since i was around 20 weeks so i am sure he has changed a lot! we are very excited for his arrival and can't wait to meet him. the room is coming along and i finally bought my first big container of dreft (baby detergent) now i can wash all his newborn clothes, sheets and blankets. the next big step is to pack my hospital bag...yup i have been putting that one off for a while. once that is done i will feel very prepared for brady's debut.

it's funny because bella and sully always try to get in the photos when we do belly shots...you can see bella's little head in one of these photos.

the beginning of brady's nursery

scott and i are so very excited because we finally bought brady's crib and one dresser/changing table combo for his room. everyone always asks if we are ready and the first thing i think of is NO WAY!!! the room was still a spare bedroom. so within a week my amazing husband completely transformed the spare bedroom into brady's adorable nursery. it is definitely not finished yet but getting close. we went to le baby yesterday and picked out his crib and dresser. scott actually picked it out and it looks great! he also did a ton last night and it looks soooo cute. we went with a puppy theme and it is called "handsome puppy". we don't have anything on the walls yet and we probably won't do any painting because we are hoping to move into a new place. thanks to my hubby, our bedroom is set up with brady's cradle (the one that my brother and i used as a baby). i am officially 36 weeks pregnant and feel great that scott has done all of this to get ready for his arrival.

thank you so much mommy and daddy for buying the beautiful crib. it is perfect and i know brady will love it!!!

brady's new crib






brady's dresser/changing table

the vanity that scott bought me for my 30th birthday...it matches everything perfectly

also the glider chair that we got on craigslist

on a seperate note...this is the ice cream cupcake that gina and billie jo made at my shower. it was the top of the cupcake tower. i had to take a photo of it because it looked so perfect...and tasted soooo delicious.