Welcome Graham Scott Baker

Monday morning we were up bright and early and ready to go, but not before one last belly picture!

Just like with Reed, we were a few minutes late so the nurses were waiting on us when we got there and I was quickly into a gown and in the bed!

Then the fun began! First it took literally about 10 minutes to find Graham's heartbeat with the monitors. He was moving around so I knew he was fine and it had taken my doctor several minutes to find his heartbeat at my last couple of appointments so I didn't get to nervous. Next, it was time to get my IV in. The same nurse that did my IV for Reed's birth came in. I showed her about where my IV was last time and she started. Next, thing I knew she was pulling the needle out and trying again. Then that attempted failed, that is when I started panicking. I have only had two IVs and my veins have never been missed, not fun. A second nurse came in and tried again in the same arm and missed for a third time. By this point it was getting late and we were starting to run behind. So the third nurse, that was to be my nurse through the c-section came in and tried for a fourth time in the side of my left hand. It hurt like nothing I have ever felt before. It was a horrible spot for an IV, but due to the time crunch they said they had to do what they had to do.

Here is a picture of my arms. You can count the red dots on my right arm. Now just imagine my whole right arm black and blue.

Big Brother arrived! He was so excited and very curious about everything that was about to happen!

The last picture just the 3 of us!


Last sister pic!


Over the weekend I had told Reed I was going to have a big boo-boo, so we thought it would be fun to buy Reed a doctor's kit so he could help take care of me. He loved it and one of the nurses even brought him some real doctor stuff to add to his kit.

Playing with Papaw!


Josh and I ready to go! Shortly after this picture I completely broke down! I was so nervous about getting the spinal and I just wanted everything with Graham to be okay. Everything up until this point had gone by so fast and it had only been about an hour and a half and we were about to go to the OR and actually I walked myself there!

After a walk down to the OR and one last kiss from Josh, I was on the table getting all good and numb. Josh came in and the next thing we heard was this little voice screaming away!

A picture showing the clock on the wall and the time he was born 7:44 am. From the time I left my room, until he was born was only 14 minutes and then we were back in the room at exactly 8 am.
Getting cleaned up and still screaming! Josh and I both immediately looked at each other and thought that he looked so different than Reed did when he was born.

Graham weighed 7.7 lbs and was 20 1/2 inches long.

So happy to be holding my second, healthy baby boy!

Reed quickly came running back to our room after he was born and we spent a few minutes just the 4 of us. Reed was so excited to hold Graham!

Our first picture as a family of 4!

Kisses for Baby Graham!

Proud Parents to 2 precious baby boys!

The Time Has Come!

Well ready or not Baby Graham Scott Baker will be here in less than 12 hours!! I am feeling so many emotions I don't know what to do! I have had a list a mile long this week I think just to keep my mind off the fact that our lives are about to change more than we could ever imagine. I am so much more nervous this time, not really sure why. I think it is a mixture of knowing what's ahead, wanting everything to be okay and making sure Reed has very thing he needs.

Well regardless of how I am feeling the bags are packed (or will be completed soon), cookies for nurses and visitors are ready, scrapbook page for guest to sign is complete, Reed's goodie bag is ready to go and Reed is with Aunt Amy for the night!

We have to be at the hospital by 5:30 and the c-section is scheduled for 7:30. We (or maybe just I, when Reed was born it was the 1st and only time Josh has blogged) will update as soon as we can.We are so lucky to have so many friends and family to share tomorrow with and we can't thank everyone enough for everything you have already done for us! We love you all!

Sneak Peak-Graham's Nursery

The nursery is still not 100% complete, but it is so close that it may be done before we get home from the hospital or within the next few days. I know it will be complete soon and I really am not worried about it at all, but I thought I would show a few things. I am loving it more every day!

I was a little worried about using the same room that the two nurseries would look to much a like. I really wanted Reed and Graham to each have a special, different room. We didn't even change the paint color and I think they are completely different.

The room has a modern safari theme! The fabric was one of the first ones I found when I started looking and I have loved it from the second I saw it. We decided to add a tree to the wall behind the crib to tie in the theme.

View of the crib wall. There will be letters added with Graham's name soon, they should be in the mail any day.

Close up of the bumpers and sheet

The sheet is a teeny tiny print of the larger animal print.

Close up of the tree! I love how it turned out and knowing that it cost me $6 makes it twice as great. I used a projector to project a picture of the tree I found on the Internet and then bought green and brown paint samples that were 40% off and used the sample paint to paint it on the wall!

Stripped curtains, same fabric from the crib skirt and bumper cording



The next two pictures are prints I found on etsy. I was worried about having to spend tons of money framing them and I walked in Michaels and these were literally the first frames I saw. I was a little worried the green would be to bright or not look right, but I think they turned out perfect just what I imagined.



Cute little Alligator bank I bought months ago, I knew it would be perfect.

This is a picture frame that I have had forever that I used the leaf paint on and then added his monogram and cute elephant from Hobby Lobby.

Two stuff animals to match. The giraffe my mom bought and the elephant I saw at a local fabric store months ago, it was a little expensive so I didn't buy it at the time, but I couldn't stop thinking about how perfect it would be so I went back and got it this week.

Still to come the dresser made by Josh's Dad, Graham's name for over the crib, a changing pad made out of the animal print and 4 paintings being done on 14X14 canvases to hang above the dresser, by one of my friends from college! I can't wait to show the finished room!

Reed & Daddy

Reed looked so cute last Sunday, so we tried to get a cute picture with Daddy! I got Reed his first pair of dress shoes and he was so excited! He loves having shoes like Daddy and he calls them his church shoes! He wanted to wear them last Sunday so we had to find something dressy enough for him to wear with them!

I can't believe we will have 2 little boys so soon!

Baby Showers!

The girls at church hosted a baby shower for me to celebrate Baby Graham! They went above and beyond, it couldn't have been cuter, from the great food to adorable decorations!

Cupcakes, so fun to see Graham's monogram

Wonderful food, everything was so good!

Diaper Cake, I loved the little animals, they are now decorated Graham's first Christmas tree!

When it was time to open gifts two special guests arrived, via Skype, Lauren and Riley! It was so sweet of Christina to do this! It was so fun getting to see them!

We got so many great gifts! Lots of monogrammed stuff which I love! I was so worried about Graham not having as many special things as Reed, but he may have ended up with more!

Special Blanket that my sister got me! It coordinates with the nursery perfectly! Amy also bought Reed a blanket and it is favorite, his "bye-bye" as he calls it!

For the hostess gift I found a cute idea on Pinterest! I made Christmas ornaments by taking a wooden block and mod podging paper with girl's last name initial on one side, pictures on two sides (that I stole from their Facebook pages) and a bible verse on the 4th side. I thought they turned out so cute, but I didn't take any pictures when I made them so I thought I would share here.

Me and the hostesses!

I love these girls to death and I am so lucky to have them as friends.

Mom & Sister

Gigi & Gran