Wordless Monday

6 week check up

I had my 6 week appointment at the dr today, and have been given the go ahead to resume all normal activities! I have officially lost 32 pounds since giving birth to Asa...yes 32 pounds...and i still have 20 to go. I gained a lot of weight during my pregnancy, but it is definitely coming of pretty easily which i am thankful for. We realized after we left the hospital that we never got a picture of Asa with our Dr. And since we have talked so much about Dr.Locher through out the pregnancy i figured you all might want to see what he looks like too.Adam and i had quite the conversation with Dr. Locher during the cesarean. First Dr Locher and the nurses were all talking about my tattoo when they were giving me my spinal. They had to actually give me the spinal twice because the first time they inserted the needle i felt pain on the right side of my hip. When i told them it was hurting, the nurses and Dr Locher all felt the need to ask me a ton of questions to try to distract me. (This was really not necessary because i was not in that much pain) however i humored them and began answering them. When i told them all what verse was tattooed on my back when asked, (Romans 8:37-39) Dr. Locher chuckled and told me that he actually was reading Romans that morning. Then when Asa was born and we told them all his name, Dr Locher and i had a long conversation about how Asa was a good king in the bible. We had this conversation while he was stitching me up. When we went into the appointment today, he said that he has been talking about our delivery to quite a few people since Asa was born, and also told us that he told his son about the delivery story (tattoo, and Asa's name) and he was glad he was able to do that because his son has drifted from the Lord lately. What a way to witness huh?

On a different note we have also been trying to put Asa in his bumbo to have him sit up a bit. He doesn't last too long before he is frustrated from sitting up, but he is always very alert while he is sitting up in it. He is able to lift his head up and look around for about 20 seconds or so, and then it slowly flops to the side, or front, or back, and sits and rests for a minute. Then again will lift his head up, and hold it again. He is really so strong, and it is neat to see him hold his head up for a while on his own.

Sometimes he sucks on his hand while sitting in his bumbo...maybe to distract himself for a minute?

Here is also a pic of Adam "Chillin'" with Asa on the couch.

Labor Day

We had a great Labor Day weekend. We went to my Godfathers cabin, as we do every year. We headed up on Saturday morning, and came home on Tuesday night. We spent almost the entire weekend outside enjoying the fresh air, and we had great weather. Marty (Godfather) has a lot of land that his cabin is on, so it is perfect for playing boccie ball, and other lawn games. Adam, Asa and i stayed in one half of the guest cabin, and Chuck and Bridget stayed in the other half of the guest cabin. Joey slept in a tent, and my parents and Marty slept in the main cabin. Asa was great at the lake. It was a little difficult adjusting to the routine of getting up at night being in a new place, and not having the comfort of my bed to nurse him in, but it was still great. We even got him a life jacket and took him on the boat. Sunday night in town they have a "Bizarre" that we went to. It is a small festival that the church puts on. They have bingo, dancing, a raffle, and the BEST greasy hamburgers that we have ever had. We talk about them all year round. It was really fun. Adam won at bingo, and Marty won $40 at the raffle.

Things at the Heeren house have been great! I think this week i have really realized how little sleep i have been getting. Adam is going to start working on Monday, so i have been trying to do all of the getting up in the middle of the night to help him out and get used to having to be the one to get up each time to feed Asa. With that being said, i have been really tired during the day, and have realized i have to take advantage of taking naps.

We reached sort of a milestone this week as well. Asa is now breastfeeding, and not using the shield. I didn't think he would be willing to feed without it, but with a bit of persistence, and trial and error, we have successfully not used the shield since Tuesday. Maybe TMI?

Also, i have had a sore throat for like the past 3 weeks. It went away over the Labor Day weekend, however i woke up this morning and it was back again. Not sure what is up with that, but it is getting really frustrating!

Congrats Sorbels!!!!!

We went to visit little Elias in the hospital...along with Steph and Brandt :) We think that Asa has a new best friend! He is so cute and tiny...and he peed on Adam, a little. It was so good to see them, and meet Eli. Steph looked GREAT for only having him yesterday! I think they are trying to hold hands in the second picture...awe sweet!

Also, have attached some pics from the state fair. Asa was so good! He slept the majority of the time and woke up to be fed a few times. We had a really good time at the fair. We ate some good food and walked around the whole fair. Adam and i had our first date at the fair, so it is always so much fun to go back.

Asa's Full Album

Our photographer put all of Asa's newborn pictures on her site to view.

Click on http://www.kdbphotos.com/
Then click on Online Proofing at the bottom
Click on the Heeren album, and then the password is ah81909.

Enjoy the pictures :)

Things are great around here. Asa is still keeping us busy and we are lacking sleep, but we are enjoying every minute of it. I caught a bit of a bug last week that is still lingering. I have a sore throat and the lack of sleep doesn't help heal me very quickly.

Yesterday was Adam and my two year anniversary. My parents were gracious enough and watched Asa for us so we could go out to dinner. We went to the Oceanaire, and had some amazing food, and just a great time together. When we went to pick Asa up, my mom let us know that Asa peed on her twice. oops....They watched him last weekend for a few hours as well, and he slept the entire time, so i guess this was a bit of a change to be peed on.

I think Adam and i are going to go to the fair tomorrow with Asa, and then we have our friends Jackie and Mitch's wedding on Saturday. We are so excited to see them get married!

Asa's a natural model!

We took Asa yesterday to have some newborn shots taken. We went out to St Francis to Kati's house and she had a whole set up there for him. He did a really good job. She was really patient and let us take breaks during the almost 3 hour shoot to nurse and keep him content. He ended up peeing on everything she put him in. I guess he is not used to all of that naked time. She was so nice and reassured us that it was not a big deal that he was peeing on everything. At one point Adam and her daughter were trying to hold up two ends of a blanket he was wrapped in to get the hanging effect, and sure enough pee shot straight up and ALMOST landed on Kati's daughter. She was a champ and didn't even flinch. She put a sneak peek on her website of what is to come with the pictures. She will have the whole album on her site in about a week. Until then, you can visit this link http://www.kdbphotography.blogspot.com/ to see the few she put on there. We are so happy with how they turned out, and can't wait to see the rest of them!

Shutterfly

I created a shutterfly site for people to go to so they can view pictures of Asa, and our family. Feel free to visit and view pictures. We are so happy to share updated pictures of Asa as he grows!

http://asajohnheeren.shutterfly.com/