Introducing Crew Warren Fischer

BUT....before I introduce him. I should probably talk a little about how he got here. Actually, not HOW he got here, bc we don't need to go there! :) 

We finally made it to Wednesday morning, the 22nd of February, the day of Crew's birthday! Eric and I barely slept the night before bc we were so excited to meet him. We had to be at the hospital at 4 for our 6am C-section. We decided that since we probably wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway, it was better that it was so early! We checked in, started IVs (fluid for me, coffee IVs for Eric and Mom), and hung out in our room for about an hour. But we were not alone! Come to find out, our amazing friends Jared and Tina showed up bright and early for our big day! 

THIS is my last pregnant pic for real! 

Proud Grandma

We are SOOO ready! 

The Bakers at 4:30 AM

They look like they could be on Grey's Anatomy

Once we into the OR, Mom and Eric had to stay out while they put my spinal block in, and got everything ready. Then they brought them in and got started at exactly 6AM. Eric stayed right by my head and talked to me the entire time. He kept thinking of things to say to keep me from asking what's taking so long. Looking back, it was probably one of the sweetest things bc I know his mind was wondering the same thing, although he talked about everything besides that. :)

At exactly 6:14 AM, Crew was born! Weighing 8lbs 1oz and 22 in long.

Crew cried for about 15 seconds, and then as soon as he was laid on the table to get cleaned up and vitals taken, he just STOPPED crying. He laid there so content to listen to his Daddy's voice. Now, ME, on the other hand, kinda freaked out bc he wasn't crying. I kept asking if he was okay. But everything was perfect!

Listening to Daddy

I can't describe this moment

After a few minutes, the nurses took Crew, Eric and Mom from the room to let them finish working on me. They all went back to our room and waited about 45 minutes for me to get there.

"Hey Dad!" 

As soon as we were all back together, I got a few minutes with Crew, then we brought in Gavin to meet his brother! Since everyone was so excited, Gavin was too! He had no idea what was going on, nor did he like seeing his mommy in the hospital bed. But we made the best of it and let him meet his brother.

Our first Family of 4 pic

All 3 girls, all the grandkids, and one son-in-law

Bill and Grandma with Crew

Crew meeting his girl cousins and Aunt Amy

Sissy! 

Love this pic

My little Crew Bear

Bathtime

Grandpa meeting Crew

Sister Pic

The pretty door hanger Amy made for us

Jared and Crew Bear

Later that morning and afternoon, we had several of our friends come by to meet our lil guy! 

Megan

Stephanie

Daddy is in love!

Gavin came back that afternoon to see us again. He was so excited! 

Daddy and his boys

More pics to come of the rest of our hospital stay...

Babies Babies Everywhere!

These past few weeks have been very busy for many of my friends and family members! 

On Feb 2nd, Memphis Nard was born at 12:36 AM. 5lbs 13oz and 18 1/2 in long! We are so excited for our good friends Steph and Gary!! He's such a doll! 

On Feb 10th, Sophia Fayth Sousa was born, weighing 7lbs 3oz and 18 1/2 in long. We are so happy for Kassie and Tony, and love that Crew will have friends so close in age!

I got to hold this precious little girl! 

Not to take away from either of my friend's babies being born, but I have to take a moment and brag on my unbelievably precious new nephew, Lincoln Ray Fischer!!! He was born on February 18th, weighing 6lbs 12oz. He is just perfect! Jess and Ray had a long day of labor, and Jess did an amazing job making it through it all!

We couldn't be happier for Ray and Jess, and wish we would've been there to meet him. But we were so happy that Nana and Papa were able to fly out the morning Jess went into labor, and make it in time before Lincoln was born! We will miss them when Crew is here, but they will have plenty of time to snuggle him later!

Love him so much! 

Look at that face!!

Congrats to all 3 families!

38 Weeks - 3 Days & Counting

Ok seriously folks...it's time to have this baby! He has been trying to make his debut now for over 2 weeks! The meds I take daily are keeping him at bay, but he's not happy about it! Today is Sunday, which means we only have 3 more days of our little family of 3. I think Eric and I are very prepared mentally for Crew's arrival, because almost every night I tell him it could be TONIGHT! 

This weekend we've taken it extremely easy in order to make it to Monday. I want my Dr to be the one to deliver, and he wasn't on-call, so we didn't want anything to happen. :) We've been spending some quality time with Gavin, lots of playtime and reading, and Eric has been quite the chef. Saturday morning he made me his  french toast (ITS FAMOUS), and last night he grilled steaks! He's been doing EVERYTHING around the house in order to keep me on the couch! I have to say I have he's "Super-Dad/Husband"! 

My last PG pic - I hope

15 Months - Gavvy Bear

Last week we went to the Dr for Gavin's 15 Month Checkup: 

Stats:

Weight 27.4 blx 96%

Height: 33in 97%

Gavin is growing like a weed! I can't keep any sort of wardrobe put together for this kid because he moves up a size a month! Hopefully this slows down now that we are in 2T clothes and size 6 shoes! He has no idea how much our lives are about to change, but we tell him every day that he's about to be a big brother. I have no doubts that he will be a great brother! Here are some of his new tricks! 

Talking: Gavin says TONS of words, and this all has happened within the past month. Ball, Cat, Car, Book, Eat, More, Please, Thank you, Diaper, Bath, Night Night, Mickey, Elmo, Apple, Milk, Bye Bye, Hi, and probably a few more. He also says every family member's name in his own little way. His favorite name to say is still "Mommy" or "Daddy", but I have to say that "Papa" comes in as a close second! He tells us when he needs a diaper, and he says "Bath" non-stop in the evenings until Eric caves and runs his bath! He's obsessed! 

At school they are singing lots of songs, and at night we practice all of them several times. Gavin sits on my lap and motions which one to do and then I sing! It's pretty comical watching me try to figure out which song he wants me to sing bc if I get it wrong he growls at me! We sing Bumblebee, If you're happy and you know it, This little light of mine, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, Jesus loves me, and a few more. I literally rack my brain each night trying to make sure Ive covered them all! 

Mealtimes are always interesting because Gavin is a very picky eater. He loves cheese, yogurt, applesauce, chicken, pancakes, pasta, and a few more things. It's definitely a struggle to get him to eat any veggies, and he still thinks every fruit is way too sour. I still offer them almost every meal and Eric laughs at me while he throws them on the floor for Lexi! 

We still read lots of books, and he's also moved onto to trying to confiscate our phones and watch "Hot Dog", or in his words "Ca Cog", which is the Mickey Mouse Hot Dog Song. We play it so often that sometimes we are tired of hearing it...but if you watch how excited he is to hear this song, you almost CAN'T say no! 

At his 15 month checkup - climbing EVERYWHERE! 

How we start our most our mornings! Snuggling and playing

Watching "Hot Dog" on Daddy's phone

Bundling up with his rosy cheeks!

Crew's Nursery...FINALLY!

Crew's nursery has probably been the most stressful, indecisive, and now almost my favorite part of preparing for his arrival! This used to be our office / storage / coat closet / Xmas decoration storage / "OH HELL" (according to Aunt Sharon) room. So it was so hard to get rid of everything in here! Weeks went by where just walking past the open room gave me anxiety. Then we started tackling the "clean-out", which caused a few major breakdowns on my part. In order to consolidate that room, I wanted to clean out like 3 other areas to make room for all the stuff. So I was constantly putting off the entire process. But once we got it cleaned out, and also decided that we were leaving the room red, I started getting excited about the theme.

We had the bedding made by Leah Ashley, and I love it. My Mom made the curtains, and I have to say she did such a great job! She has a knack for these DIY projects, and I would be lost without her help. 

Eric and Gavin went to work on putting together his shelving unit, and I have to say it was nice to have another set of eyes keeping Daddy in line with putting things together. Gav checked and rechecked his work throughout the assembly! 

These could line up a LITTLE straighter Daddy

And here's the finished product! 

 10 days til my Crew Bear is here!