Baby Landon, FINALLY here from Heaven!!

Well, despite my hopes that he was gonna come early and on his own, I was induced Wednesday June 2nd and gave birth to our beautiful baby boy. Landon Keith Hawker was born at 1:27 pm and came into the world weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces and measuring 18 inches long.

Im actually kinda grateful I was induced, it wasnt so bad as I thought it would be. I did enjoy the fact that I knew when the contractions would hit and when they did, I was allowed my epidural right away lol :)

The delivery was a bit hard, he was higher up in the birth canal than we thought and was having a hard time coming down, despite all my pushing. Finally I had pushed him down low enough that the Dr could safely use a vacuum extraction, as his heart rate was low due to the stress of labor and it would have been dangerous to wait any longer. Luckily I avoided a C-section this time, but will probably have to have one with future babies, the Dr said if he had been any bigger, I probably wouldnt have been able to deliver vaginally. I did have quite a bad episiotomy, the Dr said he'd never had to perform one so bad, which is making recovery tough, but I am just glad my lil guy is here.

Because of the vacuum and the stressful delivery, his blood volume was low and he had to be taken from me most of the day and put in NICU for a saline solution drop to replenish his blood levels. The nurses were consistently watching his temperature level, but by the time we left on Friday, he seemed healthy enough that there is no worries now.

 Andrew has been a blessing to me through all of this. He took the whole week and weekend off and spent our time in the hospital changing the baby, calling the nurses and seeing to my every need when I couldnt get out of bed because it hurt so bad. Now that we're at home, he still amazes me with the great job he does as a new daddy.

We have had so much fun with our little boy and have seen that he is truly a miracle and a blessing in our lives. I love my husband more than anything in the world and never thought I could love anyone as much as I do him, but I love our baby just as much. Its as if my heart has grown so big and so full of love for these 2 handsome boys and I never knew how happy they could make me or how much I would love them.

I feel so blessed to be trusted with the job of being a mommy to one of Heavenly Father's children and I know that we have been blessed in being given such a little miracle. I love our little boy so much!!

Welcome to our family Baby Landon!!

Our family blog....

So I have been thinking about it for a while now, and since we are going to have our own little family, I want to be able to blog all the going ons that happen on one blog, not try and keep up with 2. Therefore, I am going to delete my old personal blog(Hillary Lyn). It's been fun to have, but now its going to be even more fun to add things to our family blog, so you'll still be able to keep in touch with Me, Andrew and (very) soon, baby Landon. So to those of you who followed my old blog, our family blog link is ....

andrewandhillaryplusone.blogspot.com

And keep tuning in to see what fun we have together!!

The Baby BOOM!!

So after the baby shower the other day, I was unpacking all the stuff that baby Landon and I got. Some of you may have heard me make the joke that it looked like a baby store exploded in our bedroom. Well, here is the proof!! LOL I thought I would get on here and show you what I was dealing with the other day and some of the neat stuff he got :) Also, I would like to extend thanks a million times over to my aunt Gerri and Grandma Kaye for throwing the shower for me, it was soooo fun!! Also, a big thanks to those who came and even to those who didnt, thank you for all the gifts and thank you for your love. Baby Landon is such a lucky kid to have such awesome people surrounding him that love and care about him so much!! We love you guys!!

I told ya this kid got a TON of stuff!! LOL

And this is the bassinet Grandma gave me!!

Isn't it adorable??

More Engagement/Wedding Pics!!

I feel like a total bum for not getting these up earlier but I simply do not have alot of digital pics from the wedding or leading up to it on my computer. So I took the liberty of snagging some off of my Aunt Gerri's blogs that she did (by the way, THANKS Ger!!) and put some more up for you guys to see. Hope ya enjoy!!

My Pregnant Belly

Well here they are!! I FINALLY took some pics of my pregnant belly at 5 1/2 months!! Now I just hope yall can actually tell Im pregnant and dont just look fat lol

Ultrasound Pics!!

Ok, so it took me a while to finally get some up, but here are my Ultrasound pics!!

Ladies and Gentleman, we are happy to present....

Baby Landon!!

10 weeks

10 Weeks

If you look close, in this one he was ACTUALLY waving to us!!

See his little hand up in the air?

Landon's First Teddy Bear

So as some of you may know, before we found out if our baby was a boy or girl, we had the heartbeat recorded so that when we found out, we could put it inside a Build-A-Bear. Even more convenient, Build-A-Bear now has blue or pink bears you can choose from, so it would be even more perfect once we found out what our baby was. Yesterday, right after we found out that we'll be expecting our little Landon, I was so excited that I practically MADE Andrew take me to Build-A-Bear to do it then. We stuffed the bear, gave it a heartbeat, each rubbed a heart and made a wish and finished up. We had a hard time trying to decide what to dress our little bear in, and eventually decided on an "It's a boy!" Tshirt. Luckily for us, we dealt with an extremely friendly clerk who showed us a blue baby boy set, complete with a hat, rattle, bottle and blanket to complete the outfit. It turned out so cute, I had to post the end result for all of you :) enjoy!!

We cannot wait to welcome our baby boy,

Landon Keith Hawker

into the world!!

LANDON KEITH HAWKER!!

June 1st 2010

We will be expecting:

Landon Keith Hawker

This is cool.....

Hey guys, found this on whattoexpect.com, a site on which I actively participate. Based on your due date, it can show you pictures of what your baby looks like each week. I found this countdown thing, which shows you what my baby looks like right now and if you push play you can see the pictures week by week. Check it out and tell me what you think!! : )

Stay Tuned....

It's A.... 

Make sure to pop in on Tuesday for the big announcement!!

Flash-Widgets

Our Wedding, Nov. 21st 2009

Some pictures from one of the happiest days of our lives!! It was a blessing that I found such a good man to spend the rest of my life with. We love eachother and can't wait to live out the rest of our days together, having fun, raising children and someday, sitting next to eachother in rocking chairs, gray hair and all. :)

Our Blog!!

So its official now that I, the new Mrs. Hillary Lyn Hawker, have created this new blog to feature our new little family. Its title:

  Andrew and Hillary (plus one)

This is going to be our little way of showing the happy days we spend together and the day to day wait for our little one to arrive. I promise I will try to be more consistent with posting than I have in the past lol  :)