Penrod's Play Pen: Travin

He's here!! We welcomed Travin Scott Penrod into the world on January 3rd this year. He was born at 6:58am, at 8lbs 20inches. Kylann barely was able to be there for the birth. January 2nd, we went to Tucson for a doctor's appointment for me. While there, I got my membranes stripped. We stayed in Tucson for the evening just in case I went into labor. We decided to head back to Sierra Vista around 8:30/9pm or so. On the way out there, I started having contractions. Around 10:30/11pm they were really strong and getting closer together. We went back to the base and he spoke with one of his commanders to see if he could get permission to spend the weekend with us since I was most likely going into labor. After about an hour or more of the boys and I waiting in the car, we finally heard back that he had gotten permission. He had to check back in Friday, but could spend the rest of the weekend with us. However, when he called to check in on Friday, he spoke with another commander and they made him go back that day. :( But they let him come back and spend Saturday and Sunday with us. We were grateful for the days they gave us.

Anyway, we decided to just go home and try and get some rest. About and hour and half to two hours later, I told Kylann we really needed to head back to Tucson cause they were about two minutes apart by then. It's almost a two hour drive out there so that wasn't very comfortable for me at all, but we made it. We dropped the boys off at Grandma Penrod's around two in the morning. Of course they were wide awake. Sorry Jolene! :( We made it to the birthing center. I really wanted to try a water birth this time around, but they told me when I got there that I couldn't do it because I had GD. Which kind of upset me cause I was just told earlier that day, that I could. So I decided, if I couldn't do that, then I would go to the hospital and get some pain relief. I have to say, I'm not sure how well I would have done if not for the epidural. Though this dose must have been stronger than ones I've had with my other two. It took quite awhile for it to wear off. Well, after almost four hours of being in the hospital we welcomed our 8lb little Travin into the world. Some things about his little personality and what's going on with him...

*He'll be 11 weeks old tomorrow and he's over 13lbs already.

*So far, he's been my best sleeper!! The past three nights, he's been sleeping over 7 hours at night! I LOVE it!! (Though I've been a bit sore when he finally does wake up). It's a huge relief after having two boys who were bad sleepers. He's pretty good about napping during the day too. He will usually stay awake about two hours at the most and he eats every two and a half to three hours.

"Aunt" Sandee and her daughters came to visit as well.

So cute!! Chase was so excited to have a baby brother!

Chase is such a proud big brother!

"He's tryin a talk to me and tryin to on the ways me doing." I think that's what he said anyways. I think he meant, "He's trying to talk to me and ask me what I'm doing."

This picture cracks me up! It's like he's saying, "What the heck is this thing??"

Aunt Kristen, cousin Sophia and Kristen's mom came to visit. Her mom is a nurse in the hospital.

Big brother Kyler!

He had a hematoma on his head. Two lumps. We said he had horns. Luckily they went away on their own.

Just having a chat...

Kyler missed his nap that day

Smiles for Daddy

Daddy's idea of multi-tasking

I thought he was just taking a picture of Travin. So I tried to move my head out of the picture.

Daddy snuggles!

That scowl kills me! LOL

*He's a mamma's boy. He used to calm down for Kylann right away, but now he always does with me.

*He has a very infectious smile!

*He has my scowl face! (So does his brother, Kyler). It's just a face I do a lot without even realizing it. I hate it! But it's darn cute when it's the kids.