A name and a blessing

TITAN WAYNE ALOFIPO

APRIL 8, 2012

                                                My sweet boy was blessed by his daddy on Easter Sunday. It was a beautiful blessing and a beautiful spring day. We had friends and family come over after for a luncheon and let the kids play in the park.

                                                      Titan and grandma ruth  these two have a special bond. he will just look and stare at her as she talks to him like he wants to communicate back to her. its really sweet to see them together.

After church. (this building we go to is the same one i was blessed in as a baby!)

Titans Birth

Pictures from my phone...not the best quality..

Titan fell asleep with his little hands like that....so comfy!

This picture cracks me up! Titans face says it all doesn't it?  sometimes his sisters can smother this kid!

Titan so far has been such a great baby! We see a lot of Maddux and Jayda in him.

my official due date was March 17.  Titan was born on Feb 26 at 37 weeks.  I was going to be induced on Feb 27 because Titan had some fluid in his kidneys and they wanted him out so they could do some tests on him. (he has some bladder reflux, so when he pees out some starts going back up to his kidneys. It is pretty common and they are hoping he will grow out of it and not need surgery)  Anyhow it was Sunday morning and i woke up with some contractions. My pelvic area hurt really bad so i knew he had dropped.   I figured they would stop so i started getting ready for church.  They kept coming and coming anywhere from 2 to 5 to 10 min. apart.  so i decided to stay home with jayda and Wayne took the others to church.  By the time they got back at 2 i knew i was in labor and that i would stick it out til i couldn't stand it anymore and then go in.  It was my turn to cook for dinner (we go to my parents house for Sunday dinner and it was my turn to cook) so in between  trying to breath through contractions i made a lasagna! at about 4:30pm we headed to my moms and i told Wayne we better go to the hospital, that it was time.  so we dropped off the food and the kids to my parents, and told my mom we would call her to tell her how far i was dilated.  We got to the hospital and got all hooked up to the monitors and the nurse checked me and viola....8cm dilated.    side note... this was sooooo similar to my last labor with Jayda.  it was a Sunday and i went into labor, got to the hospital at an 8 no time for an epidural and she was born within the hour.  so when i heard 8 i thought well here we go again. They asked if i wanted and epidural and i said "well i did it last time so i think i can do it again".  They called Dr. Rogers, he luckily lives down the street from the hospital. He got there still in his church suit and checked me and said "I think you can start pushing".  He said he was afraid he would miss the delivery if he went and changed into his scrubs so he put a cover up thing over his suit and we were ready!  I pushed 3 times...............holy pain of all pain, and he was out!!!!  ahhhh i was so relived when he came and that i didn't have to push for hours with no epidural.  it was a great labor and just like jaydas   less than an hour from when we got there he was born. he was 8 pounds 1 oz and 3 weeks early.  he would have been huge if i would have gone to my due date. i guess my body knew it was time!  The nurses i had were great and my mom, grandma Ruth, little sister Kimmy (her first time getting to see a baby born) and Wayne, plus the nicu people were in there. also they asked if a guy that is training to become and E.R /ambulance driver needed to view a birth so they asked me and i said ya i didn't care. i didn't notice him in there anyway.  I am very grateful to have had such a great delivery and such a great baby.  He is so much fun to have around and I am loving it. He is 4 weeks old already...wow time flies!!

life

Many of you saw this on facebook but I wanted it for my blog.

 My Grandma Esplin was able to be there for Titans birth. My little sister took this picture and I LOVE IT! She is 80 years old and i love the comparison to a brand new baby. I think about everything her "hands" have done in those 80 years, all the wisdom they have. To see it next to my son being Minutes old and everything he has to look forward to in this life was touching!

 My mom reminded me of a song by Hilary Weeks called "He is" a song about the savior and everything that "He is" and some of the words are " He is the laughter of children, and the wonder in their eyes, And on a distant rocky shore he is a clear and steady light. He is wrinkled hands, and tiny newborn fingers.

We thought this picture fit perfectly!  I love the pic. in black and white also!

2 weeks old

My little Love Bug!  He has been great baby so far. We see a lot of Maddux and Jayda in him.

Birth story to come!

Titan Wayne Alofipo

Titan Wayne Alofipo

8 pounds 1 oz 20 1/2 in

born at 37 weeks

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Grandma and Grandpa Esplin

We are lucky enough to live by my Grandma and Grandpa Esplin. We go over there a lot to visit and I can't help but think how lucky my kids are to have these 2 in their lives.  My grandma will still get down on the floor with them and do puzzles and play games with them.  Yesterday Jayda and Grandpa were playing dolls. 

 My grandma was doing some cross stitching and had each of the girls come sit by here and she would let them pull the needle through.

Another fun thing is my grandma has a lot of the same toys,dolls,trucks,puzzles etc that we (when we were little kids) would play with. so its fun to see them playing with the same things i did growing up!  Lot's of great memories made at my grandparents house and I am happy my kids are able to make some fun memories of their own.

Wildlife Museum

Thanks to Dixie Direct and the nice lady at the front desk We all got in free to go to the wildlife museum here.  Jayda was a little skeptical of all the big animals and was fine with staying buckled in her stroller.  This is the closest thing we have here to a zoo and i think the kids enjoyed it.