Dedicating Zach to the Lord!

We were blessed this Mother's Day to dedicate Zach at our church. It was sweet because there was only one other family.  We didn't think it was going to be possible because originally we were the only family and they wanted to combine everyone at the earlier service but I knew it would be best for us to wait since it was so important for our friends to be there and share in the celebration, which could only happen at the later service.  Since all of our family lives far away it was even more important for our friends to be there.  After telling the church just that, our awesome Pastor stepped in and said he wanted us to be able to do it at 10:30, YAY for Pastor Richard!  Even more of a blessing one of our absolute favorite people got to be part of the dedication, Miss Charla!

Enjoy some pics from the day!

 

Love Ms Charla!

So Thankful for the Lee's!!  They are truly family to us!

Zach Turned ONE- IN JANUARY!

Eek, I am only almost 5 months late in posting this!!  Soo, as you know my Zach-Attack turned 1 January 19, 2013.  I can't believe he is almost a year and a half... CRAZY!  Let me tell you he is the sweetest thing you will ever meet with a smile that just melts your heart!

Stats from 1yr Dr Appt: 
Weight: 23.5lbs (45%)
Height: 30 1/4" (78%)

Zach loves to laugh, especially at himself!  He LOVES to eat and is quickly showing the Hagerhjelm Sweet Tooth!  He says: Car, Mama, Dada, Car..  He is crawling everywhere and walking along the furniture, but at this point had not ventured out to walking on his own.  He has such a sweet disposition and I can't wait to see how that plays into his personality as he grows! Enjoy some photos from his first birthday party!!

Zach Trimmed Up!!

We were debating whether to take Zach in for his first haircut because he has such blonde fine hair.  BUT... the last few day he has woken up with his hair sticking up and it was REALLY long on top.  So, with a coupon in hand we set off to get his first haircut on Saturday 3/30/13.  The lady he had was wonderful and with a sucker in hand Zach sat still almost the whole time with no issues.  Here are some cute pics!

I am such a Mom-a-Razzi!!

Zach's 1st Year...

Our handsome little sweetheart has already turned over a year old... so, let's see how much I remember from his first year... eek!  Poor third child!

Smiles arrived around 3 Weeks

2 Mos- Sitting in Bumbo

3 Mos- The month of Giggles

4Mos - 17lbs 4.5oz (92%) & 25.5" (68%) 

5 Mos- Our First 2 teeth Arrived

 

6 Mos -Starting to Sit-up, 2 More Teeth (Bottom), Tried First Solids (banana & avocado, FINALLY Rolled Over (after DocVisit)- 19lbs 12oz (83%) & 26 3/4" (60%)

 

2 More Teeth, Eek!

Just Plain CUTE!!

9Mos = 22lbs 13oz (81%) & 28 3/4" (66%) 

 

11Mos - Army Crawls

 12Mos - 2 More, for a total of 10...EEK!! 

Zach is such a layed back sweet little man.  His smile can melt any heart!!  He is a huge flirt and knows how to work a crowd.  He wants nothing more than to hang out with his brothers.  He was a nursing champ, and I just weaned him at 13month. It was such a blessing to not have any nursing issues this time around.  Zach-attack is just such a joy and great addition to our family!  Hid nicknames are:

Zach-Attack
Wacky Zack
Zachy
Turkey
Zach-a-Racka

WELCOME Zachary Warren Hagerhjelm

Well, you noticed I have been absent from the blog, I guess giving birth to a sweet little boy is a good excuse. I am excited to say we welcomed Zachary "Zach" Warren Hagerhjelm into our family on Thursday January 19th at 1:11pm. He weighed in at 8lbs 15oz and was 20.5" long. It was a longer day than it should have been, and here is why:

On Wednesday, one day past my due date, which was on Tuesday the 17th I went to my doctor's appointment where I had a stress test, ultrasound, and then met with my doctor. All was good, although I was a dilated to almost 5 and 80% effaced, not to mention baby was LOW! So many people were surprised I was still up and walking around, but what I told them is I still have a family to take care of and life to live. At my appointment my doctor asked what I wanted to do, so I quickly said, EVICT!!! Since my fluid was actually normal this time, as a matter of fact they said I had PLENTY, she said she would see if they could get me in on Thursday, but she knew they were pretty full. So, she called over to the hospital and they had ONE opening at 5AM, yuck, but I wasn't saying no!

My wonderful Doctor, Dr. Halderman

We got there at 5am on Thursday morning, but the pitocin didn't start until 6:15am, but that really means nothing to me because without my water being broken, nuttin is going to happen, which I continued to tell them. The nurse kept coming in and asking how it was going and I would tell her not much happening. So that went on for FOUR hours. Finally, my water was broke at 10:15am and the party began (just like I said). I quick progressed in the first hour from 5-7 almost 8. The next hour I progressed quickly again, however my cervix would not move over the baby's head, so they had to give me a little more pitocin (which they cut off earlier at 8). Let me tell you, I have a high tolerance to pain, but I was not ready for that at the last stages of labor. But, they had to do it to get that lip to move. After 3-4 VERY painful contraction I was ready to go. My doc told me on the first push she could see his head, so I quickly asked them to count and with two more pushes Zach arrived, WHEW!!

I think the funniest part of labor this time around was around an 8-9cm I felt my bottom was twitching really bad and I remember saying something like my bottom felt like it was shaking like J-Lo, oh I don't know about me sometimes, but hey I got lots of laughs...right?!

Anyhow, I am proud I stuck to my guns and delivered my third little boy ALL NATURAL, no drugs. There is nothing like it to me, I bounced back really quick. The hospital was great and I was blessed with lots of great nurses. One of our favorite parts was the "Celebration Dinner" they served us on a nice table with a white table cloth and our choice of steak or lobster, dessert, salad, a carafe of tea, etc... It was really nice, we knew this was going to happen so we bought the movie "Courageous" the night before and Zach slept through the whole thing, whoo hoo.