Shaz by the Sea

Baby Cal. What a good baby. I just love spending time with him. Here is a little solo photo shoot from our first few days at home together. First bath at home! First playtime with his brothers! First baby wearing opportunity, even though I have three kids! (Hi Cay!) First family outing as a family of 5! Conor sleeping.... Caden sleeping... Cal sleeping...haha peanut. On a forward-thinking note, I am going to try and implement a schedule in a few weeks. Right now, I am enjoying the peace and quiet of the sleepy newborn phase. Once he hits 4 weeks or so, I will try and wake him more during the day to feed and stay awake.  Here's what that will hopefully look like....good thing is, 2 out of 3 kiddos are already on a great schedule. So I feel like bringing one up to speed won't be as difficult. :) 7AM   Feed Cal and give C and C breakfast. 7:45    Diaper changes for all boys, playing and talking,...

It's a boy!! Cal Thomas Phelan was born on Tuesday, 7/12/16 at 9:28PM. He weighed 7lbs, 15oz and was 20.5 inches long. All my boys were born on a Tuesday. Want to hear a little about my labor and delivery? Sure, let's talk about it. Nothing to hide here. As many of you may know, I had a c-section with the twins, because Conor (my Baby A) was breech. I opted for a VBAC this round because I have two toddlers and I didn't see the recovery being possible to take care of them. SO....I planned for it and hoped it would be successful.  Contractions started Sunday afternoon around 3PM. I timed them and they were anywhere from 7-20 minutes apart. Since there was no real pattern to them, I rested for the afternoon and went to bed. I was up ALL NIGHT LONG having them and it was pretty intense. Therefore, I called my OB on Monday morning first thing. She said not to rush in, to keep timing them, and head into the city if they were about 5 minutes apart consistently. She en...