Busy Week so Far

Well this week had been very busy so far. Justin took this week off so that he could help me out. I am very glad too. Next week will be my first week on my own. On Sunday, Mom and Dad went home. It was definitely not easy for them to leave. Then we went to home group that night.

Monday was our busiest day so far. We had to get up early to get to the doctor for his weight check. His appt was at 9:30 and it takes us about an hour to get there. So we got there and everything is great. He is back up to his birth weight, 7lbs 12.7oz. So they are very happy with that. His eye has completely cleared up so we don't have to use the drops anymore. It could be a problem again up until he is about 9 months old but it isn't anything to worry about. We don't have to go back to the doctor for 2 more weeks for his 1 month old check up. Then we came home from the appt and got ready to head to the mall for family pictures. We got our pictures taken at Studio One to One in the Woodfield Mall. It was interesting. Jackson didn't want to wake up for the pictures. We did get a few pictures with his eyes open. After the pictures we had to wait 30 min to see them so we went to the Disney place and saw our friend Diane and hung out with her for a few min. Then we went and saw our pictures. They were all so good that we couldn't decide which ones that we wanted so we told them we would look at them at home and come back to order once we had decided. Then we went to Ruby Tuesdays to eat. After that we were all so tired we came home and went to bed.

Tuesday was a lazy day. After how busy Monday was we just wanted to rest. We layed around the house taking it easy. Basically Jackson just ate, slept, and pooped ( basically what he does all the time) :) it was a good day. We did clean up the house some, so we did do something productive. Then he actually slept for 6 hour over night. I was very excited.

Today is just another lazy day. Justin ran a few errands but me and Jackson are just hanging around. Tomorrow we do have plans to actually get out so we are just chilling today.

That has basically been our last few days. We are doing really well. I am just enjoying this time that I have with him and not looking forward to having to go back to work here in a few weeks. I am actually trying to forget that I have to do that. Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Long Time

Well I just noticed that I haven't posted since Wednesday. We have been doing well. Mom is here and taking care of us. My stitches are still sore but getting better. We have just been around the house not doing too much. Yesterday Jackson started having yellow gunk coming out of his left eye. We didn't think too much about it, it looked like a clogged tear duct. Well this morning it was still coming and it was still yellow so we called the doctor and they told us to come in to the ER. I do not want to go to the ER so we took him to our family practice doctor. They gave us eye drops to put in the eye. It isn't bothering him other than he can't get it open very well. So other than that we are doing great. Oh he weighs 7lbs 11oz today so he is gaining weight pretty well. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!!

One Week Old

I can't believe that Jackson is already a week old. It has flown by. Tuesday we just had a lazy day around the house with Pop (my dad), MeMe and David. It was a great day. Today we had a busy day. We had to go to the doctor for me because me stitches were starting to hurt really bad. So we went to the doctor and they fixed the problem. After the doctor we went to eat lunch with Justin and then sat in the parking lot for an hour trying to get Jackson to eat. After he refused to eat we went to Babies R Us to get somethings. Mom went in and me and Jackson sat in the car and he actually ate. We called Justin back to see if he was done with his meeting so that we could go meet the people that he works with but he had another meeting at 3 so we didn't go. We went home and Justin called us and said that we should have come becuase the 3pm meeting was a suprise baby shower. We got several nice things from them. He was very suprised.

Well we are up at 4. Jackson just got done eating and he isn't ready to go back to sleep. We have gotten 7 hours of sleep so far. He is doing well. They keep telling me that he needs to eat every 2 hours but he won't eat every 3-4 hours. I am not worried because he is definitely filling his diaper quota for the day. Well he is trying to fall asleep again so on to bed. Hope everyone is having a great week.

Jackson Update

Well I didn't get a chance to post yesterday. Saturday night he actually slept for 4 hours straight and I had to wake him up to eat. He has been doing very well breast feeding. I took a nap Saturday after we went to the doctor and woke up and my milk had come in. So that has made Jackson happy. He actually has a full belly after he eats.

Yesterday we hung out with the family at the house and just chilled. Last night we did get to go to home group to see everyone. That was exciting. It was great to see everyone. Jackson did extremely well.

Today we went to the doctor again for a weight check. He is now 7lbs 6oz so he has gained 5 ounces in 2 days. The doctor was very excited about that. We still have to go back on Monday to get it rechecked but they think that he is doing great.

Well not much else is going on. Justin is back at work for this week since mom is here. He will stay home with me next week. Zack is doing extremely well with Jackson. We have been very impressed. So almost time for me to go to bed so I can be up during the night with him so Justin can sleep for work. Hope everyone is having a great week.

Happy Valentines Day!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentines Day. This morning we had to go to the Doctor for Jacksons 24 hour post hospital check up. They were impressed. He is doing well, but he has lost some weight. Today he was 7lbs 1oz. They are not really worried about it right now. We will go to the doctor again on Monday to recheck his weight. Other than that he is great. We are trying to get him used to sleeping in his bassinet instead of in peoples arms. So we are doing ok. Justin and I are doing pretty well on little sleep. So nothing else to say so far. Hope everyone is having a wonderful valentines day.

Jackson is here!!

Ok so I prematurely posted on Wednesday. Jackson arrived and had a very eventful birth. Well around 9pm I started having back contractions. At first I didn't think much of them but soon after they started I was unable to sit down. I was pacing around and laying on the bed. Then at 10pm I started leaking fluid. I called the hospital and they said to come on. Justin packed the car and we left around 10:30 for the hospital. Justin was driving very fast because I started squeezing his hand every min and half to 2 min. On the interstate my water actually broke. We were finally on 1st Avenue, the street that the hospital is on.

Justin was flying because my contractions were so close together. Of course there was a cop. All of a sudden the cop was pulling us over. Justin wasn't going to stop but I told him to pull over and tell the cop that we had to go to the hospital so that he wouldn't get arrested. So he pulled over and the cop was taking his sweet time getting to our car. Justin stuck his head out the window once the cop got out of the car and yelled at him that he we needed to go to the hospital because I was in labor and my water had broke. He looked into the car to make sure that Justin wasn't lying. I was yelling at this point that I had to go to the hospital NOW. I couldn't breathe through the contractions anymore. The cop said to hold on and went back to his car. He pulled up beside us and said that him and the cop behind him were going to block traffic at the light to let us through and they would help us get to the hospital. He said just be careful, don't kill anyone and congratulations. So we got a police escort to the last intersection before the hospital. At that intersection, there was a cop that had pulled someone else over and someone pulled out in front of Justin. Justin had to slam on his breaks and the guy behind us rear-ended us. We didn't stop because I was SCREAMING. (Luckily it was only a scratch that can be buffed out)

We got to the ER at 11:10 and they got a wheelchair for me. They got my paperwork through very quickly and ran me up to L&D. Justin was out parking the car and bringing some of the stuff in. I got to the floor and they immediately took me to a delivery room. The resident ran in and asked questions really quick and got me on the bed once the nurse helped me get my clothes off that were all SOAKED. The resident checked me and the nurse asked how far along I was. I was complete and plus one. She looked at me and said "You ready to have a baby". I was freaking out cause Justin wasn't there yet. Before I knew it I had 4 doctors, 4 nurses, and 4 of people from the neonatal team. Yea the neonatal team was there because they had trouble finding Jacksons heartbeat. They got a scalp monitor on him and said his heartbeat was low. They finally listened to me as I was screaming that I couldn't breathe and put oxygen on me that immediately got his heartbeat up. Oh by the way all this has happened and Justin still hasn't made it to the room yet.

Poor Justin walks into the circus and just looks puzzled. They tell him to hurry, get by my head and hold my leg because I am about to push. He got next to me and I started pushing. I think it took 5 contractions to get him out. I don't remember a lot because everything went so fast. He was born at 11:35 (yes 25 min after I got to the hospital). They immediately took him to the NICU team and his apgar scores were all 9's (the best you can get). So they got him ready while they looked at the damage done. I had to be cut and I tore so it took them 45 min to stitch me up and it took almost 40 min for the placenta to come. So I didnt get to hold Jackson till about an hour and a half after he was born. Justin was holding him the whole time.

Finally everything calmed down and I had to explain to Justin what all had happened. I was feeling ok. They gave me pain meds before stitching but that was the only meds I got. I didn't stay in L&D very long. At 2 I was moved to postpartum and they brought Jackson from the nursery and we got to bond. It was great. No one could believe that he was my first baby. It went so quick and he is perfect. He weighs 7lbs 12 oz and is 19.75 inches long.

Today we got to come home. We are so excited. He is perfect. The grandparents and aunt and uncle are here doting on him. We are having a great time. We are getting little sleep but are still excited that he is here. We will update on everything that is going on with him. This is long enough for now I think. Hope everyone is having a great weekend and a WONDERFUL Valentines Day.

Yucky Day

Well today was a nasty day. It rained all night and all day. So thanks to the nasty day, I woke up with a really sore throat and Justin had fevers throughout the night and woke up with a sore throat. So he stayed home and worked today. I am actually on a Z-pack so I am ok. We just hung around the house. Even the dog didn't feel good. For most of the day he layed with Justin while Justin worked and wouldn't go near his food. Luckily tonight we are all feeling better and just hanging out here watching TV. That is really all that has happened. We are just hanging out. Hope everyone had a great day.

Drs Appt

Well I was able to go to home group last night. We had a lot of fun. We ate, had our Bible study, then played Rock Band 2. It was fun. I didn't play because the Belly kinda gets in the way of holding a guitar but it was fun watching everyone else play. I made it the whole home group without a headache. Then on the way home I ended up with a headache so I went to bed when I got home and actually slept throughout the night. YAY!!

Today I went to the doctor. The nurse couldn't believe that I was still pregnant. So much so that she didn't even get my chart out cause she just knew that I wouldn't be coming in. So I was on the monitor for an hour because Jackson wouldn't cooperate as usual. The doctor, who also couldn't believe I was still pregnant, came in and checked me. I am still 3-4cm and Jackson's head is still low. They don't know why I haven't gone into labor yet. So he stripped my membranes again and told me what to come to the hospital for. I will go back in a week if I haven't delivered yet. So we will see. I am not getting my hopes up. I did ask him about the headaches and he gave me a Rx for a stronger headache med and a Z-Pack cause Justin thinks that I am getting sick again. If you haven't figured it out yet nurses are the worst patients. I am basically having the same symptoms that I had before I got bronchitis. So it is good Justin gets worried cause I figure that I am fine and should know better. So other than that nothing has changed. I hope something works and he comes soon. Otherwise the doctor won't induce me until 41 weeks. So 2 more weeks at most (hopefully).

Hope everyone is having a great week and I will update as things change. Oh the picture is one of my favorite. He climbed into my lap without any help, sat like that while I was playing cards and fell asleep. He was very good at that so I thought that I would share.

The Weekend

Well Jackson is still holding out. Saturday we had a lazy day. We watched all of our shows that we had recorded and just hung out. I took a nap for about 2 hours then Justin went and took movies back and got dinner and brought it home. There isn't much else that we did. We were just really lazy. It was a good Saturday. So I went to bed at 10:30ish and couldn't fall asleep so ended up getting up and not going back to bed till 12:30. After that I woke up about every 2 hours. So I was really tired and in pain when I had to get up this morning for church. Everytime I lay on my right side my hip and shoulder are throbbing and my entire right arm goes numb. So that is a lot of the reason that I woke up. It was more comfortable to lay on my back but I am not allowed to do that. It isn't safe for me or the baby. So I just woke up every 2 hours instead. Then when I got up I was about to start getting ready and went to get Justin from the other room. He just took one look at me and said I wasn't up to it. As I was walking back to the bedroom to lay back down I started coughing and got a massive headache. So Justin brought me some benadryl and tylenol and I went back to bed. So unfortunately I couldn't go to church this morning. Then I got up around 1130 and ate lunch and felt better but the headache came back so I had to go lay back down. It is now 3pm. I am up and feeling a little better. I am at least able to keep my eyes open without my head throbbing. So I am hoping that it is stays better and I can go to home group here in a few hours. At least I had one day without headaches. That is an improvement. So I will be going to the doctor tomorrow morning to see what they say about when Jackson will be coming and about these headaches that have started getting worse. I will update everyone after the appt. I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. The weather here is much warmer. (Could have something to do with my headaches) All of our snow is now gone. It is a little sad. I really like the snow. Oh well doesn't mean that winter is over however. It is way too early for winter to be over here. Have a great day!

Out of the house

Yesterday was a lazy day. I didn't do much because I had several really bad headaches. So I took naps and sat in the rocking chair. Last night I couldn't sleep so I was up till about midnight and got another headache so I went to bed and woke up about every 2 hours. Luckily Justin was sleeping in the guest room so that I didn't keep him up all night. When I am afraid that I won't be able to sleep well, Justin sleeps in the guest room so he can sleep throughout the night.

Today I am feeling better. Only a minor headache right now. I did get to get out of the house today. I went to IKEA with Eryn and Allyah. We walked around and shopped. It was a lot of fun. Now I am back home and sitting in the rocking chair with my feet propped up. I do not know what this weekend will bring but I do hope that it does not involve my wonderful headaches. It wouls be a wonderful weekend if Jackson would come this weekend but I am not holding my breath. My next appt is on Monday so if he hasn't come by then we will have to make a plan on what is going to happen.

Not much more to report today. Hope everyone has had a great week and has a wonderful weekend. Oh the Picture is from the first day that we got Zack. Thought I would post an older picture since I haven't taken many recently. You can see how much he has grown and how much his color has changed!

Long Day

Today was a long day. I didn't feel well. The weather has changed a lot here. It was warm now it is really cold. That has messed with my sinuses a lot. Yesterday I had irregular contractions all day long. I would have one, then have one 2 min later, then have another 20 min later. It was like that all day. I ended up going to bed at 9pm and the contractions stopped. I woke up not feeling well. I felt like I had the crud all day today. Justin stayed home today and worked cause I wasn't feeling well. I have only had a few contractions today but my back has been killing me all day. I actually took 2 naps today. The first one was to get rid of a headache. The second wasn't by choice. Justin told me to go lay down cause I sounded so bad. I didn't put up a fight cause I didn't feel well at all. It was cool though. As he was helping me to bed he felt Jackson move. He had only ever felt Jackson kick but today he actually got to feel him move. He was so excited. After my second nap I felt a little better. Me and Zack went on a walk to the leasing office to pick up a package that had been delivered. It was extremely cold. So Jackson still hasn't decided to come. I hope it is soon. Oh well. I guess I will go. Justin is brushing out Zack because I just gave him a bath. He didn't like that very much but he does smell a lot better. Hope everyone had a great day. Stay warm!!

Back From the Doctor

Well I am back from the doctor. I am now 38 weeks along. Today they could actually feel my cervix. I am still 3cm but they did strip my membranes. Basically that means that when the doc was checking my cervix he separated the sac of fluids from the cervix to possibly induce labor. It was not horrible but definitely not something that I want done on a routine basis. So basically he thinks that I will go this week. Especially since last week he couldn't feel my cervix at all and now it is low enough that he could strip the membranes. So that is good. We will just have to see if Jackson is ready to come or not. I am ready for him to come. As you can see by the picture my stomach can't possibly get much bigger and me still be able to stand up straight. He is a big boy. Justin says that he is going to come out with pads and a helmet on ready to play for the Bears. I wouldn't be surprised. So now I have been 3cm for 3 weeks. I am ready to go now. The doctor agrees. So hopefully soon. Oh well I am going to do a little more around the house today and see what happens. Hope everyone has a great day!

Tired

Yes I am actually posting twice in one day!! I have been very busy today. I have cleaned all of Jackson room, washed the rest of his stuff and put it away, washed all of his pacifiers, and organized his closet. I have also done our laundry and put it all away, washed and put away all dishes, and got trash together. I have paid rent, taken the dog for 2 walks, got my oil changed and car washed, went to Babies R Us, and picked up a Rx. In the middle of all this fun I did have to take a nap. But after my nap I got back to work. Several have told me that I am nesting and that probably means that Jackson is about ready to come. I really hope that is what that means. There are only a few more things that I could do other than the deep cleaning. I actually don't do that stuff very well. Justin does that more, I am more of the clutter cleaner. So beyond cleaning up a little more clutter I think I am done with the house. Jackson needs to come soon before I run out of things to do. I know that when he gets here I will have a ton of things to do but I don't want to just sit here until he gets here either. That gets really boring. I will probably be going to bed soon so that I can get up early and go to the doctor in the morning. That is after my movie is over. I am watching Transformers on BluRay!!! My favorite movie ever I think. The second one comes out on our anniversary! I hope everyone had a great day and I will update everyone tomorrow on how things went with the doctor.

Busy Day

Well it is only 1045 and already I got the oil changed on my car, my car washed, been to Babies R Us, picked up a Rx and washed dishes. Oh as well as taking the dog out. It has been a busy morning. As you can probably tell I am still pregnant. Jackson decided to let us watch the game and have fun. We had a blast at the Super Bowl Party. Justin was a jungle gym for all the little kids. He had fun playing with them and watching the game. There were a total of 13 of us there. We had a lot of good food and fun watching the game.

Right now I am just hanging out getting things done around the house after all of my errands this morning. I plan on getting a lot more done today but I am already a little tired so me and Zack might have to take a short nap. Tomorrow is my doctors appt. I will update you after I get home from that. Hopefully I will be able to get more information than I got last week.

Hope everyone has a great week. Oh and by the way everyone LOVED the cookies. There were some there that had never had them before. They thoroughly enjoyed them.

Have a great day!!

Super Bowl Sunday

This weekend we have been very lazy. Yesterday we did get out and go to flat top for dinner because our oven would not light (we have a gas stove and oven). After flat top we went to blockbuster and rented 2 movies then came back home to watch them. We actually only got to watch one. Eagle Eye is a good movie. Other than that yesterday I had a bad headache and wasn't feeling well so I took meds and slept most of the afternoon. I am still having slight headaches but I think it is because the weather can't make up its mind on what it wants to do.

Today we went to church and went shopping for groceries. It was good getting to church to see everyone. Everyone at church couldn't believe that I am still pregnant (they arn't the only ones). It was a great day at church. Then we went shopping for stuff we needed for tonight. Tonight is our homegroup and we are having a superbowl party. We are taking quite a bit of food because I plan on eating quite a bit of food. What else are you supposed to do on Super Bowl Sunday! :) i am excited. We are taking shrimp and cocktail sauce, chips and dip, and cookies. Yes we are taking THE cookies. I don't know that everyone in the group has had the cookies or not. If you don't know what cookies I am talking about just ask and I will have to make you some. They have to be experienced to understand the excitement over them. So other than that nothing else is going on. Serveral people have said that Jackson will come today because everyone has plans tonight. I personally don't feel right now that he will come today but you never know with this little stubborn one. We have a doctor Tuesday so hopefully we will know more then.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Super Bowl Sunday and a great week!