Saturday, August 8, 2009
August
So it is about time for my monthly post. Jackson is getting huge. We go for his 6 month check up on Aug 17th. He is now sitting up by himself and holding his own bottle. He is eating rice cereal, carrots, squash, green peas, and sweet potatoes. This next week he is going to start green beans, that will be the end of the vegetables and he will start fruit after that. We went to Nashville to see Natasha and Jason for a quick weekend trip. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully we can make it down there for longer soon. This next weekend we will be headed to Indiana to see everyone then David will be coming here to visit before he moves to Orlando to start school. So then our big trip comes in September. Us, Kimberly, Nathan, Brooklynn, David, Mom, Dad, granny, and Uncle Mike are all going to Disney for a week. We can not wait. We have needed a vacation for a long time. It will be Granny, Jackson, Brooklynn, and Nathan's first time there. So that is what is going on with us. Hopefully I will remember to post after his appt. He is getting just way too big. Oh also....he how has 2 teeth. he loves trying to sneek your finger in his mouth to chew on it. it really hurts. Those things are sharp!!! But he is so cute. Oh well. That is all for now. Hope you are doing well!!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
July 4th
Monday, June 1, 2009
Long time
Ok so I haven't posted in like a month. Work has been crazy and when I am home I am not on the computer much until Jackson goes to bed. We are doing good though. Jackson is getting so big. We go on
the 16th for his 4 month check-up. We actually measured him today and he is about 24 inches long. he loves his bouncy seat. The first night that he actually f
igured out that he could bounce in the seat he bounced so hard and for so long that he ended up going ot bed at 830 and woke up at 6 the next morning. He is a wonderful baby. He has put himself on a schedule. He goes to bed every night at 9, which is good for Justin. I hate having to work but know that I have to. I think it is mainly becuase work right now is really bad. We are going through budget cuts and layoffs. It is horrible. We are working short staffed all the time. Hopefully it will get better but rumors are that there will be another layoff in September. Oh well. Jackson is loving daycare. There are a lot more babies there now
. And actually more boys. He used to be the only one. SO we went to Memphis for mother's day. It was wonderful. We had family pictures taken. I posted some of them. It was great. I loved my first mother's day. SO I think that is most of the highlights. Mainly it has just been
work and chillin at home. We are in the process of spring cleaning. We have finished our bedroom and will be starting on the guest bedroom next. Jackson room is constantly getting cleaned cause he is growing out of his clothes so quickly. We also just bought Jackson a Bumbo chair. He loves it. I will have to take a picture of him in it and post it. He looks like such a big boy. It is his official webcam chair. He sits in it to talk to our family through the webcam and it is a perfect height. Oh well it is time to go to bed. I think I am trying to get sick so I need to get rest. Hope everyone is doing well.
the 16th for his 4 month check-up. We actually measured him today and he is about 24 inches long. he loves his bouncy seat. The first night that he actually f
igured out that he could bounce in the seat he bounced so hard and for so long that he ended up going ot bed at 830 and woke up at 6 the next morning. He is a wonderful baby. He has put himself on a schedule. He goes to bed every night at 9, which is good for Justin. I hate having to work but know that I have to. I think it is mainly becuase work right now is really bad. We are going through budget cuts and layoffs. It is horrible. We are working short staffed all the time. Hopefully it will get better but rumors are that there will be another layoff in September. Oh well. Jackson is loving daycare. There are a lot more babies there now
. And actually more boys. He used to be the only one. SO we went to Memphis for mother's day. It was wonderful. We had family pictures taken. I posted some of them. It was great. I loved my first mother's day. SO I think that is most of the highlights. Mainly it has just been
work and chillin at home. We are in the process of spring cleaning. We have finished our bedroom and will be starting on the guest bedroom next. Jackson room is constantly getting cleaned cause he is growing out of his clothes so quickly. We also just bought Jackson a Bumbo chair. He loves it. I will have to take a picture of him in it and post it. He looks like such a big boy. It is his official webcam chair. He sits in it to talk to our family through the webcam and it is a perfect height. Oh well it is time to go to bed. I think I am trying to get sick so I need to get rest. Hope everyone is doing well.Monday, April 20, 2009
First Weekend in Memphis
Well we just go
t back from Jackson's first weekend in Memphis. It was a very busy but fun filled weekend. We got to see a lot of family that I haven't seen in over 10 years. We flew down on Friday afternoon into Nashville. Dad and David picked us up in Nashville and drove us to Memphis. Jackson did very well on the flight. He only fussed t
wice. Once cause he was wet and the other time cause he was hungry. He didn't cry for long so that was good cuase the plane was FULL. He slept the whole way from Nashville to Memphis. Once in Memphis we stopped by Joe and Cyndy's house where our family was. We ate some and let Jackson meet family then went home. After we got home Erin and Tony came over to see Jackson cause they were in town for Erin mom's wedding. They hung out for a while
then they left and we went to bed. Saturday morning was the "family reunion". Basically 30 of my family members went to Cracker Barrell to Eat. It was good food just crazy having 30 people there. After that we took pictures outside of the restaurant then went to Granny's house to hang out some more. After that we went back home and mom and I we
nt shopping for stuff for the night. Saturday night we had family and friends over to play cards and meet Jackson. Jackson did very well for as many times as he was passed around. After everyone left Jackson was so sore and exhausted that he couldn't sleep. Everyone was asleep but me and Jackson. he finally went to sleep around 1am. Then Sunday we got up at 6 to get ready for church. We actually made it to early service then went out to eat. After lunch we went back to the house and packed. Once we were packed we headed to Nashville to fly back home. Our flight left at 750pm and got in at 920pm. We picked up Zack from a friends house and came home. We got home around 1045pm. Justin and Zack went to b
ed. Jackson appeared that he would be awake for a while but I fed him and he went to sleep around 1130. He slept till 630 this morni
ng. Today we were all exhausted. Justin had to go to work but me, Zack, and Jackson slept most of the day. I ended up having to give Jackson tylenol cuase he would start crying when I picked him up under the arms. His ribs are sore from being picked up so much. So he laid in the swing or chair all day. So it was a wonderful weekend but we are tired. We will be going back to Memphis soon but we will be resting until then. Hopefully that is!! Hope everyone had a great weekend.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
EASTER PICTURES!!!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
2 month check up
Well I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. I actually didn't have to work so we went to church and then took pictures after. Well me and Jackson took pictures. I am at work posting this so I will have to post pictures later. So we had a great time at church. Then Tuesday we had Jackson's 2 month check up. He now weighs 12lbs 0.9oz. He is getting to be a really big boy. He also had to get shots. He got 2 in one leg and one in the other leg. He screamed a little but I just picked him up and gave him his passy back and he went to sleep. I had to go to work so I didn't get to see him much. That is the hardest thing. I miss getting to see him on the days that I work back to back. It is very sad. Justin sends me pictures and things that help me get through the night. Oh well I guess I will get back to work. I will get to go home soon and sleep then pick up my baby!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Happy Sunday!
Well not much has happened since I last posted. Natasha is in town this week to hang out with us. I did get to go yesterday out with the girls from church. Tash went with us too. We went to Mimi's cafe then to get a pedicure. It was wonderful. Then I had to go to work. I am about to get off and go home to go to sleep. Justin, Tasha, and Jackson are going to church so I will have a few hours by myself to sleep so that I can come back to work tonight. Oh well that is all the excitement for now. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Happy Birthday to Me!
Well my birthday has come and gone. I really didn't get to do much. Yesterday was my first night back at work. I did a lot better than expected. I cried before I left when I was telling Jackson good-bye but after that I didn't cry. Now there might be a good reason for that. Monday night we went to Red Lobster to have a nice night out for my last night of freedom and for my birthday. So we get there and Jackson has been good all day running errands with me. Then we go to eat and he cries the entire time. I change him and feed him and he still cries. So while I was doing that Justin ate his food by himself then Justin would walk around and get him to calm down while I was eating. Needless to say it was not a fun night. I cried the whole way home. Think it was more a combination of being tired, not wanting to mess up everyone else's dinner, not being able to get him to stop crying, and knowing that I had to go back to work the next night. So I ended up getting a lot of my crying done the night before. So Tuesday, Jackson was really good and let me get a nap. Well we actually took a 3 hour nap together on the couch. Then I went to work. It wasn't a bad night. Then Jackson went for his first day at daycare. They said that he did great. His teacher loves him. He is the youngest there. All the other kids are crawling or walking so they like seeing a little one again. He was up from 10-2 while he was at daycare. Justin went and picked him up and brought him home on his lunch break so that I could sleep a little more after my first night. When Jackson got home I fed him and he went to sleep. I put him down in his little chair then laid on the couch and took a nap with him. Then I went back to work. So basically my birthday consisted of getting off work, sleeping, feeding Jackson, sleeping, and going back to work. Not a whole lot of fun but what can you do about it? We are going to try to go out again while Justin's sister is here to keep Jackson. So that is about all the updates for now. Hope everyone is doing well. Sorry there are no pictures on this one but I am not on my computer to be able to add them. Hopefully next time.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Over Due Update
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Busy week
Well we have already had a busy week and it is only Wednesday. Friday night J
eremy, Ashley, and Maggie got here and finally got to meet Jackson. Maggie loved him at first. She wanted to hold him and everything but then she got bored cause she figured out that he wasn't old enough to play with her. After that she just went and played with Zack. Zack was very happy to have a playmate. He has been feeling neglected. We play with him and get him new toys but he still doesn't think it is enough. he especially gets jealous when I take pictures of Jackson and don't take any of him. It is really funny. Well while they were here he loved to lay on Jeremy and just relax with Ashley. Maggie did hold him once each day but that was it. Saturday was a busy day. We got up and ate breakfast at Flat Top, went to the Woodfield mall, and then went to IKEA. After such a busy day, we came home and had Giordanos pizza. The best Chicago pizza. We then relaxed and then got up Sunday and had to say goodbye. Ashley got to hold him before they left an
d then Maggie said that she wanted to take him with her. But then I would have to go with them so that he had food, and Justin would be left alone so they decided to leave him with us. So after they left then we got ready for Tanya and Justin's grandmothers to get to Chicago. They made it around 3:30pm. So we hung out with them and let the great-grandmothers meet Jackson. On Monday we just had a lazy day while Justin was at work. We enjoyed hanging around the house. We had tummy time and played with Elmo. It was a good day. Justin came home and we had a good dinner and went to bed. Tuesday we got up and Justin went to work. The rest of us got ready and got on the train and went downtown. Tanya and the two grandmas went up the Sears Tower. Jackson and I did not go because Justin wants to be there the first time that he goes up. So we stayed down and he ate. After they came back down, we went to Giordanos for lunch. At Giordanos, Jackson was asleep with his pacifier in his mouth. I looked down and he was awake but without a passy. I looked all over the place and we could not find it. You kn
ow how great it is to be away from home and lose the passy. Well luckily I had brought another one. So we looked for 15 min. I was on my hands and knees on the floor looking for it. We couldn't find it. So I gave up and we were leaving. I was the last one to leave and I turned around to make sure I didn't leave anything and found the passy underneath the table next to us. He had spit it out and it bounced from the side of our table to the next table over on the opposite side. We have no idea how it got there. So we came back home on a REALLY hot train. He was really great. He was a perfect baby while we were out. Then Justin came home and we had dinner. We were all great. Then at 945 he started crying. I knew that his tummy was hurting because he didn't poop all day. Justin got up at 10 and I went to bed. I got up at 1245 and fed Jackson because he was still awake crying. After I fed him he went to bed at 1am and slept till 6. We have decided that it was propbably a combination of the wind, heat, and pizza. So I am going to try to avoid pizza for a while. Tod
ay I am eating bland things so that his tummy has time to rest. Today we are just having a lazy day to let Jackson rest. He is basically eating every 2-3 hours and other than that he is just sleeping. We did finally have a poopy diaper. Actually it was an explosion but right after that he instantly went to sleep. So I am thinking that he is feeling better. Hopefully he will have a better night tonight. Other than that we have plans to go out to dinner tonight then go out tomorrow. Hopefully he will start feeling better. Well it is about time to wake him up to feed him. We don't wake him up during the night but I do during the day! Hope everyone is having a great week. I figure since I put 3 pictures of Jackson, I should put up one of Zack!! Everyone needs to see him too!
Friday, March 13, 2009
One Month
So as you can tell we have a new computer! I can't remember if I told you but I killed the other computer by spilling Jackson's vitamins into the keyboard and it got into the motherboard. So that computer no longer works.
Can you believe Jackson is already a month old! He is getting so big. We had his one month check up yesterday. He now weighs 9lbs 2oz and is 21.5 inches long. He is between the 30-45 percentile for his age. So we are doing well. Time is flying by way too fast. I go back to work on March 31st. I am not looking forward to that. I want to see all the people that I work with but I don't want to leave Jackson. :(
Since I last updated we haven't done much. Jackson is starting to be able to hold his head up pretty well. He still can't go from laying flat and lift it up but he can if he is on his boppy pillow on his tummy. He can only do it for a little while before he gets bored or mad. Other than that we haven't done much. We are enjoying family this weekend and all next week.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and week!!!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Update
I know I haven't been on here in a long time. Basically I killed our computer. We have ordered a new one and it should be here this week. Jackson is doing great. We got family pictures taken for his newborn pictures. It was great. Jackson is sleeping wonderfully. He only gets up once a night. And he is asleep right now so I am going to go to bed. Once we get the other conmputer I will update more. I am on Justin's computer right now and can't get on it much. Hope everyone is doing well!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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!!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
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!!!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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.
Friday, February 13, 2009
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.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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.
Monday, February 9, 2009
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.
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