First walk

On August 23 when he was 4 days old nana and I took Jackson on his first little walk in his stroller! He's so itty bitty in there! We just walked down the street to the mail box to get the mail and he loved being in the stroller! Yesterday we took a little longer walk, to the mail box and then continued around the block. He loved it once again!

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1 week!

Jackson is 1 week old! And his umbilical cord stump fell off during the night! In the middle of the night it was just barley hanging there about to fall off and this morning it was off! My baby is growing too fast!



Well now I don't have to fold down his newborn diapers! Yes he's that tiny that I had to fold them down to go under it!

Today we are going and having his newborn pics taken!!! And since the picture studio is right by my work we are going to go in there after the pictures! I want to show him off to some of my friends!

Last night was a little rough. I fed him and then left him downstairs with my mom until he needed to be fed again so I could get some sleep. I went down at 11 and fed him and then brought him upstairs to go to bed. He would not sleep! I fed him at 1:30 and he still wouldn't sleep. And then fed him again at 2:15 and he finally went to sleep after that. And he sleep until after 7am! So the second half of the night was better. But at 2 am I was in tears. I didn't know what to do. I was so tired and he wouldn't sleep. I knew everything was fine, I was just hormonal, but it was rough. I was scared he wasn't going to go to sleep at all! But he did and I was able to get a good solid chunk of sleep! Yay!

I just love this little guy so much!!!

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First bath

On August 22 we gave Jackson his first bath at home! It was just a sponge bath since he still has his umbilicord stump. He hated it. Poor baby. I'm sure he'll learn to love baths! And of course as soon as we were drying him off he peed all over!
Getting undressed


Into the bath


Getting clean


Screaming


Getting dried off


Getting dressed


Happy now!





Elephant butt


First time getting his hair brushed, he likes it!

38 weeks - 6 days old!

I'm not sure exactly what my last weight was before giving birth because I hadn't weighed myself in a few weeks but going off what I weighed at my last dr appointment I'm going to say I ended up being 14 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight and only gaining back 6 pounds from the weight I lost in the beginning of my pregnancy. So I ended at 210 pounds. 2 days ago (I think that's when I weighed myself) I was at 200, and this morning I am at 197.4! I'm not doing anything different, other then breastfeeding! I am eating healthier because I'm at home and I had my mom get bread, sandwich meats, cheese and fruit for lunches, so that's healthier then what I would take to work and much healthier then fast food. For dinners we've been having usual foods that we'd have before. I've also been eating cookies. As each day and week goes by I plan on getting healthier with my eating and being more active. Today we walked around the block, short walk but it felt good to get out and each time I'll go a little further! And Jackson loves being in the stroller. I'm not going to worry about what I'm eating though until we have breastfeeding down. It's going well but we are both still learning, so for now I'll eat when I'm hungry and eat what I want but try to make it healthy! I also tried on some of my clothes today to try to find something to wear for pictures tomorrow and my pre pregnancy clothes fit, and a lot of the stuff fits better then it did pre pregnancy! And I know it will only get better as my stomach tightens/gets smaller and as I lose some weight! I'm hoping that breast feeding will help me lose some weight during these next 5 weeks before I can start working out.

Now on to baby boy! OMG! I am so in love with this little man! I still need to write about his birth story, but I will do that soon! He is so perfect and so precious! I feel like pretty much all I do right now is feed him, but that's fine with me! I know as he grows and we find a rhythm he will eat more quickly and not as often! I could just sit and stare at him forever!







Sucking on my finger!



So tiny in his rock and play sleeper!


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37 weeks and 1 day

My water started leaking Sunday 8/18 at about 10:15 pm and Jackson was born on 8/19 at 7:34 am, 6 lbs 10 oz, 18 1/2 inches long and perfect!






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37 weeks!

How far along? 37 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: not sure, I haven't weighed myself

Maternity clothes? Mainly

Sleep: pretty decent lately...except one morning my alarm was set for 8am, I didn't have to be at work until 1pm and I was awake before 5:30 am and could not go back to sleep. It sucked

Best moment this week: being full term!

Movement: yes, some days more then others, I think he's running out of room in there!

Food cravings: cheese quesadilla dipped in sour cream and cholula! Yum

Gender: boy

Labor Signs: Braxton hicks, sometimes they get more consistent and more uncomfortable when near the end of a long day at work, but they always calm down once I relax/sit down. I'm feeling a lot of pressure down there though anytime I'm on my feet

Belly Button in or out? In

What I miss: sushi

What I am looking forward to: meeting my baby boy soon!


Milestones: being full term!

I'm so ready to have this baby. The doctor said anyway now and I think if he was concerned with it being to early he would tell me to rest more or something. Seems like he's confident that Jackson will be perfectly healthy if he comes anytime now. While I know I'm not as big and uncomfortable as I could be, I really don't know how I'm going to make it through 3 more weeks of work. Even 2 more weeks of work sounds horrible (that's when my mom will be here). I would really like to have him after my mom gets here on the 29th, but at the same time I don't know if I can wait that long. I know he'll come when he's ready to come no matter what I want so if I have to wait 3 weeks I don't have a choice, but I'd much rather have him sooner then later. I'm so ready to have him. There's only so much cleaning, scrubbing and organizing I can do before I'm just cleaning/organizing the same things over again. I'm caught up on laundry, the house is as clean as its going to get, I'm ready. So ready. And I feel bad for that on my moms part because I know if he comes before the 29th she'll be scrambling to get here. She'll do whatever it takes to get here ASAP, change her flight or even drive, and I really want and need her here for labor and delivery. BUT I am ready to do this! So he'll come when he comes and hopefully she'll be able to make it here in time for his birth, and if she doesn't I know she'll be able to get here while we're still in the hospital. I just can't wait to meet and hold my son!

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Current "craving"

I say "craving" because when I think pregnancy cravings I imagine a pregnant woman being like "I have to have that right now!" And will go out of her way, or make her husband go get it, and I have not had any cravings like that. Not to that extreme. It's more like something just sounds so good and its all I want to eat, nothing else sounds good at that moment, and sometimes I'll keep thinking about it until I get to eat it.

Anyways, my craving has been for a cheese quesadilla, that I make at home just shredded cheese on a tortilla, topped with another tortilla and heated up to melt the cheese. Not too odd, something I'll occasionally eat when I'm not pregnant if we have that stuff on hand. It's a quick easy meal. Well I've been dipping it in sour cream and cholula hot sauce. I put sour cream and cholula on tacos and stuff, but I'd never done it with a quesadilla before and it is so good! I'm obsessed with this meal lately!


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