Long time, no see!

Well, I have been slacking on the blog this summer! I guess because I've been having such a good time with Jake everyday! But, school started again today, so it's back to the grindstone! I'm working 2.5 days a week, which is just enough!

Jake is 5 months old now (pictures to come soon!) - he's a chatterbox, he's starting to sit on his own, rolling over occasionally, eating rice cereal, and just being totally cute! I can't believe how quickly he's changing and growing.

One other exciting thing in our family is that we have decided to put our townhome up for sale...we need more room!! Hopefully we'll get a good buyer soon so that we can find a great new place for us!

Pictures

Jake's blessing day

All bundled up and ready for bed.

Showing off in his new hat!

Chillin in St. Geroge

Loving the water!

Welcome summer!

The last 6 weeks have been busy since I had to go back to work. But, now I have 2.5 months off to just enjoy being a mommy...I'm sooo excited! (I will be going back to work in the fall, but only part time - not too shabby!)

Jake is growing so fast - he'll be 3 months old in 2 days!! At his 2 month check-up he weighed 11 lbs. 2 oz. and was 23 inches long. He's smiling, cooing, laughing, squealing, sucking on his fingers, trying to grab things, sleeping much longer at night now (thank heavens!), basically growing and learning new things. (We think he's brilliant!) It's fun to see him change :-)

One Month Old

It's hard to believe that it's already been a month since Jake was born - and yet it seems like he's always been here! He's a good boy - he just cries for the big 3: food, sleep, and messy diapers. He is starting to smile and coo now and then, and when he's awake he is so attentive and just seems to be taking everything in. We're adjusting to the lack of sleep but are loving every minute with our son.

Our Little Man

First night home, chillin with dad.

Sleepy boy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

All tuckered out.

Welcome Jacob

Hard to believe that almost 2 weeks ago my precious son was born! Jacob Michael was born March 11th at 4:04 pm, he weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 21.7 inches long.

We got to the hospital at around 4:30 that morning (my contractions started around 1 am) and things were progressing nicely until around 9. I'd been given the epidural and they had started me on pitocin but as they increased the medication Jake's heartbeat kept dropping...it dropped so low that they almost did an emergency c-section! They stopped the pitocin and his heartbeat became more steady, but after that it was slow going. I was dialated to 6 for about 5 hours, and only made it to a 7. Since I wasn't progressing and because I have a narrow pelvis, my doctor thought it would be best to do a c-section. By that point I was ready for the little guy to be born, so I agreed! It was amazing to hear his first little cry (I couldn't stop crying) and my first memory of him will be all swaddled up with a HUGE frown on his sweet face!

Jake had a little bit of jaundice, so he had to be trapped on a bili bed for a day (not fun). But he's doing much better now. We were in the hospital until the 14th...it was nice to go home...hospitals aren't very restful. I've felt really well, considering I had major surgery. We've been lucky to have help from our family and ward members. It's safe to say that we're in love with our son and couldn't be happier to have him in our family!

More pictures to come...the little man calls for his dinner :-)

Groundhog Day Through the Eyes of a 1st Grader

Conversation I had with 1st grade student this morning:

Me: You look sad, what's wrong? (She was almost in tears.)
Student: My birthday's in Spring.
Me: Well, that's coming really soon.
Student: But the GROUNDHOG saw it's SHADOW!!!

We then had a little discussion about how Spring will still come at the same time, and her birthday won't be farther away...it just means that it will be colder for longer. She seemed to feel better after that which made me glad because she was really upset about groundhog Phil :-)

In the words of my Grandma Laycock, "Oh to be six again!"

Happy Groundhog Day!

The "Nursery"

Last weekend Mike and I went and bought a crib and dresser for the baby. Mike got the crib put together last Saturday and put the dresser together yesterday - YAY!! It's still sort of a work-in-progress, but you get the general idea. It was fun putting some of the blankets, burpcloths, and clothes in the dresser...it just makes everything more real.

Hard to believe that he's due in 8 weeks!!

You may be wondering about the title, the other half of the room is our office - we've got a huge desk and bookshelf that we have no where else to put! So, for now we have a nursery/office :-)

(I love this crib because it converts into a super cute toddler bed!)