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Friday, March 23, 2012
Jaxson is one month old!
On the 13th Jax turned a month old! Time is flying by!! We are loving life as a family of 4, just a little sleep deprived! Jaxson is a great baby, he doesn't cry much, eats, sleeps, poops and that about sums it up. We love him so much and can't wait to see his little personality start to come out!
Do they look alike?
I work so hard on these sweet babies for 9 months and they come out looking like their daddy! Cam has some of my features and as she gets older they come out more but Jax is all daddy! He has my mouth and that is about it. What do you think? Do they look alike?
Camryn in the hospital
Jaxson in the hospital
Camryn in the hospital
Jaxson in the hospital
Flower Girl
My best friend since 5th grade got married a few weekends ago and Camryn was one of the flower girls!! It was such an honor and Cam had so much fun. I was worried it might not go well but she walked down with an older girl and boy and did great! When she started walking down the aisle she said "we are doing it" then when they were done she said "lets do it again." She had a blast and loved the flower ball and her dress. Congrats Leah and Marshall, we love y'all! Thanks for including us in your beautiful celebration!!
Our family of 4!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Big Sister, Little Brother
Camryn is such a great big sister!! She helps us with everything from changing diapers, to feeding him, getting him his paci or blanket and talking to him when he is sad. If he barley makes a noise she tells him "It's ok buddy" or she tells me "mommy Jax needs to eat" She is so sweet to him. She loves to hold him but not for too long. She does not like it when we put him in his swing. I don't know why but she is so worried about him when he is in it. However she loves putting her new Woody doll and Micky Mouse in the swing.
We are so proud of Cam and how good of a big sister she is! She is adjusting so well and we could not be happier!!
Jaxson is such a good baby!! So far all he does is eat, sleep and go to the bathroom. He still isn't awake much but when he is he is very alert. At night we wake him up every 3 hours to eat which is nice because we get to sleep! I can not wait until he hits 10 pounds and we don't have to wake him up anymore! He is doing a great job eating and everything is going really smooth! I feel like the second time around we are so much more relaxed and know what we are doing. So far it is easier but Camryn was such a great, easy baby so we will see if Jaxson will be like her. So far it seems like he will be but we will knock on wood and hope for the best! He is so sweet and we love our precious boy so much! We can't wait to see what the next few months have in store!!
Jaxson Edward
Our last morning as a family of 3!!
Monday, February 13 we headed into the doctor's for our 38 week visit. We had a feeling today would be the day and sure enough Dr. G was kind enough to send us over to have a baby!! We were all checked in and I was hooked up to everything around 11:30 a.m. I had an awesome nurse, Dorthy, and we were on the same page with everything. She let me get my epidural as soon as we got my labs and paper work done and all I cared about on my part was getting that epidural. Unfortunately, it only took on my right side and I could feel EVERYTHING on my left side. I kept telling myself at least one side is working. Finally, around 4:30 p.m. my contractions were really close and strong and I knew it would not be much longer. I paged my nurse and told her she needed to do something else. They kept upping my dosage but all that did was numb my right side more. Finally the anesthesiologist came in and gave me a little something extra that did the trick!! I was so thankful because baby was ready to come out before Dr. G could get to me so I had to wait and not push, which went against everything in my body at this point...Finally I was allowed to push and out came Jaxson!! It was such an easy delivery and I am so thankful everything went well with me and that Jax came out nice and healthy!
Jaxson was born at 5:16 p.m. weighing in at 6 pounds 14 ounces and 20 inches long!
Camryn could not be more excited and is such a good big sister!! She was the first to come in the room after he was born and she did not want to leave. The first things she said to me was "mommy your tummy is all better" and "mommy you taking a break?" I guess because I was laying in the bed. She is so funny! Then she would tell Jaxson "Hi, I'm Camryn and that's mommy and daddy." We just kept laughing at her! After we had him they said we would be in that room for an hour then they would move us to the other room. The only bad thing about the L&D room is you can only have 2 visitors besides your husband in the room. This was annoying because everyone had to switch off and we barley had time for the whole family to meet him before they took him away for his bath and all of that. 3 hours later they moved us to our recovery room and by that time it was 9:00 p.m. Finally we got a call from the nurse that they were about to give Jax his bath (which c could not wait for) so Cam was allowed to watch that and then had to go home and go to bed. We did not get him back until 10:00 p.m. I do not remember Camryn being away for that long. By the time we got him back Matt and I spend some time with him and then tried to get some sleep.
The next morning was busy. Everyone wanted to get some time with Jax since we did not get much the day before. Cam was so excited to get her turn...but as soon as she got him they came to get him for his circumcision then the pediatrician then the hearing test. Each time Cam had him and the nurse would take him away from her, she would get so sad and tell them "you can't take my baby brother." She is very protective and wants to know exactly what is going on with him. Once everything was done they informed us we could go home since everything went smooth with me and Jaxson was doing great. We just had to wait the 24 hours then they let us go home. I had no idea we would be able to leave but we were fine with it! We are so grateful for all the nurses and Dr. G and for everything going well! We are also so lucky to have amazing families that helped us so much with Camryn, meals, groceries and all that stuff! We are truly blessed! We could not be more excited about our family of 4!!
Monday, February 13 we headed into the doctor's for our 38 week visit. We had a feeling today would be the day and sure enough Dr. G was kind enough to send us over to have a baby!! We were all checked in and I was hooked up to everything around 11:30 a.m. I had an awesome nurse, Dorthy, and we were on the same page with everything. She let me get my epidural as soon as we got my labs and paper work done and all I cared about on my part was getting that epidural. Unfortunately, it only took on my right side and I could feel EVERYTHING on my left side. I kept telling myself at least one side is working. Finally, around 4:30 p.m. my contractions were really close and strong and I knew it would not be much longer. I paged my nurse and told her she needed to do something else. They kept upping my dosage but all that did was numb my right side more. Finally the anesthesiologist came in and gave me a little something extra that did the trick!! I was so thankful because baby was ready to come out before Dr. G could get to me so I had to wait and not push, which went against everything in my body at this point...Finally I was allowed to push and out came Jaxson!! It was such an easy delivery and I am so thankful everything went well with me and that Jax came out nice and healthy!
Jaxson was born at 5:16 p.m. weighing in at 6 pounds 14 ounces and 20 inches long!
Camryn could not be more excited and is such a good big sister!! She was the first to come in the room after he was born and she did not want to leave. The first things she said to me was "mommy your tummy is all better" and "mommy you taking a break?" I guess because I was laying in the bed. She is so funny! Then she would tell Jaxson "Hi, I'm Camryn and that's mommy and daddy." We just kept laughing at her! After we had him they said we would be in that room for an hour then they would move us to the other room. The only bad thing about the L&D room is you can only have 2 visitors besides your husband in the room. This was annoying because everyone had to switch off and we barley had time for the whole family to meet him before they took him away for his bath and all of that. 3 hours later they moved us to our recovery room and by that time it was 9:00 p.m. Finally we got a call from the nurse that they were about to give Jax his bath (which c could not wait for) so Cam was allowed to watch that and then had to go home and go to bed. We did not get him back until 10:00 p.m. I do not remember Camryn being away for that long. By the time we got him back Matt and I spend some time with him and then tried to get some sleep.
The next morning was busy. Everyone wanted to get some time with Jax since we did not get much the day before. Cam was so excited to get her turn...but as soon as she got him they came to get him for his circumcision then the pediatrician then the hearing test. Each time Cam had him and the nurse would take him away from her, she would get so sad and tell them "you can't take my baby brother." She is very protective and wants to know exactly what is going on with him. Once everything was done they informed us we could go home since everything went smooth with me and Jaxson was doing great. We just had to wait the 24 hours then they let us go home. I had no idea we would be able to leave but we were fine with it! We are so grateful for all the nurses and Dr. G and for everything going well! We are also so lucky to have amazing families that helped us so much with Camryn, meals, groceries and all that stuff! We are truly blessed! We could not be more excited about our family of 4!!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Our Big Girl!!
I can not believe how much changes in 2 years. I love this age! She is learning and talking so much. She really is a sponge and soaks everything in!! She is telling us all kinds of stories and repeats everything. It is amazing how much changes in just a few months. She started with simple sentences around Thanksgiving and now can go on and on and tell you a full story about what she was doing. She loves to sing songs and not only songs like Twinkle twinkle but her favorites are Bennie and the Jets by Elton John (yes, you read that right), anything Taylor Swift, The Hippo Christmas song and the Alvain and the Chipmunks Christmas song. And she dances away when any kind of music comes on! She can also sing her ABC's and count to 12, after that she says numbers but not in order. I love watching her learn and can't wait to see what she will do next!!
Here are a few pictures of the big girl things she likes to do right now. She thinks her nails should be painted every day! Some days I don't mind doing it if she sits still, but that doesn't always happen. And look at this big girl braid!! She is growing up so fast. Matt and I are having so much fun!!
Potty Training!
We have officially been potty training for a week now!! Camryn is doing great!
The first day we woke her up, put her in her big girl panties (putting them in a character they like helps a lot. She loves Dora and does not want to get her Dora panties dirty) and started pumping her full of liquids. She does not go to the bathroom first thing when she wakes up, which was surprising to me. We had our first accident about 10 minutes after she woke up. Thankfully she went on the paint drop clothes we laid on the living room floor. As soon as she had her accident we talked her through it while she was on her little potty. That was her only accident of the day!
We did not do any research on how to potty train, it was mainly what we had heard from friends. Some suggested having a timer that went off every so often but Cam did not like when it went off. She would tell me "mom I don't need to potty." I asked her all the time if she needed to go and she would always tell me no. She caught on so fast and whenever she needed to go she would tell me. The rest of the day was exhausting for me just because I felt like I needed to watch her all the time and ask her if she had to potty, I'm sure she thought I was crazy! But she did great, even at nap time and nighttime her pull up was dry. We decided we did not want to push our luck and left her in pull ups for nap and night time. We also gave her some kind of candy after every successful attempt which really seemed to help, along with lots of praise. I just love her reaction and seeing how proud she is of herself!
Tuesday she had an accident in the morning and that was it. We left the house for lunch and she actually told me at the restaurant she needed to potty. We went to the bathroom, she took care of business and did great. Her pull up was dry when we got home. This was also something I was not expecting her to pick up on so fast. And something I was not ready for...taking her to a public bathroom. I am so OCD but she is doing well with not touching anything.
The rest of the week she did perfect! Every time we were out and about she would tell me when she needed to go and we haven't had any more accidents! I was worried about Sunday and if she would tell the workers at church but she did! Now we hardly ask her if she has to go, she just tells us and loves the praise she gets after she goes. We are loving not having to buy diapers for the next month until Jaxson gets here!
We are so proud of Cam and hope it continues to go well. Our house is back to normal and she is in big girl panties whenever we are home. When we go out we are still putting her in pull ups, no reason to rush panties out and about. I really think it going so well had a lot to do with her being almost 25 months and being able to understand exactly what we wanted from her. We also introduced her to the big potty a few months ago and she had gone on it a few times so it was not something unknown to her. We also got her toddler potty around 18 months and we talked to her a lot about going on the potty before we actually started getting serious about it. She used the toddler potty the first few days but now is going on the big potty. It takes a lot out of everyone so make sure everyone is ready before you start out! It is a family effort! This was our experience with potty training and I am so thankful it went well! We are so proud of you Camryn!!
The first day we woke her up, put her in her big girl panties (putting them in a character they like helps a lot. She loves Dora and does not want to get her Dora panties dirty) and started pumping her full of liquids. She does not go to the bathroom first thing when she wakes up, which was surprising to me. We had our first accident about 10 minutes after she woke up. Thankfully she went on the paint drop clothes we laid on the living room floor. As soon as she had her accident we talked her through it while she was on her little potty. That was her only accident of the day!
We did not do any research on how to potty train, it was mainly what we had heard from friends. Some suggested having a timer that went off every so often but Cam did not like when it went off. She would tell me "mom I don't need to potty." I asked her all the time if she needed to go and she would always tell me no. She caught on so fast and whenever she needed to go she would tell me. The rest of the day was exhausting for me just because I felt like I needed to watch her all the time and ask her if she had to potty, I'm sure she thought I was crazy! But she did great, even at nap time and nighttime her pull up was dry. We decided we did not want to push our luck and left her in pull ups for nap and night time. We also gave her some kind of candy after every successful attempt which really seemed to help, along with lots of praise. I just love her reaction and seeing how proud she is of herself!
Tuesday she had an accident in the morning and that was it. We left the house for lunch and she actually told me at the restaurant she needed to potty. We went to the bathroom, she took care of business and did great. Her pull up was dry when we got home. This was also something I was not expecting her to pick up on so fast. And something I was not ready for...taking her to a public bathroom. I am so OCD but she is doing well with not touching anything.
The rest of the week she did perfect! Every time we were out and about she would tell me when she needed to go and we haven't had any more accidents! I was worried about Sunday and if she would tell the workers at church but she did! Now we hardly ask her if she has to go, she just tells us and loves the praise she gets after she goes. We are loving not having to buy diapers for the next month until Jaxson gets here!
We are so proud of Cam and hope it continues to go well. Our house is back to normal and she is in big girl panties whenever we are home. When we go out we are still putting her in pull ups, no reason to rush panties out and about. I really think it going so well had a lot to do with her being almost 25 months and being able to understand exactly what we wanted from her. We also introduced her to the big potty a few months ago and she had gone on it a few times so it was not something unknown to her. We also got her toddler potty around 18 months and we talked to her a lot about going on the potty before we actually started getting serious about it. She used the toddler potty the first few days but now is going on the big potty. It takes a lot out of everyone so make sure everyone is ready before you start out! It is a family effort! This was our experience with potty training and I am so thankful it went well! We are so proud of you Camryn!!
Big Girl Bed!!
Last weekend we moved Camryn to her big girl bed!! We were a little worried about how it would go but she is doing great!! She is such a good sleeper and it has not messed that up a bit! Every night she gets in bed, tells us she's all cozy (which is the cutest thing ever) then we read her favorite bed time book and pray. She is doing great and we are so proud of her!!
First morning after!!
Every morning after she wakes up she tells us "I did it!" She is so proud of herself!!
Alamo Bowl
A few days after Christmas we headed to my parents! We spent a week with them which was amazing! We usually only go for a few days so it was nice to just relax and hang out with everyone! We also went to the Alamo Bowl while we were that and got to see our Baylor Bears and the heisman winner RGIII! We are so proud of Baylor and the amazing season they had and are so glad we were there to watch Robert play his last game as a bear!! Once again I wish we would have taken more pictures of our time with my family but here are some from game day!
Coach Briles
Can you tell it is about 12:30 a.m. in this picture?? She was such a trooper and had so much fun! She cheered the whole game and if everyone started standing up she would yell at us (mainly me, it was a long day for this preggo mommy) to stand up! She is also a pro at doing Sic Em Bears and yelling Go Bears or Baylor Go. We just love her so much and are so glad we can take her to stuff like this with us!!
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