Jack: Three Months Old

Jack is full of smiles.

• He is fitting quite nicely into all of his cloth diapers
• His favorite time of the day is between 8am-noon. He is super happy then. I like it. Makes it worth not being able to go back to sleep.
• He is sleeping in his crib in his own room and he likes it. We do too.
• We dont know how big he is but he sure has grown!
• He loves just laying on a quilt in the middle of the room staring at the ceiling fan.
• Still not using pacifiers much, he doesnt like them. But he does enjoy my boobs. He uses them as pacifiers.. which can be sort of annoying at times.
• He can hold his head up when youre holding him and has been able to for a few weeks now. Such a strong little guy.
• He doesnt like to be awake and in the backseat by himself in the car.. which is great when Neil is driving.. not so much when its just me and him.
• He's already been on a plane and he's been to Florida three separate times! He was an awesome baby on the plane. All the folks at Southwest helped out a super ton!
• Its official the blue eyes are gone. They are now greennnnnishhazel. Hoping they stay that way!

If you want to see his three month photos Autumn took the other day go here! They are awesome!

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Grey Skies + Sunshine Quilt!

Its finished!!! Jack's baby quilt is quilted, bound and being put to good use!

The backing is 3 pillow cases by Alexander Girard I got from a thrift store in Birmingham last May. They retail for like $40 for 2 (RIDICULOUS!) and I got them for like 7 and I still have a ton left over.. since I bought all they had since I didnt have plans for it at the time. The binding is the back of the pillow cases and its like my favorite fabric ever. Just my style.



I used Made- By- Rae storytime square quilt pattern. I really liked it and i think it would be super easy with a charm pack. I still have some Nicey Jane charm packs I need to use..perhaps it will be a future project

Ive been wanting to do a yellow + grey quilt for a while. But... I didnt want to give it away. I got pregnant and voila! BAM! I could keep it and it was gender neutral so it would be for my girl or my boy.

Im just glad its done! Wootie Woot!

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Jack: Two Months Old

Oh Boy! My little boy is growing up so fast on his dad and I. Its nuts how big he is.. and to think women still pop babies out his size. I bow down to any of them that do and I am still thankful for my little 5 pounder. I sure do miss him being so tiny though.

Here are his stats from his 2 month appointment a few days ago:

Weight: 10 lbs. Solid.

Height: 21.5

and his head circumference is 37.

Which puts him in the 15% for weight 8% for height and 4 for head. Poor guy. Im glad he was early but I want to know that hes not so low. I know he isnt and its just because he was born a whole month early but still.. At this appointment he also got his shots and thank the lord Neil was able to take leave this week since the inlaws are in town and he was able to go with me. If theres one thing in life I dont like its needles and seeing them poke my little guy well I just didnt want to do that so Neil took that role. Surprisingly little Jack only squealed a tiny bit and then he was out. For like the rest of the day.

A few things Ive learned this past month:

1. It is possible for a newborn to stay awake from 9am til 11pm. CRAZY! He STILL woke up at 4:30am to get his grub on.
2. Breastfeeding is going awesome still. I am so very thankful he is a good feeder
3. Jack isnt someone you really want to take on a road trip. Hes fine once you get there but once nightfall settles in he isnt a happy camper.
4. Neil and Jack have a special "whooo" language. The other night they had a whole conversation "whoo'ing" at eachother. It was pretty much the cutest thing ever.
5. Jack is becoming WAY more responsive and awake. Its awesome.
6. I dont want his eyes to change colors. But.. they are. I miss the blue already.
7. He has a lot of family and non related family back from in Florida that love him. I already knew this but.. I think after having seen him with everyone its SUPER obvious.
8. Jack likes to see everything. He really liked when I hold his back to me so he can see all 180 degress.
9. His frowny face is still the cutest ever.
10. He likes dances. He has been to two so fat and hasnt been too cranky at all.
11. He DOES get really cranky around 4ish 5 and that time is no fun.

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Deal Pulp has a fun deal today!

Today Deal Pulp has something I think is super neat. They are magnetic blocks and I think my little Jackster is going to love them once he is old enough to play with them. I totally got one and I want the one of the colored blocks. Check them out at tegu.com. And for the deal click under the photo!

Deal Pulp!

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Jack: One Month Old

Jack is a month old! Well, technically today he's one month and one day old but.. who's counting. Last weekend I got to celebrate my first mothers day as a mama. Its crazy still that one day little Jack is going to call me Mama. He's probably going to call me lots of other things in his life too but Ill only focus on the positive for now. ;) I decided to end my journey with little Jack. I think this series turned out pretty darned well. Its pretty neat to see the progression.

As my first month as a mom I learned...

•  The Iphone app Total Baby is the best invention ever. 
• Babies grow. Quickly too! I took him to get weighed today and he weighed in at an awesome 7lb 2 oz. WHOA baby! Slow down.
• Growth Spurts arent fun when babies arent exactly on the boob full time.
• They are much better without nipple shields
• Breastfeeding without the nipple shield is much better then with it, man i hate that thing.
• Jack has the cutest pout ever.
• Im not a fan of disposables. Weve moved on to cloth (finally!)
• Cloth is pretty good so far.
• Jack likes baths.
• His eyes are still slate blue and they are beautiful. Im hoping they wont change even though I know they will.
• His hair is turning a bit more gingery every day.
• Im sad he's not 5 lbs anymore. I want to keep him small.
• His startle reflex is super cute.. and he gets startled by everything!
• His pout is seriously THE CUTEST THING EVER
• Ive learned how to eat with my left hand.
• How to surf the net on my phone while pumping.
• It drives me crazy when LJ spits up. Not because I have a mess to clean up but ... because he's wasting that precious milk I pumped out for him!

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Jack: Week Three

This week has been an interesting one.

• We had our first solo shopping trip- we ALMOST made it through the whole trip without him getting hungry.
• I love target. Not for the awesomeness that IS target but that they have starbucks and starbucks has HOT water for these bottles.
• He's like the cutest ever when you take the bottle out and he keeps sucking like its in there still.
• When he's searching for my boob and flings his head left to right.. that comes in as a tie to him and the lack of bottle sucking
• Still a big fan of this nipple shield but he can feed without it. He just continues to hate my right boobage.
• GROWTH SPURT- kid is eating like he wont ever eat again! Which really caught us off guard.
• Neil is a good dad but he can sleep through anything which isnt good when its HIS turn with the kiddo.
• Preemie diapers hate us. Hopefully the cloth (once he fits into them) will be WAY better and leak less. Youd think being preemie and all there would be no leaking issues but no. BAH!
• He smiles more than any 3 weeker I know.

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Gourmet Gift Baskets Review & Giveaway!

My goodness Easter flew by so quickly! I was lucky enough to get to review a Classic Easter Bunny Basket from Gourmet Gift Baskets in time for Easter. I got it in the mail super quick- it just happened that a few days later my water broke and  didnt really have any time to enjoy it until now. It is so cute and pretty perfect. Its not too big and not too small. Plus the bunny that was inside is in the cute side as well.

 

Here's what was inside:

Super cute Easter bunny

Dots

Twizzlers

Gourmet Jelly Beans

Nerds

A chocolate rabbit (an Easter basket standard!)

M&Ms and 

some blue Peeps.

My husband and I were pretty pleased with everything inside- though neither of us are fans of Peeps. I think were the only two people in the world who arent fans.. not even of the chocolate covered ones. My favorite was definitely the Dots. I love me some Dots!

Over all I was very pleased with the basket. It had just enough stuff inside and it wasnt all too too Easter'y. Which I think is good for most people since not everyone loves Easter candy specifically. Now that I know about them I think I will definitely be using them in the future. Gourmet Gift Baskets have a T O N of different baskets for everyone. I like that they have baskets that offer fruit and organic produce. They also have military baskets to send overseas to our awesome guys and gals over there. I will totally be using them in the future for all my far away gift needs. :)

To take a look at all of their basket offerings check out their website here:

Gourmet Gift Baskets

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Jack: Week Two

What Ive learned this week:

• I can do this!
• Jack has T H E cutest cough ever. Like seriously.. its adorable.
• I am THAT mom that opts for the photo of her son peeing on himself during a photo shoot rather than help him not get it in his mouth. Poor guy. Oh well. Its one of my favorites of him. Is that sad?
• Cluster feeding is no fun.
• The boobie shield is probably like the best thing ever. Its totally helping him latch which makes me a happy mama.
• Dad is becoming an expert in the ways of swaddling.
• I love the way dad looks at you.. and me for that matter.
• I am still growing more in love with Neil as the days go on. Strange youre supposed to fall more in love with you baby as days go on. Im ok being in love with both of them. They are the absolute best things in the world and I seriously cannot imagine my life without either one of them.
• I like Neil being at home, not at work.
• Jack is the model Ive been waiting for. Ive done so much with him already and I cant wait for more. I sure hope he doesnt hate me.. or the camera when he's older.
• His breastfeeding poops arent as bad as I anticipated they were going to be. Neil makes it to be a lot worse than it is though.
• His little coos are the sweetest thing.

Also I finally got around to posting some more photos I have taken of him since he arrived. Go to my photography website to see them!

More photos of Jack!

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Jack: Week One

My goodness. I am a mother. Neil is a father. We are parents.

Jack decided to enter this lovely world a bit earlier than we thought. Eventually Ill blog about the amazing birth of Jack Romeo!

April 12, 2011

5 lbs 7 oz

20 in

100% Awesomeness

In one week I've learned:

• that its true, you'll never know true love til you pop one out.
• that some babies dont know how to breath AND breastfeed right after popping out.
• breastfeeding is hard work, especially with tiny mouths.
• Im 10,000 times more in love with Neil than I was before.
• hospital food is not that good.
• late nights arent that bad.
• jaundice is no fun.
• cutting off penis' is no fun.
• feeling helpless is no fun.
• stringy poop is really strange.
• he props himself up in the cutest way.
• Jack has awesome pee range. All over the sheets, over his head. Twice.
• I dont want him to grow. I like him being 5 lbs.
• youre never truly prepared for a new being coming into your life.
• after 4 nights in a hospital I really love my bed.
• I have the cutest son in the world.

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Wordless Wednesday | Dreaming of the Summer

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