1 month old

Jaxon just turned 1 month old on 2/26. He is growing so big and becoming more alert. He is such a joy to have in our home. He gave me his first smile on Tuesday this week. When I tried to get pictures of him, he decided he was finished and would not even look at me. Luckily on Wednesday, I was prepared! I was able to get a picture of his first smiles. Here are a couple of them...

2 weeks old

One diaper, two diaper, three diaper, four...

This is how Jaxon likes to handle diaper changes. I change him, he poops in the clean diaper. I change him, he pees in the clean diaper and so on. I cannot just let him sit in a wet or soiled diaper so I find myself going through 2 or 3 diapers in one changing at least once a day.

He had his 2 week check up on Monday. He is 7lbs 1oz and 20 1/2 inches long. This means he is eating well. I can vouch for that...he eats every 2 to 3 hours.

We are discovering his likes and dislikes and have discovered we already have a bad habit that will need to be broke...

Likes...to be held, fed, changed, bathed, sleep with mom & dad

Dislikes...to be swadled, hungry, to poop, sleep in own bed

He had his first "real bath" last week. His nana got to come over and do the honors since she is a

pro at "spa days" with babies. Here are some cute pictures of his first REAL bath.

1 week old!

Wow, has it already been a week? Where has the time gone? Life with a newborn gives new meaning to "I lost track of time".

Shane was able to spend last week at home with us. It was so nice to wake up to my family every morning and spend the whole day with them...Tre of course had to go to school though. I really enjoyed my time with Shane and really miss him this week. He was a lot of help! Thank you Shane!

Tre was sick over the weekend which made it hard for me because I had Jaxon needing me, Tre needing me and me needing me. I felt bad because I didnt want him around the baby for fear he would get sick too. I missed having him hanging around with us. He is feeling better today so hopefully he can be around us more of course after his friend time.

We have had a few visitors and have had wonderful meals cooked for us. I want to thank everyone who brought us dinner, it was very thoughtful and much appreciated (and delicious).

I want to say THANK YOU to Jasmine for helping me through labor and the birth. I dont think I could have handled what we went through without her. Jaxon didnt tolerate the pitocin nor my right side very well. Every time they gave me pitocin, his heart rate would drop. Everytime I tried to lay on my right side, his heart rate would drop. I labored on my left side until the final half hour when Jaxon finally tolerated my right side (thankfully, he did because I was only numb on my left side from lying on it the whole time). I just kept reminding myself that she would not let anything happen to me or Jaxon. You are the best nurse I have ever had and I really appreciate you being there for us!

And finally, here are some pictures of our new addition...

Proud Dad!

Proud Big Brother!

Sitting up in boppy

His favorite binkie friend