my 28th birthday… by Jessica

today is my 28th birthday.  it also apparently the limit of my brain capacity.  when baby levi woke up from his nap at 11:00 this morning i thought to myself “ah, perfect.  it’s time for him to eat.”  i went to get him from his crib.  i changed his diaper.  i brought him to the living room to hang out.  then i decided we need to water the garden.  then he started fussing.  a lot.  i couldn’t figure out why he was fussy!  i checked his diaper.  i checked his clothes to make sure nothing was pinching him.  i bounced him and rocked him and for 30 minutes he cried!  so i put him in his swing to see if that would calm him and i took the trash out.  when i came back in i took one look at him and realized i had forgotten to feed him at 11:00!!!  poor little boy was crying for almost 40 minutes and i never once thought “hmm, maybe he’s hungry.”  it was very weird and definitely the first time that has ever happened.  so i fed him and he was perfectly happy.  and i don’t feel too bad, because i know that he probably wasn’t starving.  i just feel a little ditzy!

so other than that, my birthday has been delightful.  it is 1:00 in the afternoon and we are both still in our pj’s.  we don’t do this often.  even though i stay at home with the baby i still am intentional about getting a shower and getting dressed every day (unless i know i’m going to be doing a lot of cleaning that day).  i got a lot of shopping money, which is awesome because i very much need some new clothes to go with my new bod.  the baby weight is gone, but everything is in a new place!  jon did a great job with my birthday presents.  i got a rain jacket, kit kats, and a flip camcorder!  i’m so excited!  i wanted to get one before the baby was born, but i was slack about it and then we kind of ran out of time.  oh, and he also got me the new Harry Potter movie,  which i have not seen yet because i was hugely pregnant when it was in theaters and i couldn’t comfortably sit through a whole movie at one time.  i can’t wait to watch it!

A few random thoughts… by Jessica

Last week Jon reminded me that I pretty much have it made from April 29 through May 24 in that April 29 is my birthday, somewhere in the middle is Mother’s Day, and May 24 is our anniversary.  Score!

Speaking of Mother’s Day, I am SO excited about my first Mother’s Day.  Like I need another excuse to take my baby out and show off how adorable he is.

Speaking of how adorable Levi is, yesterday Jon was holding him and saying “ahhh!” to him repeatedly.  Levi surprised us by mimicking Jon’s “ahhh!”‘s  almost perfectly over and over again.  We were so proud and amused one (or both) of us may (or may not) have teared up a little (or a lot).

Speaking of being proud and amused, check out this video of Levi’s new trick!

http://youtu.be/Ymv6o6xpqhM

I’m out of segues, so I guess that’s it for the random thoughts!

Easter… by Jon

We went down to Waxhaw to celebrate Easter this year.  We went down on Friday with Aunt Amy along for the ride.  Levi slept the whole time down I am pretty sure.  We arrived in time for some of the best enchiladas of my life.  Seriously.  Andrea was down for the weekend as well.  It’s always good to see her.  After dinner we watched Prince Caspian.  Not sure who all made it through all of the movie but we finally finished it up.  Jessica and Grandpa Bruce headed to bed after while the rest of us stayed up and talked.  I am pretty sure we were getting delirious and laughing at just about anything that we said.

Saturday morning started with coffee and cinnamon rolls.  They are always delicious when Nana makes them.  She is such a wonderful cook!  After breakfast Bruce and I headed out to cut down a few trees for a family friend.  Bruce let me do the honors.  I love making chainsaw music with a saw with a new chain.  After we took down the first tree (the larger one) we limbed it and cut it into sections so we could drag it up out of the woods with the Bronco so it would be easier to cut up into firewood.  Only one injury was sustained on the second to last log we dragged out as my thumb got smashed in between a metal bar and a tree.  Did not feel so great (It’s much better now).  We headed home for a bite to eat then we came back to take down the other tree.  That one went down without incident.  Finally the work got to us and we were dragging on so we decided to head home.  During our time cutting down trees, the girls did some shopping and visit with friends.  All in all it was a good Saturday afternoon.

Saturday evening was Easter Dinner.  This made Sunday much less stressful for Nana.  Again Nana made a wonderful meal that we all probably ate too much of.  Ham, hash brown casserole, corn casserole, and plenty of other delicious food.   After cleanup we put in another movie, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and again some of us did not make it all the way through.  We all went to bed after this one because we were worn out.

Sunday morning was church.  It was a good message.  Not one I was used to hearing, but it was good.  I was also distracted by the little bundle of cuteness that we had with us.  After church we headed home for leftovers from the meal the night before.  We all crashed at one point.  6 adults and one baby all napping at the same time.  It must have been a miracle.  We headed home around 4PM and took the scennic/less traffic route back home.  I was happy that we went that way because we had hardly any traffic.  Levi slept the entire way home again.  This kid tends to enjoy his car rides.

All in all it was a wonderful weekend celebrating the Death and Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ.  I am glad that we were able to be with family that we love!

Mr. Two-Month Old!!

On Monday Levi had his 2-month birthday & his 2-month doctor’s appointment.

He weighed in at 12.5 lbs and measured 23.2 inches.  Big boy!  The every 3-hour feedings are paying off!

Levi is such a laid back little boy.  He is generally happy throughout the day.  He fusses occasionally, which is fine because he almost never really cries.  Like I said, he eats every 3 hours during the day and usually has a short nap between every feeding.  At night we put him in bed at 8:30 and he puts himself to sleep.  It’s great!  Then I wake him at 10:30 to top him up before I go to bed.  Then he sleeps soundly for several hours, wakes up once to nurse, and then goes right back to sleep.  Then we both get up around 8:00.  It’s going really well!  He is a healthy, happy little boy.

Tummy time!

Hello!

Well I decided today would be a good day to start a family blog.  Will we keep up with it?  I really don’t know.  Blogging is a funny thing.  I usually never know what to write about or I get distracted with 1,000 other things that I usually tend to forget.

So here goes nothing!