2 months

Jax turned two months old on Monday. He went to the doctor to get his shots. It was awful. In reality he only cried for about 15 minutes and seemed to have forgotten the whole thing by the time we got home; but when the needle went in my baby's leg and that little blood droplet oozed out I almost cried. Luckily I held it together and just picked him up and patted his little back. He weighed 12 pounds and was 23 and a half inches long. That puts him in the 65th percentile for height and the 53rd for weight.








One Month Two Months

Since he is two months old I decided we should try letting him sleep in his own room so we could get more sleep. Yeah right, I think I was half awake all night worrying about him. His room shares a wall with ours and he is probably no more than 20 feet away when he's in there but I missed him! I had the monitor on the night stand listening for every breath. How did I become this person. I never thought I would be a worrying mom, I thought I would be "cool". Being a mom sure changes a person. Jackson did very well in his crib. He has been sleeping from 8pm to 3am but last night he got up at 1am, 3am, and 6am. I think that is pretty good for his first night in the crib. We'll see how tonight goes.

I also went bra shopping since I'll have to return to work in a few weeks and I don't think the nursing camisoles I have been wearing will be appropriate at work. Let's just say that my new bra size is not something I would have ever imagined buying. They are certainly nothing you would ever see a Victoria's Secret model wearing but not bad for nursing bras. Motherhood was having a sale, buy 3 get one free, so I ended up with 3 work bras and a sports bra for $60.

So many new adventures as a mom!

Jax's new hat

I just picked up this hat today, it still has the tag on in this photo, for Lizzy Beachum's soccer game on Saturday. I think he should be the Old Navy baby hat model!

the ceiling fan

Jackson loves to look at the ceiling fan as I suppose most babies do. Here is a video I took on my phone.

the definition of crazy

We have lived in our house for four years and yet we waited until we had a 6 week old baby to decide to put it on the market. So for the last 2 weeks we have been painting, cleaning, and packing boxes. I have learned to do many tasks while carrying Jackson in his Bjorn. I painted the downstairs bathroom while Keith was at work, it took me all day to do about an hour's worth of painting but I got it done. Yesterday the photographer came and I had run all around the house, with Jax strapped to me, moving things where they would look best not to mention capture the world's worst dogs and keep them outside while he was in and vice versa. We have to keep the house clean and "show ready" at all times now. What kind of crazy people sign up to this with a new baby? I barely have time to brush my hair let alone keep the house spot less! Wish us well friends.

and a baby picture to keep people interested

Happy Valentine's Day

Today I did a little photo shoot with Jax. I know at least one of my blog readers is MUCH better at photography than I am but since my baby is so cute I'll keep posting my attempts at photography and hope his cuteness makes up for my lack of skills.










When I showed Keith the pictures he said, "is he wearing a suit". Like it was unreasonable that our six week old baby would be posing in a little suit.

little baby in a big bed

Don't worry, I know the dangers of letting babies sleep with you. Jackson sleeps swaddled in his bassinet in our room but sometimes I can sneak in a few extra minutes of sleep by putting him in bed with me in the morning. On Sunday Jackson enjoyed a snooze with Mama and Daddy for about an hour and we snapped these pictures because we thought he looked like he was really enjoying having that big bed to himself.

My favorite photo so far

Keith captured this face during "tummy time" a few days ago. His little fist and furrowed brow looks like he is ready to scold us.