April 12-19th, 2015

It's pretty amazing what happens to an infant in one single week of development.  He is growing stronger by the day and lifts his tiny head up.  His cry is growing stronger (not sure if I like that part) and he is spending quite a bit more time awake and looking around at the new world around him.  We started off this week at the doctor's for his 2 week checkup.  He did so well, even if he did not like his PKU test.  In the 25th percentile for his weight and height, he's doing great!  He has a little head at the 5th percentile but I think it's allowing him to lift it as much as he does.  He is so strong, kicking, wriggling, and well...crying.  I shutter to think of having that little muscle man inside of me kicking my ribs and other inner organs.  Poor Abby...I'm surprised she didn't have broken ribs for this little soccer player! 

My mother came up on Weds and we did a bit of shopping.  We got him a white noise maker, a monitor, and other such essentials.  Roger insisted on getting the video monitor...he's more paranoid than I am about keeping him safe sometimes.  I feel bad for Roger because when he's watching Jackson at night, he won't sleep if Jackson is sleeping.  He says, "Sometimes he's so quiet when he sleeps!  I can't tell if he's alright or not!"  What an over protective father he is. 

We had a few visitors throughout the week and my sister and law, Tara, stayed with us until Thursday so I could get some sleep.  Roger has been doing reviews for work and finals are next week in school (or is it the week after that?).  He's been so busy so I've been left by myself with Jackson for the most part these past few days.  He's been good for how old he is.  I'll be happy when he sleeps for more than 2 hours at a time.  He'll eat every two hours...on the dot.  You can set your watch to it.  Sometimes it takes him an hour to get cleaned up and fed before falling asleep again.  It doesn't matter if he took 15 mins or 2 hours to get back to sleep...once that 2 hours starts, he's ready to eat again!  I've been keeping him awake more in the day (or trying to) so he will spend most the night sleeping.  We'll have to see how it turns out.  I could just be trying to teach a pig to fly. 

I have a lot of videos this week!  I couldn't help getting videos of the little guy and lots of pictures.

This video is of a snide comment from the big bang theory.  It's the show I watch when I'm cleaning him up and feeding him because it's 20 mins per episode and that is usually how long it takes with Jackson.  In the clip, Penny's dad says, "I want grandchildren before I die and I want them to grow up in a house without wheels!"  Roger and I live in a mobile home while he is going to school to avoid ridicules rent and to be able to sell it when he gets a job somewhere in Utah.  Still...lol.

https://www.facebook.com/100009071403476/videos/1431887400456960/?pnref=story

This video is just of me trying to get him to wake up after feeding him.  When he is asleep, he's like trying to wake up a teenager to go to school!  There is nothing I can do to wake him up.  He does make some cute faces of him trying to ignore me though.

(Video malfunctioning.  Will upload at a later date)

One thing that I love, is that his cord fell off.  Now instead of a dying piece of flesh, he has a cute little button!  Roger goes on and on about how proud he is of his boy because it's an 'inny.'  I mean, I don't think he would have loved him less with an 'outy.'  I just think it's funny that he brags about it to everyone.

He also has been making the funniest faces.  Because he is awake, I get to take a lot of pictures!  If you ask me, he either looks surprised or shifty...  He might start smiling in these next few weeks!  We've had a few gas smiles, but I can't wait until he smiles for us!

We also had crazy weather this week!  70 degrees one day, the next was 6 inches of snow!  We didn't think it would stick!  But we had snow for two days before it cleared up again!  I was so excited to go out in his new stroller too for a nice walk...

Weds and Thursday, we had snow.  Friday we went and enjoyed the sun on green grass as we went to Kevin's track meet.  Kevin is a good friend of the family and one of Roger's best friends.  Kevin's friend David came over Friday night and held Jackson.  He was pretty freaked out about it and told us that he had never held a baby before in his life! 

 David holding Jackson

 Jackson, Brad, Natalie and I went to the track meet. Blue skies!

 Jackson 'enjoying the sun.'  More like hiding away in his homemade tent.



Brad with Jackson's hoodie on his head.  Almost a perfect fit!


Now, I won't lie and tell you I've not had tears.  When you don't get more than an hour sleep at a time, it tends to play on your emotions.  But most of the time, they are happy, frustrated tears. "Oh Jackson, why won't you go back to sleep?  ...why do you have to be so adorable and beautiful?!?" *sob sob sob*  My poor husband 'put me down for a nap' one evening and he was going to watch him.  I started crying because I missed Jackson while I was in the other room and had Roger come bring him in the bedroom to hold him.  I'm not proud of my silly tears, but I am grateful for the experience.  I never thought I could be a mother to such a perfect and wonderful child (even if he does pee on me sometimes).  I hope that this upcoming finals week, I'll be able to hold strong for Roger so he can have time to study and get his homework done!  My house might be a mess right now, but the baby is happy!  That is all that matters!  Laundry can be caught up later!  ...Or right now...*Goes to change over laundry*