Week 10

Last weekend we had a great time with Aunt Renee coming to town. On Wed we went over to Thelma's and had spaghetti with the whole fam. It was a great time. On Friday night Andy and I had a date and we went to Rebo's and had martinis at Bada Bings. It was nice to have a little mommy and daddy time. On Saturday we went to Amy and Ron's house to watch the Iowa game. Andy smoked a brisket all day and it was amazing! Sunday we went to Steve and Roxanne's house for an open house for Renee. It was a family filled weekend.

So this week Jamison is 10 weeks old! I took him to the weigh clinic and he weighed 10lbs 2 oz which was the same weight that he was last week. The nurse said that I shouldn't be concerned because he has steadily gained weight up until now. I will definitely take him next week to make sure he has gained weight.

Jamison has been doing new things all the time. It is so amazing. He is now watching the mobile, he looks at himself in the mirror and he is fascinated. He has also started to try and suck his thumb. He is smiling and cooing a lot more. I think that he will be a morning person because he loves the morning and he is super talkative.

We have also planned Jamison's Baptism at Sunnybrook Community Church and it will be Jan. 10 if anyone is able to make it. I am sure we will post pics on the blog if you are unable to make it. Well I hope everyone has a good Halloween I will post pics from our halloween on my next post.

2 months old

Jamison is 2 months old now! I can't believe how fast he is growing. On Monday I took him to the St Luke's weigh clinic and he weighed 10lbs 2 oz and on Tuesday he had his 2 month appt and he weighed 10 lbs 5 oz and he was 22 1/4 inches long. Since it was his 2 month appt he had all of his shots too. He was not happy after he got his shots and it made me really sad...I cried with him. On the plus side the doc said that he is developing normally and she even called him the perfect baby. He has been sleeping 7 hours every night and it has been nice for me. I haven't needed a nap in weeks.

Today we are excited because we get to meet Great Aunt Renee for the first time. We are going to Great Grandma Thelma's tonight for spaghetti. Also at 4 we are meeting Sue Stanek our in home daycare lady. She is really excited to meet little Jamison. I have posted a pic of Jamison in a cute halloween outfit. We got him a hot dog costume for halloween.

8 weeks

Last Tuesday Jamison was 8 weeks old. I can't believe how fast he is growing! The last time I took him to the weigh clinic he was 9lbs 12 oz and he was 22 inches long! He is also starting to grasp things because he likes to pull mommys hair and necklaces. He is also holding his head up really well now but not all the time quite yet. I can also tell that he really likes to listen to people and he is smiling more and saying words like ah-goo. I love it when he talks to me!

Last weekend we went to Ohio and it was an amazing trip. It was an 18 hour drive on the way out there and on the way back with all the stops we had to make for Jamison to be fed and changed. We stayed the night both times. On the way out we stayed at a Holiday Inn Express in Le Roy, Illinois and on the way back we stayed in Iowa City with Rick and Gail. (Andy's aunt and uncle) The drive went really well...Jamison only cried the last hour when we were driving to Ohio and he was a little more fussy on the way back but he was a busy little boy last weekend. He got to see both sets of my grandparents and all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins on my mom's side. He got so many cute clothes. We had such a great time and it was really good to see my family again. Everyone loved meeting Jamison!

While we were in Ohio Andy and I got to see the Wright Brothers Mansion in Dayton, OH. It was huge and it was great to hear about the history of the Wright Brothers. We also saw the world's second oldest plane that the Wright brothers had made. The world's oldest plane is in the Smithsonian in DC.

Next week we have Jamison's immunizations appt so I will let you know how that goes. Oh and I am going back to work Nov. 17 so I'm sure it will be bittersweet. I really think that I will have the so called "mommy guilt". I will always wonder is someone else taking as good of care as what I did and when he cries is someone attentive to his needs? I know that eventually I have to go back to work and I'm sure it will be hard at first but hopefully it gets better as time goes on.

6 weeks!

Our little boy is 6 weeks old this week. I can't believe how big he is getting! I took him to the St Luke's weigh clinic on Monday and he was 9lbs 7 oz. On Tuesday I had my 6 week doctor appt and I finally have no more restrictions. That is really nice to be able to lift more weight and finally go workout! Today Andy is getting home early from work so I can go workout at four seasons while he watches Jamison.

Jamison likes to go shopping with mommy. Yesterday we took our first shopping trip to Gap and old navy and of course the little guy got a few new things. Today we went grocery shopping and he did very well with both outings.

I have also noticed that Jamison has been cooing and really listening to us when we talk. It is so cute! Last weekend was our first road trip with the little guy and he did awesome. It was a 5 hour trip to Pierre, SD and we only had to stop once on the way out to feed him and once on the way back. He was so good at the wedding too. I was a bridesmaid in my friend Sara's wedding and Andy really helped out when I wasn't able to be there. He is an amazing dad! This little road trip helped prepare us for our next road trip to Ohio next weekend. We are super excited to go out there and see all of our relatives and my parents.

Tonight is Steve's birthday so they are coming over for pizza and to see Jamison. Tomorrow night we are going on a date and Grandma and Grandpa Gould will be watching him. We will go eat somewhere and probably go to Octoberfest. Well I will try and post some pics later. I hope everyone has a great weekend!