tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9276838618326670202024-03-18T23:44:20.926-05:00Life Behind the IvySusannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-66266467211209009982013-12-27T07:30:00.000-06:002013-12-27T07:30:00.585-06:0011 months<br />
Oh my goodness is 11 months fun! I think the word for this age is curious! Jackson is no longer content to sit around all the time he wants to MOVE! I think I always knew he would be like this. Even when he was "sitting still" he was never actually still. He used to kick his legs continuously even when he couldn't roll over.<br />
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Now, he is using those legs to get himself all over the house and into everything! He knows the word No and what he is not supposed to touch. I really try to only use this for things that are actually a safety hazard (such as cords/ electrical sockets which just happen to be his favorite play toy!) He will stop and look at me when I say no, then smile, then go back to doing exactly what he was doing! YIKES the toddler years may be trying! </div>
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Other than that we are just constantly on the go. Jackson is sitting himself up! He actually started over Thanksgiving when we were in Dallas. It totally startled me to put him down for a nap in his crib, turn on the humidifier then turn around and he was sitting up! About a week later he learned he could pull himself up in the crib and elsewhere. So we have lowered the crib and baby proofed the house! Now he is pulling up on everything. . . mainly the dog food bowls! They are his new favorite toy : / so I am working on figuring out how to baby proof the dog bowls....</div>
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Between his first flight and all the new milestones we have also had two top teeth come in, so we've gone from 1 tooth at 8 months to 4 at 11 months! Phew! Thank goodness he sleeps through them, but if only I could get him to eat when his teeth hurt. </div>
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I really love this age- yes it is more tiring and yes I have to watch everything he is doing (lest he end up trying to eat the dog food... oops that happened!) but its SO fun to watch him explore and be able to move and get to what he wants. Watching him in front of the Christmas tree is so fun, and I've put lots of fun bows on the presents and he will sit there for a long time inspecting them all :)</div>
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Christmas at this age is perfect! Old enough to get involved in some things but not quite old enough to throw temper tantrums :) </div>
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30.5 inches long</div>
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20 lbs 1 oz (yay for putting on some weight)</div>
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-64454409369740482732013-12-25T07:30:00.000-06:002013-12-25T07:30:02.005-06:00Merry Christmas!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have been inside a lot with all this cold weather and our days have been pretty funny. Just had to share this collage as it pretty much summed up our day last week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jackson has found the dog food bowls and really LOVES to play with the water and eat the food. .. AWESOME</div>
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Sam's got rice in his hair from sitting underneath the high chair for EVERY meal</div>
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And jackson working on his pulling up skills/ eat my boot skills- both are progressing nicely! </div>
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I think we move through every room in the house now just to avoid cabin fever. We've been getting out more but for a few days there it was just TOO COLD! </div>
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-17793846470039096362013-12-20T07:30:00.000-06:002013-12-20T07:30:03.886-06:00Jackson meets SantaWell, if I'm being honest this is actually attempt #3. . . yes, I'm THAT mom.<br />
I just really want to get a smiling picture (or I mean if he is going to cry I'll take that too) but these blank stares aren't fun at all!<br />
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So we went to Bering's, our local get it all store for pictures last weekend and I think we got a few winners<br />
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LOVE- wish it weren't just on my iPhone :(</div>
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Merry Christmas everyone!!Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-5427140214314804962013-12-18T07:30:00.000-06:002013-12-18T07:30:02.700-06:00Christmas decor! <br />
I don't have many new Christmas decorations but they have all been a little rearranged this year. Mostly for the breakable or dangerous things to avoid little hands. I haven't taken many pictures of my decor because well, I've been taking pictures of my baby (who's barely a baby anymore!!) :)<br />
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But this is probably my new favorite decoration</div>
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And its about as simple as it comes. It is a strand of 100 multi color lights stuffed into my big glass vase, but I can't stop looking at it!</div>
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Oh and I can't stop looking at this either- how cute is he?<br />
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-39488829482662711732013-12-16T07:30:00.000-06:002013-12-16T07:30:01.511-06:00ThanksgivingSo clearly a little late as well but I felt like it was important to mention Thanksgiving because it was Jackson's first flight and he and I did it alone!! I was so nervous, not so much about the flight but the whole getting through security/ airport with a baby and keeping him entertained. But he really did great.<br />
We had a bit of a rough take off because it was pouring when we left and he looked pretty terrified. He just let me cradle him and sing (quietly) to him the whole take off (while eating a bottle to keep his ears open). After we got up in the air he really did great! he was super happy and talking to the guy sitting next to us. He was a little antsy towards the end but I think it went well!<br />
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Thank goodness as flight #2 is coming up too and it's a bit longer. I really wanted to go on this flight as a test flight so I would know what to expect. We celebrated in Dallas with my family and it was so fun. Flew by so fast between cooking and nap times and other family events.<br />
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Waiting on our <i>slightly</i> delayed plane</div>
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Checking out the wine list at dinner. . .</div>
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And testing his choice. ..well the glass at least (sweet baby Jackson consumed no alcohol in the tasting of this picture)</div>
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P cutting my turkey! It's the first time I've ever made the Thanksgiving turkey and I think it turned out pretty well! </div>
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Jackson's 1st experience with Santa went well- no big smiles but no crying either! </div>
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Jackson working on some of his presents </div>
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-33562802862382216182013-12-13T07:30:00.000-06:002013-12-13T07:30:01.021-06:0010 monthsSorry for the lack of posts lately- we've been traveling and celebrating Thanksgiving and now I'm just relishing Jackson's first Christmas. . . and trying to smoosh all the fun stuff into these 3 weeks!<br />
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But before I completely forget, or get too far behind, Jackson turned 10 months old in November.<br />
Ten months has been a pretty marked difference from 9 months. If the word for 9 months was content the word for 10 is crawling!<br />
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Jackson still army crawls but he GETS AROUND! He is no longer content to just sit for very long. The only problem now is that he crawls everywhere but still hasn't quite figured out how to sit himself back up when he gets where he wants to be. It has created a lot of frustration for him. He can physically sit himself up he just doesn't really understand how he's doing it so he can't just sit up when he wants to. He is SOO close though, I can just tell.<br />
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He is still so happy and easy going which has been amazing! And even with top tooth #1 coming in right at 10 months sleeps through the night every night. Jackson apparently doesn't like to let anything get in the way of his sleep. He will cry and whine about his teeth hurting during the day, he won't eat but he always sleeps! It is a blessing truly because mommy needs her sleep!<br />
Now if only I could get him to eat so he would gain a little more weight it would be great!<br />
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Probably my favorite shot- so indicative of his personality- inspecting everything carefully<br />
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And then of course testing it out :) </div>
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Stats:<br />
29.75" long<br />
18 lbs 6 oz<br />
2.5 teeth (#3 is about to come in)<br />
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Favorite things:<br />
SAM! Hands down, his favorite thing<br />
waving, but not just with one hand, he likes to go with the double wave and its hysterical<br />
inspecting mom and dad's faces- mainly lips and noses<br />
musical toys<br />
lights/ fans- he is mesmerized<br />
his reflection! Jackson has not met a mirror he didn't like :)<br />
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-79119217172552613372013-11-14T07:30:00.000-06:002013-11-14T07:30:02.728-06:00Dallas tripA few weeks ago we took a trip to Dallas to see family and go to the State Fair of Texas. I grew up in Dallas so the State Fair was just a given. We went every year and I am pretty much obsessed! So we had to take Jackson, although technically, not his first time, it was the first time he could really see and experience it! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year at the State Fair, 22 weeks pregnant, and this was just days before Big Tex burned down due to an electrical glitch :( </div>
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And this is what you get. Baby completely content and happy, Jackson wanting to eat mulch and just look confused as to why he's here and big toddler playing with sticks and accidentally poking himself in the eye with it. . .hence his poor red eye! haha we were a mess by the end of it but we made it and have some cute and funny pictures as a consolation! </div>
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Jackson,<br />
Hi sweet boy! I feel l should ask you how you are feeling because we have been sick a lot this month. Both of us. It hasn't been fun at all but I do relish your sweet cuddles when you don't feel well. You are still pretty cuddly and love being held but you have defintiely become much more independent this month. You started army crawling and it is so fun to watch you explore. You love to find the absolute tiniest spec of dirt or dog food, inspect it and try to eat it :) You are also learning some boundaries, like what things we shouldn't pull on (the dog's bucket of toys) because they will fall on you and hurt. It took just one time for you to learn that. I told dad we were going to have to move them (and probably still will) but you know not to pull it over anymore! It's amazing how fast your brain works. And while you are definitely crawling when you want something, you still like to sit and observe. I read in a book that some babies are crawlers and some are observers. While you crawl when you really want to, you are usually content to play with the toys you've got or observe everything. Content is probably the word I use most to describe your personality. And happy! Oh my goodness are you happy. Your giggles send me over the moon. These days Sam is probably what has you laughing and smiling most often! I hope you are always this happy and content. Your spirit is contagious. It's amazing to me all the people you can get to smile and laugh with you! We have had more conversations with random people at restaurants, in grocery stores and just walking around about what a happy baby you are :) I can't believe we are closing in on the 1 year mark! It has gone so fast, I'm just trying to take it all in before you are a walking/ talking/ independent toddler! Lots of love, mom!<br />
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SAM!! You love to watch him and try to crawl to him to touch his paws. You have also taken to looking out the patio door windows with him :)<br />
waving<br />
clapping for yourself! Especially after you eat something<br />
mommy- you've been having a little mommy separation anxiety but I don't mind :)<br />
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mirrors- love to look at yourself still! (And you love seeing pictures of yourself too!!)Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-18692687079705664192013-10-31T07:30:00.000-05:002013-10-31T07:30:05.433-05:00Happy HalloweenHappy Halloween from my super Jack!!!<br />
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No trick or treating for Jackson this year but that doesn't mean he can't have a fun costume right?!?!Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-81530571892958780262013-10-24T07:30:00.000-05:002013-10-24T07:30:01.887-05:00Pumpkin PatchPlease indulge me and let me show you pictures of the cutest baby boy EVER in the pumpkins last week! Our church has a BIG blowout pumpkin patch so we went to take pictures. When we went there were actually not many pumpkins and I was thinking, man they are going to run out early this year! Then the next week they replenished. . . . with 1900 new pumpkins! So, um, not the best timing but the weather was perfect so I jumped at the opportunity :)<br />
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-52596152315834497442013-10-22T07:30:00.000-05:002013-10-22T07:30:04.250-05:00Southwestern Sweet potatoes<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Y'all!! You must try this recipe, its really easy and didn't require any crazy ingredients! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4 large sweet potatoes<br />1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil<br />1 lb spicy turkey sausage<br />1/2 C frozen corn<br />1/2 C black beans, drained and rinsed<br />1/2 tsp chili powder<br />1 tsp paprika<br />1/2 tsp salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 C shredded Colby Jack cheese</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prick potatoes with a fork in multiple spots. Place on foil lined, rimmed baking sheet and bake for about 1 hour or until soft in the middle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In a large skillet, heat olive oil. Add turkey sausage and cook until no pink remains. Reduce heat to medium and add black beans and corn and all spices (chili powder, paprika, salt and pepper). Mix and cook 5-6 minutes. Remove from heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Remove sweet potatoes from oven. With a knife, slice the potatoes lengthwise from tip to tip. Using tongs (the potatoes are hot!), hold the sweet potato in place. Take a fork and mash the insides of the potato until completely mashed. Repeat for each potato. Spoon sausage mixture into the top of the potatoes, working it into the sides a bit. Top each potato with a sprinkle of cheese. </span></div>
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Throw the potatoes back in the oven on the baking sheet for about 3-5 minutes until cheese is melted. </div>
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PS- the original recipe actually called for Chorizo, which would be delicious too but I was trying to cut down on the fat content so I could use this as an any day weeknight meal! For a special meal though I would totally use chorizo.</div>
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Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-90445776410708041352013-10-17T07:30:00.000-05:002013-10-17T07:30:01.758-05:00Hall bathroomThe hall bathroom in our house is pretty much the only room in the house that hasn't really been touched. When we moved in, previous owners had already replaced the vanity and the toilet but the old tiles/ tub etc still remain. It's not terrible, it's just not my favorite thing to look at, and the vanity is extremely poor quality, as is most of the renovations done by previous owners. The veneer on the plywood is peeling away in several spots. It is also really deep which makes the bathroom even narrower than it already is!<br />
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So basically I dream about re-doing our hall bathroom pretty much all the time! And it seems we might actually get to renovate in the next few months (hoping!!) So I've started seriously thinking about what I want to do with this room. Beyond using better materials there are some design tweaks I'd LOVE to be able to do, if they aren't too cost prohibitive! But the most fun is looking at all the fun options for everything. So far this is what I'm thinking. . .<br />
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<li>Dark floors laid in a brick pattern</li>
<li>white subway tile</li>
<li>white vanity with marble top </li>
<li>pull out toe-kick on the vanity for use as a step stool</li>
<li>some marble accent tile in the bathtub</li>
<li>towel hooks (we are talking a kids bathroom!)</li>
<li>some modern hardware/ faucets</li>
<li>a round mirror with dark frame</li>
<li>Benjamin Moore's Seacliff Heights on the walls</li>
<li>some fun kid friendly fabric to (yet to be determined) that I can make into a shower curtain and window treatment </li>
<li>a built in cabinet where my dinky shelving unit currently lives. </li>
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The tall cabinet is probably my favorite feature that I really want but it will have to be custom built because we only have 12" depth so we may have to come up with a different idea, we'll see! Oh and I would love to have the toe-kick be able to roll out as a step for kids. Thank you Pinterest for such genius ideas.<br />
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So that's what I'm thinking, but don't get too attached, I've been known to change my mind a few times before committing :)Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-31717787875261955912013-10-15T07:00:00.000-05:002013-10-15T07:00:01.359-05:00Hallway runnerAfter building the second gallery wall in our hallway I really wanted to finally finish off the space with a runner. We have been talking about putting down a runner for oh... three years now! So I just want to finish off the space!<br />
I am once again at a point where I just need to pull the trigger but I am having trouble deciding on which one!<br />
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These three are all outdoor rugs which I love in terms of durability! I always just worry about softness, but I know the Dash and Albert rugs are soft so it shouldn't be a huge issue!<br />
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For 8 months now I sit in the glider in the nursery and look
out the window to an old fence, and AC unit and grass, some dead some alive!
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clearly a SUPER old picture but you can see the dead grass and fence I've been looking at! </div>
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I’ve been thinking about making a little flower bed out there for a while but didn’t really know what I wanted to do. Well a few weeks ago when I was in that chair A LOT while Jackson was sick I decided to do something about it! So I just started!<br />
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notice the roof and fence are wet! It started raining on me so I had to stop but it gave me time to figure out a nice shape</div>
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I went and decided on a shape and pulled up the grass/ roots (most of which was dead making it a LITTLE easier)<br />
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Then I talked to a man at the nursery about what plants would do well here and with some help from Mr. P over the weekend we have a garden <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> And I LOVE it!<o:p></o:p><br />
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As an added surprise P picked up some easy to put together vinyl fencing to put around the AC unit! <s>We</s> he didn’t get quite finished this weekend but it already looks a million times better<br />
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don’t you think its a huge improvement?! Now I just want to find something fun to hang on the fence!
<!--EndFragment-->Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-40124567126068107572013-10-08T07:00:00.001-05:002013-10-08T07:00:01.229-05:00house updates! So I finally took some updated pictures of the whole house! Be looking for them soon in the "Our House" page!<br />
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Love my stickygram collage on the fridge</div>
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our new reality- bottle drying rack</div>
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This is ever evolving and I'm sure will continue to change as Jackson gets bigger! Right now that mat and mirror are where we spend most of our time during the day playing </div>
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Didn't realize until looking at this picture I desperately need to fix my bed skirt! </div>
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Jackson's photo-bombing already! </div>
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the humidifier is the only thing I really still need to find a good / pretty place for (where the cord isn't hanging out because that's not going to fly once baby J is walking! )</div>
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Hopefully we will be renovating this within the next 6 months! </div>
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Well I decided I needed to do another gallery wall. This time in our hallway. We have a VERY long wall in the hallway to our three bedrooms and I have always just had one row of 4 pictures up. But now that I have tons of pictures of Jackson, I felt like there were pictures frames taking over my house and they were all of just him, not even many of the three of us and none from before him! So I needed to house a lot of pictures on the wall so I could de-clutter and free up some other frames! </div>
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My first gallery wall took me forever and I just couldn't figure out the best combination of objects, but this time I knew I wanted only family pictures which made it a bit easier. To keep a cohesive look I opted for all brown frames. Normally I would have done white/ silver frames but I already had 5 brown frames to work with so I just went with it. Then I decided to throw in a few gold frames for some pop. I had a lot of the frames and the rest came from Ikea and Michael's (during a 50% off sale!)</div>
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There is a hole in the middle where there was already a picture on the wall! I took down all the rest of the pictures but figured this would give me a good starting point, and this particular frame was really difficult to hang so I didn't want to move it! </div>
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Then I just went in rows from the center out and put them on the wall! This took me about two separate work times of 1.5 hours, to get all of the Ikea frames built, all the pictures in the frames and hung just right. I did everything while P played with baby Jackson, didn't want to wake him up hanging frames outside his room during a nap! </div>
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-72857338488152283222013-10-01T07:00:00.000-05:002013-10-01T07:00:00.889-05:00Happy Birthday P! Happy Birthday to the best Dada I know! You never cease to amaze me, you are so sweet with Jackson and so patient with me as I figure out what I'm doing! Especially when Jackson has been sick so much and I totally loose my cool! Thank you for loving and taking care of us in a way only you could!<br />
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At 8 months, life is really fun! You are so big now Jackson!
You weigh 17 lbs which is actually less than you weighed at 7 months (thank you
croup, then cold then stomach virus!) but still you are more than 3 times what
you weighed when you were born! THAT is crazy to think about<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jackson you are SUCH a happy baby (when not sick of course)
and you have such a fun loving personality. I LOVE coming to get you out of bed
in the mornings because you are SO happy to see me. We always get you up and
then open your curtains and look out the window a while at the beautiful day
ahead of us! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Right now your favorite things are: Sucking your thumb,
sleeping (YAY!), da da, peaches, being upside down, Sammy, kisses, reading/
eating books and taking toys out of containers! You are a joy to watch and
laugh all day long! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We have moved you to a big boy convertible car seat because
you were getting too long for your infant carrier and you just weren’t
comfortable in it! You suck your thumb ALL THE TIME now, its pretty cute but I
always worry you’ll end up like me and still be sucking it in 1<sup>st</sup>
grade :/ embarrassing! <o:p></o:p></div>
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You squeal and kick your legs when Sam or Dada enter the
room! You were quiet for a few months but you are back with gusto “talking” all
day long. You love to say da da and a da a da but I don’t think you know what
it means. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You are not quite crawling yet but you can certainly get
where you want to go, either by rolling over or scooting backwards. You often
end up under the ottoman because you have gone backwards so far! <o:p></o:p></div>
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You also have no teeth yet! Several times we have thought
you were teething for sure but nothing to show for it yet! You pretty much
drooled nonstop for 2 months and we were sure something was coming. Now the
drooling is gone but you chew on everything! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We found out a little before your 6 month birthday that you
have a milk allergy so we have switched your formula and after about a month on
it you are doing so well! Your weight gain really slowed for a while but you
got back on track with the new formula. Then we started Mother’s Day Out at our
church and you poor thing have brought home every germ in the place! I guess
that’s just what happens when you’ve been home and healthy for the first 7
months of your life! Other than that you are really liking MDO too! The
teachers (and everyone else who meets you LOVES you!) You are so happy and love
to be held and cuddle with people<o:p></o:p></div>
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And lastly, your hair!!! This is probably what I get the
most comments on now when we are out and about. It is the BEST! It is so long
on top but will not sit down, it just blows in the wind and you look like you
have a little halo! I secretly LOVE it! I know one day it will grow in thick
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-24140784607670683222013-09-24T07:00:00.000-05:002013-09-24T07:00:00.959-05:00Hi there! So, do they make a greeting card that says sorry I neglected my blogging friends for about 7 months? No? Oh, well that's a shame!<br />
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Life has obviously been a little crazy here and between getting into a rhythm, learning to be a mommy and playing with my baby (and puppy Sam of course) I just haven't found the time to blog much! And really it didn't seem like there was much to blog about for a while!<br />
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1st trip to the beach</div>
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My first Mother's Day</div>
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Our first family vacation over Memorial Day weekend to Horseshoe Bay</div>
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first time to roll over! </div>
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Jackson's baptism (4.5 months) </div>
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Happy 4th of July! </div>
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1st time to sit up unassisted! Just before 6 months. It only lasted a short time but he is a pro now</div>
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first food! Oatmeal, he was not a fan but he loves fruits and veggies now! </div>
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playing with toys- his favorite activity is to take all the toys out of his basket! </div>
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1st attempt feeding himself. .. blueberries! So much fun to watch and he did really well but it was MESSY! </div>
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1st attempt at launching himself off the changing pad. THANK GOODNESS I was right there! We use the strap now!</div>
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1st day of Mother's Day out! A week late because of the croup! Then we've been in and out because he keeps getting sick with various things! I know it will make his immune system stronger in the long run but MAN! Sick every week is not fun, especially the last week with the stomach bug! </div>
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Jackson is now over a month old! WOW that's crazy to me! And I love looking back at some of these pictures of how much he's grown already! </div>
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Two weeks old. We took him to the doctor two days after and he weighed 6 lbs 7 ounces! WOW! He had gained a full pound from when he was born and almost 1.5lbs from when we left the hospital!! He lost about 6 ounces in the hospital which is pretty common. </div>
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Baby's first Valentine's Day! 3.5 weeks old! </div>
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We were at the hospital for the required 4 days for a C-section and that was all! I could walk around the hospital with Jackson, albeit slowly to help start the road to recovery. Breast feeding was going well- my milk came in and Jackson had no trouble figure out what to do! He passed his car seat test- a requirement for preemies to make sure they will continue to breathe normally for 90 minutes when placed in their car seat, we rushed to get the car seat installed in the car! (I had actually scheduled this for Tuesday January 22nd (4.5 weeks before due date!)) But P had to go in on Monday so that the seat would be installed for our discharge on Tuesday. The rest of our hospital stay was really great. I loved all of our nurses especially the two nurses I had most every day I was there. They were fun, sweet and so helpful. I couldn't have asked for better care. They were even conscious about coordinating checking vitals, administering drugs etc so we could sleep for longer stretches! The room was nice, even the food wasn't that bad! I mean, I would give the hospital a 10 for care!<br />
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The morning we were leaving they came to unhook me from all my drugs, antibiotics, etc ( I was on two antibiotics because of my appendectomy) and I was feeling pretty good. I had started to pack up our bags while P had gone to get a few things from the house, and then it happened. I threw up, EVERYWHERE! I was by myself, with P gone and my parents not in yet. It was awful. Let me tell you- throwing up 3 days after a C-section HURTS! I thought my incision was going to come open! I felt awful but thought it was from taking a pain pill without having eaten first.<br />
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The nurses came in with the cleaning crew to change my sheets, mop the floor, etc and I just started crying sitting there by myself feeling pitiful. Thank goodness for Deborah, my cleaning tech who was so sweet and told me not to worry, everything would be fine. She even helped me into my bed again and got me extra blankets, and later before we left came to see how I was feeling! See- we were very well taken care of!<br />
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We had dinner that night courtesy of our sweet neighbors and I felt okay but not great. But by the next morning everything I ate was coming back up. . . not fun. Called the doctor and they immediately put me on antibiotics for a week. By the second day I was keeping food down but still just not feeling great, and no appetite. Thursday Sam came home to meet his new brother. I was VERY apprehensive about this. I knew Sam wouldn't be aggressive or try to hurt the baby but he's 45 lbs and doesn't have any idea how fragile a baby is. It went amazingly well. He was very curious (as he always is) but very cautious. And he followed the baby around all the time. And anytime Jackson cried, Sam came RUNNING to his side! Especially on the changing table! This was a HUGE relief. by Saturday I was feeling pretty good and my mom was coming back down to stay with us for a week which I was excited about. We also had our newborn photo session this Saturday (January 26th) which was so fun! If you are in the Houston area and need a photographer I highly recommend <a href="http://www.kellygarvey.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Garvey</a>! She's awesome!<br />
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The next week was really not too bad. I mean it was hard and exhausting for sure but maybe I had just been been preparing myself for AWFUL! The sleep deprivation was by far what I was most worried about for myself- because I know how much sleep I need and how stressed out I can get without it. But, so far, Jackson has been a relatively easy baby. (KNOCK ON WOOD, PRAISE the LORD!!) At least as of yet he is not a huge crier. Don't get me wrong, he cries! He cries when he's hungry- mainly at night (which is so gut wrenching) and when he's cold but there is always seems to be a reason for his cries and he is usually easily consolable! Let me tell you, consoling him is the best. I love snuggling up with him! I was having a hard enough time with my recovery from both the C-section and appendectomy and my wild hormones that I don't think I could have handled anything else. The Lord only gives you what you can handle right? I think he knew I couldn't handle much more. And hearing him cry for more than like 30 seconds makes my hormones go crazy. I start sweating and I get crampy in like 10 seconds flat. </div>
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trying out his swing in the sweet preemie outfit his daddy bought him our first week home! We had barely any clothes that fit him since I was expecting him to be big at full term. I think I only had 3 newborn size outfits and all of those were still huge on him at this point. Thank goodness for family and friends (talking to you Caro!) for buying him tons of preemie clothes then coming home, washing and folding them for us! </div>
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Love that face! And seeing how big these pjs are on him in this pic! They are newborn size and fit him well now (at 4 weeks!) </div>
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The biggest frustration I have had came in the beginning of week two. I was full on breastfeeding and pumping without a problem, then out of no where I wasn't pumping nearly as much and Jackson seemed hungry much faster like he wasn't getting enough food. This went on for a few days, probably longer than I should have let it go, before I called a lactation consultant. Yes my milk supply was declining and no we didn't know why but she thought we might have caught the window to get it back to full production. A week and many many many tears later my milk was essentially dried up. I found out through some research and a long discussion with my pediatrician's nurse that antibiotics do this to you. And it's a known fact. Then I cried more, mainly out of frustration. I had to take the medicine for myself but why had no one told me this?! I would have called for help a lot sooner and probably still be able to breastfeed.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">A week later (three weeks old) I was resigned to the fact that he was going to be formula fed. It's hard. It's SO hard. It's hard because people judge SO badly if you aren't breastfeeding. They have no idea the circumstances we are in and that it isn't by choice. And it's hard because the formula is definitely harder on baby's stomach and he was not feeling well for like a week because of it. We have finally gotten onto a formula (Gerber Good Start Gentle) that I love because Jackson isn't in pain all day long, and it uses whey protein and other ingredients to try to mimic breast milk as best man can, even though I think it may be the most expensive formula out there! It was a tough choice but in the end it wasn't really my choice, my body just stopped doing its job after all the drugs and I HATE that. It makes me mad just thinking about it. But after finally admitting that we were going to have a formula fed baby and that that was okay, I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and things instantly felt sunnier! Even as I started my first week with Jackson alone! </span></div>
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The one other thing that's hard is the continued incision pain. Its not major but it's ALWAYS there. I am so impatient; I want to feel great. I WANT to go on a walk longer than 10 or 15 minutes. I've even tried, but I hobbled my way home sore for a day from my efforts. It just takes longer than I want, so I'm learning to be patient but it's hard. Especially with this beautiful Texas winter weather we are having. 50's-60's and sunny makes it very hard to stay inside, but we'll make it with our short walks and quick outings to Walgreen's or Target for now!<br />
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-63141551983673366072013-02-21T07:30:00.000-06:002013-02-21T07:30:00.420-06:00Jackson Paul's birth storyToday, February 21st, was my original "estimated due date" as the doctors call it, because the likelihood of giving birth on this day is slim and really it is an estimate because very rarely does someone know the exact moment/ day of conception. . . anywho<br />
It's surreal to sit down today and think about how much life has changed and what all happened as I stare at my sweet sleeping baby who will be five weeks old on Saturday and was 1 month on Tuesday!<br />
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I am a planner, an organizer, almost anal some would say. . . I just feel more comfortable knowing exactly what's going on, what's expected and so on. I like consistency and I'm not great with change, so from the beginning of my pregnancy I've been a little terrified of the birth. The pain and the actual process but also the spontaneity of it. This was something I could not plan at all, and I've been preparing myself for that for awhile, but nothing could have prepared me for what actually happened! So I'll start from the beginning- and if you don't care about the details, skip this post (it's going to be a long one!) and come back next time for more pics- but I need to write this out for myself if nothing else!<br />
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To really get the whole story I have to start about a week before sweet baby Jackson was born.<br />
January 11th- I am about to be 35 weeks pregnant and I really can't believe it. I've been putting off reality and haven't been nesting or preparing for baby much at all but I woke up on this Friday and went into overdrive. Starting on Friday and really going through all of the next week, I made a list of things I wanted to take to the hospital and started packing my bag, I washed all of the baby clothes, towels, sheets, anything the baby would touch with his special detergent, I went wild at the grocery store buying things in bulk so I wouldn't have to worry about them later and the next week I started cooking casseroles and other meals to freeze for after the baby came. You know- so I could start our stash and just add to it. Heck, we went out on Saturday January 12th and bought a small fridge to put in our garage to hold all of my freezer meals! It was delivered on January 17th and I stocked it full!<br />
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Tuesday January 14th, Patrick called one day from work to see how I was doing and I told him, "well, I'm definitely in full on nesting mode now" He laughed, my sister said I had time, friends told me I was crazy for doing stuff so early but this was my way of planning our arrival! Looking back it makes you wonder if my body knew something was happening. It just seems crazy to think out of nowhere I started preparing for our baby and doing things people were telling me it was way too early to do but it was just in my head that I HAD to get this stuff done!<br />
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In this midst of all of my nesting, I was having some small abdominal pains nothing crazy but noticeable, mainly when I moved from sitting to standing. I figured it was just one of those normal pregnancy pains that would dissipate but made a mental note to talk to the doctor if it was still bothering me on Wednesday. I went into the doctor for my 35 week appointment on the morning of Wednesday January 16th all excited- this was the beginning of going to the doctor every week! That sounds awful I'm sure but it was exciting because to me it meant Jackson's arrival was imminent and THAT was exciting. I was in and out of the doctor fast and never mentioned the small pains because they hadn't been bothering me that morning.<br />
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Friday January 18th, these abdominal pains, that were low and shot across my stomach were a bit worse today. Usually when I would stand up or change positions it would hurt then go away. Today I'm walking through Target grocery shopping and have to hobble out because of the pain. I think I even was making audible noises in the checkout line I was in so much discomfort. I come home and call the doctor. They tell me it's "round ligament pain" which is standard for normal pregnancy pain. I try to tell them it feels different as I've had the round ligament pain for a while through the pregnancy but she said to take some Tylenol and rest the remainder of the day. This was a little before lunchtime.<br />
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Around 2 I call back saying its getting worse, and do the same around 3:30. Finally the nurse tells me to go up the hospital to the Labor and Delivery testing area and they will check that everything is okay. I tell her, I KNOW I'm not in labor, I'm not that silly, I just think something is wrong with me and want to figure it out! She agrees and sends me to the hospital. At this point I call P and tell him I'm headed up there, so he heads home to drive me up there.<br />
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We are checked into Labor and Delivery around 4:30pm kind of as a fluke because there are no beds left in the "Testing" area. They are very nice, run a bunch of blood work and tell me nothing is wrong, it's round ligament pains. MAN I felt like an idiot at this point, and it wasn't anyone trying to make me feel that way, I just felt like a fool for thinking something was really wrong when it was just normal pains all along! We are discharged at 6:30 with instructions to take Tylenol every 4 hours and "bed rest" for the weekend. I have another doctor's appointment next week anyways so I can talk to my own doctor then if the pain is still bothering me. We pick up dinner and I eat on the couch with my legs up. Around 10pm I tell Patrick maybe I am feeling better, I guess the Tylenol is working.<br />
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We go to bed, probably around 11pm or a little after and I'm sleeping relatively comfortable (for 35 weeks pregnant at least). I get up a few times to go to the bathroom and notice P is not in bed. At this point in my pregnancy this isn't uncommon. Apparently, I snore while pregnant. I don't know if I believe this or not but so says my bed mate! So he had abandoned ship to sleep peacefully in our guest bedroom, no big deal!<br />
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5:21am Saturday January 19th- seriously I don't think I'll ever forget that time. I wake up in SERIOUS pain. Like none I've ever been in before and note the time. I try to think through it rationally- did I just wait too long to go to the bathroom. Maybe I'll try going to the bathroom again. I get up and barely make it the 10 steps to our bathroom before falling on the toilet. I don't get up for 20 minutes not because I am using the toilet but because I seriously can't move I am in so much pain. I remember thinking: "Okay, even if this is a bad contraction, it will eventually get better. The pain HAS to subside. Pain like this can't last forever, right??"<br />
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5:43am- I realize this is definitely not okay. The pain has not subsided in the least. In fact it occasionally gets even worse for a short time then goes back to a constant horrific pain. I decide I have to call the doctor, even if they think I am the stupidest pregnant woman ever. I mean seriously they just discharged me from the hospital telling me I was FINE! And less than 12 hours ago! But I could NOT live like this. So I call the emergency line and start crying while talking to the operator who puts me through to the nurses line. I am on hold for about 5 minutes. P hears me crying and hears the awful hold music on the phone and comes in asking if I am okay. (back story- P is super overprotective of me and a worrier. Anytime I have a pain he worries and thinks something is seriously wrong so I usually downplay some of my pain) But this time when he asks if I am okay I flat out tell him NO! I feel like I am dying and something is seriously wrong. And then I hit him hard- also I haven't felt the baby kick since I've been up. This is hard to tell him because I know its going to seriously freak him out, but it was starting to freak me out as baby boy was a mover and a shaker, and night time were his prime hours. I say a quick prayer, "PLEASE tell me what to do to keep the baby safe, even if the pain never goes away, keep the baby safe"<br />
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Finally, no one answers the phone and I have to leave a message and a nurse will call me back. This felt like eternity. We tried to get me back to the bed and I couldn't do anything but sit on all fours and not move. 15 minutes later a nurse called back. I end up being on the phone with her for what feels like 30 minutes, turns out it was about 5. She tells me that the sharp pains I am having where the pain gets unimaginably worse are contractions. She says I need to start timing them. OMG- I start to panic. She also tells me to drink some orange juice or eat something sugary and start doing a kick count to make sure the baby kicks ten times in an hour. She ends by telling me to call back if I have more than 4 contractions in an hour or less than 10 kicks.<br />
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I down some orange juice and we wait- while I wince in pain, barely able to catch my breath it hurts SO bad. After about 20 minutes I had had 5 contractions and hadn't felt the baby kick at all. FREAKING OUT! I tell P, "screw an hour, call back NOW!" Again this is very unlike me to be such an alarmist but I don't know what else to do and now I've got crazy terrible thoughts running through my head about possible problems. This is not a good place to let your mind wonder. P calls back and the nurse tells us to go ahead and head to the hospital she will let my doctor know we are on the way.<br />
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6:25am (I think): P literally carries me to the car. I can not move. I'm still in my pajamas, no bra, no contacts, hair un-brushed. He throws a sweatshirt on me because it's cold outside and we go. Every bump makes me feel like I'm going to die. I seriously don't know how I made it through that car ride. Thank goodness the hospital is about 5 minutes away. The only other thing I remember about this trip is the sunrise. There was a beautiful sunrise that morning. I remember noticing that. We arrive at the hospital and P and the valet carry me into the wheelchair. They take me back to Labor and Delivery. Its a long ride and the bumps are making me keel over in pain. I think I was crying but I honestly don't remember.<br />
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6:35am or so- Not sure of the exact time but it was fast- I am checked in and getting an IV of fluids. P had to undress me and put me in the hospital gown in my wheelchair because I couldn't stand up. He and the nurse put me in the bed. I am in unbearable pain, to the point of almost blacking out. I remember them strapping the heart rate monitor around my stomach because it took me a second to figure out I had to lean forward for them to get it behind me. The on call doctor finally comes in and give me pain medicine. Side note- the day we were there I really thought this took over an hour to happen but I found out later it was less than 20 minutes because this doctor's 24 hour shift was over at 7am and she is who administered the drugs. But they didn't work. I was still in serious pain although it was maybe a little bit better. The only helpful thing they did was make me super groggy and almost like a drunk person.<br />
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I remember very little from this point on. I know they ran a bunch of tests and I remember them telling me the only thing out of the ordinary was my white blood cell count was "slightly elevated" but nothing to be of major concern. They wheeled me out of the room for an ultrasound. I remember people putting me on the ultrasound chair and that the doctor had an Indian accent. I found out later he was a high risk doctor and they were checking to see if the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck or the placenta was pulling away from the uterine wall. He tells P that neither seem to be the case. The nurse and P wheel me back to my room and P asks her, "So, the baby is fine right? And we aren't going to have this baby today, correct?" I don't remember this but he tells me the nurse just said, "well I don't really know"and "we never say never."<br />
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They wheel me back into the room. The new on-call doctor is there. We determine this is now around 10:30am. They put me in bed and get me situated. Then the doctor starts, "Well, you are going to have a baby today" I think P almost fell over and I woke up from my drunken/ drugged state for the first time all morning. WHAT?!?! Panic sets in- for both of us really. We both start asking questions but the first one being WHY?? What's wrong?<br />
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The doctors and nurses had failed to mention to us, most likely on purpose so as not to alarm us, that Jackson's heart rate was very high. I had actually noticed on the monitor it was higher than normal but didn't realize it was in a dangerous high zone. So it was high, in the 170 range but then every time I had a contraction (which I didn't know I was still having thanks to the pain medication) his heart rate would drop extremely low, into the 90's. All of my pain was putting Jackson in distress and they needed to get him out. So the on-call doctor throws P some scrubs and tells him to wash up to his elbows and get dressed. I remember him asking if he had time to call my parents. They said yes but FAST! I remember telling P as they wheeled me into the OR to call my sister and tell her too!!<br />
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They wheeled me out and into the OR, gave me the epidural and actually started the procedure when they brought P in. Sweet Jackson was born less than 45 minutes after they told us he would be coming.<br />
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At 11:15am Jackson Paul was born! 5 pounds, 7 ounces and 18.5 inches long! They cleaned him up and I got to hold him for about 5 minutes before they whisked him away to the NICU.<br />
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pardon the IPhone pic- we didn't think to bring my hospital bag with us at 6am when I thought baby was fine!! </div>
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Being so early they had warned us that he might be on oxygen and a feeding tube and would be in the NICU for 7-10 days. P left to be with the baby while they continued to work on me to figure out what was causing all of my pain.<br />
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They ran a bunch of tests and swabbed fluids until they finally decided it was my appendix causing the pain. Then they had to find it. WHAT?!? Yep! They couldn't find my appendix. The nurse even asked me at one point if I had an appendectomy before! Nope, it should still be in there people!! Finally they found it. Apparently when you are pregnant your appendix shifts up to make room for baby but mine stayed low and went back behind my uterus- thus making it hard to find. So then they have to call in the general surgeon, who was of course at lunch with his wife on a nice Saturday afternoon! Finally he arrives and scrubs in. At his point most of my early pain medication has worn off so I am lucid and alert even though I can't feel anything from my chest bone down! I remember the surgeon walking in and saying SWEET! You got me out of dress shopping with my wife! Thanks! Strange little memories I have of this room! I also remember a nurse asking me for P's cell phone number because they couldn't find him in the C-section recovery room and they needed him to sign papers so the surgeon could remove my appendix! Finally they remove it! At one point they told me I would feel a lot of pressure as they moved organs out of the way to get to my appendix. THAT was a strange feeling for sure. And finally, at 1:30pm, over two hours after my baby boy was born, I am wheeled out of the operating room and into recovery! In the meantime I find out that Jackson is a fighter! No oxygen needed, no feeding tube needed! He is doing great, amazing really for being 5 weeks early! All of the doctors are impressed by his well being. This makes my heart SOAR!<br />
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I get to our room around 3:30 or 4pm and Jackson is released from the NICU after the minimum 6 hour stay and comes to stay with us for good around 6:30 or 7pm that night! By this time my whole family had driven in from Dallas and P's family had come over from Beaumont. You would think I would have been tired and in a lot of pain but after the morning's pain, recovery felt like a breeze and I was just on such a high from getting to snuggle with my healthy baby boy that sleep never crossed my mind!! It was an amazing, intense and blessed day. Later the doctor told me that if I had waited and my appendix had ruptured it could have killed Jackson and I both! THAT sends chills down my back. The same doctor told me how very lucky I was that this hadn't happened earlier in my pregnancy and I told him luck had nothing to do with it! We were so very blessed and looked after that day and with all of the bad circumstances to have everyone come out healthy and thriving is pretty amazing. It still makes me cry, happy tears, thinking about everything that happened that day and all of the family and friends praying for us.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jackson Paul you have blessed us beyond measure and I feel lucky that we got you 5 weeks early and get to spend that much more time with you!! </span></div>
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<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-34462240596735094812013-02-18T07:30:00.000-06:002013-02-18T07:30:02.749-06:00More bump shotsSorry for being monotonous these days- things have been slowing down towards the end of my pregnancy with more relaxing and less house work each day!<br />
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I am a few weeks behind in sharing pics so I'll try to catch up today:<br />
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34 weeks and feeling pretty good! Had to travel to Dallas for a family funeral and the swelling has definitely set in but otherwise I'm still feeling normal and healthy. </div>
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35 weeks- in my new sweater from Target while grocery shopping! Its been cold enough here that even my long sleeve shirts and light sweaters were not cutting it! I've been living in P's sweatshirts which, while comfy, isn't exactly the cutest look! </div>
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And 38 weeks. . . .OH WAIT!!! HAHAHA</div>
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yeah, so I've actually been a bit busy in the past few weeks which is why I haven't been around the blogosphere much! Our little bundle of joy showed up at 35 weeks and 3 days on January 19th and man alive do I have a birth story to share! </div>
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Before I had the baby I didn't know if I would write about the "birth story" or want to hash out every little detail, but as it turns out, its a pretty amazing story and I don't want to forget it! I'll be back on Thursday (which fittingly was my actual due date!) with sweet Jackson's birth story! </div>
<br />Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535237398465408278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927683861832667020.post-53200908948462676912013-01-15T07:30:00.000-06:002013-01-15T07:30:03.814-06:00Baby bump expanding<br />
So I'm getting closer and closer to d-day and I am still in shock that the pregnancy has gone by so fast! <div>
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And at 32 weeks on our White Christmas in Dallas. . . please don't notice that I'm wearing the same outfit. . . </div>
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And here's sweet Jackson's face at our 33 week ultrasound!! </div>
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See all that hair there on the right- totally explains the heartburn I've been having! </div>
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