Naptime

Happy 8 weeks! I’ll post more later - just wanted to share Jayden napping with his cuddly giraffe in his beautiful purple onesie (it’s organic and kimono style - love these!)

Smiles!

Happy National Track Suit Day!  AND, more importantly, happy day after Jayden only woke up once last night!  We put him to bed at about 9 pm, Carmen woke him up at 1 am for a feeding and then he slept again until 5 am.  Seriously amazing.  I got five hours STRAIGHT of sleep.  I could get used to this . . . but I won't because I have a feeling it just can't be permanent.

Sadly, I also think it's because Jayden has a bit of a cold - he was congested all night and still is today, although it's better.  Hopefully he keeps getting better and I don't have to freak out and call the pediatrician...

Halloween at 7 weeks - not so exciting!

This week was uneventful - more errands, nothing much else going on.  Carmen went on his second trip, leaving me, Jayden and Jasmine alone again.  For now, I am totally fine that most of his trips are only 50-60 hours; it helps me realize that I can make it when I know I only have a day or two alone.  I think the hardest part is that my only adult contact for those hours is with the salespeople/cashiers at whatever stores I go to.  In this case, it was the post office, PetSmart and the drugstore.  So exciting!

Since Halloween is tomorrow, we carved pumpkins tonight!  Jayden was not particularly helpful, which was actually a good thing - he slept in his pack n play most of the time -  - until he decided to wake up and Carmen and I took turns carving our pumpkins.  The end result was amazing though - the pumpkins look great (mine is on the left, Carmen's is on the right):


One of the times while I was running this week, I was thinking about how quickly time passes.  I can't believe Jayden is about to be 7 weeks!  Which led me to then think about how weird it is to measure a person's age in weeks.  I calculated that I am about 1,622 weeks old (or so), and Carmen is a little more than 300 weeks older than me.  So crazy.  Jayden has far to go; so much living to do!  I wonder when I'll stop counting his age in weeks - there are so many changes now that it seems practical to count in weeks.  I suppose eventually I'll lose track and start counting months.  Then we'll get to years, and, at some point, if you're Carmen, you'll stop counting entirely.  :)

Jayden may not have helped with the pumpkin carving, but he did get to participate in the pictures:

Re-Starting Over...

So, obviously I completely failed at this blogging thing. I started it on June 6th, and here it is, October 28th and I'm just now looking at it again. Oh well. So much for the pregnancy blog - we'll try the newborn blog! Because so many people don't live near us and they all want baby Jayden updates, I'm going to try to do this weekly. Once again, no promises. We're almost seven weeks in, but I'm going to go back to the beginning and try to catch up. Hopefully I make it this time.

After 6 Weeks, Jayden is still Adorable!

Last week we got "newborn" photos taken of Jayden.  I swore I didn't want the cheesy, traditional newborn pictures - one of the main reasons I hadn't done it until now.  But then I realized if I wanted to do a birth announcement, it made sense to get some professional photos taken.  We found a photographer, Ana Brandt, and went to her studio.  I was nervous - first of all about what kind of shots we would get and second about how Jayden would react to/behave during the shoot.  Turns out he was great.  He was awake in the beginning, but soon passed out and stayed asleep through all kinds of poses.  For a preview of the photos, check out Ana's blog: http://bellybabylove.com/blog/?p=926

This week was lots of preparation for Grandma Barb and Grandpa Allan and Auntie Lizzle coming to town to celebrate a birthday for Grandpa Allan (aka Poppa).  We went to the grocery store and I swear we started packing on Tuesday to leave on Friday to go about 20 minutes from our house.  Babies are amazing in the amount of things they need.  The weekend was wonderful - lots of good family time, more photos and amazing food.
    I don't know if I've had a better dinner than the one we had Saturday night; definitely not in the past six weeks!  Oh, to be able to hire a personal chef.

Some photos:
First, Jayden may be heading towards boxing, much to Mama's chagrin:


Meeting Grandpa Allan, with Auntie Lizzle and looking over Grandma Barb's shoulder: