Less than TWO months until Jordan is 2!

It has been quite the year. Jordan is such a toddler, it is amazing. He speaks in sentences, understands nearly everything that is said to him and has the best personality (like his mommy ;)) ha ha. It is actually VERY scary to know that he has my memory, too. On that note, we took one of the gates off the stairs... he started climbing over it. Josh has been teaching Jordan Spanish. Jordan repeats very well and sometimes we catch him counting in Spanish and English. It really is a good age to learn language. Now if potty-training can be that easy. I cannot believe we are planning his SECOND BIRTHDAY. He found the birthday catalog and has picked out a few themes, we shall see what really will be the theme. I sure hope we dont end up with giant tractors, a petting zoo, clowns and Mickey... I would never be able to top that for the next years. As he grows so fast, I cannot help but reread these posts and get a little sad. He is such a daddy's boy, but nothing beats the feeling of coming home to Jordy running up to me, hollering "MOMMY, Hug, Kiss!" The past few nights he's even cuddled with me, boy I miss that! We have been so lucky in finding a new sitter! She was recommended by our past sitter who is now a teacher (we cant wait for Jordy to be her student!). Searching was so daunting- it actually made me ill for several reasons... but the new one lives literally 10 houses away and Jordan requests to go there to play just like at Whitney's. Such a good sign! He must love the dark hair! Well, enough ramblings for now since these are not even cohesive thoughts, it has been almost a year since the last entry, I am a bit rusty.

JORDAN IS ELEVEN MONTHS

Wow. It has been 1/2 a year since I have even blogged about our sweet baby boy. bad mommy.

Jordan is now walking. We will say his official walking date was Sept 18th because that is when Josh and I both saw him take more than 5 steps. Now he takes dozens at a time and transports things like remotes, my glasses and other various items that do not need to be in a walking toddler's hands...


J pants has 8 teeth now. With about 4 more on the way. I think that explains his "middle of the night cry fests" and biting me every chance he gets... oh I hope that explains it because Josh and I are tired!


We have his 1 year Dr. visit on Oct 18th- that should be interesting to see how much he weighs and how tall he is. Maybe we can take him off of the formula since he only really wants to eat adult food and drink out of his straw cups.

On top of all of that, Daddoo (josh) and I have been busy planning Jordan's 1st birthday party! There will be over 100 guests invited. Glad he only turns 1 once. ;) Should be a great time- hope our house holds everyone and that it is nice outside so we can have some of the festivities in the yard.

Well hopefully I will post when he's 1 and not wait until 18 months... I will be posting more soon!

five months and counting...

It has been so long since I have blogged. So I will just randomly rattle off some of the milestones your big, little baby has hit. Our big boy got his first teeth on March 13th and 14th. One and two days after his five month birthday! Jordy is wearing 9-12 month clothes and will be switching to size 4 diapers this week... Wednesday we will be shopping around for a different carseat (for mommy's car) for two different reasons: 1) mommy cant lift his infant carrier seat anymore 2) he's over the weight limit of the carrier seat. Last time we weighed him, he was over 22 lbs. He still hates tummy time, so he likes to roll right over to get off his belly. Jordan's new trick is to hop off the couch and stand. Here's a cute video of his favorite thing to do when he's sitting on the couch.

Our First Time...

Leaving the baby!

Auntie Liz came over to spend the whole day 12/6 with Sweet Baby J... So we could go to the Bulls game. It was hard to leave at first, but he loves his Auntie so it was all fine and dandy.

By the time we got home, he was sweetly sleeping and slept until 7am! Way to go Auntie Liz!

Go Bulls!

*8 Week Doctor Visit*

Friday, December 10th, Jordan has his 8 week doctor's visit. Such a big boy! Dr. B always has something good to say so it makes us feel like we are doing everything right!

Jordan is right on target for his age and technically his 2 month birthday is not until the 13th. He weighed in at 13lbs 4oz. Measured 24.5 inches long and his noggin must have a lot of brains because it is 42cm around...

He is able to look from side to side, watch his own hands and use them, babble and SMILE! It just warms our hearts when he smiles at us!
He also started something new the past few days: blowing bubbles and sticking his tongue out... not sure if that is a developmental milestone, but he's doing it!

His next appointment is February 11th. 4months!

Thanksgiving and more!

Thanksgiving this year was busy!

We started celebrating the Sunday before with Gran-Nola and Gpa Steve! Jordan sat in his baby rocking chair while the adults ate and the doggies weren't to sure about him on their level. It was so nice to have a relaxing dinner and not have to run after eating.

On Thanksgiving day, coming to town was quite a chore. We packed the Camry to the gills to stay in Rockford one, yes one night. But I am glad we stayed so Jordan could have his first sleepover with us at Grandma Olga's!

We started the day by going to Grandma and Grandpa Mershon's. (Kathy and Barry)- The house was packed but we got there early so he could spend some QT with Gma and Gpa. Then the craziness started! Around 30 people came and they all were lovin' on Jordan! His cousin William wanted to keep holding him- William is 2! It was very cute.

From the Mershon house, we went to Grandma Olga's. It was filled to the brim with family, too! Jordan was a little crabby from all the fun during the first part of the day, so he ate and napped, not many got to see him. He needed a good nap though.

From Grandma Olga's we went to Auntie Nora's. Mommy and Daddy ate yet again...and Jordy got to meet Aunt Pam and family, Uncle Ron, and Grandpa Emmett! How fun!

All in all it was a fun day and Jordan was so tuckered out, he slept from 10pm until 7am! We were so thankful.

35 WEEKS!

Wow, it has been a long time since our last post!

We had our final ultrasound Tuesday, September 14 at 35 weeks. The ultrasound tech said the baby's head was huge. NICE! The guess on his weight is 7 lbs 4oz to 7lbs 7oz- head is measuring in at 40 weeks. The machine said September 29th as an estimated due date...

My blood pressure was good, looks like the NST was good, too. Doc walked in and measured my belly, and said "you're getting big"- I asked if he had looked at the ultrasound from earlier and he said no. He came back 15 minutes later and said, "well, he's not small!"

We will shoot the same due date of Oct 18th, but Dr. Stamos said that we will not stop Jordan if he comes now. :) So I am confident my September 28th guess is pretty accurate!

July 8, 2010!!!

Today we used Josh's Father's day gift. 3-d ultra sound package see Jordan up close and personal! Looks like I am 25 weeks and 3 days according to what the owner had on the screen.

The first thing we found out was that he really is a boy! No mistaking that! Jordan Micah Mershon!

He was very active, like usual- Josh loved seeing his heart beat. 154 bpm. Jordan loved trying to get his hands by his face and above his head, unreal!

We got a 10 minute DVD of our session, it is pretty amazing although he's moving around a lot so some of the pics are a little scary looking. Brenny got to see the video- he brought that up... :)

Hopefully we can paint his bedroom and pick out a bedset soon. I am getting antsy to get his room all together! I know Josh is, too- except his closet is chocked full of clothing already!

Next regular MD appt is July 17, 2010. That will be my glucose test and I will be 27 weeks!

It has been over 1 month!

June 3rd we had our 20 week ultrasound. According to the US tech, it is a boy! Jordan. Nope, we haven't decided on a middle name, yet. He weighed in at a whopping 12oz! A little bigger than average. I did not expect any thing different! He was basically standing on my intestines and his little arm came up and started playing with the umbilical cord. Pretty awesome to see that! No clear view of his boy parts, but hopefully he was being modest for Mom and Dad. Auntie Liz stopped over that night and we had dinner- she already spoils Jordan- he got some Michael Jordan onsies...completely fitting! :)

The girls (Laura and Jess) decided to get the ball rolling for a baby shower- Looks like August 15th. So I will make the announcement that if anyone wants details to contact them or my mom. :) I know nothing. ha ha.

We also have another appointment on June 19th- which probably be in and out with Dr. Epstein. Funny guy. I'll have to remember to tell him that my feet swell a little too much for what I think is appropriate even though the midwife said it is normal. EH, what does she know!

I decided my Corolla is getting too small for a pregnant lady(especially one of my stature), I have an itch to get a new one... but this one is almost paid off and I would love to not have a car payment! It would be grrreat!!

I will try to post more often!

May 22 is taking forever!

I am not sure why May 22 (our next baby appointment) is taking forever to get here- I think the suspense of finding out if the baby is a boy or girl is killing me!

We were thinking about doing the 3D ultrasound, but I have mixed emotions about it. Even-though it would be so cool to show our first born a video of them before he/she is was born... I'm sure we will do it if the doc says it is okay.

We are also super excited about moving-Hopefully by the end of this week Josh and I will be proud homeowners, too. Still waiting for Harris Bank and Amcore to sign off on the house so we can close already! We need to do this before Friday because we need to get out of the apartment in time to clean it and prime the walls.

I guess we will just hurry up to wait!

Toothbrush and Sinus

Well, every morning I now gag on my toothbrush. It is the most horrible feeling, ever.
I think I can attribute that to the fact I have post nasal drip because of my allergies- YUCK.

That is all for now! :)

A thump at 15 weeks?

Yesterday, April 20th around 5:45pm- I swear I felt a thump in my lower abdomen. Then again just before 6pm I felt another a little over from where the first one was...
gas or baby, never felt that before!

Today I registered for the August 14 birthing class at Sherman Hospital- it's an all day thing- but way better than having to go one day after work for 6 weeks.

This hospital is sooo nice... it actually looks like a mall.
It is right off of 90 in Elgin at the Randall Road exit, so very easy for the fam and friends that want to come visit.

That's all for today... 5 days until we close on the house!

April 17th visit, 915am

2nd baby visit went well. We met Dr. Epstein- they were so behind so we didn't get seen until almost 1015am. The doc said the pain in the left side of my stomach was my slowed bowel movements (i know, tmi) so I was feeling irritation. Whatever, never had that before so I was worried.
Still couldn't hear baby Mershon in the Doppler- well Josh and I couldn't so we had another ultrasound. Baby doubled in size and was moving around like crazy. Heart was beating nice and bright.

We found out on this visit that my uterus is tilted back so that's why it is a little harder to hear the heartbeat, but by week 20, it should be straighted out. The doctor joked and said I need to fix that because ultrasounds are expensive. I said I would.

We hurried home from the appointment to get ready for the wedding in Milwaukee. I curled my hair, painted my toenails and got to wear my cute little peacock colored dress. I was already tired and it was only noon! Josh looked very nice, too! I dont even think we took pictures of us all dolled up! been since the wedding we've dressed up. yikes.

around 1030pm we left the wedding. I headed to the restroom and came out panicked after I discovered something disturbing. I called the doctor right away and he put me on bedrest for Sunday- I hope that does the trick. The doctor just said it should taper off and if it doesnt, then he'd meet us at the hospital. Said it could be a placenta tear and it should heal on its own. Fingers crossed. I am really glad we saw the baby that morning, otherwise I am not sure what I'd do. Just praying, now.

Pregnancy Journal Entry

Just so I don't forget down the road what types of side-effects I had while pregnant, I thought I would jot them down.

Heartburn (immediately)
Bloat (immediately)
Headaches at the beginning
Loss of appetite- always feel full
I get really thirsty
hot flashes
The smell of veggies, especially cooked-ruins my day
Same goes for fish
No morning sickness
My stomachaches I had before pregnancy are nearly non-existent
My vision went bad (worse than it was)
ACNE, like middle-school
I have mellowed out a little-probably for a very good reason
I was extremely tired for the first 14 weeks... and counting-we shall see.
Love cheetos and diet orange crush- delish!
two words: Chocolate Milk!
around 14 weeks, my stomach started actually feeling hard and I could physically feel where baby was.
Still haven't completely picked out names- I hope we get another ultrasound Saturday just to see if we could see if the baby is a boy or girl!

I will add more about me as the pregnancy progresses.

The first Baby Mershon Blog

Josh and I had our first appointment on March 27, 2010-He was able to stay in the room for everything... E V E R Y T H I N G, right down to the dozen vials of blood they had to draw. The ob reminded me so much of John Stamos, which is hilarious. The baby measured almost 11 weeks. The doc said everything looks good- we could not hear the heartbeat, so we got to do an ultrasound- which was awesome! The baby was wiggling and squiggling- his/her heart was flashing nice and bright, too. The estimated due date is October 18, 2010- one year and 8 days after our 1 year wedding anniversary-what a year! We have our next appointment April 17th and will keep you updated!

Love DeAnn & Josh.