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!