2 months!

I can't believe my little baby is already 2 months old! It's really flying by but at the same time I feel like I've been his mom forever! Everyone says how small he is still but to me he's getting so big! He went to the doctor today and is now 11 pounds, 13 ounces and 23 3/4 inches. I knew going in today that he was going to need 4 shots but I was sad to find out he also had a double ear infection!

I felt bad because I actually suspected it last weekend because he had been crying like he never had before and would go an hour or more and I could barely calm him down and nothing seemed to help. So then I realized he had been getting over a cold so he may have an ear infection but then he seemed to be getting better and wasn't having fits and never seemed to have a fever. But looking back now he has been more fussy this past week at night but I guess I overlooked it because Luke was out of town and so I had Jacob's night routine all off anyway. But I felt better when the pediatrician said even if I called last week they probably would have just had me keep an eye on it for a week anyway since he already had his appointment for today.

So now he's got his antibiodic for the ear infection and Tylenol for the shots. Poor baby! At least now I now why he's been a little extra fussy!

But on a better note... I was thinking last night how Jacob's already 2 months and how much I love him so I thought I'd share some reasons why I love my little guy!

1. I love when I'm rocking him to sleep he'll suck on his pacifier and just stare at me with his wide blue eyes- I feel like it's almost like he's saying he loves me the way he looks at me!

2. I love that he copies my faces- if I smile he'll smile, if I raise my eyebrows he will too, when I talk to him sometimes he'll coo back, soo cute!

3. I love that he loves his stroller and car rides.

4. I love the way he always grabs the top of my shirt and even if I try to lay him next to me or put him down he'll keep reaching his hands towards me so he can always be at least arms length away from me! (It may sound annoying but I think it's sweet!)

5. I love the way he smiles and plays with me and Luke.

6. I love how Jacob loves to sleep on my chest with his arms wrapped around me! (and with Luke)

7. I love how cute he looks in every outfit! Especially his church clothes...and his pajamies!

8. I love the way he's starting to coo and make more noises.

9. I even love his cute baby cry.

10. I love his frown! It's so irresistably adorable! Especially with his dimple chin!

11. I love kissing his soft cheeks and how he smiles when I do.

12. I love when he's so intrigued by things to look at and will just smile.

13. I love the way he waves his arms all around and kicks like crazy when he gets excited! (someday he'll be a good swimmer!)

14. I love the way he also squeals when he gets excited!

15. I love taking his picture because he is so good at looking at the camera and smiling!
16. I love when he's waking up he stretches his arms and arcs his back.

17. I love holding his little hands.

18. I love how he has a serious face sometimes too and narrows his eyes.

19. I love how his upper lip puckers out.

20. I love how he looks like a perfect mix of Luke and me.

21. I don't love that he sucks his hand but it still is kind of cute!

22. I love his million faces and expressions!

23. I love his whole cute little body!

24. I love that he smiles even at people he doesn't know and is good at letting others hold him.

25. I love that he's MY baby!!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to me!

I feel so lucky to be a new mommy and was glad to finally be a mom this Mother's Day! I have absolutely loved being home with my baby boy every day and spending all my time with him! He really is a cute little guy! Here's some pictures of my new everyday life...

I like watching him sleep...

I love how sometimes he holds his pacifier in his mouth, makes it easier to pull it out when he's done I guess haha

This is the only picture where he wasn't crying! He hates these sunglassess, and the grass...

amazed by the mobile in his crib, he spent like 45 minutes staring and smiling at it- it was really cute!

finally is starting to like his other toys too, he gets so excited!

looking so cute (and big!) at 8 weeks old!

We went to the Botanical Gardens the day before Mother's Day
Jacob slept through the whole thing so we finally woke him up to take some pictures, haha...

Jacob looks just like his daddy!

We took this picture right before we had to drop Luke back off at the airport for another week. I feel bad Luke has had so many business trips lately- Jacob is growing up so fast! He'll already be 2 months old next Monday!

Baby Blessing

Jacob was blessed in church by his dad this past Sunday, April 26. We were glad to have Luke's parents come out again for the weekend, along with Grandma Martha. We had a fun time spending more time with them, and Grandma loved holding Jacob practically the whole time!



The blessing itself went well and we are grateful to all the friends that we have that were able to be a part of that. I feel bad that my family could not be there for the blessing, especially my dad, but I know at least they wanted to be there. I'm still really looking forward to coming home and seeing my family in July!


Anyway, Sunday was a big day for Jacob and he was so good, as always. He looked like an angel in his little white outfit- I didn't want to take it off at the end of the day! And it's even more sweet that it's the same outfit that Luke wore when he was blessed. I can't wait until we can find some pictures of Luke in his outfit so that we can compare them to Jacob!

We miss daddy!

We have been so lucky that Luke was able to get 2 weeks of paternity leave and spend so much time with us. It worked out great that my mom was able to be here the week of and week after Jacob was born and then Luke had his 2 weeks soon after that- so I've had a lot of help and company! We had a lot of fun just relaxing and spending time together as our new little family! I'm sad now that Luke has to go back to the real world, and then out of town three weeks in the next upcoming month for work! :(
We've loved taking walks together with all the nice weather we've been having and Jacob loves riding in his new stroller!

Easter

Jacob's first holiday! I was finally able to make it through church the whole time and so it was Jacob's first time being at church for 3 hours too. And he did good, he's always such a good baby, and was good about being passed around when everyone wanted to hold him. And I was excited to show him off in his cute little Easter outfit, it was the first thing I had bought for him- well besides all the furniture and stuff. But since I'm afraid he may not be able to fit into the outfit again, I felt I needed to take advantage of the opportunity to take way too many pictures of him. So here are just some of my favorites...

Bath Time!

So we ran out of Newborn size diapers the other day and had already come back from the store and didn't want to go back just for diapers. And we had plenty of other diapers in size 1, the next size up. And Jacob seemed to be getting bigger so we thought he'd be ok moving up a size. But that was a mistake.... As soon as Jacob got a messy diaper, he got everything messy- his clothes were dirty all up his back, the swing he was in- it was all over, the diaper didn't hold a thing- it was just too big and baggy!
Luke was the one to notice it but it was too much for him so he handed him straight to me, and all I could do was laugh and say "it's bath time!" So of course we got it on video, but I think I'll spare Jacob's dignity. Needless to say, Jacob was not very happy.

So Jacob has not really enjoyed his baths so far. I started out just doing the sponge baths but he has not enjoyed his little bathtub either so I've had to just continue washing him at the sink as fast as I can. I guess he doesn't like feeling cold and wet. At least he's always happy when we're done!

Grandma and Grandpa's Visit

We were lucky to have John and Brenda come for a quick visit today. They were able to fly in for a few hours to visit Jacob and so we were glad to be able to see them for at least a little bit. We just spent time chatting, Jacob got some more presents from them and Great Grandma Martha, and then we decided to go meet Luke for lunch. We went to Wendy's so Jacob got to go to his first fast food restaurant! :)
It was a short visit though, Luke had to get back to work, John had to fly to New Jersey for a job, and Brenda caught a flight to SLC to get ready for the next grandbaby to come! We're excited that Jacob will have a cousin so close in age to him (a week and a day apart) and look forward to getting together with all the family again soon!

First Day Out!

Jacob has been doing great! Today was his first day out, well not counting the walk to the mailbox yesterday with Mommy and Daddy. So today we had two appointments, first with a lactation consultant to help me out with breastfeeding, and then we had our first visit with the pediatrian.

Both of them said how Jacob is right on track. His weight is now at 7 oz 10 lbs, which is good, lost some but has gained a lot back. And he's still measuring at 21 inches. I was a little worried about his eating schedule but it turns out he's getting plenty of food and whatever I'm doing must be working, so thats good news! It is a little crazy though how babies sleep more in the day than at night, still getting used to that... It seems to alternate from a good night to bad night each time. But again, I'm so grateful to have my mom here and Luke has been awesome! He really loves the little guy, very precious.

Here's a little video I took yesterday when Jacob was 4 days old. We were showing off all the stuff my mom got him. She actually sewed him this cute little teddy wearing a Redskins colored scarf. The blanket he's on and the one he's in, along with some others, were also made by her. And she made Jacob 2 blue booties, a blue beanie hat, and a Redskins colored hat! They're all very cute!

Backtracking...

This is how it all went down...

My mom came in Monday night and so we spent Tuesday just taking care of some things around the house and made an hour long trip to the grocery store. This seemed to really do it for me because after walking around the store I felt a lot of pressure like the baby had dropped. I was a little uncomfortable the rest of the night and started realizing how close I may be. It was St. Patricks Day though so we had a nice dinner together (thanks to mom!), but little did we realize it would be our last dinner together as a couple!

I started getting contractions around 9 and they lasted a little over an hour but seemed to be false. So I made myself get some rest, but only slept for about 2 hours until the contractions started again at 1 in the morning. By 3 am we were already on our way to the hospital and seemed to get there in time as it started getting a little more difficult. It still took them over an hour to finally get the epidural in me and I'm glad I got it. I won't go into any more details from there, but it definetly was a lot of work and I was so grateful to have Luke and my mom there! After an hour and a half of pushing, Jacob was born by 12:18 in the afternoon, so about 11 hours of labor, not too bad I guess.

It was a feeling I can't describe when I saw Jacob for the first time, I just couldn't believe it, but it was wonderful and I was so relieved! There were a lot of things going on but we did manage to get this video very shortly after he was born, his first video!

Jacob Michael Decker

He's here! Jacob Michael Decker was born on Wednesday, March 18 at 12:18 pm. He weighed 7 ounces and 15 pounds and was 21 inches long. Here are some of his first pictures for you to enjoy!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Due Date!

Today is the big day! Well its the date I've been saying over and over for the last nine months. So although it is my due day, it doesn't look like it's THE big day, the real day that I'm antipating, the unknown day I will have my baby!

I'm really glad that I at least made it to my due date, I was nervous about being early. But now I'm ready! My mom flies in tonight and will be staying for only 2 weeks. At first I thought it might be too long but now that she's coming and we don't even know when the baby is coming, I hope my mom will be here long enough!

As long as he comes sometime this week I will be happy. If it takes longer than that then I know I'll definetly start to get anxious! So it looks like my mom will be walking me like a dog :)

This picture is a couple weeks old now, end of week 37, it was actually taken on my birthday (feb 27). I had just barely started to get stretch marks and now they are darker. So I had to take a picture of my perfect round belly before it got all messed up haha. So as of now I'm slightly bigger, a lady at the grocery store even asked if I was having twins. It's embarrassing almost all the public attention I get! I guess everyone can tell it should be any day now!

He'll look something like this...

So I've been looking at pictures a lot lately trying to picture what our little baby will look like. These are baby pics of Luke and I. I have some others and tried putting up a slideshow but just can't figure this blog stuff out, so its just these pics for now haha. I also added the picture of my brother James below because I figure he is like the boy version of me? And it's funny because Luke and James have a lot of similar qualities, a lot of pictures of Luke as a boy remind me of James. So I can't help but picture our boy to look like the two of them combined haha. But then again, maybe not... but either way I'm pretty sure he'll be adorable!