You're almost 1 month old!!

Well starting now i'm going to be writing the post geared more towards Carson, I want him (and myself) to know what was going on and for the blog to be for him. I think it will be really fun to go back and see what he was doing when he was a baby. 

It's been a while since I last updated the blog, but its hard to hold you, feed you, and type all at the same time :) We are defiantly enjoying our time together. I can say that I never want to go back to work but sadly I will have to. :( but it helps to know that I will be leaving you in good hands(almost always in her arms actually) with Grammy Carol. If you were going to get spoiled you would defiantly be by now, I think the time you spend in your bassinet at night is the most time you spend not being hold, but that's ok because you only wake us up to eat and go right back to bed. Mom & Dad sure can't complain about that!

At ONE month old you are:

- At your three week appointment you weighed 10lbs 3oz (60%), and were 22inches long (70%).

- You can focus your eyes when we talk to you.
-Daddy says you love to look at the ceiling and walls...which is true you look around  a lot :)

- Looking around when familiar voices are heard (especially mommy, daddy, and grammy carol)

- Eating 3 oz every couple hours during the day, (its very hard for you to stay awake to eat al 3 oz at once) but sometimes an extra oz within an hour

- Eating 3 oz every 3-3.5 hours at night and sleeping in between.

- Wearing size 0-3 months clothes, newborn outfits were outgrown within the first week. 

-Trying very hard to hold your head up for longer periods of time, you can do it for a little bit get tired, but you keep trying.

- You love laying on your belly.
- You can roll from your belly to your side, then back, if you are pushing off of mommy or daddy's hand with your feet.
-Your very active you move your head lots, and kick and punch, your are going to be a handful!
- You don't mind being in your car seat either, actually you are a pretty good shopping buddy because you sleep almost the whole time your in your seat, and your good in the car too. 

- You don't mind Bath time one bit.

- You also are getting much better about not crying while being changed!

- Awake time is usually about 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night, although its becoming more and more. 

- You are VERY impatient, when you are hungry you are hungry RIGHT now. 

- You  make lots of funny faces, but every single one is just as cute as the next!

- Most importantly you are PERFECT, we love you more and more everyday.

And now a few pictures of you the past few weeks. Soon we will have your newborn photos to post!

Mommy's favorite way to sleep

Little monster on Halloween

Smiling :)

Carson and Daddy

Nakie!!

Wide awake

Trying to snooze in mommys bed

hehe you sleep in the funniest ways :)

You love the swing...

Ready for the Iowa game...fish face and all!

Awesome NorthFace jacket (gift from Jordan)

Grammy loves my chubby cheeks (so true!)

silly face :)

passed out with uncle seth!

after your first bath :)

Welcome little man!

As you all know he is FINALLY here! Our little man made is big entrance on October 17, 2011 at 11:23 in the morning, weighing in at a whopping 8lbs 13oz and 21in long! We were only in the delivery room for about 12 hours..which all in all wasn't too horribly long, except that we went in at 11pm and hadn't been to bed so we were all a little sleep deprived... BUT he is COMPLETELY worth all that and all the pain (lots of pain..lol) But after all the waiting we finally got to meet our little boy! He is absolutely perfect if i do say so myself! My heart melts every time I look at him.

There is defiantly no shortage of people who love and think he is just perfect. We really couldn't be any happier and are so thankful that he is healthy, and that we have so much support from all of our family and friends during such an amazing time! We are so happy to be introducing him to everyone, and can't wait to keep doing so! On that note, I will post some pictures and go snuggle with him, because I know everyone really wants to see pictures anyway!

Just waiting...

and being silly...

Me and Mom

This one might be a little graphic...but it's his VERY FIRST picture...AMAZING.

Carson Thomas

First one of me and my little man.

Daddy and Carson

Grandpa, Gradnma, and Uncle Seth!

Mommy and Daddy and Carson

Nana Kay

Looking a little rough after no sleep and a delivery.

Uncle Seth and Carson

Grandma and Carson

Bright eyed!

Funny Faces

So Sweet

Awesome Camo blanket.

He's so snuggley

Proud Daddy.

Going home in Hawkeye Gear!

In the seat ready for his ride home, and he did Awesome slept thru the whole thing! (which should be no surprise he sleeps all the time!)

He's so peaceful!

Seth wanted his Nike's on!

Nakie!

Grandpa and Carson hanging out

Snoozing

More pictures to come soon!! We are going to Nana Kay and Papa Fuzz's to see everyone this weekend so we will have more to post I'm sure! 

37 weeks...well more like 36.

Well I went to my first weekly visit today, and all was well with the baby, Heart rate was at 144, stomach measured a-ok, and he is head down which is a good sign! But my original due date of Oct 29 is looking more accurate at this point than the one of 21st, unfortunately I would be ready any day now, but who knows at this point, I wasn't dilated at all but she did say my cervix was softening...so that sounded like a plus! :) lol

We are just anxiously waiting to hear better news at next weeks appointment...not that a healthy heartbeat isn't good news don't get me wrong but we are just so ready to meet our little man the anticipation is killing us...well me at least!!!!

I will post pictures soon of the baby shower, I have been meaning to but havent been feeling so hot so I haven't done much except sleep when I can! Here is a picture of the belly again!!!

35 down only 5 to go!!!

Well were getting closer and closer, and my body is feeling it. It was varicose veins, but now that pain is completely masked by the sciatic nerve pain. Its def the worst thing so far. I am not miserable otherwise but its amazing what one nerve can do to your whole body, I am going to the physical therapist on Tuesday before my regular appointment, and really hoping that changes things because its increasingly hard to do much of anything even laying in bed isn't all that comfortable with the pain shooting thru my leg/hip.  So I'm hoping some physical therapy will help!!

On a happier note, our little man seems to be growing just fine, he's still moving so much and gets the hiccups multiple times a day. He moves and kicks all the time, I can tell he's getting stronger because the kicks are keeping me awake now and now you can defiantly see a foot/hand moving across my belly not just a jump.

We go back to the doc tuesday and then we will see the doc in 2 weeks and then its once a week till we have a baby! (Were hoping its that easy :) haha) Hoping to have more news at an appointment soon, more than just everything measures great and heartbeat is great, (not that its not awesome to hear that) BUT I would love to hear them move my due date up or something!! LOL not sure what they can really tell me at this point buuut I would love to hear he will be here sooner than oct 21st!

And here's a picture at 35 weeks!

Belly

So ordering proofs of my maternity pictures and had the brilliant idea (well i thought anyway) to record my belly moving, since he moves all the time now and it shifts my whole stomach its pretty easy to see. If you go to about 15 seconds in that's where you can really see the movement and my whole stomach sort of rolling! Its so fun for me to watch and feel thought I'd share!

Maternity Pictures

So i was only going to post my favorite pictures, but I couldn't decided because I LOVE them ALL so i posted them all. I will be getting more in on a CD in the mail soon so after that I may have a few more to report! I had a friend from school take them and she did an amazing job!! I can't wait for him to be here so she can take newborn pictures too! :)

Just realized that in a little over a month I should have a baby(45 days to be exact!) :) I can't wait for him to finally be here! I can't sleep anyway so I might as well have someone to spend my sleepless nights with! 

Something about this one just cracks me up! 

This is my favorite....