Santa 2013

We visited our favorite Santa last week!  This Santa is one of Owens friends grandpas!  His wife feeds him info into an ear piece and he carries on the sweetest conversations with the kids.  Owen still wants a fire truck! I hope he loves what Santa is bringing him!!

Here we are showing Santa MeMe's face! 

Jesse: 2 months

So Jesse is 7 weeks tomorrow as I start this post so hopefully I can document all the amazing moments and things he is doing.  

Last night he slept from 7:30pm till 3 am that is 7.5 hours!! It was great then up at 7:30am to nurse before taking Owen to school.  Please make this a new pattern!! 

He is getting better at burping and letting me know when he needs to so that he feels better.  Most nights we are getting a good 4 hour stretch of sleep which has made mommy feel so much better!  He cluster feeds in the evenings before bed and nursing is averaging 15 minutes on both sides.  

He needs the paci during the day, the gumdrop one; but at night when he is swaddled in his woombie/MeMe he goes to sleep pretty quick.  I have found that the big "cry it out" then leads to the big sleep of the night. So I am working on moving it from 7pm to 9pm.  Which also hopefully would mean getting up at 7:30 am most days instead of 6:30am which then means mommy is up for the day. Owen and daddy don't get up till 7:30-7:45 so this would be nice having everyone up at the same hour!

His cheeks are getting fuller and he has a double chin!! Everyone is saying that Jesse looks less like daddy and more like Owen.  Even daddy the other night mistook a picture of Jesse for Owen!! Had to do a double take! 

Switching to cloth diapers several weeks ago was the best move.  Jesse has slept better and even has had less diaper rashes.  In fact he hasn't had any till I put a disposable diaper on him while the cloth ones were drying!  I was so unhappy to see that bright red rash where the poop had been touching his bottom.  Plus longer sleeping stretches because he isnt leaking and cold covered in pee is always a big PLUS!!

Yesterday Jesse had his 2 month old doctor visit.  Dr. B said he is perfect which we knew.  Jesse weighed in at 12lbs 14oz; almost 13 pounds!! My chunker!! He is 75th percentile for weight, 65% for heights and 35th for head!  He got 3 shots and on oral vaccination. This morning he had a temp of 100.5 and we gave him some Tylenol, then he had a big poop and big brother helped give him a bottle while mommy got her hair colored and cut.  

I have to admit it is nice to be at the salon alone, but I do feel guilty leaving my boys. I also miss that I am not at home when all four of us could be together having family time.  

Jesse is sleeping better and better slowly he is moving to waking at 4-5am most nights, even tho last night he woke at 3am and then again at 5:30! Ouch that was rough on mommy.  

Ok onto the pictures!

Owen conversations: vol 2

As I got out of the shower and was getting ready, I hear:

"That's my mommy"

Chris:" yeah, buddy that's your mommy"

Owen looked out several of the windows and then said:

"Daddy help me find Mr. Moon"

They then went outside and sadly the moon was behind the clouds, but they saw lots of starts...too many to count!

Tonight, after Owen was put to bed, but not asleep.  I sneezed and then I hear:

"Bless you mommy!"  MELT my heart,

Jesse: 4 weeks

Jesse is doing great in his crib.  Mommy is getting a little more sleep with him in there!  He is still getting up about 3 times a night, but last night was twice if you call it an early morning at 6:30am.  Ouch, but really it wasn't horrible.  I got two three hour stretches of sleep, instead of three two hour stretches.  We have been getting more and more 3-4 hour stretches.  Last night would have been even more amazing as he slept great, but mommy got a stomach bug and Owen leaked out of his diaper and we had to get new pjs and sheets.

Jesse is nursing and finally it isn't hurting mommy as much. I think this is just typical for me.  

Just had his one month dr visit.  He is 10 pounds and 15 oz!  Almost 11 pounds, jumping from 30% to 70%!  Dr B said my milk must be very nutritious and keep it up.  The cluster feedings before bed are doing the trick and Jesse is sleeping great getting me up 1-2 times a night. The 3 times a night is what makes me exhausted the next day.  

Jesse is out of newborn clothes and some of the 0-3 month are getting tight too!  His nursery still isn't finished, but we will get to it eventually!!

Jesse: 3 weeks old

I wish I had more time to document every moment with Jesse, but 2 kids is way more work.  This is just plain honesty!

Jesse is thriving! He is a great baby and reminds me a lot of Owen and yet he is his own little person too! The first couple of weeks were just survival between feedings and sleep. Jesse really wants a paci. We didn't do one with Owen and really enjoyed seeing his little face, but he could cry it out and not bother anyone but the parents who were heart broken for him.  This time Jesse's cries wake up Owen if he isnt asleep in the evenings.  

Jesse: birth to 2 week weigh ins!

10-1: 8 pounds

10-2: 7 pounds 14 oz (midnight in hospital)

10-3: 7 lbs 5 oz (follow up at Peds office)

10-7: 7 lbs 10 oz

10-9: 7 lbs 13 oz 

10-14: 8 lbs 3 oz 

Next apt is one month!!

Jesse is giving us a couple 4 hour stretches, but they seem to hit during the day.  I just finished skimming the baby wise book again and will be waking him up during the day to eat.  I, also, moved him to his crib a couple nights ago.  These has seemed to help him stretch to a full 3 hours between starts of feedings instead of 2.5 hours...that extra 30 minutes makes a HUGE difference in the middle of the night!! 

Nursing is different and yet similar with Owen.  We used the nipple shield for several weeks and I stopped using it when his sucking was starting to hurt again.  Owen and Jesse have these tiny mouths and don't want to do a deep latch.  The shield allowed me to force it into their mouths so they got used to it deeper in there.  Then when we drop the shield they allow me to help them do a correct latch.  Well, Jesse has this really hard suckle at the beginning. It HURTS for about 3-5 seconds till my milk lets down and he can relax more.  The other thing that has been harder is finding time to pump.  With 2 kids needing me I can't seem to find a good time and in the evenings Jesse cluster feeds before bed and I don't want to deplete my milk supply or create an over supply.  

Big brother has been soooooo great with little brother.  Our first grocery shopping experience with both boys went pretty good!  Owen at one point held Jesse's hand to calm him down.  MELT MY HEART!!

It worked and Jesse was happy the rest of the shopping trip.  Owen was a little disappointed that he didn't get to ride in the car cart as there would have been no room for groceries and the baby car seat.  I might have to use the ergo next time so he can drive the cart as it makes him so happy! 

We broke out the double stroller and it was great at the outlets!! Both boys were great too!! Especially, since Owen was skipping a nap!  He sat in the front and ate his lunch the whole time, plus it helped that Aunt Sara was with us!! 

This is the ready 2 grow graco stroller that my family gave us!! I love it so far! Very easy to push and turn for a large heavy stroller. Plus the box has created hours of fun for a certain little boy!

We did some naked tummy time: yup of course there was a big poop and pee!!  

Jesse has no butt and skinny long legs!!  Still adorable to me!! Daddy gave mommy the best compliment the other night!  Said Jesses cheeks were filling out!  Means Mommy's milk is doing its job! 

Owen conversations:

Convo 1:

Owen: can I get my trains out? I cleaned up!

Mommy: sure, Owen!

Owen: ughhhh, my trains heavy. Owen strong like Jesus! 

Convo 2:

Putting Owen to bed and he gets into trouble for throwing MeMe out of the bed again.  I had to get stirn and pop his leg. When I was snuggling him and telling him I love him before putting him back to bed he says:

If Jesse throws his MeMe down, Jesse trouble too?

Mommy: yes, Owen Jesse will get in trouble 

Owen: mommy pop jesses leg too?

Mommy (trying not to laugh): yes, mommy will pop jesses leg too.

School photos! 

And one of Jesse too:

Big Brother Little Brother Moments

I am so proud of my first born.  He has been so sweet with Jesse.  Here are a few moments from the first 11 days of Jesse's life that I just can't forget.  Sadly, we can't seem to catch any on video or pictures.

• Big brother worries about little brother when he cries during a diaper change. Owen several nights now yells out from his bed "it's alright Jesse or it's ok, Jesse". Then I hear "jesse's hungry MeMe, he wants milk". Tonight daddy took J in there to O and O kissed and hugged him, then as daddy closed the door O said "I love you too, daddy, I love you too, Jesse!"
• Daddy was holding Jesse this morning and asked Owen to come give him a good morning kiss, which he did and then Owen gave Jesse a high five.  Later after some toddler play time he went up to Jesse's bare foot and did 5 little piggies "this piggy when to market, this piggy weee weee wee" and tickled Jesse.
• Since, Jesse was born Owen has been so sweet to shower him with kisses and his type of hug where you place your face next to someone's and make a squeezey hug grunt sound!  He like to tickle him and make pretend giggles for Jesse!