We have taken up the sport of fishing this spring and hope to do more of it this summer. Jaxon had a blast putting worms on the end of his spiderman fishing pole. Spiderman is the only one that caught anything, and then the dang fish got away. Justin spent more time feeding the fish than catching them...a tad frustrating for the experienced fisherman!
We are so thrilled to announce the arrival of our lil man!! Anthony Jay was born Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 7:10 a.m. weighing in at 8lbs. 12 oz. and was 21" long. Both mom and baby are doing well. I will post more about the delivery later on, but until then here are some pictures of his first day!
Seeing the sun out for the last 2 days has me thinking that maybe, somewhere around the corner, spring and summer are coming. Not sure exactly, but I am trying to have a positive attitude. I have been making a list of fun things to do this summer, just random things around here that would be fun to do for a day/afternoon. We will see how many we accomplish...I think I forget that we will have a new baby...but once again I am trying to be positive; and anyone who knows me (especially Justin) will tell you that I have a hard time just sitting in the house, especially on a nice day. Check out our list to the side, and feel free to add any suggestions!!
Justin is now a full time employee at SAPA. He was offered a loader position yesterday and he accepted. Hooray for good news!! This means benefits go in to effect immediately, he gets his 2 weeks paid vacation, and a pay raise. We are so excited and it really couldn't come at a better time. Nothing like getting benefits just weeks before your baby is due, and getting vacation time so he can spend more time with us when this baby does come. We both feel better now about him being full time and feel like we can breathe a bit better. It's a lot of weight lifted off our minds, thats for sure. Now all we need to do is sit back and wait for this little man to arrive and it should be smooth sailing from there!!
So my pregnancy ticker reminded me this morning that I only have 3 weeks and 3 days left til my due date. Like I don't physically know that I am nearing the end. I won't complain to you about all the aches and pains and aray of emotions of the 9th month...but lets just say that they are there in full swing. The nesting/cleaning like crazy phase is there too. All I want to do is make lists of things to do and clean and organize EVERYTHING. I made me a project list of things to have done before Anthony comes, and I have slowly but surely been crossing things off as they get done. However my to do list today has 21 things on it...a typical list for a Monday. Justin keeps reminding me that whatever doesn't get done today will still be there tomorrow, but it's hard for me to not to want to cross everything off in one day.
I can't believe that we are so close to meeting this little man. I am so excited to get him here and be a family of 4. Every time contractions start I think 'is this it?' I hate that part actually. I am such a planned out and in control person and this is one thing I don't have control over or marked on my calender. But, such is life, and once again Justin reminds me that I can't always have control over everything in life. That's a hard pill for me to swallow sometimes.
Anyway, nothing much else exciting at our house. We have taken up fishing this year and Justin and Jaxon have had a blast. I have pictures...(blog about fishing trip is on the never ending to do list too). It's cute to watch Jaxon with his Spider Man fishing pole and to watch Justin teach him about using a worm on the hook and how to try to wait patiently for a bite, (yeah we are working on the patients part especially). I am especially glad to see the sun out a bit too. I never thought that I would be one of those people that need the sunshine to be happy, but apparently I am. I seem to get really irritable and antsy this time of year. I am sick of the cold and ugliness of winter and am ready to get outside and play and work in my yard. I sit here on my couch and look out my glass door plotting everything I want to do and places I want to go. That list is also a long one.
So here I sit wide awake at 5:30 a.m. Way too early for my liking. You would think I would be used to it since I have been waking up at 3:30 a.m. for the past 8-10 weeks. Apparently my body has an alarm clock that goes off then that says "ok, aching back and hips can't take laying down anymore...WAKE UP!!" And I am SO not a morning person. My hubby can attest to that. I enjoy my sleep...but am learning to adjust (ok, still trying after 3.5 years). I was actually woke up, more like startled, by Jaxon this morning. We had our first bed wetting accident. I am assuming he peed in his bed, then decided to come lay on my comforter on the floor, then wake me up to tell me he was wet. I guess laundry is on the 'to do' list today. I tried to go back to sleep, but Jaxon wasn't having it. He came and got in bed with us, I got up to go to the bathroom and come downstairs, and yeah, he followed me. So here we sit watching Blues Clues while I am having some nasty contractions. I am telling you...I am not going to make it another 5 weeks and 3 days. Or, like Justin thinks, he will be a stubborn baby and be overdue. So that would mean at least another 6 weeks of contractions and uncomfortableness. I wish that I could use Blues Clues to figure out exactly when this baby is coming. It would make things a lot easier. On a side note...it's funny the things you think about while laying in bed at 3:30 a.m. This morning for me it was the thought of 'are the bottles that go to my breast pump clean' and 'did I throw away those old nipples, pretty sure I did, does that mean I go buy new bottles and nipples or just new nipples?' Yep, those are the things I was seriously pondering. Oh yeah and the fact that I need to buy more nursing pads. And that I should seriously pack my hospital bag today. I think I am getting so close, yet that part is not done. That can go on the 'to do' list right under laundry. Sorry it's a long rambling post...but I am entitled seeing as it's now 5:45 a.m. I will keep my 2 readers posted on these nasty contractions. So far they are still pretty strong and painful...Justin will be thrilled to hear this when he wakes up!!!
We realized that it had been about 6 months since we had been on a date! Way too long if you ask me, but you know how it goes. Now that Justin has this new job/schedule we are hoping to be able to do more, just the two of us. (Yeah right, who am I kidding, not with a brand new baby coming!!) So anyway when we were given these Jazz tickets we decided that would count as a date for the two of us and took advantage of it!! Jaxon stayed overnight at my parent's house, which he loved! It was so great waking up when WE wanted to Sunday morning, and having a relaxing morning just to ourselves.
The Jazz game was seriously a blast!! It was so cool to see these players in real life...who knew they were so tall!! When we got there we ate a yummy dinner that was included with our tickets. Then we went out to the court to find our seats. We were seriously like two kids on Christmas. All we kept saying was "can you believe how close we are" and "this is so awesome!" Anyway, the Jazz creamed the Rockets, which was a good thing, and we really enjoyed ourselves!! Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure! (Please notice the 'bump' I've got going on!)
