He's Two Weeks Old!!!

Here is the cute little outfit that Grandma and Grandpa Debbie and John gave Jackson... he wasn't too happy at the moment, but I had to get a picture!On Thursday night, this is the sleepy little "Pea in the Pod" that Matt came home to! It's still a bit big on him!
Since Jackson was born he has been trying to figure out how to suck his thumb, but he always has it clenched in his fist so he ends up just sucking on random parts of his hand. Today he had a breakthrough and actually found the thumb!
Jackson's favorite place to be is on his changing table, he just stares at his stuffed animals, and loves to listen to the musical one that he got from Uncle Jake.

Baby Announcements

I'm pretty sure that I am losing it... I had two stacks of baby announcements, one that already had return addresses, and another that still needed return addresses. Well... today I mailed out the stack that didn't have return addresses. Let's just hope that I had everyone's addresses right, or there will be no knowing if they ever make it out or not!

First Solo Outing!

Jackson and I had our first solo outing today and it was a success. First we went to the pediatrician. Last Thursday Jackson weighed 7lbs 14oz. and today (one week later) he weighs 8lbs 12oz! That's almost a pound in exactly one week! The doctor said that he is very healthy which was good news. Then Jackson had his first visit to Target for some baby essentials, who knew you needed so much formula and so many infant hangers??? We also picked up his halloween costume! We're going to surprise Matt tonight when he gets home from work to find his cute little "pea in a pod"!

I wanted to post my baby picture in contrast to Jackson's, because he looks so much like I did when I was a baby. Here are the two, side by side, can you see the resemblance? As a joke Matt says his theme song is the rap song, "Dat Baby don't look like me". If you want to hear it here is a link, it is pretty hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBI_sjZrhFY

More Pictures of the Little Cutie

I'm probably going overboard with all of the pictures, but I can't help it, so here's a few more pictures of Jackson! As you can see he loves to sleep with his hands above his head. He also likes to put up a good struggle at bath time. Today he has another checkup with the pediatrician. Hopefully she says he is still doing great. I don't know how much he weighs yet but his little cheeks are getting chubbier by the day! He is getting much better at night, Matt's been feeding him before he leaves for UPS at 1:30AM every morning which lets me get a full six hours of sleep before I have to get up and feed him at 4:30. My parents left for Minnesota early this morning, and I am definitely going to miss them, and their help! Luckily we will get to see them again in only three weeks. Well, it's time for another diaper change so I will post more later!
-Jess

VIDEOS FINALLY!

One Hour Old... narrated by Matt



Jackson's First Frown... narrated by Matt



Two Days Old moving his arms... narrated by Matt

Going home from the Hospital

He's already 6 days old!

Jackson has been home for 4 days now and is doing excellent. He is definitely a "night owl" as his favorite time to be up is from about 10PM to 2AM. Luckily we have had enough grandparents around that every morning at about 7AM I have been able to hand him off and go back to sleep. Yesterday Matt's mom and stepdad (Glenn and Diane) arrived and they were so happy to see him. They brought tons of gifts and clothes, and I think that now we have enough baby clothes to put him in a different outfit every day and never have to do laundry! He is going to be one stylish baby. He also got some more Cubs and Bears clothing... Matt is going to teach him where his loyalties lie young! My parents left to go camping yesterday, and will be back on Monday, hopefully they enjoy their new camper.

For everyone back home we have made our travel plans and we will be leaving Denver on Thursday October 2nd and heading to the Twin Cities. Then on Saturday, October 4th we will be heading up to the lake for a few days. Then on Tuesday, October 7th we will be spending one last night in the Cities. Then on Wednesday, October 8th we will be driving to Crystal Lake, and staying there until Monday, October 13th when we make the big trip back to Denver. We would love to see as many people as possible, and let you all see Jackson, so just get in touch with us so that we can make plans to see everyone!

I know that you are all anxious to see videos, we have been slow getting them up, but hopefully we will get them posted soon. In the mean time here are some more pictures... he sure is a cutie! Also, if you are interested in ordering any of the pictures from his first week, they are all available in a shared Shutterfly album. The quality of the pictures in the album is a lot better than copying them from the blog. Here is the link to that album: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0QbtGThmybsXWQ

He's Home

Today we brought Jackson home from the hospital and he is doing great. My mom and dad (Curt and Jan) are here to help us out and it is really nice to have them around. Matt's goal is to see how many diapers he can avoid changing, and so far he hasn't had to change too many! Matt has also gone crazy with the video camera, video taping every single "first" that Jackson has. One of today's firsts was the baby swing, which didn't go too well, I think that we need to wait a few weeks for him to get a little bigger. Here are a few more pictures for all of you that want to see the little guy. Hopefully tomorrow we will post some of the videos that Matt has been taking.

-Jess