Ellie's Earrings

 

Well, I finally talked Kyle into letting me get Ellie's ears pierced.  I really thought he might make us wait until she was 16!  We went to the mall and Ellie was all pumped up!  We put some numbing cream on her earlobes while we ate lunch.  Then we went to Claire's.  We about died when they told us how much it was going to cost . . . $60 to pierce a 2-year-old's ears!  Isn't that ridiculous?  I almost changed my mind, but Ellie was already too excited.  Claire's was out of permission forms so they sent us to Icing.  Ellie got up in the chair and was already deciding which color sucker she was going to get.  Then the lady wanted to put dots on her ears and she started to get nervous.  She let her put the dots on and then we decided that I should probably hold her.  She pierced the first one and Ellie cried, but let her do the second without jerking or freaking out in any way.  Having had my ears pierced a million times, I know it only hurts for a minute.  My biggest fear was that she'd start flailing around and we'd leave with only one ear pierced!

 

But, she did amazing!  She picked the earrings she wanted . . . little flowers.  Then she picked an orange sucker and we were on our way!  She looks so precious and she's very proud of her new earrings.

 

Getting up in the chair

Not too sure why this lady is touching her . . .

 Not too happy

 This is after we got home.  How cute are my kids???

 Mommy and Jackson

Just realized I haven't had a picture with him since we were in the hospital!

Jackson at 1 month

Jackson is actually 6 weeks now, but at his one month checkup he looked great! 

His stats:

Weight:  10 pounds 11 ounces - 65th % (I think this is wrong, but that's what they said)

Length: 21 3/4 inches - 53rd %

Head: ? Can't remember the measurement, but it was 70th %

Just when I think we're getting into a routine with eating or sleeping, Jackson will change his mind.  Last week he slept 6 hours straight at night for 3 nights.  On the 4th night I went to bed thinking I was going to get a good 6 hours of sleep only to be woken up 3 hours later and then 3 hours after that.  So, at this point, he ranges from 2 1/2 hours to 6 hours at night.  He doesn't sleep often during the day, but most of the time it's not his fault.  His sister likes to wake him up on purpose.  If he's sleeping and I look around and don't see Ellie, I can always find her in his room standing on the side of the crib and talking very loudly!  Then she'll say, "Is he awake? I woke him up."  Poor guy.

As far as eating, this kid does it constantly!  I can't believe how often he nurses.  He does tend to fall asleep while eating sometimes, but even when I think he should be full and happy for a good while, he'll be ready to eat again in an hour.  I feel like that's all I do.  I also don't think he'll be as easy to transition to the bottle as Ellie was.  He'll take a bottle now, but when he is sleepy or fussy, he has to nurse to fall asleep.  I know they say you can't spoil an infant with nursing, but I beg to differ.

He is starting to smile a lot now, which is so much fun!  He also loves to look around the room and check out his surroundings.  He seems to like car rides.  He'll be crying when we get in the car, but as soon as we start driving he'll calm down and usually fall asleep.  He also likes to be swaddled when he goes down for the night.  Once we swaddle him and feed him, he knows it's time for bed.

At his last appointment, Dr. Moore gave us a perscription for an antacid to help with his acid reflux.  It does seem to be helping.  At least he's sleeping better.  Whatever it is, I'm grateful!  Between him not sleeping, Ellie being sick with a stomach bug and allergies, myself getting mastitis 2 weeks ago, and Kyle being extremely sore from a car accident he was in (I'll post the pics of his car . . . he'd only had it for one month), it has been an exhausting month.  Hopefully, better times are ahead.

Here's Jackson at 1 month.

I think he looks like my baby pictures here.

 Touchdown!  The funny thing is that he actually did this when we scored a touchdown.  Everyone yelled and it scared him so he threw his hands up like this!

 First trip to the zoo.  The weather was beautiful last Tuesday, so we took him and Ellie to the zoo.  It was perfect!  There was hardly anyone there.  We had a great time!

 Smiley!

 So sweet

 Nana and Jackson

Happy 1 month Jackson!  We love you so much!