What a great weekend we all had!
We went down to Wilmington on Thursday morning, so I could go to a mediation in Jacksonville that afternoon. Jeff stayed at my mom's with Jacob and Jacob truly wore him out! He's into everything! We semi-babyproofed mom's house using pillows to block off the dangers. On Friday morning, I had a mediation in Wilmington, and Jeff took Jacob down to see his mom in Ocean Isle Beach. Jacob had a lot of fun with his Grandma and Jeff reports he liked riding their black lab, Sissy. Jacob was so dirty, Jeff had to give him a bath before he brought him home! I had to put stain stick all over his outfit before we washed it!
On Saturday, Jeff and I went over to my dad's pool and swam for a bit. It was a nice and relaxing afternoon. That evening, we went to Heather & Jed's for a cookout. We had some wonderful steaks and baked potatoes! It was like eating at a steakhouse, but better! Thanks guys!
On Sunday, Jeff and I had planned to meet some friends at dad's pool, but Jacob had other plans to nap during that time. He slept the morning away, and finally we went over to dad's for around an hour to let Jacob swim a little bit. He loved it. We'll post those pictures soon!
Sunday night, Jeff and I checked into the Wilmingtonian. It's a quaint all-suite hotel in downtown Wilmington. We last stayed there on our wedding night. We didn't have the exact same room (it was booked), but we did have the room right below it! We did some walking around downtown that afternoon, and to our surprise, Front Street Brewery had reopened. This is one of our favorite places to grab a beer, and we haven't been in two years. In the meantime, they had closed for 8 months and just reopened last September! We love the Raspberry Wheat ale! After a little browsing around downtown, we found the Little Dipper, where I REALLY wanted to eat dinner. It's a fondue restaurant, and the menu looked wonderful! We made a reservation, and went back to our suite to rest up and shower. We went back for dinner around 8 p.m. and started with wine on the deck overlooking the river. Then, our table was ready, so we moved inside. We had a Tuscan Sun-Dried Tomato cheese fondue, which our waiter aptly described as "pizza-dip." It was very good. We both had the chef-salad, also very good and rather big! For dinner, we shared the Dinner for Two - Surf N Turf, with filet mignon, shrimp, and lobster-stuffed ravioli. It was so much food, we could not finish the filet mignon! For dessert, we had the "Half-N-Half" - one half smooth peanut butter and one half dark chocolate. This was the best chocolate fondue I've EVER had. They even give you a cinnamon-sugar-graham cracker mixture to dip your dippers in after dipping in chocolate. Delicious!!!! I can't wait to go back!
On Monday, we leisurely slept in until 8 a.m. How wonderful! We went back to mom's, and had planned to meet the Prince William Tall Ship. My dad is the President of WHET in Wilmington. He and other WHET members have been working for a couple of months on getting the ship to stop in Wilmington. About a week ago, the captain of the boat invited my dad and other WHET members, as well as the media to board the ship in Morehead City on Friday and to sail around for the weekend, arriving in Wilmington on Monday. The ship arrived around 12:30 p.m. We made it downtown a little after 1 p.m. and met my dad and his wife. After spending a little time with them, we headed on home.
It was a great weekend all-around. The best part is, we kept Jacob on a great "sleeping schedule". He slept great at my mom's in the pack-n-play. Jeff gets a lot of credit too for putting Jacob down for naps in the pack n play right away on Thursday! Her house is just two bedrooms, so Jeff and I actually set up camp in the living room, so as not to disturb Jacob's slumber! It worked though!!! For several weeks now, he's been sleeping 10-11 hours a night! Knock on wood!
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Mother's Day Weekend
First, some pictures!
Jacob Napping
Making a mess at dinnertime!
New use for the pacifier he doesn't like?
He prefers boxes to his toys!
He likes boxes!
We all had a good Mother's Day weekend. Jacob is still fighting off this cold. He had his 9 month (well) check up on Friday. He was about 18 lbs, 2 oz and 28.5 inches long. I'm not sure the weight is quite right because he was squirming and the scale they use is too small for him now. He did drop down a few notches on the growth charts, but this was to be expected since he is so much more active now. He pulls up all the time and is crawling everywhere!
On Saturday, we went to a birthday party for our friend's Chris & Nicole's 2 year old daughter, Devyn. She is so cute! They put the cake in front of her to blow out her candles, and she said "Where's a fork?!!"
For Mother's Day, I got a lovely card from Jacob and another one from Jeff. I also got a Mother & Son keepsake box by Willow Tree and a necklace to wear my Mama-Baby charm on that Jeff gave me when Jacob was born. (My other necklace broke in February!)
Later, we drove to Wilmington for the day to see my Grandma Elsa who is visiting from Florida. Odd, since it was Mother's Day that we were with my Dad! But, our moms understood. My mom was here the previous weekend, and Jeff's mom will be here this weekend. We let Jake swim for about 10-15 minutes in Dad's pool with his new baby float.
This thing works GREAT! He loved, loved, loved it!
I don't want to jinx us, but Jacob has been sleeping soooo good for about 2-3 weeks now. He's going to bed at 6:30p to 7:00p, and he sleeps until the next morning around 6:30a. He did wake up at 9:30p last night, crying, but I went and checked on him and no fever, no wet bed or anything. He settled back down and stopped crying. I don't think he ever actually woke up though. Maybe he had a bad dream?
Monday, April 23, 2007
Good Monday Morning!
Our weekend went pretty well! Jacob slept great! He even let us sleep in until 7:30 a.m. on Sunday! Wow!
Saturday morning, Jacob and I went to March of Dimes' WalkAmerica at Nortel Networks. I ended up raising $230 of my $250 goal. Not bad! Our team raised $3,240 so far, and our goal was $3,000! We walked the 3.1 miles. Jacob was such a good baby! He didn't cry one time. I don't think he was feeling very good on Saturday - he was rather quiet. When we got home, he was running a little fever, but seems to have beat whatever he had. (Keeping fingers crossed!) Since he was running a fever, we skipped the birthday bash across the street and the wine festival. My mom ended up taking herself to the airport. So the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday were pretty quiet.
Last night, Jacob did not want to go to sleep. After 45 minutes of trying to get him to sleep (reading, rocking, back-patting), he still wanted to cry whenever he was in his crib. I finally gave up. We had to let him cry. From 7:45 p until 8:15 p, he cried off & on. For example, he would cry 6-7 minutes, and then stop for 5 minutes, then repeat until about 8:15 p. He did sleep the rest of the night without a peep. This morning, at 6:30 a, he was awake and cheerful.
Tomorrow, please keep Jacob in your thoughts & prayers. He has his appointment at Duke with Dr. Delaney, his pediatric cardiologist. Prior to seeing Dr. Delaney, he will have to be sedated for an echocardiogram. These appointments seem to get more difficult the older he gets, and I think that will continue to be true. I'm praying we continue to get the good news we've had at his last 3 appointments in September, November & January.
I've uploaded March & April pictures to shutterfly. They will be added to the collection really soon! I just need to do some editing!
Saturday morning, Jacob and I went to March of Dimes' WalkAmerica at Nortel Networks. I ended up raising $230 of my $250 goal. Not bad! Our team raised $3,240 so far, and our goal was $3,000! We walked the 3.1 miles. Jacob was such a good baby! He didn't cry one time. I don't think he was feeling very good on Saturday - he was rather quiet. When we got home, he was running a little fever, but seems to have beat whatever he had. (Keeping fingers crossed!) Since he was running a fever, we skipped the birthday bash across the street and the wine festival. My mom ended up taking herself to the airport. So the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday were pretty quiet.
Last night, Jacob did not want to go to sleep. After 45 minutes of trying to get him to sleep (reading, rocking, back-patting), he still wanted to cry whenever he was in his crib. I finally gave up. We had to let him cry. From 7:45 p until 8:15 p, he cried off & on. For example, he would cry 6-7 minutes, and then stop for 5 minutes, then repeat until about 8:15 p. He did sleep the rest of the night without a peep. This morning, at 6:30 a, he was awake and cheerful.
Tomorrow, please keep Jacob in your thoughts & prayers. He has his appointment at Duke with Dr. Delaney, his pediatric cardiologist. Prior to seeing Dr. Delaney, he will have to be sedated for an echocardiogram. These appointments seem to get more difficult the older he gets, and I think that will continue to be true. I'm praying we continue to get the good news we've had at his last 3 appointments in September, November & January.
I've uploaded March & April pictures to shutterfly. They will be added to the collection really soon! I just need to do some editing!
Friday, April 20, 2007
T.G.I.F.!
What a week....
Sunday night, Jeff & I attended the A.P.A. opening reception at the Grand Hall of the PA Convention Center. The reception took place on two different levels and approximately 6000 people were there! They had lots of fun foods from Philly & a great band!
Monday, we recovered from Sunday night, and toured the U.S. Mint where they make coins.
Tuesday, I flew home and was so happy to see Jacob!
Wednesday, Jeff flew home, and I picked him up at the airport. After a quick BJ's run for diapers, formula, baby food (do you also run out of everything at once?), we went to pick up Jacob from Chrissy's. He was very happy to see his "da-da."
Thursday, first semi-normal day this week, except Jacob did not sleep well again Wed. night - he decided to be up from 11:30 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. when we finally gave up fighting and let him sleep with us. And, I had to go to Greensboro for work.
And, now it's Friday. The weather will be beautiful this weekend! Jacob slept great last night! He did wake up crying at 8:15 p.m., and for the first time, we let him cry. He only cried about 15-20 minutes and went back to sleep. We did not hear from him again all night! Around 6:15 a.m., Jeff went into his room, and Jacob was awake and said, "Hi Dada!" He says, "Hi," and "Hey" and adds in Dada too! He also says "ba-ba" and he means it! It's so precious!
Tomorrow, Jacob and I will be doing the 5K walk for WalkAmercia for the March of Dimes! In fact, it's not too late to contribute! www.walkamerica.org/jennimc1975 is my walker page! I think we can take contributions for a few weeks after the event. I'm walking for my friend Audra's twins, born 2 years ago, who did not survive; my coworker Vanessa & her 27 weeker, born in October, who is doing very well; my sitter Chrissy's twins who were 30 weekers and also doing well now. Another friend, Laura, is an aunt to a 32 weeker. So many preemies! And of course, I'm also pleased that March of Dimes supports congenital heart defect research, though of course, there focus is prematurity. P.S. - Thanks to all of you who have contributed already!!!
Also tomorrow, we have a belated birthday party at our neighbors for their son Gavin who turned one a few weeks ago, but was quite sick on his birthday. And, we are taking my mom to the airport - so she can fly to Texas to see my brother, and then we are going to the Great Grapes Wine Festival, which I won tickets to this week!
I will try to get more pictures uploaded here & to Shutterfly this week!
If you haven't checked it out - Jacob's Shutterfly link is www.jacobjones.shutterfly.com
Sunday night, Jeff & I attended the A.P.A. opening reception at the Grand Hall of the PA Convention Center. The reception took place on two different levels and approximately 6000 people were there! They had lots of fun foods from Philly & a great band!
Monday, we recovered from Sunday night, and toured the U.S. Mint where they make coins.
Tuesday, I flew home and was so happy to see Jacob!
Wednesday, Jeff flew home, and I picked him up at the airport. After a quick BJ's run for diapers, formula, baby food (do you also run out of everything at once?), we went to pick up Jacob from Chrissy's. He was very happy to see his "da-da."
Thursday, first semi-normal day this week, except Jacob did not sleep well again Wed. night - he decided to be up from 11:30 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. when we finally gave up fighting and let him sleep with us. And, I had to go to Greensboro for work.
And, now it's Friday. The weather will be beautiful this weekend! Jacob slept great last night! He did wake up crying at 8:15 p.m., and for the first time, we let him cry. He only cried about 15-20 minutes and went back to sleep. We did not hear from him again all night! Around 6:15 a.m., Jeff went into his room, and Jacob was awake and said, "Hi Dada!" He says, "Hi," and "Hey" and adds in Dada too! He also says "ba-ba" and he means it! It's so precious!
Tomorrow, Jacob and I will be doing the 5K walk for WalkAmercia for the March of Dimes! In fact, it's not too late to contribute! www.walkamerica.org/jennimc1975 is my walker page! I think we can take contributions for a few weeks after the event. I'm walking for my friend Audra's twins, born 2 years ago, who did not survive; my coworker Vanessa & her 27 weeker, born in October, who is doing very well; my sitter Chrissy's twins who were 30 weekers and also doing well now. Another friend, Laura, is an aunt to a 32 weeker. So many preemies! And of course, I'm also pleased that March of Dimes supports congenital heart defect research, though of course, there focus is prematurity. P.S. - Thanks to all of you who have contributed already!!!
Also tomorrow, we have a belated birthday party at our neighbors for their son Gavin who turned one a few weeks ago, but was quite sick on his birthday. And, we are taking my mom to the airport - so she can fly to Texas to see my brother, and then we are going to the Great Grapes Wine Festival, which I won tickets to this week!
I will try to get more pictures uploaded here & to Shutterfly this week!
If you haven't checked it out - Jacob's Shutterfly link is www.jacobjones.shutterfly.com
Monday, April 2, 2007
Weekend!
Saturday morning, we finally got an estimate for painting the exterior of our house. We were pretty happy with the price and what is included in the price. We are thinking we will probably go ahead and use this guy. He's painted at least 4 houses in our neighborhood that we know of, and does good work. He was also very quick to get out to give us an estimate. I called him Friday afternoon & he called back Friday evening and came out Saturday morning. I am so excited that we will finally be getting this done soon!!!
Later in the morning, we went out to the Spring Fling community yardsale. When we went last year (or was it the year before?) we did not seem to find near as much stuff as we did Saturday. Then again, that was before we had Jacob. There were two particular sellers who had a LOT of baby boy clothes. One of those two really had very nice, hardly used stuff. We got Jacob the cutest zip-up style of baby Nikes, a little OshKosh bucket hat, and about 7 outfits + four snap type shirts from that seller. I offered her $15 for the entire lot of it and the seller happily accepted. That is one benefit of waiting until 11:30 a.m. to shop a yard sale! I would estimate these clothes/shoes would have easily cost us $50 at a Kid-2-Kid or Once Upon a Child type place. From the other seller, we got Children's Place 2 snap-shirts and 2 pair of blue jeans + a Graco square PNP for a total of $26. It's very similar to this one: http://www.specialtybaby.com/grtotblpanpl.html
It was a good buy because we wanted one to leave it at my mom's house since Jacob has outgrowno the travel crib.
Saturday afternoon, we went to Austin's 1st birthday party. There were two other babies Jacob's age and it was neat seeing them all together. One has the same birthday as Jacob, and was born just 12 hours later! We had a very nice time. They had a delicious cake, and Jacob got the cutest favor bag to take home with him!
On Sunday, Jacob woke up at 5:30 a.m., but we changed him and gave him a bottle and he actually went back to sleep until 7:00 a.m. Let me tell you, that's sleeping in for us! Later that morning, we went to the Target over by Southpoint Mall and played with the car seats. We also went to Babies R Us to check out their car seats. I was really not impressed with their selection of convertible styles. They had about 5-6 Britaxes, about 5 of the EB style Cosco's, and then just a few others. I thought Target had a better selection in different price ranges. I think we are getting close to making a decision. At Babies R Us, we did end up buying Jacob an Easter-type outfit, with a polo shirt, sweater vest and matching shorts. We also got him the cutest baby loafers.
Sunday afternoon, Jacob & I went to the Triangle Mommie's 2nd Birthday Bash at Umstead Park. It was fun to meet everyone! Here is Jacob at the party:
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/tmbirthdaybash07/?action=view¤t=DSC02847.jpg
Jacob was very interested in this fellow's facial hair - in fact at one point, he seemed to be reaching for this guy because I think he wanted to pull his beard!
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/tmbirthdaybash07/?action=view¤t=DSC02844.jpg
Incidentally, the baby that the guy is holding was born on Jacob's due date - Aug 11 - so they are the same age too!
This will be a short week - we are heading to Wilmington on Wednesday. I am "working" on Thursday, but I have a mediation in nearby Whiteville, so it works out well!
Later in the morning, we went out to the Spring Fling community yardsale. When we went last year (or was it the year before?) we did not seem to find near as much stuff as we did Saturday. Then again, that was before we had Jacob. There were two particular sellers who had a LOT of baby boy clothes. One of those two really had very nice, hardly used stuff. We got Jacob the cutest zip-up style of baby Nikes, a little OshKosh bucket hat, and about 7 outfits + four snap type shirts from that seller. I offered her $15 for the entire lot of it and the seller happily accepted. That is one benefit of waiting until 11:30 a.m. to shop a yard sale! I would estimate these clothes/shoes would have easily cost us $50 at a Kid-2-Kid or Once Upon a Child type place. From the other seller, we got Children's Place 2 snap-shirts and 2 pair of blue jeans + a Graco square PNP for a total of $26. It's very similar to this one: http://www.specialtybaby.com/grtotblpanpl.html
It was a good buy because we wanted one to leave it at my mom's house since Jacob has outgrowno the travel crib.
Saturday afternoon, we went to Austin's 1st birthday party. There were two other babies Jacob's age and it was neat seeing them all together. One has the same birthday as Jacob, and was born just 12 hours later! We had a very nice time. They had a delicious cake, and Jacob got the cutest favor bag to take home with him!
On Sunday, Jacob woke up at 5:30 a.m., but we changed him and gave him a bottle and he actually went back to sleep until 7:00 a.m. Let me tell you, that's sleeping in for us! Later that morning, we went to the Target over by Southpoint Mall and played with the car seats. We also went to Babies R Us to check out their car seats. I was really not impressed with their selection of convertible styles. They had about 5-6 Britaxes, about 5 of the EB style Cosco's, and then just a few others. I thought Target had a better selection in different price ranges. I think we are getting close to making a decision. At Babies R Us, we did end up buying Jacob an Easter-type outfit, with a polo shirt, sweater vest and matching shorts. We also got him the cutest baby loafers.
Sunday afternoon, Jacob & I went to the Triangle Mommie's 2nd Birthday Bash at Umstead Park. It was fun to meet everyone! Here is Jacob at the party:
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/tmbirthdaybash07/?action=view¤t=DSC02847.jpg
Jacob was very interested in this fellow's facial hair - in fact at one point, he seemed to be reaching for this guy because I think he wanted to pull his beard!
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/tmbirthdaybash07/?action=view¤t=DSC02844.jpg
Incidentally, the baby that the guy is holding was born on Jacob's due date - Aug 11 - so they are the same age too!
This will be a short week - we are heading to Wilmington on Wednesday. I am "working" on Thursday, but I have a mediation in nearby Whiteville, so it works out well!
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