Jacob turns 3 months old

Three months old!? Where is the time going?

Everyone who told us this time in our baby's life will just fly on by was not lying. As cliche as it sounds, it seems like just yesterday Jacob was coming home, sleeping in the Pack N Play for the first time and staring at simple, stationary objects the best he could with heavily crossed eyes.

Now he's sleeping throughout the night on his stomach in a crib in his own room, following colorful moving objects with his strengthened eye muscles and developing a cute personality consisting of smiles, coos and pseudo giggles. He loves to stare at the bright colors from the TV and his toys.

In three months, he's doubled his birth weight and grown three inches. He's now able to use his hands to calm himself, though he still relies heavily on us to soothe him with a passy. He also has gained much more noticeably blond hair (with a tint of red), but he's still a fairly bald baby.

It's amazing how at this age every day makes a difference. That being said, we're eager to see what changes the next month brings!

This weekend

This weekend was not the best weekend ever! UGH! I was looking forward to a good and nice relaxing weekend with Nate and Dolly, but things sometimes do not work out like you want it.
Friday I went to dinner with Nate and John and had a turkey club. We came home and watched Wall-E. I fell asleep in the first 5 minutes. I woke up after it was over and felt so sick. I went to bed and woke up about midnight and found myself with my head in the toilet for a while. It was horrible. I went to bed and woke up again around 5 with the same thing. I was so sick. Finally I got some sleep until I woke up around 8 still feeling awful. I called my OBGYN to figure out what I should do and if there is any medicine I can take without hurting that baby. They NEVER called me back. I was so mad. So Nate and I went to the E.R. just incase to make sure the baby is ok. It turns out that I either got food poisoning or i picked something up from my students, but none of my students have been ill. I dont know. They ended up giving me 2 IV's because I was very dehydrated and giving me an Ultrasound to make sure the baby is ok. We were there for about 4 hours. It was horrible but i did get to spend time with nate. We got home and i fell asleep around 8. Not a good weekend but at least I only have 2 days of school and then we leave for Philly on Thursday morning for Thanksgiving.
I feel baby boy move a lot more everyday and a few kicks here and there but nothing major. The Dr. at the E.R. said that he is looking strong with a big spine. Hopefully that is a good thing:) Alright thats all.. more later

This weekend

This weekend was a very busy weekend baby wise for us.
On Sat. Nate and I went to Babies R US to finish our registry. OH MY GOSH! So overwhelming and it took so long. We were there for 2 and a half hours. But we finally finished and hopes nothing discontinues. So check it out and let me know what you think. Also, we have a registry at Target but I need to finish it some time soon.
On Saturday night I was online looking at cribs while nate was watching TV and saw a beautiful crib for not that much money. We decided to go and buy it that night. I had done a bit of shopping online for a crib but I knew this was the crib that we wanted. I looked at the comments/reviews and there were 76 reviews and every single one of them was a 5 star review. So we went out Sat. night and bought the crib. So exciting.
On Monday I had work off because the School System decided to give us MOnday off for Veterans day instead of Today. So Nate and I put the crib up. I will put up pics when I take a picture of it. THen we went for an Ultrasound. Of course I cried. I love seeing him and watching him on the tv. He was very active and kept punching me and kicking me. She tried to get pictures but took a while because he kept moving around. His heartbeat is very healthy and everything is there that needs to be there! He finally decided to relax when he started to suck his thumb. SO CUTE! I loved watching him suck his thumb.
Thats about it. More to come later

Baby Blog is Back

So.. I had many people ask me where the blog went and why it was taken down. There were upset people and it made me smile. I didnt realize how many people read the baby blog. So I decided to bring the blog back! YAY!!!!!
I probably wont update everyday but maybe once a week or so.

For updated news.....
1. Nate and I rented this at home heart doppler to listen to the baby's heart and it is amazing to hear it. I have made it a nightly ritual to listen to it before I go to bed. Its my "goodnight baby" thing to do now. The baby's heartbeat is very strong and loud. While I listen to his heartbeat I can also hear him moving around and I can hear him kicking me. Even though I cant really feel him kicking me all that much yet I can hear it very clearly.

2. I can feel the baby. Its a weird feeling. Like little butterflies in my stomach. I can usually feel the baby when I get up from sitting down for a while. The baby really moves around a lot at that time. I cant wait to feel kicks

3. ITS A BOY!!!! YAY!! I am sure most of you know already but i just want to shout it to the world. Its a boy!!!!! I cant wait. He is going to be my little man. Nate and I are going to Target and Babies R US this weekend to complete our registry. Its has already been started but we need to complete it.

4. Pictures will be put up when I am not lazy and can get up to download pics from my desktop. I am not going to show tummy pics yet.. I will later on as I show more. I am showing a bit but not too much. Probably in the next few weeks I will be showing more.

that is all! hope everyone is excited the baby blog is back. Keep reading and checking for the next post. I have an Ultrasound on Monday and will update with how that goes!