Ryan's sister Krista and her fiancée Jake and his dad came to stay with us for a week. They were very happy to meet Jameson. We had a busy week meeting lots of family members! Jameson met his Great Grandma Carson and Bever as well as a great uncle and a couple great aunts. Auntie Krista loved holding a happy Jameson and eventually got pretty good with an unhappy Jameson! She loved having him sleep on her! Grandma Katie came over to visit a few times that week and loved holding Jameson as much as she could!

9.5 weeks Jameson is growing so quickly...about 2 lbs/month to be exact! He now weighs 10.8lbs and 23.5inches long. His 2 month check up went wonderfully; Ryan and I were commended on how well we were doing. (What a relief!) Jameson got 2 shots this time. After the initial pain he quickly went right back to smiling, me on the other hand continued crying for a while! Jameson has met all his milestones this month: cooing, smiling, following an object 6 inches away and responding to loud noises in some way. He has found his hands/fists and often tries to comfort himself by sucking on them when his pacifier falls out. Jameson has such a sweet smile! One way that I can always get him to smile is to touch above his lip and talk about the mustache he'll have someday. I'm not sure why this is so funny to him but if that doesn't work talking about his "beard" works! Funny little boy! He's quickly outgrowing outfits with footies so I've been putting him in "big boy pants". I thought I wouldn't like him in those type of clothes because he wouldn't look so babyish but I have found that he is so adorable in jeans and cargo pants!
I have decided that I want nothing more than to be a stay at home mom. I feel good that I have finally made my decision official and excited to start this life with Jameson. I spent my first full day away from him today because I went to a conference through work. It was so hard being away from him. All the way home I was thinking "I'm even excited to get home to change his diaper!" When I got home I picked him up and cried and felt confident in the decision I made about staying home. I will certainly miss working/teaching but there is so much I want to teach Jameson!

7.5 Weeks old: Jameson is growing up and becoming so much more alert and interactive! He is now almost holding his head up by himself, getting on more of a consistent schedule (I say that now, so I'm sure he'll change it all on me tomorrow!)and my favorite...he's SMILING! I now spend all his awake time (well, that he's not eating)trying to make him smile! It is so nice to have another emotion besides crying that he can express! We have recorded a little video of him smiling so I just have to figure out how to edit it and get it on here, but it's coming soon so stay tuned! Last week he went through a major growth spurt which kept me busy with constant feedings! Now this week I have had to put away many of his clothes because they no longer fit (sad!). Jameson and I are becoming a lot more mobile! We went shopping for several hours this past week, I even fed him in a parking lot! Oh how far we've come! I took him to my dentist appointment which lasted for an hour and he did GREAT! He mostly slept though the whole appointment; what a relief! I was so proud of him! I'm getting so anxious to get him outside so I can take him on walks now that the weather is getting warmer! I hope to be buying a stroller soon!

1 Month! Our little man is 1 month old, I can hardly believe it! Some days it feel like we just came home from the hospital and other days it feels like he should be 3 years old! (basically this depends on how much sleep he's letting me get!) Jameson has been doing pretty well at night, minus a few nights here and there. A couple nights ago he slept for 5.5 hours and then another 4 hours! We, Jameson and I, had our first overnighter at my parents house. Lets just say our nights sleep didn't go so well!
I'm finally feeling physically better and I'm able to do a little more with him. Another 2 weeks until my next appointment where hopefully she'll approve me to get back to normal life! It's so hard not being able to lift him in the car seat! That kinda limits my possibilities!! Emotionally I feel that it's getting better, I now span days between crying rather than hours. I'm hoping being able to get out with friends and not feeling limited in what I'm able to do will help me begin to feel more like myself!

I cannot believe I already have my first 2 weeks of being a mom behind me! He is so fun to get to know and learn all his little noises and quirks! I have learned that he HATES it when he poops, loves to sleep, makes a funny sound as he's calming down from crying and he smiles sometimes when he toots. His umbilical cord is ALMOST off, silly thing is hanging on too long! Ryan and I have been peed on sooo much we can only laugh about it! Ryan and I are enjoying being parents, however we will not pretend it isn't a trying and exhausting experience! Here are a few pictures over the past 2 weeks:

Here he is!!!! I'm so proud to introduce Jameson Austin Bever. He was born on Jan. 20 at 10:39 am. He weighed 7lbs 3 oz and is 20 inches long.

week 40. "Our baby is probably around the size of a small pumpkin. The average newborn weighs about 7 1/2 pounds and is about 20 inches long." -babycenter.com I put up the picture of the sesame seed because that is how big he was when I found out that I was pregnant and now just 35 weeks later he's the size of a pumpkin and ready for the world. Hopefully this will be my last weekly pregnancy post. Babycenter.com doesn't provide anymore pictures with size comparisons to a quarter after 40 weeks, maybe because it would scare too many women!
Tomorrow is the day that I have been counting down to for so long...my due date. I cannot believe I'm here already; that very idea scares me as well as thrills me! Ryan and I will be going to my appointment tomorrow at 1:30 and hopefully she will tell us that progress has been made. I will also be asking her to strip my membranes to help encourage labor. Basically this is a procedure that consists of her sweeping my cervix to separate my bag of waters from the uterine wall. When she does this it usually releases hormones that often start contractions. Women have had many different levels of success with this...some have gone to the hospital 2 hours later, some not for a couple days and some did not have any success with it. I'm preparing the house and myself as if it is happening tomorrow though! I even spent about 20 minutes opening up individual animal cracker packages and consolidating them into a large ziplock bag as if this was one of those most important chores to get done before we bring the baby home! Silly! Nervous and excited energy I guess. The labor and delivery as well as meeting my baby and finally holding him seems so unreal to me it is very hard to fully wrap my mind around it! We have been getting phone calls this weekend inquiring if we're at the hospital or just asking how we're doing. It is so nice of everyone to think of us and showing us that they are so excited as well! Ryan has been very protective and doesn't believe that I should be going anywhere alone so he drove me around to do errands this morning. It was very nice to have a chauffeur! He is very excited and anxious to meet his son!! Hopefully soon...we'll keep you update! Stay tuned!