Jameson has reached 3 milestones this week! I heard his first real giggle! a couple days later he rolled over for the first time. I was taking naked butt pics and he rolled over and continued to do so making it hard t get the perfect picture! Though this week was fun, it also met me with many other not so fun moments; Crying more than normal, just plain irritable and no more sleepful nights. my once 10 hour sleeper would wake up at 2am and struggle to go back to sleep again that night. It wasn't until Saturday night that I realized he had started teething! He cut his first tooth (top eye tooth!)! crazy! What a week!

J is growing up so fast! Jameson is now 3.5 months old and weighs somewhere around 12-13 pounds. He is now making lots of bubbles, and drooling. He isn't laughing quite yet but instead he throws in a little cough where you'd think he would laugh. He loves being able to look out and see everything around him. He can follow you with his eyes as you pass through a room. He LOVES sucking on his fingers but sometimes they go in too far and he chokes on them. We've been able to get out on walks with him and he loves that for the most part! He still snorts a lot and sounds like he's talking when he has a pacifier in his mouth.

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: