Jasper is Six Weeks Old Today!

And no longer tongue tied..(more on that later). But first, introducing Jasper Bear:
So I think it’s true what they say, babies get worse until 6 weeks and then start getting better until 3 months. This past week there have been several really good days, particularly Sunday when Sarah, Jay and baby Daphne came to visit. [...]

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First Smiles!

So it’s not ALL bad over here at the Dark Lord’s Lair..we occasionally get some rays of sunshine, like when jasper smiles - and we can actually capture it on video!
We also had a fairly decent day yesterday - Jasper seemed more comfortable than usual, maybe it’s the wellements gripe water I started giving him? [...]

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Jasper’s Birth Story

First of all I want to say thank you for the incredible outpouring of well wishes, it means so much to all of us!
I’m sorry I didn’t post sooner, as you can imagine life with a newborn makes finding time to post more difficult. The birth story is also fairly lengthly as you are about [...]

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Happy Full Term to Me!

Sunday marked an important milestone, little Jasper turned 37 weeks old and is now full term - yay!!! He’s welcome, indeed strongly ENCOURAGED to make his appearance anytime now, preferably sooner rather than later as mommy is getting very uncomfortable.
Sunday night I had menstrual like cramps all night long (I know this because I woke [...]

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Jeff Finally Felt the Baby Kick!

Yes, it was quite a milestone for us because like most expectant fathers, Jeff had been looking forward to this for a while…
Baby only started moving so that I could feel him consistently at around 19-20 weeks around the same time we had the big U/S.  Jeff had left town for a long business [...]

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