October 7th, 2008
Jasper is 7 weeks old today. I can’t believe how fast time is flying by..only 5 more weeks until I have to go back to work. More on that later.
But first, some pictures of Jasper and his Grandpa F. who came all the way from Marco Island Florida to meet him:
Poor Grandpa, Jasper was on [...]
read more...September 21st, 2008
I know it’s been a while since I posted. Jasper has gotten worse to the point that I can rarely put him down at all. He has stopped liking being in the Moby wrap (usually get about 5 minutes before he grunts and groans and turns red, most likely “pushing” due to gas), hates his [...]
read more...September 10th, 2008
I have maybe 5 seconds before Jasper gets bored of the swing and starts screaming, so if this post gets cut of half way, you’ll know why!
Some highs and lows of our second week…
Highs:
Jasper’s umbilical cord finally fell off! We celebrated by giving him his first real bath, which he loved (much to my relief!)
Jasper [...]
September 2nd, 2008
Jasper, 9 Days Old
So for those of you still expecting, I thought I’d put together a list of the items we are loving and using all the time.
1) The Miracle Blanket. Jasper is quite the Houdini. Jeff is a great swadler, but despite his best efforts Jasper always managed to break free of the swaddle [...]
August 28th, 2008
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I could write a novel about this first week, but the highlights will have to do, I don’t get much time between feedings (he eats like a sumo [...]
read more...August 19th, 2008
Born 8/19 1:14PM EST
7lbs 14oz
19 inches long
Mommy and baby are doing well and will post as soon as possible!
(posted by Jasper’s Aunt Roxanne who is far far away in Los Angeles)
One pic for now:
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July 29th, 2008
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The nursery is finally finished! Here is a little gallery of images, I couldn’t get the captions working so here is a list of where everything [...]
read more...July 8th, 2008
This past weekend, we got a ton of baby stuff done, including almost finishing the nursery, buying everything left on our registry and setting up a few things like the baby swing. I also packed my awesome diaper bag:
So far it has:
5 Newborn diapers
bebe au lait nursing cover (knocker blocker, hooter hider, whatever you prefer [...]
July 1st, 2008
June 17th, 2008
First of all, thank you all sooooo much for voting on Oliver vs. Knut, I think I have decided to get both as many of you suggested!
Because this post will be very long and wordy, here is a belly pic at 32.5 weeks:
How much bigger can she get? Stay tuned. 7.5 more weeks to [...]
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