What about mommy?

I always update on the kids and Paul, but not very often on myself.

So how am I? Great. I really am. I feel amazing considering I just had surgery 9 days ago. I was going to write up this blog about things I miss about being pregnant, but I couldn't think of anything haha. I really do not miss it at all. I am so excited to have Jackson out, and not have back pain, and feel so fatigued it was hard to get out of bed most mornings. I am excited to get back to cooking, and can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can take the kids to the park. Excited to get back into my photography. By the end of Jackson's pregnancy, I really just hated everything, and was annoyed by everyone for no reason or for no good reason haha. I just feel like myself again. Refreshed and ready for a new year!


A few goals for the new year:

1. Get back to pre-pregnancy weight before Paul's birthday. And lose that extra baggage by June.
2. Start Walking Everyday (Don't forget to take your camera! haha)
3. Date Night at least once a month with the Hubs.
4. Make some extra cashola for my Photography and other fun things, by selling some TuTu's
5. Take pictures everyday.
6. Cook at least 4 of the weekly meals. (Something New Every Night)
7. Blog EVERYDAY!

I will update in a couple of weeks to let you know how I am doing on these.

I also put a ticker down below to show my weight loss progress.

A day of 1st

Today was a big day for out little man Jackson. We took him for his first walk. We bundled him all up in his carseat and attached it to the stroller, and walked down to get Samuel from the bus stop. Of course he slept the whole time. But it was good for mommy to get out of the house at least haha.  When we got home we cranked up the heater, and gave him his first sponge bath, he didn't even cry that much!

Today also marks the First Anniversary of the garage fire, that almost cost Paul his life. You can read about it here

He burned his arm pretty bad, but its healing as nice as expected.

 

The area is pretty sensitive, and he says the only feeling it has is pain =[ 

So today has been spent remembering, and with lots of extra hugs and kisses for our daddy.

This isn't a first, but I just love how Jackson holds his feet.

He is so stinking cute!

Poop

Today we are just hanging out, catching some rays and being lazy after a not so good night. Jackson woke up at 3am for a feeding, all went great, as I was putting him down again, he pooed. I changed him, got him all wrapped back up and he pooped again, and as I was changing that diaper he pooped in the clean diaper that I had laid underneath! I could not get back to sleep after that, so I ended up staying up for the rest of the day. Lets just be honest, 2 hours of sleep does not make for a very nice Shiloh. lol

Letting Jackjack get some sun to help clear up his jaundice.

He is actually only yellow on his face, now where else.

And here are just some random pictures I took of him after a diaper changing,

He looks so much like Samuel did as a baby

He has his daddies feet <3

This would be how lazy of  a day we were having.

Aidan passed out in the glider.

He is so stinking cute.

We also decided to weigh Jackson on the baby scale I had bought to use as a prop in pictures.

Who knew it would come so much in hand haha.

Paul calibrated it, and we set him on,

It was saying he weighed 7lbs 1ounces.

So he is well on his way back to birth weight.

Getting plenty to eat =]

Were Home =]

So today we got discharged from the hospital. I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER. I knew once we got home that Aidan and Betty would show their true feelings about baby and they did. Aidan is absolutely inlove. He just wants to sit and look at Jackson and talk to him. He was playing him songs on his toy harmonica. "That Means I love you, that means he's my best friend". And Betty has not been that jealous. When we first got home she just wanted me to hold her, which is understandable, I've been gone for 3days. But she hasn't showed any signs of being upset with Jackson being here. Samuel isn't really showing much interest, but Jackson is not a video game so I didn't expect him too, lol I am kidding. 

I just cannot get over how BIG Jackson is. I know it may not seem like it, but our boys weren't even wearing newborn until they were almost 2 months old. We got Jackson a preemie outfit to come home in, it was a long sleeve sleeper, and the sleeves came up to his elbows and his little feet were all scrunched. lol So the little guy came home in a onesie. I expected him to look tiny in his carseat, but he doesn't. And when I handed him to my brother in law Jason, I really expected him to look tiny, BUT HE DIDN'T!  I feel like I already have like a 3 month old haha. He is already growing up way to fast!

So far everything is going good. I think things should get back to normal pretty quickly. It feel so amazing to have a baby in the house again. I am loving every minute of it.

Just an update

Jackson is doing really well, he is such a good baby. The only time he has cried was when he was born, since then he has just thee cutest little whimper. Well yesterday my milk started to come in, and lets just say little chubs has certainly found his voice. I handed him to Paul so I could readjust myself in bed, and he just started wailing. After that he spent a good hour eating haha. After I got done feeding him, Paul wrapped him up like a tight little burrito and we put him in his little bed. He started fussing a little while later, nothing big just his whimpering. Well Paul looks over at the bassinet and this is what he found...

The little stink had completely unwrapped himself!

And for those of you who have had babies before

Paul can swaddle with the best of them

So it had to take some strength to get out of it.

Yesterday we had quite the array of visitors. It was quite funny, everyone showed up at the same time.

So we had my sister and her four girls, along with our three little ones and my dad

Shortly after they arrived my bestie Jenio and her mom showed up

and about 5minuntes into their visit Nannie and Papa arrived

It was a little crowded haha

But I loved every minute of it

Here are some pictures of our visitors 

Jeni holding Jackjack

Nannie and Papa

Brea and her girls.

Koda holding Jackjack

Brea made us this diaper cake

Stinking cute right?

Thanks again girlie.

Betty still doesn't know quite what to think.

I can't wait to get him home, she wont feel so over whelmed

and we can get a real idea of how shes going to react to him,

Aidan is just ecstatic to have a little brother

I think Samuel looks just a little panicked in this one haha

Bailey loves babies, I know shes going to be a big help when we get home

Brooke loves her new cousins too

Betty had a little melt down,

She didn't like everyone crowding Jackson and touching him.

And this is Aunt Fluffy...

Look real close at Jackson face, I think hims likes his Aunt Fluffy

Jackson had his circumcision today, and the doctor said he didn't cry at all. He said he whimpered and protested, but mostly over being strapped down. He was wide awake after they brought him back. Just content looking around, then he ate and went back to sleep. I am really amazed at how good of a baby he is. Well not really, haha My other kids were just as good.

Welcome to the world Jackson Healey Schow!

Jackson Healey Schow was born at 7:06am on Friday, January 22nd 2010. Weighing in at a whopping 7lbs 3 ounces and measuring 18 inches long, he is definitely our chunkiest and shortest little monkey!

We were a planned c-section, although Paul and I were for sure we wouldn't make it to that date. But despite our greatest efforts this little man was determined to stick to the schedule! We were told that on Thursday the day before we would be receiving a call from the hospital to let us know what time we had to be there. THURSDAY WAS AN AGONIZING DAY! It seemed to drag on and on. Nannie and Beth came over to visit and while they were there, I had forgotten about the phone call. Mid way through the visit I said to Paul that he might want to go upstairs and get the phone, and sure enough we had missed the call! Luckily only by a few minutes, and they knew exactly who I was before I told them.  The nurse told us that we needed to be at the hospital by 5:15am, no eating and drinking after 10pm and to bring some movies (which meant we were going to be sitting for a while)  The clock seemed to take forever to change numbers, but finally it was time for Samuel to do some home work, which was a nice distraction,. After homework we put all the kids to bed, and laid there trying to sleep. Finally I think I passed out at around 12am, I woke up to use the restroom and when I came back to bed and noticed the clock. IT WAS ONLY 1:30!! I felt as if I had been asleep for hours. So after a brief "You've got to be kidding me!" fit, I laid back down and went to sleep. Waking up late from our Alarm I jumped out of bed, got dressed, had a quick snuggle with the kiddo's and we were off!
As we were turning onto the road to the freeway, we suddenly had flashing lights behind us, yes we were being pulled over haha.  Luckily the cop was just being nice, and told Paul that they were trying to mail something to us, but it kept getting sent back, so we have 90days to get it taken care of or else the trucks registration would be revoked.Yadda yadda.... Really nice of the guy, but at the same time... lol Not the best feeling in the world to be pulled over.
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We arrived at the hospital and they had me change, and then we sat

After a while they came in and were getting my IV in and all that fun stuff, and I started to get nervous because Samantha was supposed to be going back in the OR with me, and she wasn't there yet. So I made Paul call her to make sure she was on her way, and a few minutes after calling her, she walked through the door. At about 6:15ish they came in and told us the anesthesiologist would be in shortly to discuss what was going to happen. He arrived a few minutes later, gave us his whole speel and then we were just waiting on the doctors. Finally at about 6:50ish they had me walk back to the OR and put in my spinal. I was so nervous I was shaking, and he kept telling me how he was going to give me these shots and they were going to hurt, then he would tell me to relax lol, because hearing that you are about to experience pain is really helpful when trying to relax. Funny part is, the shots did not hurt, him feeling my spine for the right place to put in the medicine is what hurt the worst. But that was shortly replaced with a warm floating sensation, and then it was time for Samantha to come in the room. Shortly after she came in the doctors came in, and it was go time!!  There was a lot of tugging, a lot of pressure, then after what seemed like an eternity, the anesthesiologist announced that they had broken my water, and two seconds later a Screaming little ball of mucus was being lifted up over the curtain for me to see.

I instantly started bawling, HES GORGEOUS!  After what seemed like another eternity they finally brought him over to me, and I kissed him and then they whisked him off for his daddy to see, and so that he could be evaluated in the nursery.

I was getting really anxious and annoyed by time they wheeled me down to Recovery, I was ready to hold this little baby that had been attacking my insides for the last nine months. I loaded up my laptop and saw that Paul had posted a picture of him alredy, I just stared and stared at it. Then I decided to make some calls to pass the time and  finally at about 9 they wheeled me down to my room and brought him in.

I could not believe how CHUNKY he was. He had huge huge cheeks and a double chin, SO STINKING CUTE!!  He was rooting around really bad, so I went and head and started breastfeeding him right away. He latched right on like a pro, and has already set his own little schedule of every 3 or so hours.

We are not sure yet if he has Nemaline, Its really kindof  hard to tell right off the bat, because he mostly just sleeps. But he does show some signs of not having it. The latching on, having a good suck, a strong gag reflex, his pediatrician says he has really good muscle tone, and the one I notice is you have to struggle to get his legs open to change his diaper, and fighting him to put his arm down when I am trying to get him to latch on. These are all very positive signs to me. But we will know for sure within the next couple of days/weeks.