2 months:)

Well, we've reached the 2 month mark! Logan weighs in at 12 pounds 15 ounces and 24 1/2 inches long! one of the biggest his pediatrician has seen in a while! of course, when we went he had to get shots...4 of them!!! He didn't like it at all. Screamed when he got them until I picked him up. Fell right asleep on the car ride home and then a few hours later got a fever, diarrhea and just cried and cried and cried...then today he was constipated. Very odd for this boy to not poop 2-3 times a day. he was fussy, so aunt rachel tried the leg movements again and what do you know? He decided to poop all over:) but then a mommy disaster! There were no diapers in the diaper bag! So I drove to my house really quick(at moms a whole 5 minutes away!) grabbed a pack of diapers and sped the way home, changed him and then was happy baby until he passed out!
 this kid is very alert and just all smiles 99 percent of the time. Always observing and talking to you and just wants to watch! LOL
 we've up'd his cereal to 1 1/2 tablespoons in the breakfast and bedtime bottle and so far seems to be working! Last night he went to sleep around 7:30 pm- which I thought would be just a quick nap, turns out he slept til 2, ate, went back to sleep around 5:30, ate again and then slept until 9am! this is a very rare treat and even though I didn't sleep much(still used to getting up every 2-3 hours) I was so happy when he woke up and just smiled, no crying or fussing, just smiling at me and daddy:) haven't seen that in a few weeks and that makes me happy that he's finally getting back to normal!

6 Weeks Old

Well, We've survived our first month:) He's now 6 weeks old, taking less naps during the day, longer sleep at night and eating cereal with his breakfast and bedtime bottle! A lot of things have changed in the past two weeks besides what I have just wrote. Our room mates moved with no notice, so we were scrambling to find a place to live with not being able to afford rent on our own. Luckily, mom and dad opened up their doors and let us three move in, where I found out via newspaper, that the apartments that Jon and Rachel are living in, are doing a move-in special!!!! I acted upon it quickly(with Jerry's OK) and we are currently finishing up everything we need to do in order to get the apartment! If we hand her money by friday, we will be the owners of our very first place BY OURSELVES! Same as Jon and Rachel's apartment- it's a 2/1.5, and it is PERFECT for us, not to mention, we will save money on gas with them living literally right across the path from us and mom and dad living not even 5 minutes away!

On other news, I'm having my Pre-Op and Post-Delivery appointments tomorrow and surgery friday morning...wouldn't you know I don't plan strategically? Jerry's Stepmom Debbie and his brothers Matt, Sebastian and Chris will be down all weekend to finally meet Logan! We figure I will be ok because I'm only gonna be out of it for about 24 hours. Only sucky thing about getting this stupid gall bladder out is I'm not able to take care of Logan for those 24-36 hours after my surgery. I know he's in good hands though. He'll be spending the night with Grandma and Grandpa..or better yet...sleeping in their room! Hopefully they(mom) still has her alertness when she's sleeping...Logan still tends to wake up in the middle of the night! Sometimes, his mornings start at 4 am:) This will be funny to watch...lol

1 month:)

My little Logan is one month old:) Time's flying by so fast and it's hard to take pictures of everything.

 This is the most updated picture I have of him...about 3 weeks 4 days. My mom was babysitting him for me while I took care of some things and Logan was just smiling and cooing at her. I'm so happy that she is able to get the pictures that I can't:) He looks so much like Jerry it isn't funny.

Tuesday we had to do the worst thing possible to Logan (he'll thank us later) and got him circumcised. I've never felt so bad in my life but like I said, he'll thank us for it later. So far he's still sleeping somewhat through the night, depending on when his late nap is. He usually wakes up around 8 or 9, eats, hangs out and then goes back to sleep around noon or 1, wakes up around 3 or 4 and then is up until anywhere between 6-11. He's sleeping right now and looks so peaceful. All I had to do was take him to walmart...lol

Now, for an update on mommy and daddy....

Daddy- Jerry's doing good. He's a great dad and is adjusting well to having a baby...like all fathers, he doesn't ever hear him crying when he's home at night..lol. He's still working midnights and right before we had Logan, he asked how does Kate and Bert do it- especially with four kids on a state salary? Faith, trust, love, and budgeting really well is how they survive.

 We only have Logan and sometimes it seems like ends wont meet but we always do somehow:)

Mommy- I've been doing good...A couple weeks ago I had really bad stomach and back pain, but wrote it off and took some tylenol. Well last night, I had the same abdominal pain and it was so intense that I was having trouble breathing and dry heaving- even though I had food in my system. finally I decided to try a shower to see if that would work but I just couldn't stand up anymore and just pretty much got into the fetal position in the tub- Jerry came in and was kind of alarmed but we both just figured something I ate. It eased up enough that I could stand up and get out of the shower, but I was weak in the knees. Eventually, I decided to go to the emergency room. Jerry dropped me off- which sounds bad, but we had left Logan with his Granny and she can barely pick him up so we made the mutual decision that it'd be better for him to be with Logan than with me...I'm a big girl. lol... but then I got my mom to come be with me.

Anyways, they hooked me up to an iv, took a urine sample and found out my liver enzymes were up. They sent me for an ultrasound on my liver and gallbladder and found out that I have multiple gallstones...GREAT!!! all i could think about was the fact that I have a 1 month old baby at home who needs me,  I can't be falling apart already. lol...well they said that my gallbladder wasn't inflamed or irritated so it wasn't a really serious matter. I have a drs appointment tomorrow to see what needs to be done considering I just had a baby a month ago. Then we call and find out what my obgyn would say about all this.

Then on top of all this- I had to get rid of Cryxis yesterday. My friend Leah has a sister that works at a vets office and she found 3 homes that he could live in and they would take over the medical expenses. I was promised pictures and updates on my furry baby so I'm not too sad about it. He deserves this because I just didn't have the time to take care of him and it wasn't fair to him. He'll be really happy in the home he's going to, I've met the lady and she fell in love with him as soon as she met him:)

So to sum things up, I've been stretched farther than I ever thought I could be, but like mom said last night when I was worrying about everything on my plate already- "If God brings you to it, He'll bring you through it." I just really have to rely on Jerry and my faith right now as we endure these "great" times....

Loving Life As A Mommy:)

Logan is almost 3 weeks old:) I can't believe time has gone by that fast! He's smiling alot more and now makes cooing sounds when we talk to him...He went to the doctor last week and was 8pds 3 ounces. First trip to doctor he was 7pds 15 ounces so we are happy! He's eating 4-6 ounces of formula each feeding which is every 3-4 hours. He's also sometimes sleeping through the night depending on what time his bedtime feeding is. He's a very quiet baby-only time he cries is when we are changing his clothes- he doesn't like to be naked. I'm so happy to be a mom now. I love waking up every 3-4 hours and seeing him, even if he's crying for me to make a bottle. I love the smiles I get even if it's at 2am.
 Tuesday is Valentines Day- Jerry and I are leaving Logan for the first time to go out to dinner. Granted we are leaving him with my mom and dad- who I know can take care of him and I won't have to worry more than I already will be...lol. This will be the first time I've ever left Logan for more than 30 minutes. It's gonna be rough for me because I spend 24 hours a day with him- he never really leaves my side and I'm gonna be roughly 30 miles away from him for a few hours:/ guess we will see how that goes...lol

HE'S HERE!!!!!

MEET LOGAN ALEXANDER WILKISON:) January 25th 2012- 8 pounds 2 ounces and 20 inches long!

 Fast forward to today:) He'll be two weeks old on Wednesday! That went by fast! Picture is of him at 1 week and he's already looking different than that. Definitely looks like Jerry though I do come out in him some. Mostly his fussiness! Do what he wants when he wants you to and you'll be just fine. He sleeps pretty much all the time. Eats and Poops pretty well...lol. He's already smiling and just today started making noises when we were "talking" He definitely knows who his mommy and daddy are and is in love with Grandma and Grandpa! But I have to say the highlight of my days was when JR met his cousin for the first time. He helped me give Logan a bath and change his diaper! He wouldn't leave my side if I had Logan and is just happy to have a new boy to play with!

40 weeks- due date

well, its my due date but no baby yet...lol. There's a reason he hasn't made his appearance yet and if I knew what it was, I probably wouldn't be so fussy, cranky, uncomfortable, irritable or as bitchy as i have been these past 3 days. Contractions have been off and on and I have lost my mucus plug-(gross) however, I am ready for the pregnancy phase to be over and parenthood to REALLY begin! Guess all we can do is wait.

39 weeks

Technically I don't hit the 39 week mark until tomorrow...however it doesn't really matter when I post the blog, as long as I post it so Gramma has something to read:) LOL.... Went to the Dr yesterday, checked everything and I'm 60 percent effaced and 2cm dilated. His heart rate was back in the 160s, but that could be the coke I pretty much downed before the appointment! I guess the dilation can answer why I've started having some contractions here and there...This morning they started up again, however stopped, but Jerry was in front of me when a really good one happened. I think my knuckles were turning white because i just held on to the counter and looked like I was about to cry. All he asked was is the baby coming? I said i don't know yet...He's not- Just decided to give mommy a taste of what was to come I guess. lol....I can handle most pain as long as I keep my mouth shut. If I start talking, something bad will come out- which it won't be me, it'll be the pain talking, but I don't want to end up hurting Jerry's feelings or something so I just keep my mouth shut when I start feeling any pain. Also learned yesterday on the way back from the drs, Logan is a metallica fan. Jerry had it on loud with bass going and Logan just started kicking and rolling to the music. I just stared at Jerry, because he NEVER does that when I have country music going. He likes the oldies and some of the hip hop(rap) I play but definitely not country:(