Reminiscing about times past

JJ is 13 weeks tomorrow! Time has flown by and I have to constantly remind myself to enjoy this time and not wish for him to grow up too fast. (Yes, it would be great if he slept through the night, but I will miss how little he is and our special night time together.)

Jeff must have been reading my mind yesterday because he re-sent me the following email. He sent this email to family and friends a few days after JJ was born. With his permission, I am sharing it with you. It brought tears to my eyes to think about how much has changed in just 13 short weeks! I hope you enjoy the "male perspective" as much as I do:

The greatest day of my life.

Al woke me up at 1:30 am Friday morning with an announcement that her water broke. We got to the hospital around 3:30. From there JJ didn’t arrive until 5:40 pm, what a long day. The greatest words I heard was “it’s a BOY!” I still get a little choked up thinking about that moment. JJ started to scream and he was rushed away by some nice looking nurses (what is it about those outfits). As he screamed and screamed, mother looking over us anxiously (she was a mother now). He weighed 8lb 3oz, and was 21” long

I have not slept since, well almost, I am defiantly getting way more then Al. Al is the perfect mother I knew she would be. Getting up to feed at all hours of the night, holding her breath until she can hear JJ breathing. Grandma told asked me “How does it feel to love something?” She was right, I have never felt love like this before, oh what a feeling.

Attach is a picture of our miracle (in proper gear). See you all soon.

Proud Daddy


Our little football fan!

Things that go ACHOO in the night

JJ has been a little congested lately. We have a humidifier running in his room and have been using the snot sucker nightly, but the little man just can't shake the sniffles and sneezes.

Last night, he woke up wanting a bottle. I brought one in and he started to suck it down (like 4 oz in 5 min!). I wanted him to slow down, so I got up and changed his diaper and tried to burp him. No luck with the burp...

He finished the rest of the bottle and I tried to burp him again. He was sleeping on my shoulder and I figured he had no burp in him. While I was shifting him from my shoulder to a cradle position, the little man let out a HUGE burp/sneeze...right in my face. I let out a started "OH!" and immediately started to laugh. (It was 2:30 in the morning and the first thing that popped into my head was the scene from Jurassic Park where the dinosaur sneezes on the girl in the tree. That in itself was amusing to me.) I had to contain myself because I didn't want to wake JJ up.

In this shuffle, he also managed to spit up, all down Mommy's pjs. Ahhh, the funny moments no one would know about without this blog. Thanks for letting me share and giggle again while re-telling the story.

Tell me readers, do you have any funny nighttime feeding moments you want to share?

A moment to remember...

Things are moving full speed ahead these days. JJ is almost 11 weeks old. I started a new job, life is crazy and it seems like there isn't enough time to get everything done.

But in the early morning hours, when the world is quiet, I have one of the best moments of my day. I get up to feed JJ, change him and rock him back to sleep. There are no distractions, just me and him in our rocker. Usually, when he is drifting off, a huge smile will cross his lips and I know he is happy. So am I.

Last night, I was thinking about how big he is getting and how much he has already changed. He doesn't get "milk drunk" anymore. When he was a little younger and would finish eating, he would arch his back, pucker his lips and put his hand up to his face. Then, he would collapse on my shoulder, ready for me to burp him. I called this phenomenon "milk drunk" and I would know he was full and content and ready to drift off to the land of nod.

I made a mental note last night to record this in my blog, so in a few months, when I am blogging about how JJ can sit up now or how he started solid foods, I will have this memory recorded, always there to remind me of those precious moments he and I would share during his first few weeks of life.

JJ, I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.

Fun Cartoon and a JJ picture update!

I love the woman who creates these cartoons and have been posting them since I was pregnant. She always seems to hit the nail on the head with each one!

The following is so true!


Here is a pic of JJ, right before he told me he has had enough tummy time for the day!