Happy Birthday Grammy J!!

 

Yesterday was my moms birthday and she turned the big 45 wink wink.  We went out for her birthday tonight to Native New Yorker for some wings and a good time.  After this all we came back to our house for some Cake and Ice Cream.  for her bithday we got her a Picture Frame and we put all her grandkids and her three children with a picture of Grandpa and Grammy J in the middle, it came out really good.  Thanks Ashley for making the cake and thanks for everyone coming over.

Love you mom Happy Bithday!!!!

Did some one say bath time?

 

Today was Shawn first sponge bath.  Christina and I gave Shawn his first sponge bath because his cord stump has not fallen off yet.  Once the cord falls off we will be able to give him real baths and not worry about getting water all over the the place.  We took 2 bowls and filled on with warm water and the other with warm soppy water.  we rinsed Shawn off one side at a time and the went back and put the warm soppy water on him and then we rinsed him and dried him off. he did such a good job.  After all was said and done we washed his hair he really liked this he did not fuss, cry or scream.  he took it like a man or baby well after we washed it we combed it and i combed it to look like a Missionary come over. 

Shawn also had his first Dr. apt this afternoon at 3:30.  He did a good job.  Christina went to Change Shawn and Shawn some how peed on me but Christina got the bulk of it.  After we got him all change the Dr. come in and she is look at him and he peed all over her as well it was quite the show he putt on, if the Dr. wouldn’t have put her had to block the pee he would have peed right on me it would have been funny i guess.

Shawn we love you, you are so handsome.

Shawn’s Grammy J, Grandpa and Aunt Ashely.

Grandpa Shawn Grammy J.

 

grandpa Shawn Daddy

 

Grandpa Shawn Grammy J

Aunt Ashely and Shawn.

Thanks for coming and see us in the hospital, we love you three so much.

Shawn’s First Trip to Grandparents House

Today was Easter and we went to Christina’s Parents for Easter dinner.  Christina’s Aunt and her family are in town and were really excited to see Shawn.  Shawn did such a good job on his day out with only a couple of cry’s he did fine with everyone.  He even went outside while everyone looked for Easter eggs he had  such a good day.  My wife also did a great job on getting ready for the day with this being her first big outing as well.  My Sweet baby boy and my Sweet beautiful wife did awesome. 

 

 

Shawn chilling before we left.

 

Grandma holding him before we left.

 

Shawn sleeping before we left.

 

Great Aunt Alicia!

 

Look at that face. soooo cute

Jennifer and Elizabeth holding Shawn.

Charity and Chelise holding Shawn.

Cami Jo and Caitlin holding Shawn.

Shawn Michael Jones

 

Shawn was born on the 2nd of April at 1:01 am he was almost an April fools baby but it just wasn’t to be.  we started to push Shawn out at 9:45 so after 3 hours of pushing out pops a Handsome Boy at 8lbs 8 oz and 21 inches long.

Update!

Here is a quick update on us:

Friday was my last day of work. This job has been perfect for me and a huge blessing for our family. The timing was perfect to stop working because I only have 3 1/2 weeks until my due date!!! I will still teach piano lessons until this little guy comes and then I plan on taking 4-5 weeks off. Charlie is still going strong at work and in his two classes at MCC.

Pregnancy update:
Everything is going great. I am going to the doctor weekly now and I still can not get enough of hearing Shawn's heart beat! He has been head down for a long time and loves to push against my bladder. He also loves to kick my ribs!!! At least several times a day he kicks my right ribs. I have been a lot more uncomfortable and have a harder time sleeping! My only craving has been milk and recently have been drinking a ton (which does not help the bathroom situation!) This is funny because I am not a big milk drinker. Before Charlie and I would hardly get through a gallon before it expired. Now I am drinking a gallon in less than a week by myself!!!

Charlie has spring break this week so we have both been home during the day this week! We have spent our time working on Shawn's room. We finally chose a paint color and Charlie has been painting. I went through all of his clothes and washed and sorted them. We have been going through all of the other stuff in the room that is not baby and sorting and organizing it. Hopefully it will all be done this weekend! Pictures are soon to come when the nursery is all done!

Catching Up

It has been a long time since we haved blogged! Here is the update on us since our last post :

Thanksgiving: Charlie's family went to Erie, PA to visit his sister for Thanksgiving, we wished we could have gone, but couldn't. So we spent it with my family here. My aunt and uncle and some of their kids came over to my parents house.

Christmas: Charlie's aunt, uncle, and their two kids came here to visit from New Jersey for Christmas. It was so fun to see them! We were able to spend Christmas with both families! (The perks of having them live 5 minutes apart!)

A few days before Christmas, we went to see Forgotten Carols at Gammage. This was our second time seeing it together and my fourth time (I was in it one year!) I would highly recommend seeing it, it is an amazing story filled with laughs and tears!

The day after Christmas, my family and I went to Utah for a week. (Charlie had to stay because of work. ) We visited all of my extended family and had a great time. It was hard not to see Charlie for a week, but we got to talk a lot on the phone.

January: I was asked to stay in my long term sub position at work at least until March 1st. This has been a huge blessing for me to work, but has been very exhausting to work full time, teach piano, and be in my third trimester. Charlie started a new semester at MCC and is taking a history and calculus class.

Pregnancy update: Everything is going great! Baby Shawn is growing and is definitely a very active little boy. He really enjoys kicking my ribs and turning around to kick my bladder! I am 30 weeks and Shawn is about 16 inches and over 3 pounds now. I still get sick, but not even close to what is was like during the first half! We can not wait for this little one to get here, we love him so much already.