Boy have I been a slacker on the blog front - I guess b/c I tend to Facebook more. I will try to be better at updating the blog. Jackson is doing great - He is 8 weeks old today! Hard to believe how fast they grow. He is getting sooo big and he wants to eat all the time. He goes in for shots in 2 weeks, which is not a pleasant experience for either of us. He slept thru the night all weekend so I think we are making some progress in that area. He is doing great at daycare and all the ladies there love him. Vanna and Tyler are doing great as well. Report cards come home today so that will determine how our evening goes. Tyler is on break from football but wants to do bowling which starts next month I think. Vanna is still in gymnastics and is loving it. She told Donnie and I this morning that when she makes the gymnastics team we have to pay for alot of stuff and she gets to stay in hotels! How cute is that? She is getting pretty good - Olympics here we come!
Been busy since Jax arrived. Donnie is back in school finishing up his bachelors in business and I started year 2 of law school last week. Have a pretty heavy load this year but hopefully working in an attorney's office everyday will help out.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Thursday, November 26, 2009
He's Here!!
Baby Jackson has finally arrived and we are totally in love with him! We checked into the hospital yesterday at 5am, got an IV w/ pitocin around 6:30am, broke my water at 8:30am, endured labor pains long enough to say I did it and got my epidural around 10am. Of course only 1 side of me got numb so they gave me more medicine and fixed the epidural and before I knew it I could not move me legs, which was completely awesome when it came to pain, but a bit troublesome when the pushing came. Unlike my other 2 who came out with a max of 3 pushes, it took about 30 min of pushing to get him out because he was "sunny side up" - which means he came out with his face upward instead of facing downward which is why I was having so much trouble. But my doctor said if he did not come out with one last push, the forceps were coming and if I remember correctly, Katie said that was pretty uncomfortable for all parties involved, so I just pushed and luckily he came out at 12:28pm. He weighed 7 lbs 12 ounces, which was a nice surprise. Of course he is a week early so he probably would have been over 8 lbs had I not been induced. I am very sore b/c I tore pretty badly so I am all stitched up and the cramping has been almost as painful as the contractions, but I have some pretty cool drugs so it is tolerable.
He is so quiet and calm (knock on wood). He cried for just a minute after he was born, but has had shots, blood drawn, circumsicion done and just does not really cry. Of course when it comes to the diaper changes and the doctor messing with him - he lets them know he is unhappy. He sleeps about 4 hrs at a time, drinks his bottle and goes right back to sleep. I know it is too early to tell, but I would not be disappointed if that trend continued. He looks just like his dad and has the trademark Lassey smirk already. I have pics on the camera, but I brought the wrong USB cord to the hospital so I will have to download this weekend after we get out of the hospital. The civilian hospital experience has been great. I have this huge private corner room that looks more like a hotel suite than a hospital room. The nurses have taken care of every need and then some, the food has actually been pretty good too. They bring a dinner for Donnie as well as me for each meal and even brought us thanksgiving dinner on a white tableclothed table with flowers and sparkling cider. Donnie had 2 ribeye steaks and I had turkey with all the trimmings. Definately cant complain about it. Vanna is spending the night with me in the hospital tonight. The nurses gave her a blanket and pillows and she is chilling on the couch watching Home Alone while i mess on the computer.
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving today. We will be doing Thanksgiving dinner this weekend at the house with some friends, but I don't think anything can top this.
He is so quiet and calm (knock on wood). He cried for just a minute after he was born, but has had shots, blood drawn, circumsicion done and just does not really cry. Of course when it comes to the diaper changes and the doctor messing with him - he lets them know he is unhappy. He sleeps about 4 hrs at a time, drinks his bottle and goes right back to sleep. I know it is too early to tell, but I would not be disappointed if that trend continued. He looks just like his dad and has the trademark Lassey smirk already. I have pics on the camera, but I brought the wrong USB cord to the hospital so I will have to download this weekend after we get out of the hospital. The civilian hospital experience has been great. I have this huge private corner room that looks more like a hotel suite than a hospital room. The nurses have taken care of every need and then some, the food has actually been pretty good too. They bring a dinner for Donnie as well as me for each meal and even brought us thanksgiving dinner on a white tableclothed table with flowers and sparkling cider. Donnie had 2 ribeye steaks and I had turkey with all the trimmings. Definately cant complain about it. Vanna is spending the night with me in the hospital tonight. The nurses gave her a blanket and pillows and she is chilling on the couch watching Home Alone while i mess on the computer.
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving today. We will be doing Thanksgiving dinner this weekend at the house with some friends, but I don't think anything can top this.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Just thought I would share that a name has been decided on-as of right now that is :-) We have decided to call the baby Jackson Walter. Walter is Donnie's great grandfather and Donnie's dad came up with Jackson a while back which I liked back then, but like it even more now since Jackson is one of my favorite characters on Sons of Anarchy (which in case you have never seen it, is a bad ass show on FX about a motocycle gang, if you like that kind of thing). Anyway at least the little guy has a name now and is not just baby. Hopefully it will fit his personality. And apparently I like to have some kind of rhyme or reason to my kids because all of them will be exactly 6 years, 2 weeks apart, all born on a Wed and depending on how you look at it all named after cities: Tyler, Savannah and Jackson.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Time has certainly flown. I did not realize I haven't updated this since Sept (not that I am very good at updating it). Anyway lots to report. First of all, the baby is doing well and will be here on November 25 if he does not show up before then. So that means only 23 days left to go! Seems like just yesterday I found out we were having a baby and now he is almost here. With that said, these last few weeks are DRAGGING by! I do go to the doctor tomorrow so maybe we will see if there is any hope of an earlier arrival, but I doubt it....Lassey kids tend to hang around as long as possible. If all goes as planned I will get out of the hospital the Friday after Thanksgiving so we are having Thanksgiving that weekend and hopefully will have a full house. We have some friends down at Ft. Rucker for school with no where to go for the holiday so we have invited them to join us with their families. Nothing like a house full of friends, good food and football!
Thursday was Tyler's bday. Hard to believe he is 12 already. We had a football game Thurs. night so we celebrated on Friday instead. Vanna's bday is in 10 days so of course she is asking everyday if it is her bday yet. She will be 6! It is kind of cool because all of the kids will be exactly 6 years and 2 weeks apart and all of them born on a Wednesday - did not plan it that way but its pretty neat how it worked out.
Halloween was great. Donnie is out of town so I took Savannah, who was batgirl, and we went for over an hour and I can't believe how much candy she got. Tyler went with one of his friends and he loaded up a pillowcase full! The neighborhood was packed with trick or treaters, which is something I have not seen in a long time. It reminded me of when I was a kid and everybody was out and about. There was even a house tailgating halloween style. They had a grill, hotdogs, drinks, candy and a surround system set up playing halloween music. They were handing out food to all the trick or treaters for free. It was pretty cool. I do have pics and one day I will get them posted but you know how good I am at that :) -
Thursday was Tyler's bday. Hard to believe he is 12 already. We had a football game Thurs. night so we celebrated on Friday instead. Vanna's bday is in 10 days so of course she is asking everyday if it is her bday yet. She will be 6! It is kind of cool because all of the kids will be exactly 6 years and 2 weeks apart and all of them born on a Wednesday - did not plan it that way but its pretty neat how it worked out.
Halloween was great. Donnie is out of town so I took Savannah, who was batgirl, and we went for over an hour and I can't believe how much candy she got. Tyler went with one of his friends and he loaded up a pillowcase full! The neighborhood was packed with trick or treaters, which is something I have not seen in a long time. It reminded me of when I was a kid and everybody was out and about. There was even a house tailgating halloween style. They had a grill, hotdogs, drinks, candy and a surround system set up playing halloween music. They were handing out food to all the trick or treaters for free. It was pretty cool. I do have pics and one day I will get them posted but you know how good I am at that :) -
Monday, September 14, 2009
Since it has been a while since I have posted, I figured I should probably update the blog.
School has been in for about 6 weeks and we are completely busy. Tyler is playing football on post and we have practice everynight and Saturday mornings. Tonight is his first game so we are pretty excited. Hopefully all that practice will pay off in a win tonight. Vanna is still on the waiting list for gymnastics so keeping our fingers crossed that she will get a spot soon. She got the all clear from the cardiologist and we have a follow up this week and then she can play sports on post too. She is anxious for soccer to start in a few months. She runs sprints and even does pull ups with her brother.
Pregnancy is going good....11 more weeks to go. Hard to believe that in less than 3 months the little guy will be here. Still working on a name which will be a work in progress til probably the last minute. We had a 4D ultrasound last week but the little guy kept putting his hands and feet I might add in front of his face. He was also laying right up against my stomach so he kind of looked like a wax figure that was melting.....so they are going to try again at my next appointment. From what I could see he looks like his brother and sister. We were able to see him stick out his tongue and open his eyes. A friend of mine just had a baby boy 4 weeks ago and we spent some time with her this weekend which was good practice for Savannah, who wants to touch the baby all the time. She did say he cried too much (he really hardly cried at all by the way) so she is probably in for a big shock.
I passed my law school finals and will be starting my 2nd year in January. I am pretty excited because some of the classes I have taken as an undergrad so I will at least have some clue about whats going on I hope. However 12 books for 4 classes at $865.00 does not make me happy. Just started a doctorate foundation course which will run thru November and then I will start my research in March after the baby is here. Needless to say busy is the word.
Work is going great....love the job, love the boss and am actually doing something in my field so all is good.
The next few months will be crazy...we have Tyler's bday in October, Vanna's 2 weeks later in November, the new Twilight movie on November 20 (which is a big deal in our house), Thanksgiving, new baby arrival, my birthday (and Tyler and dad are going to the Miami Dolphin/TN Titan game on my bday - how fair is that?) and then xmas in Florida. I am out of breath just thinking about it. But this is my favorite time of year so I don't mind.
Guess I better go get some work done....
School has been in for about 6 weeks and we are completely busy. Tyler is playing football on post and we have practice everynight and Saturday mornings. Tonight is his first game so we are pretty excited. Hopefully all that practice will pay off in a win tonight. Vanna is still on the waiting list for gymnastics so keeping our fingers crossed that she will get a spot soon. She got the all clear from the cardiologist and we have a follow up this week and then she can play sports on post too. She is anxious for soccer to start in a few months. She runs sprints and even does pull ups with her brother.
Pregnancy is going good....11 more weeks to go. Hard to believe that in less than 3 months the little guy will be here. Still working on a name which will be a work in progress til probably the last minute. We had a 4D ultrasound last week but the little guy kept putting his hands and feet I might add in front of his face. He was also laying right up against my stomach so he kind of looked like a wax figure that was melting.....so they are going to try again at my next appointment. From what I could see he looks like his brother and sister. We were able to see him stick out his tongue and open his eyes. A friend of mine just had a baby boy 4 weeks ago and we spent some time with her this weekend which was good practice for Savannah, who wants to touch the baby all the time. She did say he cried too much (he really hardly cried at all by the way) so she is probably in for a big shock.
I passed my law school finals and will be starting my 2nd year in January. I am pretty excited because some of the classes I have taken as an undergrad so I will at least have some clue about whats going on I hope. However 12 books for 4 classes at $865.00 does not make me happy. Just started a doctorate foundation course which will run thru November and then I will start my research in March after the baby is here. Needless to say busy is the word.
Work is going great....love the job, love the boss and am actually doing something in my field so all is good.
The next few months will be crazy...we have Tyler's bday in October, Vanna's 2 weeks later in November, the new Twilight movie on November 20 (which is a big deal in our house), Thanksgiving, new baby arrival, my birthday (and Tyler and dad are going to the Miami Dolphin/TN Titan game on my bday - how fair is that?) and then xmas in Florida. I am out of breath just thinking about it. But this is my favorite time of year so I don't mind.
Guess I better go get some work done....
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Well I did not realize that I have not updated this in almost a month.....lots going on here. I finally got a job here at a law firm in town. The hours are great, boss is great and it is loads of fun. He specializes in bankruptcy, immigration (both federal law so it will be the same no matter where we go), probate/estate and state appointed criminal defense. So I have a wide array of things to learn. I really like it and actually look forward to going to work everyday - such a change from my last job.
The kids are doing good....starting school on Wed 8/12. Vanna will be in kindergarden...her teacher's name is Mrs. Roach (hopefully vanna does not ask her why she is named after a bug). Tyler should be starting football this coming week. That should be interesting for him since he has never played tackle fball before, only flag. Vanna is on a waiting list for a gymnastics coach here in town. She cant go on post anymore because at her physical last week the dr. detected a heart murmur so she has to go see a pediatric cardiologist to make sure it is nothing serious. Until that is done, which takes forever to get a referral, she can't play sports on post. Not like it matters anyway because all the classes for her age group are at the times she is in school because off post school hrs are different.
Baby boy is doing good...kicking all the time. I go to the doctor next week for my lovely glucose testing and then in September we get a 4D ultrasound...I am really excited about that. This weekend the old man and I are going to go baby shopping and probably do a layaway so I don't have to blow my first check already :) I think we are gonna do some birthday shopping too for the kids. I am a big fan of layaway. I used to be the type of person who had all the xmas/bday shopping done by September thanks to Walmart layaway and by thanksgiving everything was wrappped and ready to go. Well since Walmart has done away with layaway I have fallen behind schedule every year. So the post exchange does layaway and so does KMart so I guess I will try again this year since so much is going on around the holidays. I am not a big fan of KMart cuz I think they are overpriced but we will see what we can find.
Well I am rambling because I am listening to a lecture for the 3rd time because the internet keeps going down due to the thunderstorms we are having right now. Finals are next Friday and then I am done with my first year.....hard to believe. The next year does not start until January and I am supposed to start on my PH.D in Sept so I guess I should get on that and make sure everything is good to go. I'll keep ya updated!
The kids are doing good....starting school on Wed 8/12. Vanna will be in kindergarden...her teacher's name is Mrs. Roach (hopefully vanna does not ask her why she is named after a bug). Tyler should be starting football this coming week. That should be interesting for him since he has never played tackle fball before, only flag. Vanna is on a waiting list for a gymnastics coach here in town. She cant go on post anymore because at her physical last week the dr. detected a heart murmur so she has to go see a pediatric cardiologist to make sure it is nothing serious. Until that is done, which takes forever to get a referral, she can't play sports on post. Not like it matters anyway because all the classes for her age group are at the times she is in school because off post school hrs are different.
Baby boy is doing good...kicking all the time. I go to the doctor next week for my lovely glucose testing and then in September we get a 4D ultrasound...I am really excited about that. This weekend the old man and I are going to go baby shopping and probably do a layaway so I don't have to blow my first check already :) I think we are gonna do some birthday shopping too for the kids. I am a big fan of layaway. I used to be the type of person who had all the xmas/bday shopping done by September thanks to Walmart layaway and by thanksgiving everything was wrappped and ready to go. Well since Walmart has done away with layaway I have fallen behind schedule every year. So the post exchange does layaway and so does KMart so I guess I will try again this year since so much is going on around the holidays. I am not a big fan of KMart cuz I think they are overpriced but we will see what we can find.
Well I am rambling because I am listening to a lecture for the 3rd time because the internet keeps going down due to the thunderstorms we are having right now. Finals are next Friday and then I am done with my first year.....hard to believe. The next year does not start until January and I am supposed to start on my PH.D in Sept so I guess I should get on that and make sure everything is good to go. I'll keep ya updated!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
It's a Boy!!!
We found out today that we are having a boy. We are really excited. I did not really care but if I had my choice it would have been a boy. Even Vanna is excited. The technician was laughing as she took all the baby's measurements. When she showed us that it was a boy he was sticking straight out and she said the reason she was laughing was because he was not at all shy, every time she moved the wand over that area he was showing his stuff. I told her unfortunately that trait seems to run in the family. Anyway there is no mistaking this one - all boy and out for the world to see. His weight is around 15 oz which is normal for 20 weeks but she said his measurements are about 1 1/2-2 weeks larger which could indicate that I am farther along than I thought. Because it is still within the 2 week window they are not going to change my due date but that the baby could arrive anywhere between Nov 22 and Dec 2 so we will have to wait and see. I really don't want to have a huge baby.... tyler and vanna were just over 7lbs so I am not trying to pop out a 10 pounder this time, hopefully my due date is just off.
We went to see the new Harry Potter movie after the appointment. It was really good but now I am saddened because the next movie does not come out until November 2010 and summer 2011. That is far too long to wait without a book to compensate for it. I guess I will have to dig out my books and reread them.
We went to see the new Harry Potter movie after the appointment. It was really good but now I am saddened because the next movie does not come out until November 2010 and summer 2011. That is far too long to wait without a book to compensate for it. I guess I will have to dig out my books and reread them.
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