One Month Old

Well that month totally flew by. I don't think I can have anymore children because the time goes by way faster the more kids you have and I just want to it to slow down. So I think two kids are enough for me! But you never know maybe 5 years down the road I will get really bad baby fever again!

Any who back to my little man. He is doing really well. He is on a pretty good schedule. Eat every 2-3 hours during the day and about every 3 hours at night. He is a pretty good eater. The only problem is that my let down is really fast and he doesn't like that to much and pulls off at the start. If I pump a little milk out first then it is fine, but I am not always in a place where I can pump milk.
He has bad baby acne right now on the back of his neck and a little on his face. It just makes your feel bad because there is nothing you can do about it. He likes to bath which is wonderful. He also likes his swing. Thank goodness. It really helps me out during the day so I can spend sometime with Sydney.

A lot of people have told me that it is harder to go from 1 kid to 2 then it is to just have 1. I would have to say it was harder just starting out with 1. By the time the second kid come along you already know what you are doing for the most part. The only hard part is trying to do something for the older child while you are feeding or changing the baby. I am so grateful for Houston he really has helped me out with spending a lot of quality time with Sydney. Even if it just a drive around the block in the "white truck".

Sydney hasn't gotten to jealous, but you definitely can tell when she needs some mommy time. She really likes to help with him and sometimes gets mad at me when I don't let her put his soother in his mouth. If Jackson is really crying hard and she is trying to put his soother in she just tells him to moves his hands. She also will tell him to relax when he first starts to cry. I guess I tell him that too. She likes to get diapers for him as well. I would have to say that she is a pretty good big sister and she will always tell you that she loves him and give him kisses.

He is here!

Jackson James Woolf

He finally decided to come to see his family that has been waiting patiently for him to arrive. So here is the story about his arrival.
The morning of September 27 I woke up about 3:30 am with some contractions but I wasn't sure if they were real or just more braxton hicks. My back was hurting and I couldn't fall back asleep so I got in the shower and then finally sat down in the bath for a hour. I called my mom at 4:30 and to my surprise she was wide awake. (weird I know) She just told me to time them and call her again if they don't go away. By 5:00 I was sure that this was the real thing and woke Houston up and told him that he needed to get ready to go. I called my sister Kelsie and she came over to sit with Sydney.
We got to the hospital about 5:30 and I was in labor. I think she said was about 5 cm but I can't really remember. We finally got in the a room about 6:30ish and waited for Dr. Browne to come in and break my water. He was busy, of course and so he came in sometime around 7:30 and broke my water. When he pulled the crochet hook out to break my water Houston say " what the heck are you doing with that" it freaked him right out. My contractions were much stronger after my water broke so I got in the shower and just let it run on my back and it was so helpful. At about 8 I got out of the shower and dried off and got into bed and had to of course wait for the doctor again and when he came in I started to push and Jackson was born at 8:18 am. He weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long.
I pushed less then 10 minutes which was nice but then I tore pretty good too from it being so fast. I am proud to say I didn't have any drugs and I am so happy that I didn't because I felt so good afterwards. I had morphine with Sydney because her heart rate was jumping up and down. And that just made me drowsy. I think everyone should try a natural labor. Women have been having babies forever so I know that we can all do it!



She is so happy to be a big sister!





Grandma doesn't like to share him much!

Remember I just had a baby. So don't judge.

First bath. He actually liked it!

The first week at home went pretty well. Sydney went and stayed at my inlaws so I got to get lots of sleep. Which I am so happy and grateful for. Jackson is a ok sleeper. He likes to be held at night. I am trying my hardest not to have him in bed with me but sometimes I am just so tired I fall asleep nursing him. He is a great eater. He was born with his first to fingers on his left hand not fully developed and they stop at the second knuckle. On his right hand his index finger has no nail on it. When I was getting stitched up. Houston noticed his fingers and Started crying. Its hard seeing something wrong with your child even if its just minor. I know it could be much worse and I am very thankful for a healthy baby. I just think about how mean kids can be in school and don't want him to be picked on. I hope that He can be strong and not let it bother him. He has to go for an ultrasound of his hips, at 6 weeks old, on Nov. 11th because the right one clicks. The doctor says most of the time its nothing but its better to check it out early and be able to fix it early if there is a problem.

Life with 2 kids is definitely different but I am so glad to be able to have happy healthy children.

Well Summer has come and gone! We didn't have the hottest weather this year, but being pregnant the whole summer I didn't mind it that much! This post is just a bunch of random pictures from the summer. This will probably be last post I write until I have some thing exciting to write about. Like the birth of my SON. I really hope I have this baby soon. I am so sick of being pregnant. I just want a little baby in my arms.



Sydney loves when I take pictures of her! But when it comes to other people taking pictures of her its not so easy!

I think this is like one of the only photos I got of Houston wakeboarding this year. I was really bad with remembering the camera


Sydney Camping for her birthday!

Just a couple of pictures from the boat!



These 3 pictures are from echo. Sydney didn't play in the water that much because there was no beach this year. She would rather play on the "jumpoline" (that is what her and B call it) or with the little kitchen.


Sydney helping daddy blow out his candle on his 24th birthday!
Houston's friends threw him a surprise party and he had no Idea. Sydney waited all day to have "cake candles and ice cream" . She just kept saying it over and over. She was more excited about it then anyone else.

Last but not least here are some photos of me. The white shirt one is at 35 weeks and the black shirt one is at 24 weeks. My cousin did some real picture of me so I will hopefully have those soon to show you!

2 YEARS ALREADY!!

Well my sweet little girl turned 2. I can't believe it. She is just becoming a little girl and not a baby anymore. Which I am happy/sad about. We had a party for her with all her aunts and uncles and her grandparents. We don't have that big of house so its hard to have a lot of people over. We did her party on the 27(Tuesday) because we went camping on the weekend and wanted to have her party before. She had a good time and got spoiled by everyone. I think her favorite part was having her cousin "B" , Brooklynn, come over. They love each other and play pretty well together. She thought blowing her candles out was pretty fun as well.






On her actually birthday the 30th (Friday) we went camping out to St Marys with some friends. She was the only little kid but she still had a lot of fun. I was really worried about her sleeping because last year when we went camping she never slept at all. It was horrible. Well this year she did awesome! She slept on the bed all by herself the whole night and never woke up once. We didn't get to do to much boating because the weather didn't want to be nice this past weekend. We went up to Waterton on Saturday to visit with Houston's family that lives in the States that we only see once a year. There was lots of little kids there that Sydney got to play with. Over all we had a great August long weekend. Now for the rest of the weekends of the summer I get to work! I can't really complain because after summer I probably wont work again for a really long time. I think 2 kids will keep me busy!

Busy Busy!

Summer is almost half over and it feels like we haven't even done anything. July First we went to Raymond for the parade and then out to Hill Spring for lunch. The weather was cold and so we just went back to Houston's parents and all had naps except for Sydney.
We have been to the lake a couple times this summer but I always work on the weekends so Houston and Sydney usually go with out me. I am totally fine with it cuz its not to much fun for me to just sit on a boat the whole time not being about to do anything in the water. I almost went on the wake board Yesterday but it was just to cold for me. I don't think it would have been to smart for a 6 1/2 pregnant girl to wake board either. I guess I will have to wait till next year.
Sydney is going to be TWO on the 30th so I took the whole weekend off work and I think we are going to try and go camping with some friends. She loves being outside and I know that it will be funner for her to have a whole weekend of fun instead of just one day. She is a very clumsy little girl and is always falling. Yesterday she trips on our rug in the kitchen and fell and put her tooth in her lip and got a swollen lips. On Saturday she got stung by a mosquito under her eye and so her eye was all swollen up too. Yesterday she looked like she got in a fight. Thankfully the swelling went down of both today so she doesn't look so rough. Lately she has been obsessed with TRUCKS. If I tell her that we are going for a drive somewhere, she says "truck" and I tell her " no we have to go in the car" she screams at me and they YELLS " truck". If you let her play in a truck it is like bloody murder to try and get her out of there. She definitely is Houston's daughter considering we have 4 trucks right now. We are trying to sell 2 of them to make some money and buy a vehicle of some sort that will fit 2 car seats comfortably, but not a mini van. No offense to anyone that drives one but Houston will never buy one.

Well today I went to the doctor and I am 29 weeks! I have only gained 17 lbs so far. They first weighed me at 12 weeks so that is still just a pound a week. Which I am happy for. I hate trying to lose the baby weight after and if I don't gain that much then I don't have to lose as Much. The little boy inside of me is doing well. My heart rate never changes and His heartbeat is normal as well. The only problem I have is sore hips so I can't complain. I just want to hold my little boy, but I guess I will wait a while longer.
I will try and find my camera soon and upload some recent pictures, but for now this is all you get!