our first month with xavier

stats at birth:

weight: 7lbs 13 ozs
height: 21.26 inches


stats at 1 month:

weight: 10lbs 13 ozs
height 23 inches

today xavier is 1 month old! it doesnt seem that long ago that i was in the hospital with him! time is flying by fast and it sort of scares me that its going to go by too fast! next thing i know he is going to be asking to borrow the car. eek!

things have been pretty easy since we have had him. he is a good sleeper and for the last week to 2 weeks he has been more awake throughout the day and is more alert. sometimes he is awake after he eats in the middle of the night and that kind of frustrates me, but he isnt crying or anything, just looking around, being cute - so its not so bad. he eats about every 3 hours or so, so i try and stay up for his last feeding before i go to bed. then i only have to wake up once in the middle of the night and then in the early morning. he sleeps with us in our bed in a little cushion that our friends bought us. he really likes it, but sometimes after putting him in it for bedtime he wakes up so he ends up sleeping in our arms, which i dont mind at all.

today his belly button nub fell off, finally! it took so long to finally heal and fall off and we dont know why. i think the first part fell off too early and then while it was trying to heal it kept getting irritated. im glad its off! now he can get real baths!

xavier is a very smiley baby. its probably just gas, but its so cute nonetheless. he smiles a lot and sometimes when he is sleeping it sounds like he is laughing and he has a smile on his face. he makes cute noises when he is happy and when he wants to eat, i love it!  it makes me smile every time!

some of xavier's newborn clothes are getting a little snug on him and he is already in size 1 diapers! we have a sleeper that was too big for him when he was born, fit him maybe 2 times, and is now too small for him.

he loves to snuggle with jeremy. sometimes when i cant get him to sleep or stop crying i can pretty much always give him to jeremy and he will fall right asleep. i love watching them two together. they are adorable.

xavier likes to be in his swing. he makes cute noises when he swings!

we have discovered that xavier likes cobblestone streets. if he wakes up or is being a little fussy in the car while we are on base or near cobblestone streets, we go on them and he calms down right away. he also is really good in a stroller.

our first month with him has been great and we love every moment of it! i cant wait for the days, months, and years to come!

bases are loaded....**edited**

yesterday began my 28th week as well as entered into the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy! i am really happy that i am in the home stretch! these last 12 weeks should fly by! =)

there are a few things i am looking forward to in this last trimester and a few im not. i will start off with the things i am looking forward to:

* next saturday we are getting our maternity pictures taken! i am so anxious and hope they turn out great! its going to be nice to have these to keep and show xavier when he is older! - this did NOT happen. we will be rescheduling. since i had to have a heart monitor put on for 24 hrs the sticky things irritated my skin and left it red and very noticeable.

* in the next couple of weeks adam and emily will be having their baby! i am really excited for them! she is due the beginning of march but could come any day now! adam and emily will make great parents and maizie is going to be such a doll! i cant wait for their big day!

* at the end of march we will hopefully be making a big trip. i am not saying where to yet because jeremy still has to put in leave but i really want it to happen. we plan on making this our anniversary trip since i will be about 37 weeks when our anniversary does come around and we wont be able to travel far away.

* the beginning of april, my friend from home, jeremy, is coming back to stuttgart! he has been in the desert for the past year and so im really excited to see him! i havent seen him since 2008! i still think its totally weird that someone i know from home is living in the same town as me in a totally different country!!! =) - he is now coming home later in the month. sad, but at least he will be home before xavier is born.

* april 10th is our baby shower here! i am really really excited about that! its a co-ed baby shower so everyone from jeremy's work will be there as well as our friends chris and sandi and hopefully our friend jeremy. - our friend jeremy wont be there.

* the end of april brings our anniversary and my birthday! i have no clue what we will do those days but probably just dinner out or something.

* xavier can come anytime now! i am really excited! as much as i want him here i really kind of hope he stays in until the 19th of may. jenna is going to be here on the 18th and i really want her to be here for the birth and i know its really important to her! but, he will come when he wants to so he might just be a bully and come early. haha

now on to the things i am not looking forward to (this list is shorter):

** i really hope i dont start losing bladder control and pee myself when i sneeze, laugh, or cough. i have read many posts about women already having that problem and i have not. its weird. maybe i just have a strong pelvic floor?

** i dont want to get sick again. i have started vomiting again but its only been once a day like every couple of weeks so i dont know if its just going to be random or start up full blown like in my first trimester. i really hope not. i dont know how i will be able to deal with trying to give xavier what he needs if im throwing up again.

** more aches and pains! i already deal with a lot of hip and back pain and i know it will only get worse!

thats it for the things im not looking forward to. haha not so bad.

im all alone right now because jeremy had to do a watch again tonight. he wont be home until about 4:30/5am. im really hoping he doesnt have to go to work tomorrow! then on tuesday we have our doctor appointment! yay! after this one i am going to start going every 2 weeks! yippee!!!!

some exciting stuff!!!

yesterday was a really exciting day for me and jeremy! we were watching "band of brothers" and xavier was being a little busy body and so i had jeremy put his hand where i felt him and jeremy felt him too!!!! it was so awesome. the look on jeremy's face was totally priceless and he was really happy. i almost cried! hehee ive been trying to get jeremy to feel him but he can never feel him, so i was just ecstatic that jeremy actually felt him!

today we went in for our 20 week ultrasound. it went really well! she took a lot of measurements of his bones, brain, heart, abdomen, and the heartbeat! which we finally got to hear! it was amazing! we got to see him moving a lot and he was in the breech position so that is why i always feel the kicks low. we saw him moving his mouth, taking a drink. we got to see a profile and a front shot of his face. he looks adorable! the doctor said everything looked good and he was progressing normally! i was really relieved, not that i was worrying or anything, but i was just relieved everything was going good! we did not get any pictures though, which really bummed me out. we are just happy he is doing great! =) oh and ive gained about 9 lbs since our last appointment but im still under my original weight. but im glad im gaining now.

next tuesday i am going in for my glucose tolerance test. that should be fun! hahaa when i go in for that i am going to talk to them about getting a 3d/4d ultrasound done. im not sure if they charge for those but if they do and its not too expensive we will most likely have it done.

what a kick!

ever since i started my 16th week i wanted to feel xavier move. well, week 16 is now past and i am in the middle of my 17th week. i was getting a little anxious on feeling him and was trying to figure out if every little move my belly made was him. i was trying to feel for "flutters" or a sensation like goldfish swimming around. that is what i read and heard it would feel like, so that is what i was looking for.

well, yesterday i felt something a little different. it was like actual kicking. very light, more like popping popcorn! at first, i wasnt sure it was him, because it wasnt what was described to me but after thinking about it a bit, im pretty sure it had to be him! it was right after i ate breakfast so he was probably happy that i fed him! hahaha =) i didnt think it was real at first, so now, if i feel him again soon i am going to be super excited and not over analyzing if its him or not!

i am really happy that i felt him move! now it can only get better. i am getting excited for the day that jeremy will be able to feel him too! =)

we are going to have a baby!!

we finally told all of our family so its now time to write about it! jeremy and i are going to have a baby!! yay! we are super duper excited! its taken us 2 years to get to this point and we couldnt be more excited! we found out on friday, sept 4th, at about 7 in the morning! i wanted to take a test that day and woke up especially early to do so! the test came out positive super fast, i was shaking and woke jeremy up to show him! he was happy!! we initially wanted to wait until we were in the 2nd trimester to tell people but jeremy was too excited to hold it in! he called his mom first, she is super happy, then adam and he is happy too! we then called afton! she is super super happy for us too!! i was really excited to tell emily too and of course, she took forever to text me back! haha she is really happy for us! so our babies are going to be about 2 months apart! that is pretty awesome! we told some others throughout the day and i even took a second test just to make sure. we decided to wait until we were home with my family to tell them in person! we told most of them yesterday and they are really excited for us! my brother steven was the last to find out today and he gave me a huge hug! =)

lately i have been super hungry. i have been trying to eat really healthy, real sugar pop (if i want pop), fruit, veggies, no fast food. i have been taking prenatals for over a month now so i am really glad i started when i did. i wanted to get healthy for when we did finally get pregnant! anyway, i have only gagged on a few things. i gagged on a no bake cookie, and my mom makes pickled green tomatoes and she puts whole cloves of garlic in there and i tried eating one and almost threw up and i couldnt even eat the tomatoes!! i wasnt happy about that! the other thing i cant eat is eggs. eggs make me grossed out! i probably could eat egg whites, but i haven tried yet. i want to!

we are just so happy and excited we are going to have a baby!! hopefully we are having babies! we really are hoping for twins again. you never know! we are going to see a doctor when we get settled in germany. we really dont know how far along we are yet because my body hasnt been regular lately. im guessing just about 5 weeks or so. we will know in a couple of weeks! yay!

just some things!!

i have been browsing pretty much my favorite site, for birthday presents and baby gifts! esty.com! i love this website and have made many purchases on there. our nephew eli is going to be a little over three months when we get to meet him and so i am getting together a bunch of goodies for him! i love babies and love to spoil them! so naturally im getting him some super cool stuff! i havent purchased much for him, but here are my first two finds; cute little applique onesies from verykiki.etsy.com

i thought the guitar one was perfect since josh plays guitar! the whale one is just too cute! kristen was very nice and she actually didnt have a 3-6 month guitar onesie posted but immediatly posted one for me to buy!

my next two etsy finds are all organic cotton crocheted rings(which i love) from locomomomma.etsy.com for his car seat. the picture below shows what they look like hanging, the ones i purchased are various shades of green and brown. i was looking for a rattle but ended up purchasing these. i know how much my little sisters loved having things hang from the carseat to play with, and thought he would enjoy these! along with the rings i purchased the clutchie to attached it to the carseat. i thought that was pretty clever and easy! that way they can take it anywhere and attach it to anything they want. =)

so those are my baby finds! i have a little less than a month until he gets here so i am going to continue to browse and find cute little things here and there.

now, my next find is a birthday present. emily's birthday is on the 20th of august and her and adam are going to be here on the 21st so i have to get a move on on her present. i cant post what it is on here because she could possibly look and see what it is, but it is really beautiful. once i get it and give it to her i will post a picture of it. =) i am really excited for them to come up! we havent seem them in like 5 months so it will be awesome!!

afton texted me today and might be coming up next weekend!! so that means that i am going to see her 2 times before we move, which would be amazing! i am so excited and hopefully she does come up then, if not, she will probably come up the weekend before we leave! yay!

anyway, i am about to head out to nikki and jims to have dinner and watch "coraline"!! im excited to see this movie. i wanted to see it in theaters but never made it. it came out yesterday and i bought it today to watch it.