It's a......

GIRL!!!!

For Ashley, Brady and Caden, little Chloe will be here in approximately 147 days.

Let the clothes shopping begin. Oh wait, my mom has already hit the sales at the mall!

I can't lie I bought her the cutest little romper outfit at Target on Thursday afternoon. X and I had a successful trip that day. He was strapped to my chest in one of those front carriers, but for a blissful hour I walked around Target and shopped! I decided since I voted and said it was a girl that I had to buy something to prove how confident I was.

It is 80's and sunny here today! Windy, but it is going to be a nice day.

Xavier is currently asleep in his swing, not for long I am sure as it is approaching brunch time.

Thanks Grandie for babysitting last night!

My friend April is under the weather with a kidney infection but she is doing better. Hopefully she gets to enjoy some of the great weather today!

April showers......

Bring May Flowers! Hopefully!

It has been rainy and cooler here in Indiana the last few weeks with a couple really good days here and there! We are looking forward to the 70's tomorrow and possibly the 80's this weekend!

Xavier is turning into a big boy already! He is 10 weeks today and we actually had his 2 month check up today, just 2 weeks late! He is weighing in at 13 pounds and 9 ounces and he is 25.5 inches long!! He is starting to get a double chin and he has cute little rolls on his thighs! He had some shots today but took them in stride. He screamed for just a couple minutes and then zonked out! (might have been the infant Tylenol?) Overall Dr Jim said he is doing fantastic! X has been giving me, uh I mean us, a couple good 4-5 hour stretches every night. This weekend we wore him out by taking him to see his future Baseball team play at Victory Field (Carmel) He loved looking at the lights and he was checking out the 20+ cute high school girls in front of us-most of them all checking their blackberry's every 20 seconds. That night he slept from 10:30 to 6am I believe, actually I could hardly believe it, but he did!

Not too much going on around here. I go back to work part-time in 2 weeks. Sort of looking forward to it and sort of not...we'll see how it goes! We are going to do a 90 day trial period to see how both sides like it!

I got a new Mom camera, and I love it! The quality is awesome. I am still getting the hang of using it and figuring it out and it only took me 2 weeks to upload the 80 pictures I have taken, which was sooo easy!

Friday is the BIG day to find out if we will have another boy/nephew/grandson to add to our family or if by any chance we will get a GIRL! My vote is out for a girl, but we will see at around11:30 on Friday! Whenever we tell/ask Caden to kiss baby Xavier he nicely goes over and kisses his belly. He likes to pat his head and loves to rock his Car-seat carrier when he is sitting in it ready to go somewhere! He kisses mommy's belly where his other baby is which is why he kisses X on his belly! It is really cute!

Next weekend our good friends Trey and Jen aka Tren, get married here in Indy. That will be our first "major" event away from Xavier. Okay since it is in Indy is not like we are leaving him for the whole weekend but still we will be gone for lots of hours at a time! Grandie and Aunt Sarah are coming Friday and Gigi and Opa are coming Saturday to watch the X-man! Not looking forward to trying to pump during both events.......However I am looking forward to the big day for Tren, Jen is going to be a beautiful bride and I can't wait to use my new Mom camera to snap some memorial pics of the happy couple!

Then the following weekend is my first Mother's Day. We will be taking CW to Lafayette with us because his parents are going to Arizona for their 1 year Anniversary!

I can't believe how fast a year has gone by already! We got pregnant last May which is hard to believe that was then and now we have a 10 week old!!

Okay, stay tuned to Friday when we get the boy/girl results!

Baby's first Easter. Don't look at the sleepy looking Mom!

Daddy likes to play hair-stylist, this is Banker Xavier

This one is Frat Boy Xavier

Air-Xavier!

Hey, Hey

Xavier says....

The Cubbies are going to win today!

Xavier, an avid Cubs fan (sorry Dad, he thinks the White Sox are good too) is ready for opening day today. I thought he had a cubs outfit to wear today and I was all set to put him in it and bring him to daddy's office. I even went out and bought red pants to match his Cub's one-sie....only to realize the one-sie is a BEARS one-sie and the C on the shirt is orange, not red. It is size 0-3 months so not a chance it fits him when the Bears take the field in the fall. He is a Payton Manning fan though anyway so he will be wearing blue and white most weekends.

X is 8 weeks old on Wednesday! I can't believe it. We were supposed to go to the Doctor next week for his 2 month appointment but since I had thought we were going to Florida I scheduled it for the following week. I can report though that he weighed in at 11 pounds and 15 1/2 ounces last Friday at the breast feeding support group. He went over 12 pounds after feeding him and might have even stayed at 12 if he had not up-chucked most of his meal on my left shoulder. His reflux or whatever it may be, is nothing major. He spits up about once a day and I can almost catch it now because I hear the gurgle in his belly/esophagus and know it is coming with some nice pats on the back! His stuffiness and nasty/scary cough has also passed for the most part.

Xavier's friend Jack and his mom April brought us some Jimmy John's for lunch today. Thanks April! It is always nice to see at least one visitor a day or go somewhere and do something, even if X does not like his carseat and car ride. With the cold and snow that was going on here today, we decided to stay in.

I am going to place 2nd in our NCAA pool. If my husband's picks were as good as mine were we could have won the couple's pool. Looks like the soon to be Newlyweds Trey and Jen (aka Tren) are going to win this year.

Everyone have a Happy Easter this weekend!

Go Tar-Heels!!

Smile :)

Xavier is now smiling! This picture does not quite capture his cute little smile but I cannot snap the camera fast enough to get a good one!

Here he is sitting up on the couch supported by pillows (and help from Dad)

Last week we went to see Xavier's second cousin Graham. Both of them are peacefully asleep on their grandmas (Grandie and Aunt Shady)

Like my friend Kiley said, "times sure have changed!" The three of us used to hang out and party in College. Kiley ditched us to go live in the South so we don't see her all that much anymore. Here we are though 8 years out of college with our children!

Darcy and X, April and Jack and Kiley and Grace

So Xavier started smiling last week! I got my first smile while playing with him on the Baby Einstein mat on the floor. He loves the musical star that lights up in different colors! He actually likes any light, he is pretty good and peaceful every time I change him because it is right by the window and he just stares and looks around.

We took him to the doctor this week because I thought he was getting sick. Turns out he just has a little reflux, which makes him nasal-y and sound congested. So we are trying to burp him more. Jake just wants him to learn how to spit a hawker, but I think we have awhile before that happens! X, aka Tank, weighed in at 11 pounds 12 ounces! So he has gained 3 pounds since birth already!

Ashley and I both got our husbands yesterday with an April Fool's joke. I am quite certain it is the first and probably only time I will get Jake. We both told them that Ashley's Doctor had heard 2 heartbeats at her appointment and that she was having Twins! I was enjoying my joke so much with Jake that I thought about not telling him I was joking, but I figured that might cause some trouble! He was definitely impressed that I pulled it off though!

BC's heartbeat was 148 which by wives tales says another Boy....but I am holding out for a girl. Xavier's heartbeat was always high so he should have been a girl! We will find out the sex on April 24th, so only 3 more weeks of waiting!

Boiler Up!

Xavier is sleepy after an eventful weekend!

He loves his belly sleeping........

X doesn't have a Purdue outfit that fits him at the moment so he wore the next best thing! His GNR one-sie! (its Gold and Black) Boilers in the Sweet Sixteen! Yeah!!!

Caden and Charlie Cheese-cake

I spent Thursday and Friday in Lafayette with mom and dad and nephew Caden. We had a play date on Friday with my cousin's son Charlie. Xavier didn't do a whole lot of playing....mostly sleeping and visiting with Aunt Mimi.

The car rides to and from Lafayette for the most part were good. I say for the most part because I enjoyed half the ride in radio silence and the other half in a screaming, sweaty mess. I thought Xavier didn't really care for his car seat but I am starting to wonder and think that maybe every time I put him in there he ends up getting a wet soppy diaper. As was the case to and from Lafayette. Yesterday we made it up to Fishers/Carmel area and he stayed in his seat for 10 minutes when we arrived! On the way home....last ten minutes crying but he was wet! Today we went to Shelbyville and he made it all the way there just fine...on the way home last ten minutes, crying and he was guess what.....wet!(and yes we did just change him before we left Shelbyville) Tomorrow I am going to see some friends in Brownsburg for lunch so we will see what happens on that ride!

Xavier is sleeping pretty well at night from 11 til 8 or so (with about 2 feedings), but it is on someone. As soon as you put him down in his bed, its about 6-8 minutes before he wakes up and starts crying. He is too young for me to let him cry it out yet, so back to the chair to sleep with me!

X will be 6 weeks this week!! Time flies.

5 weeks

Xavier at his long 23 inches!

Xavier and his buddy Cooper who he met this weekend

Daddy and X doing some push ups and tummy time.

How time flies!!! I really cannot believe that I had Xavier 5 weeks ago, but I did! We are doing fairly well. He is still having some fussy times in the evenings, not every night. Sometimes he decides to be fussy say from 10-3pm during the day and not sleep. However after a 30 minute breastfeed and 2 ounces of formula he is still out....and it is 6pm now. So I certainly do not know what the magic formula is for his peaceful sleep and eating patterns yet. I have been reading the Baby Whisperer but like every thing, it depends on which method or who you want to believe has the words of wisdom that work. We definitely need to get him in his crib to start sleeping, as in more than 10 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours at a time. Last night he peacefully slept on his Gigi for 5 blessed hours so that I could get a good rest in. One day at a time is all I can do and like my dad told me the other day, "It won't be like this for long" and in a couple months I will want my little baby/newborn back! :) I also purchased a hotsling for the daytime to use, and well....not sure my 23 inch boy is going to fit in that thing.....I need to watch the instructional video to see how it actually works. My swaddle blanket arrived today, so we will see how that plays out tonight also! I am willing to try just about anything it seems. And like Grandie has said, if someone told me standing in the corner on my head would help my child sleep or stop crying, I would do it!

Surprise!!

Nate, April, Abby, Ali, Anne and the 30 year old!

Drew flew in from San Francisco for my 30th Birthday! He kept it a secret from everyone but Josh, even my mom! She cried when he walked into the Upper Room.

Xavier didn't feel like looking at the camera for this one. My two boys and me on my 30th Birthday. (with my fresh new birthday hair-do-thanks Aubree!)

I took Xavier to see his dad on Friday at work. Even though it was casual Friday X got dressed up in his tie. (his onesie has a tie on it-thanks Aunt April!)

Okay, so Jake threw me a "surprise" 30th Birthday party on my birthday. I was surprised somewhat, mostly that my oldest brother was there! I just knew though that Jake would not be able to obey my "orders" and not throw me a party for my 30th birthday. He has been giving me way too hard of a time for the past 2 years about turning 30 to just ignore my "big" day. He did a fabulous job though. I think maybe Jake should get into the party planning business instead of me :)

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came and to everyone who wanted to but couldn't! I am very thankful for all my friends and family who wanted to celebrate my birthday with me, it really means a lot!

Thanks to Grandie for watching Xavier while we were out. I didn't stay out too long because I had to get home for breastfeeding and pumping, but we had a great time.

Well Xavier is 1 month old today!!! The last 4 weeks have flown by, sort of. He is 9 pounds and 12 ounces, 23 inches long for his 1 month checkup. He still has somewhat slightly elevated billi-rubin levels so is a teensy bit jaundice still, but it is working its way out. We have introduced some sensitive stomach formula to X, usually just once a day, sometimes twice. He seems to be okay with it. My breasts are still not quite healed. (sorry to those of you who do NOT want to read about breasts on here) We had a three day spell of major fussiness, starting on Sunday, but yesterday and today he seems to be doing a lot better. So keeping my fingers crossed

And again, I cannot thank my mom and Grandie enough for coming down once a week and helping out. I always seem to be able to get some things done when they are here, the other days I can barely make it to a shower it seems!

Jake claims he is now #2 in my life, which is well, kind of true, but both my boys are tied for #1 in my heart. Jake has been awesome. I still laugh to myself at all the times he told just about everyone that he would NOT be changing any poopy diapers. He comes home every night, gives us both a kiss and usually takes X for a diaper change. Chances are...its poopy! And Jake claims, that he changes and dresses X better than I do, so usually I just let him do it! :)

Well off to prepare for the next meal. I will try not to take too long to post again.