Month One

WOW! What a journey so far and it's ONLY just begun!

One month FLEW by and was full of new and exciting things!

I was able to get out and do a mommy thing by myself. I went to lunch at Chick-fil-a and then to get my hair highlighted and trimmed. As soon as I made it to Katy I was missing Jace BIG TIME! Its so funny how you think you want to get out alone but once you do you are consumed by the urge to just be home with your child! Justin did great taking care of Jace while I was out but I was so happy to get back home to both of my boys! :)

I have been putting Jace on his belly to sleep for naps since that is the only time he will let me do "tummy time". If he is awake he HATES it! I kept thinking he would never learn to pick his head up while on his tummy because we never get to practice it.

Jace smiled at Justin and I for the first time on the 16th of August.

It melts my heart! After he smiled that one time we were able to get him to smile many more times. Oh SO SWEET!!

Here is a picture I was able to catch of him smiling.


We went to the doctor, Jace was diagnosed with reflux and was put on Zantac to help. I PRAY it works because it is very difficult to get him to nurse due to it.
He is steadily growing - on the lower end of average but growing :)

Here is our first monthly picture - I will try to do this picture with the same set up every month for his first year to show the growth and changes he will go through!

Week Three

My family on my mom's side came to visit. Mawmaw, Nanny, Uncle Greg and Ethan all came in from Louisiana to visit. Although I was tired and it was a short visit, I really appreciated seeing them.

Mawmaw loving on Jace!

Ethan did great holding Jace - even if Jace was crying.

I remember when E-Man was this little! :)

He has gotten so big and SUPER smart!

Uncle Greg

My Nanny rocking Jace

Yikes - I look pretty rough but I had VERY good reason too

That little bundle of joy keeps mama BUSY! :)
Three Generations

We were invited to a party with Jace's other cousins!

It was nice to get out of the house for more than just a doctor appointment.

We had fajitas and sweets.......I had a small sample of a margarita but WHOA!!! a few sips and I was woozy - I could not handle it plus I didn't want it to affect Jace either.

Jace's cousins are pretty close in age....

Jace (2.5 weeks), Brayden (11 weeks), and Ryker (6 months)

Three Weeks old!!

Still in that baby acne stage LOL

Next up.....One Month :)

Week Two

Thursday we had a doctor appointment, newborn pictures AND visitors!

We had a lactation consultant last week realize that Jace was slightly tongue tied which answers a lot on why he seemed to have issues with nursing. We had to get the frenulum (small skin attached under the tongue) clipped. He hardly cried - as a matter of fact I cried harder than he did. Thank God babies don't have great memories. He would hate me for all the poking and prodding they do to him.

Later that day we had our Newborn pictures done by Lauren. That was fun. He cooperated well for being only 8 days old! :)

Papa Bryan, Uncle Nathan, Aunt Kiki, and Lincoln came to visit Jace.

WHEW !!! What a busy day!!

Papa Bryan loving on Jace

Uncle Nathan, Aunt Kiki and Lincoln



I am 2 weeks old and I love my swing!


Long skinny legs!! :)

Week One

The first week with Jace was nothing anyone could have described to me. I was so full of joy and on such a high about having my sweet new baby boy in my life. But, along with that joy came sleep deprivation, pure exhaustion and pain from recovering from labor and delivery!

We were discharged to go home on Friday, July 24th......and our first pediatrician appointment was for Saturday, July 25th at 8:20 am. Jace was slightly jaundiced and since he had issues during delivery she wanted to see him that soon.

Justin and I decided that we didn't need help the first night so it was just us two. The first night was INCREDIBLY hard for the both of us! We all three cried and didn't sleep. Getting to the doctor the next morning was not easy but we had to go. Before we left we called my mom and begged her to be at the house when we got back from the appointment so that Justin and I could sleep some.

Jace's first doctor appointment was a blur - I was an emotional hormonal wreck with no sleep. The nurses were so sweet to us and helped to make the appointment go smoothly. Since my milk hadn't come in completely Jace had lost more weight than what his doctor wanted so we had to supplement with formula for a bit. Over the next day my milk came in and WOW - talk about pain!

After seeing a Lactation consultant on Monday morning as suggested by the pedi, we realized Jace was slightly tongue tied. She suggested having the frenulum clipped so we were going to discuss this with his pedi at the next appointment on the following Thursday.

We had visitors on July 25th......Nana, Aunt Casey, Aunt Misty, Uncle Zane, Cousins Shelby and Jordan

Nana and Jace

Aunt Casey and Jace

Jace at one week old.....



That soothie is almost too big for his face :)