Jace's Newborn Photos

Here are Jace's newborn photos, taken when he was exactly 2 weeks. Stephanie (Jaiden Photography) did a fantastic job and I highly recommend her! Thanks Stephanie!

3 weeks!

Jace is growing so fast, and he's already changing so much! I can't believe he's 3 weeks old (I'm going to say that every week! lol). He's such a handsome little guy! He is doing great. He's taking about 3.5-4 ounces every 3-4 hours during the day and he'll go about 6 hours at night.

Jace loves his GloWorm! If he's crying, I'll turn it on and he calms down. Avaree loves it too, she keeps trying to take it. I told her earlier today that it was Jace's and she needs to take it back to his room, she told me that he was sleeping and he didn't need it right now! I don't know why she likes a baby toy so much, I guess I need to get her one.

Class of 2023

Avaree graduated VPK on June 11, and will start Kindergarten in August! I can't believe my baby will be in school! She is so happy to be done with Pre-K and to be out for the summer! I'm glad that I'll be able to spend the summer home with her before she starts school since I'm on maternity leave. She did very well in Pre-K and learned so much! I hope she'll do just as well in Kindergarten!

10 day old Jace did so well at his Big Sister's Graduation!

Our Family after graduation

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband! Thanks for being a great Daddy to our beautiful babies!

Weight Check

Jace had an appointment yesterday for a weight check since he hadn't gained anything at the previous appointment. I was so excited to hear he weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces!! He's putting on weight now--11 ounces in 1 week!! Woohoo!

We had a visit from Nanny and PaPa this week. Jace got to see his Nanny again and meet his PaPa and cousins, Morgan and Madison.

It's been 2 weeks...

Jace is doing great! He had an appointment last Friday, he was still 7 pounds 15 ounces and he was 21.7" long (so he's gotten a little longer!). He is sleeping very well at night. We usually try to put him down between 9:30 and 10:30 every night, gets up between 4:40 and 5:15, eats, and then goes back down until around 9:00 every morning. He doesn't even take his paci during the night. All he really does during the day is eat, sleep, and pee, although he is starting to stay awake a little more. That boy is a peeing machine, and he does NOT like to have on a wet diaper!

He is taking about 3 ounces at every feeding, about every 3-4 hours. He sleeps on his side. If I lay him on his back, he'll roll straight to his side. He likes to nap on his tummy too. During tummy time a few days ago, he rolled from his tummy to his side. His umbilical cord stump is still attached, I'm hoping it'll fall off soon.

Jace is still wearing newborn diapers (although size 1 is ok, newborn fits better). The only clothes that fit him are newborn! I've tried on several things that are 0-3 months and they are so big!

We had newborn photos taken of Jace today. I can't wait to see how they turn out. Stephanie from Jaiden Photography came to our house for the photo shoot. She was great!! Jace was such a good boy during the 2 hours she was here.

I think I'm back to normal now, I'm 17 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight and I've been wearing my normal clothes! Time to pack up all the maternity clothes!!

Here are some pics from the past week.

My Babies

She loves her baby brother!

Silly Boy

1 week old!

It's hard to believe my baby boy is already a week old today! Jace is doing great and he is so sweet. We had a doctor's appointment the day after we came home, he was 7 lb 15 oz, and she sent him to the hospital to get a bilirubin level check for his jaundice. It was 11.3 so we had to go back the next day to check it again. It was 12.3. It wasn't high enough for phototherapy and we have another appointment this Friday to check him out. He isn't looking as yellow now, his pretty color is coming back.

Jace doesn't cry very much, and all he does is sleep and eat. He loves to cuddle and be held but he LOVES his bouncy seat. We have to keep mittens on him because his hands stay at his face and he claws at it.

I'm doing great 1 week postpartum. I got on the scales this morning and I'm 15 pounds less than I was before I got pregnant. I had some cramping that got pretty bad (as bad as contractions during labor) but that's gone away now. I don't remember having that with Avaree, but they said it gets worse after every baby.

We are all enjoying our Little Man and can't get enough of him!

3 days old

4 days old1 week old!
Cousin Matthew came to visit