Growing up

Jacob... being his sweet self.

It is difficult to believe that Jacob will be 3 weeks old on Saturday. No one could have prepared me for what happened this evening. First of all his umbilical cord fell of yesterday so he now has a belly button not a boo boo as Jason called it. So, this evening he had his first bath at home.... that wasn't a sponge bath. Then after I got him dressed, he did the unimaginable...... he rolled over. You read correctly. Not three weeks old and rolling over. To top it off, I was recording when it happened enjoy and have a wonderful weekend.

Settled in

After finishing up our first two weeks at home, we are finally getting in a groove. This is my 3rd day alone with both boys and I have to admit, it is much easier than I could ever have hoped for. Jason has his times when jealousy really kicks in, but he is such a good boy for the most part. He is my little helper...... really, not just in the sarcastic sense. Jake is coming into his own too. I feel like we are really getting to know him. He loves to eat and eat and eat and eat and eat. It really shows too. He is gaining so much weight. I can't believe how fast he is changing. After two weeks he really fills out the 0-3 month clothes well. His legs are getting rolls and his second and third chins are expanding fast. He is just a healthy little man. Jason has started this little thing where he loves to go and get a stuffed animal and pretend it is his baby too. He puts a diaper on it and rocks it to sleep...... he is even willing to share his blankets with his babies...... Jake still doesn't get that luxury. I am feeling great. It is incredible. There is no way a person could tell that two and a half weeks ago I was huge and miserable.............. life is good. I feel so good that yesterday we pulled the pee carpet out of Jason's room and replaced it with the same flooring we put in our bedroom. It looks great. I also did some painting........ we are definitely in a good place. I hope all of you are doing well and that you enjoy the pictures and the little videos of Jason showing off is good big brother skills once in normal voice and another in frog man (you will see what I mean when you watch them). Have a great week and I will post more pictures soon.

Too tired for a diaper change.

Jason, Jacob and the dog Jason said needs a diaper.

What did you do?

Wind down time.

Big boy

Just wanted to update everyone on Jakes progress. He went to the doc on Wednesday and had gained 4 oz in 7 days...... HE IS HUGE. Also, Jake is very healthy and everything seems to be going well. Today is my first day alone with my two little men......... the adventure really begins. Jason is still such a good big brother. I am sure there will be tough days, but he has been better than we could have ever hoped. I sure love my little men and will post an adorable video when I get a chance. Take care and I will keep you up to date on all of the happenings here.

more pics

Here are some long awaited pics and even a video. It has been a wonderful week for all of us. We have had a chance to spend some much needed time as a family and are getting to know Jake better every day. Jason has really grown up in so many ways...... but he still gives us a run for our money. We were at a friends office yesterday when her desk phone rang.Jason happend to be sitting in her chair coloring and out of no where answered it, Hewwo? It was one of her clients and we were just out of reach. The wild thing is that we only have cells, where did he learn about phones? A trip to the grocery store is a marathon too. This morning Colin thought we had lost him....... the wild child was on the run. Thank goodness for the little giggles, otherwise he mighthave never been found. All I can say is this has been the greatest week of my life so far. I hope all of you are doing well. Enjoy the pics and I will try to post more soon.........

JACOB SCOTT MOODY!!!!!!!!!!

Our happy (Jason was still in shock) family

FINALLY!!!!!! Friday night my mom and dad came to town and with their arrival, my contractions came (8pm). Since Colin and I have been duped by contractions many times up to that point, we were in denial. After a few hours they were very strong and 2-3 minutes apart........ still, we didn't believe. But we went to the hospital just to verify the situation (10pm). When we arrived, sure enough it was the real thing. I was admitted and after getting my iv, it was already time for the epidural (WONDERFUL!!!!!!). I didn't even feel him do a thing, but the relief was something from story books. Things went very fast. We got the last delivery room in the place and got there just in enough time to get the epidural......... a few minutes later and we would have been too late. At 12:30 I was complete and ready to push. At 12:44 AM April 5th 2008 we welcomed Jacob Scott Moody to our family. He came out with an apgar of 9.9...... for those of you that don't know what that means, he was perfectly healthy............ He was 7lb 15oz and 20in long. The crazy kid came out fired up and it is obvious we have another wild one on our hands. Him and I were doing so well we were discharged from the hospital at 3:20PM the same day. It is so nice to be home. Colin has the week off so that he can help me with the two boys. I am doing very well, but am still recovering. Jake is amazing. He is always moving and the boy has a set of lungs on him that are hard to compete with.

Our little Jake

Who is that baby?

Holding Jake for the first time

Please don't drop him......

The proud dad

Getting better at holding his brother (or MY brudder as Jason would say)

SHHHHH Ciet..... he seeping......

The two Moody boys.

Our sweet little Jake in a rare peaceful moment

Jason is doing so very well too. At first he wasn't liking the idea that his dad was holding this new baby, but now he is all about being a big brother. He has really grown up over the weekend. If we need anything, he is right on top of it. One of his favorite things to do is hold his little brother and rock him (he also sings rock-a-bye-baby). Things are changing fast around here and we are enjoying every second of it........ even the no sleep part. I can't wait for everyone to meet our little Jake. We are now a happy family of four humans and two dogs....... a full house. I hope all of you are doing well. Have a wonderful week and I will have many tales of wild children to report on from now on.

The bad side of beer

Honestly, I never thought there could be a bad side of beer. But, New Belgium Brewing Company has made quite a statement. They oppose a uranium mine in northern CO. I can understand this if it were an open pit or something like that, but it is ISL. For those of you that are thinking.... radiation........ Colin isn't exposed any more than a kid digging in the dirt and he is out around wells almost every day. He doesn't have to wear special equipment or take any more safety precautions than someone drilling a water well. This is the web site dedicated to New Belgium's petition.

http://www.nunnglow.com/latest/new-belgium-brewing-company.html

I can understand supporting wind generated power........ but I think that we have to be open to many different sources of energy. Uranium isn't what it was 50 years ago, in fact it is an excellent source of energy in my mind. There isn't the worry of spent rods like in the past and it is more efficient than a lot of power sources. Sure, it can be used to make weapons, but that is why we have regulations. Although I don't agree with all of the things that individual uranium companies do, that is where our income comes from. I also feel very strongly that uranium is a great resource that we should utilize. Even if Colin didn't work in the uranium industry I would feel that way. Of course I probably wouldn't be as informed on the subject either. I think that our energy demands require us to use many different sources. We can't limit ourselves. There is just too much out there to explore. This whole thing will make it difficult for us to purchase beer from New Belgium in good conscience. I am sure that a lot of people don't agree with us on this subject, but as long as well informed decision is made it doesn't matter. My problem is with people jumping to conclusions about certain things without having all of the information.

MLK

A day to reflect and remember that something tragic had to happen for so many to come together. A day for people to celebrate a life and the profound effect it continues to have on each one of us.

WOOOOOOSAH!!!

The plot thickens. My doc has been kind of a mystery for us up until now. He tells us one thing and does another. As Karen said, a doctor is providing a service and should listen to their patients, but it is even worse when the intentionally give you false statements. Up until now my doc has just told us that he was going to do things like perform an ultrasound, check to see if I am dilated or that we would talk about our options since the baby is so large. I know I have 9 days left until my due date, but the size of the baby causes some need for concern on the docs part. If the baby gets too big, it can be very dangerous. This doc acts like he is concerned when he talks to us in the office, but when I come back for another appointment, he acts like he has never seen me before. Then on Monday when I went in, the story got even more strange. My blood pressure was high and I was dilated 2-3 cm and 50% effaced. So, he told me to come in on Wednesday to get my blood pressure checked and we could talk about possibly setting a date for induction. He had said things like this before but, we felt like we had no reason to believe that he was telling us anything that wasn't truthful. So, yesterday morning I walked into the office and it was empty except for a nurse and the people at the front desk. I was pretty taken back. They took me back and checked my blood pressure, which was down to an OK level by the way, and then said Have a nice day!!! Where was my doc (the nurse said he would be in around 10:30)? What about him talking to us about our options? I was in shock. So, Jason and I left. Later I called the office to see what was going on. Did he just blow us off or was it because he just had other things that came up (delivering babies), but was informed that I couldn't speak with the doctor unless it was an emergency. They later told me that he never comes in the office on Wednesdays unless he absolutely has to. He told us to come in and talk to him Wednesday knowing he wouldn't even be in the office. It was a shock. But after venting to my parents I have come to terms with the fact that I can't trust my doc. No other doctor can get me in to see them in the short time I have left, so I am stuck where I am. But, strange enough, I had an erie calm come over me. I know that I will have to go into labor on my own, I know that I can't trust my doc, and I know that when I do go into labor I will not be picky about which doc delivers this baby... the doc on call will do just fine. So, I will check in at the front desk when the time comes and get it done. It is a lot easier now that I have just accepted the situation. Things were a lot more stressful when I was worried that I didn't hear the doc right or that he was blowing me off. Now I know that he just doesn't have enough pride in his job to do it well. In my experience, he doesn't care about each individual patient. All I can say is thank goodness we are almost done and I will continue to walk on....... without worrying about my doc anymore.





On a lighter note............. No, we don't have a name yet. We are still coming up with a list. As I have said before any name suggestions for the little man are welcome with open arms. I can't make any promises about which one will be picked, we have to wait to meet the little man. Jason suggested the name Wayne... not happening and he also suggested calling his brudder Backhoe or Yoder. All were good contributions, but I don't think they will work for this baby.
Speaking of Jason, I have never seen a kid so happy that baseball season is here. He plays all of the time. Somehow he can fit it in to his busy dino/car playing schedule. He runs over and puts his baseball cap on so that he can play.............. evidently it is impossible to play the game the right way without a hat on. He hits the ball at times, but his true passion is pitching. We have to give him a wiffle ball to throw in the house because the kid can do some damage with anything that is more substantial.

He even makes you hold the bat correctly........ tool pusher.

Also, I want to thank Gary and Karen for the beautiful baby blanket. It rocks!!!! Jason loves his, we love ours, and I know the littlest Moody man will love his too. It will go everywhere with us. THANK YOU!!!!!! So that everyone can see how awesome this blanket is there is a pic below. I just wish you could feel it too.

The blanket!!!

I hope all of you are having a good week. Once again I will update if we have any news, but I don't expect any. This kid is going to stay in until he is 20 pounds. That would be a sight. Have a great weekend everyone and take care of yourselves....................