Milestones

-Jacob on Mother's Day - 5/11/08--------Daddy, Mommy, & Jacob
-----------------------------------------at the Air Force Museum - 5/16/08
-Jacob rolling over for the 1st time ----Jacob's 1st ride in the swing
---------------5/14/08--------------------------------5/21/08

-------------------------------Jacob smiling - 5/22/08


I can hardly believe that the month is almost over. Yesterday Jacob was five weeks old. He has started to smile (although we are still awaiting a huge toothless grin). At the doctor's office on Tuesday, we received good news: the thrush has cleared up (for Jacob, but not for me), the jaundice is gone, and Jacob has more than re-gained his birthweight (9 lbs 12 oz now - 2 pounds more than at birth!). Jacob is not sleeping through the night and still has his nights and days mixed up, but we are working on that.

Yesterday Matt and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. It seems like only yesterday we were running off to a courthouse to get married (we just couldn't waited to be husband and wife one second longer, I guess) and now we are fast approaching our 10-year mark. We spent the day together and have decided that our 10 year anniversary will be celebrated with a renewal of our vows (so to our family and friends who are far away - plan on saving the date and getting out here to celebrate with us!) Anyway, Matt and I enjoyed lunch and dinner together and spent the evening "oohing and aahing" over our sweet little boy (pretty much like any other night).

Well, there is work to be done at the Lemieux house . . . We love you!

Day by Day

The last few days have passed like a blur. Preparations are being made for family coming to visit, and we are trying to keep up with the task of being new parents. We are taking everything as it comes, new each day. As I sit here, Matt is reading The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis to baby Jacob. Matt spends time every day holding Jacob and reading to him.

I am tired, but unable to sleep during the day. The queen-size bed that once belonged to Matt and me is now occupied by three at night. I had a horrible time trying to sleep with Jacob in the bassinet by my side, so I've moved him into our bed. I love the feel of his breath on my skin and being able to see the rise and fall of his chest without having to sit straight up to make sure he is still breathing. I know that some say that it is possible to roll over onto your child and smother him, but I am very aware of where Jacob is at every moment. Our current sleeping arrangements also make middle-of-the-night feedings much easier on me.

This last Friday Jacob was 2 weeks old. I spent the morning having his 2-week pictures taken and the afternoon at the pediatrician's office for his 2-week check-up. His jaundice is still a problem, and he has not yet re-gained enough to be back to his birthweight. We will have to follow-up in 2 weeks to have him checked again. His circumcision is healing nicely, though. Hopefully in a few more days we can stop slathering his diapers with Vaseline.

Our sweet pup Brownie will be 1 year old next week. Since we brought Jacob home, she has been annoyingly curious, yet calmer than we have ever seen her. We are grateful that she has been very cautious around the baby as we did have our concerns about how she would react to the newest (and smallest) member of our family.

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I think that is all for now. There is housework to be done before I take a nap while Matt is on daddy-duty. We love you all!

Welcome, Jacob!

May is here and has brought beautiful spring weather, and with the spring a new family member. Jacob David was born via c-section on April 18 at 1:29 a.m. At 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 20.1 in. long, he is an absolute sweetheart. Tomorrow, he will be two weeks old. So far he has made it through jaundice, a circumcision, and is currently being treated for thrush. Each day is a new adventure, and we are so blessed to have this little miracle in our lives. He has a way of gripping tight our hearts with each sigh and coo, and the way he gazes into our eyes captures every breath that we breathe. We are so grateful for this child!