Happy Thanksgiving! Jack is three weeks old today!

This is the first time Jack has been in his crib - for a picture! He is laying on a pillow embroided by Nana.

Hudson loves to hold baby Jack and gets a pillow and blanket ready and puts two hands up in the air ready for him. Sometimes he asks in a nice voice "Hudson hold baby Jack PLLEAAAASSEE" and other times in a not so nice voice "Hudson hold baby Jack NNNOOOWWWW"

Jack appears to be continuing to gain weight. He is getting pretty chubby in the cheeks and thighs.

Baby Jack's first bottle....he took it like a champ (seems to run in the family)

First bath

Baby Jack finally lost his cord this week at almost three week old. It actually happened at church. I went to change him and noticed it was gone and couldn't find it anywhere! I looked in his sleeper, in his carseat and finally found it on the floor....gross! We were excited that he could finally have his first real bath and Hudson was especially excited to help. Here are a few pics.

second week with the boys

Jack had his two week check up today and all went well. The chunky monkey gained over 1 pound over his birth weight and grew an inch weighing in at 9 lbs 12 oz (he was 8lb 11 oz when he was born and 8 lb 6 oz when we left the hospital). Dr Waters said that he likes most kids to be back at their birth weight but this kiddo has decided to take that a bit further and you will see the some chubby parts in the pictures below! First visit to the doctor and wide awake! He was holding his head up off the table when the doctor had him on his belly and the dr mentioned he will most likely be a quick mover like his brother.....I just want him to stay in the meatloaf stage longer!

Look at that belly!

Kissing big brother

Getting some cheeks!

Unlike his brother, Jack loves to be swaddled so he often looks like a burrito

Hudson has been doing lots of finger painting these days as we have had some cold and rainy weather. I thought he was messy here......

till I came home after taking Jack to the doctor and Aunt Dana let him fingerpaint. I am pretty sure he had way more fun with Aunt Dana then he did with mom! Now if anyone has any tips on getting it out of nose nostrils:)

Dana took Hudson swimming and he had a blast and hoarded some orange noodles...shocking I know.

Snuggling with Aunt Dana

We also got to see "Pa" last weekend when he came up to meet baby Jack. It was fun to see him and hope he can stay longer next time!

One week old!

Jack turns one week old tonight! We have had a great first week at home. He is eating and sleeping well....we are hoping this lasts!

Tanner seems to be a fan and is enjoying the stage where Jack cannot hide her tennis ball or chase her around the house with any toys.

Daddy and his boys

We were sad to see Nana leave this week and hope she comes back soon to visit!

Snuggly little guy

John and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday with to go from Cheesecake Factory! Here Hudson is stealing Nana's red velvet cheesecake...can you blame him?

Kisses......

Jack's first bath (sponge bath that is!)

Jack got his first bath on Tuesday and Hudson loved helping! Hudson is quite a "helper" with Jack and has parked a chair right up next to his changing table so he can help with every diaper change. He loves to comment on the color of Jack's poo. Hudson also has the cleanest belly button around with all of the alcohol wipes he has been using! This is the first time Hudson has asked to hold "baby Jack" and he did a pretty good job! He loves it when baby Jack holds his fingers and he also loves to count Jack's fingers to make sure all ten are still there.

Nana already has Jack his own personalized towel!

Fun in the leaves with Nana and Daddy

On Sunday, Hudson helped Nana and Daddy pick up many, many leaves that had fallen in the back yard. Who would have thought leafblowing would be so entertaining for a two year old. Hudson LOVED running in front of the leafblower at the leaves flying in the air. He then packed his grocery bag and threw them down the slide to fall into them at the end. Smashing them into the bag

baby Jack Charles

Jack Charles his finally here and was worth the wait:). He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz and was 20 inches long (very similar to Hudson's size). I went in on Thursday for a routine nonstress test 3-5 days past my due date. Jack didn't pass his nonstress test though due to his heartrate decelerating instead of accelerating during movement. After an ultrasound and more monitoring at the hospital, my dr decided it could be a cord issue and decided to keep me there for monitoring with an induction scheduled for evening. I started having some mild contractions (stress???) later that afternoon, then at 7pm they started a slow dose of pitocin. My dr broke my water around 8:30pm and then he was born at 11:15 pm with the cord wrapped around his neck but it wasn't tight so the doctor was able to move it. Besides some congestion from coming out too fast, he is doing great! He has some similar features to Hudson but he has much less hair! He is very sweet and is adjusting well to his new family.

Meeting Nana

Nana has been here for a week and we are so thankful. She has been Hudson's entertainer, our cook and housecleaner and everything else in between. It was so nice to be at the hospital (a little unplanned) and know Hudson was taken care of despite Hudson having a fever (thankfully short lasting) the day I was in labor!

Meeting mom

Hudson came to the hospital with different colored noodle necklaces for everyone and with his "Wheels on the Bus" dvd to show his little brother. Hudson was a little unsure what to do at first (completely turned his head away) but slowly warmed up and was very sweet with him. The video is priceless. (Some little fingers must have turned the switch on the camera to black and white!)

Meeting dad

Going home....alas

Hudson checking out "baby Jack" when we got home

The hospital photogragher was a quack so we attempted to take a few of his own. Of course I was expecting a 10 lb baby so he is swimming in his outfit. With Hudson I took clothes that were too small. Maybe by the third (if there is a third) I will have it figured out:)