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TIGERS!!

Just getting in a little practice before football season!

Rub- a -Dub- Dub!

Bath time has become Andy and Sarah's time to bond. And she LOVES getting a bath...who doesn't!!

It can be done!

Having a life that is...Honestly, five weeks ago, I would have told you that I had been sentenced to life in my house until Sarah was in school! However, we had a WONDERFUL weekend and actually participated in "normal" weekend activities!!!

Saturday night, we went to dinner with the Carlton family at Nifa's Mexican Restaurant! This was major...seeing as how Ms. Sarah had been a little unpleasant the past few days from the hours of 5pm to 10pm..however, I seemed to have solved that problem with a little Gripe Water- which I didn't even know existed until two weeks ago!

Happy Jacobsen's!!

Happy Carlton's...Kyleigh is 6 months older than Sarah- So much fun just around the corner for those two!! And I am sure that big brother Cooper will keep the girls in line!!

And then Sunday we actually made it to church!!!! All of the stars aligned just right and we made it...on time!!! We haven't been to church since JANUARY!!! My back hurt so much during my pregnancy, that I couldn't make it through a service due to the pain...And no, the roof did not fall in when we arrived!! But OH did Ms. Sarah look cute!! Here's her first church outfit (so much fun playing dress up with a live baby doll!!)

I know, I gotta get some shoes for this kid!

Enough with the pics mom!!
I just love this little yawn!!
And then we finished the weekend off with great family time and dinner at our house with everyone!

Thanks for the great pic guys!!

Catchin' Zs

At the tender age of just one month, I have discovered that not much happens in the life of a new born other than eating, pooping and sleeping. Since the first two are not picture worthy, here are some pics of a peaceful sleeping baby girl!
I know, I know...I am breaking about 100 different rules of infant sleeping in these pics (sleeping on the boppy, sleeping on her stomach, holding her till she falls asleep blah, blah, blah), but I get the meaning of "Do what you have to do to get them to sleep!" Again, people who write these "rules" are from another planet!!

Fritz

People always ask "How's Sarah doing?" and then the next question is always "So how is the dog doing with all of this?" Wellllll.....

Most of the time I think he is just curious....

Other times, I think he is protective....

At times, I think he is jealous of all of her stuff...

But this could all be a plot to fool me so that when he has the opportunity, he will pounce on Sarah! Who knows?!?! I usually answer the question of "How's the dog?" with..."He's learning to adjust!"

1 month...UPDATED

Well, we have survived one month!! Some of Sarah's milestones....tracking her mobile in her crib, recognizing voices and turning toward them, lots of grunting and noises. We are still waiting for that memorable first smile! She is on a four hour nursing schedule and tends to stay awake for about an hour after she eats. At this point, most nights, we are blessed with six hours of sleep at a time!! We go to the doctor Wednesday of this week, so I will update this post with all of her "stats" then.
We went to the doctor this morning...Weight: 11 pounds 1 ounce!! (95th percentile) and Length 23 inches!! (95th percentile)

Boil 'Em!

We attended our first crawfish boil of the season two weekends ago (wow, time flies!).

YUMMY!!!!

I love spring in south Louisiana!!

My brother Mike is in town from Alaska for the whole month of April!!! Love having both of my brothers home at the same time!

Sarah had a blast at her first crawfish boil! ;0)

2 weeks..and a few days

Well, Sarah and I went to our respective doctors this week for our two week check ups....

Sarah is doing great! She is nursing well, pooping well (I know..really?! what a new world I live in, when I am concerned about poop color!), and putting on the pounds.

Weight: 9 pounds 6 ounces (she weighed 8 pounds when she was born and was 7lbs 12oz when we left the hospital) She is in the 75th percentile in weight

Height: 21 inches...also the 75th percentile

Head circumference: 15cm...80th percentile- see she does have some of her dad in her! ;0)

As for me, I have been cleared by my doctor to drive once again...so thank you Grandma Sandy for hauling us around for the last two weeks!! I am still in some pain, but not too bad...c-sections are quite the operation! I just have to continue to watch what I pick up while I am still healing on the inside...but my incision is almost healed and my blood pressure is back to normal!

Easter 2010

Well, sadly our Easter festivities we quite uneventful...well unless you call staying up until 1 am with a crying new born "eventful" then maybe we were livin' it up and I just didn't know it!? ;0)

Easter Saturday, we were able to spend the day at my cousin Suzette's and Sarah was able to meet her Dumestre family. Lots of holding and loving going on for Ms. Sarah!!!

Cousin Suzette....

Cousin Emily...(and future babysitter!!)
Cousin Evan...(turned out to be a big fan of baby Sarah!)
Great Aunt Cookie...Great Uncle Dave...

So after a long day Saturday, Ms. Sarah let me know that she didn't really care for being away from home that long...and I am just guessing here, because I really have no idea why my baby cries when she does- I digress....anyway, Sarah proceeded to sleep off and on for periods of 30 minutes to an hour until 1 am Easter Sunday morning. When we had started the day Saturday, Andy and I thought we would be going back to church on Easter Sunday (we hadn't been in a really looong time due to the fact my back hurt so bad while I was pregnant, I couldn't sit in church for the services). Instead, this was our Easter Sunday morning....

Andy woke up and captured this moment of all of us sleeping on the couch! Yes, even Fritz is sleep deprived at this point!

So here's to next years Easter...maybe I'll have a better handle on what's going on by then and I can have all of the cute little Easter pics with Sarah and plastic eggs and plastic grass all while she is dressed an adorable little dress...see, I had it all planned in my head- I am quickly realizing that all of this planning is wasted on a newborn...she runs the show- not me!

Girlfriends

I just love this picture!!!

Stacey and Tracey and I have been best of friends since elementary school and now, we are all going to be mothers at the same time!! Tracey (on the left) is currently 12 weeks pregnant- we are eagerly waiting to see what she will be having, and Stacey (on the right) is due April 21 with little Gracie! It's such a special time in all of our lives and to be able to share it with each other...the laughs, the stresses...all of it, well, it just awesome!!

I love you girls!!!