Tuesday, February 20, 2007

More pictures, well that's what you want right? LOL

Happy family of 4!!
Daddy and his boys!
The boys in Joshy's crib
Night Night big brother!
Guess who loves his little brother???!!!

Joey pictures!!

Not ready to give up the crib for Joshy!
Big helper dragging his and Joshy's diapers out!!
Don't help me mom, I'm fine, I can do it myself!
Guess who made poopy on the toilet??? Yep that's right Joey did at 19mos of age!
Playing with my, I mean Joshy's, crib toy!!

Pictures of the two boys together






Joey's finally getting used to and loving his little brother. He's a very big help too with getting me diapers and picking up the pacifer when Joshy spits it out! He's a good big brother right now and I think as they get older they will be a wonderful brothers and best friends!

More pictures of the newest addition!!





Do you believe I got some pictures of his eyes open?? LOL Well that's my baby. He's under his birth weight in all these pictures so around 8lbs 5oz or less.

Monday, February 19, 2007

Joshua James is born!




These are all pictures from Josh's first 4 days of life!
Joshua James was born January 28th 2007 at 3:38pm. He was born via c-section at a whopping 8lbs 8oz and 22 inches long. His apgars were 8/9 even though he did have wet lungs at birth with hyperpnea (fast respirations) and required a few hours of NICU care to make sure he normalized on his own. He did great soon after arriving in the NICU which we were very grateful for. He was a little jaundice as you can see in the pictures but never anything that needed treating. He is a perfect little baby, he nurses like a champ and is very healthy now. He loves to cuddle and is an awesome sleeper! He's typically sleeping 6-8hrs at night unless I leave him alone in the bassinet then he's up every 3hrs like he should be! LOL He loves sleeping in mommy's arms and mommy loves having him there. Big brother Joey slept with mom the first 2 mos as well so it's all pretty typical in this house :)

Joey's had a rough time adjusting to his new little brother but I think a lot of it has to do with his health. The poor kid started a low grade fever on Christmas eve and has had it off and on ever since! He'll have a fever for a few days, no fever for a few then it's back again! I've taken him in to the dr and it's never his ears or throat or anything they just say it's a viral something or the other and we live with a few more days of fever and cycle keeps repeating! Well when you feel like crap you sure don't want to share your mommy with a baby right? But we're working it out pretty well and I think once these viral things go away we're going to have a great "brother" relationship.

The Character Joey is most like....

You Are Elmo
Sweet and innocent, you expect everyone to adore you. And they usually do! You are usually feeling: Talkative. You've got tons of stories to tell. And when you aren't talking, you're laughing. You are famous for: Being popular, though no one knows why. Middle aged women especially like you. How you life your life: With an open heart. "Elmo loves you!"