Week 6 - Christmas

This was a big week. Jackson started sleeping in his crib. He is still waking every 3 hours to feed but at least we are getting a little sleep.

On Christmas Eve, he was doing belly time and rolled to his back. He went to the pediatrician on Christmas Eve as well. He weighed 8 lbs 6 oz. He also had his first play date with Noah Gorham who is 16 weeks old.

Christmas was very special this year since it was obviously Jackson's first but also each side of the family became grandparents, aunts and uncles for the first time. My mom, dad and Aimee spent Christmas with us in Charlotte.

Papaw Adsit

Grandpa Walters

We travelled to Savannah to have Christmas was Drew's family on Sunday. Jackson took his first 7 hour car ride. The trip was only supposed to take 4.5 hours from Charlotte to Savannah but the traffic to Florida was horrible. He did giggle for the first time on the trip. Drew laughed and Jackson followed suit.

Christmas Day with Stocking

Week 5

Today, December 21, is Jackson's due date. It is hard to believe that he has already been here for more than 5 weeks.

Grammy, Drew's mom, came to help me with Jackson last Tuesday and Wednesday. Drew was out of town with work. We went to Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden to see the orchid tree and the garden all lit up with Bethany and Megan. It was beautiful!

Jackson is growing like a weed. We go back to the pediatrician on Christmas Eve. I cannot wait to see how much he weighs and how long he is. I think that you can almost see changes on a daily basis.

Matt and Mellissa Cook came to see us this weekend. They are expecting their first baby in March. They bought Jackson the cutest outfit.

We love bathtime!

We also enjoy taking the dogs for a walk each day but it has been pretty cold lately so we have to bundle up.

Week 4

Jackson and I went to see the lactation consultant on Wednesday and he was 6 lbs 11.4 ounces. He is gaining an ounce a day. I am pretty sure we went through a growth spurt last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday because we could not get him to sleep and he was eating a ton. By Friday, we were so frustrated and tired that we called the pediatrician to see what we could do about getting him to sleep. The nurse said to let him cry it out for 10 minutes, pat his back and put him back to bed. When we fed him ,we were to not turn on the lights, talk to him or make eye contact. Just feed him and back to bed he went. It worked! The first night he cried for one solid hour, and then, he slept between feedings so we rotated being up every two hours. By Sunday night, he was sleeping three hours between feedings. He has also started putting his hand on the bottle to help us hold it.

This used to be the only way any of us would get sleep. It made for very long nights sleeping in the chair.

We try to take a walk everyday except when the weather is bad. This weekend was cold and rainy but we finally got out on Sunday. Jackson's head used to be down inside the Baby Bjorn but this weekend it poked out the top as you can see.

We went to see the lights in McAdenville (Christmastown, USA) last night. They were beautiful. The twins, Zoe and Riley, loved sticking their heads out the window to look at the pretty lights and people passing by. Jackson just slept this year.

3 Weeks Old

Jackson was 3 weeks old on December 3rd. He had a very busy weekend. On Friday, we picked out his first Christmas tree up at the farmer's market. The trees are from Boone, NC and the men that run and own the business could not be nicer. The only problem is their measuring skills. Every year we have gotten a 7-8 foot tree from them we have had to take at least a foot off the bottom, and we have 9 foot ceilings. This year I saved the branches from the bottom and mom helped be make 4 wreaths and decorate the back patio lights and fireplace.

On Sunday, we went to the Whitewater Center and Dad took photos for our Christmas card. It was 45 degrees F so we did not stay long but the photos turned out cute.

Nanna and Papw love Jackson and we have loved having them here to help us. They took the 11 PM feeding so the we could go to bed. (We were exhausted from a week of no sleep.) On Sunday night, Jackson slept for 2.5 hours between every feeding. We had to wake him up to let him eat. No such luck on Monday night though.

Jackson's second doctor's appointment was on Monday, Dec. 7th. He weighed 6 lbs and 8.5 ounces. The doctor says he is very healthy. We go back on Christmas Eve for his one month checkup and next respiratory virus vaccination.