10th Week - Drew's 30th Birthday

Jackson is now 12 pounds. He loves his swing but does not love tummy time. He can put his pacifier back in his mouth now. He is starting to find his thumb to soothe himself. He will smile at you when you smile at him.

Drew had rotater cuff surgery on Friday. He turned 30 on Saturday. Poor guy! He is in a sling for 6 weeks and has rehab for 3 months.

9th Week

Jackson started getting rice cereal in his bottle at his 8PM feeding. He has been sleeping from 9PM to 1AM after eating the cereal. He still wakes up at 1AM and 4AM to eat but at least we can get him down at night. As soon as he is 3 months old, the doctor said we could start letting him cry himself back to sleep in the middle of the night.

Jackson found his thumb yesterday and started sucking on it. In the photo below, Jackson is doing his imitation of woody woodpecker wanting to be fed. He bangs his head against mine.

We did find out that Drew tore his rotater cuff and he is scheduled for surgery tomorrow.

Week 8

Sorry I am so late posting this week's update. It has been quite the week. Aunt Aimee came to help me with Jackson last Thursday through Sunday while Drew went snowboarding with the guys over the weekend. Drew hurt his shoulder 4 hours after he got to the resort. We are still waiting to hear if the rotater cuff is torn away from the shoulder bone.

Jackson went today for his 2 month checkup and shots. He has a little cold virus with a low grade fever and cough. He weighs 10 lbs 13 oz and is 22 inches long. The week he started putting weight on his legs and "standing" up on your lap. He also bats his bottle away when he is finished and helps you hold the bottle.

Week 7 - New Year

I cannot believe that it is the end of a decade and another year! This week Jackson got his Synagist shot. He has to have one every month until April for the respiratory virus season since he is a preemie. He weighed 9 lbs 3.5 oz on Wednesday. He is gaining about 2 ounces a day.

On Friday, New Year's Eve, we were invited to an oyster roast at one of our neighbors' house. It was chilly outside but Jackson enjoyed ringing in the New Year with our neighbors.

We spent a quiet weekend at home taking down the Christmas decorations and getting ready to drive to Tennessee to meet Jackson's great grandmothers on my side of the family. Jackson did great on the 5.5 hour drive. We stopped once so that he could eat. It snowed on us in Asheville. Nanna hopes that we get snowed in and can stay for one more day.

Great Granny Roberts

Great Grandmother Adsit

Aunt Aimee is a great babysitter.

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.