Jaxson's Baby Blessing (beware...lots of pictures)

We were able to go to Utah this last week for Thanksgiving and to bless Jaxson. It was so nice being there. Danny did an amazing job blessing Jaxson, it was so so sweet. After the blessing we went to Danny's parents house for some yummy food and to visit for a while.



My whole family was there so we took a family picture. My mom has wanted one for so long but it has been so difficult to get everyone together. My sister in law Ashely is pregnant and due in one week, so we will need a new one soon so baby Kash will be in it too.



Hanging out after the blessing.



My brother Matt and Jaxson.






Proud Daddy



I love my little boy.




How many grandmas does it take to change a diaper?? :)



Danny's Grandparents with Danny and Jaxson.




My Mom and Dad with their two grandchildren Jaxson and Brooklyn.




After lots of excitement, Jaxson was out cold. It was a great day!

Random Moments of Happiness

We are having so much fun with Jaxson. He is smiling now and brings so much joy into our lives. Here are some pictures we have taken lately.



I love it when Jax is just in his diaper. He is such a cute baby.



My boys.



Smiles!



More smiles!



We love it that he knows us and will just stare at us when we talk to him.



Danny was teaching Jax all about General Pathology.






Every time we change him he smiles and laughs. One time Danny was changing Jaxson's diaper and I went in the room to find Danny laughing and Jaxson like this... It was funny.



All the wet spots behind him are spit-up marks. We go through SO many burp rags, blankets, and outfits every day, which sadly means TONS of laundry!!

Kinda Cool

This is the 3D ultrasound picture we got of Jaxson at 18 weeks. When we got this picture I was saying how sweet he looked and how I hope he really is sweet and snuggly like this when he is born...


How funny is that?! He really sleeps like this all the time. I'm glad he really is so sweet and snuggly like I hoped for.

First Time at the Beach

Our friend Nadine's birthday was yesterday, so for her birthday we got some sandwiches from the Safeway deli and went down to Baker Beach to have a picnic. It was such a nice warm day and it was Jaxson's first time to the beach. Even though he slept the whole time, I think he liked it.






Jax is just like his mommy. He loved being sprawled out in the warm sun.


All stretched out...He wanted an even tan.

Happy Halloween!!

We love our little devil. We bought him this before he was born and it ends up he is actually quite the opposite. It was fun having an excuse to do kid stuff again on Halloween. It was our first holiday with a baby and we loved it.


His little tail was my favorite.



Danny's pumpkin


A bunch of the girls got together to go trick-or-treating on Chestnut street. It is so fun. Chestnut is this really cool street that has tons of stores and restaurants. All the stores decorate and the employees dress up and pass out candy. There are people that walk around handing out balloons to all the kids and hundreds of people all walk up and down the street trick-or-treating to all the stores. I couldn't believe how many people were there.

Tagged

I was tagged by my cousin Holly, so I will do my best to think of six things people may not know about me. I'm a pretty open person though so it may be tough to think of that many.


#1) I am allergic to two things, grass and generic brands of laundry detergent. Pretty random I think. I can only use Tide or I break out in hives and swell up like a balloon. It is not a pretty sight.

#2) I'm extremely afraid of the dark. This has been the case since I was really little. It's so bad that when I wake up to go to the bathroom at night I can't get myself to flush the toilet for fear that someone will sneak up on me and I won't be able to hear them coming. I also have to sleep on the side of the bed that is farthest away from the door. And, if I am the one to turn the lights off before going to bed, I will jump into the bed so that no one can reach out from under the bed and grab me.

#3) I am the only one in my family that isn't certified in scuba diving. The reason for that is I know that the second I go into the ocean I will be eaten by a shark. I hate sharks...

#4) I don't like chocolate. There are a few exceptions (like Milk Duds or 100 Grand...yummy) but for the most part, I just can't do it. If I am going to have sweets I would much rather have some type of gummy candy.

#5) I have never gotten a ticket (other than 2 parking tickets which don't really count) or been in an accident...knock on wood. This is kind of bragging, but I am pretty proud of myself.

#6) I played the saxophone in Jr. High. Oh yeah, total band geek. I was even my section leader and only girl good enough to be in the the Jazz Band. Should I be admitting this??

Now it's your turn. I'm tagging MATT BAILEY, KERA, JAMIE, MINDI, AND JOCELYN (sorry Jocelyn, I couldn't resist. You are too funny, I just can't wait to hear what you say!)

More of Our Sweet Boy

Here are some more pics of our perfect little boy. He is the best baby ever. I love being a mom to this little angel.

I LOVE THIS BOY!!!

I forgot to put this picture with my last post, I LOVE it!! And I just LOVE our baby!

Indroducing Jaxson Daniel Theurer!!!

Our little baby Jaxson was born this last Friday evening October 5, at 5:45 pm. He is the best baby ever! He was 9 lb. 2 oz. and 23 in. long. He is so tall!
On Friday morning I woke up around 5 :30 to give directions to my brother who was coming into town with my two sisters and sister in law. When I was on the phone with him I was having some really mild contractions that felt like the braxton hicks I had been having for weeks now. By the time Danny left for school they were still happening, but I still didn't think much of it. By the time my family got here around 8:00 my contractions were getting stronger and more regular. Danny came home from school and we went into the hospital around 11:30. We got to the hospital and I was dialated to a 2 and 100% effaced, but my contractions had slowed down a little. They said that since I was overdue and still in early labor I could stay, but to speed things up they would probably break my water and give me pitocen. I was fine with that so they moved us up to a labor room and within a few min the doctor on call came and broke my water. That didn't speed up my contractions very much and I was still at a 2. I knew I wanted to get an epidural so I decided to just get one then before they gave me the pitocen so I could be comfortable when the hard contractions set in. Once I got the epidural and had the pitocen going for about an hour and a half Jaxsons heart started to do funny things so she checked me and I was at 10 cm already! I went from 2 cm to 10 cm in 2 hours. She had me do a test push to see where the baby was, and when I did she told me to stop because he was right there about to come out. She called my doctor and it took her about an hour to get there from the office, but since I had the epidural I could handle not pushing during contractions. As soon as my doctor got there she had me start pushing. The first push I pushed really hard, the second push, she told me not push quite as hard. Then the next contraction she had me push for a third time. I started to push and she said "slower! easy! slower!", but I was hardly pushing at all, so I just stopped pushing and he slid right out. I was so lucky to have such an easy delivery. He also latched right on without a problem when I started nursing him. We couldn't ask for a better baby. We love him so much!






When they first handed me Jaxson it still didn't hit me he was ours. That night the nursery brought him to me to feed around 5:30 and I kept him with me and snuggled with him. It really hit me that he was my baby when we were laying in bed and he was sleeping on my chest, we got to watch the sun rise together. It was one of the sweetest moments in my life.


It is so cool having a baby and seeing some of mine and Danny's traits in him. Danny and I both have webbed toes...And so does Jaxson!!!




Danny and Jaxson's first of many "Saturday morning football" experiences.






We love our little boy!!!

Still Waiting... part II

So I was scheduled to go in to be induced this morning at 11:00. I called in around 10:00 to confirm my appointment and the nurse told me they couldn't take me right then, but they could take me at 1:00 and to just come in then. Danny and I were so excited we actually got in! Danny rushed home from school and we took care of all the last minute things we wanted to before going into the hospital; laundry, cleaning, packing, etc.. Not to mention Danny got excused absences from his classes, got other people to handle his Thursday patients, my brother and sister got work off, and my mom canceled all her clients for the next week so she could come out. All the sudden around 12:00 the phone rang and it was the hospital. They told me that they had a sudden rush of people and that instead of coming in at 1:00 they wanted me to just call to see if things had calmed down. I called when they asked me to and they said there wasn't any way I could come in today. We were so frustrated! I would rather have had them just said they weren't sure if I could get in at 1:00 in the first place and to call back then, rather than telling me I could come in and making us think it was a for sure thing, then pulling the rug out from under our feet. I talked to my doctor and I have another induction appointment for 6:00 a.m. on Saturday that she said is pretty much for sure I will get in, but it's still not a 100% guarantee.

This is exactly why I didn't want to play the induction game. We are pretty bummed out and hope he decides to come on his own before Saturday. Thanks to everyone who has called or stopped by to check on us. It is so nice knowing we have such great friends. We love you all and will continue to keep everyone updated.

Still Waiting...

For those of you who are wondering, we are still waiting for our little Jaxson to be born. He was due Sunday, but he seems to be pretty comfortable hanging out in there. I am scheduled to be induced tomorrow, but the chances of getting in for non-emergency inductions are really slim until you are 41 weeks. If I don't get in tomorrow and if he doesn't come on his own by Saturday, my doctor said she will get me in for sure Saturday to be induced. I would really like him to just come on his own, but being overdue it starts to get dangerous after a little bit.

I don't even feel like this is all real. I feel like my stomach is either going to just shrink one day or I will just always be pregnant. It is so weird knowing that for sure by Saturday Danny and I will be parents. I wish I could describe the way I feel, it's almost a numb feeling. There are so many what if's. It's hard not knowing at all what's going to happen, when it will happen, and even how it will happen (to some extent). Don't get me wrong, I am SO excited to be a mom. I'm just the type of person that likes to know what's going on and what's going to happen. I don't like feeling completely out of control. I guess the mystery will unfold soon enough. I will keep everyone updated. We'll be crossing our fingers we get in tomorrow.

Go Giants!!!

Danny finished his 2nd year, 1st quarter finals today. To celebrate we got to go to the Giants game! It was a great way to kick off Fall break. Danny was given some free tickets from Dr. Yarburough who works at his school, and the seats were AMAZING! We had box seats right off third base. We even made friends with the drunk old men sitting behind us. After one of them gave me breast feeding advice (can we say awkward...) they offered us box seat tickets to tomorrows game, I felt kinda bad, but we kindly declined their offer. Even though the Giants lost it was still so fun to go to the game.



Brett and Nadine Williams came with us and they brought their little baby Nate. We were all showing some U.O.P. pride in our sweatshirts. We had someone take this picture for us after the game and it turned out kinda blurry, sorry. Come to think of it, it was probably because it was taken by one of our new drunken friends from the row behind us.

What's a baseball game without hot dogs...



...and cotton candy!!



I was hoping that I'd go into labor tonight so we could tell our son that I went into labor with him while we were at a Giants game, but no luck.



We were in foul ball range and Danny REALLY wanted to catch one. One came pretty close to us, about 5 rows down and one section over, but nothing came within catching distance. Maybe next time.

Thanks for the great tickets Dr. Yarburough!!!