One Month Old!

Oh boy, how the time has flown.  Jonas Henry has already changed so very much.  I weighed him last night for an official one-month weight - 10 lbs 15.5oz!!  His knees are no longer the biggest parts of his legs, he is long out of newborn clothes and diapers.  Makes me a little sad.  On a happy note though, he smiled intentionally at me for the first time several days ago, and now makes eye contact for more than just a second.  He is smiling a lot with his eyes and you can see that the big smiles for everyone are just around the corner.  Just in time for Christmas!  

As he's hit the one month mark, I see more and more of one-month-old Lilah in his expressions.  I see Emma when he cries, but the funny faces are Lilah's for sure (for now at least). 

Family Pictures

Family pictures!  Poor Jonas Henry was crying the whole time, but it looks like she managed to catch him in a calm second.  

Big Girl Lilah

We had family photos taken a week and a half ago, and recently received our CD of pictures.  I was so pleased with the pictures she took of Lilah.  She seems so very old to me.  What a beautiful girl!!

Well-Checks

Today we had a family trip to the doctor's office.  The girls went for their two and four year well-checks, and Jonas Henry had his two-week well-check.  I'm not sure that I'll schedule it this way again after the crazy 2 1/2 hour office visit we had.  However, everyone is done for the year, except for Jonas Henry, that is.  He's only just getting started.  

Lilah measured 40 3/4 inches tall (65%), and weighs 38 lbs (75%), fully clothed with shoes.  Poor girl got three shots.  We talked about it in advance, and she was actually excited about her shots, which in hindsight makes me think I didn't explain things very well.  She did not like the shots at all, and has sworn them off for the rest of time.  The strawberry milkshake afterwards made things a bit better though.  She is an amazing artist and LOVES to color and draw every day.  She is very interested in writing, and is pretty good at writing all of our family names on her own.  She's been the best helper the past few weeks, never hesitating to help me out, or run upstairs for something I forgot, or calm her brother down when he's fussing.  She started school this year on Mondays and Tuesdays, and tells me pretty often that she'd really like to go every day.  I'm glad though that I get to have her home for two more years!

Emma measured 35 1/2 inches tall (80%), and weighs 25lbs 14oz (35%).  At two years old, Emma surprised me every day.  Just today we were working on the final things on her checklist for her appointment.  One of the questions is if she can drink from a cup without spilling.  I don't know if she's tried that outside of the bathtub, so I gave her a cup with a little water in it this morning for her to try.  She pretended to drink it without picking it up.  When I asked her to pick it up and drink from it, she shook her head no, and said, "no... spill, me"!  At least she's honest.  

Jonas Henry measured 22 inches long (90%) and now weighs 8lbs 11.5oz.  So big already!  I had forgotten how much a newborn sleeps.  I am really enjoying his snuggles!  He is a good night sleeper so far, too, even having a night or two of five and six hour stretches.  That makes for a happy momma!!

He's Here!

Okay, so I don't even think I mentioned my pregnancy on the blog so far, and now I'm not even pregnant anymore.  Needless to say, I'm a bit behind.  So, instead of trying to make up for lost time just yet, I'm just going to start from two weeks ago.

WE HAD A BABY!  Jonas Henry Johnson was born on Saturday, October 20.  He was coaxed out by induction on his due date.  Originally we were aiming for October 17, the day after his Nana and Papa came to town, but we were turned away due to a super busy department.  The same doctor that delivered the girls was on call again for the weekend, so we waited semi-patiently until Saturday rolled around.  We arrived at 7:15am and started the ball rolling about 8:30am.  Little Jonas Henry came along at 4:10pm after 3 hours and 25 minutes of active labor, and 8 minutes of pushing.  He weighed 7 lbs 11.9oz, and was 20 1/4 inches long.  We had a bit of excitement towards the end of labor with some decelerations in his heart rate, and after he was born discovered he had a knot in his cord.  Dr. Mallory said he sees a true knot only twice a year.  Warning: picture below, not for the faint of heart.

Emma was a little unsure of her crying brother when she first met him, but has come around since.  Lilah has been thrilled from the get-go, soothing Jonas Henry from her first moments together.

The past two weeks have been a bit of a blur.  My daddy left the Tuesday after Jonas Henry was born, and my momma stayed until the following Tuesday.  What would we have done without them!!  It was so sad to see them go, but it helped to already have plane tickets home for December (more about that later).

I have tried to take a few pictures here at home, mostly without success, but they are cute nonetheless.

  I love a wrinkly newborn...

So sweet! 

Maybe one day soon I'll get a picture with them all looking....