If you wanna know...

I have come to the conclusion that Jaxon is the complete opposite of his sister, yes I know that the fact that he is a boy and his own lil person makes him different. But the fact that he is this mellow, sweet lil angel who sleeps through the night already and only cries when his pants need changing. (and sometimes not even then) When Aydann was a baby she had to fall asleep at the boob and be in a coma before you could put her down. And she was up every two hours if not more through the night until last week. Ok maybe not last week, but she was pretty old for not sleeping all night. And she had/has such an attitude. Jaxon on the other hand slept yesterday afternoon while his sister had some emotional crisis that caused her to SCREAM and cry for over an hour and then collapse on the living room floor and fall asleep. Can we say drama queen. The baby just kept on snoring away like she wasn't even there. And he is sleeping at night from 11 until 6am, whatta dream baby. I love it. He is still swimming in all of his clothes, but I don't want to spend a near fortune on premie stuff, in time he will out grow it all. So I guess he can be naked until then, just kidding, he has socks that fit. :) I feel pretty lucky to have two wonderful children, and the fact that they are total opposites makes it even better.
Justin's hand is healing slowly, he has some swelling in his palm and middle finger, and we counted 11 stitches when we changed his bandges yesterday. He will have a pretty nasty scar on his index finger. I suppose that is what he gets for sticking his hand into a huge paper machine. ( Totally wasn't on purpose ) He is doing good managing the pain from the surgery, and he is working on his "honey do" list that should have been finished before the baby was ever born. He is planning a road trip with his dad this weekend to Seattle, and I think that I am going to attempt to care for both children all day friday and saturday ALONE. I may make a trip to the store to stock up on some booze and Prozac before he leaves, So if I call someone screaming to save me... you better run.

Getting well, finally

Well my family is starting to heal and feel normal. On Tue we took Jax to the pediatrician for his new baby check up, they said he was down to 6lbs but doing really good. While we were there we had the doc check Aydann's ear's. (Her daddy had a feeling she had an infection) Well he was right, so it's antibiotic's for her. Justin is doing really well with his hand. And I finally feel like I am able to help take care of my family. My headache is gone, but I feel like I have been drinking for a week with Justin's cousin Amy. My back is pretty sore from the blood patch I had to have on Mon to fix the spinal fluid leak (kudo's from the epidural, that I didn't get to enjoy) and I can't lift anything heavier that Jax until next Tue... Sooo slowly, my lil family is healing and getting into a routine. I feel like it takes half the day to get ready to do anything. But I know with time I will adjust.

Jax and Mommy

Another pic from the hospital. So far so good, he slept really good last night, better than his sister actually. My head is still hurting and I am having control issues because I want to get up and do my housework and I can't. But my awesome husband and my step mom are taking good care of everything. But you know me. I always want to be "in charge" and do things for myself. Guess I should just enjoy all the rest I can get now.

Lil Man Jax

OMG, what an experience. I can't believe how tierd I am. And I know that it's only going to get worse. ( I think )

Jaxon made his appearence on Thur April 3, at 4:53 pm. It was an extra special special day for Justin and I since it was also our 4 year wedding anniversary. He was born with only 2 pushes, but the length of "early" labor I had certainly made up for everything else. Last Sat I started having really regular contractions but I wasn't dialating fast enough for the doctors to do anything to help me out. (since I was only 37 weeks) So I went pretty much an entire week that way, on Wed though Dr. DeMeyer kept me at the hospital until after midnight because he thought I for sure was having the baby. Guess not.... Justin ended up hauling me back on thur after lunch. And we weren't coming home. Dr. DeMeyer broke my H2O at 2:15 and he was here after 2 pushes. Justin was an awesome labor coach for me and I think I would have had a nervous breakdown with out him. I felt pretty good after he was born and he took to nursing like he had been doing it for a long time. The first night he slept the entire night and then last night he slept for 5 hours in one stretch. :) I hope we keep this trend going. He has been a complete opposite of Aydann when she was born. But it's still to early to tell, and I am not jinxing anything. Aydann has been a very protective big sister, and I am not to worried about her being jealous. Just about her trying to pick him up. She wants to hold and kiss on him, and ya it makes me nervous. But I sure am not going to let her know that :) So far so good, I am very thankful for my little family.

Thank you to all of my friends for the lil gifts for the kids and for visiting us in the hospital. Lord knows I needed all the visitors I could get, I hate the hospital. Now it's time to get into a routine, and to get some pictures scrapbooked......

He's finally here!!!

After only 2 pushes but days of labor, Baby Jaxon Whittaker Long was born Thursday April 3, 2008, weighing 6 lbs 15 1/4 ounces, and 20 inches long. His hair is curly and has a reddish tint. Mommy, daddy and sister are doing great, big sister is very protective of her new little brother(hopefully that will last). More pictures will be posted after Amanda gets out of the hospital.