Week One

Jay is officially a week old!!! It has been SO FUN taking care of him and holding him and looking at him... and even feeding him is getting less painful for me! He has started regulating his night sleep/wake up pattern to feeding every 2 hours-- not bad! He is so little! Most of his cute clothes are huge on his baby shoulders and legs. Even though he is still less than 7 pounds, I have been SO SORE from holding him all the time! I wish "Mom muscles" came in as fast as milk!
Grama Meri (my mom) came for a visit this week. She helped SO much with: cooking, cleaning, laundry, driving, diaper changing, baby-holding, and moral support. Thanks, Mom! I wish we had gotten a picture of Grama holding Jay, but it just never happened. I guess we'll have to see her again soon!

One of his few awake pictures

Baby burrito! Just like when he was inside me, he likes to KICK in his sleep*, and since it's warm enough, we let his feet fly free

I swear, the carseat weighs just as much as he does!

Napping in Mommy's and Daddy's bed after a nice meal... he can somehow sneak a little pee out of his diaper every time, no matter what defensive tactics I use. Hence the towel.

Our little angel

His knees slipped up into his little suit so he looks like a penguin!

I got lucky and finally captured a sleep-smile! He may be smiling here because he peed all over Daddy a few minutes later... and right when Jeff changed both his and Jay's clothes, Jay got him again! Why do we even use diapers, anyway?

Here is a good reason to let your baby sleep in a CRIB

Welcome Joseph!!

Thursday evening as I was happily enjoying my grilled cheese sandwich, I felt a small explosion under my seat-- like a water balloon popping. 5 hours later I was holding the sweetest little baby boy in the whole wide world!!!!!

I am very thankful that everything went so smoothly-- no complications, no interventions, no unnecessary scary big needles... and now the fun begins!!!

what a little sweet face!!!

Daddy!

Mommy!

Our 2-hour old family-- Little J's fingers are crossed! Even though his official name is Joseph, we decided that we can't resist still calling him Jay for "short"

First photo: Joseph Argyle White: born Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:59pm. 6 lbs 15 oz

Home at last!

"Seven Mile" Sunset

While encouraging me to take a walk every day, my doctor here in Walla Walla reccommended Seven Mile Road as the best place around to enjoy a sunset. He gave me directions, and Jeff took me out there to check it out. What a gorgeous sunset! Even though I miss the rolling, wooded hills in "the east," there still is something to be said about a nice clear horizon.

The lovely sun setting

He's not even BORN yet, and our child is already "interrupting" potentially romantic moments! Can't...reach...lips...

Thank goodness our necks still allow us to reach forward!

Lately I have been really losing patience with people who comment "you're looking so big," "how pregnant you look!" and "you look miserable," and other such comments. News flash: believe it or not, I KNOW I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant! However, every now and then I do recognize a particularly silly-looking pose... This picture cracks me up because my stomach looks fake!

Baby Shower!

Last night (Tuesday, May 12), my sweet visiting teachers threw a baby shower for me! They really THREW it together fast-- it was announced on Friday in the Relief Society email, and 20 ladies came! It was great to meet more of the sisters in our ward. I am touched at all of the kind gifts they gave baby Joseph and me. I felt very welcomed and it was a ton of fun too!! Treats, games, and gifts... and plenty of chatting! Thanks to my new ward for being so wonderful and welcoming! I don't have any pictures of the actual shower, but here is the "aftermath:"

The heap 'o bags... I'm STILL folding tissue paper

It took a while for me to arrange all of the gifts. Baby Joseph is one lucky guy!

And the obligatory tummy picture: This is me 1 day shy of 37 weeks... I think baby Joseph is PLENTY big enough to join us on the outside, don't you?

Bread!

I have tried to make bread like my Mom's at least 3 times in the past, but I failed miserably with hard, flat rocks for loaves all 3 times! So, when I was visiting a few weeks ago, I took notes and asked questions while Mom made bread. And yesterday, I finally accomplished 2 golden, fluffy, soft loaves of half-white-half-wheat bread! Hurrah! And now for the pictoral proof:

35 weeks and counting...

This week baby Joseph and hit I hit the 35 week mark... only 5 weeks left! Wahooooo! Even better: if he is born in 2 weeks, he'll still be considered full term. All I can say is any time now, buddy! I started laughing at my profile recently because I look like I swallowed a watermelon whole. I catch random people quickly looking away all the time in public, and cashiers have started asking when I'm due, etc. So, without further ado, here's the latest baby picture... I don't think I've grown very much since the last one, but I feel TONS heavier!