Jaxon Jeffrey Garner

He is finally here! Jaxon was born on June 16, 2009 at 5:41pm. He weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 21 inches long! I can't believe how amazing it is to be a mom! Dan and I are so happy and can't believe how much we love him! He is such a good baby, he hardly ever cries and we are very thankful for that! The delivery went well, I had a few MINOR complications after which have caused my whole body to swell! My feet and hands are HUGE and my face has even swelled up too - they say it takes about a week to go down so I am hoping that I start to look like a normal person tomorrow or soon after.

Jaxon had jaundice (if that is how you spell it) so he has been on lights. We are lucky though because the hospital gave us some to bring home so he didn't have to stay at the hospital. We got to take him off today and tomorrow we will get his blood tested again. If the levels have gone down then we don't have to do the lights anymore! The poor little guy has had his heel pricked almost every day since he was born and I am so happy that we won't have to do that anymore!

Well - below are pictures of my cute little man and some from Fathers Day as well. Dan, Jaxon, and I both love our dad's/grandpa's and are so grateful for EVERYTHING they do for us! They are so amazing and we couldn't ask for more!

And now to the new father. Dan has been the most AMAZING husband through everything. During my pregnancy, delivery, and now. He is already a great father to Jaxon and I can't believe how much closer having our little guy has brought us! I don't know what I would do without him! I love you Dan! Thank you for everything you do for Jaxon and me. You are the best and WE love you!

Almost Here

So 2 weeks ago I went in for my 36 week checkup. This is when the dr. starts to check you and see if you are progressing. Well I had great news that week! I was already 70% effaced and 1 ½ cm dilated. Then last week, at 37 weeks, she checked again and I was 80% effaced and 3 cm dilated! I was so excited! She told me that my body is progressing great and that I could have the baby any time! She even said she wouldn’t be surprised if I had him that weekend, well I obviously didn’t! So tomorrow I go in for my 38 week checkup… I really hope I have progressed more because as much as I have loved being pregnant and sharing my body with my cute son… I am ready to be done with this part.

We have his crib up and everything is basically ready for him to be here except for a few minor things, and I think that is what is making it so hard as well, seeing all his cute clothes and toys and smelling the baby wash and not being able to use it yet lol! Pregnancy has been a great experience, I have had a VERY easy pregnancy compared to a lot of women and I am very grateful for that, and I’m sure once it is all over I will miss being able to feel him move inside of me, but right now, all I can think about is holding him, rocking him, feeding him, bathing him, dressing him and being able to finally play with him and see him! My goal over the past little bit has been to “live in the moment” and “find joy in the journey” and I truly am so happy right now and looking back on the past 9 months, I have been so happy going through this amazing experience, but I can’t help but look ahead a few weeks and want that to be here so badly. I don’t want to be one of those people that feel like “I’ll be happy when……” but I will be happy when my son is finally here! HAHA!