Happy 2 Month Birthday, JJ!!

2 Months already!!  What fun we have had with you!

From JJ's Monthly Pictures in the Chair

Stats:
Weight - 13 lbs. 2 oz. (70th percentile) - up from 7 lbs. 14 oz. at birth :)
Head - 15 1/2 in. (50th percentile)
Height - 23 1/2 in. (50th percentile)

You are:
-cooing just a little bit!  It is so sweet to hear you "talking".
-tee teeing on Daddy when he changes your diaper, so he got some Pee Pee Tee Pees to cover you b/c you have gotten him 3-4xs.
-starting to cry REAL tears!  so sad!
-trying to tee tee on me too.  You tried it 3xs when I was changing you, but I was ready with a wipe.
-tasting cake icing for the first time.  Daddy gave you 3 very very tiny licks.  :)  You LOVED it!
-having your diaper changed by Emmie (with a little help).  so sweet!
-now in 0-3 month clothes.  You have grown out of all of your Newborn size ones.  :)
-you have the softest heels and feet (just like your Daddy)!
-getting calves that are so chunky that your socks are cutting into them and leaving a mark :)
-having lots of FIRSTS - zoo, pool, movies, party boat ride, McWane Science Center
-recognizing Emmie's voice
-losing alot of your hair (receding hair-line), but it is growing back in blonde.
-a snorter sometimes when you nurse.  It makes me laugh.
-so relaxed and stare into mine and Daddy's eyes when we sing to you.  so sweet!
-sleeping from 10p-5a consistently.  YAY! 
-putting yourself to sleep when we lay you down within 5-10 min. :)

From 5-9-12 JJ's 2nd Month

 

JJ,

You are such a true joy to us!  Your big sister thinks the world of you.  She thinks you have the cutest ears and toes also.  You are precious when you stretch, cough, or even sneeze.  The wrinkles on your wrist and ankles make me smile!  You have the smallest of toenails - I noticed them in church one day during the sermon.  I had the sweetest bonding moment with you the other night when you were done nursing.  I was holding you in front of me and you made eye contact with me AND gave me the biggest smile. It was the sweetest and made me cry.

I love you so much, My Little Boy!
Mommy


Click on the picture above "JJ's 2nd Month" to see more pictures!

Happy 1 Month Birthday, JJ! (Letter from Mommy)

JJ,

Oh My Sweet Boy! You have been the perfect addition to our family! We love having your presence in our house! What was life like just 30 days ago? Loving you has been so much fun! We are SO glad that you are here.

You have the sweetest smile! You smell so good and your skin is so soft! The rolls in your neck are so irresistible and kissable. I love it when I get to hold your hand while you are nursing and I get to kiss those sweet fingers. You have your daddy's feet - long, flat, and skinny. The balls of your toes are so cute! I love looking into your sweet eyes and you staring back at me. You already have rolls on your wrist and they are so cute! You make sweet and funny faces - smiling, wrinkled brow, and bird lips. You love to sleep on your side. You are already running us out of the room, like a teenage boy, when you toot. They are terrible - like rotten eggs!!! You are an expert at tee teeing on Daddy. He says you are like the Bellagio fountains. You are now 10 lb. 4 oz  (70%) and 22 1/2 inches (50%).  You are up from 7 lbs. 14 oz at birth. I think you like your "momma's milk" as Aunt Jen says.

Your big sister loves you so much! She thinks of you as a new friend and not as competition. Praise God! She loves to hold you, snuggle with you, kiss you, hug you, check on you, watch a show with you, ride next to you in the car, or anything else with you.

We are dedicating you to the Lord this Sunday at church. The Lord showed Daddy the perfect verse for you "and now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified." (Acts 20:32)

You are loved much!
Mommy

4-9-10 JJ's First Week

We got discharged around lunchtime, so we didn't eat lunch at the hospital. We got to leave as a family and stopped at Moe's on the way home. We also con't our tradition of going by Jeremy's office on the way home to show him off! :)

From 4-9-12 JJ First Month

Welcome Home, JJ!

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Zoe has been really sweet!

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Emmie got me some tulips!

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JJ's First Bath

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Jeremy did a photo shoot of him and these are some of the pix:

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Snuggle time in Emmie's bed

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Click any of the pix above to see more in this album.

April 9th, 2012 - JJ is born!

JJ's Birth Story...

Sunday night, I felt a real heaviness under belly all night while I was sleeping. I felt alot of cramping that morning from 7a-12n. At 8:50 am, I went to the dr. to get check and get my lining stripped. I was 3.5 cm and 80%.

About, 12n I called my nurse because I was concerned it was contractions not just cramping. She told me to lay on my left side and it would go away if false labor. They didn't. At 1:30-2:30, they went from 12 min. apart, to 8 min, to 4 min. to 5 min. to 5 min. to 5 min. I told Jeremy to go to a 2pm meeting, but thankfully he didn't. At 3p, we left house for another dr. appt. Peggy (my neighbor) came over to be with Emmie while she was napping. Papa (Jermey's dad) got to the house to relieve her about 3:30p. About 4p, my parents left Memphis to head this way.

We were headed to the hospital and Jeremy was very nervous. He didn't turn camera on when trying to take my last prego pix, he was setting up the pack n play to be ready for JJ when we got home, I had to remind him to get off 280 to go to the hospital, and when he pulled past the parking deck ticket dispenser and waited for arm to raise to go thru into the parking deck. Really funny!

At 3:30p Dr. Ross checked me and I was 6 cm and 80%. He said "Do you want an epidural?" YES! "Well, then you better hurry up and get down to labor and delivery!" So at 4p, we checked into labor and delivery. At 5:30p, I got my epidural and once it kicked in Dr. Ross broke my water. When he checked me I was 7 cm and 100%. Dr. Ross will came back and checked me in 2 hrs. and then we started a little pitosen. He thought I would deliver about 8:30ish. I had Nurse Mariam as my pushing nurse.

About 7:30p, I was 8cm, 100%, and 0 for his head. Dr. Ross would be back to check me at 8:30p. Now He thinks he will deliver about 10p. At 8:30p, I was 9.5 cm. Almost time to push, so I kissed Emmie and she headed out to the waiting room. Jeremy and I kissed too and Emmie said "awe y'all love each other". Very funny!

From 8:57-10:17 I pushed. Jermey went and got Emmie from the waiting room.
She came in to meet JJ and she was just beside herself. She sang him "Happy Birthday" and "Jesus Loves Me". She said "look at his cute ears".

Jeremy Michael Long, Jr. "JJ"
10:17p
7lb 14oz
21 inches
the cord was wrapped around his neck 3xs :(

From 4-9-12 JJ is born!

From 4-9-12 JJ is born!

About 11:00p, we skyped with Jen/Chad and then the rest of family came in. About 11:30p, Emmie and our families left to go home and we were moved to our post pardum room. About 1:00a, Ms. Pam gave him his first bath.

Click any of the pictures above to see more. All the family pictures are in this album too.

Prego Pictures: 29 weeks - to the hospital

Week 29

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Week 30

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Week 31

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Week 32

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Week 33

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Week 34

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Week 35

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Week 36

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Week 37

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Week 38

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TO THE HOSPITAL!!!

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Click any of the pictures above to see from week 14-to the hospital. :)

11 more weeks to go...

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Week 28

Happy 3rd Birthday, Emmie!

We have had a fun filled weekend with Emmie and our families. I will post more pictures later, but she had a flower party on Saturday. Her grandparents came and also all 4 of her cousins (Molly, Tate, Mallory, and Leah). Jen and her family were here from Baltimore.

Happy Birthday to our sweet Emmie! We are so proud that you are 3 years old. You are an amzing blessing from our God above!