July

Here is what we did in July in pictures from my phone...

 Drake had his first shots. It was heartbreaking, he screamed and cried harder than ever before and then slept the whole day afterwards and would wake up and cry and moan in his sleep.  I've never been so sad, if I could have taken his pain away I would have.

 His cute jeans, I love putting him in them. I don't think there's anything cuter than little jeans. Except of course my baby boy wearing the jeans.

 He went on a little trip to take the garbage out with dad.

 Sleeping in church

 HUGE blowout.  How did it even get on his elbow? Good thing he was only in his diaper.

 Lots of packing so we could go to both Utah and Colorado for two weeks.  My parents came out for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary so Drake and I drove home with them and stayed for a week and then flew back. It was so fun to spend time with them!

Kevin took me to wicked, it was amazing I loved it and thanks to my mom for babysitting!

 Trying the swing out at my parents house

 He is obsessed with TV.  He started to get fussy so my sister put him in the swing and faced the tv and he was glued.

 Fist sucker, all the time.  It's so cute but lately has gotten a lot more slobbery and I don't know how I feel about that.

Fell asleep with his head in my armpit and started to love having the blanket over his face.  Scares me half to death but after he falls asleep I uncover his face.

Sounds good to me!

Date night at Charlie's with my two favorite boys the night Drake and I got back from Colorado.

the 4th, first haircut, and 2 months!

We stayed in Elko for the 4th this year and went to spring creek to watch their parade with our friends the Tanners. {They are moving in a few weeks and we are going to miss them so much!!}

Drake's hair has been bald all around his head except for a circle at the crown of his head and then right above his neck... kind of like a ya mica and a mullet so it has desperately needed to be trimmed but I couldn't do it on my own since his head is still a little wobbly but we tried the bumbo for the first time this weekend! And I saw the perfect opportunity to pull out the trimmer.

{He wasn't too happy at first, he didn't know what to think of it.}

But then he decided he liked it okay, I was kind of surprised but it was fun for him to try something new especially since he is so much more attentive these days and likes to look around at everything.

So we tried the bumbo on Friday and then on Saturday he was sitting in it and I thought it would be a good time for a first haircut.

This is the before, yeah, he definitely needed a haircut.

It looks better now. He kept trying to turn his head to see what the noise was so that made it a little harder but other than that he did great! The bumbo was sitting too high up so i couldn't exactly get the mullet so I'll have to have some help from Kev this week!

Yesterday was Drake's two month birthday! I can't believe how fast time has gone! We love our little guy and its hard to think what life was like before he came. 

Some things about Drake... He smiles a lot now, especially in the mornings.

He's starting to talk and coo a lot more which has been way fun.  If I coo back he'll talk more

He loves to lay on his back and kick and move his arms, if I let him he would probably do it all day

When he does tummy time he is lifting his head and now lifting his upper body off the ground

He wants to be looking around all the time and will get fussy if we lay him down and he wants to be sitting and looking around the room.

Loves his bath time

He has been sleeping consistently for five hours each night!! We've even had seven hours in there a few times {YAHOO}

His stats when we went to the Doctor are..

24 1/2 inches long {he's grown 4 inches since he was born!} 95th percentile

10lbs 8 oz  50th percentile

Head circumference: 13 inches 20th percentile

His first shots were heartbreaking at his check up, I cried pretty much all day, it was so sad.  I think I'll make Kevin take him next time.  We are so lucky to have him, he is such a happy and content baby as long as he is not tired and has a full belly.  We have so much fun with him and are so glad he came to our family!

Indianapolis

Last week Kevin had a work conference in Indianapolis so in February when he signed up he asked if me and baby wanted to go.  Of course we did! Although we were a little worried about how baby would do since he wasn't even here when we decided to go but we decided to book the tickets and hope for the best! And we couldn't have had a better result.  Drake did great on the plane ride, on the way there he got a little fussy but we hit some turbulence and it put him right to sleep.  On the way home he pretty much slept the whole way except when he woke up once to eat. While we were there Kevin was in classes all day so Drake and I got to explore the city.  It is a really neat city and was named the most walking friendly city in America so everything was within walking distance and we could just put Drake in the stroller and go wherever we needed to go.  Some of the other wives came too so we shopped and went to lunch and explored while the boys worked.  After the boys would get out of classes we would go to dinner and hang out with them. 

We toured Lucas oil stadium, where the colts play so that was interesting and fun minus that it was super super hot in there. 

This is what Drake did while we toured the stadium.

We also went to the zoo on the last day so Kevin got to come with us, it was a really neat zoo, we got to pet these dog sharks AHHH! They had a way cool dolphin show too and we got to watch an elephant get bathed and pet the elephant.

The Penguins were my favorite!

We had a way fun trip and I'm so glad we got to go! It was my first experience with humidity which i'm not a fan of but we got to do lots of fun things, we're so glad we went! Next year the conference is in Canada so we better start convincing Kevin now that we want to go!

And of course we'll end with a picture of this smiley boy! love him!

Drake's Blessing

We blessed Drake on June 3rd and it was such a great day. Kevin gave such a sweet blessing and most of both our families were able to make it out which was so nice to be able to share the day with all of them and we had support from some great friends too.

newborn photos

When Drake was ten days old we had his pictures taken, he wasn't too happy about it but we ended up getting several good pictures still.  Dannielle took his pictures and she came to our place which was SO nice not to have to pack up everything especially since I still have no idea what i'm doing! So here are a few...

Drake Kevin Jessop

Introducing our little one!
Drake Kevin Jessop
born 5/8/2012 at 9:43 am
7lbs 8 oz, 20 1/2 inches long
perfect as could be.

We are so in love and we love having him home with us, it's like he was always part of our family, he just fits so perfectly.  We are loving all the cuddle time we get and just loving our little Drake!

birth story

I need to write down Drake's birth story before I forget it all... I guess I should start with my appointment on the 2nd of May. I had my regular visit for my appointment and the previous three weeks I had not been dilated at all I sort of figured I still wouldn't be, mostly because I didn't want to get my hopes up only for the Dr to tell me I had gone no where.  But on Wednesday when the dr checked me I was at a three!!! I almost started crying with relief. He stripped my membranes and told me that he would probably see me within the next 24 to 48 hours so I called my parents who were so excited and of course let Kevin know then I went home and had a million things to do.  last minute grocery shopping and a few other errands, laundry, vacuuming, cleaning up etc.  Then I just waited, and waited.  I started having contractions but nothing that was painful and nothing that was consistent.  My Dr scheduled me for a non stress test for monday morning if I hadn't gone into labor by then and also scheduled me to be induced Monday night after midnight.  I thought for sure I would go into labor over the weekend, but no it was not meant to be.  I guess he was just way too comfortable in there.

 At my Dr's office there are a series of three doctors and one midwife which you rotate through and when you go into labor whoever is on call is who you get. Dr. Winch is in my opinion the best of all of them I would  choose him hands down over any Dr at the clinic but I knew that it wasn't in my control however my appointment on the second was with Dr. Winch and he informed me that the other two Dr.'s were out on vacation all of the following week so he would be on call all weekend and through the next week. Meaning that pretty much guaranteed that Dr. Winch would deliver my baby. What an answer to prayer! I knew that Heavenly Father knew my worries and concerns and was watching out for me, I felt so blessed. 

After waiting all weekend with nothing happening and getting discouraged a few times Monday morning came around and I went in for my NST I was having pretty regular contractions throughout it all and they were more painful than any others I had had all along.  they told me they would see me that night so Monday I did a few more last minute things to make sure we were as ready as could be for baby went out to dinner one last time just the two of us and came home and went to bed for a few hours.

I tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to get a few good hours of sleep and we set our alarm for 12:30, got up loaded everything in the car and off we were to the hospital.  We arrived around 1:30 and by 2 we were all checked in and I was hooked up to my IV however they didn't start me on pitocin right away they wanted to see if the fluids would get me going, and they did.  At about 3 I was to a 4 so they started the pitocin on the smallest drip and told me they would up in every half hour.  As 4:30 rolled around my nurse was no where to be found and  needless to say they never upped my dosage. By 5 I was really feeling the contractions, they were super painful and I was having a hard time breathing through them. I had planned on getting an epidural all along and do not regret that decision one bit. 

By five thirty I was crying so hard that tears wouldn't come and Kevin said my whole body would shake through the contraction.  I hadn't seen my nurse for like an hour at this point and I was getting pretty frustrated with her.  I finally paged someone in and asked them for something for my pain she told me she would get the nurse and asked what my pain level was at I told her a 9 out of 10.  It still took my nurse like fifteen minutes to even come see me she checked me again and I was to a 7 so she said she would get the consent forms for my epidural.  She left and I knew it would be a while before I saw her again and I was getting upset.  Because we live in a pretty rural area the anesthesiologist lives about forty five minutes away so I knew if I hadn't even signed my consent forms that they hadn't even paged him and I didn't know if I could take the pain much longer.  After suffering through a few more contractions Kevin went out and was like did you page the anesthesiologist, she is in a lot of pain.  My nurse finally came in and said she had contacted the midwife about giving me something before the epidural.  The midwife told her not to give me anything.  Why? I have no idea.  So they said if I wanted something then they would give it to me after finding out that the anesthesiologist was still about thirty minutes out I asked for the drug.  I forget what it was called... neprin or something?  She put it in my IV and I immediately felt super drowsy.  The nurse was talking to me and I kept dosing off I asked if I should feel funny and she said it was normal for me to feel drowsy.  When she left I passed out.  Finally some sleep! I was exhausted.  A few contractions woke me up from my slumber but other than that I slept until the anesthesiologist got there.  I was pretty much asleep when they gave me the epidural and I don't remember it being bad at all.  It was something I was pretty worried about before I went into labor.  After the epidural I passed out again and was pretty much asleep until shift changes at 7, thank goodness! My second nurse was SO much better than my first! I was still at a 7 when she checked me and they took me of the pitocin and figured they would let my body do the rest.  Dr Winch came in around 8:30 to do his rounds and asked me how I was feeling I told him good, I was just still so sleepy.  He said I was doing great that an induction like this is exactly what is hoped for, you couldn't have a better induction and he told me we would probably have the baby by 1 or 2 instead of 3 or 4 that afternoon like they had originally thought.  While he was talking to me my hip started to kill, I tried to massage it and move it around as best I could because I figured it was maybe a little stiff from sitting in weird positions after the epidural or something.  After Dr Winch left my nurse came in to check on me and asked how I was feeling I told her I was good except that my hip was really hurting so she said she would check me because sometimes that means that baby is right there.  I expected it to be nothing and was completely shocked when she said she had broken my water and that baby was right there ready to go and I was ready to push!! She finished setting up and told another nurse to make sure they grabbed Dr. Winch because we were going to have a baby shortly.  I started to push around 9:15 and pushed through maybe 5 contractions and then he was here!! He arrived at 9:43 am on Tuesday May 8th 2012 and he was perfect.  I was still so sleepy that it seemed like it was all a dream of some sort.  He is perfect and we are so in love! 

My birth story is nothing like I thought it would be but it worked out pretty perfectly.  We are loving having baby home and getting in all our cuddle time.  He fits so perfectly into our family it's like he has always been here.