Wee Wilson Tales

John & Adam Brunch at the Yacht Club Ronin! If you click on this picture, you can see how his eyes are lighter than Jax's were. I bet they end up being the same color though! I think Amy Lauren took this - it makes me laugh - such a typical Amanda look! Amy Lauren, me, Jamie Us with the groom - Wes Davis Wes & Taylor Me and Amy Lauren Jamie, Jaime, Amy Lauren, Me Jax - when he was sick! - poor baby! At the yacht club! The guys...and parents of the groom! Uncle B and Harlee Kate Jax and cousin Elle

I've been so awful at updating this blog!!! And to make it worse, I'm not even adding pictures to this post! I am back at work this week. It's so hard to go back and leave the boys at home, but it is what I must do. I actually didn't cry coming back to work, but I did the night before...every time I looked at Jax . I think it was harder to leave him because he KNOWS that I'm there. We are still in the throes of remodeling. We are actually moved in to the apartment behind our house. We've been out of our house since October 14 th ! We stayed with my parents some before settling into the apartment. It's going okay considering we are still without a full kitchen, and 4 people (including one TERRIBLE TWO'S TODDLER and a new baby), in one room! Jax has been sleeping on a baby mattress in the corner of the bathroom. He only woke up about 6 times last night! It's crazy. Ro is sleeping better than him! One good thing is that Jax should be completely bro...

We took Jax to trunk or treat at our church Saturday night. He had fun. We had a small disaster before hand . . . John was making up his face so he could be a werewolf. Wait - not just any werewolf - Teen Wolf (or I guess it would be pre-teen wolf in this case. I don't know what we were thinking. What 2 year old will sit still for makeup??? Certainly not Jax. Somewhere between the spirit glue being applied to his face and the 2 attempts to stick hair to it - we gave up! Of course, it wouldn't be so easy to just change costumes because the paint had bonded to the spirit glue and stained his face. We used facial soap, peroxide, warm water, cotton balls, and cloths to get it off. Well most of it anyway - so he was Winnie the Pooh instead. We also took him on the haunted trail - note to self: never where heels to haunted trails! Here is a link to the picture album: Click here Ronin will be 6 weeks Wednesday! He is just a doll. I need to post a comparison but he looks a lot like Jax...

Jax slept in his big boy bed all night Tuesday night!! We were so proud. We started trying to put him in his twin bed again on Monday. I haven't done it since before Ronin came. He ended up in his crib in the middle of the night Monday - but Tuesday night was great. It took until 8:30 for him to fall asleep and he woke up at 7:15. Last night wasn't bad either. He woke up at 1:00 and I put him back in his bed. He was saying "mom, mom, mom, MOM! MOM!" Then he woke up at 6:00. Advice to anyone with a toddler and new baby on the way....get them adjusted to their bed before the new baby comes!! It's not that it's so much harder. It's just that I don't have as much time! Ronin is doing great. He's getting so big. He was 4 weeks yesterday. I am still breast feeding him. I have decided that I will continue nursing him as long as I have milk, but I don't think I'm taking a pump with me to work. So when I go back full time, he will be taking formula....

Well, considering the chaos in the house, taking care of 2 boys has not been bad! My house is quite a disaster with walls down everywhere, torn up floors, and still no oven. Luckily I have a GREAT easy baby. Ronin is doing so well. And apparently the breast feeding is going great too. He had his 2 week appt Wednesday and weighed 7 lbs. The goal @ 2 weeks is for them to be back to their birth weight. It's funny how different it is this time!! He's also a great sleeper. I get up once or twice a night to feed him. He's never crying when I get up ... just moving around. Jax has been adjusting well. But he really wants to HELP a lot. Like picking him up, taking off his hat, tickling his feet, pushing him in the swing (that doesn't need to be pushed). I can't take my eyes off of Jax!! I am loving being at home with the boys. I've been a bit territorial of my time with them. I feel like the clock is ticking and I only have a few more weeks to be stay-at-home-mom. ...

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So we got to the hospital bright and early Wednesday morning. By the time they got me to the room and checked me, I was already 4 cm. The doctor came through and broke my water at 8:30. I got really nervous because the hospital said I had Group B Strep, so I needed 5 hours of antibiotics before I could safely deliver Jax . BUT my doc's office report had said I was negative. So I was really confused by that, and told my doctor. He said they just misread my report - I was negative - and told them to discontinue my antibiotics. I really debated about the epidural, but I was progressing so fast that the nurse said I may not have a choice about doing it if I waited any longer. At the time, I still thought that I had GBS so I WANTED to slow down labor so they could get the antibiotics the full 5 hours to run. I'm glad I ended up not needing the antibiotics anyway. So I got the epi when I was 6 cm. The only problem I had was when they were doing my cath , I got really weak. I told...