One Month Old!

Jack is now exactly one month and three days old! WOW! It has flown! He is doing really really well. He is still eating well, though he falls asleep and I have to continually keep him awake, and he's doing great going to sleep at night. Mom and Dad are also doing well, we have survived a whole month of sleep deprivation and crazy hormones, so that's a huge Praise! Jack is doing all sorts of amazing things now. He smiled at me yesterday and made me cry it was so sweet! And he can follow objects in an arch 180 degrees, which is cool. He's being very vocal too--cooing and making all sorts of funny sounds, we've had several deep conversations. And he is a thinker like his Dad tha's for sure! The faces he makes as he contemplates everything are precious! We Love him sooooo much!

We are almost to Moving day! Three days to go. Brian, Kane, and hayden took a load of stuff on Sunday and this Saturday we're taking everything else. Brian loved staying in our house and said that he's so excited to be there for good with me and Jack. The guys had a great time and loved Rison--i knew they would. Hopefully they'll get to come visit a ton in the future. We're excited and nervous and ready and not ready and all kinds of other emotions right now. I'm just looking very forward to things slowing down for a little while once we get settled. All in all, things a great and we are soaking it all up trying to really appreciate this time.

More of Jack!!!!

Jack is now three weeks old! I cannot believe that in a week he will be a month old already! Time is flying as everyone said it would.

We are all doing great. Jack is growing and starting to get little fat rolls that are precious! We still think that he is the most perfect baby EVER! He has started trying to roll over a little bit and can make it to his side really well, but he hasn't quite gotten all the way to his tummy yet. He makes the cutest and funniest faces all the time, especially right after he eats! i love it! He continues to surprise us with showers when we change his diaper, we haven't quite figured out how to see that coming yet. :) he is a really good baby, and doesn't cry much unless he's hungry or wet. He's eating like a champ and is very healthy.

Daddy and I are getting more and more used to the getting up every three hours during the night, although I have started sorta sleep walking when it gets near time to get up and feed Jack. I get up and start getting everything ready for feeding and then realize that we have another hour until it's time. Then I get mad because I woke myself and Brian up, but then i get over it and go back to sleep. So that's been interesting and somewhat funny.

This weekend we are on our first little trip. I say little, I made out a HUGE list and started packing for this on Wednesday. Jack has two bags and a few other big items while Brian and I have a tiny bag each! It's hilarious how things change! And it took us major planning this morning to get out of the house. But I love stuff like that, so it was fun! And we only forgot one or two minor things! So yeah us! Right now we're in Madison visiting my parents and sister and tomorrow we're going to Yazoo City to see Brian's grandmamma. My aunt and twin cousins were here this afternoon to see Jack, that is who is in the pics above. He is getting sooo spoiled! He barely slept today with all of the attention! I think he went from one person's arms to another's the entire day. And tomorrow will be no different I'm sure! He is very very very loved, that's for sure! Praise God! We're all excited about tomorrow, but Brian's grandmamma has been counting down the days! She cannot wait to meet her great-grandson! It's going to be wonderful! I'll be taking tons of pictures, and hopefully posting them soon.

Jack Allen Is Here!!!

"But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me."

Psalms 13:5 &6

As the previous post said, Jack was born on Thursday, March 22, at 11:19 a.m. at Oktibbeha County hospital. Everything went really well with the labor and delivery and both he and I had no complications, Praise God! The hospital stay was good, it was hard to get rest there, but other than that the nurses and everybody were great.

We went home on Saturday, the 24th to a house full of excited family. Grandpa and Grandmamma Chisholm, Aunt Amanda, Nana and Papa Bodin, Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Michael were all very excited! Since then, Brian, Jack, and I have all been doing great. My mom stayed with us for a week to help out, and so many people have brought by food and offered to help. We are so blessed to have great friends who love us!

Jack is growing and thriving! He had his 2 week check up on Thursday and he had gained over a pound since going home. He's eating really well and sleeping pretty well. We're all getting adjusted to our new life. It is a BIG change, but it is so great! I am just now realizing that we are a family now and that we are parents, and what that really means! It's amazing and so unbelievable! We love Jack more and more every minute! He is the cutest, most perfect baby ever born! (In our opinion.) Praise God for our son!

Hopefully I'll be able to post again sometime soon. We are so busy, and it's hard to get away long enough to do all this, but we'll see. We still have lots coming up, we're moving in three weeks! Rison here we come!

Pray for us and little Jack as we get ready for another big change.

IT'S A BOY !!!!

Jack Allen Chisholm was born March 22, 2007 at 11:19 A.M.
He weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 20 in. long.

Mom, Dad and Baby Jack are doing great.
He is a beautiful baby. We will post pictures soon.

No baby yet!

We were really hoping and praying that we would go to the Dr. today and she would say, "WOW, you're in labor, let's go to the hospital!!!" But that didn't happen. I am still not dilated at all, sad. I thought I would be emotional about it, but I really am ok with it. God has granted me a measure of grace and patience and I am so thankful for it. Dr. Furniss said that the baby's head is engaged at the 0 station, so he/she is ready, I'm just not having any contractions, so I'm not dilating. I am so thankful for Dr. Furniss, she really made me feel better and eased my mind. So, though things aren't going as we would have them, they are still SO GOOD! I've been sleeping pretty well and I'm not that achy anymore. And the baby is safe and healthy and happy. The heartbeat was about 140 and he/she probably weighs around 7.5 pounds right now. Praise God! He's working and taking care of us. Our prayer is that I will go into labor naturally, whenever that is, and I won't have to be induced. And of course for patience.

Brian and I are both getting more and more excited about moving and our new house and all that. I have been mentally decorating each room for a couple of weeks now, so that's fun. We look at the pictures we have of it all the time and I can really see us in it! It's gonna be fun! I know it hasn't quite hit us that we're not gonna be in Starkville anymore, and when it does that's gonna be hard. But God has it all under control, so we're good. Thanks for your prayers! I love ya'll.

Praying for Patience

I am really praying for patience now! My due date is 10 days away and there doesn't seem to be anything happening. We have our Dr. appointment Friday this week (our Dr. is out of town--How dare she!!!) so we'll know for sure if things have progressed then. In the meantime, we had a great weekend! My parents came up for the day Saturday and we just hung out, went to lunch, rode around a little and enjoyed the awesome weather. Then Sunday after church Brian and I went out the the Refuge and walked to a couple of scenic parts, and we rode around on the rough roads out there. (We were kind of hoping the ride would start labor, but no.) It was such a beautiful day!!! We had a good time. Then we rode around Starkville for a little while. We're definitely getting nostalgic and trying to enjoy everything here before we leave. I can't believe that we are moving in about a month and a half! It's crazy! Every once in a while it hits one or both of us just how much our lives are about to change. We have no concept of it, really, but here it comes, ready or not. Praise God that He is gracious and merciful and gives us comfort and assurance through His word. God is so good. And all of these huge changes that sometimes seem so scary are from Him. He is blessing us beyond anything we could ask or want! Praise God! :)

Braxton Hicks--OUCH!

We have two weeks to go until our due date and we really really really thought that today was the BIG day! We had our weekly appointment this morning so Brian didn't go to work and I got up earlier than usual to get ready. As I was taking a shower this sharp pain started in my abdomen (on the lower non-visible-to-me side of the belly) and it seemed pretty constant at first. Then it would come and go and my back hurt and I was hot and a little nauseated. So I really thought that I was in early labor. I calmly got together the things that weren't packed yet and when Brian got out of the shower I told him that I really thought I was in labor. He was really calm, surprisingly we both were. So we finished getting ready and got everything in the car and headed to our appointment. We didn't really start timing the contractions until we were on our way to the clinic...next time we have to do better on that. I just knew that this was it and Baby Chisholm was coming today, but by the time we got there they weren't as frequent, and by the time we saw Dr. Furniss they were gone. So, it was a false alarm! Booooo! I was excited! :) But that's ok. God's getting me ready, and Baby Chisholm will come in His perfect time. I keep telling myself that, and I'm praying sooo much for patience. Anyway, for those of you that have never had Braxton Hicks contractions, they HURT! And they are just the warm up. PRAY FOR ME! After this morning natural childbirth is much scarier! :)
Anyway, after all that I had my exam and I'm still not dilated at all! Dr. Furniss said everything looks good. She said the head is way down low. That's probably why I go to the bathroom about twice an hour now. So we'll go back next week and see what's going on then. The baby is moving a whole lot, and kicking my ribs like crazy!!! He or she is definitely running out of room in there. Maybe he/she will decide to come out soon!
On a different subject, we are probably closing on OUR HOUSE :) :) :) tomorrow. We are planning to drive to Greenville and meet the Fores there to sign all the paperwork. We weren't sure how we were going to do it, but now that we know that I'm not dilated, we're just going to meet them half-way and take our hospital bag and everything with us just in case. So be praying that the trip will be safe and that nothing will happen--or if it does we get back fast!