Happy 1 Month Birthday Josiah!

Our sweet boy is one month old today! I can't believe how fast this first month went. In some ways I am thankful because it has been somewhat of a rough go for us the past couple weeks...but I am also sad because time is passing so quickly already, he is growing up so fast!

Don't ya just wanna kiss that face?!

He is really working on finding that thumb...I hope he does so when he loses his paci at night or during naptime he can pop that thumb in there to self soothe!

So...I mentioned that we have had a rough go lately...to sum it up as quickly as possible...poor little guy has reflux, my milk supply was low for a while, and sweet little love wasn't sleeping hardly at all for a couple of weeks and was so overtired and strung out. BUT...he is now on medicine for the reflux and it has helped a lot, my milk supply is back up and plentiful, and we are working on the sleep thing. I have him on an eat, play, sleep schedule feeding him about every 3 hours. He is sleeping a lot now...it is just that he isn't sleeping well on his own, he sleeps like an angel as long as we are holding him, or I am wearing him in the sling. We can sometimes get about 45 minutes out of him laying down on his own...but for our own sanity we have given in to constant wearing or holding so we can get some sleep. I am hoping that once he gets caught back up on sleep he will start sleeping hard enough that we can put him down for longer periods of time. He is sleeping in his swing right now...we will see how long it lasts...well, there he is...less than 30 minutes.

Here are some sweet pics from when we gave him his first bottle

And I love this he always puts his hands over his face.
I just love him and love being a mom!

Newborn Portraits and Sweet First Moments with Family!

Last week we took Josiah to have some newborn portraits taken. We were at the studio from 9:30 to 1pm and he cried almost the whole time so we weren't sure how the pictures were going to turn out. But she actually managed to get some really precious ones in those few moments he wasn't crying! I thought some of you might want to see...click the link below and it will take you directly to the slideshow of the pictures. Enjoy!

http://studioainsley.com/?slideshow=blackburn

Here are some pics of family with the little man!

YaYa (my mom)

Josiah loves talking to YaYa! He is really starting to interact...it is so fun! He had his first interactive smiles this week too!

Lovin' from Papa Bear (my dad)

Snuggled up with Aunt Lindsey!

Out like a light in Grandma Freckles arms! (Jay's mom)

So relaxed!

Old Dude (Jay's dad) working his charm on a screaming baby!

So happy to meet Uncle B and Aunt Brittnie! (jay's brother and his wife)

Nanny and PaPa (jay's grandparents)

Jay's Uncle David

My Aunt Cheryl

My Aunt Vicki and cousins Kayla and Bethany

Mia, Grace, and Benjamin (my cousin Bret and Jen's kiddos)

One of my best friends...sweet Meredith!

And more pics of our little mister!Play time with mommy! He was such a happy boy that day!

Yes Robin...Jay is wearing dress clothes! His new job requires it! =) Ha!

My new favorite thing to look at...my handsome boys together!

Had to document pics of us sleeping...it happens so rarely that it is a big deal to note when it does! =) Notice Jay holding him in one pic and he's in bed with me in the other...until the past day or so that is the only way Josiah will sleep. But we may have discovered that the bouncer works wonders...we will see!

Okay...hope you aren't so pictured out by now that you don't visit the newborn portrait website...they are just to precious to miss!

Yay! I finally finished a blog...thanks to my little love being so happy and willing to let me put him down to play and sleep today!

In Love with Our Little Man!

I've been itching to get some new pictures up but just can't find the time to do it...imagine that!? :) It has been so busy, Josiah eats every two to three hours...mainly every two, so finding time to do anything between feedings have been difficult. But we are both doing well. He is nursing like a champ, it has come realy easily which is a huge blessing! Now if he could just start sleeping in a little longer stretches at night so mommy wouldn't be so sleep deprived we would be good to go! There are so many pictures I want to share, but here are a few of my favorites from our first week! Haven't had a chance to download pics from the second week yet.

Announcing Josiah Andrew Blackburn

Our precious angel boy is finally here!

10/16/08 at 11:30pm.

7 lbs 4 oz

19 1/2 inches long

Perfect in everyway...our hearts are exploding with love!

Here are a few pics of his first 24 hours!

Finally...reconnected to the universe!

Last weekend our computer was maliciously attacked with 222 viruses...yes that is right, tragic and terrible timing I know! We had to take it to the Geek Squad at Best Buy and get it fixed, so for past 5 days we have been without internet. I have felt so disconnected from the world! But...we are back in the game again. So...for an update...unless I go into labor between now and 7am tomorrow spontaneously I will be induced at 7 in the morning. I am currently 2cm and about 80% effaced, so my doctor thinks I will respond well and quickly to the induction. Contractions are coming more and more everyday, some consistent...some not. Today I have had contractions mainly around 10 minutes apart consistently almost all day, with a few spreading 15 to 20 min apart and some as close as 6 or 7 min apart. We will see if they keep coming and getting closer together. We still are praying that I will go into labor on my own before the induction and would love for you to join us in that prayer. But we are resting in whatever God has for us, and welcome your prayers for a safe, complication free delivery of a perfectly healthy baby boy! Oh and the doc said today he felt like he could possibly be 8 to 8 1/2 lbs...so we will see soon just how accurate all these guestimates are! We are so excited and can't wait to meet our precious son! We will post an update on his arrival and pics of our baby boy as soon as we are able too!

Ultrasound pics and update!

He is just so precious! He is so scrunched up in there now, it's hard to get real clear pics, but here are a few good ones. He definitely has got him some chubster cheeks...can't wait to kiss them! The ultrasound measurements have him at 7 lbs 13 oz. But the measurements can be off a pound one way or the other. So we will see when he is born how accurate they were. As of today I am between 1.5 cm and 2cm dilated and between 70 and 80% effaced. She said she was giving ball park #'s b/c it is subjective. She still thinks I am on track to deliver before the induction date, I hope she is right and I hope it's this weekend sometime while Linds is here!


Jay and I chose not to do the 3D ultrasound thing, but today the tech asked if I would indulge her and let her get a quick 3D shot because he was in good position for one. Pretty sweet to see those chubby cheeks and him sticking his little tongue out. I just can't wait to see the real thing!!!
This is a video of his sweet little face while he is squirming around, he has his hands up under his chin kind of. At the end of the video you can see he kind of turns his face away, I wonder if we were disturbing his nap with all the picture taking!

Yoga at 3 am?!

So...last night (Tues) was an interesting one. I finally got out of bed at 2:30 because I was uncomfortable and couldn't sleep. After about an hour of reading every blog I could, reading and responding to about 12 emails, etc. I was at a loss at what to do. So I decided to do my prenatal Yoga videa at 3:30am. That's right...I worked out in the middle of the night. For those of you who do Yoga, you know it's not much of a workout as it is just a lot of stretching mainly, and it felt great! I forced myself to go back to bed afterwards despite being wide awake and finally fell asleep. Tonight is already off to an interesting start. It is 11:15 and I layed in bed for an hour already unable to fall asleep, so now I am up...blogging again. Anyone have any ideas of things I can do in the middle of the night? I was having contractions about 10 minutes apart for about 2 hours earlier so I think it got me all excited at the possibility that I could be going into labor sometime soon. We will see I guess. I have another ultrasound and doc appt in the morning. We are going to see just how big this sweet boy is getting! And I am hoping to hear I've made a lot more progress since last week. I should have an update sometime tomorrow afternoon. I just ate some cheese and crackers...got hungry right when I got in bed and couldn't quit thinking about cheese and crackers. So now that I've had a snack maybe sleepiness will set in soon...otherwise it may be another night for Yoga.