3 Months Old

It's official, Jackson made it to 3 months old.  We cannot believe how fast the time has gone.  He is growing so much and getting bigger every day.  At his two month appointment, which was actually when he was two and a half months old, he wiegh 13lbs 5oz and was 23.5 in tall.  He is in the 75th percentile for height, weight, and head size.  He is getting pretty good at holding his head up during tummy time and he is loving being able to sit up (with assistance from us or the bumbo).  Infact he is getting a little restless laying on the floor.  He just wants to be able to run around and play.  He has also discovered his fist and sucks on it all the time.  He also drools a ton! I think one of our favorite things to happen this past month is that Jackson has officially begun sleeping through the night!  He is such a fun amazing boy and we are so blessed to be his parents.  We love him so much <3

Our chunky monkey sitting up in his bumbo.

 Holding his head up

 He loves sitting all by himself.

 He has discovered his fist and loves sucking on it.

He loves that he can hold this ball all by himself.  He tries to put it in his mouth and gets upset that it won't fit. It is pretty funny.

Jackson and Mommy

Happy Fourth of July!

We went to Fallon for the 4th of July and it was a lot of fun. We got to see a lot of our family that we haven't seen in a while and Jackson got to meet a lot of new people. We spent the first three days at Lake Lahontan and although it was really fun it was so nice to relax on Saturday. Needless to say we had a great time, but were glad to come home.

Jackson and Kinzie love each other!

Jackson loved his great grandmas! 

 Jackson and Grandpa Pat

Jackson and Kylan

Jackson and daddy at the lake

 Jackson Driving us home

  Jackson was so happy to get out of his carseat and be home!

Jackson is 2 months old!

People say that time goes by so fast and your little ones grow up so fast, but you never realize how true it is until you have one of your own!  Our little guys is two months old already and we can't believe it.  He is getting so big and so strong and even a little chunky, which I never really thought would happen.  He is starting to get pretty good at holding up his head especially when he is sitting up (with assistance from mom and dad).  He is starting to grab things and let me tell you this kid has got quite the grip.  He pulls out chunks of mom's hair everyday.  He is also becoming a chatter box.  He tells his mom and dad stories all the time.  And my favorite thing is that he is starting to smile when we talk to him!  He has the most adorable smile and it is so fun to know that he is seeing and hearing us.  He has started sleeping pretty well at night and we are soooo grateful for that.  We are sleeping him on his stomach which we know is frowned upon, but he is so much happier and so are we!

Here is a video of Jackson telling mom and dad a story :)

Jackson's Baby Blessing

On June 3, 2012 we had the opportunity to give our sweet baby boy a blessing.  We were lucky enough to have a lot of our family here to join in celebrating this occasion. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it and we really missed those that weren't. We had a really fun time relaxing and enjoying everyones company on Saturday and then on Sunday we blessed Jackson.  He was exhausted from Saturday so he slept like an angel through the blessing and lunch afterward.  His dad did such a wonderful job on the blessing.  I am so grateful that I have such an amazing husband who is a worthy priesthood holder and who could give Jackson this blessing.  Jackson is a lucky boy to have such a wonderful dad who is such a great example to him and who will teach him to be such a great man.  I just love them both so much!  We are so grateful to have Jackson in our lives and will cherrish every moment we have with him.  Here are some of the pictures from the blessing.

He is such a sweet and handsome boy!

Our wonderful families that got to come!

Okay so I am still very far behind because Jackson is almost five weeks old, but my amazing neighbor Cindy Steel is a photographer and she took some adorable 2 week pictures of Jackson for us.  They turned out great and I am so excited that we will have these wonderful memories to look back on. Especially because he has already changed sooo much! We just love Jackson more than anything in the world and are so happy to have him in our lives <3 Oh and just a side note, we went in for Jackson's 2 week appointment and he weighed 8lbs 9oz and was 21 1/2 inches long!

Jackson Kal Schank has finally arrived!

Okay so this is very long overdue considering Jacksin is almost 4 weeks old, but I feel pretty proud of the fact that I am getting to it at all.  So here is the story.  My due date was April 21st, but on april 19th Jackson decided it was time to get out of there. And I am thankful he did! My water broke at about 1:30 pm and it just happened to break right as Kal walked in the door for lunch and right when I was going to the bathroom.  I know this is a little too much information, but it was great because there was no mess and it was perfect timing.  I was pretty worried about knowing when I was in labor and when to go to the hospital, but since I was one of those lucky 10% whose water broke I did not have to worry about that.  I hadn't really been having many contractions that morning so I wasn't really prepared.  When my water broke I had to finish packing my hospital bag and Kal had to pack his stuff too.  We got to the hospital around 2 and they determined that yes, my water had broken and I would be having Jackson within the next 24 hours.  They said that we should expect to wait about 2 hours for every cm and I was only at 1.5 cm.  We thought we were in for a very long night!  But, Jackson had a different plan and it only took4 hours to go from 1.5 cm to 10cm.  Unfortunately Jacksons heart rate kept dropping because I dialated so quickly and they had to get him out very fast.  So as soon as I hit a 10 they started vaccuming and I only pushed for 10 minutes.  And finally at 6:41pm Jackson Kal Schank had arrived!  He weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 19.5 inches long (Although at his 2 week check up he was 21.5 inches long, so it is more likely that this was his length at birth).  He is absolutley perfect and we are so in love! He already has us wrapped around his perfect little fingers.  We love you Jackson and are so happy to have you in our lives!

Oh and just a little shout out to daddy. He was so wonderful and helped me so much! I was honestly worried that he might pass out or something, but he was a pro! He cut the cord and everything and didn't even blink. Thank you for all the love and support babe. I couldn't have done this without you!

It has been 7 weeks already since I last posted and you can definitely see it on my belly!  I am 39 weeks and 2 days today! Hopefully this means our little guys will be here any day now.  I have been having contractions, but that has been going on for like 2 weeks so who knows if they actually mean anything or not.  Because it has been so lon since I posted I never got a chance to thank everyone for the wonderful babyshowers and the gifts! We really appreciate it all so much.  Well, we are definitely getting anxious and excited and we can't wait to meet our baby boy.  We already love him so much and we just know he will be the perfect addition to our family.