3 weeks!

I can't believe Jaxon is 3 weeks old today! Time seriously flies! He already looks so much different that he did at the hospital! Here is some updates on the cute kid.

-He still really wants to suck his thumb, but can't really remember where it is! When he does find it, he get's super excited about it. Until then, he sucks violently on his binky.

- He eats every 3-4 hours usually, and is a champ at breastfeeding. He sometimes goes 4 1/2 hours or even 5 hours at night!
- He is still wearing size "up to seven pounds" or newborn, but is starting to grow out of them. He fits in some gap 0-3 month outfits, but they still look huge on him! See below:

- He LOVES his bath. He sits calmly and relaxes the instant we put him in it. The other night I couldn't get him to stop crying, so gave him a bath, and it worked! He loves if I pour water on his tummy.
- This week he started getting tummy aches. :( He is constantly angry about it, and it makes mommy sad!
- Mommy has had to stop eating dairy for a 10 day trial period. KILL ME. haha. But, anything to make him feel better.
- We had to spend a day at the pediatrician this week. He projectile vomits after every feeding, and I guess that's not normal for a breastfed baby. He had to get an ultrasound to make sure he didn't have pyloric stenosis. He doesn't, thank goodness! Just probably acid reflux.
- He hates sleeping on his back. So, he sleeps on his side.

 - At night, he still just wants to sleep on mommy. I give in almost every night, cause I'm so tired, and just want him to sleep. We went out and bought a nap nanny, to see if he sleeps in it! I've heard good things about it!
- He still hates being swaddled with his arms in, which is a problem, cause he can wiggle himself out of the swaddle. I just discovered a sleep sack swaddle, that is both a sleep sack, and a swaddle, so his arms stay out! So far, he loves it!
- He likes his swing, but is too tiny for his bouncer right now.
- He got his first BYU shirt!!

- At his doctor's appointment on Tuesday, he still only weighed 7 pound 7 oz, so we are going back to the Dr next Friday for a weight check! I hope he's growing huge!

I love this little guy so much! He's a cuddler, he is SO curious, and loves to look at lights. I am so happy I have him in my life!!! I can't wait to see him grow big!

Jaxon- 1 week old!

Happy Birthday sweet boy!! I just wanted to document some of the funny and cute things Jaxon does at 1 week old.

-Jaxon loves his hands. He fights his way out of a swaddle, and always has to have his hands in his mouth, or by his face.

-He doesn't like to be swaddled, or lay straight on his back. He likes to lay on his side instead.
-He is a very aware little baby. He looks around and is so curious all the time!
-He loves his binky, and came out of the womb knowing how to suck on that thing! He can also find it when it falls out of his mouth! Smart baby!

-Before he needs to poop, he stops what he's doing, and gets a very serious look on his face, then SHOOTS it out. (At the doctor it literally shot across the room!)
-He never cries. He fusses when he's not getting enough attention, but the minute you look at him, or hold him, he stops. I don't know how I got such a well behaved baby!

-He is a breastfeeding champ! He eats every 3.5 hours, and sleeps in between.

I love our little boy so much! I always knew I'd love him, but wow, I guess I didn't realize just how much! I love to stare at him for hours. I love being his mommy!

Happy One Week Birthday Baby Jax!

Jaxon Gregory Downs was born on January 19, at 5:57 PM. It was love at first sight. The minute I laid my eyes on him, I knew I had never felt this type of love before in my life. Our life as a family began.

Labor Story:
Wednesday Jan 18, I was admitted to the hospital to start Cervadil. It is a medicine that is supposed to soften your cervix to help make labor easier. I got to the hospital with Greg, and was a nervous wreck! It took them 2 hours to get an IV started, so that made me even more nervous. I was supposed to just "get some sleep" and wait until morning. Well, imagine being hooked up to a blood pressure cuff, 2 monitors on my belly, and an IV. There wasn't much sleep going on. I was up literally all night, just thinking of the exciting day I had waiting for me.

 Waiting with excitement for the next day!

Thursday morning, the nurse took out the cervadil, then a new nurse came. Her name was KC and she was SO awesome. I loved her. She started my pitocin around 8 AM. I was handling it well, so she kept upping the doses. Around 8:45, she came running in, and made me turn to my left side and put an oxygen mask on. It was really scary. Jaxon's heart had decreased to 80s/90s and wasn't handling my contractions very well. They turned off the pitocin for about 45 minutes and I stayed on my left side with an oxygen mask on. I was very scared, so my mom and dad came in.

After the scare, they started upping my pitocin again, doing it slower this time, and with me still on oxygen. Jaxon was a champ, and didn't have any other problems from there on out. (Although I kept the mask on almost the whole time). At 12:00, Dr. Petrovski came in to break my water. I was only 2 cm dialated and 75 % effaced. When I heard that, I thought, "man I'm going to be here forever!" She broke my water, and said, this is going to be a 5:00 delivery. KC said, "maybe 6:00". I laughed and thought, "yeah maybe tomorrow morning!" So, only about 15 or 20 minutes after my water broke, I was hurting from the contractions. They were about 2 minutes apart, and I was really really uncomfortable and feeling pain. I called for an epidural :) BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE! :) The lady who put it in was SO nice, and explained everything in detail to me. It took about 30 minutes, and then I felt nothing. It was awesome!

My parents left, and around 3:30, I got checked. I was only 4 cm, and 90 % effaced. Greg and I watched Bride Wars, and just hung out. My epidural actually wore off on one side enough that I could feel the contractions in that side, they just didn't hurt. All of a sudden, at 4:50, I looked at Greg and said, "I feel like he's trying to push out..." I was supposed to be getting checked again at 5:30, so Greg told me to just wait till the nurse came in then to see how I've progressed. A few contractions later, I said, "no, I think I need to push..." He said, "But you were just a 4..." Anyways, I called KC, and sure enough, I was 9.5 centimeters and ready! She called Dr. Petrovski to the hospital! I called my parents, and 20 minutes later Dr. Petrovski was in my room explaining the delivery process. :)

 In between pushes...

It took me 5 sets of pushes (18 minutes) of pushing!!! Baby Jax came out all tangled in his umbillical cord, and was a blue color. I didn't know that babies came out blue! It scared me :) But, he was of course a perfectly healthy, 6 pound 14 ounce, 19 inch little boy!!! And all ours! :)

In shock that I really just had a baby!

6.14 pounds

I look terrible in this picture, but it's our first family picture.

Dr. Petrovski. I would like her to deliver all my children. She is AWESOME!

Our sweetie pie!

Seriously, the happiest day of my life.

All the nurses and my doctor told me I should have 10 children. That I was made to have children :) That meant a lot to me, cause if you know me, you would know that I've had the motherly instinct forever, and have wanted to be a mommy forever.Two or so hours after I gave birth we moved to recovery. We got food, and I started being able to feel my legs again :) We stayed at the hospital until Saturday morning, when we got discharged. 

nap time on mommy :)

 Leaving the hospital!

 All ready and cute in his car seat!

 Grammy had to run to Gap and buy a couple outfits cause he didn't fit in anything we had! He is just so tiny! We had to get the "up to 7 pounds" clothes! 

 The Downs Family

Jaxon is a happy, healthy baby. He smiles all the time, never cries, sleeps until I have to wake him up in the middle of the night for feedings. He makes our hearts melt. We are having a hard time putting him down for even a second cause he is just the sweetest thing ever! We love this little guy so much! I'm so excited to see how our lives change because of him :)

I'm having a baby this week! :)

I have been nesting like crazy! I go in tomorrow (Wednesday the 18th) at 8PM and start the process of induction! I am overwhelmed with feelings. Scared, excited, nervous, terrified, happy... and so many more! :) I've had my hospital bags packed for a few weeks now, and yesterday and this morning I repacked them 2x. HAHA. I also went through all of baby's clothes again and reorganized them! Yesterday, I bought a breast pump, and so I'm officially ready for this baby to come! Today I am going to lunch with some friends and my mom, tomorrow I have my last DR appointment at 1 to check to make sure baby hasn't turned or something, then I'll come home, get ready for the hospital, and go in!! AHHHHH!!!

I can't imagine being pregnant another month. I'm so miserable. I'm so glad it's going to be done by the end of the week :) I've been very fortunate and had a very easy pregnancy overall, and am so grateful for that. But, I'm ready to be a mommy!!!!

Last week my good friends Kristin and Emily threw me a baby shower here in TX! It was so wonderful! There were at least 25 people there, and people were so kind, supportive, and generous! I am feeling so loved and spoiled! It was so much fun, so thanks to all who came!!! Here are some pictures...

 My big belly

 Best Mom Ever!

 Delish!

 Kristin, Me, and Emily

Cute Decor!!!

"You're going to be a mom in 2 weeks or less"

I had my 36 week appointment yesterday. I walk in, and go to the bathroom, and all of a sudden my phone rings, and it's my doctor's office. I was super confused. Well, it turns out, my doctor was about to leave for a delivery, so they wanted to reschedule me. What they forgot about, was I was there for my ultrasound 45 minutes before my dr appointment. So, they took me in for my ultrasound, and as we were watching cute little baby D on the screen, we hear a knock. In comes my cute, blonde, super nice doctor. She comes in and apologizes for having to leave, and tells me I'm going to be a mom in 2 weeks! See, the past week or two I've been having blood pressure issues. It spikes anytime I do anything. It goes back down if I lay down though. I've been on bed rest for about a week, and am pretty bored. Not strict bed rest, I just need to watch my blood pressure. So, she said because of my blood pressure, they won't let me go past 38 weeks for the safety of me, and this baby. WHAT?! I was a bit shocked. Then she said I would get a NST which is where I get to listen to the baby's heart for 15 minutes and push a button when he moves. I get a weekly ultrasound and NST every week until I deliver. So, I guess one more week haha. So, January 19 or 20 I'll be a mommy! Coolest part of this? We could share a birthday!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!

So, I'm super stressed, and feel like I'm not ready at all for this baby. Oh and then there's the thought of pushing a baby out of me?! EEK. Scary. But, baby isn't measuring as big as he was, he's just measuring 5 days ahead :) Still a huge head, but that's ok! His estimated weight was 6 pound 7 ounces. I think he's going to be an upper 7 pound baby :) So little!

What are your guesses?

35 Weeks, and the end of 2011

It's the last day of 2011. Crazy. We have had a pretty eventful year :) I wanted to document some of the fun things we got to experience this year. These aren't in any particular order, just the top ten moments in general  :)

1. Finding out I was pregnant on May 25. I was alone, as Greg was working in CA, and was so excited I could hardly contain myself!!!

2. Getting to go to San Francisco for the first time, and seeing all the cool piers, Lombard street, and eating awesome food :)

3. Surprising Greg with a present of baby clothes to tell him that we were going to have a baby! The best part? He didn't get what was going on! haha.

4. Flying to Texas in May for Greg's interviews for 3 different Accounting Firms. While we were there, we got to see my little brother Chase take his girlfriend to Prom! :)

5. FINALLY getting to go on a date to The Melting Pot :) I've been wanting to go there since we got married, and it's just never worked out right. We went for our anniversary this year, and it was so great!

6. I got my phlebomtomy certificate. I can officially draw your blood if you want me to :)

7. Having a fun thanksgiving break in Utah with Greg's family. It was relaxing, and my Mother in Law made me some cute decor for the nursery!!! :)

8. My cousins and aunt threw me a beautiful baby shower, and SO many people came and showed their love! It was a great turn out, and we got soooo spoiled! :)

9. Finding out that our little baby, is in fact a boy!!!!!

10. Last, but not least, moving in with my parent's, back to Frisco, and spending the best Christmas yet with them. It's the last Christmas we will all be together as a family, since Chase will be on his mission next year, and it has been wonderful! 

We have had such a wonderful year, and it will be sad to see it go. But, in 2012, we look forward to meeting our little baby boy!!! And, we look forward to any other adventure that may come :)

Quick pregnancy update:

* I'm 35.2 weeks pregnant, and am starting to feel pretty miserable. Went to the doctor yesterday, and am 1 cm dilated and it all looks good. She basically told me that I could go into labor anytime, and to get ready for a baby!!! How exciting huh? I've been having some pretty swollen feet, and I started feeling some pretty strong Braxton Hicks yesterday! Here's to hoping the rest of the pregnancy stays healthy, and for a happy, healthy baby boy!!!!!

Big Fatty :)

Almost 34 weeks! Crazy. I got an ultrasound last week, and wanted to document it. We got the ultrasound, to check for growth. Everyone was just a little worried that I haven't gained much weight, and my stomach wasn't looking too pregnant yet... (Although it is now! I had a HUGE growth spurt!!!) So, we got to see our sweet baby boy on that screen again :) Best thing ever! He was sucking his thumb, and we could see his lips moving!!! It was sooooo neat. Here is some face shots..

straight on view of his face. He has the chubbiest cheeks! I just want to squeeze them!

So, If you know the Plowman family at all, you would know that we all have HUGE heads. My little brother Tyler fit into a Men's XL helmet a few years back, and actually broke it, cause his head is too huge. (This was after my dad didn't fit into the helmet!) So, as the guy is doing measurements, he does the head. It comes out to 35weeks and 4 days...... I was only 33 weeks!!!!!! I was like, UH OHHHHH... So, in the end, he is measuring ginormous. He is already 5lbs 3oz!!! And, his head is measuring HUGE. So, we had to talk to the dr about the chance of C section, and how she wasn't going to let me go over my due date, but that hopefully my body will just go into labor on it's own. I'm starting my weekly appointments after this next one next thursday! That's nuts! :) She is also going to do another ultrasound closer to my due date to check his hugeness again :) So, good news is, I really am feeding this fatty baby! haha. :) 

Also, if you haven't been able to tell, about three weeks ago, I still just looked like 4-5 months pregnant. Not anymore! I definitely look 8 months pregnant now. I'm officially in the OMGSH I feel fat, nothing looks cute, and I'm uncomfortable all the time stage. But, it will go by quick, and I can't wait to see this little boy!!! I'll be a mommy in approximately 6 weeks!! Although, I hope it's more like 4 :)

Greg and Chase made it to TX safely on Wednesday, after driving through awful weather almost the whole time, so we are sooo grateful for that! I've been babysitting like CRAZY here, and have been making more money than I was in Utah the last month or so! It's been great! :)

I also have been sick for about 3 weeks, and finally went to the doctor, and have walking pneumonia. Been on medicine for four days now and still don't feel better. So annoying. 

Only 6 more days until Christmas! I can't wait! I love the holidays!! I hope everyone else is having as much fun with their loved ones as we are!!!!