Tummy Ache

Holden has been battling a tummy ache. He hasn't gone to the bathroom, since yesterday, and has had lots of gas. He took a nap on his belly, today. It was the only way he could get comfy. Poor baby.

Things have been going great. I have been fortunate to have lots of help. My mom spent last week with me, while my dad went to ATL, to help Jen with Will's surgery. For the long weekend, we had LeeLee, Big J, and Aunt Jennifer come visit. We also had a visit from Aunt Susan, on Sunday. Today is my first day alone with both boys. It has gone well, so far. The three of us spent a couple of hours, in bed, watching a movie. (Thanks for the movies, Aunt Jennifer!) Holden just sleeps all of the time. I remember Jack sleeping a lot (during the day, not at night), but Holden sleeps all day and night. I am trying to not take it for granted because I definitely remember what is was like when Jack had reflux and cried all night. I think I cried all night, too!

Kiki working on a burp

Daddy teaching his boys how to use tools

Jack helped Daddy trim the bushes

Jack watching TV with LeeLee

He won't even wake up for diaper changes

so sweet!

Aunt Susan holding Holden

Aunt Susan bought Jack his very first guitar

Jack likes to hold Holden's hand. It makes me nervous that he might squeeze too hard.

Jack hates having his picture made, but when I started taking Holden's picture, he insisted that I take his.

Jack has become quite generous with his kisses

Don't Ask.

This has been going on for a couple of months. One morning, his teacher told me that there was a "gang" of them that won't take their coats off in the morning. I have this odd feeling that Jack is the ring leader.

Hello, World.

We had a short doc visit, this morning. Everything was great. Holden weighed 8lbs 1oz, which was his birth weight. So, things are going great!

Typical Day...

...in the life of Holden Lee

Life is Good

The craziest 2 weeks of our lives.

I have so much to tell that it is overwhelming. So, I am going to keep part 1 short:

Part 1:
On December 30, we sold our old house, but did not purchase our new house until January 4th. So, we had all of our furniture and belongings stored in our "old" garage, sent Jack to Huntsville, and spent 5 days at Fionnuala and Paul's house, while they weren't even in town. The scary part was that I was 38 weeks pregnant and terrified of going in to labor.

Last Monday, we closed on our new house. Also, on that day they began moving our furniture. They went back for a second load and the guy hurt his knee, so they couldn't finish. This left Jason and I sleeping on a mattress, on the floor, for our first night in the new house, with plans for the movers to show up at 8am.

Part 2:
At midnight, I woke up with pretty regular contractions. I knew this was it. For those of you that know the in depth version of this entire story, we had tempted fate one too many times. I timed the contractions for about 1 hour and then decided to wake up Jason, since they were about every 8 minutes. We got to the hospital around 2am. The nurse said that we would watch the contractions until 5am and then call the doctor to see what the plan would be. My doctor decided to bump his 2 scheduled c-sections, since I had been laboring all night. We called our parents and they began making their plans to head this way. (A special thanks to my Uncle James who was called around 6:30am and went to our house to wait on the movers)

At 8:36am James "Holden" Lee was born, weighing 8lbs 1oz. I can't believe he weighed entire pound more than Jack did.

We are all doing well. Kiki and Grandad are back in Hunstville resting up from keeping Jack for the last 7 days. They are headed back, this weekend. LeeLee and Big J are at our house, with Jack tonight. We are so thankful and fortunate to have wonderful grandparents that can help us out, when we need it.

Schools are closed, tomorrow, because of the weather, so I doubt we'll have any visitors. We should be released Friday. I'm ready to get my new baby home, spend some time with Jack, and check out our new house!