Feeling normal

Thank you to everyone for your advice on the clogged duct. I am happy to report that it is all cleared up and Jack is feeding well on both sides now. I'm starting to feel a little bit normal again, as in I can feel like doing things again. I thought you'd like to see more pictures of our little guy.

I love the color yellow so I had to get some pics before I changed his clothes.

Here's his mug shot

Here's my boys! For once Garrett is sleeping while Jack is awake.

Thursday night we had Grandma come over and give Jack his first sponge bath at home. It's kind of become tradition to have Grandma do the first bath. He seemed to enjoy it more than most newborns would.

Jack had his first doctor appointment on Monday and he is as healthy as can be. We are so blessed to have no complications with this baby. I really just wanted to enjoy this one. Jack also had his circumcision done on Wednesday and he weighed 8lbs 9 oz at that visit(he gained 1 oz since his Monday visit). Now that he is feeding well I am starting to stretch out the feeding time at night and hopefully soon he'll be sleeping thru the night. Of course last night he ended up waking me up before my alarm did. Maybe he's having a little growth spurt now to gain the weight back that he lost. I'm also very happy that Jack has been my best nursing baby. It only took him a week to get the hang of it as opposed to Nikki taking 2 months! Garrett never got the chance since they bottle fed him in the hospital and it ruined everything. But we were stressed out enough with Garrett having surgery anyway, that we didn't want to try too hard.

But everything is going well now. For all those who are wondering how they can help me after Curtis leaves, I'll have to let you know how things are. I think I will mostly just need a break from the kids sometimes and have some company. And someone to watch the kids when I need to go to the store. Thank you everyone for your continued support and help offers!

Plugged duct

For all you nursing mammas out there I need your help. I have a plugged milk duct and need suggestions on how to help get rid of it. So far I've been able to keep from getting mastitis for the 3rd time and would like to keep it that way. Thank you!

For those who don't know Jack!

Testing out the new bed. She didn't realize at the
time it was going to be her home for the next 54 hours!

Here Deedra is in the middle of delivering Jack, and
ordering clothes online (she is great at multitasking)!

After finally finding the perfect spring dress
Deedra agrees to finish this thing and five
minutes later out came baby Jack.

The welcoming party gets some photos with
the new arrival. Glad he had a safe journey.

Some people are happy to see the new addition
to the family, and some are not sure!

A mother and her two sons....she is certainly going
to have her hands full! We'll be praying for you.

Here is the little guy, Jack Porter! Cute as a button!
Make an appointment if you would like to come see
him. Schedule all appointments through his secretary.

Our week so far with Curtis home

Monday afternoon Curtis made it safely home for his first vacation. We were all so excited to see him. Here are some pictures from his homecoming and what we've been doing this week. And to those who are wondering, no baby yet. We are scheduled to go in at 6am tomorrow morning to be induced. I'm a little nervous because I've never been induced before but I'm sure everything will be fine. We're just anxious to see our baby Jack! In the meantime we are just keeping busy and relaxing.

Our first hug.

Garrett was a little unsure at first, but later that night he was kind of clinging to Daddy.

Can you tell how happy I am?

And at last, Curtis got to see his big surprise that he knew nothing about. It's kind of funny because I bought this for him on my birthday. I had to keep it a secret for over two weeks. I knew that if I even told him I had a surprise for him when he got home that he would somehow figure it out. He's good at that.

Tuesday morning Daddy and the kids were sprawled out on our bedroom floor watching "Toy Story", which is Garrett's new favorite movie. Garrett could watch that movie all day and be happy.

Then Curtis got busy and decided to take apart the bunk bed so Garrett could have his own big boy bed.

So now Nikki's bedroom looks more spacious and it's easier to make her bed since I'm not bumping my head on the top bunk.

Curtis getting the crib ready for Jack to use.

Last night while Curtis was warming up our dinner I had to get my ball to sit on and then Garrett jumped on the back and we had fun bouncing up and down. Here, he had a mouth full of carrots.

And this morning Curtis gave Garrett his first hair cut! What a milestone. Nikki is 5 and I still have never cut her hair. It was fun to watch Garrett. He was so good.

All smiles for this boy. He thought it tickled. I never thought it would be so easy to cut his hair. He did great! What a big boy he's becoming.