One month

Andrew is one month (and one day) old! He's really changed a lot in the last four weeks. It's especially noticeable as far as his weight is concerned; he's up to 10 pounds 2 ounces! I can definitely tell by my sore arms and back! He's got a little cold but hopefully it'll pass soon. It's hard to stay healthy with a sister who coughs in your face every day!

I'm stealing a page from my friend Martha's book; every week of her daughter Nora's life, she's taken a picture of Nora with a sign that says "I am _weeks old today!" It's been really fun to see her progress each week (she posts the pictures on her blog). I don't know that I can be diligent enough to do one each week, but I thought it would be fun to do this for Andrew for each month. Here's the first picture!We've had meals brought to us every other night for the last 10 days from our church family, which has been awesome! Even though I love to cook, it's been nice to not have to think about what's for dinner. People (especially at church) have also given us lots of gifts for Andrew, and a lot of those people have given gifts to Amelia too, so she's not left out. She is eating this up, of course!

One of my friends from Ladies' class had a toy kitchen that belonged to her daughter (who's now in high school). Cindy had told me a while back that she'd love to pass this on to Amelia, so Amelia played with it at Cindy's house the other day and then it came home with us. It has been really funny watching Amelia play in her kitchen! She puts on her little apron and chef hat and looks so cute (see picture below)! The funniest part of all of it, however, is the cash register. It has a little scanner that makes noise when you touch it to something, so as you can imagine, we've "bought" everything in the house with Amelia's cash register. Here's the best part: after you "buy" something, she says, "Thank you for shopping with us!" Ha! One too many trips to Kroger, I guess!

Pictures and stories

Well, we're starting week three and everything is still going well! At Andrew's two-week checkup he weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, so he's back up past his birthweight and growing like a weed! He's had a couple of rough nights this week but last night was much better. Unfortunately, he has a stuffy nose, so that's no fun for any of us, but hopefully it'll pass quickly. Here are a couple pictures from this week. It's amazing to me how different he looks already!



In Amelia news: Amelia is really exercising her imagination these days. Tuesday when she came home from school, she decided she needed to have a birthday party for Humu (a stuffed fish she has). She then cleaned out her whole toy/book shelf and toy box to set up the party. Below is a picture of the guests at the party.

Amelia is quite the little mommy, both to her dolls and to Andrew, who she still calls "my baby." Here you can see her swinging her doll just like her little brother.

Even though it's March, we're still getting pounded with snow (welcome to the frozen north!). Yesterday Amelia went outside to help Bryan shovel the driveway (her idea, not ours...we promise); here is a picture of her getup.


One final bit of Amelia story: last week when I was about to nurse Andrew, Amelia was standing by and observing. She promptly sat down on the couch, pulled up her shirt, reached out her arms, and said "baby brother wants to drink milk from my tummy!" Needless to say, Mom and I got quite tickled! Have a great week!

One week old

It's hard to believe, but Andrew is already one week old! He is doing wonderfully and continuing to grow, sleep, and eat well. I feel really blessed that we've been able to make a smooth transition to being home and having two kids! Amelia is adjusting incredibly well. She loves her brother and is constantly wanting to help do things and see how he's doing. I'm feeling really good and having only minor pain from my surgery. In fact, I've been feeling so good that I think I've overdone it a couple days and then been really sore the next day! It's really easy to just fall back into my regular routine and forget that I need rest! Here are some recent pictures…enjoy!

And the pics keep comin'

Everyone is still doing wonderfully (well, my "bed" is next to a window, and I have been really cold, but I know I'm not the person everyone is worried about). We'll be going home tomorrow as planned, and Andrew will start Spring practice for the Wolverines in just a few short weeks. You can check out his new site at http://www.andrewforheisman.com. No better time to start than the present, right?

Here's more pics...

Bryan (and fam)

(how many of you actually tried clicking on the site?)

Andrew Ryan Jobe

Andrew was born yesterday morning, February 19th, at 8:57am weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. and 20 inches long. Emily and Andrew are both doing great, and expect to go home Friday. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.

More info to come soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy the pictures.
And as you can tell from the pictures, Amelia is very excited to have her baby brother (NOT named "Fergus") here.

Bryan, Emily, Amelia, Andrew (and Fletcher)

Five days to go

It's really hard to believe that this pregnancy is almost over. It has really flown by for me! I had my last doctor's appointment yesterday and everything looks good. The doctor just gave me an overview of what would happen during the surgery and recovery period, and I had to sign some papers acknowledging the risks associated with surgery. Bryan asked me on the way home whether I was nervous, and I guess I am, a little. I'm not nervous about something going wrong or complications or anything, I think it's more like nervious anticipation since I know when I'm going in and what they're going to do. It's really different than my birth experience with Amelia so it'll be interesting!

So, this weekend we're going to get the house cleaned up and stocked with food and things. I'm also going to try to sleep as much as possible, as this'll be my last chance to do so for quite a while! Bryan's parents are coming up on Monday and will be here to take care of Amelia and see the baby. They'll be here about a week, and then next Saturday my mom will come up for a couple weeks. The last weekend of her stay, my dad will come up and then Mom and Dad will go home together.

The plan for baby day is this; on Tuesday I'll have to be at the hospital at 6:30 am (yikes) and they'll monitor me and get me ready for the surgery, then at 8:30 they'll begin the procedure. Not long after that, we'll have a baby boy! I'll probably be in the OR about an hour and then we'll go to a recovery room for a couple hours, then our private room. I'll be in the hospital until Thursday or Friday, depending on how things go and what we want to do. We'll post updates and pictures as soon as we can...hopefully from the hospital! Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers, and please continue to pray for us this weekend that everything goes well. Next time....baby pictures!

Doctor's appointment

I went yesterday for my first of the weekly doctor's appointments. Everything looks and sounds good! I was 36 weeks on Monday and the doctor said I was measuring at 37 or 38 weeks. She also checked me and said I'm dilated to "3 and then some." Very interesting since I haven't felt any contractions! So of course the doctor said, "oh, well you may have this baby early!" But I am definitely not getting my hopes up; with Amelia I was dilated to 5 for two weeks and she still came a week late! I'm counting on the 19th and if he comes before that, it'll be a great surprise. Anyway, things are still going well. I'm definitely feeling more tired now and I'm having a much harder time sleeping (my back's been hurting some too), but that just comes with the territory, I think. We'll keep you posted...not long now!