Crib, constipation, cinco, Christmas

We have a five pound baby that passed his hearing exam, moved to a crib and hasn't pooped for two days. Hold that thought, some strange noises just came from his diaper, accompanied by an odor that would embarrass a skunk. 


At this very moment Jackson is nursing and listening to Christmas music. After some boring days, he had a pretty eventful one with the weight gain, moving to a crib and passing his hearing test with flying colors. The hearing exam is the first thing to get checked off of his to do before coming home list. He also got the ok from the doctor to not take any supplemental feedings after a "quality" nursing. According to mom he just nursed with great quality. 

Grandma Mari stopped by tonight and oooed, awed, and heeheeheed for about an hour or so. Cousin Em. brought by some good grub and got to meet Jax. Tomorrow is his one month birthday - and we'll celebrate mom's 360th month Friday. 

New pad

I'm waiting for the MTV camera crew to show up and film my episode of cribs!

BIG day with dad

In your best Joey Lawrence voice do it with me - WHOA! Jackson may have lost 10 grams yesterday but he had plenty in the tank today. Twenty four hours ago he was listed at 4lbs. 11oz. He's now a whopping 4lbs. 15oz. Can't really explain that one but we'll take it. My guess is that someone screwed up last night and the previously stated loss didn't really happen. He had been gaining about two ounces a day so the math would work out. No matter how it happened, we have a nearly five pound baby.


I'm running out of patience with the crib thing. We were told all along that he could go to a crib at 34 weeks, which was yesterday. We haven't heard anything about a crib any time soon. I have no idea why, but you can guarantee I will be finding out very soon. 


Jenny seemed to do well with her first day back at work. That's what she said anyway. Jax seemed to miss her and her assets. When I got here he was wide awake, searching for something that I didn't have. No visitors today, just some Jackson and daddy guy time this afternoon before mom showed up and crashed our party this evening. 

Thanks for my cool clothes, grandma Mari!

I really like hanging out with my dad.  

Hurry up and wait

We have a healthy baby boy, but not healthy enough to come home yet, which is driving dad nuts.

Jenny is going back to work tomorrow. She's planning on working these last few days before their Christmas break starts and then kind of playing it by ear after that. His next mile marker will be to come off of supplemental breast milk, which should be happening any day. Once that happens, it will be harder for Jenny to stay away. 

He got up to 4lbs. 11oz. last night, but was down a few grams tonight. It was his first loss in a while but after gaining over two ounces yesterday, we're not concerned with a small loss, yet. We had a good day with all the grandparents, uncle E.J. and the Brooners stopping by. GO CHIEFS!

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Little Chunk

Here is a video of our sweet Jackson when we tucked him in for the night.  We love his sweet, baby sounds.

Our Jackson is up to 4 pounds, 8 ounces!!  That is a whole pound heavier than his birth weight!  We are thrilled about his progress.  Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support.  We love him sooooo sooooo soooooo much.


Enjoy these pictures of our handsome fella'!  Doesn't he look bigger?!

Mommy just gave me a baby massage.  I loved it!!

This picture makes Jackson look like a chunk!  It's a bit misleading, but he is getting bigger everyday!

Our little stud muffin!

Ol' Saint Nick in the NICU

Yep, he's in a stocking. Just like his mommy was almost 30 years ago.

Santa brought another ounce for little Jackson on his three week birthday. He's up to 4lbs. 7oz. which means once mommy gives the okay, he'll be on an all-McCutcheon meal plan. Well, sort of. He'll still need some extra calories in the form of formula. I suggested we add a little creatine to his bottle to beef him up and get him ready for the league, but it was frowned upon.

Reflux is rearing its ugly head again. He threw a couple of fits today that left us wondering if we should be concerned or excited that we're experiencing the joys of a crying baby. It was the first time since he first entered the world that he has used his lungs like this. They have scaled his supplemental feedings back a little but he still seems to be having some issues with keeping it from backing up on him. Judging by the other sounds he was making, we think his cries may have also been the result of more than a little gas.

Santa came. Baba came - with lunch. "Aunt" Bren and "Uncle" Aaron came - with a really good dinner and even better company. I wrote and submitted my last assignment for the semester. It was a good day.

I'm getting bigger.

We're still here

We're back! Sorry for the hiatus but Jackson has went on cruise control and Mom and Dad have been busy keeping up with homework, laundry, sleep and videos of nieces.

As for Jax, he's up to 4lbs. 5oz. He is now in the area of the NICU known as "south." We were a little reluctant to get too excited about his move, but realized quickly that it's just fine and maybe even better. Jenny even got a little bummed when a nurse told her that he might get moved back for Christmas due to short staffing.

He had went two days without an alarm, then decided to have two Brady's today. They keep feeding him more and Jenny has been nursing him for about a week, so he's getting plenty to eat. The nurse today thought that his Brady's were probably the result of him refluxing a little and holding his breath to try to keep it down. He's an all-star nurser and every nurse has commented that he acts a week or two older than his age in this area.

He's two ounces away from being taken off of supplemental breast milk and going strictly to nursing and formula. Jenny's been having some issues with her milk coming in, so say a prayer for her. We want her to turn into a dairy, so he doesn't have to go home on any supplements.

Mom and Dad are getting some cabin fever and are a little home sick. We can't wait to be back in the Joe with Jackson and sleeping under our own roof. Jenny has spent about an hour and a half in our house since Nov. 20 and I've only been home a few times to pick up clothes. Jen is planning on going back to work for a few days next week and could use some prayers there too. I managed to get caught up on homework, and after a short paper to turn in Thursday and a final on Friday, I'll be done for the semester.

We'll be doing this a lot next week when mom's at work.

Pee-ooh!! It stinks in here.

Thanks for my story Bible cousin Em.
We read a little Sunday after the game.

Tree froggin it with dad.