3 months.....

Here are a couple of pictures taken of Jonathan last week when he turned 3 months. I can't believe how quickly time flies. Jonathan is a very happy, content baby, who likes to snuggle with mommy. I love when he nuzzles into me and babbles. He absolutely loves to watch his older brother and I love watching the two of them interact more. Trevor can make Jonathan smile and he's very proud when he does.

Jonathan seems to always have his hands by his mouth. Sometimes I wonder if he's teething, but it's probably a little too soon. Just the past couple days he has successfully gotten his thumb in his mouth, but it has quickly come out due to a lack of control. I think we may have a thumb sucker on our hands though, we'll see!

x-mas cookies....

A week ago I baked Christmas cookies with my sister-in-law Christina, and she made Trevor a large Christmas tree, which he was very excited to decorate.

Working hard on his decorating................

goose egg

This morning Trevor walked right into a door knob : (

I guess accidents like this are more likely when you're

just 3ft tall! He wanted me to take a picture of his

goose egg, so I could post it on the blog.

He's quite proud as you can clearly see.

How many of these am I going to see in my future raising 2 active little boys.................

x-mas party & first snow...

Matthew & I attended a Christmas party over the weekend. Trevor

stayed home with a sitter and Jonathan came with us. He did

great! I fed him at 6:30pm and then he slept while we socialized. It

is great to feel like we can do normal things again. The morning of the

party I had my hair cut and straightened. I can never get my hair to look

like this when I do it on my own : )

So I think winter has arrived. This morning we woke to a couple

inches of snow. Here is Trevor ready to do some shoveling for mommy

out back. He loves getting all bundled up and playing out in the snow.

the last 2 months.....

At the hospital waiting for an actual room to open on the unit....the beds were full!

My water had broken at home at 1:20pm.

All hooked up and waiting.......

After being in labor for 8hrs and pushing for almost

an hour and a half my midwife decided that an emergency c-section

was necessary. Things moved very quickly after that.

I was very scared to say the least.

Jonathan Seeley Willis

September 15, 2009

12:32am

8lbs 12oz

20 inches

Beautiful and healthy

Trevor LOVES his baby brother so much : )

Jonathan today at 2 1/2 months! Time goes by

very fast with 2 boys.

Trevor and Jonathan

9-18-2009......unless!

So, I have an induction schedule for next Friday, Septempber 18th~unless Grasshopper decideds to come before on his own. I'm not dialated any more than last week, but my midwife said Grasshopper has dropped down more. I've had very, very swollen feet and ankles this week and today my blood pressure was the highest it's been the whole pregnancy. These couple things along with the belief that Grasshopper is big contribute to Linda's decision to induce. So, next Friday I'm to call the hospital at 7am to see if there is a bed available (which there should be). If one is available then I'm due to check in at 8am.

I'm still very much hoping that Grasshopper decideds to come on his own, so I don't have to be hooked up to the evil drug Oxytocin (petocin). Linda told me to walk a lot, so I will do this even though walking is not a very comfortable activity right now. Matthew and I are very excited to know that if Grasshopper doesn't come on his own these next few days that we will be holding our new baby boy next Friday. We can't wait to meet him and introduce him to Trevor.

a little bit more.....

So, I've progressed just a little bit more since seeing my midwife last week. I am almost 3 centimeters dialated and almost completely effaced. Linda feels pretty strongly that I will go into labor on my own by next Friday, but if not I see her again on the 11th. If Grasshopper has not shown up by then we will set a date for induction for the following week.

She also lifted my restriction from walking. I went for a 30 minute walk earlier and it felt as good as can be expected, being that I'm 37 weeks pregnant tomorrow, huge, and uncomfortable. I saw the specialist yesterday for the last time~yeah! He still thinks I'm going to have a big baby and still brought up the fact that I may need a c-section b/c of baby's size. I'm praying that my body will be able to avoid that and bring G-hopper into the world naturally.

Trevor has been with grandpa and grandma Willis this past week at the cabin. They are on their way home now, and I can't wait to see Trevor. I really miss him and his smilely face.