The Clarks

This has been a good week so far for us.  Jesse had to return to work on Monday after two weeks off.  I value our time that we had off together so much.  We really enjoyed it.  We did so much and ran so much it seems like!  When he went to work Monday we pretty much relaxed.  I started cleaning house a bit and Jaycee, Kolten and I walked from our house to the park, Jaycee played and we walked home.  Quite the little chug, especially for the four year old!  She enjoyed playing though and there were a TON of kids there.  Then yesterday we did the walk again and just had to do some running around town!  Today we had to take Mr Kolten to the Dr for his two week checkup.  So for the baby that was six pounds 13 ounces two weeks ago, guess how much he is now?????  EIGHT POUNDS FIVE OUNCES.  He gained exactly a pound and a half in not even two weeks!  I could tell he was growing quite a bit, he was eating CONSTANTLY.  With Jaycee all I did was breastfeed for the first months, then started with cereal and baby food but she NEVER had formula until she was about nine months.  Kolten had it his first week.  Even with breastfeeding he had to have more!  He is a porker!  I'm glad he is doing so well!  He does have a little cold though I think.  He is sneezing a lot and his snot is green so they put him on an antibiotic just to be safe.  Hopefully that will pass soon!  We had to get it filled at the pharmacy though so we got to visit with all my great co-workers, well the ones in the main pharmacy, I didn't venture to the other buildings!  Once home we walked the same route again and some of our friends were at the park so jaycee loved that.  Once we walked home I started in on cleaning our downstairs.. yikes.  Then made some marinated turkey from the LOCKER for supper.  For those of you that haven't tried it, DO IT.  That stuff is amazing!  Now Jesse is playing XBOX Jaycee is playing DS and i'm on here (with a baby on my lap).  We're doing great here and I hope everyone else is too!  

Oh I also started working from Home this week.  My two weeks off were nice but time to get back into the grind!  Thanks to whoever created GO TO MY PC.  Best thing EVER.  And who would have thought you could use that on a MAC.

  

This weekend

We are always running around I swear!  Today we started out early and went to Washington for the gun and knife show that Jesse was wanting to see.  After we went there we came home just long enough to pick a few things up and let the dog out.  Then we went to Worthing to Jesse's moms.  Visited for a few minutes and then headed to Bloomington so Jesse could buy a new gun.  He picked it up and we went to my sisters for Max's second birthday.  We were there until after five and then headed back to Bloomington so Jaycee could build a new "bear" lol well a lamb.  She did that and we met Jennifer and Mitch and the boys for supper at BWW's.  Then finally headed home and got back to town a little after nine.  Well before going HOME we went by Kyle's house so Jesse could show him his new gun and then Galen and Lisa Wagler came home and we stopped in there.  I sat and visited with Lisa and Jesse and Galen talked until about midnight!  We finally got home and now Jesse is playing XBOX and i'm on here and uploading pictures from the day!  Kolten is sleeping and Jaycee is up at my sisters, they asked her to stay over for the night!  I'm sure they are enjoying that, the kids love being together!  Tomorrow Jesse is wanting to go shoot his gun and Jennifer and Mitch are bringing Jaycee back home.  Jesse goes back to work on Monday, he has been off for two weeks so its going to be hard for him to leave and we'll miss him all day long i'm sure!  Its been nice having time together with the four of us though!  I got things set up so I can work from home so Monday i'm starting back in part time!  My two weeks off were great, but now its back to work!  lol  Things never slow down do they????????   

By the way Kolten goes back to the Dr.  Wednesday for his two week checkup, I can't wait to see how much he has gained, he eats like a PIG!!  I'm breastfeeding with him, as I did with Jaycee but he just can't get enough, he wants to eat like every hour so he is taking some formula too!  I swear thank goodness he can take both!!!  Here are a few pictures!

Getting into a routine!

So its been a week and two days since Kolten was born!  We're getting into a routine with sleeping, I think!  He sleeps  quite a bit but last night he only woke up twice during the night to eat.  He is a pig and thinks he is starving quite a bit!  He's a doll and we're definately very proud of him and Jaycee Ray both.  She kisses him nonstop, she is so proud of him!  She always says mom I didn't know the baby was so tiny in your belly.  She thinks he is something else.  Jesse has been off work with me and i've enjoyed just getting to spend time with him and the kids.  We've been to T Haute, Bloomington, pretty much all over!  He has done very well and he gets all kinds of looks and praise from everyone.  Even going to a restaurant is different, they never take our order because they are too busy going on and on about him, and of course being entertained by Jaycee Ray Clark.  We have been to my work a few times, I already miss everyone there, they are so great.  I love the people I work with, and work for.  I feel very lucky to be where I am.  A couple days ago we ate lunch with a co-worker her daughter and grandson and Jaycee has been asking if he can come play EVERYDAY.  She loves other kids.  We're off to Washington now so i've gotta get off here!  I'll leave some pictures though!

Baby Kolten

So the big day has came and gone!  We went to the hospital for induction on tuesday at six thirty, we ended up having him at two twenty eight, it wasn't bad at all.  He has been great.  He just wants to eat and sleep.  He doesn't even care to eat actually he just wants to sleep all the time!  He is something else.  Jaycee is loves him so much and calls him her baby.  She kisses him and wants to rub his head, she just loves him.  We had lots of visitors and finally got home today about four I would say.  Its been a busy two days but its well worth it.  We'll see how we do tonight and if we get any sleep but Jesse is off for the next week with me, so we should be alright!

 

 

TWO more Days!

So its Sunday and I've been up since 4AM.  Jesse's alarm went off while I was up and I couldn't go back to sleep.  I layed there for an hour or so and decided I would just get the day started.  I got up and first cleaned out our pantry, then the kitchen cabinets, then the fridge.  Then I started downstairs to clean the bathroom and the cabinet down there.  I still need to pack our hospital bag but I keep putting it off!  

This has been a pretty nice weekend so far.  Friday night my sister Mitch and the boys came down to bring us the carseat and stroller.  Jesse and I just got some subway for supper and went for a walk right when they pulled in.  The kids are so sweet playing together.  They love it.  We spent a few hours with them before they had to head on home.  Its funny because when they leave or we leave from their house Cooper always gets upset, he loves his cousin Jaycee.  He asked her if she could come to his house with him.  She always says no Cooper I have to go with my mommy and daddy!  But she would love to stay there or for them to stay here, she's not afraid of being away from us at all!  After they left we went to bed and watched TV.  Jesse had to get up and go to work on Saturday and I started in on cleaning.  I got our living room upstairs done and our kitchen (the visible parts) swept downstairs and took a TV we had mounted on Jaycee's old bedroom wall (now Kolts room) down.  I put it in our downstairs spare room, its a room for all uses I guess.  I couldn't mount it so I figured I would wait until Jesse got home for that.  Jaycee and I went to the park and walked a lap but it was so cold out we only did one!  Then we headed home and she cleaned up her room.  When it was time for Jesse to get off work we met him in Montgomery so we could all eat at Bobes and go to walmart.  We were also going to pick up a recliner from my mom for when we bring Kolt home.  We ate ( WE LOVE BOBES ) and then got a few things at Walmart and headed to Moms.  Her boyfriend wasn't there to help load the chair and I figured mom and Jesse would break their backs trying to lift a full size recliner into a lifted truck so we passed on that and headed back home.  Jesse had gotten a sticker for his truck in the mail that day so when we got home I took the mount off Jaycee's old wall and then we put the sticker on his truck.  Once he was done with the sticker I put him to work helping me hang that TV downstairs and hooking it up to the satellite.  I figure when i'm up with a baby at 3 am I'm going to want something to watch.  Finally Jesse got to take a shower and we layed down.  It was a long day!  But of course I did my ritual of getting up to Pee 700 times!  I swear it will be a blessing to get up to a baby instead of my bladder!  Now i'm headed to finish my cleaning and hopefully pack our hospital bag.  Can't put it off much longer, we have roughly 48 hours until we're checking into the hospital!!!!  Wish us luck!.

Preparations!

Its so exciting to be getting ready to bring another baby home! Jaycee is BEYOND excited. She will love being a big sister. She is so sweet. She never stops cracking me up, last night we picked up Matt and he and Jesse were going to go play basketball at the park, well it was too wet so we were dropping him back off at his house and Jaycee said Matt you can come to my house and play barbies with me, Matt was like oh yeah and Jaycee said Yeah I have a boy barbie! He laughed, Jaycee just loves him. We're really lucky that all our friends love Jaycee too, she is a pretty entertaining little girl too!

So Tuesday is the big day, I can't wait. Jesse is getting really excited too. He will be off a week to stay home with us, and that will be great, when Jaycee was born he had just went full time and had to use two personal days to even be there when she was born and the next day, then he had to go back to work! I'll be very happy to have him home this time! This weekend is going to be really busy for me! I need to get a lot of laundry put away, clean house, we need to pick up a recliner from my moms house, pack our stuff for the hospital, figure something out to do with Jay while we're in the hospital and tons more. I know we'll be busy after Tuesday so I better get everything done! Jesse will be working, which sometimes is better because when he's off we're usually busy running around doing other things!

Last night we went for a walk around our neighborhood. I love going for walks it always makes me feel better, more energy and such. Jaycee had gotten a new bike over the weekend so she was excited to ride it. We did close to a mile and it was really dark out so we headed home! She did great on the bike, and Jesse even enjoyed walking. I'm trying to prepare things at work for this coming leave! I have so much stuff to do, I know it will mostly be ok until I get back but I hate leaving thinking that I need to finish things! I am going to see about working from home some. I work at Williams Bros. and i'm a computer girl lol so I can do just about everything from my desk. If I set up a go to my pc account I should be able to help them out quite a bit from home. I'll have to figure that out though. I have been here just about exactly a year and LOVEEEE it. There are only three of us computer people and we kinda have our own parts we do. Kelly is the boss and he delegates things and helps with different things. Bob is the hardware guy, so he deals with our phone system and actual computers and things like that. I'm kinda both. I do hardware and software so I deal with all the software systems we have, and some hardware. We run quite a bit of software, pharmacy software, billing software, word processing software, TONS of different things. Since i've been here we have started THREE new pharmacies, now I think we have nine, so you can imagine three computer people, nine pharmacies, that keeps us busy! I think i'll post a few random pictures. Enjoy!

FINALLY

So after a second trip to the ER because my blood pressure was outrageous (156/117) and a trip in to the dr's office this morning, Dr. Baker is inducing me TUESDAY at 6:30 AM. I'm sooo excited. He said i'm definatly on my way to preeclampsia (not sure how you spell that) because i've had protein in my urine the past two weeks. And my uric acid level is too high. It went from 5.2 on Friday to 6.2 last night. Not really sure what that means, but its another sign of preeclampsia. SOOO we're very excited, need to get our bags packed and get the last few things we need, playpen, mattress and a diaper bag for goodness sakes... lol