3 Men & a Mom: November 2007

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Lots to be thankful for...

Well our Thanksgiving Holiday was monumental for the Olson family! I don't know if it was all the excitement from family or all the food mommy ate but Jack has slept through the night

(10pm-7am) the past two nights!!!! Talk about something to be thankful for :) We have been so proud of our little man. He loved seeing his cousins, aunts, uncles, greatgrandparents, and of course...his grana this Thanksgiving. It's amazing how once you have a baby your family doesn't get too excited to see you anymore...nooo....they immediately look for Jack which we are totally okay with :)

We put up our tree on Friday, watched football decked out in all our Longhorn gear (yes, they lost)...and watched more football on Saturday. I have come to the realization that Jack loves to watch football. I know this because I was reading him a story entitled "God gave us you" and he was doing everything in his power to stick his neck around the book so he could see the football game dad was watching! I was secretly excited but sad too because I wanted him to be interested in the sweet book I was attempting to read him! It was funny nonetheless.

That about sums up our holiday...we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Go Cowboys!!!

These are pictures of Jack watching the Cowboys game with Erik. He loves watching the boys which is a good thing because his dad and mom are pretty devoted fans to say the least. We couldn't find him a cowboy jersey small enough this year so he has on his navy quarterback onesie and silver pants in honor of America's team. Jack wanted us to dedicate this post to Baby Leach because HE shares Jack's love for the Cowboys and HE watches all the games just like Jack. Becky thinks that when the Cowboy's are in close games she is going to go into labor...and considering how much she gets into the games that may be a legitimate concern. Maybe she should tivo all the games and watch them after she is past her 37th week!!! Just kidding Becky. Here's to baby BOY Leach:)

Uncle Jeremy came to visit from Baylor

One of my younger brothers, Jeremy, came to visit this past weekend. Jack looks a lot like him especially from the nose down. Their baby pictures are almost identical. Jack is starting to look more and more like Erik everyday but I have a feeling he will always have his uncle Jeremy's nose and mouth. It's amazing how quickly babies seem to grow....it seems like just in the last few weeks Jack is fitting into bigger clothes, making so many new noises, laughing in response to Erik or me, and even eating more!! We are 7 weeks into our parenting career and we are already wishing time wouldn't fly by so fast:( He lets me kiss his cute fat cheeks right now but I can just hear him saying "moooommmm that's embarrassing don't kiss me in front of my friends"!!!! Needless to say...the kid is just cute...and we LOVE him

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

6 wks old

Jack is getting so big and so animated in his facial expressions. We are so proud of our little man! I could just kiss his little (big) cheeks all day:) Right now he loves eating, meeting dad for lunch, bathtime, walking outside in this beautiful November weather, watching sportscenter every morning, and making many different noises.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Finally starting to smile frequently

5 Weeks old

Here are some pictures of Jack now that he is a little over 5 weeks old. He's getting so big!! Time really flies when you have a newborn...

Saturday, November 3, 2007

One month update

Well we've officially made it to our one month birthday! YAY. We already feel like he's not this fragile baby anymore...we can actually comfortably hold him over our shoulders without thinking we're going to suffocate him. Our pediatrician gave us a great report card---Jack is now 9 lbs 13 oz and 22 inches long so he's gained 3 lbs and grown almost 3 inches in his first month of life!!! And you know what that means???? Mommy will have lots more outfits to choose from in Jack's closet because he'll actually fit in something other than newborn clothes :) It is already going by so fast. He's starting to smile and become more interractive everyday. Erik feels like he misses so much being gone all day at work but every night after Jack's 7 pm feeding he gets to play in the bath tub while Erik holds his little head above water. He loves it!!! It relaxes him before bedtime and gives him a chance to hang out with dad! Jack loves for Erik to pour the the water right over his head which shocked us because we thought he'd hate it. He's our little swimmer! We'll post pics of this soon.
We also had a "babysitter" for the first time on Friday night. My mom, aunt, and uncle all came over to hang out with Jack while Erik and I went out to dinner. I was slightly nervous but everything went great and I only called home to check on Jack ONCE!!!