Family Outings...Sort Of

So we've been back to BCH a couple of times to take Jackson to see the pediatricians. Tuesday he got weighed in...he lost six ounces before we left the hospital on Sunday since birth so they wanted to check him out. Thanks to his healthy eating, he put back on 1.5 oz so yay Jackson. We also had an interesting time addressing his piggy nose. You see, my son, he has a booger problem. He has to have his nose cleared a lot. The problem is, after he was born, we didn't learn real well the process to do this when the boogers have turned to stone. So the pediatrician put saline in his honker and proceeded to suck the snot out several times. The result? A block of lime green snot. Seriously. It was neon. Who knew this was a possible color that a human being could secrete? Did I miss something? Anyways, he went to the ped another time this week too, but I'm still to emotionally scarred to blog about it.

Last night Grandma Jane and Grandpa Monty drove up from Lakewood with some dinners for me and Big Man. We haven't been doing a lot of eating...basically we feed and diaper our son, then recover from that by doing laundry and attempting to maintain some order. If bread crumbs happen to fall into our mouths in the process, then that's fabulous. Anyways, they came up and partied with Jackson and I while we got Jason to go play softball. We had a wonderful time and watched the Rockies come from behind to beat the Cardinals. As a home of Cubs and Rockies fans, this was the best of both worlds.

We also have to say thanks to Dave Plati from CU, who shared our news with Drew Goodman who calls the Rockies games. At the top of the fourth inning, we got a nice little shout out welcoming Jackson to the world on live TV! That was very special and we really appreciate it...we hope to get a digital copy so we can share it with our friends and family.

One last shout out to our friends Beth and Chris Petersen. They were in our childbirth class and Beth delivered a little boy, Jack Emery Petersen on Wednesday night at 11:19 pm. We're super happy for you guys and can't wait for our wee lads to hang!

Happy Cinco de Mayo

We, well I, secretly hoped that Jackson would be born today so that he could have a pinata and we could have margaritas in the hospital. That scenario didn't pan out.

The Family Lew is in the midst of day three at our Longmont home. It has not been without challenges, obviously. Our biggest collective challenge: remembering what it is we were about to do. As in, "Oh I need to go do this" and 15 minutes later having done 8 things other than that thing I need to go do. New parent ADD.

Favorite Jackson thing of the day: When he's hungry, whomever is holding him is treated to what we have affectionately nicknamed "the piggy." If you want an exact idea of what this sounds like, watch "A Christmas Story" when Ralphie's mother asks Randy to "show mommy how the little piggy eats" and you are getting literally the exact sound that Jackson makes...and minus the meat loaf and potatoes getting pushed around on the plate...an idea of what he's doing while he does it. It is precious.

Just as precious as the action photo taken moments ago featuring Jason and Jackson watching the tube? Yes.

Home at Last...and Photos!

We're home...we're tired...here are some photos of our little man. I took the blurry ones...I was apparently incapable of using any type of focus with Jason's camera. My bad.

Jackson Conrad Lew

Whew...Happy First Day

Howdy blog watchers from Boulder Community Hospital! Just taking a quick second to say hi and thanks. We've received well wishes via email, text, Facebook, phone and everything so thanks en masse. We'll respond individually before the artist formerly known as Little Man graduates from college.

Also big thanks to Allie for blogging, feeding Jason and just being great in general to our little family.

Jackson, who is incidentally darling and awesome, just celebrated his one day birthday. And will celebrate by eating...again....

FINALLY! ;)

The moment we've all been waiting for... baby Jackson has arrived!!

7lbs 12oz - 20.5 inches - 5:38p.m.
Blue eyes, dark hair... and so cute! (my opinion of course... but it'd be hard not to agree)

Congrats Lindsay and Jason!! Everyone loves you and is so proud!! :)

C'monnnn Jackson!

Or do I still have to use "Little Man" when he's probably at least *half* into this world...? There's an image ;)

Alright... sorry for the delay in the update... As of 4:30 Lindsay was pushing! I don't know how long this process takes, but I can only imagine that we're getting pretty close...

Again, I'll be sure to keep the updates coming when I hear something... with the next one hopefully being his weight, height, time of birth, etc! (Maybe a picture... ooh, now we're talking)

Allie's First Update

Hello Lindsay's devoted blog fans... I am taking the initiative to post another update, as I'm not sure how much more Lindsay will be able to contribute from here on out... especially in the new position that I left her in... (going to leave out those details).

Lindsay is 8cm dilated and things are definitely moving along! The little man is taking over from here, it seems. Linds has the pleasure of maneuvering into different positions that will be "better" or "more comfortable"... for the baby ;) How sweet of her. I left after the latest switch; right after the nurse warned me that this one would be a bit more of an uncovered position, unlike the ones before. Good timing, thanks nurse.

I must say that Lindsay looks and sounds great. I was with her during a few contractions while Big Man was eating (at least one of them gets to consume more than ice chips) and she was very calm and worked through them pretty quickly. She has had a couple of what she has called "episodes" as her body is reacting to some of the drugs, but so far nothing too alarming and she's handling everything really well. It's no surprise when I say that while Lindsay has mentioned how great and funny Amy the nurse is, Amy is loving the comedian that is Lindsay. How could she not? Preggo's sense of humor is still going strong! (How am I doing with keeping up with the blog "names"? I'm no Lindsay, but I'm trying!)

A few notes to leave this post on... the TV had the Brady Bunch movie on when I was in the room and not to worry, Lindsay has made it clear that her child will not be born with that on at the same time. Also, a few posts back she mentioned something about Baby Mama and how she was less than thrilled when Amy shouts how the contractions “feel like shi##ing knives." While they are painful (even with the epidural), that is a bit of an exaggeration. Phew!

More to come… and next time, hopefully, I'll be able to come up with a creative title.

2-4-6-8 Come On Cervix Dialate!

That subject is courtesy of our labor and delivery nurse Amy. And is hilarious incidentally. So things have slowed down so we'll be using some drugs to try and get the ball rolling again.

The epidural, I must reiterate, is awesome. Allie brought Big Man some bagels and we are watching Caddyshack. Little Man is continuing to do well and prego is just chillin. We have six different monitors attached to me at this point.

That's pretty much it for now. Time for more drugs. Be back later...maybe ;)

Labor Update

Howdy blog fans. Here's an update from BCH at 917 am. Epidural is in and is outstanding. We had a little dizzy spell and stuff but all is well. They are taking good care of prego and Little Man. I am officially in active labor and my diet consists of ice chips and IV fluids. Big Man is doing great and was a great coach during active labor when I was handling those contractions. We are progressing well. Hope everyone is having a fun Friday. I just signed a form as "parent" which was a trip. I guess me and Big Man will be those by the end of the day!

Thundercats Are Go

Its 738 am. We've been at BCH for 3 hours. The epidural is on the way. Contractions are horrifying. Do not try this at home ;)