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Theo awake

Mr. Theodore is quite the sleeper and has never really been alert until today. He's given us glimpses of his dark blue eyes in the past couple of days but never for long. Today he was alert for about 45 minutes and my mom and I took full advantage of that time! Here are a few shots of Theo awake and another couple of Theo snuggling with mommy and daddy. Big brother Jack came to visit again today and just loves his little brother so much. He gets sad when he has to leave me at the hospital and that breaks my heart. I'm going to stay one more day at the hospital and hopefully we'll all be together again tomorrow.

The brothers meet

Today Daddy and Popa entertained Jack while I got to get out of bed for the first time and take a shower! Jack was super excited to meet his brother and was so gentle with him. He patted his head a few times and gave him lots of kisses. We got lots of video footage of it all. Today lots of people came to visit Theo..... Noelle, Theresa, Pat and Alyssa, Aunt Debbie and Uncle Dane, and of course, my favorite OB in all of the world.... Dr. S! He circumsized little Theo today (poor guy) right before everyone got here to visit. Our teddy bear was a trooper and you wouldn't know any different b/c this child just doesn't cry for anything. He basically eats, sleeps a ton, and snuggles. Occasionally he will open his eyes but that is very rare! Perhaps he'll keep up this behavior once we get home??

Theo is here!!!

Jack is proud to announce the arrival of his baby brother, Theodore Reid, born at 11:16 am and weighing in at a sturdy 9lbs 2oz. Jack was so excited to see his brother through the nursery glass and will get the chance to meet and hold Theo tomorrow morning. Theo has already stolen all of our hearts and we are fighting over who gets to kiss those chubby cheeks!!!

Continue to check for more pictures daily. I'll probably use this site since most people check this blog more often than the September Surprise.

1st day of pre-school

Jack started at Kehoe today. They start at 8 am and the school takes a solid 30 minutes to get to now that school is back in session so I was very happy when Jack woke up by himself at 7am. He gave us a fight changing his diaper and getting dressed but then he was good as gold once we got to the car. I walked him to his class and gave him a big kiss. He told me "bye mommy" and that was it! Here is part of his classroom and his cute uniform. He's so grown up, sniff sniff.

Alyssa's 3rd Birthday

We went to Alyssa's 3rd birthday party yesterday. Good thing b/c her real birthday will be shared with the baby this coming Friday!! It was held at a gymnastics place that has an awesome play area for little kids. We had never been there, but as you can see, Jack was having a blast! He and Alyssa jumped on the trampolines and got all up in the spacewalk. There was also a foam pit and Jack did not hesitate to jump in it. Daddy was a lifesaver keeping up with Jack since I pretty much just sat in a chair the entire time!!!

Meet the teacher day

We've decided to send Jack to the private school that he went to this summer for preschool. This all pretty much came about yesterday and they happened to have one spot left. Today I took him to see his classroom and to meet his teachers. There will be 8 kids in his class and he has two teacher, Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Kelly. The classroom was set up so beautifully and has so many neat areas that I know Jack will love. He learned so much over the summer at Kehoe and we know he's going to continue that this year. I was really sad to call our church and give up his spot at MDO but I know that he's ready for a preschool environment and keeping him in MDO wouldn't be in his best interest. He starts school on Tuesday and I'm sure we'll have many more pictures to follow!

I must add that I really wanted to sit and take a gazillion pictures of the amazing classroom but I didn't want to seem like the annoying parent right off the bat. I decided to quietly take this picture of Jack in front of his name on the table :)

Puzzle Master

We took Jack to a local LSU store to get a new jersey for this year. While we were there we picked up a puzzle for him thinking later on he would enjoy putting it together. Our little man surprises us everyday though..... he pretty much did it with very little help the first time we tried it. Now he puts it together all by himself. We have to hide the puzzle b/c he will insist on putting it together over and over and over......

Desperate times.....

Call for desperate measures!!! And we're desperate to entertain our active 2 year old in 100 degree heat! We've tried taking him to the pool, soccer fields, you name it..... and he still has more energy than his 9 month pregnant mom can handle. He finally met his match today though. We got him this bounce house to burn off some energy. We figured it would be a good investment since we'll have another 2 year old down the road *yikes*. He was so sweaty and tired that he didn't put up a fight to come in and take a bath. Score one for the parents!

Goofing off

Mimi came this past week to help us get ready for the baby. She also took on the lion's share of entertaining Jack and attempting to wear him out. She found out first hand that it's an impossible feat and he will wear you out first! Ha ha. I was going through his art work from Kehoe and found this hat. He enjoyed parading around the house in it. Thanks for all of the dishes you cooked and loads of wash that you did Mimi. See you very soon!

We have a date

My c-section is set for August 31 at 10:00 am. It wasn't my first choice being that it's a Friday, but the hospital didn't have any other morning dates available. I'm not doing an evening c-section again if I can help it! Let the countdown begin......

Puddle jumping

Somedays it feels like we live on the West Coast..... up in Seattle to be exact because it rains EVERYDAY here. Yesterday we made the best of it and put on Jack's boots and showed him how to jump in the puddles. He may as well have been barefoot because he got soaking wet! He sat down in the water a few times and his boots were full of water. He sure did have fun though!!

Look at my "hair"

Poor Jack's head is just big..... shirts don't come off easily and never have! We like to pretend that the stuck shirts are hair. He looks so cute and he'll run around playing with his "hair". Too funny!

Carmen's Disco Party

Jack attended his very first disco party this past weekend. He picked out one of his Daddy's hats to wear but it really only stayed on during the car ride over to Carmen's house. Here is a picture of the disco birthday girl in her sparkly outfit. She had a disco pinata and Jack really enjoyed taking a turn at bat. He tried to take multiple turns in fact...... Maybe a career in baseball is in his future.

Talent show at Kehoe

Today was Jack's last day at Kehoe Summer camp. All of the kids there participated in different choreographed dances with their groups..... except Jack and maybe one other little boy!!! The first picture is of about half of the crowd that turned out. The second picture is of Jack being held by one of his teachers while his group performed! Jack is such a ham and loves stages (I usually have to keep him away from them) but today he wasn't having it. Here's the rest of his group and another 2 year old class performing a "Monkey See, Monkey Do" act. The kids had monkey tails and ears on. It was adorable. Jack's "girlfriend" Madeline is on the left of the group and did an outstanding job following along with the moves. Go Madeline!!

Wrestling with Gigi

Bitsy came to stay with me this week while I was on bedrest. Jack was in heaven and had the best time with her. He just loves to be tickled and "messed with" as we say. His laugh is just the best too when he's being tickled. He'll actually say "more more"!!

Thanks for all of your help Bits!!

Good news

I just got back from the OB and I wasn't having any contractions during my non-stress test!!! I still have to take the medicine to keep contractions at bay until 37 weeks, but I don't have to continue bedrest at this time. Yea! Just wanted to pass this great news along.

Snoball time

Here in Nawlins we call snowcones "snoballs". It was extra hot out today so Bitsy got us some snoballs to help us cool off. Jack drank the syrup and ate the ice with a spoon. Yummy yummy!

Check out the baby's blog

We just got an iMac and I'm figuring all of this out so I don't have new pictures of Jack yet, but I do have belly shots for comparison on the baby's blog. Go over there and see what you think. Be sure to comment!!

On bedrest

No pictures to update sadly.... just wanted to let everyone know that I 've been put on bedrest for contractions. I'm on medication to stop them and will know by the end of the week what the next few weeks will bring. It's going to be interesting to say the least with an active 2 year old around while I'm "taking it easy" :)

Jack is doing great and is talking up a storm these days. He know all of his letters and the sounds that they make and is counting to 14 on his own. He amazes me everyday.

Goin Muddin'

It rained pretty much all weekend at PQ and the boys got a little curious about all of the mud puddles around......... and it didn't take long before the clothes were completely muddy! It was gross and I made myself scarce so Daddy could clean up the mess.

Donuts

We traveled to Percy Quin park in Mississippi this weekend for the annual Hadskey family reunion. Jack got to see all of his cousins and got to eat lots of donuts!!!! He didn't eat much else the entire weekend...... guess he was too busy playing with all of his cousins. Here he is sampling some powdered donuts at PQ and then today when we got home (it's a tradition for Daddy to take Jack for chocolate sprinkled donuts on Saturday mornings).