Big Boy!

So I just wanted to add a few pictures of our little Tuckerman:) In a week that has been SO extremely aweful, my husband and this little man have kept me going. I love them so much and do not know what I would do without either of them.

He is so curious! He spends the majority of the day just looking around at everything!Look at these big blue eyes! How can you resist him?! i think his eyes are going to be green like ours, but who knows!

This picture of Dolly just made me laugh, i tried to put it on th bottom but it jumped up here...

 BACK TO TUCKER! haha Here we are having a laugh attack, which he has every morning from about 9-11, haha

Tucker LOVES the water. When we get the camera out he stops kicking and having fun, but he totally loves it.

He is getting so long!!! He is in his cradle that Grandpa Saxton made him, its crazy to see the first picture of him in here and how much bigger he has gotten!

6 WEEKS!

So Tucker is now 6 weeks old! He is growing so fast and is the sweetest little baby! He rarly cries, only when he needs something, and he is sleeping through the night like a champ:) Normally least 8 hours then wakes up to eat, and then for another 2 or 3 hours! He only sleeps about 2-3 hours during the day, and is quite chatty:) He loves tummy time, and laying on the ground so he can look around... He uses his legs to spin himself around if he is trying to look at something that he cant quite see.. Its pretty cute;) Here are some pictures from this past week and a video. The video was taken when Jake got home from work and Tucker was SO super happy, the viseo doesnt show the happy... just the chatty! haha. Jake loves his little man and is such an amazing Dad. He is always trying to feed him, or asking me if I need anything. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband! Tucker is such an alert little boy and so curious about what is going on around him. He just stares at everything and is so interested in it all! We love him so much and are so grateful to have him in our lives:)

Dolly LOVES Tucker. She always tries to come snuggle when Tucker is snuggling me:)

Leeroy is very interested in Tucker.. haha, he likes him ok... But I think he is more interested:)

Heres our little man! I tried to get him while he was all stretched out, but he was kicking around... He is going to be very tall! (or so we think.. Jake is hoping for 6'5 so he can be a basketball star.. Im sure Aunt Katie would have Duke recruit him for sure!! :)

He looks just like Jake... with my big eyes, lol

I came home from going out with friends and he was on the bed taking a nap. haha, Jake felt the need to give him a pillow to make him more comfy.. But he sure does LOVE GGs blanket she made him!! It is so cute, and we have received many compliments on it! Thanks Mom!!

Well, there is our update!!! Hope all yall are doin great! Til next time... :)

Tuckerman swimming!

So this is a video of Tucker in the pool! We are lucky enough to have great friends Jen & Jason (who are also our neighbors) who invited us to their families pool. The water was the perfect tempurature and Tucker LoVeD it! Welllll... He didnt love it, cuz he isnt old enough to love it... YET! but he didnt mind it!

Introducing...

Jacob Tucker Saxton


May 30, 2010

7 lbs 9 oz 20 inches

Born at 11:05 am

So this is how the day started! It was May 29th and Katie came in from Richmond to be here to help me out once Tucker came:) We went to the mall to walk around a bit and went to Freddy's.. Only the best custard place EVER! It is my new favorite place to go so we HAD to take Katie there. About 9 oclock that evening I started having contractions... We went on a walk to see if that would help.. and they just kept coming, closer... and CLOSER! haha, Jake was so sweet, he rubbed my back while Katie made sure I was drinking lots of water. After an hour they were 3-5 minutes apart so we called the Dr. She told us to go ahead and head to the hospital! So we went.. We got there about 11:45 and they got me hooked up to a monitor and the nurse saw my contractions and predicted we would be having a baby the next day:) My Dr. had them monitor me for about 2 hours and check my progress to make sure i was progressing enough to stay there. I went from a 1cm at about 1230 to a 4 at about 3... It took a little bit to get transfered over to L&D but we got into our room at about 4. I got all hooked up again and got comfortable and they asked if i wanted my epidural. Of course i said yes:) haha So i got my epidural about 445 am, and then Jake and Katie feel asleep til about 9. I tried to sleep and maybe slept for an hour... I dunno if it was the excitement, the anticipation or the adrenalin or what but i just couldnt sleep! Anyhow, They checked me again at 945 and i was at 9 cm. I was at a 10 by 1015, and i at 1045 the Dr. finally got there and was getting all suited up and ready! Tucker man was ready to come because we started pushing and it was literally 3 pushes and then he came out on the 4th at 11:05 am on his due date no less! Which the Dr says only happens 5% of the time... He must like to have all the attention like his Mom, lol. Anyways, So thats it!We went over to recovery after 2 hours and headed home the next afternoon!
Here are some pictures of our trip to meet our little Tucker man!

Me and Jake once we got down to L&D..

Katie napping.. poor thing woke up at 430am to come to see us and she was up for over 24 hours! Shes such a trooper!

Jake sleeping.... They got heated blankets and everything! lol

Daddy holding his little boy for the first time:) Tender

7 lbs 9 oz 20 (and 1/4) inches long :)

First family photo! We were really tired ok! lol

Jacob Tucker Saxton

a.k.a. "Tucker Man" :)

Daddy and Tucker:)

Jake was amazed how small he was, lol. He wanted to be able to remember exactly how small he really was.

Headed home!

We wanted to take some pictures of Tucker for announcements and to have pictures to hang in our house. ( We will put up pictures of the house eventually, lol) So here are just two of the pictures. (As well as the one at the top of this blog post.)

8 days old:)

SO.. all in all, our first week as parents has been wonderful! Tucker is an awesome baby:) He only cries when he needs something and sleeps so well! I have to wake him up at night to feed him. We love him so much and are so grateful to have him in our lives! We are also VERY grateful for Katie who has been such an amazing help to us this past week and a half while ive been recovering! Leeroy and Dolly arent gonna know what to do when she is gone! And i dont think i will either:( I love that i have a family that would dropo whatever to be there for me.. Thanks Katie!! We love you so much and have LOVED having you here with us! Jake will miss you laughing at him. haha

Anyhow! Hopefully I'll be able to keep this a little more updated now that we have more to update about! lol Take Care!

Jackie, Jake, and Tucker

Jakes Birthday:)

Well, Today is Jakes birthday so i thought i better at least post something to tell everyone how grateful i am to have such an amazing husband:) Jake is most definatly one of the most compassionate, honest, and wonderful people I know, and i am very proud to have him as my husband and my best friend! I am so blessed that he was raised by wonderful parents who made him the man he is today! So I guess I have Bill and Linda to thank for that :) Jake, I love you so much and am so grateful for everything you do for me and our family:) Guess that means LeeRoy and Dolly til the baby is born:) You are such a great example to me and will be for our son:) So people... Here is to another wonderful year for Jacob Lee Saxton with many more things to come!

We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner:) It was delicioius! Here's the birthday boy with his ribs!

A few weeks ago the office manager at Jakes office called me and told me that they were going to have a suprise birthday party for Jake! I was so excited to have a secret from Jake! haha, and he had NO idea! Well i walk in to give him his lunch that he forgot at home and he says,"oh you brought my lunches, thanks! but im going into a meeting so i gotta go.." so i was like,"i know! go ahead!" so i follow him into the break room and it was a fake out! It was a birthday/ BABY SHOWER for us! Sadly, I forgot my camera:( But,it was the sweetest thing! They had decorations and presents, and cake:) and lunch! It was so great! It makes me and especially Jake really happy to know that he works with such great and welcoming people! So to all yall at the Dental Corner, THANKS! Yall are wonderful!

This is just a picture of the dogs to show how big Dolly is getting! Shes the sweetest little thing and is so snuggly.. I love her.

And here is a new picture of me at 35 weeks! Just a few more to go!!

Well, next week i plan on posting a lot, my Dad is coming into town and we are getting into the house so hopefully we will get lots of pix and have a better update for yall! See Ya!!

My husband, the rescue!

OK! So just a few minutes ago Jake was outside with the dog when he runs in the house and is scrambling around to find the branch trimmer thingies... "There's a bird with string all wrapped around it, and its stuck on the tree!" Yes, THE tree because we are in Kansas and the only trees we have are about 10 feet tall that are planted! lol, anyhow we run out side and this is what we see!

Poor bird! He was all kinds of twisted in that string!

Then Jake clipped the branch out so we could try to get him out!

Then Jake clipped all the string off the poor little bird...

Then I thought the bird was dead! :(

Then I poked him with a stick and he flew away into another tree!! YAYY! (this pic is upside down, it wouldnt rotate and im too tired to try, lol)

My man! He has the best heart of anyone i know:)

This is just a sweet picture of my first day back with the dogs, they laid on me ALL DAY! they missed me:)

My Last Trip Childless!

So this past week I was able to go home to visit my family for the last time before the baby comes! Katie and my mom threw me an AWESOME shower! AND Amy, Derick, Kurtis and Sarah came to suprise me too! It was so great to have them all there visiting, I was bummed that Jake couldn't be there to join in on the fun (as well as Ryan and his family) but we had such a great time!! I did all of my favorite things which usually includes eating something, haha. I had Chick-Fil-A twice while I was there, a hot dog and a DC from Price Club (or Costco as the rest of the world calls it) and delicious doughnuts from Ukrops:) Yumm Yumm YUM!! We had such a great turn out for the shower! We fit 50 people in our house! If Katie knows how to do something its throwin a GREAT party! Our house was full of great friends and great family, and tons of laughter. I am so glad everyone who came could make it!! It was so great to see everyone! While I was home it was also Kates birthday! big 27 baby!!! we had fun going to El Paso and having ice cream painted on katies face... and up her nose:) hahaha. We played the Wii and Amys competitive face returned! Amy is probably the funniest person to watch play games, especially on the Wii! She is so hard core... Dont worry, im posting a video:) So all in all, it was a blast, and I pretty much have the best family in the world:)

Kate and Nan sharing pizza at Price Club

Me enjoying my hot dog and DC next to Nan:)

Sisters plus Kurtis before the shower!

Me and Lindz at the shower! Belly to belly:) lol

Kurtis lovin on Sarah, so cute!

GG and Sarah:)

Kurtis taking bark off the tree. He got a little splinter in the process but took it like a champ.

Birthday dinner for Kate at El Paso:) YUMMM

Our waiter getting the fried ice cream ALL OVER Katie. Don't let her tell you any different.. she loved every second of it! Even the red sprinkle up her nose:)

AFTER! I made her take a picture with me, and then my memory card was full... so she had to wait to wipe her face off til I could make more space on the camera LOL

Am, D, and Sarah at El Paso, Kurtis sis NOT want to be in a picture, lol

Katie rockin Moms Solar shields, bahaha so great!

Katie blowing out her imaginary candles, cuz i didnt see the text to pick up candles... my bad! LUFF YOU!!

Derick and Sarah outside!

Kurtis drawing hop scotch and more outside!

Katies new birthday dress from me and Jake. This dress is SO Kate and she looks awesome in it! Love it:)

The Easter Bunny also came early to give Kurtis a scavenger hunt while Aunt Jax was home. It led him to the Alvin and the Chipmunks Squeakquel, where there was a clue for daddy too! Derick was then led to his new Ipod touch! What a kind Easter Bunny to do this early so Aunt Jackie could be a part of the fun!! I LOVE SCAVENGER HUNTS! haha

Mom, Sarah, and me before dinner:)

After all of my fun I was really excited to get home and see my husband! A few weeks ago I was eating my DSO's (Double Stuffed Oreo's for all you non-gholson speakers, lol) and I told Jake, "Probably someone should make a container like this but just have Reeses Peanut Butter Cups all lined up inside!"

One of my MANY random thoughts... But when we got home from the airport he says, "you want and oreo?" Me being me, I said" "of course!" he grabs the bag and pulls open the seal and BAM!

Yep, you said it, my husband is the man!

Well...That about wraps up my latest and greatest... See ya next time!