3 weeks old

ok - so we had our three week apt today and i have no worries if my son is getting enough to eat -
when he was born he weighed 7lbs 5oz and was 20 " long - today he weighed 9lb 11oz and is only 21 " long....yikes - i told him he better start growing the long way :)
we are thankful he is gaining weight and is healthy - God has blessed us in so many ways!

A New Day!

i love babies feet

are you seeing a theme?

I want to thank everyone for the input you gave me - it is so nice to hear from other mom's and amazing the diverse advice you will get - i have taken it all to heart and am so thankful for the time you have taken to share it.

Jacob and I have had a great day and we had a good night last pm - troy is SUCH a huge blessing to me and has been a great help and so understanding....even though it does make him nervous when his so happy go lucky wife cries at the drop of a hat :) i love you baby....

i also wanted to make sure my mom knows how much i love her and appreciate the time she spent with us these past 2 weeks - we miss her dearly and i am sure she will say jacob was just missing her and that is why he has a bad night/day :)..

Home Alone!

our wonderful friends the bolton's
first day at church as a family
sleepy boy
go purdue!
troy and abbie bolton

well today is my first day alone with the little guy - last night wasn't a good night - he slept from about 10:30pm until 2:30am and then he would feed a bit - fall asleep - i would try to put him down and then he would start crying again - that occured until 6:30am when i feed him again and then sat in the rocking chair and we were both able to sleep from about 7am until 9am...so i fed him at 9am and he has been awake all morning and i just fed him at noon and he crys when i lay him down but sleeps in my arms....any moms out there have any advice- i don't want to spoil him and hold him too much but i don't know if 2 weeks old is too soon to be worrying about that? any advice is appreciated - my mom flew out this am and i think the last 2 weeks he has had his share of ALWAYS being held - i keep hearing i need to enjoy this stage because it will pass quickly....go ahead and keep telling me that - going on about 4 hours of sleep it will make me feel better :)

good thing he is so stinkin cute - and that i can type with one hand

Jacob 6-20-08

Hi

Happy Father's Day

Well......Isn't it amazing how your life can change so drastically in a week or so.....i went from being very pregnant and ready to pop to now being able to bend over and walk up the stairs without breathing so heavy. :)

More importantly Troy and I went from being a couple to being a family......it has been the most amazing feeling and the most emotional thing for me. I didn't know it would affect me this way! I am so thankful for my son, and in light of this past week I am SO incredibly grateful for my husband. I always knew I had been so blessed by falling in love with my best friend in the whole world but you can add fatherhood to his list of many talents. I knew he would be an amazing father but seeing him in action has been such a wonderful experience and makes me fall in love with him more every day. We are just now trying to figure out how he can retire and stay home with Jacob and I full time.

You can pray for us - We are going through a lot of firsts and it can be tough....if any of you know Troy and I - we are connected on every level....and how pathetic am i - having troy go to church without me yesterday you would have thought he was leaving me for good - i couldn't stop crying. The poor guy he didn't know what to do. :)....but even in that, I stayed home with our son and was able to spend some quality time with him and get a little extra rest...and we got to look forward to seeing Daddy when he got home. We are in a whole new and exciting phase of our lives and I know it is just going to get even better as we venture out into the world as the three of us. We love this little guy so much already it makes our hearts hurt and we love each other more today that we did yesterday because of this new phase of our lives.

We love you guys and can't wait for you all to meet our new family member.

Webcam

Hey - we just had a brilliant idea...our computer has a webcam. For those friends and family that would like to see Jacob in real time, load windows live messenger and IM sherrysyroteuk@hotmail.com and we'll hook you up.

Jacob 6/12/08

Jacob didn't exactly sleep through the night last night, but it was pretty close. He slept on my chest in the recliner until about 1. After eating, he slept until Sherry woke him at 5 to eat...and again at 8:30 . His doctor appointment went well yesterday...weighed in at 7lb. 9 oz.

Canadianizing him

See what happens when mom & dad catch up on sleep? Grandma Syroteuk had him covered in red maple leaves and probably started teaching him ice hockey technique. I think I even vaguely remember waking up to her singing to him in Canadian..."...x,y, & zed, next time won't you sing with me, eh?"

Jacob 6/10/08

Oh yeah

Oh yeah, the guy in scrubs isn't one of the doctors. He's one of the pastors at church...they had their baby this morning and are right next door to us tonight. A lot of people from church were able to kill two birds with one stone today...small world, eh? (I stuck the "eh?" in there for all you Canadians so you'd know that we're thinking of you).

If you were sick of seeing them, you wouldn't keep coming back :)

And more pictures

Some more pictures from today...we've got hundreds now, but they kind of look alike. There's only so much we can do within the confines of this room. Home sweet home tomorrow though.

The latest

So...24 hours and a couple of showers later, the pictures are a little more of the public variety. I've been working hard to get some posted for you all who aren't able to be here, but it's a fine line of what to post and what not to post after 2 days with no sleep, showers, razors, or change of clothes.

For those wanting details, I'll let Sherry fill you in on whatever she'd like to share...again, there's a fine line there...and WOW...there's a lot that's way past the line. As for the summary, Sherry's water broke at home Friday night after having contractions for a couple of hours. We headed to the hospital and called Dr. W on the way to let him know we were headed that direction. We got checked in, and the rest of the night/morning were pretty typical from what I understand...other than I've never heard of a L&D nurse that didn't know where the cervix was located?!?!?

Sherry got here epidural at 5:30, began pushing at 9, and Jacob was born at 10:13 a.m. Got to give props to Sherry...she was a champ. I couldn't have been more proud of will and determination to get that boy out...anybody who knows about circumference of heads of Cole babies understands :) Lacking a lot of sleep, the rest of yesterday is kind of a blur.

Today, though...the swelling is down, everybody has slept pretty good, and Sherry and Jacob are both doing well. Lord willing, we'll head home tomorrow mid-afternoon. Please feel free to write, call, or stop by here or there.

We want to thank all of the doctors (esp. Dr. Wickert for coming in on his weekend off), nurses, friends and family for all of the help, encouragement, love, and prayers. We love you and appreciate everything. God bless!!!

Let's try some video

More pictures

Jacob Eugene

Jacob Eugene was born this morning at 10:15 a.m., weighed 7lbs. 5 oz., and was 20” long. More to come later...

FRUIT FLIES

Well I read my friends blog this morning and realized there are people in the world that are dealing with fruit flies and they don't know what to do.........so i wanted to let you in on a secret....

we have used these pest strips for the past 2 1/2 years and we have had NO fruit flies whatsoever AND we leave fruit out on the counter top...you can get them from Lowe's or Home Depot.....Hope this helps!

Here are the details!
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some pix

My mom and I feeling Jacob!
My wonderful Husband and the best thing that has ever happened to me.
My wonderful sisters.....it was so great to see them! This is me at 8 months pregnant. We missed you Brandy!

Some pictures from when we went to WI for my brother's graduation.

the latest

well....i am over 50% effaced and a whopping 1 cm dilated....so...........we better be working on that - however i did vacumn and mop our entire first floor last pm (3000 sq ft) and dust so hopefully that helped......we also watched the movie...p.s. i love you ...oh my goodness - bawled my eyes out.....which they say a good cry can help bring on contractions - nothing much else going on- our next apt is next monday...be praying i am dilated to at least 3 or 4 cm - my mom flies in on monday and i would LOVE to have that baby in the first week she is here....my dr. won't induce unless i am 3 -4 cm and even then probably not until i am week overdue (first due date is today and the due date he is going by isn't until the 11th) eek! come on jacob lets get this show on the road.
love you all and we appreciate your prayers.....can't wait for you all to see our little man.

39 weeks

well.........i am 39 weeks this week and ready to go :)
we had a really nice weekend - beyond nearly being wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado....we believe we had one touch down about a mile from our house - it took some huge trees out....we lost power for about 4 hours so we went over to Troy's parents and hung out with them until about 11pm and then came home.
On saturday we went to some garage sales and went for a walk hoping to get jacob going.....not too much result from that other than swollen feet....saturday pm our neighbors daughter got married and we ran into town to see Jeff and Betty's little girl.....boy is she cute. We also stopped at Sonic for their 99 cent shake! it was the first time at Sonic since they opened so that was a yummy treat.
went to church on sunday - ran some errands and then hung out at the neighbors pool for about 3 hours - OH MY GOODNESS!!! i nearly forgot i was pregnant - it was the best feeling in the world. We at supper with them and then came home and vegged for a bit on the couch.....falling asleep of course....i didn't sleep well last pm - jacob was moving around like a crazy man and he is pretty far down there so he was hitting every nerve and there was quite a bit of pressure...prayerfully at our dr. apt today i will have dilated some....i will let you know!