A Reflection on Becoming a Mom

I didn't blog when I was pregnant which makes me sad but I was too busy and too tired to blog. I thought I would do a post reflecting on my journey to becoming a Mother with Mother's Day coming up on Saturday.

I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with Jackson like it was yesterday, it was one of the best days of my life. It was actually last years Mother's Day when I found out and it was the best Mother's Day present I could ever receive.

Adam was going fishing early that morning and I got up and took a pregnancy test and thought it was negative and went back to bed. Later that morning when I got up I looked at the pregnancy test again and it was positive, I WAS PREGNANT, I was going to be a Mother. I paced back and forth in the bathroom, I couldn't believe it, I was so excited and so scared all at the same time. I couldn't wait for Adam to come home and as soon as he walked in I blurted out I think I'm pregnant and after a few more test it was confirmed we were going to be parents. We were so happy, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into.

Here is the first belly shot I took when I was pregnant, I think I thought I had a bump haha

Here I am again still no belly but I guess I thought it was there

The next 9 months of our lives was amazing watching my belly grow and feeling our little man move. I had a pretty good pregnancy. I was sick and exhausted in the first trimester but by the second trimester I was feeling pretty good and up until the very end when I was just so ready for him to come I felt good. I'm sure I was interesting to live with but Adam was amazing and he was there every step of the way, he never missed anything.

I remember the day we found out Jackson was a boy, also one of the best days of my life. I think at that point Adam and I were convinced Jackson had to be a girl since everyone seemed so certain he was a boy. The ultrasound tech asked us for our boy and girl names and then asked if we were ready to find out then she put a picture of Jackson on the screen with his name on it, I instantly started crying, I couldn't believe it I was going to have a son. It took Adam a little bit longer to figure it out because he didn't see his name on the screen. I leaned over and said babe you are going to have a son, it was amazing getting to see his reaction he was so happy.

I have a little belly here, this is right after we found out Jackson was a boy so about 18 weeks pregnant

Here is Adam painting Jack's room, we painted it the weekend after we found out. We were so excited to finally be able to get started on his room

I'm starting to really get a belly here, I loved it when I finally started looking pregnant

I believe this was early December the belly was getting big

Here we are at Christmas

This is the last picture I took on my phone before Jackson arrived so this was the very end

That 9 months was amazing and I wouldn't trade one single moment, all the ups and downs were so worth the outcome of our son. I loved feeling his kicks and movements in my belly, I miss it sometimes. Now we have Jackson and I love him so much, the kind of love that makes your heart hurt. My heart has grown so much to fit all the love inside not just for Jackson but for Adam too. I love Adam more than I ever thought possible, seeing him as a Daddy to our son is one of the most amazing things in the world. I love our family and life is absolutely amazing. Don't get me wrong I have my days when I am totally exhausted and at my wits end and wonder what I got myself into but I wouldn't change one single second. Becoming a Mother is my greatest accomplishment in life and I love my new job, I think it's the best in the world!

Here it is the moment when I truly became a Mother

There I am seeing my beautiful baby boy for the first time, I was so happy

Happy Daddy

Happy parents finally got to meet our wonderful son!

Alright I suppose that is enough of that and you are probably wondering where is the good stuff, the pictures of Jackson. 

After bath time wearing his frog towel for the first time

Playing with Scout and Rupard

Bath time

Hanging out with Papa while the girls were bridesmaid dress shopping

Grammy and Aunt Abi gave me a bath

I got to hang out with my cousin Emily

I went on my first boat ride on Friday and I had a blast I don't love being in my life jacket for very long but I do love having the wind in my hair

Hanging out with Dad on the boat

I caught my first fish with Dad and Uncle Blake

I went to pick out a highchair

Headed to Stroller Strides with Mom, we go every MWF and we are having a blast working out and meeting new Moms!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Moms out there! A big thanks to my Mom and Mother-in-law for raising Adam & I, you are both such wonderful Mother's to us and we are so blessed to have you in our lives!

Three WONDERFUL Months

Today Jackson is three months old and time is really flying by, I can't believe it's been three months since he made his entrance into this world and changed our lives forever. A lot has changed since he was born and just over the past month, Jackson is starting to get a wonderful little personality. He gives out a lot of smiles these days and each time he gives me one is just as special as the last. He is a morning person, unlike his Mommy, he must have gotten that from Daddy. He is the happiest in the morning and gives out the most smiles, seeing those smiles is enough to make Mommy a morning person and he warms my heart each morning and I couldn't imagine starting my day off any other way. He does a lot of babbling these days and a little laughing. He can roll over from his tummy to his back and if you put things into his hand he can hold onto them. He is getting better at sleeping in his crib, he just started taking all his naps in there and he sleeps in there till about 2 in the morning and then we transition him into our room until his 4:30-5:30 feeding and then he usually wakes up for the day between 7-8. He is starting to get a pretty predictable schedule which I am enjoying because it's much easier to plan the day when I know what to expect and I know what he is wanting. He is an amazing little guy and his Daddy and I could not love him more! Here is his three month pictures with his likes and dislikes...

We have had some fun adventures over the past week, I didn't get a lot of pictures but I will share the few that I did get. Last Sunday we went to the Lone Star Park for Family Fun day and they had Camel and Ostrich races, they also had the Horses. It was very entertaining, I don't think you could pay me enough to get on one of those Ostriches they were crazy, I felt bad for the Jockeys that had to ride them. Overall we had a good time and made a couple bets on the horse races and came out even for the day. Here is the one picture Blake took when he was introducing Jackson to the horses...

Jackson & Uncle Blake checking out the horses, Uncle Blake is very cute with Jackson he took him all around to meet people at the race

Last Friday was also my 28th Birthday and Uncle Blake & Aunt Emily took care of Jackson while Adam took me on a sushi date. We had a lot of fun on our date and it was nice to get a little time just the two of us!! My boys made my birthday extra special, they made me breakfast in bed and gave me flowers with a balloon and Jackson even gave me a gift card for a manicure and pedicure (I think his Daddy must have given them the idea)! The most special present of all was having my boys to celebrate the day with!! Again we are bad at taking pictures but here is one from the night when we picked up Jackson after our date...

Blowing out my candles, Adam got some yummy cupcakes for my birthday

Adam & I after our Birthday date

Yesterday we headed downtown for the art festival we go to every year, it's always fun to walk around and look at the art and eat some of the yummy food they have there each year. Here are the picture from that...

Jackson's first adventure downtown, I think he had a good time!

The whole family at the art festival

Because I know you all enjoy pictures of Jackson so much I will add a few more of our favorites over the past week...

We made a trip to the office to surprise Daddy and he got to hang out with Mike

He also got to hang out with Uncle Blake while we were there and meet the big man Bryson but I didn't get a picture of that

He tried on his sunglasses, they are a little big but they almost fit

He made some very funny faces!

Napping in his crib while I type this, if you look close you can tell he has broken out of his swaddle we are working on not swaddling him for sleeping but a lot of the times it's the only thing that will help get him to sleep

This is how I found Trigger this morning while I was typing this, he acts like he gets no sleep these days when really he is the one who gets the most, our dog is pitiful in the middle of the night when we feed Jackson he makes these moans like we are really disturbing him

This is a video showing off Jackson's skills and talking

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

The Many Adventures of Jackson

Sorry it's been so long since I last updated the blog but we have been very busy going on trips and having visitors come into town. Jackson has been having a lot of fun going to new places and meeting new people over the past month! After my last blog post Aunt Abi and Uncle David came to visit us St. Patrick Day Weekend and here are some pictures form the visit...

Aunt Abi & Jackson in their Green for St. Patrick Day

David cooked us Breakfast

Aunt Abi had fun with Jackson in the BabyBjorn

After Aunt Abi & Uncle David left we all got dressed in our green and went out to eat

On March 20 Jackson turned 2 months old and I made his photo of likes and dislikes at 2 months...

The next weekend we took Jackson home to College Station for his cousins Katy and Travis 6th and 3rd Birthday Party. Mommy and Daddy weren't very good at taking pictures but I do have one of my parents with all their grandkids at the Birthday party...

Honey, Hobby, Katy, Travis, Brenden, Emily & Jackson at the Birthday Party

Honey with Jackson & Emily 

After the Birthday Party we packed up and headed to Brenham to meet lots of new people and here are some pictures from that adventure...

Nanny was very excited to see Jackson she hadn't seen home since the hospital

Grammy bought me a mat to play with at her house

Grammy & Aunt Abi gave me a bath

I talked to them a lot after my bath

and then Aunt Abi helped put me to bed telling me I had a big day tomorrow and was going to meet lots of Hueskes

The next morning I woke up excited and hung out with Papa Joe for a while, he is a lot of fun!

Pop came over and played with me on my mat

Before everyone arrived I took a nap with Mom

Trigger came too and played outside with Hunter

I met my Aunt Connie

and I met my Aunt Maurice

and my Aunt Joyce

and Casey

and Michael and Avery

and Michelle

I met a lot of other Hueskes that weekend but we didn't get a picture with all of them but we will make a lot more visits home so I am sure we will get some one day! On our way out of town we stopped and took a picture in the bluebonnets...

here we are as a family in the bluebonnets

I slept through the whole photo shoot I was pretty tired from meeting so many people

The next weekend my Cousin Walker came to visit and meet me for the first time...

Walker & Jackson meeting for the first time

We had a lot of fun while Walker, Josh and Lindsey were in town the boys went to work on the boat and the girls with Jackson and Walker had lunch a Joe T Garcia's.We can't wait to see them again and I think Jackson and Walker are going to be pretty good buds as they get older.

Next it was Easter weekend and we headed to Galveston Thursday afternoon, it was a very very long drive but we had a lot of fun being with the family and in Galveston for Easter. Here are some pictures from the weekend...

Mom put me in my Easter Basket I didn't really like that very much

Uncle Blake put me on a beach towel to look at the sky, he said I liked that

Mom & Dad were there they had fun

I got two Easter Baskets because I am super special

We did go to the beach once but there was a lot of seaweed so it really wasn't a very good beach day and we didn't get any pictures but next time we will put his feet in the sand and water and get some good pictures!!

So that is what we have been up to the past month very very busy but having a lot of fun!! This Friday is my Birthday so Adam & I are going out on a date and Uncle Blake and Aunt Emily are taking care of Jackson!

Hope everyone had a great Easter!!