Kissing Boo-Boos

Here's the latest totally adorable thing that Jackson does: His grandma (Chris) taught him about how kisses help boo-boos feel better, and they kissed each others boo-boos. Over the next few days it evolved to Jackson kissing all of our boo-boos, and having us kiss all of his boo-boos. Now he's cut out the middleman and he kisses his own boo-boos.
:-)

The Arrival of Tera Nicole Medeiros

All Friday night, I had contractions that were just painful enough to keep me awake and annoyed. I assumed they were just Braxton-Hicks (false labor), so I drank tons of water and kept changing positions but nothing helped. They finally just went away at about 4 AM on Saturday morning.

Around 9 AM on Saturday, the contractions came back, but again, I assumed they were just Braxton-Hicks. Matt, Jackson, and I went out to breakfast at Crepeville and walked around the Farmers' Market. On the way home (around 11:30 AM), I decided that since my contractions seemed to be getting more painful, I should start writing down the time when each one started. At 1:30 PM, they were about 20 minutes apart and getting a bit more painful (like menstrual cramps), so I called the ob-gyn on call. She basically said not to worry about it unless they get about 5 minutes apart.

At 6:30 PM, my contractions were still about 10 minutes apart, but a little more painful, and I didn't want to spend another night awake with contractions so I called the ob-gyn again. She said to go to the birthing center and they would check me out. I threw some necessities in my hospital bag and brought it with me just in case.

By the time Matt, Jackson, and I got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitors, my contractions were varying from 3-8 minutes and were VERY painful (like the worst menstrual cramps EVER). The nurse said it would only take about 20 minutes to have me on the monitors and make a decision about whether to send me home or do a c-section, so Matt and Jackson went to wander around and I was to call them when I was ready to go (we assumed I would be sent home). Finally, and hour and a half later (at 9 PM), I was told that since I couldn't talk through my contractions they were going to schedule a c-section for 10 PM that night.

Aunt Judy came and hung out with Jackson (who fell asleep and missed all of the excitement) at the hospital, while Matt came into the operating room with me. Everything went quickly and smoothly.

Tera Nicole Medeiros was born at 10:52 PM on July 17, 2010. She weighed 5 pounds 15.4 ounces, and was 18 inches long. She was perfectly healthy, with a full head of jet black hair.

Happy Boy

How do you make a teething toddler THIS happy?

First, on a hot day, let him run around in the backyard with one shoe on. Then let him get soaking wet playing with a hose and playing in a wading pool. Invite his cousins over to play and get wet too. Finally, hand him a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting (or ice cream, as he calls frosting).

Bliss!

Solano County Fair 2010

Just like last year, Jackson's favorite activity was playing in the corn box.





He and his cousins, Ashley and Allie, played there for about 45 minutes. Judy and I enjoyed sitting in the shade and chatting while they played, so I guess it was our favorite activity too! :-)

Future artists

I wasn't allowed on any of the rides because I'm pregnant (not even the kiddie rides, duh!), and the carousel was the only ride that Jackson was tall enough to go on. Luckily, Grandma was willing to go on the carousel with him so he wouldn't totally miss out!

Gardening

Jackson and I did some gardening today. We planted basil, thyme, and some kangaroo paw. Jackson's job was to water, and boy did he do a good job! This is the cute, little 2 step process he kept repeating as he watered:






First, he would carefully fill the pitcher with water.










Then he would pour the water from the pitcher onto the plants (or dirt). He must have remembered using a watering can to water the garden at Fairytale Town, because I certainly didn't tell him he had to water that way . . .








I guess all that work made him thirsty, because he would stop to take a drink from the hose fairly often. :-)

Jackson's Big Boy Bike

I found a super cute, toddler bike with training wheels, for Jackson, at a garage sale a couple of weekends ago. The crazy thing is that he has two trikes that he can't reach the pedals on yet, but on his "new" bike he can. Yes, we might have jumped the gun a bit, because he totally doesn't get the whole pedaling thing yet. However he sure has fun when Mom and Dad push him around on it, so we think it was a good purchase.

I mean, really, how CUTE is that?!

The Potty Fest Continues . . .

I thought that Jackson using the potty the other day might have been a fluke, but he continues to use it! He uses it about half the time that he needs to pee, and he hasn't gone poo in it yet, but it's a start!