Friday, January 24, 2014

3 Weeks and Counting

Jordy:

-likes to look at the Christmas lights that are up in the living room
-often gets hiccups
-loves to snuggle (has yet to fall asleep without being held)
-likes to be warm (hates getting changed/undressed)
-is a good little eater...and decides he's hungry in about 5 seconds flat! (he's made a lot of progress eating- he started out like a cat just licking the milk!)
-loves to suck on his pacifier
-calms down when he hears the rainstick (most of the time)
-was born with a really strong neck- he was holding himself up and looking around right when we got home from the hospital
-we can get him to look at our faces (sometimes his eyes still go a little cross-eyed, but not often)
-was born with really long fingernails (and we haven't really been able to cut them yet--leaving him with a few scratches on his face)
 -has shown a few little glimpses of a smile-in-the-making (may have been gas related...however, most of the time "those" things don't even phase him- he'll sleep right through his squirts!!) 
-not a big fan of his swing, bouncer chair or his play pen. He will sleep in the big bed though...figures! 
-outgrew newborn diapers at about a week and a half (not before going through 2 full packs! We knew it was probably time for the next size up when we went through more than 5 outfits in one day Ü) 
-was back up to his birth-weight (and passed it by 3 oz) at his 2 week doctor's appointment! That's our big, growing boy! 






**Thanks Uncle Ben for helping get Jordy's picture taken. I know, poor guy, not even a year off his mission and he's being mistaken for having a kid already! But he was a good sport and very helpful- that would have been awful trying to do that alone. THANKS BEN!

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Grateful for families



I am so grateful that my mom and dad could be with us to help out these first few weeks. My dad had to leave for a business trip for some of the time, but we were happy to have them with us. 

My mom is absolutely AMAZING. I would have been so lost without her. She made us yummy dinners (and made enough to have leftovers for later), stayed up at night with Jordy so we could sleep, helped give him his first bath, spoiled Jordy with lots of clothes, toys, books and so much more. Jordy LOVES his Grandma Hyatt! She just has the magic touch Ü I hope one day I'll be even half the mom that she is. Thanks mom! 



I am so grateful for the knowledge of eternal families...knowing Jordy is ours FOREVER.




Spending some quality father-son time...watching the football game! Tyler dreamed of this day-and Jordy seems to love it already! Oh my boys :) 


Can't get enough of this little guy!


So kissable... and hug-able... and lovable... and: UNBELIEVABLE!  


1 week old!
His sleeper "dress" with bunny hands...very manly :)
At least HE's getting to sleep...if someone's holding him!
(2 weeks old)
Angry face!
Sleeping with daddy :)
Too cute!

Thinking...thinking...thinking...






Don't be fooled...he only lasted for about 7 min, in his swing before realizing he wasn't being held!

Jordy watching Uncle Ben's soccer game (11 days old!)

What a sleepy head! 


Saturday, January 18, 2014

Blessing


We were so grateful that our families could be with us on this special day! 

Davis Family 
Hyatt Family 

Proud Daddy!
Tyler gave a wonderful blessing. It was sweet to see him get choked up blessing his son and being so proud to be a Dad. He is such a good man and I'm so grateful that he was able to bless our son.
I hope Jordy grows up to be just like him. 

What a cute outfit Grandma Hyatt found for this special day! Thanks!
And thanks Aunt Jessica for the beautiful blanket (she made it!) 



Saturday, January 11, 2014

A late Christmas present


Even though Jordy came after Christmas, we couldn't resist seeing him with his Santa hat on! 



 Packers vs. 49ers
Sunday, January 5th...almost 1 week old!


No- we did not name Jordy after Packer's # 87: Jordy Nelson...however, we may have started discussing the name after some really good catches this season! :) 

We haven't found a baby Jordy jersey...but there's no shame in wearing #12 either! 



Daddy already putting him to work, only 6 days old! 





He may have been born in Provo, UT...but he has green and gold in his blood! 
Even though Packers didn't win this game we had plenty to celebrate with Jordy here Ü






Friday, January 10, 2014

Introducing the newest member of the Davis "Adventure Club" . . .

Welcome: Jordan Paul Davis!

At 4:27 am on Monday, December 30th, 2013 we welcomed "little" Jordy into our family!

I went in for a check-up on Friday and was told I was dilated to 1 cm and because of having a little high blood pressure, we were given the option of being induced that night. However, we decided to give our little guy a few more days to see if he'd come on his own. (Though, we still went on some walks and tried eating spicy food to help encourage him to come...whether those things help or not- it at least helped us stay busy thinking we were encouraging him!) I had a bad headache all Sunday and after talking to the on-call nurse, she said to go in and get checked. So, in we went with our bags packed (But not until we saw the Packers beat the Bears- securing a spot in the playoffs...which was very important to see!) They were monitoring my blood pressure- but because it wasn't dangerously high and I was at about 4 cm already, they again gave us the option of being induced-- which we decided to go ahead and do (we figured we were about as ready as we were going to be!) 

I was started on some Pitocin to get things going at about 9pm. I had been having minor contractions- I just wasn't feeling much still--but I started feeling them pretty soon after that! Just after midnight I was ready for an epidural (yeah for modern medicine!), but I was still feeling contractions so I had to get something added to the epidural which finally made things nicer! At 2 am the doctor came and broke my water and then the nurse came in about 4am to check on me and was surprised to see I was already at 10 cm! She called in the doctor and they got prepped (I woke Tyler up from sleeping on the couch in the room to say "this is it!" and the nurse told him he'd be helping hold a leg, but poor Tyler was still half asleep and asked, "do I have to?!") But he did a good job- he kept his word and mostly just looked at my face and helped count for me- the next part just went so fast... it seemed like it was over before I really started...I hardly pushed for 15-20 min and Jordy was born by 4:27! It really was an amazing thing- one minute he was inside me, the next he was laying on my chest. I wouldn't have traded that experience for anything. I really can't describe it except to say I am grateful Jordy turned so that I was able to experience it (I know, it sounds weird to say that- but it's true! I didn't understand until actually doing it...and even being part of it- it still seemed a little surreal! But it was incredible to realize I was holding OUR SON in my arms!)


One final picture before meeting Jordy...
(Yes- celebrating the Packer's victory by
wearing Tyler's "got Aaron?" shirt!)


The first thing the doctor said when he pulled Jordy out was, "That is not a 7 lb baby!" (I'm not sure why they thought he'd be 7 lbs...they must make bets guessing the weight with every delivery). Nope- our little guy was a whopping 9 lbs 4 oz (20 inches)! 




 Just perfect!

 That's one proud daddy! 



The nurses brought Jordy into our room and gave us about 5 min. of "do's" and "don'ts" and that was that! Tyler and I just looked at each other...that was our "initiation" into parenthood. They just expected us to know what to do with him...ha! Where was the instruction manual?! 

Good thing for grandmas and grandpas!!!
Grandpa Davis

Grandma Davis



Grandma Hyatt
Grandpa Hyatt








Coming home!

Apparently with big babies, they often have trouble with low blood sugar after being born. We got a little scared, but the pediatrician reassured us that as long as he was eating every 2 hours or so his levels should go up. It meant that Jordy had to get poked almost every time he ate to test his blood sugar, and after a slow start, his levels eventually went up. He had to keep the levels up for 24 hours, and he did it! We got the "ok" to go home about 6pm December 31st. I couldn't believe it...they were actually letting us leave with this perfect little baby!!