Here are a few pics of Austin's room. There are still a few things to hang on the walls, but for the most part, it's ready to go.

Definitely a Cardinals kid!!

More Pictures of Austin

Austin visiting Tony and Jennifer's school and teachers

Uncle Albie and Michael get to visit on April 19th

Austin Snuggled with MiMi. 4-29

Austin and MiMi's favorite place to sleep- on the couch. 4-29

Austin's first real bath in a tub! 4-30

Austin is 3 weeks old!

Finally I am able to put up some new pictures, more will follow I promise!

Austin got to meet some of his grand parents this last couple weeks.

Here is Austin with Grandma.

Grandma got to visit and help me out for the two weeks after Austin was born.

She was a lifesaver! Thanks Carol!!

Mom and Steve were able to come down last weekend and meet Austin.

Austin looks quite comfortable with Pop-Pop Steve

Austin and MiMi

So many new people to visit and see!

Austin is now 3 weeks old and still sleeps a lot . He is very hungry and is definitely making up for his low weight now! He eats a lot! Tony is able to help out at night with the feedings by giving him a bottle in the early shift (12am or 1am) Which means he usually has to come home from work and take a nap to make up for lack of sleep. : )

We are slowly getting by on our reduced hours of shut eye but enjoying every minute.

Austin is great to go out with, he went grocery shopping yesterday and slept all the way though. He has even made several visits to Brusters for Ice Cream, Levi's Baseball games, Joes for dinner and Church. He is becoming a regular traveler even at 3 weeks.

This past Tuesday we had another Pediatrician appointment for Austin. This time he weighed in at 8lbs 4ozs. So he had put on 11ozs in a week. Yay!! So now we won't see the Dr. again for 2 weeks until Austin's 1 month checkup.

Sorry Stace, but I don't have any of the pictures on this computer to post more. I promise that we will get some new pics up here!!

Well today Austin is 13 days old!

Today is also his original due date! He is growing so fast, his cheeks are filling out and he stretches his arms and his legs a lot more now. It is amazing to see him grow before my eyes!

Grandma Mimms has been helping out and keeping Austin happy so I can complete some homework from my Masters classes that I missed due to our early arrival.

Austin sleeps great, about 2 1/2 to 3 hrs before needing to be fed. He loves to just sit and watch what is going on just taking it all in. Max is finally coming around and has resolved to the fact that Austin is here to stay. Annie is a little mommy and follows whoever has him around.

We go back to the Dr. on Tuesday to have a final weight check. Last Tuesday he was 7lbs 9 ozs. So Tuesday we are hoping to here that he is finally back to his birth weight. If he is then we dont have to be back until his 1 mth check-up.

I will keep you posted on all this activities. Talk to you soon!!

Well, tomorrow I go back to work for the first time since Austin was born. That is going to be a very weird feeling. My mom is out here with us now though so that makes me feel some better. I am so grateful that she is here so Jen will have someone to help her with the baby, if needed, and to take her to appointments. Jen can't drive for 2 more weeks because of having a c-section. Work will not go by fast enough so that I can get back home and be with Austin. I know I have to work but I hate leaving him. Jen is a great mom though so I know he'll be fine. Just jealous that she gets to spend more time with him I guess. heh ;-)

Sleepy baby

Austin had a rough first night at home this past Monday. He was extremely constipated and his body was tensing up so bad and he wasn't just crying but was screaming his lungs out. That was the worst feeling, not being able to help. We saw the pediatrician on Tuesday morning and Austin's weight had dropped to 6lbs 14ozs. He recommended suplementing breast feeding with 1-2ozs of formula. Things got a lot better after that. We saw the dr. again today and the weight is back up to 7lbs 5ozs. Austin has been eating and sleeping much better and is now having regular bowel movements. It's strange how the sound of your baby dirtying his diaper can be the best sound in the world.

Austin's hospital photo page is finally ready. Click on the following link and when it asks for a personal access code, enter 011-96817. Austin's Hospital Photo

Austin's in the house, OH YEAH!

My First Bath

Well today Austin got his first bath. As you can see he wasn't too keen about it at first. He did good though and is now a clean baby.

Going Home!!

Well we are thinking that we may get to go home from the hospital today. We saw one of the doctors this morning and he gave us discharge information and said that Jen was good to go home today. We are still waiting to see the pediatrician though to make sure Austin is able to. If he is, we will probably leave today, although we could stay another day if we wanted. Austin is looking like he may be slightly jaundiced so they did bloodwork on him and we are waiting to hear about that as well.

Jen and I are ready to go home and be able to just relax but at the same time, we kinda like having a nursery full of nurses to take Austin to when we need a rest. Guess we have to go solo at some point though. ;-)

While we wait to see if we can go, here's another Austin pic for you all:

I found out that the hospital has wireless internet so I had my uncle bring my laptop to me. Now I can post some of the pictures from our 'real' digital camera. These will take you from right after Austin was born thru today.

It would only let me post 5 pics in one post, so here are the last four. Jen and I don't look our best in the last picture but Austin still looks really cute!

GO CARDS!!

Chillin out after just eating. He's fed twice now and still hasn't had a dirty diaper. I'm sure he's saving it all up for one big diaper changing ;-)

Our Baby Austin

We had our baby today, 2 weeks early. His name is Austin McCluer Mimms. He was born at 1:32pm est. and weighs 7lbs 11ozs and is 19 and 3/4 inches long. Mommy and baby are doing great! Dad is too, we're just all tired. More pics to come.

We may live in Atlanta now but this baby is definitely gonna be a Cardinals fan, if I have anything to say about it. ;-) We're gonna start him off early by having him wear a Cardinals beanie hat and a Cardinals sleeper home from the hospital. Here's what they look like.


I know the hat seems alot bigger than the sleeper, comparatively, it's just how the pictures look.

Here he is!!

Well not exactly 'here' yet. This is our little boy floating around enjoying the high life. On Saturday we went and had a 3d ultrasound, with a 4d video. I am amazed with what you can see! He has the cutest face! Well you don't have to take my word for it, take a look at the pictures! :)

8 Months

We are at 33 weeks now and the end is getting very close!!( or should I say the beginning!) We had a Dr. Appointment on Monday and I don't have Gestational Diabetes (Yea!) I really am not surprised, just glad they could rule that out. This little guy likes to keep us on our toes. When the Dr. measured my belly the baby was measuring normal this time, so much for the 3 weeks bigger. Well see though, this next appointment (March 15th) we will be having another ultrasound to see if he is still breach (he is because his head is in my ribs!) and to check his size again. I love seeing him move around and his development. We are making progress on the babies room I hope to post some pictures of the room this week. Keep up in your prayers, we miss you all.

Valentine's Day 2006
Tony surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of 24 roses sent to work. It took them several days to open up. This weekend I finally got an opportunity to take some pictures of them. I wanted to share them with you.

Here is the picture from our last ultra sound -- Notice the GA (Gestational Age) at the top says 30 weeks 2 days and the bottom says 33 weeks and 6 or 2 days!! I haven't figured out what all those acronyms mean yet and why there are 2 sets of data at the bottom right.

I can't believe that it has already been two weeks since our last post. Time flies by! We had another doctor's appointment yesterday. The baby is measuring big, three weeks big to be exact. It's kinda strange, the doctor said that his arms and legs are measuring normal size but his head and torso are measuring bigger than normal. He wants Jen to come back on Monday, Feb 20th for a 3 hour glucose test. They are wondering if her original glucose test was really a false negative and that she may actually have gestational diabetese. The doctor did not seem really concerned so we aren't really concerned at this point either. If the test results say that she does have it, then we will just follow whatever the doctor tells us to do. Anyway, pray for us that everything goes well for the rest of the pregnancy. We do have a couple more, new, ultrasound pictures and another video that I may try to get put up here on the blog.....that is when I have time inbetween 'getting ready for baby' projects. ;-)

7 months

Wow! It has been very hard for me to comprehend that we will have a child in 3 months (or less)! Everything has been going well. Our baby is moving A LOT! Now it has gotten to the point that I can see him move around rather than just feel it. I feel big. I have heart burn a lot and have resorted to sleeping on the chase lounge upstairs in the loft . Tony has graciously joined me on the other part of the sectional and we have moved the whole bedtime ritual of fan, ocean CD and alarm clock in to the loft! I sleep better in there, but that is not saying much. We just had our 28 week (7 mth) check up on Monday and when the Dr. measured me she was concerned about the size of the baby, that he was bigger than she had intended. So now we have to have another ultrasound when we go back for our next appointment which are now in 2 week intervals. So on Feb 13th we will have another ultrasound I am guessing to determine if my due date is accurate.

When she told me he was big, the first thing running though my head is my sisters 9lb 2oz children (yes both were exactly the same weight). That and the fact that this might become reality sooner than I am ready! So pray for us, not only for the babys health, but for our preperaton for him to come (since NOTHING is done!!)

Love to all! Jennifer

Christmas 2005
I know, I know this is very, Very late!!
I just haven't had time to post these pictures!

Tony and Annie watching some TV.

A very cool picture we took of our Christmas tree.

On Christmas we decided to break out the turkey fryer that we got LAST Christmas and had not been used yet. Tony did a great job! It was the best tasting turkey I ever had.

How does it look? Is it edible?

Never having fried a turkey we were all very hesitant, and weren't exactly sure what it should look like when it was done. But YUM! It was delicious!!

Well, this past weekend my dad retired from the Union Pacific Railroad after 35 years. I was lucky enough to be able to find an affordable roundtrip plane ticket (with a rental car included) and fly to Omaha to be there for his retirement dinner. It was actually a surprise for him and my mom. The included rental car was perfect for the surprise. I flew into Omaha Friday night and then used the rental car to drive to my dad's apartment. I then called him on my cell phone and asked him to buzz me into the building. It was pretty funny because he didn't believe that I was there at first. Even better, once I was in his apartment, I used his cell phone to call my mom, who was driving to Omaha with my sister and her husband. She asked what I was doing. I told her that I was sitting on the couch watching tv with dad. She was like, "No, your not." I had to tell her to look at her cell phone and see what phone I was calling her from. She couldn't believe it.

The retirement dinner for him was Saturday evening. There was a real good turn out of people from his work there. It was really nice. Sunday we packed up his apartment into a U-Haul trailer and him and my mom should be back home in St. Louis sometime today. Below are just a few quick pictures I took at the dinner with my cell phone.

Congratulations dad!!!
(Now, get that log home done!!!)

Well, an internet project that I have been working off and on with since about July of last year is finally officially up and running. If you know any groups, clubs, school sports teams, etc that would be interested in getting rhinestone logos or team/club names in rhinestones, for clothing, equipment bags, or the like, have them check out www.rhinestone-transfers.com. There is an examples page that will give ideas of what we can do. We create the rhinestone design heat transfers that you could then put on the clothes, equipment bags, etc. Just have them go there and fill out a quote request form and we will work up a quote for them and contact them with the info.

My actual part in this whole thing was getting the web site up and running and getting the automated quote request form working. (That was a pain in the **bleep**!) But anyway, tell a friend, co-worker, family member, a stranger off the street, anyone really, to go check us out.

Actually I was hoping to post this before Jen made her post but I didn't get to it. Before Jen posted it had been awhile between posts. Part of it was just the hectic times of the holidays but another reason was that my Uncle Dale passed away on New Years. His passing was hard on all of us. For me, this was the first time I have really had to deal with the loss of someone very close to me. I guess, in that respect, that I've been pretty lucky. I know that he is in a much better place in Heaven. I would just ask that you all keep his family in your thoughts and prayers, especially now that alot of friends and family have had to return to their homes.


We miss you Uncle Dale and look forward to when we are all together again!

Wow how the months fly!

What everyone wants to know.... What does Jennifer look like pregnant?!?
Well I really didn't start taking pictures until I was five months. So here they are!

5 Months

6 Months

Our baby boy still does not have a name although a lot of suggestions have been made.

We are still deciding between about four. We will let you know once we have made our decision. (Which might be the day he arrives, at this rate!) Mostly it is me holding up the final decision. This is a lot harder than I thought!!

Baby is kicking and moving a lot, unless Tony is around and then he seems to go stealth!

St. Louis Cardinals will be the theme of the baby's room. Tony has a ton of great memorabilia to bring into the room. Now we just need to get the rest of my stuff out and get painting!

Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Dale were the first to contribute to the theme, a baseball shaped rug! We are very excited about planning the room, just not the work to put it all together!

I will keep you up to date!