Austin survived!

Austin survived his 2nd month check-up which included 4 vaccinations! Two in each leg. He cried a lot, but Tony and I agree, we think he took it better than his 1st vaccination. He is very tired today and has slept a lot. Don't mind that at all!!

So here are his new stats:

Weight-14.4 lbs (75%)

Heights 23 inches (50%)

Head Circ-41 cm (50%)

Now remember that he actually over 2 1/2 months. He doesn't have to go back until his 4 mth check up which is Aug 11th. The bad news is we have to do it all again for the last of the series. We won't tell Austin that though.

We can wait to see everyone in Missouri next month. Stay safe this summer and have fun!

Austin is wearing a shirt that Carol made for Tony over 30 years ago out of a handkerchief!

It looks great on him.

His big belly was hanging out so I put a Onsie on underneath.

Austin is sleeping in his crib now! We are very excited that we don't have to buy so many batteries for the swing now! Every chance we get he takes a nap in his crib and he only wakes up once between 11pm and 5:30 am. We are attempting to give him a bedtime and Tony is brave enough (or he picked the short straw) to sit up with him when he cries and is having a rough night. He eventually goes to sleep by 11pm and we both get to go to bed together for the first time since Austin arrived. I am actually able to make this post because he is sleeping! The last 2 days he has started to find a schedule that fits for him. His crankiness is starting to limit itself to the evening. We hope the end of the mood swings are coming to a close (at least for now, knock on wood). We need a serious break! Gretchen has even offered to watch Austin so I can clean my house, now how sad is that!

But with all the craziness, each time he smiles and laughs he make up for a weeks screaming and fussing :).

Today is Austin's 2mth check up (even though he is over 2 1/2 mths old) and he has to have 4 vaccinations today. So pray for him! We will tell you how it goes next time

Talk to you soon!

If you haven't checked out the Castrucciopalooza blog, you should. It's run by a couple friends of ours from back in St. Charles, Mo. They've recently changed the look of the site and I think it looks really nice. Also, Joni takes great pictures and she is always posting some up for everyone to see. Looking forward to seeing James, Joni, and the kids again on our visit back to Mo. in July.

My sister told me that she never received an email to let her know about our last post. I checked into it and it looks like there was a problem with the notification service I had set up. I'm pretty sure I've got it fixed. We'll find out with this latest post I guess! ;-)

Austin is 2 months old!

A lot has happened since the last post. So bare with me and then we will get to the pictures!

OK, Austin and I just got back from Hampton, VA. It was an interesting ride to my Mom's. I had my first "bad mommy" experience when I locked Austin in the car! I had unlocked the back door to feed Austin and since it was getting hot I was going to keep the car running while I sat in the back but didn't want the driver door open so I manually locked only to find out after I shut the door that it locked all the doors again and I was locked out! Thanks to the 5 police officers of Hillsboro NC one hour later a very hungry Austin was fed.

Friday Jessica graduated with her Associates from Tidewater Medical Institute. We are excited for her!

We had a great time in Hampton and everyone loved Austin. Thursday Austin started to put all weight on his legs for a couple seconds and even lifted his head up 45 degrees when laying on his belly. (he doesn't like to be on his belly very much). He will now spontaneously laugh and even laughs in his sleep. He smiles a lot too! He doesn't have a schedule down yet and is still pretty fussy some days. But he will sleep 4-4 1/2 hours at night now!!!

I will try to write more later, don't want to put you to sleep until after you get to the pictures!!
There are a lot of pictures but there were a lot of people to meet in such a short time!

Austin is 2 months old!

First trip to the beach!
Austin with his feet in the sand

30 something and babies!
Debra with Jacob, Shari with Caleb, and Jennifer with Austin
What a busy year!

Donovan and Wendy

Debra and Jacob. Jacob is 8mths old

Aunt Mary Lou with Austin

Great Grandpa Harold and Austin

Nicole and Albert with Austin

Cousins!
Jennifer and Debra
Jacob and Austin

Meeting Dylan and Lara

Were here! We got there!
Aunt Jessica and cousins Lara and Dylan

Great Grandma Jenkins

A very interesting exhibit at the Living Museum
What a photo opportunity!

Aunt Kim came to visit!!

Austin took to Kim very quickly (not that he had a choice) :)

We had a great time and Kim helped with diaper changes and

some bottle feedings and even a couple crying fits.

His bottom never hit his chair, if she had anything to do with it.

He even went to the GAP with us and didn't even complain.

(good boy!)

He loves his Aunt Kim the best

(Well, thats what Kim says he told her)

We'll See!

We took Austin to the pool for the first time this past Saturday.

Austin Swimming
Just Chillin'
Swimming is hard work!

Austin loves the pool, he first pulled up his legs when he was first put in the water, but soon got acclimated and settled down and soon fell asleep. At one point his arms were stretched out in the water and he was sound asleep.

I added a new feature to our blog. If you look on the left hand side, below Jen and my names, you will see a place to sign up to receive an email when we update our blog. Right now, it's just set up to let you know that we have updated the blog. If you all would rather, I can have it email the actual posting instead. I think it will send one email a day between 12am and 6am EST with any updates. Leave a comment and let me know if you want me to leave it the way it is currently setup (only notifies you that there was an update, you actually have to come to the site to read what we posted) or if you want me to set it up to email the entire post. The one thing I couldn't tell is whether or not it will email any pictures that may be in the post, or just the text, so take that into consideration as well.

Having a hail storm

Jennifer and Austin on our First Mother's Day!!

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Austin's new ride!

Happy Mother's Day!!
Love Austin

Wow what a full weekend! Austin has met lots of new family members!

The Mimms' Men

3 Generations of Mimms

Austin meets his Grandpa Mimms

His Great Grandma Hindle

His Great Grandpa Hindle

His Grandpa Ray

and Grandma Darcie

Austin is 5 weeks on Saturday. Friday afternoon Tony's parents were able to come see Austin, John had not been able to come down earlier with Carol after Austin was born. He was able to meet Austin for the first time this weekend.

Saturday we went to Buena Vista, GA to see my Dad, Darcie, Grandma and Grandpa Hindle. The also met Austin for the first time. We had a great visit and Austin was able to express every mood swing that he has for everyone to enjoy. :) We were happy to see everyone again.

Austin had his 1 month Dr. appt. yesterday. He now weighs in at 10lbs 1oz, is 22 inches long and his head is 38cm around. His measurements were in the 50th percentile all the way around. So he is doing really well! He also got a shot. Needless to say that he wasn't real impressed with the whole shot thing. The nurse stuck in the needle and it took about a second to register. Then Austin started screaming. It was one of those screams where you just scream and then you run out of breath but you're still trying to scream and can't take a breath in, so it looks like you are screaming but no sound is coming out. I had to prompt Austin to breath. He finally did and then continued to scream. Poor kid. I was proud of him though, he only screamed for a total of about 30-35 seconds, if that long. Then Jen fed him a little and he was out.

My parents will get here today. This will be the first time my dad has been able to see Austin.

When he's not making funny faces he's probably asleep. :-)

*We both got new phones and I'm still figuring out how mine works, so I apologize for the small picture size. I'll get it figured out. ;-))

Austin makes the cutest faces.

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!!