Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Jackson 1 Week old

Jackson and Mary are doing very well. I have a few pictures from yesterday here. Mary went our the to the library and got a huge stack of books. Jackson is sleeping well [knock on wood] so we will see how long that lasts. Right now he loves to be held and rocked. He seems to have a very strong neck and is able to pick his head up and look around. I have decided to weekly [atleast] post pictures of the progression since day 0. So this week is "week 1" and we have picture 0 and day 7.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Hiccups

Today Jackson had a bad case of the hiccups, we were able to get a short video of him in the crib. Here he is with the hiccups

Mobile Video

Today we used the camera to get small video of Jackson watching his mobile in his crib. You can see it by clicking here Video ( you may need quick time to view this)

Jackson's Mobile

We had a very relaxing day here. Both Jackson and Mary were able to rest a lot today. I shot a short video of Jackson watching his mobile in his crib. He has not yet started to grab at it, but when he does we will need to lower the crib or maybe hack the toy to make it rotate faster. Julie did a lot of cooking so we will be well fed for the next week or so.

Saturday, May 26, 2007


Today was a great day at home we read the paper. Jackson just loves "Get Fuzzy" I think that we will keep him he even laughs at my readings. He was also able to relax in his comfy chair. Stella did get an up close and personal look at him. He and Mary had a great restful evening as he was able to be close to her and take a nap. We are looking forward to the long weekend.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Relaxing at home

Today was a great day at home. Jackson and a Mary have been resting a lot and are enjoying the quiteness. It will be good to get back onto a schedule and maybe with some luck we can get Jackson into some kind of pattern. This evening he had a case of the hiccups, I got a short video below. Jackson's uncle Josh and Aunt Cam are already looking for toys. But Josh wants to get him a machete, thank goodness Cam's cooler head has prevailed. Maybe later.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Jackson at Home

Today we brough Jackson home. He and Mary are resting well, he seemed to really enjoy the car ride home [i.e. he slept]. He seems to be quite content and relaxed. The dogs now know what is up but they are still figuring out how to react. They have both sniffed him and are appearing to be uninterested. But his evening cries did cause some amazement, they have not put the two together that he is the source of the noise. Mary got some rest yesterday at the hospital and I am hoping that she will do better at home with more familiar surroundings. I was able to get some pictures yesterday as we visited in the hospital with the Larios grand parents on May 22 while still at the hospital. I am looking forward to June when my parents arrive and he can visit with the other set as well.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Gram's prediction

May 21:
"You have a great deal of confidence in your ability and what you can
accomplish. You are original and compelling; love nature and sports.
You love your home, like to make it beautiful and are devoted to your
family."

We have arrival, and our winner is Julie with the 21st. He is Jackson Thomas Gatlin, 8 pounds 6 oz and 22.5 in long. He arrived at 8:58PM PST after about 2 hours of hard pushing. Our first set of pictures are here.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Not yet

There is no baby out yet. It looks like I am going to lose the pool at the rate we are going. Today more cleaning. That seems to be all we do now [laugh it up], I have put lots of stuff for later in the attic so the house is cleaner and stuff is now quite well organized. I have an email all ready that I just need to fill in the details [name, date, time, weigh, height, full head of hair and what not] and then send once the baby arrives. So I will let everyone know in as timely a manner as possible. Depending on the time only a few people will get a frantic call. But they are the grand parents as it is the first grand child on both sides.