Ghosts, pumpkins and Jace

Halloween is quickly approaching. Jarrod and I are decorating with ghosts, a cemetary, and spiders. Jace and I have carved our pumpkins, and Jarrod will be doing his shortly. We are planning a weenie roast halloween night, while we pass out candy. Our neighbors and friends will be joining us. Jace will be a giraffe!!

Jace has started grabbing things this week......my hair mostly. He also spends alot of his time sucking on his left hand. I wonder if that means he will like his Aunt Jen, left handed. He still wants to eat all the time, and is now taking 6 oz, about every 4-4 1/2 hours. His next appt. is 11/3. He smiles a lot now. He has made friends with our ceiling fan, and laughs at often.

Pumpkin Patch and Riley Days

On 10/5, Jace experienced his first trip to the Riley Days festival. The weather was absolutely beautiful and it wasn't that crowded. Following Riley Days, we took Jace to a pumpkin patch so he could get his first pumpkin. There was a hay ride, but we decided that Jace was a little too young. Maybe next year. Jace picked out his pumpkin, and Daddy will help him carve it.

1 MONTH OLD

Jace turned one month on 10/2. He is getting so big, and we were very anxious to see his weight at his one month check up. On Friday 10/3, Jace and mommy made their first outing together. Mom was pretty anxious. We traveled to my post partum check-up, then to Grandma Annie's. Then we shopped at Hobby Lobby before going to Jace's doctor's appt. He was the best baby all morning until we stepped into the doctor's waiting room. He started wailing......I guess he thought that he needed to eat or he was going to starve. Needless to say, he cried all during the appt., during check out, walking back to the car and 5 minutes during the drive home, until he fell asleep.
During his appt., his weight was 11 lbs 15oz, which is 95% for weight. He only grew 1/4 inch in height since birth. He loves to eat, but at this point, just is filling out. He does not look like a Michelin baby---YET. They switched his formula, which has allowed for feeds to occur about every 3 hours, still at 4 ounces.
He has alot of moments during the day where he is awake. As long as he is not hungry or dirty, he will just sit and entertain himself......I wonder what he is thinking. He now smiles when you talk to him. It just makes us melt. Jarrod and I spend many moments just staring at him. We think he is beautiful.

Jace Thomas Lee

Jace Thomas Lee, born 9/2/08 at 1:15am. He was born c-section after 30 hours of labor, due to failure to progress (I didn't dilate all the way). Throughout the day, the doctor, kept indicating, that he may to be too big. Finally, we opted for a c-section. During the operation, I would here comments like "wow, his head is jammed in there" and "man this is a big baby". Finally, he was born and we were told that we were now the proud parents of baby boy. We were emotional and very excited.
Due to an unexpected illness with myself, Jarrod had to jump right in as the primary care provider. Jarrod is just a wonderul Daddy!!!! He helps in any way possible and has changed many more diapers than me.
Jarrod is back at work this week, and looks forward everyday to come home and see his little boy.

We took Jace for his first doctor's visit on Monday. He weighed 2 ounces more than his birth weight, which is uncommon. The doctor was completely surprised, as he had lost so much weight in the hospital. Jace is a little piggy, and eats every 2 hours, 3 ounces. Everyday is new adventure. He smiles alot, and maybe will have dimples.

The Lee Family

Welcome

Hi all, Welcome to the new Lee Family website. This is an easy way to update all our friends and families with pictures and anecdote of our newest Lil' Lee.
As of today, 8/28, I am now 4 days overdue.........but feeling well. I have a planned induction, to start the evening of 8/31. We are expecting to meet our new bundle of joy on 9/1. We are very excited, and can't wait to see if we will be greeting Jace or Jameson. We will post pictures as soon as possible, so check back sometime next week.