In Jane's case, she weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 oz - she had gained 1 lb. 5 oz. since leaving the hospital! Our pedatrician said it was safe to say that we had established a "healthy" nursing relationship! Though this picture appears in a previous post, I think it is appropriate to post again, as it displays her "growing" cheeks!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
This Ain't No Skim Milk!
In the south, people enjoy drinking "sweet mirk" - translation: whole milk. Apparently, Jane has some southern roots. She had her two week appointment with the pediatrician on Thursday, November 20th, and let's just say she received the "A+" report. At birth, Jane weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and when we left the hospital on Thursday, November 6th, she weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. Normally, at the two week appointment, one hopes that the baby is simply back at birth weight.
In Jane's case, she weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 oz - she had gained 1 lb. 5 oz. since leaving the hospital! Our pedatrician said it was safe to say that we had established a "healthy" nursing relationship! Though this picture appears in a previous post, I think it is appropriate to post again, as it displays her "growing" cheeks!
In Jane's case, she weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 oz - she had gained 1 lb. 5 oz. since leaving the hospital! Our pedatrician said it was safe to say that we had established a "healthy" nursing relationship! Though this picture appears in a previous post, I think it is appropriate to post again, as it displays her "growing" cheeks!
More Awake than Sleep Time lately...
Grandma Odom Meets Jane!
I'm not sure who was more excited for this visit - Grandma (to meet her 4th grandchild), Jane (to meet her other Grandma) , or Scott and I (to have another helper on hand so we can get more sleep!!). Regardless, Grandma flew in on Thursday, Nov. 20th, and will be with us for the next few weeks. We are lucky! I think Jane is pretty excited too (okay, so she is a bit expressionless, but I know the emotion is there!): 
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Scott goes back to work...
Now, Scott and I are left alone for another few days before Grandma Odom comes to meet Jane. It is hard to believe that we have been parents now for two whole weeks - and we have survived! In fact, life as just the three of us (oops, four of us - sorry, Stanley!) is relaxing and we couldn't imagine it any other way.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Jane meets her favorite aunt (so far...)
Aunt Krista (Jonnett's sister) arrived in Memphis yesterday and met her favorite neice! The feeling was mutual from Jane's perspective as well (at least for now, until she meets her other aunts...). Krista does have the magic touch as Jane as fallen asleep in her arms quite a few times already over the past 12 hours. Thanks for letting Mom and Dad sleep, too! Jane is looking forward to lots more snuggle time over the next few days!
Chillin' with Daddy
Jane enjoyed her first book reading (although I think Daddy may have been more into it...). Dad and Jane read "There is a Bird on Your Head" by Mo Willems. A wonderful book that is part of the Elephant & Piggie series and Mo is one of our favorite children's authors.

After all that excitement, both Dad and Jane were ready for a nap. Sweet dreams!

After all that excitement, both Dad and Jane were ready for a nap. Sweet dreams!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Jane has cut the cord!
We were busy celebrating Jane's one-week birthday on November 11th, when we realized that we had another momentous occasion to celebrate - Jane's umbilical cord fell off! This will definitely make diaper changing and bathing a lot easier!
No, this is not Jane all grown up, but if only Jane could be as cute as Elena when she gets older - then we'll be lucky! Our friends, Dave, Katrina, and their 11 month old daughter, Elena, came over to meet Jane and were so kind to bring us dinner! Elena can't wait until Jane can actually play under the table with her!
And, here's Jane being the cutest little thing ever! We just can't take our eyes off of her!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Flyin' Solo with Jane
After our long walk, Jane was ready for a nap (okay - Mom too!)
Jane's first bath
Whenever Grandpa comes to town, we put him to work (see what the did last Thanksgiving). This weekend proved to be no different. We had a small kitchen project that Scott needed a little guidance on, and not only did Jimmy provide the advice, but he hooked Scott up with some much needed tools as well. Thanks Jimmy!


Grandpa and Scott weren't the only ones working hard this weekend. Jane was working hard at finding her thumb:
After all that work, it was time for Jane's first bath. Although it proved to be fairly traumatic for her!:


All nice and clean!
Grandpa and Scott weren't the only ones working hard this weekend. Jane was working hard at finding her thumb:
After all that work, it was time for Jane's first bath. Although it proved to be fairly traumatic for her!:
All nice and clean!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Jane enjoys her presents and visitors!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Milk-Woman Pays Jane a Visit
The weather was super nice today, so the whole family went out for a walk. Thanks to Erica for the awesome moby wrap! Stanley loves his baby sister. He has been sleeping with his blankey from Jane. Last night he was very worried when she cried during a changing, but by the 4th diaper change of the night, he decided it was ok to sleep through it.
Other news of the day...grandpa came to town! Jane is just a little on the jaundiced side, so she slept in the sunlight with grandma for a few hours. Naps are getting longer and longer now because the milk fairy came last night. All of a sudden there is A LOT more of this breast milk stuff to go around! With all this extra food around, she's got some hiccups. Here's a little video of that. (Yes, we've become THOSE parents!)
Tomorrow we pay a visit to the pediatrician. Hopefully less jaundice so we can avoid another poke!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Jane is rollin' in her new hood
We showed Jane around the house. You know, showed her where the bathroom is, told her where to find towels and clean sheets...the usual. So far she has just been kinda sitting there. Talk about a high maintenance house guest.
At any rate, here are some more pics...enjoy!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Baby Votes for Barack!
As Jonnett predicted, our little bundle chose a very historic day to be born. Jonnett and I are pleased to announce the birth of our daughter Jane Christine Maurer. She was born on 11/4/08 at 12:43 pm. She is 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 inches long.


Jonnett and Jane are both doing great! We get to come home tomorrow if all goes well. Keep looking for more posts!
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