Happy 1 month Birthday Jay!!

I haven't posted anything for awhile because someone hacked into our wireless network and locked us out! Anyways, Jay is one month old today and a lot has happened since my last post (and I will post the pictures of him in his "one month" onesie that I took soon) but I thought I would show off some cute pictures of Jayden tonight at bath time. This little boy has everyone in our family wrapped around his little fingers, I mean take a look... Josh, Auntie Claire and I were all there to help bathe Jay tonight and he got some stellar first class service if I do say so myself!

how many hands does it take to bathe a baby?! haha!

He is such a good boy and we are so blessed! Happy One Month Birthday Jay, we've loved every minute of this month and look forward to watching you grow up... just don't do it too fast!

Jay's Modeling Debut

Here are the adorable pictures that were taken of Jay at the hospital by Bella Baby Photography while he was less thatn 24hrs old. These pictures are SO sweet and I feel so blessed because I didn't think that we were ever going to see the pictures again. The pictures were super expensive and although I really wanted them I just figured I would try to do a similar photo-shoot at home with Jay. I was so excited when Josh's mom and grandma told us that they had bought us the picture cd from Bella Baby, what a treat! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the shoot...

look at those beautiful blue eyes

Jay with Josh's wedding ring

look how tiny he is in Josh's hand!

he was so alert for being less than a day old

he kind of looks like a little old man here

these basket pictures reminds me of the

"Moses in the Reeds" story in the bible

look how big those hands are!

Josh and I were inspired while looking through the picture cd from Bella Baby Photography so we did a little photo-shoot of our own, here are some of the good shots we got:

Ok, I'll stop now :) I just love my little man and and think he so cute... Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Mommy Paparazzi

I have an obsession… I cannot stop taking pictures of Jayden! I may be just a little bias but I think that Josh and I may have made the cutest baby ever. I think this little blog "button" fits my addiction perfectly!

Here are some adorable pictures of our handsome man:

Jay on Christmas morning, our little Santa baby

Jay and daddy during a midnight feeding

good picture of the little man wide awake

our little dude sleeping :)

Jay on his changing table

our camera's flash is a little startling to Jay

Not too much going on in our life these days... we are laying low, changing diapers and getting used to being parents (which we are loving). I don't really mind the lack of sleep very much, I really look forward to seeing him each time I wake-up. I mean look at this face:

Today Josh's mom and sister brought us Thai food from Sawadty (my favorite!) and ate dinner with us, it was such a nice treat. Josh's mom also dropped of some mini Uncle Seth's cookies... take a look at how cute these are!

They were so yummy and were a nice treat for Josh and I to share!

I am not looking forward to Josh going back to work this Wednesday BUT I have a hair appointment Tuesday so that I can leave Jay with daddy. Off to bed to try to get some sleep. We have to be on an early boat tomorrow as Jay is getting circumcised tomorrow by my doctor in Seattle (poor little guy) Josh is going to be in the room for the procedure and I'll be in the waiting room, I don't think that I could handle being in there and Josh says, "it's man stuff" so he will be in there will him. Goodnight friends!

Introducing... Jayden Scot Beahan

Josh and I are proud to announce the birth of our son, Jayden Scot Beahan. Jay was born December 22nd at 4:30pm, weighed 6lbs 10oz and was 19" long. I was very apprehensive about the c-section but Josh did such a good job of calming my nerves. The surgery went really well (I love our doctor) and Jayden was out within five minutes of the surgery's start... the rest of the surgery was a blur as I was completely focused on Jay.

I was so glad that I was able to take pictures of the nurses checking Jayden out after he was born and of Josh holding him and cutting his cord.

Josh holding Jay for the first time

seeing Jayden up close for the first time

our first family photo

I was so surprised at how small our little guy was (considering that I'm almost 6'3 and that Josh is 6'8) and was also surprised that he had hair (Josh and I were both bald for a long time). Both Josh and I were talking last night about what a crazy feeling it was to meet Jayden, everyone tells you how much you are going to love your baby but nobody can ever really explain the love that you feel when you meet your child. The hospital stay was so nice, our doctor told the nurse to take us to "VIP" after we left the recovery room... Josh and I both laughed not knowing what she meant. Our room at the hospital was amazing, we were on the 10th floor with an amazing view of downtown Seattle and Elliot Bay... thank you Dr. Burdick!!

I didn't get any pictures of the view but you can kind of see the beautiful

Seattle skyline at night in this picture

When we got out of the OR our nurse informed us that there was a full waiting room filled with our family and friends waiting to welcome Jayden into the world, we felt so blessed to have such an amazing support group to be there for us and meet our little guy. We were also blessed with many visitors on the second day of our hospital stay.

Josh with Uncle Jesse and Uncle Adam who came to see Jayden

It has been so amazing to see Josh as a dad. I always knew that Josh would be a wonderful father but to see his love for Jay and how he has taken to being a dad so naturally has been the coolest thing. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and father for our son.

Josh and Jay

(isn't Josh such a natural?!)

Jayden is his Jordan hat from Josh

It has been so fun having Josh home and going through all of the new adventures of parenting with him, I'm gonna be really sad when he has to go back to work. Anyways, it's time to get back to my boys! :)

trying to pass the time...

I am getting so excited to me our little guy and now that we know we will meet him Tuesday I can hardly focus on anything. Last night I made a triple batch of sugar cookies and then this morning I made some blue frosting and tried my hand at Royal Icing for the time. I'm making the cookies for our visitors at the hospital and am really happy with the way they turned out.

Here they are with just the frosting.

I used the Royal Icing on top and monogrammed the baby’s initials on the cookies with it.

Josh and I haven't told many people the name we've chosen for the little guy but here is a huge hint... his initials monogramed! Any guesses? I might have gone a little overboard with the cookie making BUT it was a good distraction. Tomorrow we have our ultrasound and then the next day we get to meet him! Please keep us, our doctor and our little guy in your prayers.

3 days and counting!!

So, I've been pretty preoccupied lately because we found out at our appointment that we are having a c-section this Tuesday! I cannot believe that we are going to be meeting our son in 3 days I am so excited! Josh and I have been getting all of the last minute details taken care of. We’ll be bringing the laptop to the hospital so I’m sure Josh will post pictures on-line soon after our little guy is born. We would appreciate your prayers!!

Let's get this show on the road...

I’m starting to get anxious for our OB appointment tomorrow!! If the little guy hasn’t dropped by tomorrow we will most likely be scheduling a c-section. We definitely weren’t planning on having a c-section but if it is the safest form of delivery for the little man, then I’m ready. I have had zero energy lately and today was a pretty lazy day for me, I have been watching Food Network for most of the day and kept thinking, “wow, my stomach is hurting!!” Well, around 4:00 I started realizing that I was having contractions… they started getting to the point that they were taking my breath away. I started to time them and they were about 10-12 minutes apart consistently but have now started to slow. Josh works late tonight and my good friend and co-worker Nicole just called and we are going to go out for Indian food tonight, I think I’m am going to have to turn up the heat and hopefully get this party started!! (maybe 4 or 5 stars?!) If he wants to come out without a c-section, I'm more than happy to help! I’ll keep you posted ☺