4 weeks of Baby Jacob

Okay well its not all the pictures we have taken, but I thought it would be a cool way to see how he has grown so much already!! As my dad said, "I can finally start seeing what his face is gonna look like."  Not that any of us really know who he looks like...I think he is a nice blend of the two of us.  But here are some pictures over the last four weeks!!

Mommy Hair

Okay so now that I am a mom, my styling abilities have completely tanked, to say the least.  I am living in sweatpants and a ponytail everyday.  Not that I am complaining much because really we do not leave the house unless its for a walk or to family member's houses.  But as our month in quarantine is quickly approaching the end, I have decided to step my game up and become a put together looking mom! So where was my resource? Of course pinterest!! I found a way to do awesome curls without heat and making your shoulders sore (Sam this ones for you!).  I will put the link to the video at the bottom, so you can see a real girl do it.  But here was my experience...

These are the two things I used... You really don't need spray, but I like the way it smells.  Anyways make sure hair is completely dry and you can spray whatever you want into it.

This is the before...my hair is normally not this curly when I wake up, but I promise that had no effect on this process.

Put hairband on hippie style and tuck the hair up and around...it ends up being an up do.

The back view...before you take it out you can spray with hairspray (especially if your hair does not hold curl)

I did loose curls (just didn't tuck the hair in tightly) in this picture, but when mike and I went out I did tight curls and it looked super good! 

It takes about 5-10 minutes to tuck in and then you leave it in over night...or if your home all day like me and plan on going out that night, just leave it in during the day for sometime.

Here is the link that better explains it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxS1ohz4Ao

Professional Photos...

 This is one of my favorites because he does this look all the time! It's like he is so shocked to discover something new...LOL.  It cracks me up!

At just shy of two weeks we did a professional photo shoot of Jacob as a newborn.  We used the same people as we did for our pregnancy photos, and again they turned out better than I could have imagined!! Hopefully we will be getting birth announcements out this weekend or early next week, but these samples should hold you off for a while ;0)

Of course I had to drive back for my wedding ring... but I am glad I did because I love this photo!

My favorite picture by far!!

So whomever wants a CD of all the photos, we can definitely get that to you. Be warned there are A LOT!!! But that way you can print the ones you want.

He's Here!!!

 Jacob Matthew Wood, 9.15lbs and 21.5 inches long.  Just to prove his size, take a look at the scale!!

Well now that Jacob is three weeks old, I thought I would blog about it :0).  Motherhood keeps you quite busy I must say.  Anyways, our little boy arrived on Feb. 28th at 12:28pm.  Although I was induced because he was a week late, he came rather fast! I was only in labor for 13 hours and pushed for only 45 minutes.  I thought the birth experience was going to be much worse, but with an epidural it was nothing.  However, post partum hasn't treated me as nicely. LOL.  Here are so pictures from that day... I only have a few because Tori of course took most of them and she has been a little busy with life lately, so I will blog those when I get them. Obviously some photos have been censored for my sake...lol. 

Mike cut the chord, but that picture was a little much.  I think he is cutting it again this picture.  

The first time I held him...if you notice the umbilical chord, its huge!! It took mike a couple tries to cut it! I guess that's why Jacob was so big!! LOL

Mike's first time holding Jacob.  Obviously a very proud Daddy!

Here is his close up...a little swollen, but perfect!!