Today I took Jayden to the doctors for his 4 month check up and needles. He turned 4 months on October 6th….and as of today he weighs 18lbs and is 26.75 inches long! He’s doing amazing and weighs the same as our 6 month old niece. He did really well with his needles too he litterally cried for 2 seconds each poke (he got 2 needles) so that was good he smiled right after and just wanted to snuggle!

Well I’m feeling 100% again thank goodness… That was an awful few days. My kids seem to be ok minus the cold Jordan has and now Ava is getting but its that time of year and it’s to be expected! Jordan is doing amazing in school and I’m so proud of how well he can read and how good hes doing with everything! I can’t believe hes in grade 1 still! I am one proud Mama though!!!! Kyla can’t wait to go to school poor girl wishes she could go with Jordan right now! I don’t know how it will be when Kyla starts next year and little Ava is home with Jayden and I. When Kyla went with Grammy last week for her special day (she takes them one at a time every Tuesday for dinner and to just have time together at her house) Ava stood at the bottom of the driveway with her head down for 5 minutes looking like she lost her best friend. BUT…This past Tuesday Grammy took Ava and although an hour and a half later she wanted to come home to Mommy she still did amazing by herself! :) My kids are growing up so fast!

Well, I want to go look at some exercise equipment . I want to get a treadmill and maybe start doing some exercise in the playroom while the kids play or something…I don’t feel like I’m losing the baby weight fast enough and although I really don’t mind I still would like to work on it.. Also, I think I want to bake some cupcakes or maybe make some more peanut butter crispy balls while the 3 kiddos who are not in school are napping… I shall blog again shortly! :)

So hard to believe but this Thursday Jayden will be 2 months old.. This past weekend he started smiling, laughing and coo’ing and I am not even kidding, or saying this because he is mine but OH-MY-GOD he has the cutest smile ever, and the sweetest little giggles and coos :) I can’t help but brag…

I took these pictures yesterday when we as a family went to the park.. He was sitting in his stroller being so cute coo’ing, laughing and flashing his adorable smile! Yah, yah… This post is so a Mommy brag - but thats ok, I’m allowed its my blog :P I just can’t believe he will be 2 months old. Soon I’ll be buying him Accutane for all that acne as a teen. They grow up way too fast its unreal. Jordan will be starting Grade 1 in less than a month….. Ava will be 2 on the 12th of this month!!! Kyla will be turning 3 October 2nd. I love watching them grow - but man they need to slow down with the growing! I take him for his 2 month check up Thursday and I have my appointment as well so I’ll update then with the latest on him … more posts to come!

Well I’m feeling so much better emotionally about having to stop breastfeeding. Jayden is doing amazing on formula he seems to love it and he sleeps much better now that hes eating it! That makes me very happy.. I’m still battling the boobs though.

All day I wear nursing pads, cabbage and a tensor bandage around them - which does kill! - and they are getting less sore but they are still leaking and filling up with milk. Hopefully by the end of next week they will calm down because its starting to drive me nuts.

I’m going to be giving away all my breastfeeding stuff I bought. I have 2 wrap covers brand new never used, and I have my pump that works amazing that was very lightly used. The girl who just moved in right next door is due soon and is planning on breastfeeding so I’m going to see if she wants the stuff. I don’t want it to go to waste if she already has the stuff I’ll sell it all. I need to sell my wireless router too since we no longer have our laptop… I have so much stuff to go thru, sort out and get rid of… I need to get my butt in gear.

I’ll pop back on later tonight and post a few photos. I wanted to do that yesterday but I got busy with the kids and being outside with them getting fresh air.. but I’ll get back on later on and do it, I just need to resize them and tag them! Well, Hubby is feeding Jayden his baba so I’m going to take this time to go snuggle on teh couch with the other kids and watch “The Wiggles Safari” movie! Fun stuff :)

I took Jayden to the doctors yesterday. He’s doing AMAZING…He now weighs 9lbs 7oz! My little piglet! :)

Well I think I jinxed myself.

The last few entries I talked about how well I was doing with the breastfeeding and how I hope I don’t get mastitis again and all that jazz. Well, I got mastitis again.

I went to the doctors yesterday for Jayden’s appointment and talked to the doctor about my right boob. It was all red, lumpy and wouldn’t produce any milk. It was all clogged and no matter what I did I couldn’t even get an ounce out of it or anything. So, he looked and of course mastitis. This morning I woke up around 430am with horrible chills and shivers. I had to get 2 more blankets and take some pills for this migraine I’ve had for about 3 days, threw up and then tried to feed baby on my good boob and NOTHING WOULD COME OUT OF THAT EITHER!!! So I tried to pump - wouldn’t work. I went into a hot tub to try to squeeze anything out of it - nothing. So after about 45 minutes in a hot bath tub I got out and bawling my eyes out went to tell my hubby my decision: it was time to move on from breastfeeding.

My doctor told me yesterday that this is the 2nd time I’ve gotten this (had it with Jordan too) I’m now very prone to it and could get it anytime during the time I breastfeed and I can’t cope with that. The chills, fever and migraine is awful not even including the pain from the mastitis in my boobs. I could hardly keep my eyes open due to the fact the light and just having my eyes open hurt my head so badly. So, thankfully we had some formula on hand and hubby went to get more and so far Jayden is doing amazing on the formula hes adjusting fine… I am just feeling like a huge failure as a Mom and am having a really emotional time dealing with this. I tried my hardest and tried to tough it out but when you can’t even pump anything out of a full boob (and i was doing it thru the pain) that is a sign.

So now I have my breasts binded in a tensor bandage with some cabbage on there (trick i learned after Ava’s birth to dry up milk!) the cabbage smells awful but hey - I’ll do anything at this point for some relief. It hurts really bad, but I know its the only way to have them binded to help dry them up. I’m on antibiotics for the mastitis which I’m still taking and I am still in pain of course from the binding and the engorement but I’d be fine if this migraine would go away… ugh. I feel like I can never win. Well, I’m getting off the computer its only making my head worse but I thought I’d pop in while Jayden is asleep and the kids are playing quietly beside me… I need to make dinner and figure out what else I can do to ease up this migraine… I swear I’ve never had such a bad one and I’ve had bad ones.

Thank you everyone for the sweet comments! I think hes just precious too :) of course he’s daddy’s little mini-me but I get a little tired of hearing it after a while. All day when people see him thats all I hear. When all my kids were born they looked like their dad. They still do except Ava - shes my mini me from when I was her age its actually spooky!

Things are going great. Still feeling like I’m in a bit of a dream - can’t believe I have 4 kids. It’s an amazing thing being a mom and having 4 little ones look up to me and call me Mommy… it’s indescribable. Really.

I knew I wouldn’t make it to my due date.. I just knew it. My due date would be this coming Saturday…. The day which marks 2 weeks for Jayden! Still so crazy to me hes here and was 2 weeks early weighing 8lbs 12.5oz… Crazy Crazy. Imagine had he stayed put until this Saturday? I probably wouldn’t have been able to push him out!

His check up with the doctor is tomorrow afternoon. I’m really looking forward to it.. Of course I’ll post all the details when I can! Until then.. Are you looking for some notebook memory? Hope everyone is having a great Monday! :) I’m enjoying it and really just soaking up every minute with a newborn and my incredible toddlers and young man! :)

I can’t believe Jayden is 1 week old today! My goodness… Not only is he one week old but I’ve hit the one week mark for breastfeeding!

I had such a hard time with Jordan and got such a massive infection I couldn’t breastfeed my girls so hitting 1 week with Jayden is a huge deal to me, and I’m so proud of myself (and my body) for getting here so far. All my problems started with Jordan at 2 weeks so lets hope it doesn’t happen again (knock on wood) I doubt it will but, you never know.

Since having the baby I’ve lost a lot of my weight. I’m not sure how much yet but I’ll check at the doctors on Tuesday. Jayden had a doctors appointment this past Thursday but the doctor wasn’t feeling well and had to reschedule until this coming Tuesday so I’ll find out how much he weighs and I’ll jump on the scale too ;) I’m nervous and excited to see. Since having the baby I read a few best fat burner reviews and while the weight isn’t an issue for me I’m happy to see my belly going down and all my clothes getting to be a big bigger on me again :) Breastfeeding is helping wonders - It took a lot longer to lose the weight from Ava than this time around thats for sure.

Anyways, I just wanted to pop in quickly to post this pic and say HAPPY ONE WEEK TO JAYDEN! we are so so so glad hes here healthy, happy and amazing! He is such a wonderful addition to our family!

A few people I know are pregnant and due today… So far no news. Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you! :)

I can’t believe tomorrow Jayden will be 1 week old. Time really does fly. I can’t believe I’m no longer pregnant, and looking back it did go by rather quickly. At the time though it seemed like it was dragging on forever. Although I miss the movements and kicks in there… nothing compares to having him here.

He had a doctors appointment scheduled for yesterday afternoon but the doctors office called and had to reschedule for Tuesday afternoon. My doctor was sick.. So Tuesday we’ll get to see how much he weighs and all that good stuff! I’m looking forward to that!

In other news my hubby has been looking for a new job. Something in Wall St jobs would be nice, but he isn’t really into that and its kind of way out in left field compared to what he does so…. On with the looking. Hopefully he’ll find something new soon and something he will like better than his job and hopefully he will be able to get decent hours and be able to be home with us more often…. We’ll see!

The weather has been beautiful the past few days. I’m hoping to get the kids out in the backyard tomorrow. Hubby’s had them to the park the last few days also, but I want to be able to take Jayden out back and relax in the shade with him and enjoy this beautiful weather while the older kids play and have fun! Pictures are to come I promise!

Well I know I said I’d post photos but I’m too tired. So if you are interested I have a ton on my Flickr. I will eventually post some but right now I’m not in the mood to tag and resize… I just got all the kids into bed so I figured I’d take this time to jump online and write a random blog… Monkey wakes up every 3 hours for a boob so I try to get things done when I can in between.

Everything is still going great. I couldn’t ask for a better baby, and I couldn’t ask for more amazing kids - they are all taking the new arrival amazingly and I am so so blessed to have such wonderful, beautiful kids. My husband has also been amazing.. hes off work right now so he has been a HUGE help and I am so thankful he is here. Seriously, I couldn’t be happier right now. I’ve been wanting another little boy for so long I feel like our family is perfect and complete. 2 little girls, and 2 little boys.. What more could anyone want???? I’m seriously, so lucky.

I’ve been watching I’m a Celebrity…Get me out of here. It’s on right now as I type this and I can’t help but freakin’ love this show. Janice is hilarious she does nothing and I love listening to everyone moan about her. TOO FUNNY. I’m a little irritated Holly Montag just walked on the show… I wasn’t aware she was a celebrity… mind you, I wasn’t aware most of them were celebrities.. I love the Baldwins though! :)

Well, I’m going to go find something for myself for dinner. I’ve been so busy with the kids I haven’t had a chance to just sit down and eat my dinner yet. I’m not even sure what I’ll have.. Maybe soup and a sandwich I don’t know. Whatever it is will be yummy! I’m also going to listen to this cd on how to play piano . . Seems neat and I had it given to me so why not! Also it will kill time until Jayden’s next feed so I’m off!

Just wanted to pop in and say thank you to everyone for the comments! I’m so so happy Jayden is finally here with our family! Things are going really well. He is nursing well - although my boobs are VERY sore. I haven’t nursed a baby since Jordan so it’s taking a little while to get used to!

We had to go out today to pick up some stuff…. I needed a nipple shield so badly (I have inverted nipples) and breastfeeding is something I want to continue with this time, and since my doctors told me mastitis shouldn’t be an issue like it was with Jordan I want to make sure of it. I get scared easily, and I have a very low pain tolerance so I got a nipple shield (AMAZING!), some hydro gel pads and some more nursing pads. I also got a new cover for my nursing pillow and grabbed some disposable diapers. I am not a fan of cloth diapers - Although its the new trend… not for me!

Anyways, things are going very well. The kids are all adjusting very very well to Jayden. I was worried about the girls..mostly Kyla but the second I walked in the door she was inlove with him. Ava had a bit of an issue at first but thats since passed. All they do is kiss him and talk to him. Jordan just can’t get enough of him he wants to help do everything and hold him all the time! I’m very lucky because a lot of kids don’t adjust that well… especially with my kids being so close with me and now having to share me especially with a breastfeeding baby!

I’ll do a mini post tomorrow with some photos. Right now I’m off to just relax and wait for Monkey to wake up (hes asleep on daddy!) for his next feed (45 mins from now!) hes on the 3 hr schedule… then I’m off to bed, those three hours seem to fly by at night LOL!