Happy Mother's Day!

HAPPY FIRST MOTHER'S DAY VONDA!!!

Brandon was born just 11 days ago and already Vonda gets a present and card!!!

Vonda,
You are the most special person in the world to me and I am so glad there is a holiday to recognize the sacrifice you have made in becoming a mother. You are the best mother in the world and I am honored to be able to partner with you in raising our child, Brandon. I cannot wait to see what a wonderful person he will turn out to be. I know he will be given every opportunity to succeed in life. I thank God every day for the woman He has given me and now the child He has entrusted to us. May God guide us and lead us in the direction He would have us go and help us make the right decisions in raising this child to become a Godly man, husband and father.

I love you more than words can express.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!




until then......

ja

Our Little Man is Here!

Well, our little man has finally arrived! Brandon James was born at 6:05am on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009. He weighed 7lb 15oz and was 21 1/4" long. We went home on Thursday afternoon.
Nutmeg and Oscar didn't quite know what to think at first but they fell in love with him pretty quick.

On Monday, we had a scheduled check up at the pediatrician's office and noticed he looked a little 'yellow.' Sure enough, his bilirubin count was a little over 20! So when he was only 5 days old he was admitted back into the hospital for some hydration and blue light therapy!

It is now Tuesday evening and his counts are down around 11.6 so they are going to reduce the IV flow and keep him under one light instead of 2 to see how he responds. Dr. Scherer says he is progressing very nicely so we will probably be able to go home sometime tomorrow. Praise God!

What an adventurous week at the Axe home!
Thanks for all your continued prayers and kind words. Vonda and I really appreciate each of your friendships and your encouragement.

I have posted a few pics on our Picasa Web page HERE

Rest assued there will be MANY pics to follow!

until then...
ja

Countdown

Today I am on the countdown, I officially have seven more days of employment (work) at the bank. We will close the building on Friday, April 17th. It will be tough to finally walk out of the doors for the last time. I have worked here for almost 14 years.

And I am also on the countdown for little Brandon to arrive. My Dr. would like to induce me on April 29th, so Brandon could be here sooner that I had originally planned. But who knows he may arrive before the 29th. That is just crazy to think that before the end of the month Brandon will be here. So, this has gotten me in gear to schedule the pediatrician interview appt., and have the car seat installed. Oh yeah, and get the bags packed.

We have a growth ultrasound tomorrow and if Brandon is growing at 1/2 a pound per week then he could be close to 7lbs. already based on his estimated weight from the last ultrasound on March 19th. And my Dr. has us scheduled to see him on Monday again. So based on the results of the ultrasound tomorrow that will help me to feel more comfortable with Brandon arriving sooner, if we have to be induced. I just do not want to have him arrive through an induction, and then have respiratory problems, when that might be avoided if he arrives on his own time. I know this is something I can not get worked up about and it will all work out the way it is suppose to.

Until then.

March Madness, It begins

The NCAA tournament was here before I knew it, and I had not even completed one bracket. So yesterday morning I called Jeremy to see if we could do our own head to head competition. I am fairly competitive and I normally do pretty good on picking the winning teams. I sent to him my bracket, and then yesterday he brought home his bracket. And as of this morning I have picked correctly on 14 of the 16 games that have been played. The only two I guessed incorrectly so far was Western Kentucky beating Illinois, and Michigan beating Clemson. I think this weekend and this next week are the most exciting of the year. And I almost let it pass without the joy of completing a bracket. I have Louisville, Memphis, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina in the final four, with North Carolina winning. We will have to see how the weekend goes to see how my other teams fair.

Until then.

Church shower gifts

After we unloaded all of the great shower gifts, we had to go to my neice's birthday party and we were there until 8pm that evening. Well, that included ice cream cake, Build A Bear, and then supper at Red Robin. So there was not any progress made on the sorting of the shower gifts on Saturday. Then after church on Sunday, we had lunch with my family to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday, at Red Robin. Do you see a theme of where we eat when we go out to eat? So then it was nap time, and after the evening church service the goal was to begin to get the gifts sorted. We got it looking pretty good, but I have to admit that the ladies who hosted the shower already had it pretty well sorted. Thanks girls!!









We have all of the alike items in their own tote so throughout this week, my task is to go through each tote.

That is all for now, until then.

Baby Shower Extravagazna

I will have to say that very few times in my life have I ever been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and kindness from others towards me. Well, this is one of those times. This last Saturday was our church baby shower.

Here is my Mom, sister, neice, and Mother-in-Law.

Here are the ladies who hosted the shower, they are the best!!! This picture is missing Jeanine, but from left to right we have Mary Avery, Kacy, Erin, me, Lisa, Monica, Michelle, Kelly, and Berkli. What a spread of food!!!

Oh, and you can not forget the petit fours. My favorite, yum!!!

This is the gift table, before the shower began.

Here are the clothes that were in the some of those packages.

It took 2 minivans and my car to haul all of the gifts to my house. What a blessing this had been!! Thank you to all of you who were able to attend and thought of Jeremy and I enough to provide us such a nice shower.

That is all for now, until then.

Brandon's Nursery In progress

Good Morning everyone!!! Well, here is a little taste of Brandon's nursery. Jeremy and his mom came over and painted the walls. And then Jeremy finished up with the chair rail. I think they did a great job. And better yet I did not have to paint, I do not enjoy painting. The bedding is a kind of safari print with lions, elephants, zebras, and giraffes. We are still in need of a dresser to put all of Brandon's stuff.



















That's all for now. Until then.