I love watermelon!
Flying man!
Train ride with Nana at the Rosemont picnic
Splash Pad fun
Awww, love for my brother
Doing tummy time with evie
The boys doing tummy time
Daddy time!
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Summertime
Joshua and Wolfie, whom I'll be watching starting at the end of August
I love watermelon!
Flying man!
Train ride with Nana at the Rosemont picnic
Splash Pad fun
Awww, love for my brother
Doing tummy time with evie
The boys doing tummy time
Daddy time!
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I love watermelon!
Flying man!
Train ride with Nana at the Rosemont picnic
Splash Pad fun
Awww, love for my brother
Doing tummy time with evie
The boys doing tummy time
Daddy time!
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Adventures take two!
Our summer continues to be very busy. Michael spent a week as a counselor at HUG Camp at Tower Hill in Sawyer, Michigan. They had a great week weather wise and from what I've heard, things went fairly well. Joshua, Raegan, and I went to pick him up on Saturday and spent a little time at the beach. At first, Rae didn't want to get in the water, but eventually made her way in for a little swim. She had more fun playing in the sand with Nana and Uncle Alex. Joshua didn't seem too bothered sitting in the sand and getting splashed by waves. Hopefully he'll be my little swimmer.
One Friday night, we decided to check out the Joliet Slammers baseball game. It was Disney night and once Raegan heard that, she was ready to go! Auntie Julie joined us and it turned out to be a great night for Joshua's first baseball game. We sat in the lawn and cheered the team on to a win. Raegan didn't seem to be too scared of the mascots, but they also didn't come too close to us. After the game there was a great fireworks show. Not too bad a night for just $5 a ticket! We plan on going back and bringing more people with us.
Another baseball related adventure was to U.S. Cellular for the Grinder Bash, which is a party for the season ticket holders and we were invited as guests to go with Grams, Auntie Julie, and Uncle John. We got to walk the field, sit in the dugouts and see the Sox home (as Rae put it). It was a warm day, but we managed to survive.
As the summer winds down (yikes...) we are looking forward to having many more trips and adventures. Hopefully we will make the most of the time left before school starts. My brother Scott is getting married in 5 weeks so we are preparing for that. Raegan is going to be the flower girl and both Michael and I are standing up.
Michael is busy with cross country practice in the mornings and after that, he heads to school to get in a few hours of work. He recently was offered a he position as the programmer. He basically schedules all the classes for the kids at his school. It's not so much of a promotion, but it is something that every school needs, so something of a job security. He will still be teaching yearbook, which I think he is really happy about. This means no lessons to plan or papers to grade; just one deadline that hopefully won't come as so much of a surprise this time around.
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One Friday night, we decided to check out the Joliet Slammers baseball game. It was Disney night and once Raegan heard that, she was ready to go! Auntie Julie joined us and it turned out to be a great night for Joshua's first baseball game. We sat in the lawn and cheered the team on to a win. Raegan didn't seem to be too scared of the mascots, but they also didn't come too close to us. After the game there was a great fireworks show. Not too bad a night for just $5 a ticket! We plan on going back and bringing more people with us.
Another baseball related adventure was to U.S. Cellular for the Grinder Bash, which is a party for the season ticket holders and we were invited as guests to go with Grams, Auntie Julie, and Uncle John. We got to walk the field, sit in the dugouts and see the Sox home (as Rae put it). It was a warm day, but we managed to survive.
As the summer winds down (yikes...) we are looking forward to having many more trips and adventures. Hopefully we will make the most of the time left before school starts. My brother Scott is getting married in 5 weeks so we are preparing for that. Raegan is going to be the flower girl and both Michael and I are standing up.
Michael is busy with cross country practice in the mornings and after that, he heads to school to get in a few hours of work. He recently was offered a he position as the programmer. He basically schedules all the classes for the kids at his school. It's not so much of a promotion, but it is something that every school needs, so something of a job security. He will still be teaching yearbook, which I think he is really happy about. This means no lessons to plan or papers to grade; just one deadline that hopefully won't come as so much of a surprise this time around.
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Three months young
How quickly the time flies when you are sleep deprived and super busy chasing around a two year old! Our little man is now 13 pounds 8 ounces and around 25 inches long.
He is a ticklish boy who giggles whenever touched. It is such a cute little laugh that spreads a smile across Michael's and my face. Joshua is full of stories to tell, especially to his animal friends. He has discovered his hands recently and is now able to pull toys towards him in his car seat and bouncy. Sleeping through the night is still not a regular thing, but he's a good napper during the day, so I still manage to get a break in there. As I am typing this, he is working on rolling over and even got up on his knees for a second; this little guy is gonna be trouble! He even managed to flip over while in the sleep positioner, which is suppose to keep him in one spot. So much for that!
We also tried a little rice cereal with him to see if that might help him sleep a little longer at night. He was quite happy to try it, but really was unsure what to do with it. We'll try again in a week or so, but he is actually sleeping a little longer at night lately.
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Two months
Greetings from our big boy! At JP's two month check up, he weighed in at 12 pounds, 10 ounces and was 23.5 inches long. He is more than a pound heavier than Rae was at this age; he's my little budda baby! He is in general a very happy baby full of smiles and almost giggles. He will tell you a story better than anyone, but sometimes those stories get a little sad :). Tummy time is great and he's even rolled over several times, although not quite consistent yet. His toys and surroundings are becoming more and more interesting to him; he is beginning to grab and pull at things that hang above him.
Chubby cheeks
Flying
The shirt says it all!
Sleepy time with Daddy
Mini photo shoot
Bath time
Happy baby
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Chubby cheeks
Flying
The shirt says it all!
Sleepy time with Daddy
Mini photo shoot
Bath time
Happy baby
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Summer adventures
Happy 4th of July from the Shunts!
The summer season is officially under way. We have been dealing with scorching temps, but have managed to still have fun through it all. We spent the fourth of July with family watching fireworks at Maine East high school. Raegan loved them and kept pointing out which ones were her favorite (all colors at one point) and wanted to know which ones we liked too. Joshua didn't seem too bothered by the noise probably because he got to be held so much. We also enjoyed watching to parade in Des Plaines. Raegan collected so much candy I think we will be passing it out for Halloween :). The one thing she didn't like was the costumed people. This is why we haven't made it to Disney yet! After the parade, we bbqed at my grams house and made up a new game of frisbee sprinkler. Basically turning a friendly frisbee throw into a challenge and a way to stay cool all at once. We had a couple of long days and I am ready to get back into our routine.
Waiting for fireworks
Parade time with Nana and Pops
While trying to keep cool, we've taken the kids on a couple mini adventures. One morning, we took three kids (the third being Sammi, the little girl I watch) to the DuPage children's museum. The girls had a great time playing and Joshua got in a good nap :)
We survived!
Ooo, colorful toys
Rae and Sammi
Raegan was a little scared of the giant bubble
Playing a giant drum
Another adventure we took was down to Grant park and Navy Pier. Raegan saw the giant ferris wheel and merry go round and instantly wanted to go on both. Out of all the animals, she wanted to ride on the bench...go figure lol.
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The summer season is officially under way. We have been dealing with scorching temps, but have managed to still have fun through it all. We spent the fourth of July with family watching fireworks at Maine East high school. Raegan loved them and kept pointing out which ones were her favorite (all colors at one point) and wanted to know which ones we liked too. Joshua didn't seem too bothered by the noise probably because he got to be held so much. We also enjoyed watching to parade in Des Plaines. Raegan collected so much candy I think we will be passing it out for Halloween :). The one thing she didn't like was the costumed people. This is why we haven't made it to Disney yet! After the parade, we bbqed at my grams house and made up a new game of frisbee sprinkler. Basically turning a friendly frisbee throw into a challenge and a way to stay cool all at once. We had a couple of long days and I am ready to get back into our routine.
Waiting for fireworks
Parade time with Nana and Pops
While trying to keep cool, we've taken the kids on a couple mini adventures. One morning, we took three kids (the third being Sammi, the little girl I watch) to the DuPage children's museum. The girls had a great time playing and Joshua got in a good nap :)
We survived!
Ooo, colorful toys
Rae and Sammi
Raegan was a little scared of the giant bubble
Playing a giant drum
Another adventure we took was down to Grant park and Navy Pier. Raegan saw the giant ferris wheel and merry go round and instantly wanted to go on both. Out of all the animals, she wanted to ride on the bench...go figure lol.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
One month
Well, one month has come and gone and we've all survived Joshua's arrival. Upon arriving home from the hospital, we tried to settle into a new routine. I quickly discovered that the word routine is not yet in a newborns vocabulary. Having said that, I tried as best I could to keep Raegan on what is her schedule. The first week home with both of them was a little difficult. My recovery from the c-section was not as smooth as the first time around, so I really needed to take it easy. Let me tell you, taking care of a two year old and newborn while trying to take it easy does not happen. As much as I hate to ask for help, I really needed it.
Our first weeks home were filled with visitors which helped keep Raegan entertained and me sane. It is not fun being stuck at home with no car and two kids. Our first big adventure was when Raegan, Joshua, and I stayed at my parents house overnight because I had to go to the doctor the next day. All involved survived (Joshua even slept fairly well that night).
After the first couple weeks, we settled into a non routine basically just going with the flow of when the little man needed to eat and basically having him sleep whenever. At five weeks old, we have already had our first smiles from him. It really makes everything worth it in the end; even the screaming fits and refusal to go back to sleep at 4am. He seems to be very strong, holding his head up for a while and we swear he's gonna be crawling very quickly.
Joshua's one month stats: 22.5 inches and 10 pounds 8 ounces. He is the same length as Rae was, but has 8 ounces on her.
Just a couple pictures
Bath time
Sibling love
Tired boy
- big smiles
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Our first weeks home were filled with visitors which helped keep Raegan entertained and me sane. It is not fun being stuck at home with no car and two kids. Our first big adventure was when Raegan, Joshua, and I stayed at my parents house overnight because I had to go to the doctor the next day. All involved survived (Joshua even slept fairly well that night).
After the first couple weeks, we settled into a non routine basically just going with the flow of when the little man needed to eat and basically having him sleep whenever. At five weeks old, we have already had our first smiles from him. It really makes everything worth it in the end; even the screaming fits and refusal to go back to sleep at 4am. He seems to be very strong, holding his head up for a while and we swear he's gonna be crawling very quickly.
Joshua's one month stats: 22.5 inches and 10 pounds 8 ounces. He is the same length as Rae was, but has 8 ounces on her.
Just a couple pictures
Bath time
Sibling love
Tired boy
- big smiles
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
HE is here!
The Shunt family is proud to announce the arrival of Joshua Patrick on April 30, 2012, which happened to be my grandaddy's birthday, which I find special, like he has a guardian angel looking out for him. He weighed in at 8 pounds even (smaller than his big sister; I keep telling him he needs to eat so she doesn't always beat up on him. I suppose we have time for that) and 20 inches long.
The story starts. I began having irregular contraction on Sunday morning. Since never really experiencing real contractions with Rae I pretty much kept them to myself and Michael for the day because I didn't want to get ahead of ourselves. We did some mall walking and then I took an hour walk by myself while Rae napped. We headed to my parents for dinner and all through dinner I kept them hidden. We finally decided I should tell my mom in case I needed to wake her in the middle of the night since I was staying there over night. Contractions kept me up all night and seemed fairly regular to me. Laying down and sitting were my enemy, so sleep was not a choice. By the morning, I thought for sure things were gonna get moving as I was having bad back pain. We decided just to wait for my doctors appointment and see what they said. After checking fluids and a very painful non stress test, the doctor stripped my membranes and said let's head up and have a baby. At this point, he said I was around two centimeters, which is farther than I got by myself with Raegan, so I thought this could be good. Fast forward 5 hours, one dose of pain meds and we are still at two...
Needless to say, I was not happy. The doctor said since everything was still looking good with baby, we had three options: keep doing nothing and see what happens, break water, or do csection. (mind you, this is the one doctor in the practice of 6 that i do not like at all, must my luck) After many, many tears, we decided it was just going to be better to have our froggy in our arms sooner rather than later, so a repeat csection it would be. After making sure Nancy, Michael's mom was there (she missed Rae's and we didn't want her to miss this one), we headed to the or. We had a great nurse and an awesome anesthesiologist and everything went smoothly. Out came baby boy and immediately peed all over (we only wish it landed on the doc). Guess that's one thing I'll have to get used to about boys!
Both our families were there to great little Joshua with welcome arms. After all got a chance to hold him, we patiently waited to be sent to our room. One does not have much patients at 1230 in the am! We finally got settled around 130 and we're able to take a nap while he was getting washed up and warmed up in the nursery.
Raegan has been completely in love with him at first sight. She is already protective of him and let's us know when he's crying and what he's doing. The first time she held him, it was about 4 seconds, but who could blame the girl, it was 11 at night and she was tired! Since then, I don't think she would let him go if we let her keep him. She even pets him and gives him a bunch of kisses. It's adorable and I'm in love with them both.
We look forward to the visitors in the weeks ahead and really can't wait for everyone to meet our froggy, Joshua.
Much love,
Michael, Raegan, Joshua, and Jennifer
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The story starts. I began having irregular contraction on Sunday morning. Since never really experiencing real contractions with Rae I pretty much kept them to myself and Michael for the day because I didn't want to get ahead of ourselves. We did some mall walking and then I took an hour walk by myself while Rae napped. We headed to my parents for dinner and all through dinner I kept them hidden. We finally decided I should tell my mom in case I needed to wake her in the middle of the night since I was staying there over night. Contractions kept me up all night and seemed fairly regular to me. Laying down and sitting were my enemy, so sleep was not a choice. By the morning, I thought for sure things were gonna get moving as I was having bad back pain. We decided just to wait for my doctors appointment and see what they said. After checking fluids and a very painful non stress test, the doctor stripped my membranes and said let's head up and have a baby. At this point, he said I was around two centimeters, which is farther than I got by myself with Raegan, so I thought this could be good. Fast forward 5 hours, one dose of pain meds and we are still at two...
Needless to say, I was not happy. The doctor said since everything was still looking good with baby, we had three options: keep doing nothing and see what happens, break water, or do csection. (mind you, this is the one doctor in the practice of 6 that i do not like at all, must my luck) After many, many tears, we decided it was just going to be better to have our froggy in our arms sooner rather than later, so a repeat csection it would be. After making sure Nancy, Michael's mom was there (she missed Rae's and we didn't want her to miss this one), we headed to the or. We had a great nurse and an awesome anesthesiologist and everything went smoothly. Out came baby boy and immediately peed all over (we only wish it landed on the doc). Guess that's one thing I'll have to get used to about boys!
Both our families were there to great little Joshua with welcome arms. After all got a chance to hold him, we patiently waited to be sent to our room. One does not have much patients at 1230 in the am! We finally got settled around 130 and we're able to take a nap while he was getting washed up and warmed up in the nursery.
Raegan has been completely in love with him at first sight. She is already protective of him and let's us know when he's crying and what he's doing. The first time she held him, it was about 4 seconds, but who could blame the girl, it was 11 at night and she was tired! Since then, I don't think she would let him go if we let her keep him. She even pets him and gives him a bunch of kisses. It's adorable and I'm in love with them both.
We look forward to the visitors in the weeks ahead and really can't wait for everyone to meet our froggy, Joshua.
Much love,
Michael, Raegan, Joshua, and Jennifer
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Our two year old
Raegan is now officially in the terrible twos! Her second birthday happened to fall on Friday the 13th, but nothing seemed to ruin her day. She woke up to her door being decorated and thought it was such fun to run through it over and over. In the afternoon, Uncle Scott and Auntie Stephy came to babysit so Michael and I could have a date night. Rae had fun with them at the park and eating dinner out. We enjoyed dinner and American Reunion, which was actually quite funny. On Saturday, we had family over for a party and Raegan was very cooperative with pictures until she couldn't take it anymore, but with the promise of presents, she took just a couple more. She got a bunch of books, clothes, and a fun art easel. All in all, a successful birthday.
The birthday girl all decked out in her Minnie outfit
Family picture, Ozzie even makes an appearance.
Relaxing with Pops and baby Emma after a long, fun busy day.
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The birthday girl all decked out in her Minnie outfit
Family picture, Ozzie even makes an appearance.
Relaxing with Pops and baby Emma after a long, fun busy day.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Froggy
So, I had an appointment today to check measurements of froggy since Raegan was a bigger baby. Doc says that everything looks great (62%) and doesn't seem too big. I keep telling him, yes, but I still have some time to go, unless froggy decides to come earlier than the 29th. I will be going past 40 weeks as long as everything is still going well. I found out that my granddaddy's birthday was the 30th so I think it would be special if this baby came then. We shall see :)
Froggy Shunt at 37 weeks, 2 days soon to make their debut in the world.
Sweet, squishy baby cheeks that I cannot wait to meet and kiss!
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Froggy Shunt at 37 weeks, 2 days soon to make their debut in the world.
Sweet, squishy baby cheeks that I cannot wait to meet and kiss!
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Is April the month
The official days countdown to Froggy's arrival has begun. We are 27 days away from the 'due date' but that, in general, means little to me. I am just excited that we are in the month of April and that much closer. Doctors have been very positive about everything with this pregnancy and baby has been doing great. I am hoping that the next 4 weeks go smoothly and come with no surprises. Froggy's room is ready whenever s/he is ready to make their entrance.
I am anxious to find out who this active little bugger is and cannot wait to see their face and just have them in my arms. I might be a little anxious to start over again, but I imagine it's like riding a bike, you can just pick it up from where you left off. I pray that Raegan makes a smooth transition into big sisterhood and enjoys helping with froggy. She is very nurturing to all her babies and stuffed animals, so I really think she will do great. I think she might just get a little bored being at home with just me and a baby and no one else to play with. Luckily, we should be in the warmer weather at that point and can play outside with out neighbors.
Mike is still working hard to finish up the yearbook before the month is up. He will be enjoying spring break this week, but will probably end up doing a ton around the house and school work amid the relaxing. Mikes dad has been working at the house replacing the siding for the past couple weeks and should be done before baby gets here. This is a really good thing cause it is loud when they are doing it. Thank goodness the girls all sleep right through it!
I go for an ultrasound next week, so I will try to update after that with pics and news of how froggy is progressing. We are going to be celebrating Raegan's 2nd birthday next week too, so lots of pics. I can't believe my baby is gonna be two; she's such a big girl now.
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I am anxious to find out who this active little bugger is and cannot wait to see their face and just have them in my arms. I might be a little anxious to start over again, but I imagine it's like riding a bike, you can just pick it up from where you left off. I pray that Raegan makes a smooth transition into big sisterhood and enjoys helping with froggy. She is very nurturing to all her babies and stuffed animals, so I really think she will do great. I think she might just get a little bored being at home with just me and a baby and no one else to play with. Luckily, we should be in the warmer weather at that point and can play outside with out neighbors.
Mike is still working hard to finish up the yearbook before the month is up. He will be enjoying spring break this week, but will probably end up doing a ton around the house and school work amid the relaxing. Mikes dad has been working at the house replacing the siding for the past couple weeks and should be done before baby gets here. This is a really good thing cause it is loud when they are doing it. Thank goodness the girls all sleep right through it!
I go for an ultrasound next week, so I will try to update after that with pics and news of how froggy is progressing. We are going to be celebrating Raegan's 2nd birthday next week too, so lots of pics. I can't believe my baby is gonna be two; she's such a big girl now.
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