3 weeks old and picture info

here are his 3 wk photos. his pictures we had taken are now available for viewing. go to www.portraits.olanmills.com the acct is JSBMAINE and the password is sarahjeanne79. enjoy

BACK TO WORK

WELL THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES OVER THE PAST WEEK. THE REALITY OF HAVING A BABY AND WORKING AND BALANCING THE GYM HAVE STARTED. WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY BUT ARE HANGING IN THERE. JOHN AND I STARTED GOING BACK TO THE EGYM A WEEK AFTER GRAYSON WAS BORN(OF COURSE MY MOM WAS HERE SO THAT MADE IT ALOT EASIER) I STARTED BACK TO WORK MONDAY WHICH HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT FOR US. IT IS ALOT TO BALANCE BUT I KNOE THIMGS WILL GET BETER. I HAVE REALY MISSED THE GIRLS AND THEY JUST ADORE GRAYSON-ESPECIALLY HALEY. I JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO MANAGING ALL FIVE OF THEM. THE GIRLS ARE DOING GREAT AT SCHOOL. ALTHOUGH HALEY IS HAVING A HARD TIME BEING LEFT. JOHN FINISHES WORK AND THEN GOES TO THE GYM. HE THEN COMES TO THE PIKES TO GET GRAYSON SO I CAN GO TO THE GYM. JOHN THEN GOES HOME AND MAKES DINNER. THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE HARD AS JOHN AND I REALLY MISS EACH OTHER, BUT JOHN AND I BOTH HAVE FRI/SAT/SUN OFF SO WE WILL GET TO SPEND SO TIME AS A FAMILY. JOHN IS THE MOST WONDERFUL DAD- HE HELPS ME OUT SO MUCH AND LOVES HIS SON BEYOND WORDS. I MUST BE THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. THE FLUID THAT WAS BUILDING UP ON THE BACK OF GRAYSONS HEAD IS COMPLETELY GONE NOW-THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS IT WAS A VERY SCAREY TIME FOR US. I KNOW HOW FAST BABIES GRAOW AS THE GIRLS ARE NOW 14 ,12 ,6, &5 SO I AM CHERISHING EVERY MOMENT I HAVE WITH MY SON. HE IS ALREADY CHANGING SO MUCH . IN THE PICTURES I WILL POST YOU CAN SEE HIS HAIR CHANGING TO MORE OF A SANDY BLONDE. HIS EYES ARE STILL BLUE WHICH WE HOPE WILL STAY THAT WAY AS BOTH MOM AND DAD HAVE BLUE EYES. HE IS ALSO MORE ALERT AND STARTING TO SMILE AT MOMMY AND DADDY. ON FRIDAY WE HAD GRAYSONS PICTURES TAKEN SINCE WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL BEFORE THEY HAD TIME TO TAKE THEM. IT WAS QUITE AN ORDEAL. WE FIRST WENT TO JCP. THEY DID A HORRIBLE JOB. GAYSON DID FINE BUT THE GIRL WAS PROBABLY 16 AND MESSED UP ALL THESE GREAT SHOTS. SHE CUT OFF HIS HEAD AND MADE SOME OF THE PICTURES OFF BALANCE. SO WE THEN WENT TO SEARS. THE GIRLS THERE WERENT MUCH OLDER AND WERE VERY RUDE. SO WE WALKED TO BELK AND WENT INSIDE TO THE OLAN MILLS. WE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE. GRAYSON WAS AWAKE THE WHOLE TIME. THE PICTURES SHOULD BE ONLINE TO VIEW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. I WILL POST INSTRUCTIONS TO VIEW THEM WHEN THEY ARE AVAIABLE






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birthday party

sunday after church we took the girls to a birthday party for our neighbors little girl. it was at chuckee cheese. the girls had a great time and it gave us some extra time to spend with them. grayson did fine- he tolerated the noise just fine. we all had a good time. i thought the theme was pretty funny. bella (a girl) had a power rangers theme. it reminded me of haleys 4th or 5th birthday when she had a star wars party:)

bye bye grammy and grandpa

these next pictures were taken before grammy and grandpa left. we had a wonderful visit. grayson is a very lucky boy to have grandparents who love him so much-we sure do miss them alot.

2 week photos

sorry his 2 week photos are late-i have had them but have not had time to post them. enjoy

doc update and pictures

we went to the doctors again today. everything was great. grayson now weighs 7lbs 14oz. which means we passed our birth weight. the doctor was impressed as grayson put on 6 oz in 4 days-what a pig! so this means we do not have to go to the doctor again until he is 1 month old. thank goodness as going every other day was getting very old. he are some of my favorite pictures. it wa very hard to chose but i figured i could not put all 300 on here:)

baby dedication

sunday night at church we had grayson dedicated. grayson did so good he was awake the whole time and never even cried- he just looked around.

my one week photos

ER and fun with grammy and grampy

we had a little scare with grayson on wednesday. sunday i noticed a little gushy spot on the back of his head towards the top. i thought it was just a funny place for a soft spot. monday morning we had to get his exam don and he doc didn't say anything when he checked it so we just went on our way. we realized on wednesday about 4:30pm that it had gotten bigger. so we called the doc's office and spoke to a nurse and she said it could be this or that and he might or might not have to be seen. this left us very uneasy. so while a the pike's house mark looked at it because he has a lot more medical knowledge than us. he said it might be a hemotomah or serebral spinal fluid. so we rushedto the er and thay examined it and said it was a hemotomah but it was nothing to be alarmed about and it will go away on it's own. aaahhhhh... now for the fun stuff. the following are pictures taken while grammy and grandpa were visiting.

bath # 2

funny story... daddy was changing grayson's pamper and in the process grayson decided to give daddy a gift. yes he squirted poop all over the changing table and then pee peed on his head along with everything else. that is how he got his second bath within a day or so of the first. we thought it was pretty funny too!

what's up doc?// hello grammy & grampy!

well monday was grayson's first check up and everything was great except for the fact he lost 9 ounces. which some weight loss was expected but the doc said it was more than he liked. so we had another appt. 24 hours later for a weight check and needed to gain .5-1 ounce. we were stressin a little (okay a lot). we didn't have a pump to help supplement so off to walmart. no matter what any one tells you, you can;t get everything @ wally world. so the pump didnt work and was not returnable so we caled all around to find one to rent or pay $250 @target for a new one. finally we got one. we found out when we got it home we didn't have all the peices. at this point it's about 6:30 and he wont eat and we have no pump to feed him. my neighbor got home @9:30 and has $400 pump that is gangsta she gave to us. now sarah is pumpin like crazy and grayson is eating every 2 hours. so @ the doc's office he gained 2 ounces and the monkey jumped off our backs and ran down the road. now the little guy is doing great and i never thaught we could love so much that it hurts.
lastley tuesday night at about 11:00 we drove to rdu to bring grayson to meet grammy and grandpy for the first time. here are pictures of grammy and grampy holding grayson for the first time.

hangin out

we have had a really special couple of days with our baby boy. just hangin out and spending time together. we have finally got his days and nights in the right order. a special thanks goes out to uncle doug and auntie stacy for the swing because other than mommy and daddys arms his favorite thing is his swing.

First bath

baby grayson got his first bath and really enjoyed it at the beging. By the time i put the video camera down to take pics he was already done with getting wet.

leaving the hospital and seeing the girls

next is grayson going home from the hospital. we stopped by the pikes as i could not wait any longer for him to meet the girls. this is a slideshow of them holding grayson for the first time.

day two

here are a few pictures of the second day we were in the hospital. we got to leave this same day at 4:00. because we left early we unforunatley did not get to have a hospital picture done because they only do them from 4-6 in the morning.

welcome grayson cole bernard

first of all i wanted to say a special thank you to my sister stacy for all the updates she posted. she did a great job and i know everyone was thankful to see pictures and updates so let her know you appreciated them. now i will start my many updates while i have a minute(daddy and grayson are sleeping)first we will start with friday. i am going to post some pictures of grayson when he was born. its a boy-not knowing definately made the bith very exciting. he was 7lbs 11oz 21 in long born at 4:04 and he was absolutley perfect!

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More Pictures of Grayson Cole!

Here are three more pictures that were sent to me. The quality doesn't seem to be as good as the last two, but they are cute!!! Looks like the family will be returning home tomorrow!

Here's Our Baby ~ Welcome Grayson Cole!

Got another picture:

i finally got a picture, isn't he sooo handsome!!! i love him already (this is stacy by the way)!