The best BIG brother

Bridger got strep throat yesterday and ran a fever all last night. (Jeremy and I have both had Strep in the past few weeks, no surprise Bridger got it) He is such a trooper when he is sick and luckily the antibiotics have kicked in so he is feeling much better.

Bridger is busy adjusting to life with a little brother. He loves Connor most of the time. He loves giving him kisses and belly blowers- I can't say Connor enjoys them as much as he does though :) He will say funny things such as "Odessa, are you going to get your fussy baby?" whenever Connor is crying. Oh by the way, he is back to calling us Odessa & Jeremy instead of mom and dad. It started around the time Connor was born so I figure it will pass with time. He holds Connor a couple of times each day and loves for me to hold the 2 of them and read books. Bridger gets upset with Connor when he cries because he can't hear me reading the story. He finishes up preschool this Friday for the summer, he has really enjoyed school these past 9 months and really loves his teacher Ms. Danielle.

In the past few weeks, Bridger has asked when I have school again so he can go play with his Grandma Joyce. I need to be better about taking him over there just to play, as it has been a huge adjustment for him to have me around 24/7! We have our moments and I have to remember he needs my love the most right now as it can be hard for him to share my attention with Connor. He tells me almost everyday how he can't wait for Connor to get big so they can wrestle, these words are all too familiar. Jeremy used to say the same thing about Bridger! All these boys, gotta love em'

Coniferous

Sometimes I call Connor, Coniferous (thanks to Jewls and her friend Jordan). Bridger even named a stuffed animal that G&G Jensen gave him, Coniferous. Connor is already 7 weeks old and he's growing like a weed. Here are his statistics which most of them are courtesy of the public health visits (see post below)

April 1st (birth).... 6#10.4 oz.

April 4th................ 6#5 oz.

April 19th.............. 7# 9 oz.

April 26th.............. 8# 8 oz.

May 13th............... 9# 9 oz.

May 24th.............. 10# 5 oz.

Jeremy always calls him a little chunk but he is a great eater (I must feed him pure cream) and a great sleeper. He sleeps 6-7 hours at night and sleeps in until 8-9 in the morning, it's lovely! He also sleeps most of the day still. He still has a full head of dark hair and more grows in daily. He loves to be held and loves hearing Bridgers' voice. Here are some pictures....

The chubby little legs are my favorite even though I love looking at his cute little feet! This picture was taken last week at my Grandma Gilberts' house. (5/19)

(5/10) There was a picture shortage due to studying for finals.

The picture above was taken on 4/22

These 2 pictures are only a week apart (4/11 & 4/18) I think the chubby little cheeks popped up during this period....

The picture below was taken on 4/4 and the one above on 4/5

I know I know, this is VERY past due

It has been 7 weeks since I posted, I know this because Connor is 7 weeks old! Let's recap the month of April. I had Connor on April 1st, went home from the hospital April 2nd, and went back to school April 4th.

Quick story- Before leaving the hospital after delivering a baby, each woman must fill out this sheet that goes to public health ,because here in Gillette we are fortunate enough to have grant programs that allow public health nurses to make welcome home visits for new moms free of charge! I did it with Bridger and am currently having a nurse come weigh/measure Connor every couple of weeks. Funny thing, my clinical day on April 5th was at Public Health and right when I got there one of the nurses received my paper. I thought her jaw was going to hit the floor when she asked if I just had a baby April 1st. I smiled and said yep that would be me :) I than explained that I was 4 weeks from graduating and just wanted to finish up so I wouldn't have any make-ups and was able to do so because of my wonderful husband, see next paragraph

Jeremy is the most amazing husband ever. He took 2 weeks off from work to stay home with the boys so I could finish my school and clinical hours.

I graduated from Nursing School May 7th, it was a very exciting day :) Bridger and Jeremy pinned me with my R.N. pin, I cried a little but mostly was all smiles as I am very glad to be done! There is no way I could have completed the last 2 years without my family. They were all so great to me. Jeremy pushed me to finish and made fun of me when I would fail a test :( My mother in law Joyce for keeping Bridger & Connor while I was in school and many times while I studied, I couldn't have made it without her! Little Grandma for listening to me cry and tell her I want to drop out and her sweet constant reminders that I could do it! My dad for his "Yippee" texts when I would pass a test even when it was with a C. All my siblings for their calls/texts to make sure I was still alive and kicking. It was a tough 2 years but I made it, I even received the Clinical Excellence Award!

Here are a few pictures from my pinning ceremony and graduation...

I was all smiles as you can see above

The cutest family at my pinning ceremony

This is my friend Janell from nursing school. We sat next to each other all 4 semesters and have grown pretty close. She talks as much if not more than I do so as you can imagine, we had tendencies to distract each other, but we both made it!

Friday night walking across the stage!

My friend Kellie and I.

Jeremy was all smiles as he is just as excited as I am to be done with this crazy journey!