A Day in the Life: Baby Jay

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Baby Jay

We found out Tuesday that we are having a baby boy! We're quite ecstatic. He's measuring on just perfectly for his due date and looks very healthy. Matt felt him for the first time last week and he's gotten more active each day. Feeling the baby is probably my favorite part of being pregnant. We're so excited to welcome baby Jay into our family. He'll be the fourth generation Jay. His great-grandfather is still living and we can't wait to get a photo of the four of them.

11 comments:

Amanda and Steve said...: Yay!; April 16, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Amber said...: Congrats Matt and Corrine! We are so excited for you! He is going to be a beautiful boy and very blessed to have you as his parents and Hailey for a sister! We love you so much and miss you! Let us know how you all are doing.; April 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Nick & Steph said...: Oh that's so exciting! We are so happy for you guys!; April 17, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Devin said...: That's awesome. We have a four generation thing with Wendell as well. It's one of my favorite pictures ever.

We are leaving for Notre Dame on May 2nd. Maybe we can meet in the middle sometime...

P.S. I hope your baby is born on 09/09/09. That would be the coolest birthday. (except maybe 11/11/1111 (missed it by a millennium).; April 17, 2009 at 8:06 AM
Ryan and Julianne said...: YEAH!! Congrats! I may be biased, but I think boys are AWESOME! So very fun. Congratulations! I like the name, too. Our friend's little boy is named Jay and he is SUCH a doll.; April 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Tiff Rudd said...: YEAH!! Congrats you guys! One of each is the perfect way to start a family in my expert opinion! :) That is so exciting!; April 17, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Allison said...: Congrats to you and Matt! How fun to have a girl and a boy :); April 17, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Tina said...: Congratulations! My grandpa was Jay and then my sister is a Jayme. When we were pregnant with Kaelin, we decided if it was a boy it would be Jay. Apparently we changed our mind when we eventually had Sean. Cute, Cute! Hailey will be a great big sister; April 17, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Mike and Wendy said...: Congratulations!
I have a little something for you. When I get over my bronchitis, I'll bring it over.; April 20, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Amber said...: about Raelene... I think it must be in the genes! I was always falling on the blacktop or something when I was young! How are you feeling?; April 27, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Tanner said...: Congrats!! That is so exciting!!! We are so happy for you guys!; May 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM

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Haileyisms

I always love reading the funny things kids say or do and I don't want to forget the things that Hailey does. So, I'm going to start a list - hopefully I'll come back to add to it more often than I have been. :)

4-18-10

In her bed yelling out to me (even though she's aware of the rule that once her door is closed we don't come back until morning...)"MOOOOOOOOM.....MOOOOOMMMMMYYYY.....DO YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU NEED TO SPEAK LOUDER. DO YOU HEAR ME? "

Every morning when Matt is leaving she stands in the doorway and says the cutest things like, "I love you, Daddy. Have a good day. Seed ya waiter. Be safe." She always reminds him, "Kisses, hugs."

Unfortunately Hailey has learned lately (by watching other kids) to be afraid of bugs. We keep telling her that bugs are nice and wont hurt her, but she persists in SCREAMING every time she sees one, or hears one (bees and grasshoppers, especially). And I'm not being sarcastic on the scream - it turns heads from neighbors. One day she got so upset she even threw up. It's so sad. Anyway, she says, "buggies go inside." This is her solution - because that's what makes the neighbors scary barking dog go away. What a thinker. :)

3-11-10

Hailey loves to do the same things Levi is doing. I was practicing sitting up with Levi and put my hand behind him as support while he was getting his balance. Hailey said, "you help me sit, Mommy?" She sat down and pretended to fall back. I was amused by her observations.

A few weeks ago during FHE we decided to teach Hailey to play hide-and-seek. She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to play. Several times a day she'll say, "count to 20 and come find me." or "I count to twenty, you hide, and I come find you." It's so fun. She'll even play with Sandy, her bear. She even looks in a few places before finding Sandy, even though she's the one that hid her. It makes me laugh.

"Daddy, I don't want you to go to school. I just want you to stay with me."

"I sure love you mommy/daddy."

We've been potty training the last few days and Hailey has done incredibly! She has had a few accidents, but she definitely gets the idea and is doing very well. One of the fun things is that she loves the shapes/colors of her panties. Yesterday I had to laugh when she said, "hurry, I gotta pee in the potty. I don't wanna pee on my apples."

1-27-10

Hailey has really been into making up songs lately. Sometimes she does different words to tunes she already knows (Twinkle, Twinkle is a favorite tune) or most recently she's tried making up the tune and the words. So, today after church she's sitting in her chair at the table singing, "Jesus for me....Jesus for me..Jesus for me," over and over - higher pitched then lower. Later Matt told her to sing it for me so she ran through the living room (pigtails and hands flying) singing, "Jesus for Mommy, Jesus for Mommy."

Sitting in church today Hailey was looking at her Gospel Art Book from Grandma Stevens. She would turn to a picture, hold it up for me to see and say "what's this?" (Can you tell that's how she learns at nursery and FHE). One of the pictures was of Jesus when He was 12 and teaching in the temple. When she asked "what's this?" I told her it was Jesus when He was young. She said "no," and pointing at the man behind Jesus with a long white beard, "it's Santa."

"Maybe later" is one of Hailey's favorite phrases as of late. When I tell her it's nap or bedtime she says "maybe later nap" or "maybe later bed." I had to laugh when we were discussing in the car on the way home that we were going to have spaghetti for dinner and she replied, "maybe morrow spaghetti. We have macacheese for dinner."

If Hailey was older I couldn't tell this one - so thank goodness for sweet innocence of toddlers. We haven't 'officially' started potty training, but she knows when she needs to go poop. This morning she and Matt were enjoying cold cereal for breakfast when she started making her poopy face and moaning. She said, "I can't poop"...moan..."I can't poop. It's stuck." Matt grinned and they finished. A few minutes later she was running around with her little stroller and found Matt and exclaimed with great excitement "Daddy, I got it!"

Matt was walking out the door for school, and Hailey sent him off with, "Love your guts!!" (Yes, Matt says that to her.)

When Hailey first started going to nursery we'd chat with her in the car on the way home about nursery. One Sunday I was busy chatting with Matt instead of following the normal ritual. I heard her announce in the back seat, "Bubbles, fish, Addie (her friend), learn about Jesus."

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