More about Treyson

Pappa with his Grandboys, I hear through the grapevine, he is excited and proud to have his 5th grandson.

Trey lost his umbilical cord after about 4 days, so we were able to bath him pretty soon. He didn't like it much.

Treyson started rolling over when he was 11 days old. Curtis laid him on his front for Tummy time. He fussed and he didn't like it much so he rolled onto his back. He does it every time. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself.

Picture Day

The other day I took the kids to get their pictures done. I usually wait to do baby pictures until they smile and at least have some expression. I had put off doing the pictures for Dax and Derek until the baby came. I didn't want to wait too much longer because we would be into the holidays and I didn't want to get in the mad rush of family photos. It was kind of a fiasco to get them to smile, and not look to silly etc. They took a ton of pictures, and we got a lot of really good ones, but these are some of my favorites. For some reason I can't rotate the picture of Dax and Trey. We will just have to look at it sideways. Trey is 6 days old in these pictures. These are some proud big brothers.

Treyson is here (aka Dixon)

Our new baby Treyson Jake arrived Wednesday November 12th at 6:45 a.m. 7lbs 8 oz. about a pound bigger than the other two.

I had a Dr. appt. Tuesday and I told my Dr. I didn't want to be pregnant past Friday (my Birthday) He checked me and assured me I wouldn't be pregnant past the end of the week. Soon after I left I started having contractions and we went to the hospital about 9:00 p.m. I had a good labor and delivery. I love epidurals. I slept most the night ( except for the nurses coming in every few hours to take my blood pressure, temp etc ). At 6:45 a.m. Wednesday Treyson showed up. Just in time for Dr. Kells to do a surgery at 7:00 and then catch a plane to San Diego after that. I don't know how anyone can do that job. Dr. Kells even came in a few times during the night to check me. I guess you get used to naps rather than a good nights sleep.

For the past few months when we have been trying to decide on a name. At one point the name Dixon came up. Derek decided he liked that name. We didn't love the name, but everytime we brought up a name Derek would always insist on the name Dixon. The past few weeks Derek would get upset if we had any other name beisde Dixon. We started telling him that he could call the baby Dixon, but we would also give him another name instead. We considered using Dixon as a middle name, since Derek insisted on calling him that anyway. We didn't love Treyson Dixon Johnson together, so we dumped Dixon for Jake, a name that had been in the running since the beginning. Derek always calls him Dixon, and corrects us when we call him Trey. Dixon may end up sticking for a while. We liked Treyson, not too common and it could shorten to Trey.

Dax and Derek love having a new brother although they are a little disappointed that he doesn't smile, and they can't really play with him yet. Derek looked at his belly button, soon after the embilical cord came off. There was still a small scab and he said "He's Broken". Treyson is still covered in the baby hair all over his body and Dax thought they were wiskers. I forgot how soft and smooth baby skin and hair feel. Just like silk.

A few Changes

Here is the living/dining room. It was a little too plain and white before we added the drapes and tile.

These are not the best pictures but this is the play room before and after we added doors and tile.

We had to make a few minor changes to get ready for the new baby. First we are moving Derek into Dax's room and we got bunk beds. They were very excited about the bunk beds. We had moved Derek's mattress into Daxton's bedroom about a 18 months ago, because they liked to sleep in the same room. As soon as the room is complete moving all the clothes etc. I will post a picture. Then we had to enclose the playroom. It is just way too loud when they start playing in there and it would be a disaster with a baby trying to sleep next to that. As long as we were doing things and the carpet had to be lifted cut etc. to add the doors. We ripped out the nasty stained/germ infested carpet and added tile. While we were adding tile, we also added tile to the front room and the master bath. I never wanted to eat in the formal dining on white carpet, and why there was carpet in the Master bath to begin with I don't know. I love love love how everything turned out. I wish we would have done this at least 2 years ago when we started talking about it. I bought the tile back in January when I found out it had been discontinuted. We finally had it installed. One of the benefits of all this moving around is it forces you to clean out and declutter. It feels so good.

Halloween

For the third straight year, one or both of the boys was a Star Wars Character. Dax was Anakin Skywalker (same as last year) and Derek was Jango Fett. We went to Trunk or Treat at the church one weekend and then the next weekend we had Halloween. I think my kids think it is more fun to pass out the candy than to actually work for the candy and go trick or treating. It seems they go to a few houses and then want to go home. They love to sit in the front yard and wait for "customers" so they can give them candy.