Happy Birthday Nolan!

It is hard to believe but today is Nolan's 3 week birthday! I can't believe he has been with us for that long. Time really flies! He has been growing lots in those first 3 weeks. He started at 8 lbs 8 oz. He lost a lot of weight though initially and got down to 7 lbs 13 oz. Now he has turned into a regular ol' pigger. At his 2 week checkup he weighed in at 8 lbs 11 oz. So he is a growing boy!

This is just a random picture of him enjoying his bouncy seat. Can you tell how he's grown?

Bath TIme

Over the last week Nolan has gotten to enjoy real bath time. Surprisingly he seems to enjoy it. I haven't seen a single tear while in the tub. He likes to try to put his soapy fingers in his mouth, but otherwise he does great! Here are a few pics from his first bath...

Getting dried off...

All clean! He is perfectly content!

He's here!

A lot has happened since the last post... for starters he's here!! We waited for months and months, and finally on September 15 our precious boy was born!

Nolan Patrick Donohoe was born at 3:11 am after 10 hours of labor (not too bad). He weighed in at 8 lbs and 8 oz. I am still amazed that he came out of me!



So far it appears that he has my eyes and definitely Jack's chin. There is definitely not mistaking that he is our son!

Look how he's grown!

6 weeks old:

8 weeks old:

Proof that it's a boy:

I call this the "get me out of here" pose. You can see his face to the right, arms, and leg.
Around the time this picture was taken he actually waved to us!

Hello Summer!

It has been a long time since our last post! Now that school is over and summer is here hopefully I will have more time to keep things updated.

Since the last post we have found out that it's a boy!! Jack and I were both stunned. For some reason we both had feelings that it was a girl. I even had multiple dreams where it was a girl. We had a girl name picked out and everything! So when the doctor pointed out his man part, boy were we surprised! We are both delited though. As long as it is a healthy baby the sex does not really matter to us. Having a boy first does have it's advantages though - Jack always wanted a boy first so that any other kids we have would have an older brother to look out for them. He also says that your are doomed to mess up the first child, so it is better to have a messed up boy than a messed up girl. Whether that's true or not we're having a boy so we'll see what happens!

Hello in there...

I am officially 17 weeks pregnant today. I'm not really sure what I'm suppose to be feeling right now (after all I've never been pregnant before). But here is what I've noticed so far:

- My clothes aren't fitting anymore. Sweat pants are my best friend. By the end of the day I just want to walk around school with my pants unbuttoned. Thankfully there is an inner voice telling me that would be a bad idea. Thank goodness for dress pants with a stretchy waste band!

- The reason my clothes aren't fitting well is obvious - the infamous little baby bump has finally appeared. This is both good and bad. I'm glad because it reminds me that there's a baby inside of me. And it must be doing ok because it is growing like crazy. But it is bad because now people just stare at my stomach. Most women complain about people staring at their boobs. Not me. I just want to slap people sometimes and say "Hey, my face is up here"! Seriously, stop staring at my belly. I am self-conscious enough without you adding to it. If it's this bad now, I had to think what it will be like a few months down the road!

- Now that I'm showing a little bit my students have started to figure it out. I decided not to tell them and just wait for them to figure it out on their own. It took them a while, but over the last few days the news has exploded over the school. One freshman girl (who lacks some tact mind you) proclaimed "Mrs. Donohoe got knocked-up!" Oh little children, I wish you knew what having a baby was really about. It's not always just a mistake that happened because I didn't use protection when I was wasted at a party.

- So far I haven't felt any movements inside my womb yet. But then again, I don't really know what it's suppose to feel like. Maybe I have felt it and I didn't realize it. Hopefully in a few weeks it will be more noticeable though.

- We went to the doctor again yesterday - not for anything exciting, but just a checkup. For the 2nd time in a row the dr. commented on how active the baby is. Apparently he/she is constantly doing flips in there. Should I be worried by this? Are we going to have a hyper-active child from the beginning? I guess he/she is taking after their father already. I like to imagine Baby having a dance party in there. I'll have to remember to keep good music on hand.

I think that's it for now. In 2 weeks we get to find out what the sex is! Hurray! No more calling it "it".

Have a great Easter everyone! And for the teachers out there, happy spring break! It has been a long time coming but I am more excited for this break than ever! :)

And we're back...

Well friends, we're back to blogging. Sorry to those of you who are faithful blog stalkers. We haven't posted on here in quite a while. We originally started the blog as somewhat of a public diary to catalog the journey of our first pregnancy. Unfortunately that journey came to an unexpected end last September when we had a miscarriage (hence the sudden stop in posts). But, both Jack and I are convinced that God's timing is perfect, and He is Sovereign, and we cannot doubt anything that he does. We are blessed though to announce, ironically on the eve of our original due date, that we are once again expecting! That's right. Jack and I will be parents this coming September! So far everything has been going well. We got to hear our child's heart beat a few weeks ago. 160 bpm sounds pretty amazing! In addition my clothes are not fitting as well these days. So either I need to kick up the exercise a notch or there really is a baby growing inside of there. It's pretty exciting!

So welcome back to the blog. We will try to keep you updated and entertained as much as possible during this journey. Thanks for being a part of our lives!

J and K