4 Generations of Family Weekend

Uncle Shane & Auntie Melissa

Mommy & Justin at Cabela's
Daddy & Justin at Conor O'Neill's
4 generations of family!
Justin & Uncle Bud

Justin had a house full of family guests this past weekend!

He gladly welcomed his Great-Grandma Tokarski, Grammie Hawes, Uncle Bud, Uncle Shane and Auntie Melissa.

With the birth of Justin this weekend brought 4 generations of family together and that was something pretty special to us all. :)

This visit brought along many firsts for Justin including his first BBQ as well as trips to Cabela's and Conor O'Neill's. Here are a few pictures of our wonderful family filled weekend!

Randomness

So, there isn't really a point to this blog, only some really cute pictures for the most part. :)

Here is a couple of Justin hanging out with his best furry friend, Scout. As you can see, Justin didn't appreciate the kisses Scout gave him.

Here is one of Justin and his buddy Will hanging out. Will loves hanging out with Justin, infact Will loves to touch Justin's foot too!

First Roadtrip-WI Bound!

Great Grandma Johnston
Great Grandpa Johnston
Jenni's Cousin Mike
Jenni's Cousin Chelsey & her boyfriend Tony
Jenni's Uncle Chris & Aunt Sandy


Justin just returned from his first major roadtrip which happened to be to Marinette, WI where we visited the Johnston side of the family. For his first extended car trip he did pretty good, only needing to stop every couple hours to eat and have his diaper changed. We only had one explosive diaper incident which happened at one of the truck stop rest areas. I won't go into detail, but it wasn't pretty....Justin thought it was pretty funny though!





Grandma and Grandpa finally sold their house in Menominee so they had to sign the papers while they were home, but the main event was Friday night when the entire family came over to Great Grandma & Great Grandpa's house for a BBQ and meet Justin! Here are some pictures of the festivities and some of the many relatives that fell instantly in love with him!

Since daddy couldn't come Justin made a special video for him!

Personality & Strength

Well, the past two weeks we haved learned quite a bit about Justin's personality and his physical strength. It seems he is quite advanced for being only 2 weeks old. He can already pick his head up and hold it up himself for the most part. We also discovered during tummy play time that he can push himself into an army crawl!

Justin is definately a night owl like his daddy and definately likes to nap like his mommy. He's very stubborn, and vocal when he has his mind set on something. In turn, he is also the sweetest little guy and his smile makes our hearts melt! He also has the cutest little snort....which he of course also gets from mommy! :)

Other than these milestones, Justin spends most of his days pooping, playing with some of his toys and sleeping. Oh to be a child without a care in the world!

This week Justin and mommy are heading to WI to meet some more family. Sadly, daddy has to work and can't come :( . But Justin will be meeting the Johnston side of the family, most importantly Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Johnston. This will mark Justin's first major roadtrip which we are sure will be quite the adventure. Stay tuned for details surrounding his trip!

Justin's Recent Visitors

Abby Holland
Laura Meengs
Elizabeth Neville
Erin Ferris
Tom and Will Ferris....This was Will's first time holding a baby and he did a great job! Such a big boy!

Thanks to some special friends who visited us at the hospital and at home over the first weekend home! Please note Auntie Teresa was also visiting, but she's special and will be getting her own post later :)

Justin's Hospital Photo

Hopefully we willl have more time this weekend to put up more pictures and blogs, but we thought you would enjoy a view of his hospital photo for now!

Our first week with Baby Justin

Hi everyone-new mom here. This is the first time I have had a free second to update a blog post. This week has been a whirlwind....Between the long hospital stay and coming home just 3 days ago everything has been a blur. Let me first tell you how beautiful our baby boy is and how much we love him. I've always heard the saying there is nothing quite like a mother's love and I can't explain how much this little ball of almost 10 pounds makes my heart melt everytime I look at him and hold him.

Some highlights from our first few days home:
-Our first night home was rough and we were up pretty much all night (mind you I was running on about 2 hours a sleep per night even in the hospital!) We made it throught it though!
-Breastfeeding has been going ok, although he has a tough time latching on; we're working on it though! To help out we are breastfeeding (expressing) by day and doing formula in the overnight hours which seems to be a great compromise.
-Last night my mom and Steven made me try to get some rest so they took turns with the overnight feedings (thank you!) The best part which I am sad I missed was Justin had an explosive poop while Steven was changing him LOL. It was all over Steven, the walls, everything! I should tell you I was pooped on night 1 of our being home but nothing to this magnitude. :)
-Justin is our little Hercules and has really strong neck muscles! Most babies at this point have no strength, but he is doing great at having his head up most of the time.
-Everyone says sleep when the baby sleeps so we are going to give that a whirl!


I will be honest, it is taking a lot to get adjusted. I'm a little embarassed to admit this, but as my friends and family I hope you can all understand. especially you women as mothers. I'm going through some post partum depression....I'm so overwhelmed, scared, crying on and off and I am on this emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs. I've even had the crazy thoughts that Steven might leave me because of the baby weight gain and ect. I know that is insane but my mind is racing all the time with thoughts of, "Am I a good mom?" Thoughts of guilt for everyone having to help out especially Steven. You all know he works 3rd shift and how much sleep he gets (or doesn't get) I jus don't want him to be tired all the time. I feel guilty for having to have our parents help us out. I'm scared of the unknown and work and money...it's never ending. I hate feeling this way...Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment to get some guidance and help and I hope it helps because I don't like haivng these feelings. This is supposed to be the happiest time of my life and while I am happy and I love Justin, I am just having a hard time. Thank you to Steven who is the most supportive person and loving man I know, he's been thre for me everyday giving me reassurance and loving me and to my parents, I can't put to words how much you are helping me....Please pray for me, I want to get over this hump of sadness and enjoy every moment happy.

Justin also has his first doctor's appointment tomorrow! We are really looking forward to that to have our many list of questions answered! :)

Thanks for letting me talk about how I feel and what I am going through. I know this is Justin's blog and I feel selfish for writing about me, but it really seems to help me out. I try to add picture tomorrow....