Pictures with Santa

On Friday, Nana Dawson, Jon and I took Garrett to have his very first picture made with Santa. Our bank in Crossville was having an open house and a Santa there for the children. I was very excited that they had such a good Santa. Sometimes places have one where they don't really look the part and they aren't very friendly, but this guy was great! I was hoping that Garrett would wake up so that he would have his pretty little eyes open for the pictures, but that didn't happen. They turned out really good, though, and he just looks so precious in his little Old Navy reindeer outfit!!

Hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas!! We definitely will...we already got the best present you can get!!

First Sponge Bath

Well...I have a few random pictures to start with. We love this little outfit. It has the dog booties and there is a matching hat and dog bib...very cute!!

Now on to the title of the blog....Garrett's first sponge bath. It is a little nerve wracking at first because he definitely wasn't too happy about it. We were able to get some good pictures though and overall he did pretty good. I tried to go fast to make it less painful and then afterwards I thought of quite a few things that I forgot to do according to "the book". So I guess next time we will try to do a little better. Hope you enjoy the photos...we love the little towel.

More pictures!!

Garrett is loving the Papasan Chair..this is him just chilling out and looking around. He has definitely been very alert for a newborn and is very easy going. He rarely cries and is very happy!!

Look at that adorable face...how can you resist!

Garrett's first night in his crib. I think mommy was a little paranoid that he would get cold :) He has on two outfits and was tightly wrapped in a swaddle blanket. He slept great, though!! What more can you ask for??

Garrett in his crib posing with his monkey pillow..

This was when we brought him home and mommy wanted some pictures of me in my very cute outfit and in my new crib!!

First time that I met my new dog, Charlie. They are doing very well together. Charlie cries when the baby cries. I think he thinks we are hurting him or something and almost seems worried. He is adjusting great, though, and is definitely going to be very protective of his new little brother.

Well, that is quite a bit for today and lots of pictures. I plan on posting his first sponge bath pics tomorrow. Until then..hope everyone is having a great day!! Garrett's Nana just arrived and we are going to very busy getting lots of attention :)

My First Visitors and Days in the Hospital

A very cute picture with my new friend George that my "Aunt" Joanna brought me at the hospital :)

Proud Grandparents :)

A very proud Great-Grandpa!


My Daddy and another very proud Nana!!

Last but definitely not least...his very proud parents!

The birth of Jon Garrett

Well, sorry this took a while to post. We have been getting use to everything the last few days and I just haven't had a chance. I thought I would start with the very first few moments of his life. I know these pictures usually aren't the prettiest and most pleasant but I wanted to share them with everyone. I will be posting some other things that have been going on with him at home hopefully this afternoon or tomorrow. Hope you enjoy!!

The first time mommy got to hold me after I was cleaned off.

My very proud Poppa :) holding me for the first time

While I wasn't looking so good...getting cleaned up..

Me right before my dad cut the cord

Momma breathing :) really wanting me to hurry up and get here!!

He's Here!!!

On Friday, December 11th at 11:13 pm (after 22 hard hours) Jon Garrett Dawson was born!! He weighed 7 lbs 14 ozs and was 20" long. We are so very proud. I definitely don't think that anything you read or are told really prepares you for that moment when they hand him to you. It was almost like it wasn't real for a while....very hard to imagine something so cute and precious only takes 9 months to make :) Anyway, I will try not to be too sappy.

We wanted to let everyone know that we are doing well and have been recovering well. Garrett is a very easy tempered baby. He rarely cries and is eating well, so we really have a lot to be thankful for!! My doctor, which I have always really liked, came in the day after the delivery and asked if he could take some pictures of us. Little did I know that he use to be a professional photographer, so we ended up with some really great pictures!! Thank you Dr. Mak! I have put some of them below. If you would like to see the whole album, go to the following link: http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/memberLandingPage.jsp?token=198174420803%3A300787682

Hope you enjoy and we look forward to seeing everyone soon!!

It's finally Time!!

Well...for those of you that I haven't already told, the time if finally here!! We went in for our last doctor's appointment yesterday and they are going to induce this Friday. I am so excited. It really began to feel like this day would never come. We go in at 1:00 am Friday morning and get everything started, so hopefully he will be here by midday or so. I will try to post some pics on Sunday or Monday, but if I don't, the hospital actually has a link where you can see their first baby picture taken at the hospital. Their website is http://www.cmchealthcare.org/ and you click on the web nursery icon on the right hand side of the page (about mid way down). Then you search by date and they will have it listed by my first name. Everyone keep us in your thoughts. We are hoping for a very smooth delivery, but you never know I guess. We will definitely update soon!!