Christmas Card

Hey guys, I was sending out our Christmas cards last week and thought I would post the picture on our blog so if you didn't get one you would still feel the Holiday love. Merry Christmas Everyone!

37 weeks

I know you all are probably thinking I should be posting more on our blog since I am on maternity leave, but I have to admit that I have been really lazy lately. I thought I would jump on and give you a quick pregnancy update so I can feel like I am semi keeping up with my blog right now. Here it goes!

Weeks- 37

Weight gain- 47 pounds (This is hard for me to admit)

Contractions- All the time, but not consistent enough to go in.

Cravings- Nothing lately, I feel like I am starting to get my normal eating habits back.

Things I look forward to- Kody giving me back rubs :)

Sleep- Sleeping went out the window a few months ago, Gods way of getting me ready to be a momma.

Sorry for the short little list of pregnancy facts, but the truth is at this point we are just looking forward to meeting our sweet little Adi as soon as God will let us. I will leave you with a ultrasound photo of Adi at 19 weeks. Thank you everyone for keeping us in your prayers as the count down has officially begun (3 weeks tell due date).

New Art

Kody and I went to IKEA yesterday to pick up a few things, but if you have ever been to IKEA you know that you end up buying more than you planned. Kody saw this piece of art he really liked, and he usually is not one to pick out art for our house. So I of course was very excited when he wanted to get it. I took some new pics of our living room to show off our cool new piece of art on the wall which I love. Great find Kody!

We Love Christmas

Around our house Christmas is our favorite holiday, so we decided to share with everyone what our house looks like now that it has been hit with the holiday season. I am 36 weeks pregnant and things are getting pretty uncomfortable, but it makes it so much better when I can sit in our living room and be surrounded by all the Joy. Also this was the first year we got a 9 foot tree, we have always wanted a big tree and finally we made the jump and man is it beautiful.


Our beautifully big tree :) Can you guess what show we are watching on the TV? If you are really good you can figure out which episode.

Cooper after his bath. He doesn't look to happy, probably because I woke him up when I took the picture. Sorry Coop!

Our new ornaments. :)

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

Our first thanksgiving by ourselves. I have to be on bed rest so we aren't able to meet up with the fam like we planned. I will be documenting our day for you all to see. Plus I really want to try out the video on my new camera, YAY!. Hope everyone has a great holiday

Look at the beautiful turkey.

Yummmmmmmm!!!!

My Hospital Visit. :(

Ok ok, I know I have been really bad lately about keeping up with our family blog, but since I am now on bed rest for a couple days why not catch you all up on what has been going on. I am officially done with my wedding season and can sit back and wait for baby Jones to come, which is a blessing because it has been a busy season. I am not too sure what the weather has been like in the rest of the US, but Portland Oregon got very icy and cold the last few days. I was sitting at my computer trying to finish up some last minute photo editing I had to do while my Sweet dog Cooper lay at my feet. He usually does so well when I am working and simply sleeps, but yesterday was not a typical day. He was whining like crazy so I thought I would take him for a quick walk and then get back to work.

We were about 20 minutes into our walk and I totally banana slipped on some ice, landing on my hip. As soon as I was able to get up I looked around to make sure no one saw my clumsy fall (thank goodness no one did). I started to feel really crampy and headed home to call Kody. We talked it over and we thought it was a good idea to call my OBGYN office just to be safe. They informed me that I needed to go to the hospital and be monitored for a couple hours to make sure everything was okay with our baby. 2 hours of monitoring turned into 4 hours and that turned into an over night stay at the St. Vincent Hospital Inn. The baby was great and her heart rate could not have been better; in fact every nurse we saw throughout the 24 hours said our baby looked really healthy and happy. Not only was she un-phased by my contractions, she seemed to enjoy them!

They were more concerned with the mini contractions I was having that would not stop. The Doc took all the info from the 24 hours and decided I have a irritable uterus and need to be on bed rest for a couple days. They said there will be no more traveling out of p-town until the baby comes, which means we have to miss thanksgiving with the fam :( but we want to do whats best for our baby.

So now you know the story and why we were in the hospital over night. I am feeling good and so is baby, and that is all we could ask for. Thank you Lord for keeping her in the oven a little longer. I hope next time we visit the hospital we get to bring home a healthy baby girl :)

Not the best picture of me, but hey I am 34 weeks pregnant what do you expect!

Milo

We are saying Goodbye to our sweet cat Milo today. We decided with the baby coming and having the dog there are just to many animals in our small place. We have searched high and low for the best family we know to take him and we landed on the Ahlsten family in Eugene OR. Kody grew up with them and their daughter Kristen loves animals and cant wait to have Milo, we are so excited for them to be the ones who get him. We are heart broken to see him go because he was our first baby when we got married, but we know it is the right decision. He will probably have a much more relaxed life without our dog Cooper around to wrestle with him. We love you Milo and will visit you often!

Maternity Pics

My good friend and fellow photographer Cassy (www.casyberryphotography.com)  took me out yesterday and took some great maternity pictures of me. It was weird being on the other end of the camera, I totally didn't know what to do with myself. Cassy was great and gave me great guidance. Here are some of my favs. from the shoot.

Half Time

Go Ducks! Our team has been doing so well this year and it is fun every Saturday to get ready for the big game. This last Saturday some of Kody's family drove up to Portland to watch the game with us. Kody has a 5 year old brother and every time he comes up to stay with us we feel so bad cause we don't have a lot of "Kid" things for him to do. So Kody and I went to the dollar store and got a bunch of fun stuff like coloring books, paints, etc... and put together a kid box. During half time we let Cole pick out some stuff to play with and I found that Kody was totally into the kid box as well. At one point I think each of us were coloring in those coloring books. Who knew!

We found this little piggy bank with paints at the dollar store. Such cool stuff!

Pregnancy update.

*Weeks- 31 weeks pregnant.

*weight gain- Gained 7 pounds in two weeks. Yikes! :)

*Total weight gain- 32 pounds and counting.

*Exercise- Not really, trying to start walking more now.

*Gender- Still a girl at this point, but you never know tell they get here.

*Baby movement- She moves all the time, which makes us wonder how active she will be when she is out of my belly.

*Emotions- I would say I cry maybe twice a week about nothing.

*Foods I Like- Anything that has to do with sugar. This may explain the weight gain.

*Things that have made me laugh- TLC"S show "I didn't know I was pregnant". How can these girls really not know they were pregnant tell the moment they give birth, PLEASE!

*Things that warm my heart- My sweet puppy Cooper, he is such a good dog and has such a tender heart.

*Things I miss- Sleeping! Better get used to this one.

*Things I want to do before she comes- Take a little trip to the beach with my hubby and dog for the day.

Have a blessed day!

I love my husband.

I couldn't have asked for a better husband than the one God gave me. He is so sweet to me and he has made this pregnancy much easier on me. The biggest thing I am looking forward to when our little girl comes is to watch Kody be a dad. there are a few men out there that were born to be parents and Kody is one of them, he loves kids. He has a five year old brother named Cole and to watch them interact through the years has been amazing, and such a blessing to have a glimpse at what he will be like when our baby comes. I am so happy I married a man that loves the Lord as much as I do and I cant wait to introduce God to our baby together. We are so excited for our little Jones hybrid to be here. :)

Long nights!

Last night I didn't get much sleep, this little baby girl inside me loves to move. Now that I am 31 weeks there isn't a lot of space for her to move around but that doesn't keep her from trying. When I say she is moving I mean MOVING. It feels like she has little tools in there and she is building a fort or something. I know this is the Lords way of getting me ready for the long sleepless nights, but I wish it wasn't so painful at times. I really cant complain to much, because the Lord as blessed me and I haven't had a hard pregnancy. As the day for her to come into the world gets closer I get more and more nervous. I am just praying everything goes well, and we have ourselves a healthy baby girl. :)


Below is a picture of me at 31 weeks that Kody took on his phone last night.

A walk with the fam.

We love this fall weather and we are trying to get out as much as possible when its not raining. We live right next to this great little field area and we love to walk down there and let Cooper off his leash to run around. In the spirit of having a family blog I am going to try and take more photos of the things we do, which is a switch for me. It may surprise you since I am a photographer but I don't take many photos of us and our family life, partly because I use family time as a way to get a break from taking photos. Its sad to think of it in this way and say that photography has become a JOB and not a hobby. I need to change this way thinking and start taking my camera with me when I go places. I also promised myself that I wouldn't do any editing on the photos I take for this blog because I want them to be as real life as possible. Once in awhile you may see some edited ones ( I love photoshop ) but I will really try to stick to all natural photos. I know that this is a Jones family blog but you will be mostly hearing from me Jamie, because my husband works very hard and he doesn't have a lot of extra time to be writing on our blog. He will most likely step in when the baby comes to give everyone updates, but I am who you will hear from other than that. Okay okay enough rambling here are some of our fun walk photos from today. :)

This is me Jamie 8 months pregnant, and needing a little break from walking. :)

Cooper saying, "I am free, free at last".

I love myself some Cooper love.

At the end of our walk Kody found this slug sitting up right. It was the weirdest thing.

Kody and Jamie

This is the start of our family blog. I have been wanting to get one started for awhile now but just haven't had the time. We have our baby girl coming in just two months so I thought I better get started, so we can stay connected to our friends and family that live far away and we cant see on a regular basis. Here are some photos of my wonderful husband and I through the years, and please check back often because I will be giving life and baby updates here on our blog.