Jack's first Christmas

Jack's first Christmas...an excellent opportunity to take photos that will embarrass him for the rest of his life. Please feel free to save these and use them against him when he hits those obnoxious teenage years.


Pardon me, but have you any Grey Poupon?


Jack offering up a prayer for world peace at Christmas time.


Handsome in blue.


Learning a few of the Powell favorite sing-a-long songs

One Week Old

First visit to the doctor today. Jack has grown almost two inches in length!! and weighed in at 8 pounds 2 oz. He's in the 75th percentile for height and 60th for weight.

The first week was a big one. Kristen's mom came to Utah on the 15th, and her Dad and sister arrived the day before Jack was born. Michael, her brother came up on Saturday, and the whole Burr family was able to celebrate Jack's first Christmas together.

Jack and Kaki (Kristen's Mom Kathy)


Jack in his Santa hat.


Jack and his Dad

Oh, and just in case you start to think its all fun and games here at the Powell household...a small reality check:

Jack's mom putting the choke hold on him.


But before you think he's the victim here, this is a shot sent to us last night from the Orem City Police Department. Evidentally he snuck out in between feedings to go find some "real" food at Albertson's and got picked up for J-walking.

They just keep on coming...

Soft taco anyone?

Our new favorite person...JHP

Because we cannot get enough of looking at the little guy, we're positive the same is true of you, the blog viewer. So, here are 2 more.


This is the boy wide awake in Jim's arms.


Our friends, the Hewitts, reading Jack his first story. Thanks, McKenna

Photos of Jack Harrison Powell

The Boy

A great gift this year!

Family Portrait

Jack weighed in at 8 pounds 4 ounces, 19 inches and healthy and whole in every way! He also has long fingers and the biggest feet in the nursery.

As far as labor goes....we left the shopping mall at 10 pm when the extended holiday hours ended. We went up to walk around with my parents to see if we could get the process moving along...and Kristen had a few minor contractions while walking. We arrived home at 10:30 and contractions started in earnest at 45 seconds long and about 2 minutes apart. We checked into the hospital around 11:30 PM and Jack was born at 2:39 AM. Our Lamaze classes had us prepared with lotion for hand rubs and talked through various things to do while waiting through the early part of labor...we didn't have a chance to use any of that.

Another Jack Pic

Jack's first bath.

Some Pics of Jack

O.K. Blogger hasn't been letting me upload multiple pics at one time, so I'm going to do them one at a time. This just means that I'll probably only post a few today and perhaps a few tomorrow instead of all at once. Sorry, but I hope you enjoy seeing Jack the Boy just the same.

We wait no longer...

Friends, Family, random people stumbling across this blog,

Jack Powell has arrived! At 2:39 AM Tuesday, December 19, the little man with big feet made it into the world. He and mom are great. Very soon, pictures will be posted!

Still Waiting...

Today is the official Due Date...but no baby yet...

Only 12 Days Away

No major pre-labor signs yet...but Dr. says we could go anytime. Right now we are feeling more content than impatient...trying to soak up these last few days of being just the two of us (and getting to sleep in).

Thanks to Tracy for the fabulous sweater...of course, if I get any lower, it'll be a flashy little midriff top.

In other news, it hasn't been above freezing in Utah for the past week. And I've never seen so many Christmas lights. At night, you can look towards the neighborhoods built up on the slopes of the mountains and you can see hundreds of rooftops outlined with christmas lights...pretty cool.