Baby Jack is here!

Oh wow are you ready for my labor/delivery story? It wasn't a bad labor or difficult one. Just a long one.

We went in at 9:15 am ready to have Baby Jack. They started me on my antibiotic at about 9:45 am and started Pitocin shortly after. I asked around noon when they were going to break my water. The nurse said that I need to be on the antibiotic for 4 hours and then they start my 2nd dose and the Doctor wants my 2nd dose started before he does. They started 2nd dose a little before 2 and I asked around 3 when the Doctor was coming to break my water. The nurse said she wasn't sure and doesn't know why he hasn't came yet to break it. Around 4:00 a different nurse says to me "Have they told you why Doctor Young hasn't made it here yet to break your water?" I said no. She said well Dr. Parker is on vacation Dr. Saunders is off today and Dr. Allen just got deployed today so Dr. Young is covering for all of them (which that is all of the Doctors so he was covering for all Doctors at my practice). He was going from Mt. Timp Hospital, to AF Hospital, to the office and that is why he hadn't came yet to pop my water. He showed up a little after 5:30 pm and popped it. Remember I had been there since 9:15 am……fun (not). He popped my water and I was only dilated to a 3 when he did. The nurse came to check me 2 hours later at 7:30 and when she did a pool of water came out…..apparently when Dr. Young popped my water not all of it came out. Well there was the rest of it. I was to a 4 and the nurse said now that she got the rest of my water out it should go fast. I started progressing a lot after that and every hour when they checked me I was dilated one more. At 11:30 pm when they checked me I was to an 8. About 5 minutes after that I was ready. I started pushing at 11:45 pm and had Jack at 11:57 pm. We wanted to make sure that he made it here on the 11th! So a 15 hour labor could have been about a 6 if I wouldn't have had to wait 8 1/2 hours to get my water broken!

Jack's middle name is Harrison. The middle name is after my Grandpa and Billy's. Both their names are Harold. His weight was 8 lbs 4 oz and he was 20 1/2 inches. Connor was 8 lbs 5 oz and 21 1/2 inches. Just one ounce difference in weight! Jack is such a good baby not fussy at all. He is just content and calm. He loves to be cuddled and wrapped up which Connor hated and wanted to be free lol. He has jaundice and we have the bili light box right now. He was at a 16 and then yesterday was at a 18. Since it went up we had to take him to the Dr. to get his weight checked and he had only lost an ounce which is great. He is eating and pooping fine which would be a concern with jaundice so that is great too. The Dr. still wanted to get some blood tests done thought since it went up. We went and had them done this morning and it was NO FUN. Watching your 5 day old baby get an iv put in them is pretty heart breaking. Jack hates his light box and we use the blanket a lot since he hates it so much. He hates being naked and free. So funny cuz Connor had to be under the lights for 2 days and he loved being in there and was so content. They are going to call me back with the results on the blood tests so I will keep you all posted. Connor is doing so great with the adjustment of being a big brother! He LOVES attention so I was so worried it was going to be hard on him not getting all the attention. It seriously has not affected him yet. He has been so good and has not acted out or shown signs of jealousy at all! He asks LOTS of questions but the adjustment has not phased him yet. We will see if it does later but I am just so lucky to have such good boys! Ok sorry about the novel here are the pictures of my new beautiful baby boy!

so cute and cuddly!

Jack's hair looks really blonde in this picture but he actually has a full head of DARK hair!

right after I had Jack

don't you just want to eat him up?

ok I had to do this because people seem to not remember that Connor's hair was pretty much the exact same as Jack's! Connor is the one on the left, Jack is the one on the right. They are twinners!

Last post before we are a family of 4!

FRIDAY is the day! Yes Friday as in June 11th. As in 2 days! Eeeeek! Scheduling an induction is nice because it's planned and you know when you are going to have baby but at the same time it makes you sooo anxious! I am dying here! With Connor my water just broke on my kitchen floor at midnight 10 days before my due date so it was definitely not planned and scheduled like this one! Connor was 8 lbs 5 oz. 10 days early. Even with my water broken the dilating was slow until they finally gave me pitocin then it was SO FREAKIN FAST. I went from like a 3 to a 7 in 20 minutes and then had Connor about a half hour after that. My total labor was 8 hours. 30 minutes of that was pushing. Not too bad for a 1st and I heard that after the 1st they come out faster so we will see. I cannot believe what a life changing experience I am going to have in 2 days! We have gotten so used to just Connor and in our own routines and such and it's all about to change. We are ready though! We are ready to have a new baby in our house to love and cuddle and care for. I can't wait to have 2 boys it's going to be an adjustment but I know we can handle it!

On Saturday when I got home from work my feet felt like they were popping out of my shoes. Imagine Cinderella's step sisters with Cinderella's glass slipper on. That is seriously how my feet felt. I took my shoes off and yep my feet were sooo swollen! HUGE! and KILLED! The swelling hasn't gone down at all and my feet still hurt so bad. I am retaining water so bad. I can only wear Billy's flip flops and even they hurt and leave an indent in my feet so I am pretty much just bare footed. I am drinking tons of water and keeping them elevated as much as possible. I am glad that this just happened a week before I had Jack and not earlier cuz they really are so painful!

Ok on to my picture part of this post! Just a random update of what we have been up to lately!

Can't get much cuter than this!

This cutie patootie is ready to be a big brother! I just know he is going to be the best one!

A cake Billy made for a girl I work with baby's 1st birthday.

MOMMY CLUB

Today we had Mommy Club at Kamie's and it was a major hit! Connor was smiling and running and just in heaven the whole time! I sat in a lounge chair under the canopy most the time but my feet did get affected and were killing when I left! My sweet youngest sister Jaqlyn rubbed them with lotion for about 10 minutes when I took her home! She told me she liked doing it LOL. I am so glad I went and it was definitely worth it!

This is a group shot of all the kids that were there. I didn't realize there were that many kids there till we got them all on the tramp for a group picture! We were so impressed how good they all were for this picture! They all had so much fun today and played so good! Connor is the one standing up in the back in the green.

Group Shot #2

Connor loves Jaqlyn! They are best buddies! I am so lucky to have her as my helper!

I had to post this pic because I think little Mac looks like a little monkey in this pic!.Love it! He is so stinkin cute and has a face you can't say no too!

Emily and her adorable little girl Maddie!

Ally and Garrett

Connor thought this slip and slide was more of a lounge and lay area haha. I thought this pic was so funny.

He loved laying on it!

This was his face pretty much the whole time we were there!

ITTY BITTY BALL

I put Connor in Itty Bitty Ball. It was just for 3 weeks Mondays and Wednesdays for an hour at the Rec Center. Connor liked it but I think we will try again when he is 4. There was only one other 3 year old in the class all the others were 4 in a half to 5 and he just didn't have the attention span they did. Yes he is a 3 year old that can read but he reads because he taught himself and he wanted to do it. He liked playing all the sports but didn't pay attention to the teacher very well and got distracted A LOT. Hopefully he will do better in preschool!

Being goalie

Getting the ball as goalie

Not feeling like playing......

At the end of class they would always do their cheer WE LOVE ITTY BITTY BALL! Connor loved it!

Class photo

My mom's birthday was last Saturday and to celebrate we went to California Pizza Kitchen.

Connor LOVED the pizza! He ate 2 BIG pieces!

awwwww. tender!

A couple weeks ago we went to a karaoke jig at the Marriott Hotel that a friend of a friend was doing. Connor was not shy at all and went up there and sang his heart out! He sang a Johnny Cash song with Billy that he didn't know he just read the words too it was so funny. He was going to sing Boom Boom Pow but they couldn't get it to work so then he sang pump it. He was so cute and definitely has no stage fright!

Ok well there is my last post before we are a family of 4! I will for sure post pics of baby Jack and all about how it all goes as soon as I can!