It's been a loooong time ;)

So it's been a long time since we've posted :) I figure it's a good time to pick it back up as JACOB IS BORN!! We're so happy he's here :) I thought I would share a little about how he came :) Well, on January 4th Mom, Seth and I went to work on our front yard raking the leaves that had been on the ground for months(we were hoping that the snow would cover it for the winter;) This was beneficial as the next day I went into labor.
January 5th: About 1:00 p.m. I started having contractions kind of sporadically every 15-20 minutes. I had a hair appointment! haha at 1:30 so I told the beautician that I was having contractions and if I was breathing weird to just ignore me :) She was awesome:) by 5:30 that night I was contracting every 4-5 minutes. We were planned to go to the hospital anyways that night as Jacob was 41 Weeks and counting.... It's quite interesting- I already cannot remember the exact pain of contractions- weird.
9:00 p.m. we're checked in and naturally having contractions (only dilated to a 1).
2:30 a.m. on January 6th I got the epidural and they started pitocin- I was only at a 2! sad.- I really wanted to try to make it to a 5.. this makes me laugh, but man was I READY for that epidural. It was pretty cool as Seth was able to watch the anesthesiologist- and ask him questions along the way. :)
6:30 a.m. my water broke and I was dilated to a 3.
7:00 a.m. still at a 3 so Seth headed home to shower and to show mom the way to the hospital.
8:00 a.m. Seth and mom arrive and I'm dilated to a 7-8! :)
9:40 a.m. the nurse tells me to stop pushing
10:10 a.m. Seth gets "gowned" so that he can deliver the baby :) - so cool that the doctor allowed Seth to do this! :) Just about a month ago Seth took a class on neonatal care and had learned how to deliver a (fake) baby :)
10:12 a.m. JACOB WAS BORN!! Yay! :) They did as much of the tests as they could with Jacob on my tummy- I cried and was filled with being overwhelmingly happy. I couldn't believe that he was actually our baby! We actually have a baby! :) so cool.

So, there's the story in a nutshell :)So happy Jacob is here and doing well. We have a few concerns- he's having a hard time with keeping his food down and has some associated pain when he spits up a lot. We've got him on an anti acid to help alleviate that pain. But it's neat, Jacob's temperament is happy- he really is a happy little guy- who smiles often. He's pretty chill and loves to be held,loves to take nice warm baths,likes to look around and observe that which is around him, likes to be swaddled and when he's not he kicks his blankets off, and occasionally likes to surprise mom and dad with an explosive poop or pee while changing him ;). He's 3 Weeks old today and weighs over 9.5 pounds :) He's our little sweetheart.

Well, we're adjusting to parenthood. It was sooooo nice to have Mom Hales and Mom Goodman here to help sooo much for a couple of weeks- we definitely went through withdrawals when they left.. but we're doing good, having fun, and building our little family. Seth is a little behind still in school but trying to catch up, he's a wonderful Dad already- Jacob recognizes his voice and likes to listen to him sing and is quite content when daddy is holding him :)

We're having fun and enjoying this time with our little man. :)