Jacob Thomas

He's here! Our second son, Jacob Thomas, arrived on September 11, 2009 at 7:07am. Here lies the story of his arrival!

September 10

I woke up early in the morning on September 10 with mild and irregular contractions. When Scott woke up to go to work, I told him to go since the contractions were irregular and still mild. By the time Logan woke up they were becoming more frequent and so I started timing them. My mom was on her way here already for a visit so I called Scott and he headed home from work around 10am.

With the contractions timing about 5 minutes apart, we headed to the hospital to find out that I was only 1cm. After not much action at the hospital they disappointingly sent us home. By the time we got home the contractions had really tapered off and were close to non-existant so we went about the rest of our day.

Around 8pm, the contractions came back and by 11pm they were getting stronger, quickly. So we called my mom to come back and be with Logan. We left for the hospital shortly after midnight.

September 11

When we arrived at the hospital, they hooked me up to a monitor to watch the baby's heartrate and the contractions. The nurse also took my blood pressure which surprisingly was 177/99!! This is very high for anybody but quite surprising for me since I had struggled with LOW blood pressure throughout this pregnancy. I was still only about 2cm dialated, but the nurse assured me that with a blood pressure that high, we WOULD be having a baby, one way or another.

A flurry of activity happened at this point. Blood work was ordered so that an epidural could be administered (to help deal with pain in order to lower my blood pressure) and an IV was started to pump me full of fluid. At this point, I'm pretty sure that they were prepping me for the c-section that everyone figured I would end up with, that frustrated me but we just went with the flow.

They transferred us to a labour room and we met our nurse who would stay with us until the baby was born. Until about 4am, labour continued and we waited for the epidural. Around 4am, the epidural was administered. Although I had been contracting for quiet some time and experiencing quite a bit of pain along with that, the epidural hurt A LOT. It seemed to take forever for them to get everything in, but once it was in, I was a lot more comfortable.

From that point until about 6am labour continued although I was unable to feel the contractions. The nurse encouraged us to sleep, however the monitor was not picking up my contractions so she had to feel them from the outside of my belly. I found it slightly awkward to sleep with someone touching my stomach the whole time, although I think I did drift in and out of sleep.

Shortly after 6am, the nurse checked and I was about 6cm dialated but the baby was still pretty far up and needed to come down. She called the doctor who came and broke my water. As soon as my water was broken (and the doctor left the room), the baby came right down and I was ready to go. I told the nurse I had to push, she told me to wait, I said I couldn't, she came over and checked and quickly called the doctor back in - suddenly I was ready to push.

The doctor came back in (along with a bunch of other people) and after some pushing, Jacob Thomas was born.

A flurry of activity happened while they checked Jacob over and cleaned me up. But shortly after his birth, the room was quiet and it was just us and our new little boy.

I was so happy to successfully deliver Jacob vaginally after the c-section that I had with Logan. There were many times during pregnancy when I thought it wouldn't happened but I did go into labour on my own (finally!) and deliver Jacob on my own. It was a great experience with an awesome outcome.

The last few days have been busy and I have many more things to post about but they'll have to wait until I can grab some time here an there. Enjoy the pictures of the little man below.

Jacob Thomas - 6lbs 5oz; 20.5in

Getting checked out - already hungry!

We think he looks like Logan did when he was born.

Happy Mommy

Proud Daddy

Jacob and Mommy

All bundled up

Brothers meet for the first time. (Logan looks a bit nervous here).

Happy big brother!

We were trying to get Logan to put his hands up so we could take a picture of his shirt, button and sticker but he kept grabbing the sticker just as the picture was taken, it was quite entertaining, but this is the best pic we got.

Proud Big Brother

Jacob's first bath (at 4am!)

Scott and Logan came back to visit us on Satruday. Here's daddy holding both his boys.

Logan was not as impressed to hold Jacob this time.

Tiny little boy ready to go home.

Grandma and her newest grandson.

A failed attempt at a picture of our family of 4. (I'm sure there will be many more to come).

Oops

So I realized it had been a while...but not this long, sorry. If there is actually anyone out there reading anymore, I'm going to try harder again this time.

In the meantime...we're still waiting for baby to come. Hopefully any day now. Since it would be too hard to catch up on what has been going on over the last month, I'll just do it in pictures!

Cheeto took an outdoor adventure for a few days last month which brought Sigmund and Peanut very close for a few days...they have never slept so close together!

Logan entertained himself with his wipes in the car on the way home from Music Camp...he had quite a few out of the container before I realized, he thought it was great fun.

Playing in the sprinkler outside.

A picture of my poor, swollen, gross, pregnant foot. :(

Cute boy playing outside.

The BEST outdoor play toy (in Logan's opinion).

Big smile!

Scott took the ladder outside to clean the window and Logan quickly followed after him. He had to call me to come outside to help them get down. Logan is such a good little helper.

These next few pictures were taken today when we were visiting at Scott's mom and dad's house.

Logan and his cousin Joel.

Still holding Joel, although beginning to loose interest.

Our little ham!

Posing with daddy.

And again.

Scott and Joel.

Hopefully it won't take as long for the next post to come!

A Few Quick Pics

I'm heading to bed shortly, but wanted to post a few quick pictures. It's been great being off work and today Logan and I spent the whole day hanging out together, we had a good time.

I don't have much else to say...enjoy the pictures!

An action shot from the splash park.

Standing in the water.

Peeking through the window in his new fort.

Soaking up the sun and enjoying a freezie in the backyard today.

Impromtu Weekend Fun

We originally didn't have much planned for the weekend but ended up having a couple fun things to do. Scott was out on Friday night installing a hardwood floor at his cousin's house and we were invited to his uncle's trailer the next day. With plans to already go to Norwich on Sunday so I made a call to mom to see if it would be alright if we spent the night at their place on Saturday since the trailer is on the other side of Norwich from our place. Of course it was no problem.

Saturday, after Logan's nap, the three of us loaded into the car and headed to the trailer. It was a beautiful day (finally) and it was nice to be there. Scott's Uncle Tom and his wife Celine and an assortment of Scott's cousins were all there. We visited for a bit before everyone (except for Celine and I) headed to the dock for a boat ride.

Apparently Logan liked the boat ride, and especially liked to help Uncle Tome drive the boat.

All ready to go!

His favourite part - the steering wheel and the fish finder.

Riding with Daddy.

Helping Uncle Tom drive.

Having fun!

Arriving back at the dock.

"We're done already? But it was so fun!"

We stayed at the trailer for dinner with everyone before we headed to Norwich. Logan did great all afternoon and stayed up past his bedtime and was such a good boy. He fell asleep in the car on the way to mom and dad's but woke up a bit when we got there so he could see where he was sleeping. He even slept in the next morning, until almost 8am! That is a HUGE accomplishment, he must have been tired out from all the fun on Saturday.

We had breakfast at mom and dad's and then headed to church where mom lead the service. My grandma was also at church so Logan got to visit with her as well.

Playing in the morning.

After church, we had lunch and Logan went down for a nap. Once he got up, him and Scott and my mom went in the pool for a bit. The pool was warm enough but the air was still quite chilly. Logan had a lot of fun until we wouldn't let him go back in because he was so cold!

My mom bought this cool flotation thing for Logan to wear that was a ring with a shirt on it to keep him up. It was funny to watch Scott and my dad try to put it on him. As you can see, Logan is not very impressed.

Happily swimming!

We headed home after dinner last night. It was a great couple of days visiting with lots of family. It's so nice to take Logan out for longer periods of time and have him do so well. He's certainly growing up.

We're taking it easy today. We might head to a splash park (if it gets warm enough) and will likely do some clean up around the house. Logan and I leave for music camp next Saturday so I'll start getting ready for that too!

Summer Fun

Well it's official, I'm done work! Yesterday I worked a half day and that was it. We had a nice Swiss Chalet lunch as my send off and my colleagues gave me a couple nice gifts - one for baby and one for me. Being back at work for the last 9 months hasn't been as bad as I imagined it to be, I will miss being there at times. I definitely won't miss the crying daycare drop offs and the lack of time I get to spend with Logan. Like I said before, Logan will still go two or three days a week for the month of August but then he'll be done' I'm sure he'll miss it (we can go visit anytime) but I think he'll really like being at home with me.

Below are some random pictures from the last week.

Hi!

Really cute dimples.

An inquisitive look.

Logan helping me make dinner one night.

Eating a peach...yes a whole peach. Logan has been obessessed with apples lately and picks up any fruit resembling and apple and says "apple" and then proceeds to eat it. He can eat almost a whole apple, it's so funny to watch.

Scott picked me up at work yesterday after lunch and we headed to the hospital for our registration appointment. They gave us a bunch of information that was the same as it was 2 years ago and we headed out to get Logan from daycare. Scott dropped us off at home and then headed to Elmira to help install a floor at his cousin's house. Logan and I spent the afternoon and early evening playing at home before he went to bed.

Logan had half a popsicle leftover in the freezer so we went outside after dinner for him to finish it. I was sitting on the stairs outside our house and when I gave him the popsicle, he ran to the neighbours yard and sat there to eat it. Funny kid.

He moved a bit closer to me...

And then really close!

We then headed to the backyard where Logan wanted to go in the pool, so I took off his clothes and then he didn't want to go in after all. He wandered around the yard and picked (and ate) raspberries. He already knew how to pick them but I had to help him figure out which ones were red and ok to eat. He ate a lot of raspberries!

Picking...

And eating.

Picking and eating.

One last picture before he went to bed.

Today we're still undecided about what we're going to to but tomorrow we are heading to Norwich for church and to spend the day with my parents. Hopefully the weather holds out so we can get a swim in in their pool!

Here's to me posting more in the upcoming month....I'm hoping to!