My Loves

Jack is one week old today...hard to believe that this time last week we were in the labor and delivery sweet. At times is seems like we got home yesterday, others it seems like we have known him forever. He is such a good baby. Sleeps and eats...that's about it. We did get his bilirubin down, so no more light!!!! We had to go to the doctor's office yesterday for them to prick his heel, and he didn't even flinch.....poor kids feet are black and blue. He's growing like a weed...all ready back up to his birth weight. He's sleeping about 3 1/2 to 4 hours a time, so we're getting a bit of sleep. I'm lucky to have WEs alternating getting up with me. He said I was a bit delirious this morning when Jack started crying. Here's a picture of /jack on the light...he was basically strapped to it...so das, but we are so grateful to be off of it!

Grace is an amazing child. Wes got to go with her on her class field trip to the Pumpkin Patch today. They had such a good time, but I was so jealous. She is still thriving in Kindergarten, still loves her friends, Mr. Shivers, and the cafeteria! She loves him!!!

She has been such a blessing this past week (and of course her whole life). I am sure that it has been a HUGE adjustment for her over the past week. She's been the center of mine and Wes's universe, and now she's having to share that spot. I worried, and still worry about her, but she has been a champ. She is the reason that Wes and I wanted to have more kids. She is such a dream, and has brought so much to our lives. Jack has a lot to live up to. She took some pictures of herself this week...It hought I would share one....it really captures her (even if she is only an amateur photographer.

WEs had to go back to work for a couple of days this week ( I only freaked out mildly). But he's so wonderful.....still getting up with Jack.
Life couldn't get much better for the Farmer's. It is so easy to lose perspective, but with these two sweetie pies it makes it much easier!

Time to go Trick or Treat!

First Outing & Sad News

So...I may not be pregnant anymore, but I still have that whole pregnant brain thing going on. I can't download the pictures that I wanted to. I'll get Wes to do it tomorrow. He's sleeping now, because I have the best husband in the world and he's going to do the middle of the night feeding. I know. Be jealous. He's the best.
We made our first doctor's visit today. Jack is growing like a weed. He was down to 8lb 9oz when we left the hospital (completely normal--babies are supposed to lose up to 7% of their body weight in the first week. Jack however is back up to 8lb 13oz. The doctor was blown away. Everything checked out wonderfully. He is perfect...healthy and perfect. The sad news is that he has an elevated bilirubin, so he has to be on the bililight until the nurse comes tomorrow and rechecks his level and tells us we can take him off. It is so depressing. He's basically strapped to a tanning bed. (The pictures would help...I'll get them up soon). We have to leave him on there constantly unless he's eating or we are changing his diaper. It's so hard. We want to do nothing but hold him and love on him.
Grace is the best. The best daughter, big sister....you name it. Again, be jealous. She is so loving and understanding. I'm sure that trying times will come, but she is so proud of her family. So proud of her brother. She is such a good helper too. I am THE luckiest mommy in the world. The two most beautiful and loving children EVER.
And, to top it all off....my husband is better than yours, better than yours will ever be. I adore him. He adores our children.
Oh---and my parent's are better than yours too.
I'm the luckiest girl ever.

BABY JACK HAS ARRIVED!!

He is here, he is perfect, he is healthy and handsome. His mom was a superstar, never missed a beat, she handled herself perfectly. It was a seemingly flawless experience. I didn't pass out, vomit, or run out of the room screaming. Jack was a champion, aside from a small twist, he performed perfectly. Grace, was so perfect, she was so precious, she was so overwhelmed, with everyone in the room, her mother in a hospital bed, and her baby brother waiting to see her, she didn't quite know what to think. She now can't get enough of her, HER, brother. She is very excited to finally be a big sister. She will be awesome at it. She is excited that Jack is big, she hopes that he can play hard like she does.

We want to say thank you to everyone for their support and kind words. They are all heartfelt and appreciated. Jack is lucky to have such a tremendous support group of friends and family.

Seeing as how this was my first birthing experience let me say, I was absolutely blown away by the complexity mixed with compassion and confidence, wonder and astonishment that was encased in the labor and delivery room. There was not one time that i knew what was going on, but their was not one time either, that i felt like things weren't totally in control. The Doctor all but walked into the room and made magic happen. it was a fantastically orchestrated process that was so overwhelmingly over my head i didn't realize it was happening. From the time the Dr. walked into the room, with me under the full belief that we were still in the waiting process, until baby Jack was born, a total of 14 minutes passed. 14 minutes that i couldn't tell you what happened other than baby jack was born, i was completely focused on that and that alone. I felt like if i believed, if i pushed, if i concentrated hard enough, it was going to happen. Of course, I really only held Kerry's hand, teared up, stopped breathing with every push, and literally forgot how to breathe and talk at the same time. But it worked.

So....

If Jack's not here by Monday....he will be here then!
The doctor told us that he felt very confident that he would be here before Monday, but if not they would induce. So, we are at T-minus 4 days. I had finally made some progress, so that was very good news. I will spare you details, but with Grace I went from zero to birth in 3 days. I'm all ready at 2 1/2. So....maybe soon! Wes and I ate Mexican today and took a long walk. I also feel really puny. Just wiped out. I'm going to work tomorrow. They think I'm nuts, but I will be much closer to the hospital. Kristy Watkins is coming to spend the night with us and go to Grace's soccer game on Saturday morning.....which is such a blessing since Sarah and Aunt Dana will both be out of town this weekend. I can't believe they are bailing on us this weekend! :) Grace is glad that we have a day to look forward to now. She knows that in at least 4 days her baby brother will be here. Wes is just hoping he doesn't come in the middle of the Tennessee/Alabama game on Saturday! I all most wish that he would. TN isn't at the top of their game this season, and we all know how I feel about Alabama (and the terrible fans). So, if we have the baby, maybe WEs won't get as upset.....or TN will win and I can act like these obnoxious Alabama fans. Ok, ok...I'll be nice.

Keep us in your prayers. We will keep you posted.

No Baby

Jack's not ready to join us yet.
Not even ready enough to be induced.
We were so sure that he would be born Saturday, then Sunday, then we were supposed to be induced Monday (the doctor said we weren't even ready for that yet). So, here I sit, on my due date, and nothing. I know, I know, "only 5 percent of babies are born on their actual due date...." blah, blah, blah. It seems like everyone has their baby prior to their due date....and I may still be pregnant in November at this rate.
I'm really not as bitter as I sound, I'm just so ready to meet him!!! So is the rest of the Farmer family. Grace doesn't quite understand why we don't know when he will be here. She also has alot of questions about HOW he gets here.
I go back to the doctor tomorrow, so hopefully we will know something then. I'll keep you posted!

Catch up

Hope you all enjoyed the video Wes made. Grace certainly is a little superstar. We have so much fun watching her play. And, we still have many games left! She also got moved up a level in gymnastics this week. She certainly did not get her athletic abilities from me!

Baby Jack could be her in 10 days or less!!!!
I went to the doctor yesterday, and she quickly informed me that Jack nor my body were ready for a delivery yet. Jack's sitting comfortably where he is, and my body just isn't progressing towards labor yet. She did say that could change very quickly, and not to be surprised if he does decide to come on his own any day now. However, we have set a date for induction pending my appointment next week. I never thought that I would want to be induced, and my grandfather would have a fit, but I;m just so anxious to meet him. Hopefully he will decide to make his presence on his own. If not, it's looking like next Monday, the 20th, will be his birthday!!!! That will make one more October birthday.

Happy birthday to you baby Charlie!! Chase and Shelley's baby turns a year old today. We are so sad that we can't make it to his birthday party, but we don;t want to chance Jack being delivered on the side of the road between B'ham and Tupelo.

So, this could potentially be my last week at work for a while. I'm excited for a break, I haven't taken a vacation since I started working. I'm also a little nervous that I will go stir crazy. Doubt it though.

Hope things are well with everyone. Come visit soon!