Happy Birth Day Jude

Our little Jude is officially here. He came at 1:54pm on February 13, weighing a healthy 7 pounds and 3 ounces and 19.5 inches long. He is absolutely beautiful and has hair. The delivery was good and uneventful, which is always good for us. I even got to have an epidural, ladies I highly recommend it! With Jadon and Haven I went too fast to have an epidural so I had yet to experience the wonderfulness of an epi.

My water broke at 7:00am on the 13th and so I called Todd because he had already left for work. Then I called my wonderful sister who had volunteered to watch Jadon and Haven for us. My contractions were not close together yet so we were able to drive to the hospital without the fear of having to deliver in the car. (In the past we've barely made it to the hospital right before time to start pushing.) We get to the hospital around 8:00am and see our wonderful nurses who will be with us for the day and I get hooked up to everything. Then we wait, we actually got to the hospital before we were in active labor. At around 10:00am our contractions are between 5 and 6 minutes apart, but still not very strong. I get up and walk around for a little while and they decide that at noon we are going to hook up a small drip of pitocin. After 15 minnutes of that I ask for an epidural and for them to stop the pitocin. I get the lovely epi at 12:41pm and the nurse kicks everyone out at 1:15pm and at 1:35pm I start pushing and little Jude is born at 1:54pm. We are both doing great and my recovery is doing very well. We actually went home on Valentine's Day, after we had our special going home lunch. So, we're all home and getting adjusted to our new life.

It has been extremely easy adjusting so far. Jadon and Haven absolutely love their brother and the fights are over who gets to hold him and kiss on him. Haven can sit for a very long time and just hold him. Haven goes around saying constantly, "hold Ude."

Jadon thinks he's the best big brother of all time and talks about how he will protect his Jude and his Sissy. I am amazed at how they've taken so well to a huge change in our family. It just reminds me how good God is.

So, enough about the details and let's get to the pictures. Again, I think I have the most beautiful family. Thank you to those of you who have prayed for us and little Jude. We have felt your prayers over the last 9 months and the last few days. Special thank you to Kim who was my mommy prayer partner. I am blessed to have had you praying for us during this time.