Caden Tanner Jackson is here!!

It's been a wild couple of days, but I have my computer at the hospital now so I can update everyone! Here's a few pictures that you haven't seen on facebook!

Caden decided to let me know Monday morning that he was ready. So at 3am I woke up having contractions and finally woke Brian up at 4:30. We put shoes on Kenzie and made the trip to the hospital. Nana arrived to "play with Kenzie" and Brian came back to triage. After much debating, the doctors finally decided to go ahead with the delivery and so at 11am they wheeled me to the OR for a c-section. Caden was born at 11:17am weighing 6 lbs 7 oz and measuring 19" long! Being 4 weeks early, they took him to NICU to check him out and discovered he was having some respiratory problems as well as blood sugar issues. Now, two days later, those problems have pretty much resolved themselves (the IV was taken out of his little hand yesterday) but he's not eating as he should so now he has a feeding tube in his nose. But feeding tube or not, he's the sweetest, cutest, most adorable little boy I've ever seen and he's a great snuggler!! I didn't get to see him the rest of that first day, but once I got unhooked from my bed, Brian wheeled me down bright and early the next day to see him. Brian visited him for a while in the NICU that first day so he wasn't completely alone. Kenzie is NOT happy about not getting to see her baby brother (except through the window), but knows that he's "sick" and she can see him when he's better and can come home. So for now she's content to hang out with Nana at home and come visit me and Daddy in the hospital. She's spent alot of time with her Grandma and Grandpa too, so she's not bored! I can't WAIT to start snapping pictures of Kenzie and her baby brother together!!!!!

The way he was wailing after he was born, I'd have never guessed he had lung issues!!

In fact, the only time he didn't cry in the OR was when they handed him to Brian. Awwww...

Kenzie did a great job of calming Mommy's nerves. She and Aunt Kristin and Nana came over to distract me.

Kenzie drew our family on the board in my room. Daddy is the one at the top, recognize him with the glasses? Of couse!

I FINALLY got to see him!!

Technically only the mom and dad are suppose to hold the baby, but the nurses were sweet and let Nana hold her grandson. Somewhere there is a picture of Brian's mom holding him, but they must not have used my camera to take the picture!

Can't wait for Pop to get home from Washington, DC and Uncle Van to get home (and well!) from Oklahoma to see the newest addition!!!

Goofin' off

I'm not a fan of this new post editor. Just so my post doesn't look completely out of whack I'm just putting them all in the center until I figure this stupid thing out. It should not be this difficult.

Anyway, one Sunday about 3 weeks ago we had gotten ready for church early (it's a miracle!!!) and went outside to enjoy the GORGEOUS morning!! Here's a few shots of our sweet and silly girl!!

Kenzie took this picture!

I'm exactly 32 weeks in the picture.

Just a few more weeks!

 After a brief stint in the hospital last friday (9/24), there was SOME good that came out of it. New pictures! Baby is fine and Mommy is too! I just have a "grumpy uterus" as my doctor likes to call it. Hopefully he'll stay in another week (I'll be 36 wks next Sunday), just to be on the safe side. This is just a glimpse of his face, he's awfully squished in there! The tech decided to "play" with the 4D. Looks like he's kissing me in that first picture!! Can't wait for the real thing!!!

Kristin and I think he has Kenzie's nose. Love it!!

the Delta Fair!

I love Labor Day weekend! We spent part of the weekend in Ripley for my birthday, then Mom and Dad came up Monday and we went to the Delta Fair at the Agricenter!!  We were smart enough to bring Kenzie's stroller and a folding chair for me in case we needed a break. We were looking forward to some of the acts they have at the fair like pig races, banana derbys (monkeys riding around on border collies) and jousting amoung other things but couldn't find the arena where they were taking place! But we still had a great time watching Kenzie ride rides, eating pronto pups, and checking out the animals in the petting zoo!!

Update on "Kenzie's baby"

Went to the doctor today and I start going every two weeks now!! Woo hoo!! He'll be here before we know it! Everything looked good. He's supposedly up to 4.3 lbs! We had an ultrasound but at this point he's too big to get any pictures. There's not much room in there and boy do I know it!! As I type this, his feet are sticking up in my ribs! But he's positioned correctly and ready to go!

The baby's room is nearly finished!!

We finally got his room ready!! If he were to be born this week, he'd at least have a place to sleep! We have the screws in the wall above his bed so when the time comes we can just put the letters up! I have all of this clothes in the appropriate drawers, but still need to organize them by size. I was too worn out to get to that today. But soon I hope! We're using a few things from Kenzie nursery, but wanted a little bit different look for the new baby. Kristin made the tie-backs for the curtains out of the valence that came with the bedding set. (The valence didn't look right.) So I LOVE how the tie-backs tie into the rest of the decor!! Thank you, Aunt Kristin!!! We also need to move the blanket chest back into the room but that was too heavy for Brian to move by himself. Maybe one weekend when we have more help.

We also registered today at Babies R' Us and Target for a few essentials.

It was a very productive weekend!!

This is NOT necessarily the first letter of his name! Just a sample of how I painted them! :)

the Birthday Girl!

Another year has flown by! I'm so glad I keep this blog reasonably up-to-date! My whole family made my day especially sweet!

Mom and Dad sent me these flowers to school.

Brian came to eat lunch with me so he got to see them too!

We had a yummy dinner at The Bar-B-Q Shop!

Kenzie requested a lion ice cream cake for my birthday, but no luck. Orange and white was appropriate for the opening weekend of college football though!

We all converged on Ripley for my family celebration! Boofer and Ace got along great!

Aunt Kristin even gave Kenzie a pedicure! They had matching toes!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day to go to the park so we spent most of the morning there. It was in upper 70's/lower 80's with a nice breeze. I could have stayed out there all day! Instead, we played at the park all morning while the boys played golf. Then we went back to Nana's and had lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon in the backyard. SUCH a nice visit!