Jacob Day 2
[Details to be filled in: but that thing is called a CPAP. It keeps his lungs inflated when he exhales; they were collapsing.]
Jacob is born!
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 at 3:44 pm, Jacob Sanderson was born. That is a whole eight weeks early. He weiged 4 lbs 8 oz, and measured 17 1/2 inches long.Here are the day's events:
9:00 am -- I am heading out the door to begin my bike-commute to work, and I notice Bethany isn't feeling so great. I tell her "I'll stay home for a few minutes [to watch Nathanael] while you take a shower." I took one when she was done.
9:45 -- Bethany thinks she's having contractions. I whip out an iPhone to start timing them.
10:00 -- These are very regular: 1 minute long, 4 minutes apart. She spends her time on the exercize ball while I hold her; inbetween, I start packing bags, calling midwives, changing Nathanael's diaper, answering phone calls (sorry if I was curt to anyone).
[more details will be filled in later; I'm just going to put up more pictures and fill in details later.]
Sweet Boys
I am so blessed to have such a sweet boy in my family. Today he was teaching another toddler some of his games and made-up words and I was thinking ahead to the day he gets to show his little brother how life works.
I'm sure he'll be the expert reference for things like opening doors, using a spoon, taking off lids, plugging in electrical appliances--all of Nathanael's specialties. :)
p.s. Growth update: Baby Jacob is 3.1 lbs (as of 2 weeks ago) and growing perfectly. He is kicking and heart-beating and getting all of us very excited to meet him.
Angels Vacuum
At least mine did, this morning.
I was having a hard time wading through the weeks old layers of dried cereal on the carpet. Our living space had become a maze of clean and dirty laundry. I woke up and wondered how I was going to chase a two-year-old around for another 12 hours when I could barely roll over.
But my angel woke up and sent me to the shower. He changed, dressed and fed our little wild man. He sent me out the door to my appointment only 10 minutes behind schedule, still in his pajamas.
And in the meantime, he vacuumed.
I was having a hard time wading through the weeks old layers of dried cereal on the carpet. Our living space had become a maze of clean and dirty laundry. I woke up and wondered how I was going to chase a two-year-old around for another 12 hours when I could barely roll over.
But my angel woke up and sent me to the shower. He changed, dressed and fed our little wild man. He sent me out the door to my appointment only 10 minutes behind schedule, still in his pajamas.
And in the meantime, he vacuumed.
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