25 days...

We are surviving! We have been lucky to have such a good baby. We still have no schedule or routine which makes the nights a little hard but sometimes he let's me get a good sleep and other times it's more of an adventure. We finally put the tv up in his room so at least if I'm up for hours I can fill it with some Dancing With The Stars or Big Bang Theory.

This is his old man face. He seriously looks like an 80 year old with a cane sitting around the Village Inn with his other old man friends.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 I love when he is all snuggly and squishy

He really does hold his own bottle sometimes. It's more because he won't move his crazy hands from his face so by the time I get the bottle in his mouth, he props his hands under his chin.

Jake got a little travel chess set for Christmas and we have been playing it a lot so his Omi (John's mom) brought him this set which was Opi's and is made out of marble. He is so excited about it. The pieces all look different from traditional chess pieces so he and his grandpa have made up some funny names.

He is almost through the Harry Potter series! I told him he couldn't see the movies until he read the book for each one so he has been cruising through them.

Oh baby!

The title says it all! Thursday, March 1st we had a doc appointment in the morning and he told us to head on over to the hospital! I had a mini breakdown in the room before we ran home to grab our things. He also said that once I checked in, the hospital would starve me until that baby got here so we pulled into Jimmy Johns for my first turkey sub in over 7 months! We got checked in around 1 PM and they got me all hooked up to everything. My water had already broken (thank heavens) so they didn't have to do that part but I wasn't dilating at all so they started me on pitocin which I had really hoped to avoid. They told me I needed to get my epidural either before 5:30 or after 7:30 because of a scheduled c-section. At this point (about 4:30) I was still feeling pretty good so I decided to wait. My parents came over to sit with me while John took Jake out to dinner and while he was gone my contractions went into overdrive. I finally got my epidural around 8 PM and I was able to rest comfortably until around midnight. I was trying to sleep but I started feeling some serious pressure around then and every time I was just about out, it would wake me up. Between 12 and 1:30 it just kept getting worse and worse. They pushed my medicine button a few times but there was just no relief. I was finally ready to start pushing with the nurse around 1:30 am. She was so great. I was in a lot of pain but we all just kept chit chatting trying to keep my mind off it. By 3:00 he had made progress, but I was so so exhausted that I was only pushing for 1 count of 8 instead of 3. They got Dr. Housel (poor guy had done 4 c-sections that day already and had been sleeping at the hospital since 1 waiting for me to deliver) and told him that I didn't know how much longer I could keep pushing so they wheeled in all the equipment and he pulled out the suction dingerdoo. I honestly don't even remember the last few minutes of it. I was so delirious and in pain. At some point he told me I really needed to pull it together but I was past that. Eventually Spencer was here at 3:31 AM. 8 lbs, 20 1/2 inches long! 

Early on in the night...still feeling good.

Hi dad!

Getting ready to go home

Jake has been so great. He is definitely getting a little cabin fever but luckily he is at school all day.

Getting him started early. It is tax season after all!

It just doesn't get any sweeter

He really does have a lot of hair in the back (party) but it's all business and receding hairline in the front.

We took advantage of the Saturday weather and Jake and John went and played tennis. We have to break him in early. It will be his second home lol. First time to the courts!

I want to snuggle him all day!

Nighttime has been bearable so far but I don't do much else during the day except take care of him and be lazy. Luckily John is okay with this and my mom has been coming over to help keep things clean, plus we are still trying to finish moving things out of the old house. We love him!