Baby Jake is Here!!

Although my due date wasn't until 10/11/12 (which would have been a cool birthday), our baby boy decided to help celebrate his mama's birthday by making his grand entrance on Tuesday September 25, 2012! What a wonderful birthday present.

 
John Christopher "Jake" Mead arrived at 6:36 pm, weighing 6 lbs, 13 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. My labor was great. I had been having contractions for a few weeks but they felt a bit stronger that morning. Lauren and Luke sang me happy birthday and made me a special birthday breakfast before heading off to school. I worked from home much of the morning but decided around 11 am that a walk was in order to see if the contractions continued. They did and we headed for the hospital around 1 pm. After a pretty uneventful labor, Jake arrived!

Lauren and Luke were so excited to meet their new baby brother.




Jake even gave them big brother/big sister presents. Luke loved his!

Luke was also very nice and shared some of his cars with Jake. (We'll see how he feels once Jake can really play with them).



We came home from the hospital on Thursday. Jake is such a little peanut in his car seat.


Memaw and Papa came from Iowa meet their 7th grandchild and to stay with us and help for a few days. We were all sad to see them go.

Nonny and Boppa returned from their vacation to Italy to meet their new (13th!!) grandchild.

The last few weeks have gone quickly. We're starting to get into a little routine. We've tried to get outside a little bit and enjoy these beautiful fall days.  Somehow we even managed to make it to church on Sunday!

Jake went for his first walk.




We've played in the leaves.


We visited the zoo to pick out our pumpkins.



And of course we've been snuggling Jake!!


What a difference a few years make!!

Jake is three weeks old today! Already!! He is going about 3 1/2 to 4 hrs between feeding at night. He doesn't like to sleep much after his 10 pm feeding until his 1:30 a.m. feeding, but we're working on it. He is starting to stay awake a little more during the day which is great! He's eating well and seems to have no issue with taking a bottle or nursing. We go back to the doctor next week for his 1 month checkup. I'm anxious to see how much he's grown. His newborn clothes (which were too big when we came home from the hospital) are fitting more snugly now.

 (3 weeks old)
We still can't believe that we are parents to three beautiful, healthy children...and two boys no less--I think we're in for some crazy times ahead if Luke is any indication!! But we truly feel blessed. Jake fits right in. His sister and brother love him so much! Although I can never imagine loving another child as much as the previous one, the moment we saw him, we were in love just as much as we are with Lauren and Luke.

Thanks for checking in on us.

Until next time--



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