Jack.Lewis.Apple

Jack.Lewis.Apple (and Rebecca is a beast)

Jack arrived at 10:38 p.m. on January 17th. He and incredible mommy are doing great. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz's. January the 17th was an adventure to say the least.

Here is the short form of the story: We had clearly been eagerly anticipating the moment of Jack's arrival (for a month) just like any other parent awaits the arrival of thier child. Rebecca had an appoitnment today with Dr. Martin at 1:40. The results of that visit were Dr. Martin encouraging us to get admitted and induce labor. Rebecca was 5-6 cm dialated and 100% effaced. We wanted to let it happen naturally so we declined. So as the day went on, Rebecca had some inconsistent contractions / pressure which were common for her after her doctor visits, so we didn't think a lot of it because it wasn't consistent or painful. So as dinner came, we ate and things began to progress rather rapidly. We decided to ask Rebecca's mom to come on over and stay with Lilly Jo. Rebecca's contractions quickly became consistant between 6 and 10 minutes apart. At about 9:15 she decided to call the doctor. They were expecting our call because of our visit today and Dr. Flanagan told us to come on in. So we waited (and I had to get Lilly Jo some oatmeal) and I expected us to still have a good portion of time until delivery. So finally we left the house around 10:00. The contractions became very significant in the car and approximately 5 minutes down the road her water broke (we'll say that it is about 10:05 at this point). Things got really serious really fast. For the remainder of the drive to the hospital, Rebecca describes her contractions as having not much relief. Based on the claw marks on my arms, the peaks of those contractions were probably about 2 minutes apart. About half way there, Rebecca is genuinely concerned we are going to have Jack in our front seat. We decide to call Flanagan again to give them a warning so they'll know her water broke, contractions were out of control, and we are concerned they baby might plop out at any moment. So we arrive at Rex at 10:25 and proceed upstairs to the room. Flanagan takes one look and says, "yep we are about to have us a baby" (she could already see his head). So 5 sessions of pushing and 13 minutes later, Jack was out - alive an well. Rebecca delivered him in record time with no epidural, no medication, and everyting went fine. At this point we were all excited, shocked, confused, happy, and overjoyed.

So that is the short story. There are many nuiances Rebecca and I will be very excited to share with each of you, but we figured we'd get the word out in blast form for all those we aren't able to talk to on a regular basis.

A quick word from momma - God was so merciful and gracious to me during this time - I am utterly amazed at His goodness and mercy. He was and continues to be my Ever Present Help, and has provided me a wonderful earthly present help, who mentioned above, has the scars to prove it:)

On another note.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILLY JO!!!!

Lilly Jo is 1 year old today!!! She has been a blessing and taught Rebecca and I so much more about Christ's love, marriage, and one another. Children are truely a gift from the Lord.

Needless to say, we are super excited about the arrival of Jack Lewis and super excited he has such a wonderful big sister who is turning 1 today! Yay for Lilly Jo and Jack and Momma and Dada!!!!!