Weekend at Grandmas

Well, Jaxson and I went on a little road trip. Joe worked this morning and is working a wedding tonight at the hotel. He's staying there because he has to work at 5am. I was going to stay at the hotel with him but decided instead of sitting in the room by myself, I would take Jaxson to stay with Grandma and then go to church Sunday morning. So, here we are. We went for a stroller ride and went to Tuscola for some shopping. It's been a fun filled day and now I'm worn out and ready for bed. Good news though, Jaxson slept 7 hours last night!!! 7 HOURS!!! It was awesome. We will see how he does for Grandma tonight. Him and Grandma are tight though. Thank God my mom stayed with us for a few days when we first brought him home. She rocked him and got pretty close with the little guy. They are buddies. She was so great helping us with everything and she got up with him at night so we could sleep. That's what she is doing tonight. Momma is going to get some sleep without looking at the video monitor every two minutes. Grandma has got it under control.

Jaxson Kenneth Smith

He's here!!! I went to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon around 1:30pm. I had been having contractions that morning. Once Joe got home from work we headed to the hospital because my contractions were about six minutes apart. I was dilated to four centimeters and about 90% effaced. I went for the epidural as soon as I could, which was about 4:00pm. The doctor came into check around 6:00 and I was dilated to six centimeters and that is when she broke my water. I was hoping things would go quickly but that didn't seem to be the case. I wasn't checked again until 9:00pm and I was 8 centimeters. I finally got to start pushing around 1:00am and little Jaxson was born at 1:51 am on August 6, 2009. Everything went great. He weighed 7 lbs 6 oz and he was 21 1/2 inches long. He is our little prince. I could sit and stare at him all day. Thank God for my mom who has been staying with us the past few days. Its really been a great help. Joe goes back to work tomorrow so we will see how things go. I'm excited for Gracyn to come and meet her baby brother. We are all doing awesome. A lot of family came over today to visit. It truly is a blessing to have our little guy home. I'm just amazed by him.

...Seriously, this is nuts!

Still no baby. I'm going absolutely insane. I thought for sure I would have had him by now. I've been having contractions. Or what I think are contractions. They usually start in the evening and then I start to think that once I go to bed, I'll be waking up in the middle of the night to head to the hospital. Not the case. I do have a doctor's apointment tomorrow. As far as I know, we will be deciding on a date for me to be induced. We got the monitor set up today!!! It is a video one where we will be able to see him on the screen. I'm super excited about that. Hopefully I will be able to put up good news tomorrow. It's time to take a nap for now.