Pumpkin Patch

So... we are starting fresh and eventually I will go back and fill in the blanks. :) I have several post that have been in draft mode but I was too lazy busy to upload pics. Well now we seem to have found our little groove and I must get to documenting these kids lives. Being a family of four has been amazing! Tiresome and busy? Yes! Most days I don't feel like I stop until I hit the bed, there is not much downtime but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

A couple weeks ago Eric and I took off work and headed tot he pumpkin patch! As you will see a fabulous time was had by all!

Welcome to the world

June 7th had been scheduled for weeks as cerclage removal day, but we weren't sure if I would then be induced or sent home if no progress was happening. Obviously I was over being pregnant and wanted our little dude here. Well was I ever surprised when the hospital called to confirm our "induction" for the next day. Woo hoo, this was really going to happen. We arrived at the hospital at 7:15 and were quickly setup in a L&D room to prep to remove the cerclage. Due to my last pregnancy and the issues/ pain from removing the cerclage, we felt it in my best interest to have it removed in the hospital instead of my OB's office. Man oh man am I thankful we made that decision. Just like with Sophia, my cercalge had embedded again in my cervix and what normally takes a few minutes to snip took close to an hour to remove. Even with the epidural I could feel the tugging and some discomfort. Once the stitch was out Dr. P wanted to see if I would progress on my own before starting any pitocin. Well around noon nothing had changed so a low dose of pitocin was started. A couple hours passed and eventually my water broke. Things progressed quickly after this and the contractions came on hard and fierce, before I knew it I was complete and ready to push. The anaesthesiologist was called back in to amp up my epi and the wait for it to kick in was brutal. Four sets of pushes later and with the help of forceps our little man was here. Jackson Ryder was born at 5:48 pm weighing 7 lbs 10 oz and 20 in long. It was love at first sight for mom, dad and big sister and the love has grown more and more each day since his arrival. He completes us and we are so excited to see what the future holds for our little family of four.

Changes

So I guess I should probably mention the big change about to take place to our little family before it actually happens.

On October 7th we found out this!

We shared the news with the world (aka FB) at 9 weeks! Ya think she is excited?

First belly pic at about 16 weeks.

Then on January 9th we confirmed 100% that this precious baby is a boy! To say we were excited is a big understatement. We have always wanted one of each and can't wait for this little man to join our family.

This pregnancy has been like night and day compared to Sophia's and we feel so incredibly blessed. My preventative cerclage was placed on Jan 2nd and besides the numerous doc appointments this pregnancy has been fabulous. Now we just wait for the dude to get here, here that Jackson we are ready!