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Baby Jack's first trip to the grocery
I haven't blogged in a long time because we have had some very exciting events happen. Jackson Connor Sweatland was born 11-29-09 at 0240. He arrived at 8 lbs 5 oz 20.5 inches long. He was a week early. No one tells you that you can be in early labor for 2 weeks, but that is what happened with me. I was 4 cm dilated for 2 weeks, we kept walking and jumping but he was not interested in coming out until the 29th. I was in labor for 5.5 hours and did things naturally until 9 cm, I got a spinal at that point and my contractions essentially stopped so after an hour they came to give me a little pitocin to get the little guy out and his heart rate dropped to the 60's. So they told me to push him out now or I would get a C-section. So 10 minutes later he arrived with the help of a vacuum and my wonderful midwife. He gave us quite a scare, and once he was out he didn't cry right away, so I was very scared, but Daddy could see him and kept telling me he was moving. He pinked up right away and was completely perfect. Our first family shot is at the bottom of the page.
After the birth we spent 2 nights in the hospital, we were all very excited to come home. Jack is a good sleeper and has been sleeping about 4 hours at a time at night since he came home. We then started having a lot of visitors. My mom and dad, jake's mom and dad, scott and rob peters, my grandma and cousin, friends from post here. It was great to show off our little guy, and helped to prepare us for Christmas.

We feel so blessed to have our little boy here. He is such a joy. He is a very mellow baby and has been a real pleasure. I am so thankful for modern medicine without which our little guy may not have been doing so well. We are also thankful for our families and their excitement and enjoyment of little Jack.

One of the other things we are very thankful for is for the birth of our friends' Jessi and Mike Burns twins. They were born the 30th of November and we have had fun comparing and talking about our new experiences, one of my favorite things is looking at how little her babies look compared to Jack. especially in the godfather onesie picture. Jack was never able to wear newborn clothes and his 0-3 month outfits are getting snug. We are so glad little Nora and Holden are here.

Well my next blog will be with new Christmas pictures, we hope you all had a great new year.







Giant baby in godfather J outfit.




Our first family picture