Jason has been hanging out with us for a few weeks now and I can't believe how great it is and how much our lives just changed over night! There have definitely been moments of chaos, but when I think about the overall picture so far, it's going really well.
Birth story:
Jason arrived 2 days early (determined to be a Virgo-funny because as a Virgo, he will spend his whole life rolling his eyes and not believing my sun sign assessments of him) on Sunday, Sep 19th at about noon after 28 hours of labor. Yeah, that was REALLY long! I went into labor Sat morning at about 9am. It woke me up and it wasn't that dramatic at all. I literally thought, "huh. I think I'm in labor" and waited for Kev to wake up to tell him. I was surprisingly calm in the month leading up to giving birth-don't really know why.
It was all about distractions to survive that long a labor. I spent the whole day and much of the night at home before cabbing it to the hospital at about 1:30 am on Sunday. My goal was to not go to the hospital until contractions were 3 mins apart and that's what I did. It was pretty intense.
Highlights of the experience included Kevin and I watching Karate Kid...the final scene going on right as contractions were getting unbearable. We were timing contractions and Kevin is going, "Put him in a body bag Johnny!" and I am cracking up laughing and trying not to scream at the same time. Sort of like laughing and sneezing at the same time. Laughing through contractions, it turns out, is not really possible.
Kevin was an amazing partner through everything. At the end of it all I had to push for 3 hours and Kevin was so awesome and supportive. I had the birth experience I wanted (other than being too long) and he was such an important part of it. When Jason was born I heard Kevin yell, "It's a boy! We have a baby boy!" I have never seen Kevin so excited in my whole life.
Not knowing if it was a boy or girl was so freaking awesome. Our doctor didn't even know so we all couldn't wait to find out who was taking so long in there.... At one point in between contractions she goes, "I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl! " like she was one of our friends. Up until that point I thought she knew and was just keeping the secret because she had done an ultrasound at 36 weeks. Kevin, the Nurse and the Doctor were all cheering me on at end like there was a football game going on in the room! Everyone was yelling and so excited.
The only person not making noise was Jason-he didn't cry when he was born. They put him on me right away and I think Jason and I were both in shock. Seriously, I could not believe what had just happened. They wrapped him up like a burrito for me. It was love at first sight. This is right after they wrapped him up.
We spent the normal 2 days in the hospital and then took him home in a cab. Once we were home for about 5 minutes , Kevin and I looked at each other and one of us said, "Now what do we do?" Seriously, does everyone say that? How could you not? We were totally clueless. Here he is when we got home.
Here he is now:
He has gotten bigger and started collected chins.We are still clueless, but not really. You just figure things out. The nurturing side of us just sort of appeared out of nowhere. We both suddenly know how to rock a crying newborn to sleep even though neither of us had ever held a newborn. Neither of us changed diapers before and we have figured that out too. (We have both been peed on several times)
He is constantly changing. Everyday he makes a new noise, facial expression or gets a little stronger. I didn't expect that he'd be this busy. He is constantly moving while he's awake. He is starting to roll over when on this tummy and we are getting a few smiles which are SO CUTE. He seems amused by me babbling at him all the time. Or maybe he's getting sick of me. He'll cry and I'll pick him up and he looks like he's thinking, "Oh great, it's this chick again"So far he likes the Beatles, James Taylor and Paul Simon. He will be introduced to The Dead momentarily. Oh and Kevin played some Motley Crew for him the other night....luckily he slept through it:
This was taken yesterday after discovering the elephant
Here he is grumpy that there is nothing but crap on TV
I can't believe he'll be 6 weeks old this Sunday! Time is flying!Here is a video of Jason and the elephant
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