"Weaddababyitsaboy"

Surprise!!! We're havin' our baby today!
Who knew? I was feelin' pretty crummy on Friday night... swollen, tired, big, etc. Little did I know the night was going to turn into a much longer one than expected.
I got up for my usual pee breaks... and soon realized... instead of every 1.5hr... they her every several minutes... and then... after long enough... I thought... hmm... maybe this isn't pee pressure... and then quickly followed with... Naaa...

well... 3 hours later the contractions were still coming every 5-6 minutes regularly... and Kev and I thought it was best to go to the hospital... considering we were scheduled for a c-section in 9 more days...

We got to the hospital at 5:45am... hooked up to the monitor... and finally... after several hours of contractions in triage (hoping they would just stop)... decided today was the day!

OK... here goes... 9 hours later... we are headed into surgery!

Welcome to the world little boy... ("hairy-headed little entry")

He's here!

"Meet our little baby boy!"
7lbs 10oz
20 1/2 inches
12:24pm Saturday July 18th

Surgery went great!!!! Much smoother and a lot less sick than last time!

... Our first few hours with little man!

Gammie was so excited to hold him!
He's so tiny!

We had lots of visitors over the last two days.
Uncle Gregg and Aunt Shell were over right away to see their new nephew... and Livy got to pop in for a fast visit too!

Joel got to meet him for the whole family... we miss you Jen and Evan... (away for the month... but will be back soon)

Chris and Nae (along with Joel and Shari...) came by to welcome him too! (Megan has recently started calling Renae... Uncle Nae)


Next was our big moment...

Big sister was so proud to meet her "tiny" new brother!!!! "Touch the baby" was a common phrase for the weekend! She loves him!!!! loves to kiss, hug, and especially man handle the little guy!

Megan was doing tickle, tickle, tickle!

Proud new Daddy!

... and Mommy!

Now we're a family of 4!
(Megan was going in for another hug!)

Nana and B-pa were lovin' up on their grandson too! Needless to say they were so excited!
Uncle Kyle and Jess came to play with him for a bit too!

Not a bad way to spend your Sunday afternoon!

Meet Jacob Gordon Birkett!
We couldn't have asked for a sweeter baby boy!
His Pop would be so proud!

... checkin' out all the tiny parts!

Monday morning... all packed and ready for home!

Ready for our first car ride... going home to our little girl... and big brother Ruger!