My mom had planned an early birthday dinner for me just incase the baby decided to arrive on my birthday. We all went to Larosas at 8:00 pm on July 15th, my due date. On the car ride to the restaurant I had 2 contractions but was sure it wasn't going to continue (because we had had several false alarms in the days leading up.) The contractions continued through dinner and I started timing them. For the third time that week, I said to my husband "Are we going to have a baby tonight?" We both laughed and said, "probably not." The contractions were sporatic, coming anywhere from 2 minutes apart to 10 minutes apart. So, I made it through dinner and we headed home. I got right on the treadmill in homes to keep the contractions coming. After 20 minutes, I called my husand down and asked if he thought I should call the doctor. I was so worried that I would go to the hospital and not be in labor that I was really hesitant to make the call. We decided to call and just see what he thought. Dr. Kirkwood called me back within minutes and said to come on in to be checked out. I arrived at the hospital at 10:30, was examined, and determined to be 2-3 cm dilated. Keep in mind I had been 2 cm dilated for 4 weeks, so I wasn't really sure if I should be encouraged my this or not. The nurse told me to walk for an hour and then come back. Me, Jonathan, my mom and my sister made many rounds around the first floor of the hospital for the next hour and then returned to be examined. I had progressed to 4 cm. which was really exciting. They admitted me around 11:45 and immediately hooked me up to an IV, baby heartrate monitor and contraction monitor. Over the next 3 hours, our eyes were glued to the contraction monitor. Believe it or not, I was still nervous that this wasn't it and that the contractions were going to stop any minute. My contractions became increasingly more painful until 3:00 am, when they gave me an epidural. Ah, relief. I was compfortable until around 6:00 am, when I started feeling everything again and with much more intensity. They broke my water around 7:00 am, after realizing that I had only dilated one more cm. in the last 7 hours. I was not 5 cm dilated and they broke my water in hopes to move things along more quickly. I was still doing well and Jett was handling labor very well. They tried several things to make me more compfortable, but nothing was working. Jett was facing the cieling, so they tried several things to get him to face the floor. At around 12:00, I said I had to start pushing and thankfully, he had turned around by this time. I pushed for an hour and a half and then our beautiul baby boy arrived. The doctor confirmed that I had no pain assistance throughout the delivery process and that she considered it a natural delivery...go figure:)
Jett is ready for his first doctor's appt.- 1 week old.
4 days old
3 days old.
Sleepy baby.
This is his boxer look.
5 days old and very alert:)
He loves his pack-n-play.
One week old. A big trip to the front yard:) 
Jett's first bath. He was much happier when it was over:)
He loves to eat his hands.
He does not look happy...
Jett and Daddy.
Jett, the entertainer:)
Mawmaw and Pawpaw.
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