Okay, I am finally getting around to blogging about Jacob's birth. He missed his due date by less then two hours, but I was just glad he came. Jacob Fay Hepworth was born at 1:47am on August 5th. He weighed in at a whopping 9 pounds 2 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long. By far he was my biggest baby!
Labor went pretty fast. I started having contractions that were 3 minutes apart consistently at 11pm, but was still hesitant to call the midwife thinking they would go away as all the other ones have the past weeks. But Kendall insisted that he should call so at 11:30pm we called Charlotte (the midwife). She got to our house at midnight and checked me and said I was only at 3 1/2 cm. That's so not what I wanted to hear! But then she checked an hour later and said I was at 4 1/2 cm. But she said to push on the next contraction and I did and my water broke. And 22 minutes later Jacob was born! We were very surprised when Jacob came out a boy. I have felt this whole time that the baby was going to be a girl. We hadn't really even talked about boy names. So it was later that day before we came up with his name. Jacob was not a name I would have ever considered, but he just looks like a Jacob, it fits him. I don't know how to explain it really. Kendall's grandfather's name is Fay so that's where we got his middle name.
Here Kendall is weighing Jacob. We were amazed that he was so big! No wonder I have been so uncomfortable these last few weeks!
Little Jacob right after birth.
We woke Emma and Noah up to say hello. They were so happy he was here.
Poor Emma started crying when we told her that she had a new brother. She really wanted a sister to share a room with. But she got over it and keeps telling us how much she likes him.
Sassy took this picture in the morning of Kendall catching up on some sleep later in the morning. I thought it was kind of funny.
Aunt Sassy with little Jacob. We were so glad she was here these past two weeks. It was fun to spend some time with her and get to know her better.
When Daniel woke up in the morning he came in to cuddle with me, as has been his habit of late. I told him that the baby had come and he was so sweet. He came and peeked at little Jacob and smiled and said "Ahh, baby!". It was so sweet! He likes to come up to Jacob and say "pet, baby" and then touch his hair. I was a little worried about Daniel's acceptance of the baby, but so far it's been just fine.
Lots of Kisses! It's amazing how much Daniel seems to have grown this past week! He's so huge now!
Little Jacob one day old. He's a pretty good baby so far. I have learned that I can't eat chocolate the hard way, poor Jacob. He has his days and nights totally mixed up but we are working on getting that fixed!
Sunday naps are a wonderful thing!
Labor went pretty fast. I started having contractions that were 3 minutes apart consistently at 11pm, but was still hesitant to call the midwife thinking they would go away as all the other ones have the past weeks. But Kendall insisted that he should call so at 11:30pm we called Charlotte (the midwife). She got to our house at midnight and checked me and said I was only at 3 1/2 cm. That's so not what I wanted to hear! But then she checked an hour later and said I was at 4 1/2 cm. But she said to push on the next contraction and I did and my water broke. And 22 minutes later Jacob was born! We were very surprised when Jacob came out a boy. I have felt this whole time that the baby was going to be a girl. We hadn't really even talked about boy names. So it was later that day before we came up with his name. Jacob was not a name I would have ever considered, but he just looks like a Jacob, it fits him. I don't know how to explain it really. Kendall's grandfather's name is Fay so that's where we got his middle name.
Here Kendall is weighing Jacob. We were amazed that he was so big! No wonder I have been so uncomfortable these last few weeks!
Little Jacob right after birth.
We woke Emma and Noah up to say hello. They were so happy he was here.
Poor Emma started crying when we told her that she had a new brother. She really wanted a sister to share a room with. But she got over it and keeps telling us how much she likes him.
Sassy took this picture in the morning of Kendall catching up on some sleep later in the morning. I thought it was kind of funny.
Aunt Sassy with little Jacob. We were so glad she was here these past two weeks. It was fun to spend some time with her and get to know her better.
When Daniel woke up in the morning he came in to cuddle with me, as has been his habit of late. I told him that the baby had come and he was so sweet. He came and peeked at little Jacob and smiled and said "Ahh, baby!". It was so sweet! He likes to come up to Jacob and say "pet, baby" and then touch his hair. I was a little worried about Daniel's acceptance of the baby, but so far it's been just fine.
Lots of Kisses! It's amazing how much Daniel seems to have grown this past week! He's so huge now!
Little Jacob one day old. He's a pretty good baby so far. I have learned that I can't eat chocolate the hard way, poor Jacob. He has his days and nights totally mixed up but we are working on getting that fixed!
Sunday naps are a wonderful thing!
