Jefferson's First Bath

Here is little Jefferson taking his first bath at home! He is such a great baby and continues to be so easy going. We can't wait for him to meet the rest of the family!

Henry's YUMMY treat!

1 week later...

We're all a little sleepy...

but we're still here! We'll post more pictures soon--in the mean time, here is one of Henry watching Little Bear with Jefferson. Henry LOVES his baby brother and can't stop giving him kisses, hugs, and encouragement when he cries. I have two of the sweetest little babies! We love them!
PS--My recovery is going extremely well--most of the time I don't even feel like I had a baby--a complete 180 from what I went through with Henry. I am SO grateful though that I did have a harder time with Henry so that I could truly appreciate the ease of my recovery this time around. I have to say, I felt better 3 days post partum with Jefferson than I did 4 weeks post partum with Henry. Like I said--blessed.

Baby Jefferson is here!

Thomas Jefferson Zenk:

7 lbs. 4 oz.

18.5 in.

Born within 4 minutes of water breaking--NO pushing at all! In fact, the in-house doctor didn't even have time to run to the room, so the head nurse delivered my baby! The nurse who tended me the whole time before delivery was actually the same nurse who helped with Henry's birth (nice reunion!) and the nurse who took care of me after the birth turned out to be my nextdoor neighbor my freshman year of college! Crazy!

Jefferson is so cute and seems SO EASY compared to running after a toddler! He hasn't cried much at all today and has been sleeping like a champ :) In the last picture you can see that he's even sleeping through his first bath.

Having a new little baby is going to be fun, and I know Henry will love having a new playmate :) Welcome home Jefferson! We love you!

39 weeks 2 days... UPDATE

Well, it's 3am and I'm in the hospital waiting to be admitted. Contractions every 2 minutes--they aren't anything like I felt with Henry when my water broke, but still uncomfortable, so sleeping isn't really too much of an option right now. Bobby is here with me, and (bless his heart) is so tired from all that he's been doing lately, that he was able to fall asleep in the stiff, uncomfortable chair beside my bed. Hopefully the nurse will come in soon and tell me I'm good to go and that I can have my epidural. (Because we all know how much I love modern medicine!)

39 weeks...

Feel.ing.big. on top of having an uncomfortable cold... and not wanting to go through labor again. Today I had a sudden relapse and remembered all of the things that made me say I was never going to do this pregnancy thing again... namely RECOVERY. I'm so excited to meet the little guy (hopefully he waits a couple more days so Daddy's schedule clears up) but all of a sudden I'm super scared to go through labor! 1 epidural please!

38 Weeks

Not much happening as far as Baby J. goes, but I'm 38 weeks all the same! (Henry was born by this time, last time around.) Only 2 more weeks to go!