Jack Norman Bennett has arrived!!!!

Hi All! Well it is official! Baby Jack has entered the world! He weighs in at a tiny 6lbs 3oz and believe it or not, 20 inches long! He is doing well and is so sweet! He just looks at me and my heart melts! I now understand what everyone has been talking about all of these years.

Because he is so small and is a little slow to figure out the whole eating thing...we are going to stay tonight as we will and head home tomorrow afternoon. We cant wait to take him home to meet his big brother Tex!

So here are a few pictures of Jack, but don't worry this is only the beginning!!! Thanks to all for all of our support over these past nine months! We could not have done it without each and everyone of you.

This Is The Final Countdown!

Amanda (Elissa's sister) here. Lis is in the bed right now, hooked up to juice and ready to have this baby! At 41 weeks she's been quite a trooper. Honestly, coming from a sister who would love to give her a hard time about as many things as possible (payback for all the years she gave me a hard time...and for the time she pushed me down the stairs in a suitcase*...but that's another blog), I can't find one thing to rib her about when it comes to being a high-mai pregnant lady. She's been a champ. We've been walking day and night, pushing on pressure points, eating eggplant/thai food/hot salsa/large Italian meals, more walking, wii-fit hula hooping (hysterical by the way), more walking, more eating, more crazy old wives' tales... But, nada. 

So, yesterday at her 41 week appointment (evidently an appointment that no pregnant lady wants to have (much less one whom was told 3 weeks ago that she'd be unlikely to make it to her due date)), Elissa and Clinton, through the encouragement of their doctor, decided to go ahead and induce. 

So here we are, Jack's Welcome Committee, posted in the delivery suite, waiting out the next few hours until Jack makes his debut. AND, big news: her water was broken a few minutes ago! So, as Clinton's mom Kim just said it best, "There's no turning back now!"

AND, as I wrap-up this post, Lis has started to have a few contractions!! (She starting to think that she might be getting that epidural now.... In her own words, "If this is 'nothing,' I don't want to know what 'something' feels like.") 

*Grandma Norman isn't too please with the mention of this fact in the post. So, to appease her, a) Elissa is not an evil person, and b) Jack, if you read this in a few years, don't get any ideas.

.......AND WAITING!!!!!

So my due date was 2 days ago! But for some crazy reason he has decided to stay put! I guess the whole "you wont make it to your due date" was a BIG LIE! Ha ha! I luckily have felt fine just like the rest of the pregnancy really so if he needs a little more cooking time I guess I can accept that!

I have had time to finally get his room together and now since my sister is here she is able to add the final touch of his monogram above his crib! (We are doing that this afternoon so its not in the pictures yet.) Here are some pictures of the nursery....I just hope he will be here soon so he can enjoy it as much as I have!

Still Waiting.....

Well, since the doctor thought I would deliver before my due date of May 12th, I had my mom come early.....
She was originally suppose to arrive the 9th (tomorrow) which right now looks like she would have been just fine!
Having her here though has been a blast! She went to the doctor with me Monday where I was told I was 2.5 cm and 80% effaced! We just knew that her coming early was the right decision, however, my mom was at 3 cm for 3 weeks and 6 days LATE! with my sister so maybe I am just going to follow in her footsteps! If I made it to my next appointment, Dr. Partridge said we could talk about inducing, but since I dont want an epidural (I know...Ive lost my mind) I would prefer not to do that so we will just wait and see!
We have finished getting everything ready, washed, and pressed for Jack's arrival. We have walked mile after mile but he just seems pretty happy in there I guess.
I have had a lot of cramping and some contractions but nothing seems to stick around for very long, but hey, its better than nothing!
I hope my next blog has little pictures of Jack on it, but if things keep going like they are... dont count on it!