Jeb's Arrival

I know most of you have seen these pictures on facebook, but I thought I'd post some on the blog too, and share all the details with you.

We went into the doctor last Thursday (the 15th) for the weekly checkup and my blood pressure was up so they decided to take some blood and then send me over to their other office to listen to the baby on the monitor and take my blood pressure again. Baby's heartbeat and movement were good, but my pressure was still up, so they went ahead and scheduled me to induce on Monday, which was exactly 39 weeks, but wanted me to come back the next morning at 8:30 to check my blood pressure again, and not eat anything before coming(bummer). Friday morning we went totally prepared to be induced that day if needed. My pressure was better but my blood count from the day before was low, so they sent me over to their office at the hospital to see the doc on call and get my blood work done again. We ended up waiting around the office until around noon to get the bloodwork back. My blood count was back up a little closer to normal, so the doc said it was not necessary to induce that day, but that if we wanted to do it she would call the hospital to see if it was okay since I was not exactly 39 weeks until monday. She pulled some strings for us and the hospital allowed her to induce labor that day! We went straight up to labor and delivery and got things started. I was induced around 12:30, and at 8:20pm that night, Jeb Alexander Simmons joined our family! The anesthesiologist had to redo the epidural THREE TIMES and it NEVER worked. When he finally got back to redo it, it was too late. Jeb was ready to go. So this little 8lb, 3oz baby was born all natural, but thankfully he came quickly and seeing his beautiful little face made it all worth it!

When he first came out, we thought his hair was bright red, but now it's looking a little more brown but still looks red in certain lights. Isabelle's didn't start out bright red either.

This is Dr. Sadek. She was awesome. I love her. I want her to deliver all my babies.

He is such a calm baby (so far anyway). He only cried for a few seconds when he came out and then was completely calm.

Father and Son:

Isabelle got to stay with her cousins and Aunt April and Uncle Chris for the two nights we were in the hospital. She came Saturday morning to meet her little brother. We took Jeb to the nursery before she got there and then we all walked to the nursery to "get" him together.

Then big sister helped us push him back to our room.

She thinks he is the coolest thing ever. She is just giddy every time she is near him and has already said she wants to go back to the hospital and get another one. I think it'll be a few more years before we do that again. :)

Some of Jeb's first visitors in the hospital:

Nannee

Cousins Ainsley and Sienna

Aunt Tootums

Aunt April

Uncle Chris

Mimi

Pawpaw and Grandma Sherry came from WV to see him.

Uncle Donny

Aunt Suzanne

We had a really good experience at the hospital where we gave birth. The second night they set up a special dinner for us. We got to choose between steak or lobster tail, and either cheesecake or tiramisu for dessert. It was really nice.

Sunday morning we got take our little boy home.
We picked up Isabelle and all went home together.

He and big sister are doing great so far. He is nursing REALLY good. (This is something I prayed about for a while before he got here. Thank you, God!) Of course he still has his days and nights mixed up a little but there have been a couple of nights where he slept for about 4 hours so that is great!! Isabelle is adjusting well to being a big sister. I think she's feeling a little insecure right now because her routine is all out of whack, but we will get a new routine going soon. She got to go back to church this morning with Daddy which she was really excited about. She even took a picture of Jeb with her to show to everyone at church.

Next post I will put up some pictures of his first days at home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. Love you all.