Happy 1 month Jace!

Dave and I have had such an amazing 4 weeks with Jace. I have gotten to spend a lot more time with Jace than Dave. It is amazing how much they change in such a short period of time. He is developing his own personality and he has some characteristics of each of us.

Jace Christian Douglas

Jace Christian Douglas was born on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 2:23pm. He weighed 6lbs and 8oz and 18 1/2" long. He came into this world the most quiet baby ever! He barely cried and was more interested in taking in his surroundings.

I was in labor from 7:00am until 2:23pm, I had the best epiderual EVER! I was numb from about 10:00am until 11:00pm. The build up and anticipation was much worse than the actual process. I believe the IV actually hurt the most. I had requested that it was placed somewhere in my forearm so that when I was pushing or moving around there was no risk of it pulling out of my hand. The nurse took 20 minutes to place the IV in my arm and only had to stick me once!

Here are some photos of our baby boy!

Baby Jace update

As of Monday, 2/16/2009 we were 80% effaced and 1.5cm dilated! As of today, 2/20/2009 I have no idea if we are progressing or just hanging out until March 5th. The doctor was pretty shocked on Monday that I was already almost completely effaced and stated that we might have an early baby or closer to his due date.

Since, Dave and I are pretty impatient we have assumed that Baby Jace has taken up this characteristic and he is pretty well done living in "Waterworld" and ready to come visit. However, if he has timing like his father he will come when he is good and ready. We have a doctor's appointment on Monday, 2/23/2009 to see if we have progressed some. I pray that we have, I am ready to wear all of my non-tent like clothes again. :) And of course, to have a nice glass of wine when my sis-in-law comes to town!

Other news, Dave passed his Texas Teachers Certification test! Woo Hoo! He will be teaching/coaching at a local high school this fall and can't decide where to start his career.

Keep us in your prayers, because this mommy to be is ready to be just a mommy. :)

First Baby Gift

We received our first baby gift today, I was so excited that I had to put it all together. Dave proceeded to watch and record the National Geographic documentary of nesting. I was so proud that I made Dave take a photo.