Weighing in at...

11lbs, 9 oz!! and 22 inches long

is Jackson Jeffery

and on the left side...

at 26 lbs and 34 inches long

is Tyler Kent

My sweet boys: instead of battling it out, Tyler gives kisses to a yawning baby brother. It melts my heart to see them together and I love that I get to watch them grow up together. I'm sure a year from now when I announce their weights they may actually be wrestling champs. But for now, they are my sweet gentle angel boys.

Bathtime Fun

my boys love taking baths!

Jackson's cord is still attached, so we are still doing spongebaths for him and he really enjoys them. I love when he is all clean and smells like baby soap- its the best!

Tyler has always loved taking baths but even more now with his new Christmas bath toys! He is  

learning his colors now and loves to use these crayola color tablets. They are awesome and don't 

stain the tub or toys or towells (or bodies!). Now when he asks for a bath he says "bubble" and

 then "purpa". Purple is now his favorite color-- yay!!

Jeff walked in the bathroom after I took this picture and he said, "wow tyler, your bath is blue!" and Tyler said, "no, purpa!"

tiny MIRACLES

I'm so thankful for all the miracles around me right now:

Somehow Tyler doesn't need his binki anymore. Its been 3 days now that tyler has not slept with his binki. Honestly, it is lost and I can't crawl around looking under furniture so I just haven't given it to him at bedtimes like I used to. He hasn't asked for it once! So when I do find them, I will be throwing them away!! I always thought I'd have a huge battle trying to get Tyler off that binki, but miraculously, it happened on its own!!

Another miracle that has to do with bedtime: We took the side off Tyler's bed because I cannot lift him- I really didn't want to do that this soon and interrupt his routine, but we had no choice. He has been so good! The first few nights, Jeff said he had to RUN out of his room and Tyler would chase him to the door laughing!!! But after that, he got the hang of it and stayed in bed. A couple nights he would wake up crying and Jeff would find him standing in the middle of the room shaking and confused. Of course, as parents we had to find a solution. We decided to put a nightlight in his room. I showed him that his Jesus picture was right above the light and that He would always be with him in his room. Since then, Tyler has never woke up crying in the middle of the night! Every morning he calls for us and is still in his bed. What a sweetie!

I love being a mom and I'm so thankful for good kids. I don't know how I deserve that, but I'll take it! I completely consider Jackson's birth and good health a miracle, and I totally recognize the tiny miracles in my life that have made this transition so much easier.

at our house:

Baby Jackson is doing great! He is a great sleeper (especially during the day...)

and a total sweetie pie (even at night)

He reminds me of  his older brother...

who is getting very good at giving soft kisses...

and trying to figure out what baby would like in his mouth (apples, pretzel sticks, a finger...)

No really, Tyler is being a great big brother! He has been so gentle- besides the occasional head bonk- which, evidently, at my house is a sign of affection!  He hands me blankets and diapers and gives us kisses any time we ask for them.

I am doing very well- thanks to the help of our entire ward and a helpful husband. I've had lots of time to cuddle and get to know our baby which has helped my body feel better every day.

I love being a mom and I'm so lucky that I get two of the sweetest kids in the world!

Our little angel

Jackson is such a great baby! We are so lucky. Today he had his 1 week check-up and did great! He didn't even cry when they did the heal prick. (I wanted to though!) He is 8 lbs, 7 oz and 20 inches long-- I think we have a football player...

I don't remember Tyler ever letting me sleep for 3 hours straight- I'm so lucky this little guy sleeps at night, it's really helping me recover quickly!

Jackson's Story

We are so grateful for our healthy baby! Here's the crazy story of how he finally got here...

Tuesday morning, I had my alarm set to drink castor oil, but I was up all night with regular contractions, and was relieved I didn't need to take any! We headed to the hospital and they monitered me for a couple hours. I was having strong contractions but they were not progressing me enough so they told me to fill my tummy, walk for hours and come back. We went back in the evening with the same symptoms hoping for a doctor to help speed up this process (by this point I am 3 days late). Thankfully, I saw a doctor who decided to do an ultrasound to check on amniotic fluid. My fluid was low, and she said, "its time for baby to come out!" I was so happy to hear those words I almost cried!

Here comes the crazy part... They set me up at 1 am for the induction. I swallowed a pill that they told me would bring me to a 3 or 4 by 5:30 am. I decided we had a lot of time to kill so I sent Jeff to sleep in the car (our room was the size of a closet and didn't even have an extra seat for him!). At about 2:30 I asked for medication but I didn't feel ready for an epidaural yet, so they gave me demorol in my iv. That made me soooo sleepy that I slept until I woke up in extreme pain around 3 am. The doctors checked me and I was at a 6. Everything from here on out is a blur, but pretty much I am really hurting and by the time they are ready to  give me an epidaural I am screaming in pain and it is too late. I am at an 8 and she says I'm changing quickly. The anasthesiologist is reading me all the info but in the middle of his ordeal, the baby's heartrate starts dropping to scary rates. They insert moniters in his head and moments later yell that I need an emergency caesarean. There are about 5 doctors around me that pull out cords and cables from the wall and run my table to an operation room. Because there was no time for the epidaural, they had to put me out completely. Jackson was born at 3:49 am.

In what seemed like a second later, I woke up wondering if it was all over and if my baby was alive. Jeff was right there to inform me that our baby was doing great and that he has been with him for the past couple of hours. I was so relieved. We are so blessed. The bad news was that they had to cut me vertical to get the baby out asap and because I was so dilated when they cut me open, my uterus tore and I lost so much blood that I needed a blood transfusion.

I have a long recovery ahead of me, but I am home now and much more comfortable than in the hospital. I am so thankful for all your comments, thoughts and prayers, I know that we have been extremely blessed and it was truly with your help that we were able to get through the hard times. My sister-in-law Melonie read me your comments over the phone when I was in the hospital and I was overwhelmed with your love and concern for me. And I have been able to feel the prayers that have been said for us. We are so blessed.

Jackson is a wonderful baby! The nurses always commented on how perfect he was when they'd examine him and the nursery staff kept telling me he never cries. We are home now and he is continuing his perfectness. Tyler loves that mommy and baby are home and he is going to be a great big brother!