Susie had been visiting with us for about a week. She was scheduled to fly back to MA on August 11th so she could go to girls camp, but at my doctor's appt that week, the doctor told me he though Jack would be making an appearance sooner rather than later. My parents were vacationing in Alaska and couldn't be reached by cell phone, so we took a chance and changed Susie's ticket without asking them (they didn't mind) as Sus decided she would rather be here for Jack's birth than go to girls camp.
Monday morning I had a doctor's appt at 8:30am. Sus stayed with the girls and Rob took me to the appt. The doctor thought I was in labor, so he sent me over to the hospital for monitoring. By about 11am it was obvious that Jack would be arriving that day (they thought my due date was Sept 10th, but the pediatrician decided after his birth that they must have been off by a week or so as he was fine). Susie got the girls ready and Christy left work to go get them all.
Christy and Sus took the girls to eat lunch at McD's and play in the play area for a while. Following lunch, they spent several hours entertaining them in the hospital halls while we waited for Jack. By about 5pm Christy took the girls home for dinner as it looked like Jack was taking his time. Sus stayed at the hospital with Rob and I. Jack decided that was the perfect time to show up (he was born less than 20 mins after Christy and the girls left). Sus was in the room with us. It was wonderful to get to share such a special event with her!
Christy and the girls came back after dinner to meet Jack. I remember Beth wasn't horribly interested in him except for his feet. She was enthralled by them and kept unwrapping his blanket to look at them, then taking off her shoes and comparing her feet to his. It was instant love for the rest of us :)
Some of my favorite pictures of Jack from the last two years ~
Rob holding Jack for the first time ~
Susie getting to hold him ~
Baby Jack ~
Megan and Kylie with their baby brother ~
Napping with Dad (I love this picture!) ~
Being a ham (starting young, but he is related to his Aunt Becca, so he comes by it naturally) ~
With Beth ~
Cuddling and content with Sus ~
Meeting Molly ~
Me and Mini-Me ~
With his great-grandpa Knowlton - they loved each other! ~
Various Jack grins ~
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