Jonathan James is Here!

It has been a week since Jonathan (JJ) has arrived and what a wonderful blessing and addition to our family he is! Yes we had forgotten the sleepless nights, countless diaper changes and the fussiness of it all but it is all worth it. Thank goodness we have had some wonderful help from our parents! My mom watched Matthew while we were at the hospital and stayed with us the first week home! Then mom and dad came down and are staying with us for the next two weeks. It has been a lot of help and we are so grateful to have such wonderful parents! ( We have even kept dad super busy with tons of projects!)

The delivery this time was a lot better than the first time. It went really quick. My contractions began at around 6am on Saturday morning and we headed out of the house at around 7 am. Got to the hospital and checked in at 8:30 and at 11:45am Jonathan made his entrance into the world. I was rather amazed at how fast it really was. He weighed 8lbs and was 20.25 inches long. He did lose some weight while at the hospital so we left and he was 7lbs. The first visit to the pediatrician was great... he did gain a few ounces so she has him coming back this week again to check his weight and make sure he is gaining weight properly.

Matthew is doing better than I expected as far as the baby goes... he isn't completely ignoring him and he has his moments of wanting to help. He will not kiss or touch the baby but he does call JJ his baby. His behavior however has gone haywire... I think to get attention he is acting out more than usual. He has thrown some tantrums and has crying fits. To me the hardest part is making sure that he receives enough attention from both me and David. I think so far we are doing a good job of it and I want to keep that up.

Well that's the update so far... I will continue blogging as I get a chance... here are some photos of Jonathan and Matthew too!

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