Jackson Brian Rust

We welcomed Jackson to our new home today....Finally!! He was born Friday, November 23rd at 10:22p.m. It was quite the experience, let me tell you! I was having contractions all that day but they were very sparatic and bearable to deal with. We were even out shopping in the morning. I had a feeling we would end up in the hospital sometime that day but I wasn't sure because I was having contractions the Sunday before as well but they died off in the afternoon. Anyhow, we had some friends come over that night to see our new house and play some games. Well, the contractions started coming on heavier about 5:30 and more consistent, but since our friends were there I wasn't timing them exactly. 8:00 hit and they started coming very quickly so I started timing them and they were coming every 3-5minutes for 30 minutes straight. They were getting intense so I said let's go. By the time we got all the kids gathered up and a few last minute items we would need, it was close to 9:00. We arrived at the hospital about 9:45. They checked my dilation and the med student said I was completely dilated and ready to go so they moved me quickly to another room. A certified doctor checked me agian just to make sure and I was only at an 8. However, because of this, I was unable to get an epiderl. I kept saying to myself , (but outloud), "I can't do this, I can't do this without an epiderl. How am I going to do this? I can't, I can't, I can't. " I was soooo scared for what lied ahead of me. I kept telling the doctors that I was ready to push and they said no, you have to hold off and I kept telling them, I can't. Well, 12 minutes after getting me into the delivery room, Jackson Brian Rust was born. Brian said that he was scared as well because at times, my eyes were so big that they looked like they were about to pop out of my head. After he came out and I heard his little cry and looked at his little body, tears started to fill my eyes because I realized how beautiful he sounded and looked. It's amazing how even after the first child, it's still emotional. Well, I will stop rambling on and get some pictures for y'all.

Getting a little extra oxygen here.

This is how I felt during contractions.

This is how I felt while pushing.

Here's Brian cutting the cord on the left and on the right is Big Sis KennaDee and baby brother Jackson.

Our little boy has a heart murmur. They say that he may have a hole in between his left and right atrium. In a lot of cases, they close by themselves and there is no problem. However, some of them, depending on the size of the hole must undergo surgery. We will be seeing a cardiologist this next Tuesday to see what they say. Poor buddy.

This is us waiting to leave the hospital. YEAH!!

Here is Jackson at home asleep and all cuddled up in his blanky.

Play group

Well, we went to the park today with our usual play group friends. I thought I should take some picures since we won't be going on too many more play group outings with these friends of KennaDee. She loves them all and has a blast with them. This first one is of them riding an elephant, however, KennaDee was too scared to get on top. She didn't want anything to do with riding the elephant, she just wanted to feed it leaves.

Here they are all driving a jeep. It took a bit to get all of them situated and driving at the same time but aren't they adorable?! Linnell is in the back with KennaDee and then Gigi and Carmen are in the front seat.

Here is KennaDee peeking through the bars on one of the playground areas. She loves taking pictures like this.

I think KennaDee looks so precious in this picture. I am going to have to take this one to photoshop and crop just her out. She looks so pensive and peaceful. I love it. By the way, if y'all didn't know, you can click on the pictures and it will make them bigger on your screen so you can see them better.

This is one of the last things we did before it started pouring down rain on us. They rode the camel. Gigi and KennaDee (on the back) were a little scared because there wasn't anything to hold onto and the the lump wasn't very comfortable, but they all look cute anyways.

Our Little Ballerina

So we enrolled KennaDee in a ballet class and she just loves it. She only goes once a week and from that day on, she repeatedly says "gigi, dance." Gigi is one of her friends from church that goes to the same ballet class as well. Here are some pictures of her dancing. This is KennaDee, on the right, before we left the house. Her ballet outfit is under her dress.

At this part, they find the yellow "T" on the floor and stand on it. They tap their toe 3 times while making butterfly wings, then run, run, run, and they jump over a little animal in the middle of the room then walk to the opposite side of the room and do it again. So, the top picture is her tapping her foot with her butterfly wings spread and the next picture is of her jumping over tigger. The teacher put tigger there because that's what they are reading about right now.

Then, on the left is their story time. They are reading about Winnie the Pooh. After they read the story, they get into costumes and act out the story. So the first one on the left here is them reading their story, then the next one down is KennaDee turning in circles like a ballerina and the last one is her and her classmates waving their balloons as they walk to "piglets house."

And at the end of class, they all get fairy dust or a sticker on the hands, then they make a train by holding on to each others shoulders and choo-choo out the door. It's kind of funny sometimes because some of the girls DO NOT like people touching their shoulders. Some days we have success with our train and others we do not.