I just created a new page for our blog called My Funny Kids (the name may still change). This is a place where I am going to be recording the funny, sweet or hilariously awkward things my kids do. The idea has been spurred by the birth of Matthew and Spencer’s reactions to him. He says some of the sweetest things to and about his brother. I want to be able to remember them, so we have a permanent page so I can keep adding to it.
We proudly welcome to the world our newest little baby boy, Matthew Stephen Jeppson! He was born at 1:32pm on May 3, 2012. He was 7lbs, 12oz and 21 1/4″ long. He came out completely calm and very interested in the world. Of course, people felt the need to intrude into all his private business right away, and he was not at all happy about that.
Let’s back up before we get too far ahead of ourselves. At 5:30am, we showed up at the hospital, ready to get the induction process started. Jessica progressed fairly slowly until her doctor came and broke her water. She got the epidural shortly after as the contractions became much more painful without that watery cushion. I decided to go get some lunch before the big show started, and right as I was leaving, the nurse announced that Jessica was dilated to an 8! They said I still had time and to go ahead.
In the middle of my greasy hamburger at McDonald’s, I get the text that Jessica is starting to feel the need to push. I have never pushed a hamburger into my mouth that quickly (and will never again, ugghhh). I got back with plenty of time, but we got started shortly after. She pushed through a couple contractions to get the baby into place. They then got everything setup for his arrival, and she did a couple more contractions’ worth of pushing and out Matthew came! Everyone marveled at how picture-perfect his birth was and that it should be in textbooks. That made us happy. 
Ok, caught up now. Once everyone left him well enough alone with cleaning and tests, he showed his true colors, that of a mild mannered, hungry little boy. He took to eating right away and never seems to get that fussy at all. He has passed his hearing tests and pretty much everything else they’ve put him through. He has been such an angel for us, and we couldn’t be happier to have him here. Also, Spencer really seems to like him. They gave each other gifts, and it was really cute. Here are some pictures:
It seems as though we’ve entered a into a holding pattern as we get closer to baby’s due date. I’m getting slower and slower moving, and Spencer seems to be getting a lot faster everyday to boot. It’s gotten SO much more difficult to accomplish the tasks that always seem to be needing to get done. So it’s been great having Adam around to help get everything done. He’s really picked up all the slack I’ve had to leave.
About a week ago, we had the good fortune of having one of Adam’s sisters stop at our house overnight on their way home from Disney World. It was a tight fit with all her family and our in our house, but it worked. The Saturday before Adam and I work our tails off to get the house the way I would want it to have guests in it, and it is SO clean. I’ve been trying to keep it that way so we don’t have nearly so much to do when baby comes. It’s been a huge stress relief to have it so tidy the majority of the time.
I’ve also noticed that I’ve already gone into the prep for baby phase for myself. I’ve got a facial scheduled, pedicures, a hair cut, and I’ve colored my hair (I’ll have to do it again before, but still). I’m in the home stretch, but man I’ve got a long time left it seems. Six weeks has never seemed quite so long before. Adam and I were going over the calendar, and we have things going on almost every weekend until the baby is born. I’m hoping he’s right, and it will go fast for us.
I’ve been taking monthly belly pictures with this pregnancy, and I have put together a collage of the ones I have thus far. The spaces for the next ones I need are already there. Here’s me and my big ole belly in all it’s glory. Week 29 looks really big because I had the camera zoomed differently. Learned my lesson.
