THREE is the magic number!

We are officially a family of THREE and Jack Christopher Ryan Kenner is also THREE days old today! Little Jack is Here :) 5 weeks early! Though after 3 weeks total in the hospital I feel like I've been waiting far longer than 8 months for my little man to arrive. Chris and I are SOOOO extremely blessed with how healthy Jack is and how much progress he is making daily! He was already off oxygen and a ventilator in less than 24 hours and he successfully breast fed today! He is so extremely adorable. Every coo, burp, sigh, and cry just melts our hearts, we could stare at him all day long... He is in a billibed due to jaundice and also in a heating incubator because he can't quite maintain his body heat. The Nurse and Dr says once he is eating better he will gain some weight and be able to maintain his body temperature and THEN be able to come home with us :) They haven't set an exact estimate of when that will be because every baby is different and we will just have to go at Jack's pace. In the mean time I am at the hospital for every feeding during the day, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, and 9pm. I am feeling wonderful and so blessed every day I get to spend with my little man.

My Labor: Was delicious. I enjoyed every aspect of how wonderful and how spiritual it was. I feel even closer to my husband than before (which I didn't think was possible) and I feel such a unity with both sides of our family. Jack has such loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins! We are so glad he will have so many wonderful examples in his life. Long story short and sparing the details....I labored for 15 hours and pushed for an hour in a half. My epidural wore off in the last 3 hours and the anesthesiologist offered to put in a new one, but I was so past being ready for Jack to arrive that I passed and literally, "pushed through." I had my wonderful husband by my side the entire time and my mother on the other side of me towards the end. My sister Heather and Daddy were behind the curtain and I had many visitors waiting in the hall at the very end of things. Heather was able to catch the events of the day on her amazing camera, I am so glad she was there it felt so right having my big sister near me right before I became a mother. I really wish Ashlee was able to be there too...I had so much support and love throughout the entire pregnancy that it felt exactly right to have so many people at the actual event to love me and root me on. I love you all and I am just so extremely happy. Here is Jack Christopher Ryan Kenner, all 5 pounds 7 ounces, and 18.5 inches of him!

So cozy and warm :)

CUTEST little face EVER!!! Looks like his daddy :) even has his dimples when he smiles (or screams)

The two most important people in my life

Jack loving mommy

Jack staring at his daddy, just hours old.

Drugged up :(

Scrunchy face!