Tuckerman swimming!

So this is a video of Tucker in the pool! We are lucky enough to have great friends Jen & Jason (who are also our neighbors) who invited us to their families pool. The water was the perfect tempurature and Tucker LoVeD it! Welllll... He didnt love it, cuz he isnt old enough to love it... YET! but he didnt mind it!

Introducing...

Jacob Tucker Saxton


May 30, 2010

7 lbs 9 oz 20 inches

Born at 11:05 am

So this is how the day started! It was May 29th and Katie came in from Richmond to be here to help me out once Tucker came:) We went to the mall to walk around a bit and went to Freddy's.. Only the best custard place EVER! It is my new favorite place to go so we HAD to take Katie there. About 9 oclock that evening I started having contractions... We went on a walk to see if that would help.. and they just kept coming, closer... and CLOSER! haha, Jake was so sweet, he rubbed my back while Katie made sure I was drinking lots of water. After an hour they were 3-5 minutes apart so we called the Dr. She told us to go ahead and head to the hospital! So we went.. We got there about 11:45 and they got me hooked up to a monitor and the nurse saw my contractions and predicted we would be having a baby the next day:) My Dr. had them monitor me for about 2 hours and check my progress to make sure i was progressing enough to stay there. I went from a 1cm at about 1230 to a 4 at about 3... It took a little bit to get transfered over to L&D but we got into our room at about 4. I got all hooked up again and got comfortable and they asked if i wanted my epidural. Of course i said yes:) haha So i got my epidural about 445 am, and then Jake and Katie feel asleep til about 9. I tried to sleep and maybe slept for an hour... I dunno if it was the excitement, the anticipation or the adrenalin or what but i just couldnt sleep! Anyhow, They checked me again at 945 and i was at 9 cm. I was at a 10 by 1015, and i at 1045 the Dr. finally got there and was getting all suited up and ready! Tucker man was ready to come because we started pushing and it was literally 3 pushes and then he came out on the 4th at 11:05 am on his due date no less! Which the Dr says only happens 5% of the time... He must like to have all the attention like his Mom, lol. Anyways, So thats it!We went over to recovery after 2 hours and headed home the next afternoon!
Here are some pictures of our trip to meet our little Tucker man!

Me and Jake once we got down to L&D..

Katie napping.. poor thing woke up at 430am to come to see us and she was up for over 24 hours! Shes such a trooper!

Jake sleeping.... They got heated blankets and everything! lol

Daddy holding his little boy for the first time:) Tender

7 lbs 9 oz 20 (and 1/4) inches long :)

First family photo! We were really tired ok! lol

Jacob Tucker Saxton

a.k.a. "Tucker Man" :)

Daddy and Tucker:)

Jake was amazed how small he was, lol. He wanted to be able to remember exactly how small he really was.

Headed home!

We wanted to take some pictures of Tucker for announcements and to have pictures to hang in our house. ( We will put up pictures of the house eventually, lol) So here are just two of the pictures. (As well as the one at the top of this blog post.)

8 days old:)

SO.. all in all, our first week as parents has been wonderful! Tucker is an awesome baby:) He only cries when he needs something and sleeps so well! I have to wake him up at night to feed him. We love him so much and are so grateful to have him in our lives! We are also VERY grateful for Katie who has been such an amazing help to us this past week and a half while ive been recovering! Leeroy and Dolly arent gonna know what to do when she is gone! And i dont think i will either:( I love that i have a family that would dropo whatever to be there for me.. Thanks Katie!! We love you so much and have LOVED having you here with us! Jake will miss you laughing at him. haha

Anyhow! Hopefully I'll be able to keep this a little more updated now that we have more to update about! lol Take Care!

Jackie, Jake, and Tucker