Zachary David

Today our little Zachary is 1 month old.  I guess it's time to update the blog.  What a sweet gift God has given us.  Zachary is a very typical newborn.  He sleeps a lot, poops a lot, and yes some days he cries a lot.  We love him so much.  Here are few things I want to remember from the pregnancy and his birth.

Pregnancy: 

-40 weeks, 3 days (Even though I thought I would be early this time.  Why do I do that to myself?!)

-Cravings: Snickers bars and gum.  These two things got me through the yucky sickness of the first 12-13 weeks.

-2 ultrasounds.  One at 20 weeks (it's a boy!) and one at 35 weeks because I was measuring about 2 weeks ahead of where I should have been.  This was pretty consistent through the whole pregnancy.  

-I gained 27 lbs. 

Labor

-born Saturday, February 2, 2012

-9+ hours of labor.  After Callie's 5 hour "easy" delivery I was hoping for a short labor.  Nope.

-Contractions started around 8:30 on Saturday morning.  Zachary was born at 6:27 PM

Zachary David

I'll never forgot April 26, 2012 sitting in the little waiting room when the doctor came and told us Jeremy's tumor was benign.  I'm not one to see visions, but I felt like Gods arms opened up and a flood of hopes and dreams that I had laid down or had tried not to think about came pouring out.  The first being the hope for more children.   On April 1, 2012 I marked this verse in my Bible:

"I am still confident of this: 

I will see the goodness of the LORD 

in the land of the living;

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart

and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27: 13-14

I've loved the name Zachary for a long time.  I think it's been on our name list since before Isaiah was born, but we never used it.  When we found out we were having a boy I started looking for names.  The meaning of a name has always been important to us when naming our children.  When I saw that Zachary meant "God has remembered"  it seemed fitting for a little guy.  Even in the midst of hard times God does not forget His promises to His children.  David means "Beloved" and is Jeremy's middle name.   

Daddy and Zachary bonding.  One of the sweetest moments in the hospital  happened when I was holding Zachary and Jeremy called his name.  Zachary turned his head toward Jeremy at the sound.  Jeremy talked to our kids a lot while they were in the womb.  I'm sure Zachary recognized Jeremy voice.  

My aunt and uncle brought the kids into see Zachary soon after he was born.   We're realizing more and more what a blessing siblings are to each other.  While Jeremy and I are Zachary's parents, I have a feeling we could just move aside and let these kids raise him.  They love him so much.  They were all anxiously awaiting his arrival, but Isaiah was the most tuned in and got the biggest smile when we told him we were leaving for the hospital.  We talked often during the pregnancy about Jeremy calling and telling Isaiah when Callie was born (Nate was too young to remember much).  It was very important to Isaiah that this be repeated with this baby.   When they came to the hospital Isaiah and Nathan were very interested in Zachary.  Callie was interested in him, but was more interested in what I was wearing and my arm bands.  She and Nate were very impressed with the tray of food delivered to my room while they were there.  Nate (always my little helper) offered to hand me whatever I wanted to eat off the try.   

Our big "little" guy.  My midwife mentioned several times during my pregnancy that this could be a big baby. The first thing she said when he was born was "that's a big baby".  Zachary is my biggest baby by 1 pound weighing at 9 lbs 3 oz.. I like this picture of him because it shows his chubby legs.  Needless to say the NB size sleepers are no longer being used.  :)  

So much more to share about Zachary and life as a family of 6.  I'll probably blog again in about a month or a year. :(