2 Weeks Old...

Well it's hard to believe that Zack's been with us for two weeks now. He's been a pretty good baby so far. We remember being zombies when Kaylee was born, but we're actually semi-functional this time around (knock on wood). Things are pretty crazy around here. Glad that Jared's home from work to help out and be with the family! It's so nice for everyone! Here are a bunch of pictures from the past couple weeks.

Holly and Zack were doing some photo shoots while he was sleeping. Take a look at these!

We also got some pictures of Kaylee and Zack together. It is SO much fun seeing how much Kaylee loves her baby brother. Everyday she picks out an outfit for him to wear, helps change his diapers, burps him and gets super excited to help give him a bath. It's so wonderful being parents!

And here are some pics of Zack's first bath...

Hehe...we sensored this one! ;-)

Big sister Kaylee helping out...

Zack's so relieved that his bath is over!

One final Zack pic and video to end on...such a handsome little guy!

Happy Halloween!

We weren't quite sure how to plan for this Halloween (knowing that we'd probably have a newborn). Holly had a costume in mind for Kaylee, but thank goodness for her sister Kelly! She's so crafty! The only thing that we bought for Kaylee's costume was the pink leotard and tights. Autie Kelly made the rest of the costume! We think that it turned out so great!

We had no idea what to do for Zack. Thanks goodness for grandmas! (What? My grandchild needs some clothes? Don't worry...I'm on it...) Gramma Niecee FedEx'ed us over a little pumkin costume that she found. He's drowning in it, but looks so cute!

And here is one of both kids (oh my gosh - we've got TWO kids now!)...

He's Here!!!

We're so happy to say that our little baby boy, Zackary Drake Thomson, is finally here! He was born on Saturday, October 24th at 3:14pm. He weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and was 19 inches long. Want the story? Here it is...

All week long we were wondering WHEN he would finally come. We went to the doctor's on Monday and she was at a 3. Then back on Wednesday and she was at a 4. The doctor told us to go home and start walking. So we did. Nothing happened. Thursday evening Holly started feeling contractions (nothing painful though) around 5-10 mins apart so we called the doctor and she told us to go to the hospital. Of course, they slowed down and went away so we had to go home. We thought for sure something would happen on Friday! Nothing happened on Friday.

We were starting to wonder when this would happen! We finally had to come to grips with the fact that he would come when he was ready. Feeling ok with that (like we had any control over the situation anyway), we went to bed Friday night content that it would still be a while before the baby came. As our luck would have it, Holly woke up at 2am on Saturday morning and as soon as she stood up, her water broke. So we called the hospital and by 4am we were there. They got her all situated, and we anticipated having a baby by noon or so (Kaylee came after only 5-6 hours of labor). Well we were wrong again. She wasn't having any contractions, so they decided to start her on pitocin at about 7am. After a few hours, contractions were 5 mins apart or so, but still no pain.

She got her epidural around 10:30am (because we were told either get it now or you'll have to wait 2 hrs) and was at a 5 by noon. SO SLOW...

They eventually increased the pitocin and things finally started rolling. By 3pm she was ready to push, so they called the doctor (who had just barely left to go get some gas in her car). So as soon as she got there, Holly pushed for about 10-15 mins and he was born!

Holly did a fantastic job! She looks great for just having delivered a baby (and smiling, too)! ;-)

Here are a few more 'just born' pics...

And here's the proud papa...

And the beautiful mama...

And now, here's a video of Kaylee meeting Zackary for the first time!

Kaylee just LOVED meeting her baby brother. She wanted to hold him and give him kisses and hugs. As parents, we couldn't be happier! Look at all of these adorable pictures!

This is our favorite...

And here's a candid of Kaylee and Zack...

Zackary and Gramma...

Zack and Grandpa...

By Monday afternoon, we were ready to go home!!! Love this picture...

Zack and the blanket that his Auntie Kelly made him...

Welcome home, Zack!!! We've been waiting for you! ;-)

Happy family!