As most of you know, our precious baby boy finally arrived! Zaylen was born March 13 at 3:44 pm and weighed 9 lbs 13 ounces. We weren't expecting him at all that day, I had an appointment that morning and due to his size and his lack of movement I had have a c-section. The surgery went great, thankfully Zaylen wasn't as big as they estimated him at, I am recovering well, and we all are settling in to our new lives. I adore being a mother! It is everything I dreamt of and way more! Zak is the best father I have ever known, seeing how he interacts with Zay gives me such joy. He is also a diaper master, I've never seen a man this awesome at changing diapers. Zaylen is such a great baby, we've hit a few fussy times but overall he is perfect! He is gaining a ton of weight, he's starting to be more vocal, and he's doing an outstanding job at being alert and holding his little head up. Izzy loves Zay, although she's a little jealous and super protective, she does great around him. Zak and I are both so happy that God blessed us with this precious life to raise! Being parents is the highest honor we could receive and we are striving everyday to be the parents God has called us to be. We are very excited about this journey of teaching him and learning from him :)

Hey y'all! I'm sorry for slacking on the posts, as most of you know Zak and I have had one heck of a year so far, and blogging hasn't been one of my top priorities with everything going on. Just a bit of an update on Zachary...he had to be hospitalized again, but he has been home for 2.5 weeks now and he seems to have gotten over the worst phase of this sickness although he still has a way to go. He has great days and some not so great days, but overall we are starting to see an improvement and are very thankful for that. Zak's mother Joyce came down when he was last in the hospital and she has been staying with us to help out with things. She has been a tremendous help with all the cleaning, shopping, chores, appointments, everything! Zak and I have really enjoyed having everything done for us and I know Zak will certainly miss being spoiled by his moma when she has to leave. She plans on staying until Zaylen gets here, which brings me to my next update...

Zaylen is way too comfortable and is taking his sweet time coming into the world!! His due date was today and I have a feeling he won't be here in the next 3 hours. I have tried everything in the book (besides castor oil) and still no luck getting him here. I have walked, bounced, taken bumpy car rides, squatted, eaten spicy food, chinese food, Kraft macaroni with A1 sauce, and pineapple, along with squeezing pressure points, taken evening primrose oil, and red raspberry leaf tea. A lot of women swear by natural induction methods but everything I have tried has failed so I am just letting Zaylen run his course. My midwife was nervous about his weight because he was gaining so much so fast, but he hasn't gained anything in 2 weeks so he is all ready to make his entrance, he just has to decide when he wants to. Zak, his dad, and his brother were all born on the thirteenth and Zak is leaning on Zaylen waiting until Thursday, and that is perfectly fine with me. If I haven't had him before Saturday (15th) my midwife will induce me that week.

Please continue to keep our family in your prayers, we've got a lot going on and could use all the prayer we can get. My next post will definitely include a new addition to the family, be on the look out :) have a great night and a blessed week!