Today's Birthday Boy is JADEN! ~ Birth Story

It's been 5 years and I really can't say it's too hard to believe, as it seems Jaden has been around for even longer than that! haha

The morning of January 16th I had an appointment for my 4th non stress test within a week. He hadn't been doing as well as they would like during the tests so I had to keep going in every other day. I was now 38 weeks pregnant. I went to the hospital by myself as I assumed they would just do the test and send me home again like all the other times. But this time was different - the doctor came in after about 1/2 hour and said "That's it, I think it's time to take this baby". Before I knew it I was admitted and being moved to a labor/delivery room, during which time I was trying over and over again to get ahold of Rob. It was about 1:00 and he was apparently taking a nap at home and couldn't hear his phone! I got ahold of my mom and Rob's mom who in turn finally got ahold of him.

Once I was in the room I thought the doctor was just checking me but she actually broke my water! I was a little upset about this because I wasn't told what was going to happen and didn't realize she was going to start already (I was still alone and hadn't gotten ahold of daddy). But it didn't take long for him to get there with my mom following closely behind. As the day went on I remember my mom saying she hoped I was done by 7 because American Idol was on! HA Oh, Grandma :) While I was getting closer to delivery and in more and more pain, my "support team" did, in fact, watch American Idol. And just as that got over it was time to start pushing. My little Jader Buddy was born at 8:32 pm - 7 hours later, not too bad for an induction. We now had 3 little boys!

Jaden was such a good, sweet, quiet baby... if only we had known how different he'd be as a toddler! He's been a difficult child, to say the least; definitely giving me a run for my money, er, sanity! But he also is so fun and can be so sweet - very much a blessing to our family. He's very excited to be 5 years old and is looking forward to starting Kindergarten in the fall - now that does sound crazy! I hope the school is prepared for this little ball of energy!

Happy birthday, JJ! We love you soooo much!