{Splah Time}

Jack loves his bath. He starts to kick when he hears the water running and once in the tub he always lets out a big ohhhhhh! When we go to take Jack out of his bath sometimes he starts to cry he loves it so much. I am very happy that Jack loves the water!!! Wait till I teach you how to swim Jack!!!

{Jack's Baptism}

On Sunday we baptized Jack David. We had Father Ward officiate the ceremony and he did a wonderful job. We were joined by our family and close friends. Jack's Godmother is David's sister Kate and our close friend John Martin is his Godfather. Thank you both for agreeing to be a spiritual support for Jack throughout his life. This means a lot to us.

There were 3 babies being baptized on Sunday, 2 girls and Jack. When Father was pouring the holy water over the girls heads, both of them cried. David was holding Jack and told him he needed to be a man and not cry. He didn't cry at all. Many people didn't know that David and I had been practicing baptizing Jack in the bath tub for about 4 weeks. He loves his bath so we thought he would do great, which he did. Way to go baby Jack!!! We are so proud of you.

After the baptism we invited everyone back to our house for a party. The weather has been so nice here this summer, but Sunday turned out to be one of the hottest day this year, so we had to be indoors, which was fine. Jack did great being passed around all day long. Everyone wanted to hold him and he was perfect. We want to thank all of our friends and family for sharing in Jack's special day, you all helped make the day even more special. We are so blessed to have such loving family and friends.

This Baptismal gown has been worn by everyone in Sullivan Family (David's mom side) dating back to his grandmother (100+ years old). We felt very blessed that Jack could wear this gown even though it did look kind of like a dress. Thank you Mary for keeping this a treasury for so many years!

All the pictures were taken by our friend Rachael Marie Schirano. She did a fabulous job. She is starting her own photographery business if you are interested. http://www.schiranotriplets.blogspot.com

{6 Weeks Old}

Jack is 6 weeks old, it is so hard to believe. He is starting to be more alert during the day. The changes that have occurred so far are amazing. He is starting to have a little control over his head/neck movements, which is amazing. His neck is so strong. He is nursing well and getting up no more than 2 times per night. I feel very blessed for that. It is amazing how we can function on 6 hours of sleep now. The body is truly a miracle.

Baby Jack we love you so much! You melt our hearts each day!!!

{Walking Beans}

On Sunday afternoon David and I walked our Beans and cut out all of voluntary corn. We left Jack with David's mom...We were only gone for about 2 hours, but it felt like a life time being away from him. It was so nice to get out and get some fresh air. This was a great 2 hours that David and I spent together, it was just like old times!!! Living the Simple Life!!

{4th of July}

Today Jack had a visit from his great uncle David Sullivan, for which David was named after. It was a lovely visit and we decided to venture out for lunch with Jack. Jack was perfect through the entire outing, never making a noise. Wow! This was a little easier than I thought it was going to be. Later that night we went to my Aunt Lisa's house for dinner and again Jack was great. Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe 4th of July.

{Baby Jack Arrives}

We had a Dr. Appt. today (6/23) at 2:00 PM, and David and I had been preparing ourselves that something might happen in the next few days. Our bags were mostly packed and we were ready (more so me than David since it has been almost 100 degrees for the past few days). David left for work around 8:30a and I was working on computer....About 8:45a I felt a warm trickle of water...Did my water just really break?? I called David and told him it was time. He came back home and we left for the hospital. We arrived at the hospital around 9:45a. They checked us and started hooking me up to all the monitors. This is for real now...We are going to have a baby today! I wasn't very far along in labor...so my Dr. ordered Pitocin to start my contractions. It started working fairly quickly. I was able to breathe through the contractions and tolerate the pain. I did not want to have a epidural, but when my Dr. arrived at about 2:00p to check on us she thought I needed to relax more and ordered an epidural....after receiving the epidural all I could think was why didn't I get this sooner....They are wonderful! Contractions are occurring and I don't even know they are unless I look at the monitor. Things continued to progress. I told David to leave to get something to eat around 6:15p. I was starting to feel pain again on left side so the nurse had me rollover. It worked for a little while and around 6:45p I was in a lot of pain and having trouble breathing through the contractions, so the nurse called for more epidural medicine and she checked me I was at 7cm now. I called David to let him know and he said he would be back very shortly. About 7:10p they gave me some more epidural medicine and the pain was quickly relieved for the most part. David walks in just as they are finishing up. Shortly there after my Dr. walks in and checks me...She says time to start pushing...Are you serious? David and I both looked at each other....Ok! Lets go. I started pushing around 7:40p and he was born at 7:56p. David was the best coach through all of this...Calm, Cool and Collected as always. Jack David has arrived....He is perfect....Weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. and is 21 Inches long. Wow! What a long baby considering David and I are not tall people! We fall in love with him immedaitley! He is so alert and awake. Welcome to the world Jack David. We love you very much!!!

{A wonderful day...Baby Shower hosted by 3 of my best friends!}

On Saturday, Carrie & Heather hosted a baby shower for me. I was so excited about the shower, but I was very disappointed that our best friend Vanessa wasn't going to be able to make it or so I thought. Vanessa emailed on Wednesday of that saying she was so sad she was going to miss the shower and that she would come up and visit once he was born....Yes, I was sad, but I understood and made her promise that she would come up and visit. She agreed. Saturday morning came and David was talking about the shower and kept reminding me of the time and to make sure I wasn't late. I thought that was kind of weird, but I didn't think much about it. Vanessa sent me a text message to have fun at the shower on Saturday morning as well. I didn't think much about this. I was going to text her back after the shower and tell her how much I missed her. So, I arrive at Heather's house at about 12:30 and she had called me to see where I was...Again, I didn't think anything about this. When I went to the door it was locked and guess who came to the door......Vanessa! What a great surprise. I couldn't hardly believe I was standing there looking at her...Words can't explain the happiness. We both started crying. This was the first time she had seen me pregnant. It was a wonderful surprise....David even knew! They had everything perfect for the shower. Cute decorations, great food & games. The shower was one of the best days I have had in a long time. It was fun to visit with friends from work that I don't get to see very often now that I work in Mossville. After the shower, Carrie & Garrett invited us to their house for a cook out. David came over to Peoria also, we had a great time visiting and Garrett's cooking on the Big Green Egg grill was fabulous. He is the next Bobby Flay of Peoria! For dessert he even made us Banana's Fosters....YUM! What a great day! Thanks ladies for being such great & caring friends....David and I are so luck to have you!!!!