Massive picture post

Here is some photo documentation of Jacob's birth!

This is me just before the nurse started the pitocin. At this point I was contraction free.

Dirk was very excited.

18 hours later.........

Jacob Daniel Rasmussen

Our first family photo

Holding Jacob for the first time

Dirk is so in love with our new baby boy. He is turning out to be an amazing Dad.

still pregnant... but not for long!!!

So, after my appointment with my OBGYN, I finally have a firm, scheduled, "no take-backs" induction date!!!! I go into Labor and Delivery on Saturday at 5pm and so it looks like we will probably have an Easter baby. I am so excited to finally be done with pregnancy and to meet my little boy!! Keep us in your prayers that everything will go smoothly and that Jacob can be born healthy and happy.

still pregnant...

... and there are no plans to change that status anytime soon. My induction date has been postponed until Jacob is more cooperative. On the plus side, Dirk and I have been having a great conference weekend. We loved watching the Saturday sessions and then after Dirk came home from Preisthood we had a date night and played a ton of games. It was fun to be able to really pay attention during conference, as it was our last time without little ones for a long time, and to spend some time together.

We feel confident that Jacob will come when the time is right, but we are so anxious for him to finally be a part of our little family.

Sad news

So, I realized that yesterday was my last Sunday in Releif Society in the 37th ward due to the temple dedication, the 5th Sunday combined Preisthood/Releif Society meeting, and General Conference. :( Dirk and I have loved this ward so much and it is going to be so hard to leave them. Even though we are moving on to new and wonderful things, I am still so sad to say goodbye to all of my good friends here.

Really??

So, Dirk came to pick me up from school this week, which I know sounds lazy since I technically live on campus, but my contractions get so much worse when I exercise so I tend to avoid it. As we were leaving the HFAC we had a green light and began to go through the light. Unfortunately, a whole gaggle of pedestrians were trying to get across the street before we got there and were not making it in time. Dirk slowed down and most of the pedestrians figured out that we had a green light and walking in front of our moving car into the middle of the street was not a good idea... except one girl, who was pushing a stroller. She kept on trucking into the middle of the street. At this point it was going to be hard to avoid hitting her baby's stroller unless she stopped RIGHT NOW. Dirk honked and the girl stopped, backed up, rolled her eyes and glared at us.

Now I would like to know what she expected us to do? Slam our breaks to a halt in the middle of the intersection, maybe causing an accident with the car behind us? Swerve around her into oncoming traffic? Just so that she could cross the street 30 seconds sooner? What really irks me is her careless with her child. I understand that there are two sides to every story and its possible that she didn't see us coming and that she thought no one was coming, but honestly, you might try looking both ways before you wheel your baby out into a busy street.

Moral of the story.. look both ways before crossing the street. Maybe its true that we learn everything important in kindergarten.

hiccups

Much to our little one's distress, he got the hiccups for the first time last night.. That was a weird feeling.

why i love byu

1. I was walking through the HFAC yesterday and a boy held out the door behind him even though there wasn't anyone coming just because it was habit.

2. I was helping a customer today pick out a shirt for her daughter and she asked me what size I was. I then mentioned that I was pregnant and that I didn't really fit into any of the tiny juniors cut shirts that we carry at the bookstore. Before she left, she turned to me and told me that she needed to hug me because I was going to have a baby. I am so grateful that I am in an environments that supports Dirk and I's decision to have a baby when we are so young.

3. Butterscotch brownies...