Jackson's first blog post - birthday pictures!

Well, at long last here they are! Super thanks to Lynsey for getting these available for my blog to share w/ family & friends long distance. ;) I am so grateful that we hired a birth photographer - it all happened so fast that these really help me to remember that special day. Jackson Brian was born 8/29/09 at 9:17am, after a 4 1/2 hour labor! We had our VBAC waterbirth and it was amazing. He was 10 lbs, 11 oz and 21 1/4 inches long - a whole 1 lb and 1 oz bigger than Kate and a quarter inch taller - he's our linebacker! They're a little bit in reverse order, but I don't know that I have the time or energy to reformat this goofy blog! :) Hope you enjoy these...





Introducing Kate to her little brother

Nana meets Jackson

Three generations of Atwell men

Cute little button!

Our midwife is checking him out, feeling his head

Measuring him

Breakfast in bed was so delicious after the birth!

Grandad meets Jackson

Love Kip's expression when he sees how much his son weighs!! Ummm... am I reading this right?!

Sucking his thumb in our herbal bath afterwards

Cuddles with mama

Relaxing in our bath

Our wonderful doula Camron

Holding Daddy's hand

His feet are so big and yet still so tiny!!

Looking at mama

Immediately after birth

Daddy got to cut the cord after it was done pulsating

Starting to hit me that even though I feel awesome I am kind of tired!!

Holding mama's hand

Kind of a Kate-face here - pretty funny!

Feet and umbilical cord just after birth

Our first really good look at him

Right out of the water into our midwife's loving hands!

Kip supporting me while pushing

Jackson had a Gentle Beginning, thanks to a little bit of hard work, lots of love from his midwives, and an enormous amount of grace from God.

Thanks for all your love and prayers!