More pictures for you...

We tried "tummy time", but he kept falling asleep!

Welcome home, Daddy! We missed you all day!

Bailey is now very protective of the house and LOVES anything that smells like Zack.

"He doesn't want to play with me...he keeps falling asleep!"

He has a set of lungs!

Well, we're finding that he likes to "voice his opinion" a lot! So much for the little baby that did nothing but sleep...he's wide awake now and likes to make noise :) He had his first pediatrician appointment yesterday and she said he looked happy and healthy. He was a little jaundiced, so we got some lab work done, but she said all he needed was a little sun bathing and he should be fine. He's quite a little eater and can take two ounces and keep most of it down.

Our first sleepless night...

Well, I had my first somewhat sleepless night last night. Zack's formula sits well with his tummy, so he was up twice (every four hours) and was ready to eat. He is very attached to his pacifier and cries every time it slips out of his mouth. Rich went back to work today, but is working an early shift and should be home by 3:30 or so.

More pictures of our beautiful boy...

Well, Zack is a happy, healthy baby. He has a heart murmer, but we are hoping that it will subside in the next 24 hours as it should. Jess should be released from the hospital tomorrow, so we are hoping to bring Zack home with us tomorrow as well. Jess and her mom will be in Yuba City until Friday. I'm off to bed now.

Zackary Dean Speakman, born 09/11/2007 at 4:16 am. We are so proud of you, Jess!

First time I held our baby boy.

Hanging out with Jess before the baby was taken to get his bath, measurements and vitals.

Zack and his daddy.

Jess, her mom Jackie and her sister Shandie all admiring the new addition to the family.

Resting in bed with Jess, who is still a little doped up.

Resting with a full belly and a clean diaper.

Three of the grandmas...Grandma Aldie, Grandma Sally and Grandma Jackie.

Look at that full head of hair!

He's here!!!

We know you've all been wondering how things are going...Jess ended up not getting induced yesterday, but she went into labor at 6:00am on her own. She was in labor for 22 very long hours and we are all mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted. Jess did such a wonderful job and we are so proud of her. Zack was finally born at 4:16am this morning, weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. We are home now to rest and to let Jess rest, but will be going back to the hospital in a few hours. When we care for Zack at the hospital it will be in Jess room, so we respectfully ask that anyone that would like to visit him please wait until he is released from the hospital and at home with us. We appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers...now we're off to sleep! We will keep you as updated as we can. Please forgive us if we are behind in answering messages or e-mails or phone calls.

Date Night & Nursery Pics.

Harinder, Sukhpal and their daughter Jasleen. They took the Sierra Valley crew and families to the Hibachi Steakhouse for dinner.

Mark: The funniest chef ever :)

Okay, we're ready....Monday, here we come!

Jess and I went to see Dr. Maddalena yesterday and he's agreed to induce her on Monday! We're going to be calling the hospital at 6:30 am on Monday morning to see if there are any beds available.

We can't wait to finally meet our son! It's almost surreal that the time is finally here. I'm a big bundle of nerves right now and it's just now hitting Rich that this is really happening, but we're excited all the same. We will keep everyone posted on how things are going and we'll be sure to post pictures as soon as we can.

We want to thank everyone for all of your support, kind words of encouragement and prayers. It's been a long journey for us and we're hoping that we're about to turn the corner to a new start. We love you all.

Three-day weekend...

I had a nice three-day weekend with plenty of relaxing time since Rich worked an off-site sale (yuck!).

I started the weekend off with a nice relaxing Saturday evening spent with my friend Chrissy. We just lied in bed and talked for hours, then grabbed some salads at La Salsa in Marysville. Sorry, no pictures of that, unfortunately.

AJ had a slumber party to go to Sunday, so I took Alex and Shea overnight to give my sister and brother-in-law a night to themselves. We started with playing inside for a bit due to the heat, but the kids were pretty restless so we played in the sprinklers instead, followed by bath time with Uncle's shaving cream.

Saturday was Alex's 3rd birthday, so we celebrated with pizza and a cupcake when he and Shea stayed over. Don't blame me, he's the one that insisted on the pink flowered cupcake.

Jess and I met with Colleen and a few of her friends for lunch at Dancing Tomato for some yummy Italian food on Monday.

Jess and I spent then next few hours shopping, then went home and watched movies to avoid the heat.

Bailey watched movies with us.

I made a blanket for Jess to take home with her.

Even the cats had a relaxing weekend! Yes, this is just how lazy our cat Gramps is...I threw the blanket scraps on him and he didn't even budge!