A Whole New Experience.....

Playing a little catch up, since these are all pictures of the day we brought Jack home and yesterday he was one week old, but that's ok! We got to leave the hospital around noon on Saturday. Chuck was supposed to run the mini marathon that morning but considering the weather wasn't all that promising and the fact that he was sleeping on a pretty uncomfortable couch he opted out of the mini this year. I figure its better that way since I wasn't running it with him and we usually do that one together!!
Anyways, Grammy brought Hannah over to the hospital around the time we were going to leave so Hannah, Jack, Daddy and I could all go home together. Jack looked great when we left the hospital, he weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz, so he hadn't lost all that much weight and his color was good. Lots of pictures below....

Just for fun, below, same picture of different kiddos on going home day!!

Jack William Dodge has arrived and he is amazing! He was born at 6:24 am on Thursday May 5, 2011 and he is perfect! He weighed in at a whopping 8 pounds and was 21 inches long.
Labor was quick, we were checked into the hospital at 5:30 am, and he was laying on top of me while Chuck was cutting the umbilical cord at 6:24 am!! Needless to say, this didn't allow any time to make things comfortable, Chuck and I still can't believe how quickly everything happened!








We are doing great, I am tired but feel good, Jack is working on the whole sleeping thing but already nursing like a champ so we are very happy about that!
As soon as we got settled we had the most important visitor of all...the new Big Sister and I do believe she is very proud!!

I know we are going to have some adjusting to do once we get home but so far so good!!

This past Saturday we got up early, put some pretty clothes on and headed downtown to have breakfast with the Easter Bunny!! You never really know how kids will act when they see a life sized bunny or life sized anything for that matter but I had a feeling Hannah would do just fine. We sat down and had some breakfast but as soon as the bunny popped his head through the door nothing else mattered. I do believe that Hannah is in love with the Easter Bunny, it will be interesting to see what she does when we can finally take her to a place like Disney World!

After all the fun of hanging out with, kissing, hugging and loving the Easter Bunny it was Easter Egg hunt time....and guess who found the golden egg??????

She was so proud!!

It was a wonderful morning hanging out with grandparents, eating chocolate chip pancakes, getting balloon animals and of course the Easter Bunny! And just because I love looking at pictures of my little girl, check these out....

Hannah's first Easter....

Hannah's second Easter.....

It was such a fun morning, we headed home to relax and take a nap, then Grandma treated us to pedicures! I can barely see my toes so it was nice for me to have someone else put a pretty color on them and we had no idea if she would sit through one but I think she is a fan!

I've been a blogging slacker lately, we have less than 4 weeks until little guy arrives, kind of hard to believe but I think we are all ready to meet him. This weekend we are hopefully getting car seats situated and any other last minute details done so we are ready! Hannah was pretty excited when I pulled out her bouncy seat, hopefully she doesn't mind sharing it!!!

Hannah started taking swim lessons at the Monon Center a couple weeks ago. She loves the water, it was the first time we had ever been to the Monon Center and they have a great little pool area for kids her age, with a mini slide and fountains. Fortunately, Chuck and Hannah participated in the swim lessons, I don't normally like wearing a swim suit so I was very happy that I didn't have to put one on 8 months pregnant! The only problem with Daddy particpating is that he makes her wait a bit before she can go play in the water...she doesn't look very happy about that, does she? She did great in the classes, still isn't a big fan of going completely under the water but it is getting better! P.S. Sorry for the crazy layout of this post, I cannot get things to line up right!