Landon Howard Clark

July 25, 2014 at 8:06pm our lives changed forever.

First off let me just say that the waiting game that comes around as it gets close to your due date sucks, and it sucks even more waiting after your due date! Luckily we only had to wait two days after  to meet this little guy. During the waiting game i was dilated to 1cm and 50% effaced for probably a month. Needless to say I was frustrated every time I went. The day before the doctor gave me something to help dilate naturally so being induced wouldn't be so bad the next day. Luckily it helped a little.

5:30 am came way to fast Friday morning. Ty and I got about 2 hours of sleep by the time 5:00 rolled around. I called the hospital to see when they wanted me to come in and they were already waiting for other women to give birth so I was told to call back at 8. Once I did they said come in at 9. So we got up, finished packing and left to get my mom. Man, did the nerves set in when we walked out of the house. We knew we weren't coming back alone..it was scary.

I got checked in and they broke my water at 9:45. Then they waited to start me on pitocin to see if i would start contracting naturally. Of course I didn't so they started me. Ten minutes later I started getting contractions and I needed the epidural. I don't get how women do it naturally...after three contractions and bawling through them, I probably would have died by the time I needed to push.

The epidural was heaven. I almost passed out while they were giving me the IV so I thought the epidural was gonna be bad. Nope, didn't feel a thing. So all you ladies about to have babies...get the drugs. Trust me. We waited and waited and finally the nurse said I was about ready to push. We had to wait till 6 because of shift change. Once we started to push it was a long journey. If you want details I'll be happy to share the full story in person! But to give you the shorter version it was a really rough delivery. My doctor said he hasn't had a delivery this rough in 6 years, so that basically tells ya it wasn't easy. I was super close to needing a c-section but the doctor was determined to get him here normally and he did! At 8:06 we had a perfect 7 pound 11 oz baby boy!

I've never felt this type of love before. And I have never seen Ty light up the way he did when he held his little boy in his arms for the first time. It's amazing how much more my heart was filled when I looked at that baby for the first time. He is perfect in every way and he is such a good baby! We were so blessed with a baby that is awake and alert during most of the day and who sleeps basically the entire night! We honestly couldn't of asked for anything better!

Landon, your parents and your family love you more than you'll ever know and we are so excited to be on this life journey with you!

Sorry in advance if we overload your Facebook with pictures...actually we're not that sorry:)

Love,
Jess, Ty and Landon