Now....I LOVE sleep!

I've never really been much of a napper or long sleeper... but boy do I LOVE it now! I am so happy with sweet Zoe because she has been sleeping so great at night. She sleeps and I sleep.... what a concept! I give all the credit to God, because He knows that I'm a grouch now without sleep! A grouchy mommy can't be too good!

Zoe has been SO MUCH fun. I can just stare at her for hours. She likes for me to snuggle her the same special way every time she falls asleep. It is so sweet. I have finally started to recognize some of her cries. Now, I can tell if she needs to burp or is ready to eat or when she is just plain uncomfortable.

I know "they" say that babies don't smile on purpose this young..... but this morning I was talking to her telling her what we would do today and she just smiled and smiled...... My question is What do "they" know anyways? I captured her smile on my cell phone camera... but I'm not quite smart enough to get that photo to the computer.

Aunt Amanda came to visit Zoe this weekend! She drove from Lexington to Bowling Green knowing that she could only stay for 2 hours. She is something else! Zoe is a blessed baby to have so many people that love her the way Aunt Amanda does!! We have laughed and laughed about this picture of Zoe. She was giving us a goofy grin. She looks pretty happy with her Aunt!

More Photos of Zoe!!

Daddy and Zoe
A lot of times, Zoe has her eyebrows wrinkled up.... her expressions are priceless.
Zoe was trying to get mad here. I had only made about 100 pictures of her ...... she doesn't care much for the flash :o)

Life with Zoe

Life with Zoe has already been quite an adventure. The first two nights we were able to sleep... well, NONE! But now she is better. She sleeps, eats, plays, sleeps, eats, plays.... that is her typical pattern! Which has been good. We are only sane right now because our moms have been taking turns spending the night the past few nights to help out--yeah sleep!

I just wanted to take a minute to tell you all how we appreciate the prayers on behalf of the delivery and our baby. She seems to be a healthy baby girl. Here's a photo that I adore. More photos coming soon!

Zoe Kate is here!

Wow! Tuesday was a crazy day. I'll spare everyone the complete details {I don't mind sharing, if you're interested :o)}

At 2:58 pm, Zoe Kate Jones was born by C-Section. She weighed 8 lbs and 2 1/2 ounces. She looked SO BIG! Her going home weight was 7 lbs and 7 ounces..... she seems so much smaller now.

We are in love with her and can't imagine how we've made it so long without her. She is super sweet, cuddly, and beautiful. God is so good!

Tonight is our first night at home. Honestly, I'm a bit scared to TRY to go to sleep. Everything at the hospital was so wonderful! The nurses were tremendous help, and we are now on our own. (Can you believe that they just send newborns home with people like us?)
Pray that we all get some sleep and that Miss Zoe has a restful first night!

We can't wait to show her off and for everyone to meet her! We hope that everyone has enjoyed playing the "Name Game" with us.

I'll post more photos as soon as I feel up to it!!!

Tick... Tock....Tick.....Tock

Well, it's about 1:40 a.m. I can't sleep a wink. It's like time is moving SO SLOW right now. In just a few short hours we will be leaving to go to the hospital. It is such a strange feeling!

Yesterday for lunch, what's left of my "Pregnant Club" met at Buckhead. I have really enjoyed the meals that we have all shared together. I know I've said this before, but it has truly been a blessing to share pregnancy with my closest friends! Here's a photo we took outside of Buckhead. We did miss our mommy friends Heather R. and Amanda, as they have already had their sweet babies.

Can you imagine this group.... say in about June? How exciting!

Round Belly Friends!!

Here's a photo of myself and my two "almost mommy" friends, Kelly and Heather. It is such a blessing to have shared my pregnancy with so many friends. Funny that we all matched this morning.

If I have it listed correctly, I was pregnant at the same time with all of these people--my closest girlfriends. Kate-boy, Beth-boy, Jill-girl, Terri-boy, Amanda-boy, Tonya-girl, Heather G.-boy, Melissa-boy, Kelly-boy, Sarah-girl, Michelle-girl, Heather R.-twin boys, Carrie-boy, Jamie-surprise, Julie-girl, Danielle-?, Larie-boy........ Please forgive me if I have left someone out. Something is in our water!!

I'm so excited about Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, March 6th??

Well it looks like baby Jones will make her apperance into the world on Tuesday!! (If not before.) My doctor would like for me to have a bit more time to "get ready" to deliver her. I am scheduled to be induced on Tuesday at 5:30 a.m.!! Please continue to pray for a healthy baby!!
(One more thing--he isn't on call this full-moon weekend, but he said that he would come in for me!! That made me feel so much better) I'll keep you posted. Thanks to everyone for checking on us. We can't wait for you to meet ____ ____ Jones!