Has it been 2 1/2 weeks since Jordan was born? Wow - time just keeps on moving! Again - no deep thoughts or wise words. As a matter of fact - I'm lucky if I can remember what day it is and since my watch died three days ago - I'm never quite sure of the time anymore (except for when Jordan wakes in the middle of the night and I blindly look at my clock). As for deep thoughts - my brain feels fuzzy most of the time and Dr.Pepper is once again my BFF. But even through the lack of sleep, fuzzy brain, and squishy butt and belly - the minute Little J looks at me with her big blue eyes I just melt. She is a sweet baby and even her sisters still think she's the greatest. So far Jordan has gone through a bout of jaundice, is battling her first little cold and yesterday was diagnosed with thrush (which explained her unusual fussiness and my stinging nipples). Hopefully, we'll get everything cleared up soon. Of course, there is no way I would have survived the past two weeks without the help of my mom and my wonderful friends and church family. I have heard the "it takes a village" comment a lot lately - and at times it is true. So thank you everyone for all your help with food, prayers, and bedtime routines - you've been amazing!

She's a girl! Jordan Joy arrived May 3rd at 9:55 am weighing in at 7lbs 10oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Kaelea made it to the hospital to help with the labor at just the right time. Lanny and I got to the hopital at 7:30 a.m. and I was able to effectively prove to the nurse my contractions were real in about 5 minutes. I was taken to a L&D room just when Kaelea arrived. Lanny was so relieved for her help he got a little teary eyed. It must be so hard to see your wife doubled over in pain. Things moved quickly and I was ready to push our little treasure out by 9a.m. Of course, Jordan decided to give everyone a little scare but dropping her heart beat. For about 30 min things were touch and go - OR was prepped for a C-section but after much prayer on my part and great help from everyone - I was able to push Jordan out. It was another painful, exciting, wonderful blessing! We got home from the hospital Monday evening (Jordan had some jaundice issues and got to hang out under a special light for 12 hours - giving us a little longer stay in the hospital). We are all doing great with the usual adjustments. Kezia is so glad that we had a baby and wants to hold her all the time. In the hospital she asked me "can we keep her forever???" - how cute! Eden loves her baby sister but hangs on to mommy whenever she can - she will need some extra attention. Jordan and I are still working out our nursing technique and it's been a little rough on mommy. But she only wakes up once in the evening for about an hour so right now I'm not too upset about her all day feedings (or at least that's what it feels like). But I'm sure we'll both be pros in another week or two. Thank you to all of our family and friends who have been such great help this past week - and will be in the weeks to come. I'm a little overwhelmed at the thought of caring for these 3 little girls. I know that we will get things worked out - I'm just not sure yet how. Well - off to sleep while I can.