Sweet Brotherly Love

Could your heart just melt? Andy is so in love with his newest brother. We were a little concerned because Andy really wanted a sister, but when Jacob was born, he was just as thrilled to have a little brother. He was actually so excited, he talked grandma and grandpa into coming back to the hospital on Saturday just to hug his little brother.


One of Andy's great loves is his headphones and music. It was just too funny to see that little bitty head with headphones on listening away to Bob and Larry sing. Of course, Jacob could only stand about 15 seconds of this and started fussing, not that I didn't blame the kid. I hope this joy of sharing activities and interests continues as they both grow up.

So in love.

Jacob's First Bath

I'm not so sure about this bathing ritual. Being without my clothes and diaper in this thing that is making me a bit chilly and cold, is not something I'm particularly fond of. Try back in a few weeks.
Thanks,
Jacob

Tulip Time 2010

Here is a few shots from our day visiting the Skagit Valley to view the tulips.

I love how Andy was trying to smell the tulips. He's so sweet.


The best family picture we managed to achieve. Aaron is trying to squeeze the life out of mom, Andy is more concerned about Jacob, and Jacob is luckily asleep for about two seconds.


Papa trying to get a shot with Andy and Aaron, but we gotta work on looking at the camera.


It was a bit chilly that day with the wind whipping through the valley. Of course, once we were all done and leaving La Conner, the clouds finally gave way and the sun came out. Oh well, it was a great day anyway.

Papa & Nana Came to Visit

About 10 days after Jacob was born, Nana and Papa came to visit and see the newest member of the family. It was quite an adventurous two weeks stay, but the boys were thrilled to have Nana and Papa around to play, entertain and be completely spoiled by.

My pictures are a bit out of order, but this is a smattering of what took place. We had Mariner tickets, so Mike and the boys took Papa out to the ball park for a fun evening. Mom made sure the boys were well stocked with food and juice boxes and sent them on their way. They all had a great time enjoying a little Major League Baseball.

My little peanut with Nana. It was so nice to have my mom around and I just can't believe how small Jacob is. All that beautiful dark hair and just a sweet boy who is surviving two older brothers.


Mike called me up one day and asked me if I wanted to go to the Mariner game that night. Someone at work gave Mike four tickets and a parking pass to the game, so of course, Jacob came along. We also took Papa and our friend Mike was able to come along too. (Thanks Dana!) Jacob is such a great little trooper. He slept most of the game and was only startled a couple of times. I managed to snap this shot as something exciting was happening, so you get a nice wide mouth shot of my husband, haha.

Another picture of Nana snuggling my little peanut. I'm so blessed to have parents who are willing to take a two week vacation and come up to see my growing family. It went by too fast, just like Jacob's time as a little peanut.

The Youngest Fan

I do believe we have the youngest fan at the Mariner's opening day game at Safeco Field. Jacob is ten days old today and it's been a few years since we have made it to opening day, so this year we bought tickets and took the boys to the Safe.
Of course, Aaron was so excited, I'm sure he peed in his diaper several times. He expressed vocally how excited he was that we were going to a baseball game. The entire ride on I-90 was Aaron stating, "baseball game, baseball game." When we arrived in Seattle and saw the stadium, his levels just rose and it's a good thing he was strapped down in his car seat or he might have jumped out of his seat. Once we finally parked and made our way into the stadium, the boys were just taking in all the sites, sounds and various events taking place.


Our seats were pretty good too, we were upper deck, but had the front row in the section, so Aaron stood the entire time. Andy went back and forth from standing to sitting and smothering Jacob when Jacob made an appearance out of the blanket.

Of course, one of the best parts of the game is the grounds crew dancing. It is a rare occasion when several of them come out to dance between innings. Usually happens on big games like opening day or when the Red Sox's or Yankee's are in town.

It was a bummer the M's lost the first home game, but I had two very excited boys that had a ton of fun and were asking when we were going back again. Lucky for them, we are going at least five more times and who knows, maybe more.

Sweet Days of a Newborn

I thought I would share a few pictures of Jacob in the first few days of his life in our family. He is such a good baby, but the two year old could use a few lessons. It's wonderful to have Mike home so I can just rest and recover.

Jacob at 2 days old. He and I stayed home on Easter Sunday and missed the family celebration, but it was a good time just the two of us.

If you look closely, Jacob is swimming in his clothes. Neither Andy nor Aaron were in newborn sized clothes, so I don't' have any, but a sweet friend ran to Target for me so Jacob would have a few clothes to wear that fit. He and Andy were napping on the couch and I just couldn't pass up this sweet moment. J is 3 days old.

Grandma also helped out in the newborn clothing situation and he looks so darn cute in his little baseball outfit at 8 days old. Poor kid was fighting the goopy eye syndrome for a few days, but luckily, it started after birth, so we should be in the clear.
Here is another picture day 8 of Jacob's life. I had to pick this shot because of the look on Aaron's face, that kid is just too funny some days.

Introducing Jacob Pitor Sorensen

My sweet new baby boy, Jacob, 20 minutes after he joined the outside.

Today, I woke up one day past my due date and wanting things to get going as I'm getting more uncomfortable every day. I am also wanting to go into hiding since I'm really tired of the comments on how big I am and the fact that I haven't had this baby yet. My doctor appointment was this morning and it looked like nothing was going to start happening anytime soon, so my doctor had me on the wait list for Monday, April 5 since she was on call.

Mike had taken the day off, so he was with the boys in the car and I came out feeling dejected and bummed that I was going to have to wait a few more days. We took the boys to Starbucks for a little treat before heading home. I decided I would take a nap once we got home since I didn't have anything else pressing that needed to be done.

I woke up from my nap about 2 and not really hungry, but I munched on a few chips and called it good. As I was chatting with Mike, I noticed that I was having some contractions and didn't think much about it, but they kept coming and were about 5 minutes apart, so I called the hospital and they told me to come in since it was my third. I called grandma who was out showing a house, so I had to call grandpa who turned his car around and met us at his house.

I was officially admitted into the hospital at 4:20 pm and my labor was starting to really get going, but I wasn't impressing my nurse and she started talking about sending me home. I was thinking as I was strapped onto the monitor that no way I was going home today, I'm having this baby. My labor was continuing to progress because with each contraction, I was hurting and not able to talk through it. At this point I was walking around the room a little and leaning against the counter when a contraction hit.

At 5:30, my nurse went on dinner break and another nurse came in to stay with me. As she was getting the tub ready, I sat down on the bed and my water broke. Hallelujah and I'm ready to push. Well, my water broke at 5:34 pm and I got everyone scrambling. Dr Morrell showed up and as they were trying to get everything set up, I'm telling them I'm ready to push. Of course, the doctor doesn't want me to push and I'm like, yeah right. Sorry, but this kid's coming and at 5:39 pm, I found out that we have baby boy number three.

I was absolutely thrilled to meet my little guy and he was placed directly on me. Such wonderful, treasured, selfish time I had with him. At that point it was just Mike, the baby and I and the rest was all background noise. Everyone wanted to know the name of the baby, which we hadn't decided on as of yet. So after a couple of minutes of discussion and me informing Mike I really like the name Jacob, we decided on Jacob Pitor.

Actually, the middle name had been decided before baby came, but we hadn't totally decided on the first name. Mike picked out the spelling of Pitor (pronounced Peter) and I thought it was cool. The other two boys have strong, biblical names, so this time we went with the biblical name, but changed up the middle name.

After a couple of hours of complete selfish time with Jake, we started calling our family and letting them know of the good news. When we called my parents, Papa was so excited he dropped the phone and hung up on us, haha. My brothers were having dinner together, so killed two birds with one phone call. Of course, grandma wanted to bring the boys over right away, but grandpa had to come later as he was assisting with communion during the Good Friday service at church.

Mike met the boys in the hallway to introduce Jacob to Andy and Aaron, so I missed the reactions, but both of them were excited to see mom and I got a few great hugs. Here is a shot of all my guys together. Mike and his three sons :)