Wait, he's two? our little man turned 2? I met my little baby boy 2 years ago?!?! How did time fly by me like that.
He became a kid, I don't know exactly what day that happened but when I wasn't looking Jack became a kid!
I saw my guy playing at his baseball themed Gymboree birthday party with his little friends and I couldn't be prouder of him.
He loved the parachute and found himself wrapped up in it.
Chris and I made a baseball cake and 40 baseball cupcakes the night before Jack's party after we put him to sleep and in between feeding, rocking and changing our newborn daughter's diapers, we managed to stay a team and make sure that we didn't royally screw up our sons 2nd birthday treats. Why didn't I order a cake from a bakery to make our lives easier you ask? I don't know... oh well, we learn from our mistakes.
I also learned that even if we take 17 pictures in a row of the 4 of us, we will never get one where everyone is even slightly looking at the camera all at the same time. But at least we're all standing next to each other.
Jack "blowing" out his candle
(by blowing I mean keeping him far away from the cake so he doesn't blow snot all over it, while Chris blows it out)
(by blowing I mean keeping him far away from the cake so he doesn't blow snot all over it, while Chris blows it out)
And the celebration continued the next day at my parents house. A talented friend of the family make Jack a Lightening McQueen cake.
Jack enjoyed all the sweets and treats and took advantage that it was his birthday and I wasn't trying to stick an apple or brocolli down his throat instead.
On April 27th 2010 one of the loves of my life was born...He keeps me on my toes and has taught me so much about myself since he's been born. He's an smart and amazing little boy and I know he's going to turn into an amazing man one day but until then I'm going make sure he keeps calling me "mama" and I keep calling him my "little buddy."
And since I've never published it, here is Jacks birth story I wrote 2 years ago....
4-27-10
Jack Dylan Lynch's Birthday
Born 8lbs 4oz at 1:41am
I was induced at 7am on 4-26-10. I was 39 weeks pregnant and Jack was measuring big. The doctor asked me the week before at my appointment if I wanted to be induced and I knew the little boy growing inside of me was ready to join the world. So there I was at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount. Kisco bright and early eager to meet our little boy.
The doctor thought he would arrive around 7pm since sometimes being induced could take a while. Needless to say most of the day I really didn't feel any pain and I wasn't progressing like the doctor thought I would. So at around 5:30pm the doctor upped the pitocin and tried to get this delivery moving along a little faster. I really started to feel the contractions then. Earlier in the day I asked the doctor how long should I wait to get the epidural? He wanted me to wait as long as I could because the epidural could slow the progress so i was able to wait until 7cm but it hurt, it hurt a lot. I had Chris, my mother, my father, Lauren, Mary and Steph in the room with me which really helped - they were all really supportive and kept me focused. But the time came when I needed the medicine. I got the epidural at 8pm - after that it was a lot better. I was able to fall asleep for a little while and relax. But our plan of having him on 4-26-10 was not going to happen - he had his own plan. At 11:40pm I felt the need to push so the doctor checked me and said that I was ready to have the baby. I was really excited soon we were going to meet our little boy! I pushed and pushed and pushed, Chris was so great at coaching me the whole time - reassuring me that I was doing great. After 2 hours and 2 minutes of pushing he was born at 1:41am on April 27th 2010. It was the best moment of my life to see that little face. During the baby classes we took the weeks before the nurse told us that some babies don't cry when they're born - and that was our little baby - when he was born all he did was stare into my eyes talking it all in...completely stunned but healthy - we had to shake him up a little to start him crying but once he did it was the most beautiful sound in the world. So alert and ready to start his life. Before he was born we didn't know what his name was going to be, we had two picked out but we wanted to wait to meet him before giving him his name and the second I looked into his little face I knew that he was Jack Dylan. After Chris and I had a little time to meet him we invited the whole family into the room. When everyone met him they all were in tears. He was beautiful and amazing and I was the luckiest woman in the world.
Before you were conceived I wanted you...
Before you were born I loved you...
Before you were a minute old I would die for you...
