Nana's First Visit

Nana's flight from Orlando got in the same day we came home from the hospital. Grandma and Grandpa Wolford and Aunt Erin were still at our house, so everyone got to meet for the first time! Nana was thrilled to spend a few days with Jackson and got to be there for quite a few of his "firsts", including his first time at Daddy's flag football game, first bath, first faux hawk, and first trip to the grocery store.

First trip to the Botanical Gardens

First visitors

One of the drawbacks of living 9+ hours away from your families is that it is hard to plan to be there at the last minute. We were thrilled when it worked out that Matt's mom, dad and sister were able to head to Birmingham on Thursday to meet the newest Wolford. They stayed until we went home on Saturday, and took care of all three of us back at the house. It was wonderful to come home to soup simmering on the stove, fresh flowers, and a buffet of fruit, veggies and cheese. They even helped decorate the mailbox. Talk about some good grandparents! We really can't wait for them to come back again for a longer visit.



We had some other visitors at the hospital. Tom, Riley & baby Russell stopped by and Jackson got to meet his first little play friend. Russell is six months old so they will be buddies in no time. Pam came to say hello and held Jackson, even though she doesn't exactly "do babies".



Amy and Susan were sweet enough to come as we were discharged and saw us off. They could have beaten us home considering Matt drove 15 mph the whole way home.

The Penguin is HERE!

My official due date was October 12. That morning we saw Dr. K, who scheduled an induction for the next Tuesday since nothing much was happening. As the day wore on I felt a little more uncomfortable, but we were supposed to meet friends for dinner. By late afternoon I really wasn't feeling up to dinner at all, but Matt convinced me to go. Our friend Amy had flown in from Madison as a surprise dinner guest! By the time we left dinner the contractions were pretty strong, so we came home and started timing them. They were all over the place so we walked around the block a few times. By 10:45 it was time to call the doctor and my water broke while Matt was on the phone with her. We headed for the hospital pretty soon after that.

Once we were at the hospital things moved quickly. I wanted to try to put off an epidural for as long as possible and managed to hold out until about 7cm. By about 1am it felt like time to push, but the baby just wouldn't move down far enough. We kept trying but finally decided a c-section was the only way and waited for my regular doctor to get there for the surgery. Our friends Amy and Susan came to stay with me in the recovery room. Another friend, Natalie, is a nurse at Trinity and she came over as well. All three of them got to see the baby as Matt wheeled him from the delivery room to the NICU right after delivery.

Amy Weems with Jackson on his way to the NICU


Susan Davis with little Jackson

"Nurse Natalie"



Jackson Foster Wolford was born at 11:32am on October 13, 2011. He measured in at 7 lbs 8 oz and 20.75". Matt still got to cut the umbilical cord. I was so proud of him for making it through the surgery! It was amazing to me how fast the actual surgery was- it took less than 4 minutes!