Announcing Aaron Thomas Jones

This morning our son was born (5:40) at 8 pounds, 9.7 ounces, and 19.5". Both baby and Mommy are doing fine.
Jessica started labor last night and we left for the hospital about 1:30 AM. Jessica had a fairly difficult delivery, but still managed to do it naturally, so she is one tough cookie! We're really proud of her.

Aaron is a bit more vocal than Miriam was the first day, but not as awake and alert. Miriam had her eyes open and watching the world, but was content and quiet. Aaron makes a few cute little noises as he sleeps. He is more prone to let his voice be heard, but rarely opens his eyes. It is interesting to see the differences in them, even at this very early age.

When we checked in, the nurse who admited us was Britney (Maiden name Johnson, Sorry Britney, I don't remember your married name), from Delta High class of 2000. My Aunt Julie Jones was the nurse who checked him out when he first arrived at the nursery after delivery. Then one of our first nurses to watch over us during recovery was Anita Pittman, who is the mother of Daniel Pittman, also from DHS class of 2000 and fellow swim team member. So once again, Delta proves that it is a small world after all.

Miriam came for a visit in the afternoon, although sadly the pictures are a little blurry. She was so excited to see her little brother! She crawled right up next to Mommy, and held up her arms asking to hold little Aaron! I'm amazed that she even knew the gesture of how to ask, especially since she has never asked to hold another baby before. The next image, although blurry, shows one of the many times she was asking to hold him.



She was so happy to see him, that he held her attention for a good 20 minutes or so (which for Miriam, that's eternity!). She kept patting his head, and giving him kisses. It was so great to see her so excited for her little brother. She seemed to understand exactly what had happened, and that she had been awaiting his arrival. After her time with Aaron, she then discovered that she could open the doors in the hospital and then commenced opening and closing as many doors as she could get to, as many as she could get away with...



She also came for another visit in the evening. This time she was more preoccupied with the doors, than with Aaron, although she did continue to show interest in him and in holding him.