Today we are celebrating the birthday of our oldest caddie. Jacob is turning 14!. It doesn't seem possible that my baby who was 2 months early and entered this world so quickly is now a young man! He is such a helpful, smart and funny guy, that we have enjoyed watching grow. Birthdays at the Clubbhouse are not too fancy, but are special. Jacob's birth was a surprise in so many ways. First of all we were "not ready" to start having children when we found out that he was on his way. Obviously, God's plan was a little different than ours. Anyhow, we moved into our home in Oct and Jacob was due in Jan. We had plenty of time, right? Well, I sat in the waiting room of the doctor's office for the second time that Thanksgiving week. The first was my regular check up, the second was to check things out. I had a feeling when I went into the Dr on Tues that there was something not right. God gives us these mothers instincts for a reason. We should always listen to them. The doctor came in to the room and hooked me up to a monitor where I sat with this belt around my belly and a jeopardy style beeper button in my hand. My instructions were to push the button when I felt Jacob kick. I sat there for 2.5 hours. When the Dr came back he noticed that Jacob's heart beat was dropping periodically.
With this drop in heartbeat he sent me across the street for a stress test at the hospital. They were going to give me pitocin to induce a contraction or two and see how Jacob responded. Of course I called Joe who happen to be off work that week. He was at home and came right away (we lived 45 minutes away from the hospital). When Joe walked in I was hooked up with an IV and was getting ready for my first very small dose of pitocin. I was terrified that this would put me into labor, even though the Dr said that it wouldn't be enough to induce labor. We waited, and waited and after about 5 hours I hadn't had one contraction. Not one!. So the doctor said that we should do a sonogram.
I was so worried that there was something wrong with Jacob. Joe was by my side as we watched the sonogram. We saw the little heartbeat and I felt relieved, however I didn't know what was going on. The Dr said that I was out of fluid. He said that Jacob had to be born that night because it wasn't safe for him to stay with no fluid. I was immediately put into panic mode. It was too early, we hadn't done our Lamaze classes. How long would it take? Did I want the drugs? There were a lot of thought going thru our minds as anyone can expect.
Little did we know that Jacob would be born a few hours later. It was 4:53am on Thanksgiving Day that Jacob Robert came into the world at 4 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long. I didn't have any drugs either! He was so tiny, but he was our miracle, our gift from God. I don't need to tell you how precious babies are...However when you have your little one bundled in your arms, it is nothing short of a miracle from God.
So tonight we celebrated Jacob's birthday with his meal of choice. Bacon wrapped steaks, broccoli and cheese and baked potatoes. Topped off with an ice cream cake! That is how we do birthday's on the farm. You get to have your favorite dinner and your choice of cake. What a perfect day with family. Happy Birthday to our little sweat pea!
Blessings from the Clubbfarm!
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