Jackson Felix

HE'S HERE! Baby Bright has been welcomed to the world - the family is home and doing wonderfully!

Jackson Felix Bright was born on 11.10.10 at 4:23a.m. He was 6 pounds 1 ounce & 19 1/2 inches.

We have been awaiting Jackson's arrival for so long! April was in her last few weeks of pregnancy and I couldn't stop wondering when we would hear the good news. I insisted she message me no matter what time it was. Days passed and her due date came closer. On November 9th I messaged her to chat and see how she was feeling. We talked for over an hour about names and how excited she was to find out the gender of Baby Bright. We ended our conversation around 7:30pm - the last thing I said was to mark me down in her "due date guess calendar" for: boy, Sunday, 4p.m. She said "you got it! I'll mark you down tomorrow!"
OH how wrong I was :)
Ryan and I tucked Dylan in his crib later that night and headed to bed ourselves. A few hours later I groggily cracked an eye open, hearing Dylan crying over the monitor. I picked up my phone to check the time. It was 4:55a.m. and WHAT?! I had a text from Chris! At 2:19 he said "She's at a nine, baby plus 1. Will meet it soon!"

I went NUTS! I started squealing and woke Ryan immediately. I messaged Chris back and he let us know that their sweet little boy was here! He had been born just 30 short minutes before I awoke to the good news! Ryan and I had planned on waiting until they came to town to meet their baby. We had only been on short jaunts with Dylan and we were leery of how he would hold up for four hours in the car. Our excitement changed all of that! As I was feeding Dylan, Ryan came in and said "let's go!" We started discussing our plan when I got a text from Kylie who wanted to go too!

Ryan worked for half a day and Kylie and her daughter, Aisley, came and picked Dylan and I up. We went and got Ryan from his work and headed to OKC! K & I decided to switch off who sat in the back (wedged) between the kiddos - I took the trip there and she had the children's section on the way back. Aisley and Dylan were perfect! We had so much fun.

We finally arrived and found the room. I knocked and Chris said the lactation specialist was visiting, but to come on in. We quietly went inside and next to April in her bed was the clear bassinet. I couldn't contain my squeals and tears as I saw the teeny little boy!! April covered her face and with a smile told me to stop making her cry. Once we had the Brights to ourselves, we hugged and congratulated the new parents and held their son. He was sound asleep and so cuddly! Ryan brought Dylan over and he was so interested in the little baby. April told us her birth story while I rubbed her sore legs (pregnancy charlie-horses are killer!)

More of their family arrived and we all squeezed in the room and went gaga over the precious boy! Baby Bright was showered with so much love from the very first day. We teased Mom & Dad that we were still having to call him Baby Bright! They hadn't picked a name yet...as a matter of fact he didn't have a name for over 24 hours. It was sweet though, the new parents wanted to come up with the perfect name. We were all excited with anticipation, and then we got the news the next day...his name would be Jackson Felix. It means "God has been gracious!" Oh how true!

It has been so much fun talking with April over the past week and remembering what it was like with a brand new baby. Time flies so quickly and everything changes in the blink of an eye. It gets more fun what seems like on a daily basis...they are in for such an awesome ride.

I remember the Toni & April we used to be...talking of our futures - the unknown and our hopes. It is such a blessing to watch it all unfold. How perfect that we both have sons. I know our little boys are going to have so much fun together!
Congratulations April & Chris!
We love you THREE!