Jack McConnell

Baby Jack has finally arrived! Weighing in at 10 lbs 7 oz, he gave his mother a run for her money trying to get him here! Poor little Mindy is actually SuperWoman with a core of steel! What an amazing woman she was pushing for hours and never giving up! Finally with the aid of forceps and vacuum, "little" Jack arrived...with barely a heartbeat. All of us in the delivery room had about 10 years scared off our lives as we had to watch the medical professionals resuscitate our sweet baby. Just like what Griff wrote on their blog, Jack's first cry was the sweetest sound to hear!! I'm crying just thinking about it. I have rarely seen such a traumatic delivery (and you all know traumatic or high-risk deliveries are all I get to see for the most part... esp you work friends). Of course it makes it 100x worse when it's your baby sister but still. Wow. It was all I could do not to jump in and take over - haha! Little did those poor nurses know that I was critically watching their every move, just waiting for a clue that they needed help! They did very well of course and I think I did too...besides that one time when I had to correct the respiratory therapist about how poorly she was bagging! (There could not have been a seal since first she was bagging his cheek, then she had the mask half over his mouth so his bottom lip was out!! Aaaaah! She was not happy with me for pointing it out but how am I supposed to stand there watching that?!!) For the benefit of my friends at work reading this I will say that they gave chest compressions for a full minute...and yet his apgars were 1, 9 then 10!!! AND given all that he had not one problem with his blood sugars, nor any more issues at all. Both the OB and the Neonatologist (they have one in-house at Timp) were very surprised at how well he did considering. It was a miracle. I know Heavenly Father loves us and is aware of everything... through Him my little nephew is safe now. I couldn't be more grateful for my understanding of prayer and the gift of the Gospel in my life. Congratulations Malinda and Griff... Jack is absolutely beautiful!!!!

(This pictures says a thousand words... if you can imagine the relief and happiness we all felt at this moment. Poor Jack doesn't look too happy though! What a rough start, little darling!!) Look at those cheeks...aaaaaaah! So cute!!
We all came to cheer Mindy on in the beginning of that long day... aren't those 3 little boys cute!