Birthday Girl

It was exactly one year ago.... All day long I've been reminiscing to myself and to friends about the sequence of events that unfolded on April 4, 2006.

7:00am- I'd had a couple "signs" the night before, so Jon and I decide to carpool to school- JUST IN CASE!
12:00pm- Seems like a normal day. Nothing out of the ordinary.
2:45pm- School ends. I'm feeling fine. Jon decides to go to his class in Boulder.
3:30ish pm- I"m still at school. My stomach feels a little crampy. I figure it must be something I ate. I joke to a couple friends "What if it's contractions?" Their response- "Oh, you would definitely know." I figured the same thing.
4:00pm- I need to stay and get more work done, but my last resort home is about to leave and these annoying stomach pains are coming a little more frequently.
4:30pm. Get home. Decide maybe I should write down times JUST IN CASE they might be contractions. Times vary. Nothing consistent. I'm sure it's just something I ate.
4:45pm- Get a phone call from a friend. Cramps are coming more often and I'm having a hard time breathing through them. Tell friend I need to go call the doctor. Maybe they are contractions!
4:46pm- Kaiser main line (K)- "This is Kaiser. How can I help you?" Jen (J)- "Ummm, is this the right number to call if I think I might be having contractions?" K-"YOU'RE HAVING CONTRACTIONS??!! HOLD ON AND STAY ON THE LINE!" transfer... Kaiser Nurse (N)-"You're having contractions? How far apart are they?" J-"Well, it's nothing consistent. 9 minutes, then 4 mintues, then 10 minutes, then 5 minutes..." N-"Um, yeah. Those average 5minutes, so you need to get to the hospital RIGHT AWAY!" J-Well, my husband's on his way home from Boulder. I"ll just wait for him." N- "If he'll FOR CERTAIN be there in the next 20 minutes then okay. If not, you need to get someone to drive you now."
5:00pm- Call Jon, expecting him to be on his way home. Instead, this is what I hear. "Hey, class went a little late tonight, so I'm just now walking out of the building." This is where I freak out and start bawling hysterically and hyperventilating.
5:02pm- Call friend to take take me to the hospital.
5:15pm- Friend arrives. We're on our way. Contractions are exactly 3 minutes apart.
5:30pm- Grandparents call. "Hi there. We were just thinking about you. How are you?" J-"Actually, I'm on my way to the hospital. Don't call my mother!"
5:48pm- Arrive at the hospital. Get checked in and go back to be monitored. I"m dilated to a 7. I wonder what happened to 1-6. Call some friends. Call my mother. Wonder if Jon will make it on time.

JON MAKES IT- PHEW!!!!!

6:59pm- Into the world comes the most amazing little person.

Our lives are forever changed.