Deacon Kai Ellsworth

The above picture is Deacon getting ready for his first sponge bath at home! 

This was the calm before the storm.

All better! He loved his new duck towel =)

Lauren (sister -in-law) says I (Jason) have a good stink eye when I am not amused. This is my little guy in training.

Michelle holding baby Deacon shortly after he was born.

I keep debating on if I should tell the story or Michelle. She is sleeping right next to me so here goes my point of view...
I have been pretty busy at school this last semester so I have not had much time at home. I have told Michelle a number of times that my phone is on loud and to call me if anything happens. So I am in the BioChem lab on campus Monday evening (Oct.12) and I get a text.."How much longer do you think you'll be"? So I respond that I just finished lab and I would be starting homework. She then tells me "I think my water broke". I was not too worried as this was done all over text and she did not seem nervous (and she was not sure as it was a very small amount). I suggested she walk over to Trevor and Lauren's house (not too far but, a little walk). I soon found myself not being able to concentrate and so I left on my way over to their house as well. I get there and she is having contractions so we decide to time them and call the birthing center to tell them all that was going on and if we should make our 50 min drive down to see them (we did not want to go because we have heard when its your first baby they do not take you very serious and its a long drive). After Lauren gave Michelle probably her best massage ever, we went to our house picked up our things and headed on our way. We get there and I do not bring anything in with us as I am sure they are just going to be sending us right on back home (Michelle's contractions were like 10 min apart). We get seen in the triage room and sure enough the nurse says "you guys aren't going anywhere, lets get you settled into one of our suites" =). We were very excited! After a while the doctor came in and decided to finish breaking Michelle's water and the contractions slowly built. Deacon was on Michelle's sciatic nerve causing more pain in her legs making that more intense than the contractions. Michelle wanted to do it without the epidural but, the pain in her legs was just too much. The epidural was put in place around 4am (she made it to just about 8 cm so I was impressed). Michelle did not have any problems with the epidural and was so glad she got it. We then got a few off and on moments of shut eye. Around 7 am she was checked again and was at a 10! The doctor and nurse decided that they weren't going to do anything and let her body 'labor down' on its own. Within the next hour the nurse set her up for pushing and we (she) was on her way. The craziest thing was the amount of time it was just Michelle and I doing the pushing process. She would tell me she felt the urge to push, I would look at the monitor, see that she was infact contracting and I would hold her up and count to ten 3 times with a deep breath spaced between each push. If I had to put an honest guess it was just her and I in there 50% of the time alone (exaggeration 75% but, I liked it just being her and I). The doctor was really busy so when Michelle was just about ready for the last push or two the nurse said "hold on we need to wait". Michelle being her sweet self was very understanding but then after 5 min she says to the nurse "OK, WHERE IS THE DOCTOR I AM PUSHING!" The doctor came in a few minutes later and 2 pushes later our little guy was here. [I do have to say I am glad I caught a few TLC birthing episodes before hand because babies are freaky blue when they come out so I was prepared.]

So Deacon Kai was born October 13, 2009 at 11:04am.

8lbs 3.6oz and 21 1/2 inches long.

Everyone in our family has been really helpful. Thanks you Trevor, Lauren, and Kendal for cleaning our house and helping out so much! Also thanks to our 5th ward for all the food and support.


I still cannot believe that we have a baby.
I truly love him so much! And of course my beautiful wife..... She is amazing! I love you Michelle!