Going to have a baby!

So we arrived at the hospital Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:20 am ready to get the induction process started. The day before in the office, Dr. Klis thought she was very low and that my body was ready, and it would be quick! When I got to the hospital the next day, that was not the case. She was high, and they even did an ultrasound, because he thought it felt like she had turned. I told him I thought she felt very small, and like she was all balled up. (mothers always know best :)

This is what we do when we are bored! We both had our laptops for entertainment. Lots a facebook, a little shopping, and lots of reading!

I made him smile, because I told him he looks like he's sniffing something horrible all the time!

Super dad. After a couple hours, the Internet went down at the store, so Rob had to go try to resolve the problem and was gone until that night. Luckily for me, my mom came to stare at me around noon.

On a little side note, just a crazy story from the day I want to remember. Dana picked Nate up from Kindergarten and brought him home. She was supposed to bring to him to our house at 3:30 where my dad would be waiting. Around 3 all the kids were playing out front at the Tenney's and after awhile, they noticed Nate was missing. Around 3:40 I get a call at the hospital from a frantic Dana saying she can't find Nate anywhere. She asked if I thought Nate would walk home or if my Dad might have picked him up. I didn't think so. He's 5. So I called our house and Zach said he had been there since about 3:30. He really walked home! He said he knew he was supposed to be home at 3:30 and Dana just wasn't taking him! He ran into Hannah Smith on the way home and just kept going. He is one determined, stubborn little boy!

The doctor came and broke my water sometime in the evening, but that did nothing to speed up the process. During the night, around 1am, the babe started showing some signs of distress, so they rushed in, threw oxygen on me, filled my uterus with water, gave me a shot of turbudeline in my arm to stop the contractions, and turned off the Pitocin. They let me sleep until 4am then they started the Pitocin again. It got pretty uncomfortable but not much change. I hung out at a 3-4 until I gave into an Epidural hoping it would make me relax. Once I did that, I finally progressed and was ready to have her in an hour. I have done that every time. I get uptight until I give in to the good stuff- go Epidurals! The doctor said he'd be back to do a c-sect in a couple hours, at 11:30pm, but within an hour they had call him back. He didn't believe it!

Ready and waiting

Her corner of our room is all ready...

and if I get any bigger, I thnk I might pop! Hurry up baby!!!

Baby Shower

I would like to thank 50-60 of my friends and family for a wonderful baby shower! I received so many fun things. The baby is going to have a new outfit everyday for the first year or more! Cute tu-tu's, handmade bracelets & blankets, sparkly shoes, an awesome diaper cake and more! Thank you to Host Kim and Dana for planning for so many years and everyone that helped put it all together-Alania for making cute invitations, my mom, Jill, Sisi for great food, my dad for watching the little boys, Laura for coming so far, and sweet little Hannah for all of her assistance opening gifts.

It was very overwhelming to have so many friends all together all to help me celebrate this great occasion, and very fun! I am so blessed to have so many people care about me and I know everyone is just as excited as I am to meet our baby girl!

Happy Valentine's Day

Alexander's favorite little Valentine, Charley!

Thank you for the beautiful flowers and the hot date Rob!

Ben finally lost his first tooth!

At 7 and a couple months, this little boy has been waiting to loose a tooth for so long. His friends have been loosing them for a couple of years. I knew it was a little loose but I had no idea it was almost out. He went to play at his buddy Colton's house after school and he said, "it just came out!" He was so excited when got home with it in a baggie. The really cool tooth fairy left him 5 bucks! What ever happened to 50 cents? The one next to it is loose too, so I'm sure it won't be long before she has to visit again!

Birthday Boy

We hope you had a good birthday!

We love you Rob

Happy 38th Birthday Big Daddy!!!!

Happy Birthday! I just wanted you to know we love you and we hope you have a great day.

I love these pictures of you.

Remember when we only had Zach, and we would fight over who would hold him? We were much younger and had more energy! I love this picture of you holding him. Do remember being just 26?

You are a great dad. We love you very much. I appreciate how you put the boys first and always spend every extra second playing ball with them. They are so lucky even--if I'm left all alone to clean up after you at home. Soon I'll be inside having tea parties while you do boys stuff! I know you'll be a great dad to a girl too and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us old man! Thanks for marrying such a younger woman to keep you on your toes--I LOVE YOU BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

Baby's first photo

We went last week for the second time to have a 3d 4d Ultrasound. The first time she had her head buried in tissue and placenta so we couldn't get a good peek. We are anxious to see what she looks like, and since she is the finale, we thought we'd take advantage of the latest technology. It was very scary, a little creepy and cool at the same time. She clearly has many features of the boys as babies. Cute chubby cheeks, big lips, Benny's little nose, Rob's chin, and definant girl parts!

Waiting for Baseball...

Everyone at our house is ready for baseball season to begin. For several reasons. The first is that they all live, eat and sleep for playing baseball. Second, one of the reasons we moved here 3 1/2 years ago was because the plan was to build new fields right behind our house. If you look at the picture below, you can see our roof to the right of the stoplight far off in the distance.

Third, Nate finally gets to play this year. He has been waiting for this to come. He loves to play and is clearly the best at his age of any of the boys. We are all amazed at his natural talent for the game. I am excited to walk over and never have to worry about parking again!

I am also excited that I can send them over when they need to be there an hour early to warm-up and I can meet them. I can even run home to make lunch or do whatever. We are going to have 8 games a week plus practices for several months, so the thought of all that is crazy. Oh yeah--plus a new baby girl care for. Poor baseball baby.

My other baby last year. He is so cute.

New Year

Popa & Jake

We spent our new year playing games with my parents. We got really into Blokus. It is a fun tile game, and I enjoyed winning many rounds until Rob got vicious.

We are now enjoying an early church schedule again. I was really getting into 1pm, but I guess it's because I forgot how nice it is to sleep the day away after noon!

Alexander is now a Sunbeam, and he was not thrilled like I thought he would be to go to Primary with his brothers. But man he looked cute!