More of Ethan

Excuse me, while I self indulge for a moment, but we are in Love......

The boys first visit to see their new little brother. They were so excited and sweet with him. I will never forget the looks of joy and love on their faces as they got to hold him for the first time.

Here I am a little worn out from the whole labor and delivery, but so happy that he is finally here. Words can not properly describe the feelings of when a baby enters this world, but it's definitely the closes thing to Heaven we get to experience here on Earth. Stay tuned for the delivery story soon to come. It has been a long road to recovery, but worth every moment. It's good to be home (finally) and despite my ups and downs over the last week, Ethan is absolutely perfect.

Welcome Ethan

Born Thursday April 17th
2:05PM
7 lbs. 14 oz.

He is perfect.

look who's getting older!

We took some pictures of Jacob for his baptism announcement that his uncle Scott is making for him. After looking at the pictures it kind of shook me up that he is growing up and turning eight. I love his little freckles on his nose and his long blonde eyelashes that curl perfectly. He gets a little tired of people commenting on his eyelashes, one day he said he was going to pull them out. Of course I did what any good mom would do I threatened him with all kinds of scarey stuff if he even tries to think of pulling them out. Hopefully it works!

This boy is so full of spunk and personality. He makes me laugh everyday. He likes to come home from school and report about his day. Lately he tells me that there is a lot of girl drama in his class. My only advice to him was it's only just beginning. He can't understand why girls fight so much with one another and say things like "you aren't my friend anymore!" His new thing is to spy on the girls during recess and he apparently is learning all kinds of new things like today when he said I heard the girls say a bad word. I asked him which word and he said, "the b-i-t -#-@ word, I think it means female." I chuckled of course and told him " no, it means female dog and that we don't call people that" etc...

He is so observant of the world around him and he takes in everything like a sponge, sometimes it's the good news and sometimes I get a little worried. Then the other day he reported about how he saw a girl in his class kiss another boy in his class. He says "I just can't get that picture out of my mind". Okay who are these little hussies and what are they doing in second grade. I want to run to school and spank their little be- hinds. Of course I won't admit how I use to chase the boys in elementary school and try to kiss them. Can't wait to see what the girls are going to teach him tomorrow at recess!!!!!

Baby shower

Shower me with gifts.....that is exactly what happened. Wow, I got really spoiled. Thanks to all who came. We had a fun afternoon at my neighbors house we ate, we chated we oohed and ahhed over all the adorable baby stuff. I feel so lucky to have such wonderful friends!!!

The clock is ticking

The clock is ticking and I'm ready for it to go off anytime. I feel like a walking time bomb that's ready to explode. I know that my life will be turned upside down, I won't be sleeping and I'll be exhausted, but I don't even care because I can't wait to see this baby !!!!! We have all waited patiently and now I'm just so excited and can't wait to breathe in this sweet little gift.

Today I decided I should pack my hospital bag and maybe that will help induce labor. No such luck!!!

It's been awhile since I've had a baby so I forget the things I need and don't need. My friend Celia took me to Babysrus to help me gather my supplies. I was a little frazzled and couldn't make a decision for the life of me. Maybe I should have done this sooner and not in the last stage of the pregnancy when my mind has already turned into pudding.

Tomorrow my sweet friends and neighbors are throwing me a baby shower. Which is so kind. I feel kind of weird getting presents for my fourth boy, but my neighbor insisted and said every baby deserves a party and of course that is true. How could I say no to that.

But among the excitement is a little anxiety. At night when I try to fall asleep I get anxious about the delivery and if all will go well and if I can do this. I worry about having complications, getting the horrific epidural headache etc. But then I just realize I need to relax, let things happen as they will and have a little faith. Wish me luck!!!

Spring Break

Riding the waves Palm Spring style = (man made waves)

Well, it wasn't Hawaii but it was still just as nice to play, relax and have fun in the sun with my boys. Notice no pictures of the mommy, that was intentional. The advantages of being the designated family photographer you don't get unflattering pictures of yourself at 8 months pregnant in a bathing suit.

Savoring the last month

Here I am typing at 1:00 am and reading blogs, thanks to my insomnia during this entire pregnancy. It will be nice to be able to sleep again....wait who am I kidding that won't be for a while, unless I have some perfect baby that sleeps through the night right away. At least my body is getting use to waking up at all hours during the night. As I am winding down to the last month of pregnancy I wanted to reflect upon my feelings about this whole experience.

It's been a good pregnancy, with the usual 4 months of sickness and the middle months of feeling awesome and now the final month of tiredness, sluggishness, discomfort and just not feeling great. Which just makes me want to have the baby any time now. I did try to convince the doctor today that it would probably be okay to induce me right now since I tend to have large babies and I am sure this baby is at least 6 pounds. He thought I was crazy. But if you saw this large torpedo that is attached to my body you would agree with me that this is no small little puppy. Plus I am so excited to have this baby and share him with our boys. They are so eager and excited to meet their new little brother.

Knowing that this is my last pregnancy makes me a little nostlagic, but it also just feels right. I can finally feel like our family is complete. For so many years we tossed the idea back and forth. It only took me 4 years to get over Carson's delivery. (not really) I just could never totally feel like we were done and when this pregnancy came so easily I just knew that this baby had been waiting for us to make a decision for a while. So now as I endure this last month and find myself lying on the couch more often then I am comfortable with. I will just try to enjoy it and not fret if I can't do everything I normally do and allow myself to rest and be lazy.

So if you are looking for me you can find me lying on my new and very comfy couch reading, resting or watching TV. Okay you can also find me shopping for the last minute baby stuff that I have been busy getting, since I have given most of my stuff away. Which is fine, because the baby stuff just gets fancier and better every year and how can I put this sweet little baby in some outfit from 5 years ago, or some car seat this is definitely outdated and unsafe from when Carson was born. So happy shopping for me. The boy clothes even got better over the last few years. I have to admit however I still like to look at all the girl stuff and pretend which dresses I would have put my little girl in for Easter. I'll have to save that game for the grand babies.