The BEST Homemade Dill Pickle Dip
6 years ago
9.26.2010
Brigham's Hospital Picture.
Isn't he the cutest! This picture was to good to pass up. He had his eyes all open and everything. See, this gal comes around in the hospital and takes a professional picture of your baby when they are just a day old. I just had to get it.
Happy Birthday Eli!
Every year I let my kids pick a theme for their birthday party. This year, Eli chose a video game called Castle Crashers. The party turned out really fun. Happy Birthday Eli!
"My Black Blanky"
All of my kids love their blanky's, but Scott right now walks aroud with his blanket on his head. It is so cute (except when he takes it outside, or through the spilled cold cereal...and then needs to be washed.) He especially loves his "Black" blanket, but he also has a "blondie", and a blue one. (He also loves playing computer games.)
Progress on the house.
Siding and Windows going in. (Before and After photo's to come. But for now, here is a picture of the progress.
Daddy and Brigham
I love these pictures of Jared. Babies look even smaller when being held by their daddies!
9.22.2010
9.17.2010
Introducing: Brigham Michael
I'm finally posting some pics of Brigham. My sister got most the pics of the hospital experience, so I will post more of those when I get them from her. But for now, these are some cute pics from the first week of his life. He is a really good baby and we are so happy to have him in our home.
He was 9 lbs. 9.4 oz. & 21.5 in. long. And it was a typical "this is my fifth baby so it should be super easy....but then turns out to be your hardest yet" experience. I really wanted to try going without an epideral this time, just because I thought it would be neat to have that experience. And after the way Breanne, Eli, and Scott came, I knew that I could easily do it. But Brigham had other plans. First of all, I never went into labor on my own (which baffled me). And he was a big baby, so the longer we waited for me to go into labor on my own... the bigger he got. So I decided to go in for an induction on my "due date" (the 9th of Sept). I got to the hospital at 11:30, and was positive that I would have this baby before 5:00 that night. I got some pit, and was doing just fine (pain wise), got to a 4 1/2 and my doc broke my water.... thinking that this baby would slide right out like the rest of them.... but no..... I dialated to a 7 and my contractions got super hard!!!! Then after an hour, I was only an 8, and like a -2 station. He was just so far up there even with all the contractions. 2 miserable hours later...still an 8! But now he was finally low enough that the doc and the nurse thought he could be POSTERIOR! Which would explain why he was just coming right out like we had planned. By this time, I'm thinking that I need the epideral because this isn't going to over any time soon. I was grateful that my doctor made it my call, and was trying to respect my wishes to go naturally, but this was not what I had in mind when I said I wanted to go without the epideral. And thank heaven I was able to get the epideral within a couple more contractions, because I was dying. So then I got to "relax" a little and just let the contractions come for another 3 hours!!! Then I had to push for about 40 minutes to try to get him low enough that the doctor could finally go in with forcepts and turn him so I could push him out. He came at 12:11 a.m. so his birthday is the 10th of September. They had to suck fluid out of his lungs, but other than that, he is perfectly healthy! I was just grateful for the advancements in medicine that made what could have been a really bad situation into a non-life threatening one. I just don't know if I would have ever gone into labor on my own, or been able to push him out without the pain help. Maybe on the next one.... if I go into labor on my own, and it seems like everything is normal and healthy.... I will try again. I certainly know that I could do it (because I did it for more than 3 hours!) And then I will be able to see what the "afterwards" that everyone talks about feels like. We will see. But for now, just so grateful to get to bring home a healthy baby boy. I can hardly believe that he is our fifth! Time just flies. We are so grateful for all of our children! Life is good.
First bath (at home anyway).
He was 9 lbs. 9.4 oz. & 21.5 in. long. And it was a typical "this is my fifth baby so it should be super easy....but then turns out to be your hardest yet" experience. I really wanted to try going without an epideral this time, just because I thought it would be neat to have that experience. And after the way Breanne, Eli, and Scott came, I knew that I could easily do it. But Brigham had other plans. First of all, I never went into labor on my own (which baffled me). And he was a big baby, so the longer we waited for me to go into labor on my own... the bigger he got. So I decided to go in for an induction on my "due date" (the 9th of Sept). I got to the hospital at 11:30, and was positive that I would have this baby before 5:00 that night. I got some pit, and was doing just fine (pain wise), got to a 4 1/2 and my doc broke my water.... thinking that this baby would slide right out like the rest of them.... but no..... I dialated to a 7 and my contractions got super hard!!!! Then after an hour, I was only an 8, and like a -2 station. He was just so far up there even with all the contractions. 2 miserable hours later...still an 8! But now he was finally low enough that the doc and the nurse thought he could be POSTERIOR! Which would explain why he was just coming right out like we had planned. By this time, I'm thinking that I need the epideral because this isn't going to over any time soon. I was grateful that my doctor made it my call, and was trying to respect my wishes to go naturally, but this was not what I had in mind when I said I wanted to go without the epideral. And thank heaven I was able to get the epideral within a couple more contractions, because I was dying. So then I got to "relax" a little and just let the contractions come for another 3 hours!!! Then I had to push for about 40 minutes to try to get him low enough that the doctor could finally go in with forcepts and turn him so I could push him out. He came at 12:11 a.m. so his birthday is the 10th of September. They had to suck fluid out of his lungs, but other than that, he is perfectly healthy! I was just grateful for the advancements in medicine that made what could have been a really bad situation into a non-life threatening one. I just don't know if I would have ever gone into labor on my own, or been able to push him out without the pain help. Maybe on the next one.... if I go into labor on my own, and it seems like everything is normal and healthy.... I will try again. I certainly know that I could do it (because I did it for more than 3 hours!) And then I will be able to see what the "afterwards" that everyone talks about feels like. We will see. But for now, just so grateful to get to bring home a healthy baby boy. I can hardly believe that he is our fifth! Time just flies. We are so grateful for all of our children! Life is good.
First bath (at home anyway).
9.08.2010
Do you see that pregnancy ticker?
So I can't believe that my little prego ticker over there says 39 weeks and 6 days. I can't believe I will have made it to 40 weeks. But hopefully I wont be going over. I've caved and decided to go be induced. Maybe a little Pit will just get me going. I'm just shocked I haven't gone on my own yet. And I hope that this little one comes quickly once things do get going!
Next post should be of baby!
Next post should be of baby!
9.07.2010
The "Ugly" House
We are re-siding the house, and getting new windows. So this is what the house looks like right now, and according to Breanne it is pretty ugly. But no worries, it wont look like this for long. And it should look fabulous once it is all done!
9.04.2010
Back to School!
Yeah! It's that time again!
Here we are going to "back to school night" at the elementary school.
Josh, waving good bye and heading for his first day of second grade.
Josh.
Eli, who started preschool this year! He has a little bit of a hard time going, but once he is there, he loves it.
My little guy....is getting so big! And next year, he and Scott will be in the same class. That should be fun.
Breanne going to Kindergarten, which started a whole week after her brothers started school! She was so upset that she had to wait. She is so social, and was so excited for school to start! She will do great!
Here she is, waiting for the bell to ring and the teacher to come out. I thought it was awesome to see all the parents who were there sending their little ones off to big school.
And then I had to take a picture of my mostly empty minivan. It will have another occupant soon, but for that day, all I had left in the car was Scott. Luckily for him, Eli only goes Mon, Wed, Fri. And Breanne is around most the morning. Here he is watching a show. What a cutie. I can't believe how quickly time flies. It is amazing that Josh in already in 2nd grade. I remember sending him to preschool, and thinking of what a big deal that was. It will only be too soon that they are all teenagers. I'm so glad that they have each other. What special kids. I hope this year will be a good one for them!
Here we are going to "back to school night" at the elementary school.
Josh, waving good bye and heading for his first day of second grade.
Josh.
Eli, who started preschool this year! He has a little bit of a hard time going, but once he is there, he loves it.
My little guy....is getting so big! And next year, he and Scott will be in the same class. That should be fun.
Breanne going to Kindergarten, which started a whole week after her brothers started school! She was so upset that she had to wait. She is so social, and was so excited for school to start! She will do great!
Here she is, waiting for the bell to ring and the teacher to come out. I thought it was awesome to see all the parents who were there sending their little ones off to big school.
And then I had to take a picture of my mostly empty minivan. It will have another occupant soon, but for that day, all I had left in the car was Scott. Luckily for him, Eli only goes Mon, Wed, Fri. And Breanne is around most the morning. Here he is watching a show. What a cutie. I can't believe how quickly time flies. It is amazing that Josh in already in 2nd grade. I remember sending him to preschool, and thinking of what a big deal that was. It will only be too soon that they are all teenagers. I'm so glad that they have each other. What special kids. I hope this year will be a good one for them!
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