Sleepy Heads

We were watching a movie and I looked over and Carson and Brooklyn fell asleep. The the cat made her way over and made herself comfy. My, My, how cozy you must be to sleep on. Think of all that drool that you will have on your shirt.

Our Sunday dinner was better than yours!

I guess Rich got tired of being couped up in the house with all the kids, so he decided that today we would have tin foil dinners after church. Why didn't I think of that? It was such a beautiful day, and our dinner turned out oh so tasty : )

She's Here!!

Our little bundle of joy is finally here!

Brooklyn Susan James was born on September 15, 2009 at 8:01 am she was 6 pds 4 ozs and 18/12 inches long. She is our smallest baby. We love her so much already!!

I was scheduled to be induced on Tuesday, but I guess she also decided that would be a good day to be born and that she would get a head start. I woke up about 4:30 having contractions, they weren't too bad so I decided that I would try to get some more rest because we didn't have to be at the hospital until 7:30. Around 5 I started timing them, they were about 7 mins apart. Around 5:30 they went to 5 mins. Around this time I decided to wake Rich and let him know that this is the real deal. We hurried around the house getting everything ready, we loaded up all the kids and the stuff and got them to our friends house. We got them dropped off around 6:40, by this time my contractions had moved to 3 mins apart. At this point in time I was panicking! I am sure Rich was driving like a maniac, but I was in too much pain to remember, it was our worst fear to have a baby in the car. Thankfully we made it to the hospital about 7:05. They hurried me to a delivery room where I was dilated to a 7. My other worst fear came true they told me that since my contractions were like every other minute I couldn't have an epidural. I wanted to choke someone when they told me that. I' am woman hear me roar! All natural here I come. So as the story goes I labored about 15 more minutes and until they checked me and found that I was completely dialated to a 10. I was pushing before the Dr. even got into the room. They kept telling me to wait, but this baby was not going to wait. The Dr. got there just barely in time. She was born so fast, that she came out in her amniotic sac, they broke the water after she was born. CRAZY!! She was born at 8:01 almost an hour after we got to the hospital.

When I was in the recovery phase, everyone left the room so that we could get some rest until our room was ready. I was just laying there half asleep until I started to feel dizzy and like I couldn't breath. Rich was asleep and I told him to go find a Dr. NOW. The nurse came in and realized that my blood pressure dropped and I was bleeding. They gave me a shot in the leg and started pumping pictocin through me, to get it to stop. They finally got it under control but I lost alot of blood. Blood transfusion level. Thankfully I was close but they decided that my blood would regenerate on its own. We are greatful to have a healthy baby that I am O.K. Thank you for everyone's thoughts and prayers! We can't wait for everyone to meet little Brooklyn.

Hospital Visit

The kids were so excited to come and see their new baby sister. They really weren't sure what to think. Rylee was afraid to hold her, Nathan just looked at her, but would not go near her. Carson said, "I just love her." How sweet! He really did love her, he just kept stroking her little head. But, after being there for about 15 minutes they were already done with baby talk. They were the most excited about the cool bed that could go up and down, and the T.V. that was on the wall. They also loved the endless supply of hand sanitizer that came out of the dispenser on the wall. Silly Kids!

Bringing you home

You would think that after your 3rd child you would feel like you know everything. Wrong! We are so excited to take Brooklyn home today, but at the same time, nervous. Getting to spend all this quiet time at the hospital with just us 3 has been wonderful!! What will it be like when we get home? Will I ever get to sleep again? How will the other kids adjust? Will Rich go crazy taking care of all these kids, instead of going to work? I guess we will just have to wait and see, and keep you posted.

Getting ready for baby

I am starting to think this baby will never come. All of my other children have had to be induced, so why wouldn't this one? Rich and I went out for one last dinner (for awhile anyway). We went to our favorite, an Indian resteraunt, we thought we would try something spicy to get things moving. The kids made t-shirts so that the baby would know who we are. Carson was very worried about her not knowing who he was. On Saturday we went on a mile bikeride/walk to get things moving. Again no luck, but it was a good time. Even though Carson and I got left in the dust. That night we even went for a swim, the final one of the season. It was a busy weekend... Baby must just not want to come yet, but tuesday she will have no choice!

Beauty Cat

Rylee cracks me up. We told her to go get ready for bed, so apparently she thought that the cat needed to get ready to. She put her in her bed, tucked her in and gave Blackfoot her night wear. So cute!! I can't believe the cat put up with that. What a good kitty, that's why we love her!