It's a Girl!

Well, our baby girl arrived Monday January 26th 2009 at 1:12 in the afternoon after 4 and a half hours of labor. She weighed in at 8 lbs even and was 21 inches long. We named her Caleigh.She and I will share a birthday and she is the best birthday present I have ever received! She is a beautiful baby (of course we aren't biased!) and is so good. She is little jaundiced but not bad enough for a billie blanket which is good. She mostly eats and sleeps but is very good and just looks around during awake times. The kids of course lover her and always want to hold her. I am staying at mom's for a few days while I get feeling a little better and David is waiting patiently in Salmon for us with the older boys as they have school. Labor went well I finally gave in and asked for my first epidural out of 5 labors when I was dilated to a 6. Too bad I jumped to a 10 in a little less than 20 minutes and had just about pushed Caleigh out before it took full effect. Oh, well It felt GREAT for the last little bit and the after pains for the next hour or so after delivery. I am so greatful to my mom for helping me so much with Presley and Dawson as I have been rather sore, and Cortney is here helping too and has been a life savor as well even though she has her own little baby to care for. She has taken the kids outside and gotten snacks and just entertained nonstop. It's probably been great birth control for her! Thanks again Mom and Cort!

Cute Sayings

So yesterday we were watching the President's speech and I said "Presley, there is our new United States president." and she said, "Oh, that guy with the chocolate head!?" It was so funny, then later that night we watched some of the innauguration balls and she said," There's that chocolate man again!" I love this stage where they tell you exactly what they think! Yesterday I had my doctor's appointment and Helene scheduled me for Monday for an induction, so if all goes well and doesn't last too long, my birthday will include a new baby! I am so excited to have a baby on the outside instead of being huge and uncomfortable all of the time. I don't sleep any more so I am excited to have something to be awake for!

Happy New Year!

Well, I hope everyone is having a great new year so far! We are getting back into the old routine of school, scouts, work, etc, etc. We are also anxiously awaiting our new arrival! Hopefully sooner than later, but we will see how things are going at my next appointment on Monday. Things will be crazy the next few weeks so forgive me if nothing changes on our blog but we will do our best to keep everyone in the loop on things going on in our family. Until next time......