The big 5!!

She is 5 whole years old!!!

She is a sweet, silly and fun little girl!

She is pretty shy, but when she cuts loose, she is a crack up!

She loves to Color, play barbies and dress up and anything Princess!

I love how she loves to help people

She loves to learn, even if she doesn't want me to know it.  She can read but claims that she can't.  Not sure why, but I see her do it when she doesn't know I am watching.  Tricky little girl.



This is her cheesey face she does when she is being shy, Totally a classic Jojo face. 
 Love this kid, she is such a cutie!

The birth

So here is the scoop on the birth. After my 40 wk appointment going so aweful, I set my induction date for Wednesday the 20th. That morning we were told be in by 10:00 a.m.

After all the needle work (NO fun) and the paperwork and such,
 we were set to go with the pit and around noon. I was at a 3 and 75% effaced.

My Mom came with, as she has with all of my births! After a few hours on pit...with no medication or epidural, I was hoping for some great progress. I was doing well with the contractions and was hoping for some good news. They checked me and I had barely changed at all!! only at a 4! Seriously! Pit was on as high as it would go!! 4 hours for 1 cm!! GRR!

  So th midwife broke my water at about 4:00 and then she sat in there and chatted with us for about and hour.  By the time she left I was feeling some pretty strong contractions and was really having to concentrate to not freak out.  No I am not one to have a "pain free" birth, but I am able to manage the pain by relaxation and things that I learned from hypnobirthing. By about 5:15 my Mom asked me if I thought I was in transition and I said I think so.  She ran out into the hall and got the midwife and told her she needed to come and she said "ok, I'll be there in a second and my Mom said "Um, she is in transition and you probably better come now!" While she was gone I was feeling contraction after contration with no break and pit still on full, I was starting to struggle and thought to myself, this had better be over soon or I may loose it! So the midwife came in and checked me and sure enough, ready to push! 

 In a matter of about 1 minute they had everything out and ready, I was feeling him decend and knew he was right there ready to crown.....Not a fun feeling! So I pushed about 6 times and then she said the cord was wrapped around himi 3 times and so she had me wait a second (which is very hard when the baby hid only crowned and you want him out!!) So after she unwrapped the cord, she said reach down and deliver him! So I did...I really helped deliver my baby!  I put him right up on me and I was DONE!!! At 5:30 MyKay was here!  At 7 pounds 8 onces and 20 inches long, he was finally here!

One hour to go from a 4 1/2 to a 10!! Crazy intence hour to say the least! But I will take it as opposed to those that have to endure hours and days of labor!  For sure!!!!

Daddy is so proud of his little boy!!

The girls came the next day, we took video of it but forgot to take a picture...lamo, I know!!
Still, they all loved him and were excited to see him! Kaliah was probably more amused with making the bed move with all the up and down buttons! ha ha

After 2 LONG days, we were so ready to be home! There was also a huge wild fire right by our house that we were concerened about.
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Luckily we didnt have to evacuate.  They evacuated the neighborhood just to the north of us, but we didnt have a manditory evacuation, we were just on notice. We were glad to be home and we were so greatful to have Karen, Dereks mom here holding down the fort and watching the girls for us!
So glad to have him here!!  Love him to pieces!!!

1 month

He is a month old already!!

This one cracks me up because it looks like he it thinking..."What do you think youare doing to me!?!" He is supposed to be all snuggled in...He didn't feel like cooperating!

He is a SWEET little boy!!

I could snuggle him all day long!!

I got a new floor piece to do these picture...I love it!!

Sleeping like a baby!

Love this little face!!!

Finally got him to sleep while doing this shot.....Dereks Favorite!!

Catch up

She turned 8 in April, I am running a little behind on the pictures....fpr obvious reasons!

She loved playing soccer this year, and she did really well at it!

But we finally got them done!!

In her Beautiful baprtism dress!!

She is growing up so fast!!

She is a smart and kind and wonderful girl!

I know you are thinking that I am in trouble when she is a teenager.....
Trust me, I know, I am worried!!

This was a funny face, but I thought it showed her silly side.

She loves to read and play outside
(that part she did NOT get from me!)

She is going into the 3rd grade and is super excited to be
attending the Charter school in our area.

She is a very social person and loves spending time with friends.
(again, not from me!)

She is often a perfectionist
(that one is from me...he he)

She loves to take care of Kaliah,
 and Kaliah loves to be babied by her!

She loves to draw and color. She is pretty darn good at it!
She can draw so much better than I ever could!

Lately one of her favorite things is to put on
talent shows with her sisters that they spends all day preparing for!

She has crazy long eyelashes and is a beautiful girl.
I am only a little jelous!

She is growing up to be a wonderful person and I am happy to be a part of her life!



Comparison

So all my kids look like their Daddy, And this one is no different. Here is a comparison of our baby pictures with his.

 And just for kicks and giggles, here is Kaliah

 MyLee

MyKenna

 And Saileen, it was kind of fun seeing all of these side by side.  They all have their own look, but they all look more like Derek than me. That's OK though, I gave birth to them, I know that they are mine ;)

1 week old!!

1 week old already!!

How is it that the last week of pregnancy goes by soooooo SLOW and then they are born and time seems to fly?! One of those mysteries of life I guess. I just adore this little man!!

I was thinking that I need to post about his birth, but then I thought that maybe people don't want to know that much detail. So if you are interested in hearing it, than I will post about it. So you tell me.

Do you want the details or are you content to look at pictures of this cute little guy?