Surprise! Happy Birthday Rylan!

Well, I didn't make it to 10-10-10...I didn't even make it to October! You would think after having to be induced with all 5 previous babies that by child #6, you could at least plan on the same odds. I guess not when you WANT to wait....then they come early! Rylan decided to burst his bubble 11 days early! Still to this day it is odd to think of his birthday being in September.

My water actually broke around 10 p.m. but I wasn't sure until about 10:30 when it really started flowing. I was going to try to hang out for a while but Rich didn't think that was a smart plan and talked me into going in. He called his mom to let her know & she came in to stay with the kids.

Right before leaving for the hospital at about midnight

Changing in to the beautiful, always flattering gown :o)

By about 1:30, they had me all hooked up and the pitocin flowing

Rich's version of "Labor & Delivery". The men always have it so rough!

How is he supposed to get any sleep in that chair tonight?!?!

My 1st "real" contraction on Pit

A little after 2, I got my epidural. That was a nice surprise! Usually I have to experience 1 - 2 hours of pit to get the contractions going and strong before they give it to me.

This is another familiar sight during my deliveries! The oxygen mask_ my babies usually come out with the cord around their neck at least once...and this one wasn't going to be any different! In fact it was actually pretty scary for a while! At about 2:30, after my epidural kicked in, I was watching the monitors and all of the sudden his heart monitor started jumping all over the place. I had never seen one do that before. The line didn't even exists any more, it was just a bunch of scribbles all over the paper. About as fast as I could had the thought of what is it doing... the door flew open and 3 nurses ran in and immediately started putting internal monitors on and undoing others. One nurse was grabbing things out of drawers and jabbering medical words between them all. The 2nd nurse came over to me, asked me if I had an epidural and if I was numb... at my Yes answer, she injected my hip with some medicine. I was still in a daze at this point as to what was going on. I knew something was wrong with the heart beat but no one had really said what the deal was or what exactly they were all doing in there. When I asked what I had just been injected with, they explained that the baby was in major stress and they had just injected medicine to instantly stop all contractions and labor....... okay?!?!?

So, we had to sit there for a little over an hour watching the monitors like a hawk and stressing about if he was going to do it again. That made for one LONG night! That, and they wouldn't let me roll to a different position all night which made the baby not come down very fast. The Dr. called at 6:30 a.m. and when he heard that I was still at a 4, he told them to warn me that he was on his way and if I hadn't made any progress he was going to have to do a c-section because my water had been broke for so long. I informed the nurse that this was baby #6 and I had never had a c-section before and I wasn't in there for one today! I then asked (almost begged because that side was so numb) to change position and see if that helped move the baby down. She said I could but warned me that if the baby didn't like it I'd have to be right back on it. All ended up well and the baby started coming down slow but sure!

He was born at 9:52 a.m. and was 7 lbs. 15 oz & 19 1/2 inches long.

My biggest baby yet!

I had originally wanted the kids to wait in the hall while I delivered so they could hear his 1st cry, but when my water broke, I thought that plan was going to be impossible. The Dr. had said that would be fine, but after getting there, the hospital would have made them go to the waiting room anyway. But with the way the whole delivery was and how slow it all happened, they got to the hospital, right as i was pushing and only had to go to the waiting room long enough to have the Dr. finish up and then they were able to come in. So, they didn't hear his 1st cry, but they were there within the 1st 10 minutes which was fun! They got to see him all puffy and discolored :o) We had to explain a few things about why he looked like that.

My new family!

Nursery Pic's - Getting all cleaned up

The 2nd day of his life :o) Getting Cuter!!!

The 3rd Day...I'm in love!!!

Getting ready to take my handsome little man home!

And we're off! So exciting to start a new chapter in life!

Wish me luck! :o)

Dallas turned 12!!!!!!

I know I say this with every birthday, but seriously, where has the time gone! I have a son who goes to Young Men's and Priesthood!!! That can't be possible! I'm not old enough for that!

Dallas wanted another Pirate Ship cake this year. He originally wanted it frosted with normal frosting and then changed his mind at the last minute (which was a blessing to me) to have a German Chocolate with homemade frosting. We had already learned that the frosting does not stay on vertical surfaces so we voted to simply put a pirate ship on top instead of make the cake into a ship. He also insisted that he needed Banana Split toppings too ( which was very Yum if you ask me)!

Blowing out his candles....

still trying to blow them out....

3rd time is a charm! And they weren't even trick candles! :o)

Opening his gifts

He had a few options and requests for his birthday party, but in the end he chose to go to Lagoon for the day. Rich had told/promised the kids during the summer that he would take them and we just never had time. The kids have reminded us of this several times, so after doing the math, we decided to let Dallas take his best friend from school with Rich and the 2 oldest girls to Lagoon for the day instead of having a party. They had a lot of fun! Unfortunately, Mom didn't go and insist on taking pictures, so there is no proof of that! But from the stories I heard they had a blast!

Dallas, I hope you had a great 12th birthday! We are so proud of you for the good choices you are making and for the great young man you have become! We love you!

30 days left!

I had Brinley take this picture on the 10th, cause according to my dates, that is 30 days till I'm due. She did pretty good with what she had to work with :0) but I never like photo's of myself... especially trying to hide a watermelon under my shirt!



Then I had Rich take these today to keep the actual weeks right. So today, I am officially (according to me) 36 weeks. My doctor has me a little farther along, so basically if I give in and get impatient, I can have the baby any day I choose after October 1st. So, we're getting close! Thank Heavens! I feel like I'm going to POP! I'm getting anxious to meet this little guy and see what he's like!

Comparing the 2 photo's, I think I will be sporting black from now on! The belly doesn't seem quite SO BIG in that one :0)

My little Macie is 2!!!

Seriously! Where has the time gone!!! I can't believe that she can be 2 yet... maybe one, but definitely not 2! She is such a cutie! In the last 2 months or so, she has turned into a little girl who talks, plays pretend, and sings songs. It is so fun to watch her grow and develop so fast! Her and Cohen are attached at the hip. They have their own language between the 2 of them and sit and jabber back and forth. She insists she is not a baby... She is a big girl! These are a few of her pic's from her birthday...

waiting to eat her breakfast

Brinley and Jordan started preschool on her birthday, so we were taking pictures of them too and she HAD to have some too :0)

Still sucking on her fingers and playing with hair! We need to curb that one of these days!

She loves balloons, so we filled the house with balloons and streamers and made a balloon birthday cake!

By her cake and presents :0)

She knows she's 2!

We were a little scrunched for time on her birthday and REALLY does a 2 year old want to go to a fancy restaurant and sit still.... NO... so we decided to have dinner at the park and let them play. They had fun!

When we got home, we had her birthday cake and sang.... Her and Cohen have been talking about and singing Happy Birthday to Macie for weeks now! Now they really got to!

She had to try a few times to blow out her candles and in the end... I think Cohen technically ended up blowing them out for her. But she didn't care.

Eating her yummy cake and ice cream

Then comes the fun part!

Macie with all of her "loot". She loves it all! She was so cute about the CD player... and to explain why a 2 yr old got one... it's to play music to cover up the noise in the house while she naps :)... But she wanted it open that night and we put in a little kids songs CD and she danced and twirled and hummed the cutest little song with it. She wouldn't let us turn it off until she had fallen asleep. She is still very proud of it and wants it on!

Yay For Preschool!

Silly Smiles

Macie had to be in on the action! Every time we walk them to their school, she had to get "her" back pack on too. They are SO excited to go to school! They love their Teacher! We put Jordan in the same one with Brin this year to see if he can catch up a little better than last year. He loves it! They go to afternoon preschool and about 9:30, Jordan starts asking what time it is. Every 15 minutes from then on, we here the same questions.... "How much longer", "Is it time for school yet" .... He loves it but has a hard time playing with the other kids and not following Brin around the whole time.

Brin went to an awesome preschool last year with half of the kids in her class, so she is very comfortable here and excited to see her friends again! She has always loved going to preschool and is excited for this new one! She already loves her teacher and is having so much fun!

Gotta have a cute hair do picture from the 1st day of school....

We don't get to do cute ones all the time, so when we do, we'll document it :0)

Riding their bikes to school! So excited!

Taking their shoes off...

With their awesome Teacher after their first day!

The sun was really bright and they didn't want to open their eyes.

.... Now.... The house is REALLY quiet! Loving it!!!

Back to School

My 3 big kids headed out the door to school.

Dallas is excited cause he is now one of the oldest at the school and this is his last year in elementary. He also says he is sad though cause he has to learn a new school next year.

I can't believe he is getting so old!

Micailey is excited because she has the "Best Teacher" at the school!

Everyone raves about her teacher and so far he really is fun!

Kenzie also got a good teacher with lots of kids from our area in her class, so we are excited for her to be able to become better friends with them!

And they are off!

A little more peace and quiet around the house for me! A little more stimulation and excitement for them! Summer was fun but they started getting on each others nerves towards the end.

a few August tidbits....

30 weeks down... 10 more to go!

Rich started building us a much needed shed!

It is going to be huge when it is finished!

We stayed a night in Park City to go school shopping and a last minute get away. We had fun! The girls all had curly/bumpy hair so they put it up like mom does at night to keep it from getting tangled. They think that is so fun. We had to take a picture of all of us matching :)

All the little girls in the bed

And Cohen :)


I was originally going to make the girls wait until they were 8 to get their ears pierced but caved at 6 with Micailey, so ever since Mackenzie turned 6 we have told her that when ever she was ready she could get her ears pierced. She was scared and didn't want to have it done until now. It was a total spur of the moment thing while we were shopping in Park City. We were headed towards Claire's and I mentioned it to her and she decided to do it finally!

She was so brave the whole time! She didn't even flinch and didn't shed a tear.... until we left the store without the stuffed animal she thought she was going to get for being brave! She is my stuffed animal kid and kept telling us the whole time we waited that she wanted that for getting her ears pierced and we kept saying ..No, you get your ears pierced for your "prize"... but she still thought she was getting it. So, since she did so good, we decided for $4 we could get her the stuffed animal who is now known as Chippy :)

You can't see the earrings very good but they are little pink flowers, just like Micailey had hers pierced with. She sure looks cute in them and hasn't complained once yet about them!