Wyatt Christopher

We finally welcomed into this world and into our family our fourth little boy.  Wyatt Christopher was born at 3:10pm on May 23, a full week later than his due date.  He weighed in at a whopping 8 pounds 13 ounces, and he measured 21 1/2 inches long!  I felt every single bit of that weight and length while I was pregnant with him!  The labor went smoothly.  It took longer than expected, but once my contractions finally kicked in, things moved very quick.  I got an epidural this time and that made for an very pleasant delivery. 

After staying in the hospital for just shy of 48 hours, we came home yesterday.  Our first night home was perfect!  It was different being home as a family of 6, but a very good different!  Wyatt slept well, which gave Nick and I a chance to catch up on some needed sleep.  We'll see how things go from here. 

Wyatt is a great eater!  He's the first one of the boys who really hasn't had any feeding issues right from birth.  Sunday evening after leaving the kids with my parents, I asked Nick to give me a blessing before going in to delivery Wyatt the next morning.  In the blessing I was told that things would go well with the delivery and that Wyatt and I would do well during recovery.  Wyatt is amazingly healthy and doing more gloriously than we ever hoped for.  We've had minor health issues with each one of the boys just days after delivering them, so we were hopeful that we wouldn't have any issues with Wyatt.  Thankfully he's fantastic!!  He's such a blessing to have in our family!   

Oh Blankie!

Oh Tanner!  I'm about to do something that is going to really upset you and you probably won't realize why I'm doing, so you're just going to cry and be miserable and confused for a long time.

Tanner and Spencer have blankets that they tote around with them.  Tanner is super attached to his and does not sleep without it.  A few weeks ago Nick took the boys on a father/son campout.   After this campout his blanket came home with a hole straight through from side to side.  I knew then that that little hole was going to be the beginning of the end.  Tanner cannot leave holes alone.  He has to pick at them and pull at them.  Today, this little hole goes almost half the lenght of his blanket.  The stuffing is coming out, and there is no way of repairing the damage.  I'm going to have to put the blanket in the garbage soon.  And it kills me to do it.

After Tanner's nap this afternoon, I noticed the size of the hole and I told him that I was going to have to throw his blanket in the trash.  He's sitting next to me all cuddled up as I tell him this, and he then says in the most innocent voice ever, "No, mommy.  My blankie is my best friend."  How do you react to that?  This part of being the mom stinks - breaking your child's heart.   

Concerned Tanner

My mom and dad have been sick with a vicious head cold this past week, and it's all thanks to my kids who shared their runny nose germs with them.  Yesterday my mom called to chat and Tanner wanted to say hello.  So he gets on the phone with her and they start talking.  I tell Tanner that grandma is sick and that she doesn't feel well.  Tanner understands what "not feeling well" means, but what he said next shocked my mom and I.  He tells her that we're going to bring her chicken soup so that she'll feel better and that we'll be right over.  Where does he come up with these things?  I didn't once coach him on what to say or how.  He just came up with that all on his own.  Needless to say he made my mom's day!  He really does get concerned when you're not feeling 100%.  I do love that kid!!

Thought You Should Know

I love ice right now.  Blame it on my pregnancy, but it feels like I cannot get enough ice to eat!  But I sure pay for all the ice I do eat during the night when I'm up every hour!

Holdin' On

Went for a check-up today.  Everything looks and sounds good.  After a quick check, I find out I'm 3 cm dilated, 60% effaced, and the baby's head is down.  Midwife said the baby has dropped.  So what is holding this kid in?  Hurry up already and do something here Wyatt!  We're ready to have you here with us! 

On a funnier note:

Earlier today Tanner turns to me and says, "I'm about to be hungry mommy."  I reply, "Okay."  To this he says, "I have to watch tv some more before I'm really hungry, okay mommy?"  Where does he come up with this stuff?  As much as I get frustrated with him, he sure can make me laugh!

Still Waiting!

So here we are, 4 days from my due date, and we've yet to have this baby!  I thought for sure something was going to happen last week when I was having multiple contractions very close together, but after about an hour or so, they stopped altoghether.  This happened for three days in a row.  But since then, I've only had sporadic contractions.  I'm so frustrated!

I've had it with this pregnancy!  I hurt literally everywhere!  I'm one gigantic belly!  This little boy has decided that he wants to just roll around and stretch and move all day long.  By the end of the day my belly is so sore.  I'm not sleeping good, especially in my own bed.  I've taken to sleeping on the couch like I did while I was pregnant with Bennett.  My feet and hands have started to swell a little bit and that's painful!  I'm just done!  I was given the choice to be induced at 39 weeks, which just happens to be this week, but I turned that offer down to be induced a week after my due date.  I'm hoping that things will happen on their own, but at this point, I'm not too hopeful.  I've never gone into labor on my own.  I've been induced with all of the boys.  So my track record says I've got about 11 days left until this baby comes! 

Hurry up, Wyatt, we're anxious to meet you.  But more importantly, I'm ready to be done being pregnant!!!

Officially Broke

$8400 and two days later we have a new roof on the house.  We knew when we bought the house that the roof needed to be replaced.  We were ready to walk away from the deal when the sellers weren't willing to replace it, but when we considered the other alternatives in the area, we couldn't pass up the size of the house or the 1 acre of land.  So after a few estimates, we went under contract.

You should have seen the guys that showed up to do the roof.  Talk about hill-billy!!  I refused to go outside while they were here.  Not that I was afraid of them exactly, but they were just not the cuddly type that you want to talk to.  A few of them had beards so scraggly that you couldn't see their faces behind them.  Nick wanted me to ask them what they were doing throughout the day, but I told Nick that as long as they were here, I wasn't going outside. 

The roof looks great.  Not really a change in color since we chose one that was very similar to what was already there.  But you can definitely see the difference between old and new.  We wanted to have the garage roof replaced, but we just didn't have the money for that.  Maybe soon.  So yep, that took what savings we had left, but hey, it's only money right?  Now we're living in a leak-proof house!