Introducing Micah

Here is Micah. We weren't expecting him to show until tuesday, which is when the induction was scheduled...both the other boys waited until the induction. There was a baby shower at 7 friday night, and that's when we went up to the hospital! Bummer, I missed out on the cake and ice cream... I hadn't realized I was in labor, and he'd been pretty sleepy, so we went in to make sure everything was ok and ended up staying. When I was at a 6 the doc gave me a little pitocin to speed things up, and by 12:20 saturday morning he arrived. He weighed 8 lbs 9 oz and was 22 inches long. Everything went great!

Proud Papa!The next day a visitor took our photo, after very little rest.This was right after he got cleaned up, I still had the shakes.
Micah's first bathAunt Jackie has been helping out with our big brothers. We were lucky she came early!The boys meeting their new baby brother and so excited!

Summer

About time for an update, I woke up at 5 am and couldn't sleep any more, and it's about to get a lot busier around here with baby number three. The boys and I took another trip to Texas and had lots of fun doing whatever we wanted! They got to spend lots of time with their cousin. Here is one of those attempts at a cute matching picture with shirts granny bought in Hawaii... This was the best one!

Superhero costume time, each with their own idea of showing off their muscles.We got to see a friend of mine and her little boy James.One of the days we were there we crammed in lots of fun stuff: firehouse, trinity park, and botanical gardens with granny.
One of the weekends we got to go camping in Pappy's trailer. Lucas liked being inside where it was cooler.And this one, Pappy was trying to get a Monkey See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, and here's what we got:

I have been avoiding all photos, as most people do when they aren't feeling photogenic, but I have pre deliver pictures with the other pregnancies, so I let daddy take one of me last night. I have been having lots of contractions, but nothing regular enough. If I don't deliver by next tuesday, I have an appointment with the hospital for an induction. 6 Days!!!

Cobin's Birthday Bash

We went to Texas for our family vacation and had lots of fun. I need to put up pictures from that trip, but I have been seriously lazy on the blog. But I will put up some pictures I had to download before I left ...of Cobin's 4th birthday party. We did it at a water park across the street from Grandmas. I made a special safari Diego cake for him. Good thing it was supposed to be a mountain, cause that thing was messy and leaning a little bit.... The important thing is that he loved it.

SLC Trip and Ganache Cake

The youth at our church had a three day weekend (thanks to a teacher work day) so we had planned out a trip to Salt Lake City. It was involved but such a great idea and it went without hitch. We drove out friday night and spent saturday touring temple square and visited the Oquirrh (sp?) temple. We went to church and had a picnic/bbq on Sunday and went home on monday.

Here is a picture of a beautiful sculpture of Jesus Christ:

It was really a fun weekend. I came home and have been having the itch to learn a new trade: cake decorating. I'm more of an ice cream person, but there are so many cool things you can do with a cake! I then came up with a list of three cake types I wanted to make and had my brother pick which I should start with, and he picked the chocolate ganache cake. I got the idea from a fellow blog, but I don't seem to be able to copy the link today. Here it is as my novice attempt at smooth. Almost looks like a blob, but I did neglect one important step and nearly dropped the whole cake because of it. It tasted fabulous though.And here it is with some really homeade looking swirls. I'll need to practice on those.

My Boys

We've always thought that we might like four children. We still don't know 100% but are leaning that way still. I've said I wouldn't have two children 16 months apart like C and L were, however, as they get older and play like the friends they are, I think I might like to provide the next to with the chance to have the same cameraderie (assuming I can plan it, ha!). At the park or playing with toys, they are always playing together. They do have their arguments like most siblings, but I am such a happy mom to see them reading together, building block towers together, or having matchbox car races. They are such a joy to me!

Found out the Gender!

I went to the doctor today to find out how the baby was measuring. Big, of course, like all of my babies, but everything looks good as far as development. I love the profile pictures like this one (Of course the baby was laying crooked):
This one though, I'd like to see something different:I am grateful like any mother to have a healthy baby. However, I am taking the rest of the day to be mopey..... I'll be in a good mood by tomorrow and start to think about names for our baby boy #3!

This morning I for sure felt the baby moving around. It's so exciting! I know that when I'm further along it will be not as exciting, but for now I'll just enjoy it. I will find out the sex of the baby (hopefully) March 31st and I can't wait! I don't know how some people do. We are riding out a sort of blizzard here and J is out driving in it. Makes me kind of nervous, but he's a great driver. Except when he speeds through curves with me in the car...

Before this snowstorm hit, we enjoyed several snowless days and played at parks. The boys had so much energy, at one point I dropkicked a soccer ball and they took turns retrieving it and dribbling it back to me. One day they won't think that's as cool, but they burned off a bunch of pent up energy that way! And next week is spring break here. Doesn't mean much for me with my kids still at home, but I have a week free of voice lessons, J isn't teaching thursday night, and YWs was cancelled! Woohoo! A whole week of deciding what I want to do with my family during the evenings!