All the babies...and some about our house

Well! Things have certainly been crazy for us lately. Rory was born September 2nd and our life was turned upside down. I then got sick with Laryngitis. So fun. (Yes that was some sarcasm) Then we finally got to sign all our documents and got the keys to our house! That was an awesome day! We moved in September 27th with some help from family, friends and some wonderful guys from our ward (who really should just be counted in the friends department...I owe you guys some cookies or something). Our house is coming along just great! I will have pictures up soon I promise. Then on September 30th we got the great news that Ryan and Megan had their baby early! We drove up the Sunday after he was born to visit. Aidric is super cute and Cady talks about him all the time. We can't wait for them to come and visit us now that we have room for people to stay with us...we even have a bed for visitors to stay in! Here is a picture of Cady with her new cousin.

Rory was a month old on the 2nd. She is growing like crazy and cooing a bit now, though she prefers to watch everything around her. She loves to be cuddled, swing in her swing, and sleeps very well so long as mommy or daddy is near by.

These pictures are a bit older, but I wanted to put them up. Cady was outside learning to hit a ball with a bat with Brady and Grandpa Randy shortly before we moved. Eventually it degenerated to this...

The next two pictures are just plain funny. The first one was Cady and Rory crashing on their dad one night. I don't think it was even that late at night, but Cady had apparently decided that it was time for bed.

This one is great too. Rory was probably three or four days old in this picture. We hadn't slept the much the night before and Cady crawled right up next to us on the couch and decided to take a nap with us. Brady found us all like this when he got home.

And here is one of adorable Tyson. That kid just gets cuter every day.

Anyway, two days after we got back from visiting Ry and Meg I got the worst head cold I have ever had...and I still have it. Darn cold won't give it up. Stinks. Other than that things are awesome for us. It got really cold here in Vegas and I had to go and buy Cady some jeans and long sleeve shirts since all her stuff from last year is WAY to small. She is in 4T now. The child just won't slow down. She really is going to be 6 feet tall or close to it. Rory is growing the same way. Looks like I will be the shortest in my family yet again. It's all good though.

I hope that you all are doing well and that everyone is looking forward to the holidays! Halloween here we come!

Busy Busy

I just wanted to say that we are doing well. We moved into our new house and are busy getting everything painted and put away. Cady loves her new house and her room. Rory is gowing like a weed and very observant right now. I will have pictures soon!

Rory is here!

I realize that it has been a whole week since she was born and I haven't updated the blog.  I'm sorry it took so long, but, as many of you know, new babies are time consuming!  That in combination with a 2.5 year old and it is some kind of miracle that I am still alive right now!  Anyway, on to Rory...

We went in at midnight on Tuesday the 2nd to be induced.  I signed all the paper work, got changed into the lovely hospital gown, and got set up on the monitors.  The nurse had to poke me three times before she finally gave up and put the IV in my hand.  I had told her she would have too but everyone always thinks they are going to be the magic one to find a vein in my arm.  I was at a 3 when they started my pit at 2 am.  Two hours later at 4 am I was at a four.  Contractions weren't that bad.  Then the nurse broke my water.  The contractions went crazy after that.  Nurse ordered an epidural for me and that helped for a while.  At 6 am I was feeling a crazy amount of pressure and then pain.  Called the nurse to check me.  I was at a 7.   I asked what had happened to my epidural.  She told me that I was moving to fast for it to keep up.  I got a boost from the anesthesiologist and that helped until an hour later when I hit a 9.  They had to slow the pitocin at the point cause Rory's heart rate was dipping with the force of the contractions.  That allowed my epidural to catch up, which was a really nice thing!  I could still "feel" what was going on, but the pain was finally gone.  At 9:45 am we started pushing.  I pushed all of 6 times and Rory arrived at 10:14 am.  I was amazed at how fast she came!  It took me 4 1/2 hours to push Cadence out so I was prepared for the worst.  Brady got to cut the cord this time and they plopped her right up on me once he was done.  It was awesome!  

Rory weighted in at 6lbs 10oz and was 19 inches long.  That was also a shock since Cadence was 7lbs 6 oz and 19 1/4 inches long.  Rory was sucking on her fingers immediately after birth and when I tried to nurse her for the first time she latched on like a pro.  She has been a super nurser and HATES formula (we had to give her some cause she had a bit of jaundice).  She just holds it in her mouth and tries to spit it out.  Cracks me up.  She is a poop machine.  Every hour on the hour the girl fills a diaper.  She hates to have her diaper changed and makes the silliest faces all the time.  She loves to cuddle, just like Cady did.   

Cadence is totally in love with her sister!  When she first met her all she could talk about was bringing her home and loving her.  She has had some really bad moments, but they are all directed at me and Brady.  So far her sister has escaped any mistreatment!  

Anyway, I need to feed a baby, but here are some pictures of our newest family member!  Enjoy!

Our Last Day With Just Cady

Today was a great day!  It was Cady's last day as an only child and our last day as family of three so we decided to have a family day.  This morning we went Home Teaching with Daddy and visited the Reeve's.  Cady had a blast with their two older kids and it was sweet to meet their new baby.  Then we went to Smiths and picked up some popcorn to feed the geese at Floyd Lamb Park.  It was awesome!  There was so many Geese and ducks and all the babies were getting so big.  Cady had so much fun tossing them the popcorn and Brady and I had a great time watching her!

We headed over to Brady's parent's house for some BBQ after the park.  Happy Birthday to Grandpa Mike!  Cadence was a bit tired and had a hard time settling down, but it was great to see them all and watch some football.  After Cady had a nap, She got to ride with her Grandma Suzi out to see our new house witch should be done by the end of this month!  Grandma hadn't seen it yet so it was fun to show her around.  We then went to Peter Piper Pizza where Cady played on the slide and won a bunch of tickets (and ate pizza of course).  She piked some awesome prizes and we headed home.  Now we are just preparing for our midnight arrival at the hospital.  

  
We have packed Cady a over night bag since tomorrow she will be heading to Grandma Suzi's for a sleep over.  My mom is doing us the huge favor of sleeping in our room with Cadence tonight so she wakes up to a familiar face tomorrow.  I am hoping she will get to come see her new sister shortly after waking tomorrow, but we will see how that goes.  

Here is my last belly picture...39 weeks and 5 days...so ready to pop.  
So we plan on updating sometime tomorrow with pictures of our new addition!  Wish us luck! 

The count down is on!

So I was at a two hedging a three today at my Dr.'s appointment and he asked me what I wanted to do...let her stay for a while or kick her out!  I told him that if he thought that I could have a successful induction based on my exam today that I wanted to give Rory her eviction notice.  He said that I should do fine since I am soft and moving on my own a bit.  So it is official...unless she decides to move out on her own, I will be going in on Monday the 1st/Tuesday the 2nd at midnight and will be induced.  I am happy to have a for sure day but I am not giving up on trying to get her to come out on her own until then!  

Cadence is really excited!  If we make it to the induction day she will get to stay the night at Grandma Suzi's and when her sister gets here they will be making their way on down to meet her.  Brady told her that we would be going to the hospital to pick up Rory and that seemed to make sense to Cady.  I am so ready to see them together and find out what a great big sister Cadence will make!  

Here are some pictures of Cadence for your viewing pleasure!  We will be updating the blog via Brady's iPhone as soon as we have a new little girl!  Thanks to everyone for the best wishes!  We are gonna need them! 

I am SO ready....

To have this baby! I have been having contractions most nights and can't sleep, the baby has dropped and my hips feel like they are on fire with all the pressure. That and Rory is STILL moving around like she has all the room in the world to do so! Little stinker!

I have an appointment tomorrow and I am hoping that all the contracting has made some progress. I would love for her to decide to get the heck out! lol. We are so ready to meet her and i would love for her to kick on her daddy for a while!

Wish me luck!

Crazy Crows

About a week or so ago, Brady, Cadence, and I were out swimming in the pool.  I kept hearing some crazy "caw" sounds in the yard but initially we couldn't figure out where they were coming from.  Finally found them, a pair of crows, walking back and forth along the wall nearest the pool.  They just kind of watched us for a while and then took off.  

Later that evening, when my brother and sister-in-law were loading up to head back home, my mom called us all out side to see the commotion.  The crows were back, and they were obviously making themselves at home.  They were not people shy at all.  In fact they were following us around cawing like crazy.  I ran inside to get my camera, since I knew no one would believe how close we were getting to these birds without proof!  It was insane.  

Two days later we found out that our new "neighbors" weren't exactly the greatest to have a around.  They would follow us everywhere and land practically on top of you.  They even followed Cady and I in the car halfway down the road, swooping down at the windshield like they had a death wish or something.  The family across the street had been dealing with them for almost two weeks and they were really getting annoyed.  My mom and I did some research and decided that we really needed to find a way to get them out of our yards.  We found out that once you have one pair living in your yard it wouldn't long before other pairs decided to join them.  They are crazy social and like to live in groups and we did NOT want that.  In the end, we didn't have to do anything about it, since the crows attacked the grandma that lives across the street one to many times.   Our neighbors took matters into their own hands, and I am sad to say the crows are no more.  My mom and I would have liked to find a more humane way to get rid of them, but we are glad that they aren't dive bombing us (especially Cady) in the yard anymore.  It was getting crazy and no one wanted to go outside.  

Other than the crow incident things have been going well.  Cady is growing like a weed and giving us all kinds of lip now.  We still love her though!  lol.  

Also here is my 35 weeks picture.  I feel huge and I am really getting sick of the heat, but I only have about 4 more weeks to go.  The good news is that we have finally picked a name!  We will be naming her Rory, unless she is born and doesn't look anything like a Rory.   In that case we will have the name book at the hospital with us and we will have to see what we can do.  Cadence is excited about her name (we were kind of worried about that since she has been calling her Violet for about 4 months) and I am so happy to finally have something to call this wiggler.  Despite not having ANY room in there, this child NEVER stops moving.  It is totally crazy and my ribs and pelvis are constantly getting a beating.  Cadence never once kicked my ribs so this is a whole new experience for me...and I am kind of worried about what kind of personality she is going to have!  

   
Oh and our house is coming along!  I am pretty sure that I will have Rory before it is finished, but it should be pretty close either way.  Hope you are all doing well!