Brayden and Daddy

I'm so lucky to have Ryan as my husband. He truly LOVES babies. He is so great with them and unless they're hungry he can calm them down better than me. Nothing warms my heart more than seeing my amazing husband holding one of our babies. I just LOVE it! This was either after work or during his lunch break, can't remember which.

MOM!!!

So Friday the 17th Ryan and the kids went to Madison to pick up Mom! I missed them while they were gone! EVERYONE was sooo happy to see mom! I'm so glad she was able to make it out to visit us. I've been very blessed to have my mom come after all 5 of my babies! I LOVE having her here. Some how we didn't get a single picture of her! I came home on Saturday the 18th. Here's us getting ready to leave.

Logan and Kaitlyn lovin on Brayden

He's a little jaundice, so we'll have to take him in and get him checked again.

Brayden meets his siblings!

Ryan went and got our kids so they could meet Brayden!! Kaitlyn and Brayden

Emily and Brayden

Logan and Brayden

Ryan and Brayden

Me and Brayden just after he was born

Evan was VERY upset with me! He wouldn't come to me at all. Poor kid. He's into climbing right now, so he was climbing on a chair and fell down. He got up and was crying and started walking to me, then remembered he was mad at me and turned the other way. Bout broke my heart! Luckily he had Daddy to cuddle!

Brayden!

Baby Brayden is here! He was born at 8:06 am weighing 8lbs 8oz. Sure love this cutie!

Valentines Day

On Thursday Ryan got to go to kindergarten with Kaitlyn! They were having a bring a parent to school day. Ryan had a nice time, and Kaitlyn was THRILLED to have Daddy spend time at school with her. What a special treat. Here's a picture he took during their time together.



On Friday I went to 4K with Emmy for her valentines party! SO fun. I didn't think I'd be able to go, so it was nice to be there. Emmy was thrilled to have me there!
These pictures are the ones her teacher took.







I had told Ryan we weren't doing anything for valentines this year, but on Monday night (I had had a rough evening!) he gave me a sweet card with a love note written in it and the Twilight 4 movie! So nice! And my neighbor and her CUTE boys came over for a valentine themed dinner, love these guys!



So last night I got a babysitter and we went on a date. On Valentines! That rarely happens, its usually the weekend before or after.




I was a little excited to get a date with my hubby so I did my hair! Haha. We went to dinner and a movie, I bought a Zoo, and we LOVED it. It was great. I'm glad we got to spend some time together before baby #5 gets here. Which MAY be soon...

Also I made some chocolate covered marshmallows for Kaitlyn and Emily's teachers. I let the kids have some after school and they thought that was pretty great. :)

Logan has school!!

Today was Logan's first day of school! I can't believe how big he looks. He was so excited to wear his backpack and go to school. Since it was his first day, I got a sitter for the other 2 and went with him. I think he would have been fine without me there, but I don't think I could have just dropped him off!

So Logan goes in for speech class twice a week (Wednesdays and Fridays) for 20 minutes. It makes it a little challenging as far as what to do with Emily, Evan, and myself for that short space of time, but it's worth it to take him and let him get the help he needs.

Today when his speech teacher was working with him she was using a big mirror. She'd have him look at her through the mirror making the sound they were working on and then watching himself do it back. She had little things to keep his attention too while they were working. He did a great job, but 20 minutes was definetly his max. He is 3 after all!

Here's my handsome big boy on his first day of school!




I now have a child in Kindergarten, 4K, and now speech! I think they know us at this elementary now :)

False Labor

So I have been having contractions since December. DECEMBER! Anytime they get to strong I have been making sure I lay down or rest and then they go away. Well I've past the danger zone and can now let things happen. Well Wednesday night I was having some strong contractions, then on the way home (driving in the worst fog I've ever seen!) they got worse and more consistent. Well, I got home and started stressing, I'm not ready to have this baby yet! I think he's coming. Lets just say I didn't get very much sleep. And the contractions continued. So around 3 in the morning I decided it was time to go to the hospital. I don't have very long labors and this one had been going on for a while.

So we woke up our friends, had Allison come over and went to the hospital. Well, no baby. I was having contractions for sure, but I wasn't in active labor. AND I was only a 2! A 2! Crazy! So with my tail between my legs we walked home and let poor Allison go sleep in her own bed. I don't even know what to think anymore. I guess each baby has to do it their own way! Haha. Oh well. So we'll see when this one decides to join us!




P.S. I learned stress causes contractions... probably why they were so much stronger last night.