On Sunday at church Jack saw a pretty girl, this is the conversation he proceeded to have with Maga (Grandma Hayes) :
Jack, "Who is that?"
Maga: "Sara"
Jack: "I have ever wanted to meet her, she is beautiful. I know, I will meet her in primary."
Jack loves the ladies!!
I know Alexis is almost four months, but I just got these pictures. Someone in our branch, Emmalie Prigmore took these pictures for us:
i have been a slacker, or just really busy. West turned two on September 17th. I attempted to make him a Mickey Mouse cake, but it turned out pretty creepy...
I think my cake making days are over. West had his two month appointment, and we were sent to a specialist for his legs. He has one leg longer than the other and knock knees. He had x-rays taken and the doctor said that he should grow out of the knock knees, but she is going to monitor the length of his legs. I hope West gets use to his different leg lengths, cause this kid falls all of the time. Last week he had three bloody noses, and a huge bruise on the rim of his nose. This week he fell and scraped his face on the side of our table. His face is constantly bruised. The doctor said it was normal for kids to fall a lot, but I don't think this much.
Happy boy
Creepy boy
I asked him to smile
Fishing with Memaw
We went to the hospital Monday, August 8th, at 5 am, to be induced. When we got to the hospital I was at a 2 and 80% effaced. They monitored me for about an hour before they stared the pitocin, to make sure Alexis would be able to handle being induced. About 7:15 they started the pitocin. They checked me again and I was at a 3. I knew I wanted an epidural, but I kept debating on when I should get it. The contractions were starting to come, but they were not that bad. About 9 am my doctor came in and broke my water, I decided that I needed the epidural.
I got the epidural about 9:30, and I was still at a 3. Alexis's heart rate started to dip, so I had to lay on my left side. The nurse told me that the epidural worked with gravity, so that my left side might be pretty numb, but that my right side might not be. About 10:45 they checked me again and I was at a 5. My left side was really numb, and luckily my right side was still numb.
Around 11 I thought I could feel the contractions, and I was getting nervous. I started to feel the urge to push. I called my nurse (whom I loved) and sure enough I was at a 10. I had gone from a 5 to a 10 in about 15 minutes. My doctor was seeing another patient and I was told he would not be there for about 5-10 minutes. Every time a contraction came I wanted to push, it was so hard not to. The nurse kept telling me not to push, it took everything I had not to push. I felt like she was just going to come out on her own. My doctor got to my room about five minutes later, and I stared pushing at 11:15. Alexis was born at 11:24. It took three sets of pushes to get her out.
I only put on 20 lbs with this pregnancy, and I was quite a bit smaller, than I was with the boys. My doctor thought she was going to weigh around 7 lbs, so when we found out she was 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20.5 inches long we were all surprised. My entire labor was 4.5 hours. What a blessing Alexis is on our lives.
She has such a different temperament than our boys, she is so calm, and sleeps really well. Jack just adores her. He asks to hold her all of the time, and wants his picture taken with her. He told me that he was going to take care of her, and I could take care of West. West is not quite sure what to think yet.
I'll post more pictures soon.
Since I have been put on partial bed rest, due to high blood pressure, this past month has been pretty challenging. I know it has been really hard on the boys, because I just can't do as much with them. I am supposed to stay out of the sun as much a possible, so taking them outside is not really an option. I have had help from friends and family, but I can tell they are craving my attention, and doing anything to get it.
Yesterday was a long day. After yelling and crying most of the morning, I decided it was time to put the boys down for a much needed nap. Jack has recently learned how to climb down from the top bunk, and he was not to keen on the thought of taking a nap. He kept climbing out of bed and playing with West, so I moved him to my bed. I told him to stay in bed and not to touch anything. About an hour later he came out of my room and said, "I took a good nap." I noticed he had pen all over his arms and legs, so I went to investigate my room, and found a disaster.
Jack had found and broken my real pearl necklace that Aaron had given me, he ate a whole tube of my chap stick, he also ate a red sucker that Aaron had in his drawer, on our comforter, making a huge mess. He could tell I was not happy with him and so he said, "Oh I'm sorry mom."
I did not know what to do with him, I was so mad, but did not raise my voice and stayed pretty calm. I had to give him a shower to get all of the pen off of him, then I fed him dinner, and sent him to bed at 5. So of course he screamed until West came to bed at 7. A little while later, I heard a scream coming from the boys room. I opened the door and West was screaming bloody murder. Jack had taken a wooden toy and thrown it at his head. Again Jack looks at me with a smile and says, "Oh I'm sorry mom."
As if that was not enough I go and check on the boys a couple of hours later, and find ALL of their toys thrown all over the floor in their room, along with the stuffing from Jack's pillow, which he ripped open. I took all of the toys and put them up high, and took what was left of Jack's pillow away from him, and told him he lost it. After they had finally fallen asleep I went to check on them, and Jack had taken West's pillow and was fast asleep on it. I am so glad that not everyday is that bad!
In fact my sister Jocelyn saved me and took Jack this afternoon, and he is spending the night at her house. It is a good thing that I love my little beast, and if I am lucky I think my necklace might be covered under kay's protection plan.
Jack told me that last night he "dreamed of wonderful stuff." I asked him what his dream was about, and he said "princesses and make-up." He then replied that most of of the his dreams are bad and about scary dinosaurs. Oh dear.
Not a lot has happened since the last time I posted. West is walking like a pro and talking really well. I am 32 weeks along, time has gone by so fast, probably because I have been so busy. Jack is a chatty Kathy, he talks more than any girl I know. I often have to tell him to take a breath, but I do love him! Aaron is still working at Wasatch, and loving it. Here are some pictures from the last little while.
Super hero Jack
Dino Time
Kind of a scary smile
New hair
Handsome boys
West and Mom
