Annalise Marie

Welcome Annalise!

David couldn't decide what to wear to the birth, but he eventually opted for this stylish onesie!

My biggest baby so far!

We came in on the 27th for an induction after a week of false labor that had production no signs of true labor and had worn our family out.  After hours of potosin(I'm not sure how to spell that drug) and contractions I was no further along in the process, there was even the possibility that I would have to go home and wait.  The doctor broke my water and within an hour I was having contractions that were bringing about true labor.  That was when I asked for medicine for the pain and when the nurse checked to see how far along I was, she said, "that's not a head."  Annalise was hand first and that meant that a c-section and a stopping of labor were in order.  I set a record for 2 hours in the OR, most of which was spent getting my body numb, as the 2 spinals that were performed did not have the normal effect.  It was quite the moment of joy and relief when they held up our chubby baby girl and she checked out with a 9 APGAR score.  This was definitely a different experience for us all, but the hospital and staff were great, we received an amazing gift in Annalise, and the Father blessed us with His presence through the whole adventure.  Praise the Lord!

SNOW

Had a little tumble

David shoveling out the driveway-always good to have a clear path when your wife is 37 weeks pregnant.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

And boy did it snow!

Christmas 2010

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Girls Night

I was able to take Amelia out for a girls night as a last date before the baby comes.  A friend and I set up this event in October.  We took our girls to Greenville to see Disney on Ice, classic princess edition.  It was so much fun.  We took the girls to Applebees first and then to the center where the show was.  Neither of us told our girls beforehand what we were going to do, so you can imagine their excitement when the lights went down and Mickey and Minnie skated out to announce the show!

Thanksgiving

Realizing that Christmas will be here soon, I wanted to get in a blog about our wonderful Thanksgiving.

We started off with the very untraditional Thanksgiving traditions of tamales and guacamole as we celebrated with my ESL class!

ESL class

Followed by the more traditional and yet very messy feast with our Mommies and Little People group.

Then we celebrated some birthdays: Sarah-3; Kaleb-5; Tucker-4; and David, well the pies say it all!

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We were very happy to share this Thanksgiving with David's grandparents from Washington State.  Here they are with a portion of their great-grandchildren.

The 1st Thanksgiving re-enactment cast

In Pa's defense there were 8 pies!

It was a wonderful time of celebration for us all!

David's Church Birthday Party

Instead of our normal Wednesday Night activities this week the church gave me a special 30th birthday party.  You must check out the song!

This is what happens when your mom posts pictures of you on Facebook

David talking with Nathan... cool birthday banner in the background

Judah enjoying some cake.

A putting green for the toilet... what every Pastor needs.

Yoda vs. Crayfish

Yesterday I made two discoveries in my drive way.  The first was a gift from our cat, Abby.  I did not realize this but there are crayfish that live on the property next to us.  And I thought that standing water was only good for breeding monster mosquitos.

The second discovery was a tiny Yoda toy that had washed into a crack in the drive way.  The crayfish and Yoda had to battle each other for the honor of the coolest find.