Our Newest Arrival

First of all sorry it has taken me so long to update my blog. I have been under the wether for awhile and I am finally feeling normal and healthy. Well as you all know I was also on bed rest from about January til the baby was born. That was a long 2 months. On March 7th 2009 Rich and I headed to the hospital, i was having contractions, by about 9:00 am the dr broke my water and we were on our way. Ohh i couldn't wait to find out what we were having. well the contractions got harder and more painful, so about 11:00 they gave me the epidural! that is when you are supposed to feel no pain and be really relaxed. well I had the worst pain in my neck and my head. I felt it immediatley after the epidural so I knew something wasn't right. well as the day went on I iced my neck and kept asking for pain meds. nothing was helping. Now it is time to deliver, once i was able to relax, I seemed to move quickly... Well at about 5:35 a baby girl was born!! yea a GIRL. we both were super excited. She came out with her little cheeks stuffed with walnuts!! they are the kind of cheeks that grandmas love to squeeze.:) Rylee weighed 8 lbs 15 oz and was 21 inches long. HUGE baby, but very healthy. well after thea baby was cleaned up and I was settled in my bed I started with the worst pain in my neck and head. I have never hurt so bad. they didn't know what it was from and why I was hurting so bad, so they kept giving me pain meds and ice. I did this til they realeased me on Monday. Well I was happy to be home but still in a lot of pain. finally about Wednesday, after Rich talked to Dr. King and I talked to my sister n law Jeanne, we figured I had a spinal headache, so I went on wednesday to have a Blood patch. I finally got some relief for the day! In the meantime, the baby was jaundice so we had to keep taking her back to have her blood checked. (what a week from h--) Thank goodness for family!! everyone was so great to help me and the baby out and for Jenny Hall to take my other kids for the whole weekend so I could have some peace and quit!! I ended up having two blood patches, MRI, and a CT spine. I just finally had to take more pain meds and just try and go to sleep and rest. That really helped and I was on my way of recovery!! Now that it has been 6 weeks. I feel like we are back on routine and can try and get cought up on things. Not to mention in betweeon all of this drama we are trying to sell our house YIKES!! Rylee is doing well, the kids absolutley love her, They are good helpers. Here are some photos of Rylee

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!! so far it has been a great year. The kids are having fun playing in the snow and going skiing. We have enjoyed our time at home relaxing. Hope all is well with everyone. have a great new year!

Merry Christmas

where to start.... the kids have been ready for christmas to come for weeks. They were so excited for Santa to come. Christmas Eve we went to Jim and Carol's, we ate and santa came, he brought them each a gift. They had lots of fun playing with there cousins and friends. later we went out to the Halls and played with more cousins. Christmas morning we waited for the kids to wake up, finally we woke Alexis up at 8 to eat breakfast and then open presents. The kids are so fun at this age, they get so excited to open presents. Kolbe was saying the funniest things as he would open his presents. They got spoiled, we go the wii as a family gift and we all have enjoyed playing. Rich and I stayed up last night playing Wii Mario cart - that is something I never thought Rich would do. So needless to say, it was a great purchas and a fun family activity :) I have attached some photos from christmas and when we went tubing. we are having so much fun this winter and it is just the beginning. Enjoy!!

Gingerbread House

Today the kids really wanted to do there ginger bread house so we had fun decorating and putting the house together. here is there finished project.

SNOW DAY!!!

We had our first BIG snow day!! Kolbe couldn't wait to go out and move snow with his day. We got about 4 inches and it is supposed to snow all week :) Keep praying for Snow!!

Tavaci Conert

Alexis is in a singing group called Tavaci. She gets to learn lots of different songs and actions. This past weekend was her first concert. She did AWESOME! I was worried that she would be shy and not perform. But she got up there and she new all the songs and actions. She really enjoys going to tavaci and now she loves to perform. we are so proud of her for standing up in front of a huge crowd and singing her little heart out. To see more photos from that night. Click on the link to the right that says "tavaci conert"