Abigail Grace

was born on October 25th, 2010 at 6:55 am. She was 8lbs and 20 1/2 in long. It was quite an interesting experience. I started having contraction that Sunday off and on all day. I didn't think anything of it really b/c they weren't close together or getting any stronger. At around 10 that night I started having one every 10-15 min apart and I was cramping with them. I told Josh that I was still having contractions, but he didn't think I was going to go into labor. I told him I bet I was, but wasn't for sure. Last time I had contractions like that with Dylan and they stopped on me. I didn't end up going into labor with him till later that night. Finally at around 3 they were about every 5-7 min apart. So I told Josh that we better start packing. So I got up and packed my bag and packed a bag for the boys.We left the house a little after 4 to go drop the boys off at my friend Kasey's house. My contractions were getting stronger at this point. We got to the hospital at around 4:45. They took me to my room and checked me and I was dilated to a 4. So of course I asked when I could get an epidural-lol! They told me I would have to wait till I was dilated more and after they processed my blood work. Which of course was not what I wanted to hear at all. They kept telling me not to worry that she was going to come fast so I didn't really need one. After a little while she moved me to a labor room. The labor rooms are different in Germany than they are in the states. They have a big jacuzzi tub in there and a bed too for you to lay in too. Some of the rooms have this swing type thing, they call a labor swing, mine didn't have one in it. They have ropes above the bed and the tub that you can pull yourself up on. She checked me when we got into the labor room. I was dilated to an 8 then. I felt like I had to go to the bathroom so she said I could go and she would be back in 10 min to check me again. I began to cry then b/c I knew I wasn't going to get any pain medication then. I tried to go to the bathroom, but couldn't. I guess it was just pressure from the baby moving down further. I came out of the bathroom and stood at the end of the bed and held on while I was having contractions. My midwife came back in to check me. I was fully dilated then and ready to push. Pushing was the worse, there was so much pressure and pain. I screamed so loud-lol! Josh and my midwife kept telling me to calm down and were encouraging me to keep pushing. It was such a relief when she finally came out. She was finally here, my little girl! My dr, Dr. Lauk, walked in right as Josh was cutting the cord. He wasn't expecting me to have her that early or fast. My over all experience in a German hospital wasn't that ad, but I think I would have enjoyed it much better if I could have gotten an epidural. we stayed for 2 days in he hospital. It was pretty boring, everything on tv was in German and no one really spoke English either-lol! There were a few nurses that spoke some English, so that was helpful. Now we are home and everyone is doing well. She is such a good baby and Dylan and Mason love her! I was worried how Dylan would react to her, but he doesn't seem to mind her at all. Josh is home with me for 3 weeks, which I'm so glad. He's been taking care of everything around the house and the boys. I don't want him to go back to work-lol! The boys had fun trick-r-treating. Mason was Mr. Incredible and Dylan was a lion. Poor Abby didn't have a costume. We didn't know she was going to be here. She wasn't due till Nov. 10th. Dylan was so cute walking around with his little bucket. He didn;t know what was going on really-lol! He would walk up there with me and just stand there and people would just drop candy in his bucket. Other than that we haven't been up to much. Here are pictures of Abby and Halloween. Enjoy!

Sunshiny Day

The sun is finally out!!!!!! It has been raining since Sunday, so we were so grateful for sunshine today! It feels great out too, its 70 degrees, amazing weather! The sun actually came out yesterday late afternoon. So we walked to the library and picked out some new books and a few movies. Of course we got one of Mason's all time favorite books, Green Eggs and Ham. He loves Dr Seuss!

We got quite a few other books too. Mason picked out Curious George 2, Flushed Away, and Horton Hears a Who out for his movies. On our way home we swung by the thrift store. We found a few things. Mason got a Little Peoples dump truck and a Thomas cup. I found a cute little fisher price farm car for Dylan. you push down on the cow and it rolls and plays music. Today I took the boys outside to the playground, since the weather was so nice out. I tried to get a few pictures of Mason for his 4 year old pictures. He was a little grumpy at first as you can see-lol! I eventually got a smile out of him though.
Not so happy here


Finally a smile

I'm going to get you

The pirate ship



Mason pretending to sleep in the hammock.

Trying to get a picture of the 3 of us, but as you can see Dylan didn't want to cooperate-lol!


Mason found this flower on the ground. He thought it looked like the flower from Horton Hears a Who. So he carried it very carefully upstairs, and of course wanted to watch the movie then-lol!


Well I hope everyone is having beautiful weather like we are, happy Thursday!

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures from the last few weeks. There of the kids at Buffalo Park, outside playing, and of Mason's birthday the other day. Buffalo Park is a huge area with trails, playgrounds, and they have some animals you can feed too. We took Mason bowling and had pizza on his birthday. He loves going! I cant believe he's 4 years old now! Were having his party this weekend, so I'll have lots of pictures of that. Well, enjoy!
At Buffalo park feeding the animals




Random pictures from outside




At the bowling alley




Mason opening some of his presents. He got the Incredibles movie and a cool Buzz Lightyear book that came with a ristwatch like Buzz's!

What A Day......

So yesterday was a long day. Dylan woke up in a mood let me tell you-lol! I'm not used to that, because he always wakes up so happy and easy going. So our morning started out rough. Between Dylan screaming and crying and Mason whining every 2 seconds, I managed to finally get breakfast ready. I thought that might have been Dylan's problem, but nope, the fits continued-lol! So I decided why not let them finger paint, we haven't done that in awhile. That did help for a little while. Dylan seemed happy rubbing the paint around on his paper. He tried a taste of it a few times too, thank god its non-toxic-lol! So I got lunch ready a little earlier than usual so I could lay Dylan down earlier for a nap-lol! I was ready for a break! Well that lasted all 20-30 min. I couldn't believe that's all he slept for. He usually takes a 2-2 1/2 hour nap. So the peace and quiet was very short lived at my house-lol! It doesn't help either that it has been raining for the past few days and is going to till this weekend blah.............. I hate rainy days. Mason just goes crazy it seems when we cant get out, but who can blame him. So most of yesterday was spent Mason running around like crazy in circles and Dylan having a fit-lol! Lets just say I was so glad when bedtime came around finally. Although, bedtime didn't go so smoothly either-lol! The day wasn't all awful, we did have a few fun moments, but they just seemed few and far between-lol! It made me think of a quote, "God grant me patience to deal with my blessings"-lol! I sure needed it! Well at least today is going much better! Here are a few pictures from yesterday, enjoy!


Dylan's finished masterpiece



Mason's finished masterpieces

Mason playing with his new train, James