Welcome Karly Jane

I had scheduled an induction for Friday February 10th. We decided to go that route because of Cory's hectic school schedule. The night before I had to go in was the longest night ever! Poor little Kate had stepped in a pile of fire ants earlier that day and her little feet were so swollen and red she had a hard time sleeping that night. Cory and I were up most of the night trying to help her get comfortable. I guess in a way she was just breaking us in for the new baby. Friday morning at 4:25 I got up and drove to the hospital. Cory stayed home to get Kallon ready and off to school and get Kate to her friends house to spend the day. By six am I was all hooked up and ready to go so the nurse started the pitocin and I took a nice nap. Cory came around 8 am right when my doctor showed up to break my water and check me-I was at a two maybe three. I was fine for a while and then around 9:30 I couldn't stand the contractions anymore and asked for the epidural. The anesthesiologist came in and explained to me the risks and had me sign forms blah blah blah. I wasn't really listening anyway I was in pain! Just bring me the drugs please. He finally came back with his "team," Scott and White is a training hospital so there is always a group of people around learning. I didn't mind I just wanted my drugs. The anesthesiologist finally got the epidural in around 10:10, he told me it would take about 30 minutes to really kick in. Once he was done and had cleaned up the nurse decided she was going to check me. I was still really hurting but my right leg was completely numb. I was at a seven. I thought okay good, by the time I get to a 10 the epidural will be working and it will be no big deal...WRONG! As soon as the nurse left not 5 minutes later I had the overwhelming feeling to push and I couldn't even lay still. We called the nurse and I told her what I was feeling. She was very surprised and said OK, I'll check you again. Guess what! I was at a 10!!! I went from a seven to a 10 in less than ten minutes. My doctor got there and in about three pushes Karly was born. She was a chunky baby weighing in at 8lbs 4oz and just under 20 inches long. Definitely my biggest but shortest baby. Kallon and Kate were both over 21 inches. Karly has a skif of blonde hair and looks almost exactly like Kallon did when he was born. I actually got to hold Karly for quite a while before they took her to clean her up which was a first for me and I loved it.
Karly is perfect and healthy and we are really enjoying having a baby at home. We are a little sleep deprived because Karly has her days and nights mixed up but hopefully in the next few weeks we'll be able to fix that. Kallon and Kate absolutely love her, which is good because I was a little worried about it. They are always asking to see the baby, hold the baby, putting in her pacifier, and wrapping the blanket around her. They have both been so helpful and it's so fun to watch them interact with her. It feels like Karly has always been a part of our family, we love her so much already and are so grateful Heavenly Father sent her to us.





Getting ready to come home



Grandma Mary

Kates Birthday and Christmas 2011

Our little Kater turned three this December. Her birthday was on a Sunday and it also happen to be Young Woman in Excellence so it made for a busy day. We had cake and ice cream and she opened her presents. She got a little Bell doll and a pink pony. They both were big hits. Kate is growing up so fast, I can't believe it. She is talking up a storm and is such a smart little girl. It always amazes me that little kids can know so much. She knows her numbers up to 12, sings the alphabet, loves the colors pink and purple and likes to follow her big brother everywhere. She asks all day long when Kallon is going to get home from school. Kallon is pretty good to let her be his little shadow all afternoon. She also is very stubborn which can make for some interesting days but we love her all the same and we are so grateful she is ours.









This year for Christmas Cory and I decided that we were going to drive home and surprise our families. The only people that knew we were coming were Cory's parents. First we drove to Salt Lake to take the kids to Temple Square and show them the lights. Grandpa and Grandma Spicer actually surprised us by coming to Salt Lake. That night I had told my sister Becky that she needed to meet my "friend" at Trolley Square to get the gifts I had sent home for my family. We set up a time and I told Becky where they would meet. Instead of my "friend" showing up we ran into the mall and scared her. It was quite the surprise. The next day we walked around The Joseph Smith Building and watched the movie Joseph Smith. It was really good and the kids even sat through most of it. After having lunch with Becky, grandparents, and the Field cousins we continued on to Pocatello. My sister Katy was at work at Costco about to get off. We talked about how funny it would be to hide in her car and scare her when she got in, but thought there was no way it would be unlocked. We were wrong, it was unlocked so I got in and hid in the back under some blankets. The time passed when she was supposed to be off and I was getting cold. About the same time I decided to get out Cory saw her walking over to the gas pumps. I carefully climbed out of her car trying to go unnoticed which was no small feat being almost 8 months pregnant. I got back in our car and we drove over to the gas pumps, stopped right in front of her and I said fill 'er up please. It took her a second to recognize us but when she did she was freaking out. She kept saying I hate you, come give me a hug, I hate you. We got her pretty good. Then on to my parents house. We rang the doorbell and no one came. We had Kallon continue to ring it until finally my mom opened the door. We yelled Merry Christmas and she just stood there, stunned. Finally I asked Can we come in? She moved to the side so we could come in and kept saying are you really here is this real? Then my brother and my dad all came into the room surprised as ever. After a quick visit it was on to Spicer's house. Cory's parents knew but his siblings didn't know. We knocked on the door and grandma answered it Kallon ran inside saying Merry Christmas. I think everyone was pretty surprised, there were tears and all. Just seeing the looks on everyone's faces was worth the trip and that was only the beginning of the fun we had. We went sledding, or sliding as Kate called it with Uncle Daniel and Aunt Courtney and grandparents Spicer. Kallon went skiing again this year, he did very well. He even did a few runs without the harness. We took Kate up to the hill also but she didn't ski she hung out with me in the lodge. We met Santa and Mrs. Claus on Christmas Eve which the kids loved. We played at Randy's gym, Outer limits and celebrated cousin Stratton's 5th birthday. It was such a fun trip and we sure packed a lot in. It was so nice to see family, visit, eat and hang out. We had such a good time and we were all exhausted when we got home.

Playing Catch Up

This is what happens when your computer dies, the blog gets very, very behind in posts. I will start where I left off for my own record keeping.

November

In November we went to San Antonio and stayed with some very good friends of ours for a weekend. We had so much fun visiting and catching up with them and getting to meet their new baby boy. While there we went to a Corn Maize Carnival where the kids had so much fun. We put Kate and her friend Cannon on the tractor ride. For a minute Kate was fine with it but once it got going we could hear her screaming over the top of the tractor saying "I want to get out." It was pretty funny. For Thanksgiving we had our good friends Jason and Sherise, and Andrea and her kids over for a wonderful dinner. We ate and ate and ate. It was good food and good company.

Kate and Cannon on the tractor ride



Kallon shooting corn

Waiting....

Here I am impatiently waiting for baby to get here. I have had two friends and my sister-in-law all due AFTER me already have their babies. I am excited for them and I'm a little bit jealous that they have their babies and I'm still pregnant. No fair! I have been pregnant longer than any of them. We are so excited to meet baby girl and no, we still don't know her name. All we know is that we are going to stick with the "K". Kallon and Kate are getting excited too now that they have a better idea of what is going to be happening. I have an induction scheduled for Friday the 10th, hoping she decides to come earlier but I'm not counting on it. My bag is packed, the house is almost clean and I think I am ready, come on baby girl we can't wait to meet you.