Kate's here!!!

Well I thought I should finally write about the birth of our new little girl Kate Emily. She was born at 3:10 in the morning on May 24th. I started having small, kinda back pain kind of contractions on Friday morning, and I thought for sure she would arrive bulls eye on her due date the 23rd! Well, I got up and started the day just like any old day, but I new something was up so I called Chad around 10 AM and told him I thought she would be coming today! So, he got home at about 1:30, and brought his cousin Wade, who was visiting from South Carolina. We hung out, ate, watched Anchorman, so it was nice to be at home. The contractions were getting worse, I went and laid in the bathtub for about an hour around 6:30, and my sister in law and niece arrived (they were staying with Lucy over night.) Anyways, by about 11 I was pretty much ready to go to the hospital, but our timing of the contractions didn't seem like we needed to (they were like 5-8 min apart,) but I made Chad call my doctor anyways! She said to come on in, so we got to the hospital a little after midnight. We got up to the room, I got checked, and to our surprise I was between 6-7 centimeters! I had an awesome nurse, and my mother in law, Wade, and of course Chad were there. Don't worry, I made Wade leave when I got checked and for the pushing part! Chad was such a good coach, he rubbed my back during each contraction, let me squeeze his hand, and screamed in his ear the whole time! (He was so tired, he worked over time all week, and hadn't had a day off in 2 weeks!) Oh, a tip for future moms, the big bouncy ball is great for getting through contractions, well it worked well for me any who! I decided to do this all with no pain medications, I had an epidural with Lucy, so this was a whole different ballgame! It was CRAZY painful, I screamed so loud, I didn't think I could do it, but it was definitely worth all the pain! She was so beautiful, and I was relieved everything was ok with her. She weighed 7 lbs 5 ozs, and was 20 in long. We were surprised, Lucy was 8 lbs 2 ozs, so we were expecting Kate to be bigger! A plus for me was her head was smaller than Lucys! So, There it is, Kate's birth story!

Easter

This was our fun Easter over at Chad's aunt Betsy's house. We visited, had lots of goodies, and as always, lots of laughs!

So I know it's been a while since I've blogged, it's been a busy month! Lucy ,me, my brother Jared and his friend Steve flew down to Arizona for 10 days. We had so much fun, yet as always, the time went by way too fast. We stayed with my mom and dad until Thursday, my mom was on spring break, then from Thursday to Saturday night we stayed at my sister Susie's house. My parents, brothers, and Steve went down to Mexico for the weekend, I wanted to go, but being 30 weeks prego was a little scared of something going wrong (that'd be just my luck!) Lucy and I had a great time @ Susie's playing with her kids, shopping, scrapbooking, and going to Bahama Bucks! (yummy) Susie and I made a Chinese stlye dinner on Sunday, and the travelers met @ Susie's for the feast. Then we kinda took it easy, went thrifting, and just hung out the last couple of days.

Well, I'll have to write about the rest of the month later, I've gotta go now!!

I've been tagged

Okay, so things have been a little crazy lately. We've been house hunting, put an offer on one, but didn't get it so...the search continues. Anyways, I was tagged to do this little survey (I love these things!) so here it is!

1.What was I doing 10 years ago? Well, probably hanging out with friends, doing homework, going to concerts, and hanging out @ Denny's.

2.5 things on my to-do list
FIND A HOUSE
make cookies
give Lucy a bath
put Lucy to bed
put myself to bed

3.3 bad habits I have
procrastinating
picking at my lips
not calling people back in a timely manner

4.Day of choice? whole weekend

5.Places I've lived?
Tucson, AZ
Arvada, CO
Westminster, CO
Wheat Ridge, CO

6.Marriage date? July 8, 2003

7.Favorite indulgence? Chocolate!!!

8.Phobias/fears? Loud popping, namely balloons, also scary/horror movies

9.Reson to smile? My silly husband and daughter

10.Season of choice? Fall

11.Favorite vegetable? spinich

12.Oranges or apples? apples

13.Number of brothers and sisters? 2 brothers, 3 sisters

Okay, I'm tagging Susie and Jennie!

Sunday fun, talk eeee

Yesterday, Chad needed to work on his car and his moms car, so we all went outside to "play". It was a little chilly, but the sun was shining and it was warmer in the backyard, so I tried to encourage Lu to play back there. She was having a blast playing in the dirt and mud! It was fun to actually go outside to play for a little while! She was happy Grandma was there to play too!

Oh, I have to talk in church next week. I got the call on Thursday and for some reason I thought I had another week to prepare, doh! I'm nervous, it has to be 10 minutes, yikes! Oh well, we all have to do it once in a while huh! I guess the last talk I did was about 3 years ago, so it's time. Wish me luck!