Birth

I'm finally together enough to catch up on my posts... or at least attempt to.

I thought I'd start out with the birth story of our little man. On Friday the 19th I had this intense urge to get my house clean. Davi thought it was strange that I was exerting so much effort but I almost got it the way I like it! That felt good for being an incredibly slow 9 months prego! Then later that same night I was feeling strange (read-I'm about to have a baby strange). Davi had plans to go see a DJ from from out of town so he left about 10pm and I called him to let him know that things were afoot. Luckily, he was with our good friend Randy so his wife Jill became my backup while they were out. I had him stop at my Cousins house to pick up their old car seat and it's a good thing because we were needing it just 36 hours later! 

That night getting all the critters to bed was a joke! They all wanted mommy loves and it was a struggle all the way till 2 am! Then, I woke up at 4am with contractions about 5 minutes apart, lasting 1-2 minutes. I got up, had a snack and waited for them to stop. With Xadi this happened all the time so I still wasn't thinking I was going to have a baby that day, but they just kept on going and finally around 5 I had Davi call his Dad to come and watch Xadi because I figured he'd already be up....he was. :) Then, it was off to the hospital to meet up with our amazing Doula (birth-coach) Claire and have this baby. She was awesome! I can't say enough how great it is to have an ambassador in the room that's there for you and has the experience to keep the staff from doing wacky stuff.

So here he is! Nothing like having a baby on 2 hours of sleep and no pain medicine whatsoever right? Ugh, hopefully I won't be doing that again. "Little Man" was born Saturday, June 20th. 12:03pm. I obviously got side-tracked on getting all the fathers day presents and cards I wanted to so to all the dad's in our lives: Happy Fathers Day! I hope you love your little present! 

My little ones meeting for the first time.

We need help with a name...

So Little Man is here. He was born on June 20th (I know I give a fantastic Father's day present) at 12:03 pm weighing in at 7lb 13oz and 20 1/2 inches long. We just need to decide on a name and want your vote. The hospital says I need to give him a name by 11am on Wednesday. The choices are... 

Charlton We'd call him Charlie- This is cute and tugs at our heart strings because Xadi has been calling him this from the beginning.

Cohen- We like this for the uniqueness. After all we are nothing if not unique! 

Lincoln- This is Davi's pick, can't say I'm a fan but it's tested well. 

My sort-of post/ update

Okay so I really don"t have a post or much time- between trying to nest and get over this STUPID COLD! (I know who gets a cold in June? Well my little family- Xadi is just irresistible to the boys at church they give her kisses on the lips- Mother's curse for those of you who remember my day's before Davi.) Anyway "Little Man" is "prepping" for his arrival, just as Xadi did so no reason to get excited she hung out in "position" for 3 weeks! (I hope that was all tactful enough).

 I thought I would put up a link to My sister-in-law Caroline's blog so you can check out Xadi's trip to the Aquarium! She loved it! I asked her if Davi and I could take her again she said no only Emily and Aunt Caroline!

IT'S A...

BABY! But in case you wanted to know

Yup, those are boy parts. When we were having complications in Idaho we went to the Rexberg Hospital the Dr. up there thought it was probably a girl. So I've been from a feeling it was a boy, to an ultra sound that looked as if it was a girl (we saw the three lines too) and now back to a boy. So unless there is a girl hiding in there too we're sticking with boy! We are all really excited and just a little nervous. Xadi has been such a joy and so easy we just hope our luck can last! 

Christmas

The evolution of Xadi opening presents.

"No, I don't want to open presents. I want play with cousins!"

Just look at that angry face

"Hey wait this might not be too bad."

"Ooo a purse and 'lips' (chapstick), not too bad indeed!"

"Grandpa, there is something on your head! Let me help you with that!"

"hmm what have we here, a train- just what I've been asking for."

"So I came down Christmas morning to find a big sock on the table. Mommy told me to look inside... Man did you get one of these there was some good stuff in there. "

Including a $3.50 doll that she loved just as much as the train table she'd been asking for.

"Baby, do you want to play train?"

"But the best Present is yet to come... Can you read my shirt? If not it says, 'Santa promised me a new baby Brother or Sister in June.' I want a girl baby "-Xadi

So That's Xadi's tale of Christmas! So there is my excuse for being a slacker of late I've been so tired and a little nauseous but other than that I've been good. So If you feel slighted by my absence in your life know it's really not you it's me! By the way we call the babe in the oven either Q (since it's identity is a ?) or Roo.