April 2011

Well, it looks like I am back to doing a "picture" blog.  It's better than nothing right?



Randy and Keri came to visit.  This is Matthew with his cousin Bryn.  They are exactly 4 months apart.



Throwing rocks in the river.  Kyle would do this all day if we let him.

The first time Tyler held Matthew.  He got over his pink eye and so he wanted to.



My 35th birthday.  Ray took me to dinner and when we got home all these lovely ladies were there waiting to surprise me.  Ray had called them all.  I am not sure why I am not kneeling down so you can see everyone (sorry Christina I am blocking your face)  I have wonderful friends!  It was a great day.  As a side note, Matthew was 2 weeks old.



Grandma and Grandpa C came to see baby M.  Tax season was over--YEAH!

Easter egg hunt with the cousins.  It was a cold, rainy weekend.

Smiling at 20 days.  I don't remember my other kids smiling at 3 weeks, seems to young.  I am hoping it is a sign that he will be a HAPPY child.



He does get sad though!



Miss Kara in her Easter dress.  I had planned to add a pink ruffle and I even started on it, but it was taking to long and I didn't finish it, so it is just a white dress.  OH, well!

Kyle wanted to wear a tie, even though it doesn't go with his shirt.

Trent-- Can't believe he is 9

Tyler -- can't believe he is almost 8!

Kyle had a piece of gum, then he put it in his hair and said "look it's in my hair"  I had to cut it out.  Awesome!

Coloring eggs.  We did this like a week after Easter, but the kids didn't mind

Pinewood Derby -- Trent's care is the Neon Green one

That is it for April!  The first couple of weeks were a bit rough for me after having Matthew.  I think partly because I lost more blood that usual?? I felt like I had to lay down most of the day and my legs were especially week.  I gradually got better, thank goodness!  My mom stayed for a week and helped a ton.  Then she took Kara down to Enoch for the next week since it was spring break (Tennille and her kids drove them down)  That helped a lot too.  I love her tons, but it helped to not have her fighting with Kyle and having the older boys pick on her.  I asked Trent and Tyler if they missed Kara, Trent said "Kara who?"  I hope she survives being the only girl!

Welcome Matthew!

I am once again SUPER late in posting.  We had Matthew G. on April 4th.  He weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and was 21 inches long.  He is a chub and super cute!

Us with Dr. Young, he has delivered all 5 of our kids

In a nut shell the delivery went well, Matt ended up having low blood sugar levels (due to my gestaional diabeties) so he had to be on an IV and they kept him down in the Nursery/NICU -- I kind of hemorrhaged so I was super week and almost passed out twice, they gave me all this medicine and hooked me back up to the IV with pitocin to stop the bleeding. They had to wheel me down to the nursery every time he needed to nurse the first night.  By the next day I could walk down there, then they weaned him off the IV and by the second night they would bring him to my room to nurse. 

We came home on Wednesday and I have just been trying to recover.  I think the loss of blood has really taken a toll on me.(I have been super weak and feel like I need to lay down almost all day)  My mom was here until Sunday so she was a super big help.

 Kyle and Kara are my little shadows and hover over me and the baby.  Kyle always wants to hold the baby.  When Matt is crying Kyle will say "wa wa I want my milk" that is his interpretation of what the baby is saying.  He also likes to try to climb in the crib and he shakes the crib and changing table-- I sure hope this baby survives.  I put one of those door lock things on the outside so I can lock Kyle out.  He will shake the door and say "let me in baby" - - I think I really have my hands full!  This week is spring break, so the kids have no school, it is nice that I don't have to worry about getting them off to school by 8:40 a.m. Kara ended up going with Tennille down to my parents for the week.  It has helped having one less child to care for.

Matt (that is what I am calling him) is a good baby.  We had a few rough nights when we first got home, but he is doing so much better and is so cute.  I think he looks like the other kids, especially Trent and Kyle.  There are no pictures of Tyler with the baby because he hasn't really wanted to hold him and now he has pink eye (along with Kyle -- just what we need)  I remember he didn't hold Kyle until he was 2 months old.