Kellen 5 days old

Just wanted to post some pictures that I took of Kellen at 5 days old!

Welcoming Kellen Ryan

Well Kellen Ryan entered into the world on Monday August 17, 2009 @ 1:51a! Weighing in at 8lbs 10.5 oz, and 19 1/2 inches in length! I was admitted to the hospital on the 16th, dilated to a 4! They broke my water and started the patosum (probably spelled that wrong)! About 9:30p I was dilated to a 5 and decided to get my epidural at that time. I was starving since I have not had any food since 10a on Sunday. Since I was being rolled down to the operating room at 8:30a Monday morning I still couldn't eat. Got my tubal,

which was a very interesting experience. And final once I was able to hold down a cracker and some water I was able to eat, FINALLY!!! :-) Anyway, we stayed in the hospital till Wednesday afternoon, and am now home with my other two boys! It's been great, a little low on the sleep but that's to be expected. But when I do sleep, I'm enjoying the fact that I'm comfortable and don't get up every second to go to the bathroom. Kellen has been doing really well, though he doesn't like to sleep on his back. In the last couple days he's gotten up just a couple times in the middle of the night. He takes really good naps and eats very well! Kaden and Kohen are enjoying there baby brother and just love being around him. Kaden mostly! He's a great helper and an awesome big brother!

Baby Shower

Had a wonderful baby shower that my step mother in law thru for me!  Lots of friends and family showed up and got lots of really cute stuff for baby Kellen!  I'm officially 37 weeks now, have a Dr. appointment today, hopefully there has been some action going on down there!  I pray!!! :-) I am so ready for this baby to come.  It's hot, I'm uncomfortable, can't sleep, and my back and feet hurt.  Other than that I've been doing really well.  Just took a trip to Albany, Oregon to watch Ryan in a shooting match.  That was actually a miserable drive, but the stay was nice. It was great to get away for the weekend.  Got some shopping done at the Woodburn Mall, which was great until it started to down pour.  The kids were great, but on the way home they just wanted to be home, so they got a little impatient towards the end of the ride.  That's all for now folks! :-)

4th of July

Well here it is 4th of July!!!!!  Went to watch the fireworks with my parents up on Canal Dr. cause I didn't want to deal with all the people in the park.  Not liking the picture of me so much, kinda looking a little fat!  Haaa since I'm 34 weeks, I guess that's ok! :-) We had a pretty quiet 4th of July, didn't do much cause Ryan had to work that night.  Went swimming at my parents, then home to relax before heading down to watch the festivities.  Kaden and Kohen enjoyed the fireworks and as you can see they enjoyed there popsicles a whole lot!  Ended up getting home about 11:30, which is way past my bedtime, I was completely bushed!!! The pictures of the fireworks didn't turn out as well as I would of hoped.  Still trying to figure out my new fancy camera.  Anyway, hope everyone had a very wonderful 4th of July!  And thank you to all our military past and present who have fought and continue to fight for our FREEDOM!!!

Ultrasound 31 weeks

Well had my last ultrasound done yesterday!  It was a 3D, but couldn't get a very good picture of his face since he has already drop and ready to go!  Also, he was sucking on his fist, so half of his face is blocked!  Everything is good, he has a very good heart beat and a healthy heart.  All of his parts are there, including the very large part that makes him a boy.  I won't post that picture, someone might think I'm posting child porn!  Anyway, from the picture his is quite endowed!!!!

I'm doing pretty good, very uncomfortable and hot all the time.  Only 2 months left! Yipe!  So far I have passed all the tests for pregnant ladies.  Almost didn't pass the diabetic test, but ended up passing that with the 3 hour test!  That was totally boring.  I've been eating like a horse, so my weight gain is pretty steady, but haven't gain an extreme amount of weight.  Only gained so far 22 lbs! 

Kaden is finally done with Kindergarden.  He met his 1st grade teacher and some of the kids that are going to be in his class next year.  He's pretty excited about that.  Kohen still talks about going to school, he doesn't realize that Preschool is out for the summer, so I'm always telling him, "schools out for the summer".

Ryan training for SPOTC is almost over and he will go back to his normal shift work.  He's leaves for Tulsa soon for the last competition.  Hope all the guys do a great job!! :-)  It will be weird not having Ryan here for a week.  The last time we spent that much time apart was back in 2001 when I spent 2 weeks in London.  Oh well!! Guess I'll just have to hang out at my parents pool!!! Darn! :-)

Kaden's 6th Birthday

Well this weekend was pretty busy!  We decided to celebrate Kaden's birthday this weekend.  Although, his real birthday isn't untill May 7th, which he keeps reminding me.  I'll say something to the fact that he's 6 now....... and he say's "no mommy I'm still 5"  Kids there so funny that way.  This year he wanted a spiderman birthday, and this year we kept the guest list to just grandpa's and grandma's, and mommy and daddy's brother's and sister's!!!  This way I wouldn't go crazy with a ton of kids in my house, and not to mention keep the birthday gifts to just a few!  If you all could see how many toys we have (and some of you have) you'd agree......NO MORE TOYS!!!!  I'm being forced out of my home from a toy invasion! :-)  Anywho, all in all his party turned out great!!!! He had two out of town guests, Aunt Leanne and Aunt Deana were able to make it down from Seattle this year to help celebrate!!!  And Uncle Ricky called via Skype from Los Angeles! :-)

Easter 2009

Well we had 2 Easter Celebrations this year.  Saturday we went to my parents house and had Easter Dinner and an egg hunt for the kids.  They had a ton of fun!  Today (Sunday) we had Easter Brunch at Ryan's Dads and also had a egg hunt.  It was a pretty busy weekend overall but the kids enjoyed themselves!

Hope everyone had a great Easter!!!