Logan

It's been such an amazing journey with this little guy. He was quite a surprise as we weren't planning to have another baby quite yet...we were thinking we would like for Kaylee to be more around 2 years old, but I guess 18 months was what God was thinking. :) Most of the pregnancy seemed to go faster than it did with Kaylee - probably because of Kaylee - having her to chase and play with. The end, however, seemed to last FOREVER!!! I guess once we got to the point where he could be safely born I was ready. The closer the due date got the more I was ready. Then the due date came...and left...and slid farther away.

I promised a final belly shot, and this one will have to do. When we got to the hospital we decided to bring "the bag" in once I was admitted and settled. That took a while. Progress was slow and I walked for several hours to gain about a centimeter...enough that Ann would break my water to hopefully get things going a little faster. So, "the bag" (including camera) took a little longer getting to the room. I became friends with the birthing ball...wasn't so sure what I would think about it since with Kaylee all I did was walk, whirlpool tub and then bed...but this time many methods of trying to get him down and out were tried...



By the time I could start pushing I was so tired I didn't know if I had it in me to even get him out. Adam was amazing, as usual. He was by my side the whole time, encouraging me. Without going into too much detail, I'll say that Logan was almost born in the bathroom. I didn't think that I could move, but at one point there was a tiny break in contractions and Adam picked me up and moved me to the bed where Ann had a little more room to deliver him. Once she made sure that his head was coming safely out, Adam moved in some and did more of the delivery as he had with Kaylee.

Here he is "fresh out of the oven."




Even though things took longer with Logan and there were times of the labor and delivery that were harder, once he was out I felt much better. They gave me an IV after to prevent some of the things that happened with Kaylee, and despite being incredibly tired, I felt renewed and so excited to have this little guy in my arms and not in my belly!

Here are some more pictures of our short stay in the hospital:

















The Sunday before we had Logan we sang this song in church. I felt like God was reminding me that HE would be my strong deliverer, that HE does not grow weak or weary. God was all of these to me in my labor.


Lincoln Brewster - Everlasting God Lyrics

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
Wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
Wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Our God You reign forever
Our Hope our strong Deliverer (!!!!!)

You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint You won't grow weary (!!!!)
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles

You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
The everlasting God
The everlasting


My heart and my eyes well up when I think of my husband, my kids, my so many blessings. I feel so honored to be the wife of Adam, the mom of Kaylee and Logan and the daughter of the KING!! What a journey this has been so far and will continue to be.

HE"S HERE!!!

Finally, finally...Logan Michael is here. He gave us quite a time coming, but we are home and everyone is healthy. I went into labor Wednesday morning around 4:00am and he was born Thursday at 8 minutes after midnight. Second babies are supposed to be faster, but I was in labor for about 15 hours with Kaylee and 20 with Logan. He was having a hard time dropping into position because of an abundance of fluid and he was 9 lbs and 3.9 oz!!! 20" long too...

We came home yesterday and are starting to adjust to life with a baby around again. Kaylee seems to really like him, but still has a lot of adjusting to do herself. Last night was a long night as the little guy was up for what seemed the whole time. (Now he is sleeping soundly and peacefully.)

There are so many thoughts and things to write about, but for now...sleep deprived...a few pictures will have to suffice and more clear thoughts will follow.

Thanks to everyone for checking in on us and praying for us. I wouldn't have wanted to go a day longer to let him get any bigger! :)

Oh...and...very happily...my most favorite midwife happened to have her only on call day on Wednesday-so she delivered! :)

STILL Waiting...

Every night that we go to bed I think...we're going to wake up and be starting the process of labor. That everything else will be put aside for a few days. Our focus will be completely and solely on our family. And every morning I wake up and nothing has happened.

Yesterday we had a nice day however, even though one member was strangely missing, yet very present. We did a little bit of yardsaling...I was quite happy with my small stash...
Two denim jumpers with shirts
One dress
Denim overalls
Gap shoes
Toy Vacuum cleaner
small bag of homemade cookies
Total: $3.75
Not to shabby...
We walked around a small local harvest festival for about an hour and enjoyed a cup of coffee.
We did some cleaning around the house and ended with a nice dinner with my parents, my grandfather and his wife.

But still no baby. It's getting harder to wait, but right now that's the only thing that we can do.

In FAITH the next blog will have our little guy in it!

A Day Past

Well, I've come to the conclusion that I must have a comfortable uterus. Strange though, but it must be true because *someone* is still in there, yet to reveal himself to the world. I find it hard to be patient, but I know that in a matter of days he will be here, one way or another. Today Kaylee and I were listening to some praise music and one particular line grabbed me..."creation longs for what's in store..." Of course Adam and I and our family (etc) are creation, and of course we are longing for what is in store concerning this baby. But to expand that...CREATION...longs...mind blowing. CREATION longs for this little boy inside of me to come out (in God's timing of course) and reveal his GOD given and prepared life. I really don't even know how to explain with words this feeling that I have-it's so huge (like my belly). But seriously...I think that these thoughts require much more thinking and praying and pondering before I can really express them, but for now...the beginning...

It's It!...or not...

Saturday we had a full day...a small bit of yardsaling in the morning. to town to get dog food and meet up with family...home to make grape jelly...lots of activity, but nothing out of the ordinary really.

Kaylee went home with Mimi and Pops so that Adam and I could make jelly without our little helper. We usually let her help with everything...everything...She loves to help and I never want to stop that. She feels so proud of herself and so encouraged when she learns something. But grape-bright purple concord grape-was not something that I really wanted her help with this time. Adam and I were purple enough without her help. :)

After we got the juice made (the biggest part of making grape jelly), we decided to take a break and go get Kaylee and finish the jelly on Sunday afternoon. We played for a while and ate some yummy lasagna then went home. Kaylee went to bed, and we went to our room to watch a movie and relax in the AC.

And that was the end...

Well, normally that would be the end of our day. But I started to have some contractions. Nothing new either. I've been having them for months. But after about 30 minutes with them coming every 5 minutes I started to wonder if something was happening. Then an hour of every 5 minutes. I moved into all kinds of different positions, walked around, took a shower...anything I could that would normally make them stop if they were going to stop...nothing. So, after about three hours of contractions every 5 minutes, I called the midwife. She told me to come in whenever I wanted...she felt I had at least and hour or two. So we called Megan to come stay with Kaylee and didn't tell anyone else. We wanted to make sure that something was happening before we made everyone loose their good night's sleep.

We got to the hospital, got hooked up to the monitors...definitely having good regular contractions...not dialating! urgh... So up to walk for about an hour. We walked ALL over the hospital-up and down stairs, across the bridge, everywhere we could go. And still nothing...almost 9 hours of regular contractions and nothing. So we went home, went to bed, and here we are. STILL no baby, still waiting.

Adam and I had a nice time (although a while night's sleep lost) together. It was quiet and we could just be together and talk. I'm still a little frustrated and really hoping that when it does happen I will really know...cause we both would have put money on it that that was going to be it.

So hopefully the next post will be full of pictures of our new little one - on the outside - after real labor.

Just for Laughs

So I get this e-mail thing telling me about my pregnancy week by week. It lets me know the approximate size of the baby, what is going on developmentally, advertises thigns to make the nursery beautiful (If you have a million dollar budget) etc. Today there was a funny section.
"Five things your partner should never say:
1. Mooooo
2. Ouch - a paper cut. I wonder if this is what lobor feels like"
3. Is that a watermelon under your shirt or are you just glad to see me?
4. My father called again to ask about your cervix.
5. Is that your underwear or did a parachute land on your butt?"


Slightly off...but funny...at least at this point.

Will get back to reality blogs at a later time...for now, brain vacation...

39 Weeks

I know...the whole posting thing without pictures is getting really old. I was hoping to take Kaylee outside today and get a bunch of new, exciting pictures. Instead it rained and we stayed inside alllll day.

It's crazy to think that my actual due date is in one week. For some reason I thought that I might go early, but I guess the trend was set with Kaylee and I probably get to go all the way...although I am really praying that I might be able to have him tomorrow as my favorite midwife is on call...pray...pray...pray...

But, even though I don't have any pictures, here are some random memories and thoughts from the past week or so:

~ The other night Kaylee and I were at Adam's parents and Pops taught Kaylee to raise her hand and say Jesus...so precious...and although she doesn't entirely know what she is doing, a sence of praise is already running through this child (who loves to sing and dance) and this only adds to it.

~ Mimi said "mercy" and ever since then, Kaylee goes around saying MERCY! Pretty hilarious coming from an 18 month old.

~ The other night as Adam and I were putting Kaylee to bed and doing our routine kisses, Adam decided to include Logan (belly) into the circle of kisses...Kaylee reall got into that one and loved kissing my belly.

~ For the past several weeks Kaylee's new and constant thing is to COLOR!!! She has actually done really well, and even when she slips away with a crayon has managed to only color on paper...even if it is not a coloring book, she seems to know to stay on paper and not on the walls, although she did contemplate the TV at one time.

I love being a mom, and I can't wait until Logan is born and I can get back to feeling "normal" (whatever that is really). These past few weeks I can really feel myself slowing down, getting more tired, swollen at times, and definitely more uncomfortable. I feel like it's getting in the way of me being the mom to Kaylee that I want to be, so I am really ready to move onto the next chapter of actually having Logan here. I know that it will never be the same, but I'm ready for that. I can't wait to see Kaylee be a big sister. I know with her personality that there are bound to be challenges, but she really has such a sweet and caring heart, that I know the sweet times are going to melt away the frustrating times. (someone remind me of that later when I post about her trying to drag him somewhere or do something that makes me pull out some hair)... :)

Well, here's hoping that the next post is soon and is full of new pictures of Logan Michael....hurry up and come my little guy!

38 Weeks

I had another appointment yesterday. Logan looks good - growing and a good strong heartbeat - and fast for a boy...he's a very, very, active little guy. He tends to kick whatever midwife is trying to listen to him. :) As the midwife was telling me that they would see us back in a week, she paused...I figured she would say that there was a good chance that he would be here before then...nope...she asked if Kaylee was early or late...5 days late...oh then..."I'm sure then we'll see you next week..." Not what I wanted to hear! Oh well, in the grand scheme of things a few more days really isn't that much - I still didn't want to hear it though. :) So..we...wait...

Seeking A Job

Since I finished my medical transcription training, I am now looking for a job. If anyone hears of a doctor's office looking for a transcriptionist or knows anyone who currently works as a transcritionist that might be able to offer advice or help me find a job, please let me know.

If you don't know anything about this field of work, that's fine, I would also appreciate prayers from anyone and everyone that I will find a job. The first job can be hard to find as many employers want someone with experience. I knew this going into the training, but was encouraged that if you look enough you can find something.

But..with Logan coming any day now I want to pray for the supernatural to happen with this job. So please pray with me that I find one, that it is the right one...that I will work for people who are good to work for and with and that the timing of the position will fall into place around the birth of Logan.