We went to the lake as a family of 4 for the 1st time Thursday evening. It was fun to have a picnic with Grandma & Grandpa Turley & the Foss Fam. We watched daddy wakeboard and Audrie and mom love to cheer when he jumps really high. Blake almost missed everything, but I woke him to steal some pictures of him in front of the beautiful water...it won't be long before he is following in his daddy's bindings :)
Both my kids were sleeping and Grant was running by 8:00 so I just nailed two posts! Man I am amazing myself at all I am getting done today! I guess when you don't have time to be lazy, you just keep on going. Bye Bye pregnancy schedule...hello two kids :)
I'm ready to go home...to grow so I can fill out my clothes and my car seat...he's so small!
My sweet sister-in-laws decorated our house just before we came home :) All our neighbors were outside to greet us. It was so fun to come home to!!! Thanx you two!!!
1st night sleepover :)
Blake Preston Turley
How to make this short & sweet...oh wait it was! I had been having stronger contractions two days before my induction day and was so glad to make it to Wednesday (Dr. Lowder was away until Tuesday night). We woke up bright and early...5:00 am induction and we got started with everything around 6:15. I was at a 3 and as soon as they gave me the pit, I was off and kicking...HARD! By 6:45 I didn't think I would make it any longer without an epidural! I got my epidural at 7:10....which took until about 7:30 to finish and it just barely started to dull the pain when Dr. Lowder came in to break my water...oh never mind...I'll do that myself again :) So he checked me and said "We've gotta move!" I had been feeling crazy pressure and knew Blake was already coming. I watched a lot of scrambling...not the slow and steady I had experienced with Audrie's delivery. Two big pushes and a few little stop and go's and out came our beautiful baby boy! A little bundle that we had taken bets on...I must have looked a lot bigger cause he was a whopper of 6lbs 6 oz! Oh the little ones I have, but this time our baby was in our arms in less time than I had to blink. Our family didn't even get a chance to make it to the hospital to wait outside. He waited to come, but then made up time! He even came JUMPING! I will have to upload it with Grant's help, but when they were doing his stats and checking him out he repeatedly pushed off the table and did 4 little jumps! He's strong and all boy!
Seeing Audrie come into the room was a tender moment for me...She is a beautiful little girl and to see her almost 3 little self (all smiles) come to meet her baby brother brought such emotion I can't express. I am so blessed to have these two sweet children of our Heavenly Father and I know he blessed all of us to experience this healthy birth. We could not be more grateful, more proud, or more in love! But there is a lot more in store and I know it's going to be a wonderful journey!
