Brenna is here!

Brenna is here after a little shoulder distoshia(I am sure I slaughtered the term) which is the baby's shoulder getting stuck under the pelvic bone. The shoulders were not too big, but she just chose the worst time to turn. She was born on April 24, 2009 at 4:21 pm. She was 8 lbs 5 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Sebrina had been my biggest baby thus far sitting at 7 lbs and 4 oz. Brenna blew that weight out of the water. We are home from the hospital and hoping to get a little more sleep for both of us. So far Brenna has slept almost the whole time since I got her in real clothes. I am wondering if she wasn't warm enough last night.

That is so not fair!

The Dr. stripped my membranes yesterday hoping to put me into labor quickly so he would deliver before he went to Portland for a medical thing this morning. It is 24 hours later and still nothing. Now my Dr. is going to be gone until late Sat. night if I want him to deliver he said to cross my legs until then. I took the kids to school today and Conner's teacher whom is pregnant and due on May 1st was at the hospital having her baby and out for the rest of the school year. That should have been me. Such is life.
On to other things- Ken is jazzed about doing a square foot garden so he bought all of the wood and the dirt, etc. and today we went to the nursery and picked out plants. We are going to attempt onions, green pepper, zucchini, and tomatoes. We are also going to do some strawberries along the side of the house. Even though we are in a rental it is hard to not do something that we have always wanted to do. Now that we have put the money and time into it I hope that we don't move until we are able to reap the benefits of a garden. The weather has been cooperating very nicely and it should be 80 degrees by Sunday.

Easter

The kids enjoyed Easter. Abree got mad when anybody tried to show her where to find an egg. She wanted the candy inside and didn't want anyone to tell her what to do. Conner thought it would be cool if the baby came out on Easter, but alas still no baby. I was on medicine to stop contractions from turning into labor and then I was going into labor at 35 weeks and 3 days and the hospital stopped it one more time because I was four days away from 36 weeks. Now I am 38 weeks and nothing has happened which seems to be the trend for my pregnancies. The kids keep asking when the baby is going to come out and I tell them anyday now.

The weather has been getting warmer and I have gotten a jump on Spring Cleaning inside and out. We piggy backed onto our neighbors yard sale and Ken is getting excited about putting together a square foot garden. He has the wood and the dirt to set up and then it is off to the nursery for plants. The kids have weeded the dandelions in our yard and that is what they want to do everyday after school. Of course there are so many more everyday for them to do. They all have their own pair of gloves and Abree got her own pair today because she kept walking around looking for her gloves when they weeded it last time. Today is another Dr's appt. so we will see if there is somewhat of an indication of when the baby will come.