The Story

So Baylee is now 7 weeks old, and I decided its about time that I told the story of her birth!!

I wasn't due until April 17th, but I was ready to have my baby! So my sweet Dr. allowed me to be induced, after going to the Dr. a day before my appointment to see where I was. I was already dilated to a 3. So he set the appointment at the hospital for me to be induced at 4:00 AM! (I know I'm crazy!) So my amazing mom came down the night before, to watch McKinlee and Hunter, and we stayed up all night talking....so needless to say I didn't sleep much. Jordan was gone trapping sage grouse, so he didn't sleep much either! We had to call the hospital an hour before arriving, so I was up at 3:00, showered, and got ready to have my baby!

The hospital was pretty quiet, I don't know why there aren't many people up at 4:00! The nurses were great, and got me all ready, and immediately started me on pitocin, which was about 5:00. My Dr. came in around 6:30, and broke my water, and cranked up the pitocin! I started having some pretty strong contractions, and I wanted my epidural! So they gave me my epidural, and the anesthesiologist bragged about how good he is at them, and said "if you need to push the button for more meds...which you won't...push this button. And if for some random reason it doesn't work by 8:05, let me know....but it will work, I'm good!" Well he sure was wrong! By 8:05, I was still feeling EVERYTHING, and it wasn't pleasant! I had pushed the button several times, and it still wasn't helping with the pain! So they called him back in, and he decided to give me ANOTHER epidural. That stunk! But he guaranteed this time it would work. Well it didn't. I could still feel all of the contractions, but I was COMPLETELY numb from the hips down!! I was kinda freaking out, I'm not one for pain, and I was prepared to have this baby pain free with my epidural!! At this point, I was stressing so much, they had to put me on oxygen, cause the baby's heart beat was dropping. Finally they called him in for a 3rd time, and I was in good labor at this point, at about an 8, so he gave me a manual epidural in my back with a shot. The nurse checked me shortly after, and said, "Um there's the head, don't move, don't even sneeze, I gotta go and get the Dr.!!" Well I was seriously completely numb in my legs, but was still feeling the contractions. They came in to deliver, and I had no control over my legs. They told me to put my legs up, I couldn't do anything! I felt so helpless! I felt like my legs weighed a hundred pounds each!! Well with about 2 pushes, our beautiful little girl was born at 11:30. 7 lbs 7 oz. 18 inches long. Lots of dark hair, and strong and healthy. They immediately put her on my chest, which I don't remember them doing with my other 2. And they took care of everything, her vitals, shots, bath, right in our room. It was nice that they didn't have to take her to do anything.

We struggled with the name, like we did with the other 2. I really wanted Baylee, Jordan really liked Jacee and Hadlee. We took polls with the nurses, and asked everyone we talked to. All 3 were good choices. I am really stubborn, but Jordan is too! Finally the day we had to leave the hospital, Jordan suggested Baylee Marie Hennefer. (Marie after his Grandma Simpson)

So here's the story....next time (wait there won't be a next time) but if there was, I figure there is no point in having an epidural....I'll just have to do it naturally (again!) But this time I will be mentally prepared to do it natural!

And life with 3 kids, hard at times, not as crazy as I thought, ask me again when the summer is over!! No its really great! McKinlee and Hunter are great with Baylee, and Baylee slept 61/2 hours straight last night!

Baylee Marie Hennefer

7 lbs 7 oz. 18 inches long! Beautiful and so much fun! The kids just adore her, and love to hold and touch her!

Funny Story by the famous McKinlee....

So McKinlee came home from school today, and was quite concerned. She knew today was her last day of swimming lessons, and then she asked if preschool was over also. When I told her that it wasn't over, she was concerned about where she would go to school next year. Here is how the conversation went....

McKinlee: Will I be able to play outside in Kindergarten?
Me: Yes
McKinlee: Will I be able to play in the classroom in Kindergarten?
Me: Yes, but you will also learn a lot, and do a lot of learning activities
McKinlee: But I just can't do it all! I don't know how to be a mom, I don't know how to cook, and clean and do all the things you do!!
(My thought: where in the world did this come from!!)
Me: McKinlee, you are only 5, you don't need to worry about any of that. You won't be a mom for a long time!

Wow, that's a little bit of the drama that we deal with daily in our home! She always keeps me on my toes!!

Christmas Program

McKinlee had a preschool Christmas program, and it was the cutest thing ever! If you know McKinlee, you know that she LOVES to sing! And she was absolutely darling in her preschool program! She knew all of the songs, and was probably the loudest one! This picture is of McKinlee and one of her best friends Cadence. These two are so much alike, its kinda scary (the drama, princesses, attitude, High School Musical, you name it!)

I'll post the video of her later!

Long time no blog!!

So my goal is to catch up a little bit with blogging, we'll see if it works! So I'll start with the oldest, and someday maybe before this baby comes, I'll get caught up!I love my little munchkins! They are adorable! And huge cheese monkeys! First here are some of the cutest pictures of my kiddos....I was a complete slacker this year and didn't do Christmas cards. The thought of me getting pictures taken while pregnant, didn't thrill me very much! So I tried to take pictures of McKinlee and Hunter, but they sure had a hard time with a normal smile! Aren't they adorable!

Cute Moment....

We have been sick at our house for the past few days with the FLU! It hasn't been fun, infact it has been miserable! Being pregnant with the Flu stinks! We have had a few sleepless nights, and Jordan has been Super Dad, and picked up the slack for me! Well last night we were hoping for a good night sleep, and we had one until 4:30 AM when Hunter woke up crying. Jordan went to get him, and we usually have to rock him to calm him....but Jordan came back to bed just a few minutes later. I asked him how he got Hunter back to sleep so quickly, and he said he gave him his bink and told him to dream about shooting a deer. Hunter said OK, laid down, and went back to sleep. WOW! Like father like son!

IT'S A...............

GIRL!!! Yep that's right, baby #3 is on its way! We are so excited to have another girl, especially McKinlee. Infact when we went to to the ultrasound, McKinlee and Hunter came with, and we walked in the door and McKinlee said to the tech, "It better be a girl, or I'm gonna be ticked!" So whether or not it was a girl, McKinlee made sure he said it was!

I'm feeling really good, I am 22 weeks, and my belly is starting to grow. I felt the baby move around 17 weeks, and she has been quite active ever since! I love to lay in bed and feel her move, nighttime is when she is the most active. I was really tired when I was first pregnant, probably because I have 2 other muskrats to chase around. But other than being tired, I haven't been real sick, and I am still able to run and exercise (which is keeping me sane!)

We aren't sure where to put baby girl #3, whether to have her share a room with McKinlee or have McKinlee and Hunter share a room (which could be a nightmare!) So any suggestions??