Santa

We actually made it to see Santa!

We made our first family trip out the Saturday the 17th (I know a little late for this post - I have been pretty busy) to Fairhaven where they had horse and carriage rides and of course Santa.

As you can see Clairana loved him and Nephi slept the whole time.

Pushin Present

Range Rover!

Welcome to the World Nephi

This past Saturday, December 10th Nephi decided the lunar eclipse/full moon would be a great time to arrive. Contractions started about 6:45 on Friday evening and we decided to labor at home until 6:00 Saturday morning. We then called our midwives and doula to have them meet us at Bellingham Birthing Center.

After being checked we had progressed to 5 cm and my water had not broke - which is different than Clair's labor as her water broke before labor started.

Continuing to labor at the birthing center until 10:26 AM when Nephi decided it was his time to arrive. When he was crowning the midwives noticed that he had the cord around his neck and was being born with his hand up by his face. He then got his shoulders stuck during the process making the last minutes of labor very scary for everyone. With lots of tugging and pulling he arrived being caught by the one and only Levi.

9 lbs 4 oz - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! Almost three lbs larger than Clairana.
22 inches long

Once we had relaxed for about an hour at the birthing center they decided I need some attention due to his delivery and size. We were then transferred to the hospital as it was too serious of a tear - stage 4 (which is the highest degree)

Once at the hospital, Teri stayed with Nephi and Levi went back with me to the operating room. I ended up being repaired without success again in the hospital then it was determined I would need a spinal or go under to be repaired. We chose to have a spinal.

As you can imagine after having a natural birth I was rather emotional about having to have a spinal and be in the hospital, but our on call doctor was fabulous and my midwife did stay with us which was great.

Stayed the night in the hospital and Clairana stayed with Levi's parents for the first time overnight. I think she woke up seven times. We were released from the hospital on Sunday morning with instructions that I would not pick up anything more than 10 lbs for three weeks and a liquid/soft diet.

We are home! Look how great this man looks with two babies.

Clairana past out on our way to the doctor's office.

Nephi on our way to the doctor's office.


She did her hair!

The first picture, unfortunately in the hospital and ooh we look great after a long day/night.

I love this little girl she is growing up so fast and getting such a great personality!

Finnegan & Clairana

These two just adore eachother, Finn just became a big brother so we went to visit and as you can see Clair kept grabbing Finn and loving on him. It is so nice that we have friends with children the same age and they actually play together now.

I am really enjoying my time off and having playdates.

Canoe Trip

Since baby Nephi has not arrived we decided that maybe we should take a canoe ride yesterday. We are actually able to canoe/kayak right on Terri & Destry's property!

Nephi Joe - 41 Weeks

Christmas Tree Farm

This weekend we went with Terri & Destry to breakfast and the Twin Sisters Christmas Tree Farm!

We have been blessed lately with sunshine and temperatures in the high 40s - the weather was perfect for our day out.

*Finished the trip with candy canes and apple cider ooh and of course a tree!

All Warm & Cozy

Well no little man yet, he is just too warm and cozy. We will keep you posted hopefully soon!

Monday is his due date.

Thanksgiving

Terri & Destry invited us to spend Thanksgiving with them and their friends and Levi's Aunt Bonnie.

Of course Clairana had to wear her Colts jersey to support the day!

Nephi's Hazelnut Tree

We are getting ready for the new addition to our family! We decided to start the process of planting Nephi's tree before the ground froze.

He will have a Hazelnut tree.

This has been a tradition in Levi's family that when a child is born a tree in planted with the placenta that help nourish the baby while in the womb. We have passed this tradition onto our family, Clairana has an apple tree.

Snuggle Buddies

Dharma & Clair have become VERY good friends, Dharma lets her mall all over her. Duncan usually gets bored and ventures off to be alone.

* This is our 200th post!

Black Friday

We decided to head out and get a few things that were on our list for the princess for Christmas. We really just needed an excuse to get out and enjoy people watching. We did get this little lady Nutella and crackers to go (ooh how Wal-mart has the most convenient things located in the checkout)

*Another exciting event for the day was the Comcast guy - helping me get through the winter and maternity leave in the fifth wheel!

As you can see she hated it.

Snow Suit Time!

It snowed here yesterday so of course I ran out to the local consignment store and found Clairana snowpants with a matching coat for $10 Yipee!

Then it all melted by the time we could use it.....I guess maybe in a few more weeks. Although if Nephi does not come soon we might head up the mountain and do some snowshoeing after Thanksgiving dinner.

Davis Family New Addition!

Congrats to my cousins Shawn and Kelly Davis on their new addition, Titus Earl Matthew Davis.

Super Excited for them and Definitely Jealous!

Our little guys are going to be so close in age - how exciting!

Catch Up - Halloween

I found this on Levi's phone and thought it was too cute not to share. We went over to see Terri and Destry's neighbors (Fred and Kathy) who just LOVE Clair. They just had their first grandbaby but they do not live here so they like soaking up all of Clair.

Maternity Leave

Yesterday, I gave my notice to start maternity leave, kinda scary to think I will be home with two babies but I am excited to spend these last few days with Clair getting ready for the holidays.

Thankfully, I have two great supervisors that both told me it was for the best and to enjoy my time off.

Any advice on going from one to two is appreciated!!

18 Month Appt

We went yesterday to Clairana's 18 month appointment, two weeks early but things might get a little hectic in our house with the arrival of Nephi so we thought it was necessary to make sure she went before.

Here we are afterwards lounging around before bedtime, seems both Clair and I got shots yesterday - Levi had a real treat on his hands, he is such a trooper.

No more immunizations until she is TWO!

Head - 49 - 95%

Height - 33 1/2 - 95%

Weight - 22lbs 10 oz - 30%

Mmhh Bread

Well, if she continues this bread addiction I will have to blame my mother who gave her the first taste- Seattle Space Needle lavender bread.

We were at the Olive Garden when she decided that instead of her chicken she would rather eat the bread basket and well one for each hand of course!

Lounging Around

Fun movie time with Daddy! She is becoming such a little person and now grabs the remote and runs to the couch and waits for us to turn on a movie for her.

I swear she really doesn't watch that much T.V. but I guess she is picking up on everything.