Wow time Flies

Well time has gone so fast the last few months. It is hard to believe that Samuel is almost 7 months old. Then that I have a middle schooler. In August the kids all started school. Callah is now in middle school, Emily is in 5th, Amanda is in 3rd, Ian is in 2nd and Nathan is in kindergarten. So in all I have kids in 3 school. However by the time Samuel goes I will have one in 4. The kids are all doing well in school. Callah got braces and Amanda had to get 2 braces on her from teeth. We have had some ups and downs but we are hanging in there.
We are both currently seeking employment. It is a long story but Charlie resigned his job for one closer to home. When it came time to start they no longer needed him. So we have been without a job for a couple of months. The economy stinks and with so many trying to get jobs I think we get overlooked because they get tired of looking. So we are hoping something pans out soon.
We are all getting ready for the holidays. They are coming fast. If I don't blog before then have a safe and Merry Christmas.

Emily and Mason Party hard!

Well I realized I totally forgot to do a blog for the party of Emily and Mason. I think life has been really busy lately. Emily turned 10 this year and Mason turned 3. It is hard to believe that either is that old already. Emily wanted a guitar cake and my sister in law made her an awesome cake Thanks Tisha. Mason wanted sponge bob. We had a great time with our family and friends.

Nathan turns 5

It is hard to believe that our Nathan "Blue's Cafe" is now 5. He is growing so fast and will be entering kindergarten in just a few weeks. He wanted an Iron Man cake and was so happy to have his friends and family there. We had a cookout and it was a great time to celebrate.
We love you Nathan and Happy Birthday

Samuel's Here

Well Samuel arrived on Friday, May 6 at 10:15am. He weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and was a healthy bundle of joy. My labor and delivery were fairly easily. We went in actually on Thursday May 5th but the hospital was very busy. So we were left in a room to wait it out pretty much until the next morning. The next morning Dr. T came in and broke my water and started Pitocin. He picked on the nurse a little later when she told him she was going ahead and getting my epidural in. I actually told her to wait a little longer but she told me I was progressing fast and that I was already a 6 easily. My pain was really not that bad but I got the epidural soon. However I was afraid it would be like Nathan and I was correct. The epidural knocked by BP down to 50 and I was very sleepy. They gave me BP meds in my IV and a shot instantly and after throwing up I felt better. However my epidural also did not take correctly. I found myself numb from the waist up and felt like I had an elephant on me. My nurse would not give me the epidural meds since my BP went down and so in a matter of 40 minutes from getting the epidural Samuel was here. So I delivered him naturally which honestly was not as bad as I had feared. Ok so I told Charlie I was done at one point and they could figure out how to get him there but I kept on. He is such a joy. He was in the hospital longer due to some jaundice issues but was fine other than that. We love him so much and honestly we feel more complete with him here. However on July 2nd he had to be taken quickly to the hospital with a high fever of 101.6. Since he was not 2 months old they were very concerned as was we. They took blood, did a chest xray, a sonogram of his belly and a spinal tap. I was so emotional it was so scary. He had to get an IV and was started instantly on 2 different antibiotics. He was found to have a staph bacteria in his blood. We were in the hospital until the following Thursday. He is doing a lot better now and it made me realize how much I love my kids and want them here with me as well as with me eternally forever. I am so glad for that.