The nativity

I came home from an errand to find a curtain pinned in the entry way of my front door. While I had been away Rich and the kids had decided to act out the nativity.

As you can see Roxanne was Mary and Roscoe was Joseph.

As you may have guessed there was no room for them in the inn

but after they found room in the stable the wisemen came bringing gifts for the new born baby

They did a fantastic job

A Visit from Grandma Debbie and Pappa Johnt

My parents got to come and visit to be here for Rogans blessing right before Christmas. As soon as they got here we went and picked out a tree and let them help the kids decorate the tree.

Roscoe is concentrating very hard

My mom made us these awesome Santa beanie hats. She made for the kids last year and the rest of us this year. Roscoe seems to really like his.

I love this kid.

On sunday morning we had a mini christmas morning with my parents. They opened the presents for and from them and had so much fun. Roscoe got so excited opening his Toy Story figures and Roxy got real sassy in her new tutu

She also got the whole set of all the princess dolls.

oh, heres Rogan in his precious little santa beanie. It took us a while to get this shot, so please enjoy it!

He is wearing a diaper underneath, I swear. Sunday night the kids just enjoyed playing with their grandparents. The closet was Never Never Land and Roxy was wendy and Dad was John and Roscoe was Michael.

I am not sure how Rogan feels about his new cookie monster toy.

blessings

All of my children have been wonderful blessings in my life in their own way. Her they all are in their blessing outfits.

Rogan

Roscoe

Roxanne

Rogans Blessing Outfit

My Mom made Rogans blessing outfit. We did not get a picture that day, but took one later that week. It actually worked out pretty good because look at what a good mood e is in. She also makes them blankets to go with their outfits.

Thanksgiving

We stay home for thanksgiving every year. And it has started to be our tradition that the week of thanksgiving we think, Oh we should invite someone over. Just to realize it is too late to invite someone over since it is the week of thanksgiving and people already have plans. Oh well. This Thanksgiving we especially great for no reason at all. We did nothing. We watched the parade. We cooked dinner. We made hats that Richs Aunt Vicki sent the kids. We ate. I shopped. It was really great.

I do not think that I will ever get a great picture of all three. sigh...

At least Roscoe is a happy kid

Rogan

I just wanted to post some super cute pics of my new little man.

He is my one and only kid to have dimples. He has them on both cheeks but it is impossible to get a pic of both

Roscoe LOVES him

Rogan loves taking baths

Roxy LOVES changing his diapers

And she loves him

I LOVE their faces when they just wake up and are stretching

Rosoe's Birth Story

I am writing this almost three years after Roscoe was born so I am not sure how many details I will be able to remember or how accurate the rendition will be but here goes:

With Roscoe I was induced. At 38 weeks I was dialated to 5 and 80% effaced and still had not had one contraction. Plus, the Dr did an ultrasound that said he was going to be a big baby. So in the wee hours of the morning on February 21, 2008 Rich and I went to the hospital to have our second baby. It was funny, because a friend from church was being induced at the same time, by the same Dr.

The Dr came in and broke my water, but not much happened. I was only having a few contractions and they were not strong. So she came back to start the pitocin. I was a smart girl and asked for the Dr to order the epidural before she left and the contractions got bad. Smartest thing I ever did. The put in the epidural before things got painful, so I did not feel much of anything this delivery.

Like with Roxy, Roscoe's heart rate was not steady so the nurse actually put a tube in my cervix to put saline in my uterus to let Roscoe float to keep the pressure off of the umbilical cord. But his delivery was pretty uneventful. AND QUICK.

I got to the hospital at about 7 and when the nurse checked me at about 11:30 I was at a ten. It happened a little too quick for Rich because when they said that I was ready to push, he had to excuse his himself because he got light headed. It all happened to fast for him. When he came back he was good to go.

I pushed for about half an hour, but it was funny because I faked some of my pushes. I COULD NOT FEEL ANYTHING. When the I had contraction I could not feel one bit of it, so I never felt any need or desire to push. So when she told me to push, sometimes I would just make the face and not really push. At one point I asked for the mirror in the room. They had one of those mirrors that lets you watch the delivery. Let me tell you that was a mistake. Child birth is disgusting. I told the Dr that and to take the mirror away. She told me that it was not disgusting and it was beautiful. I told her she was wrong. When he finally came out, he was the only one of my babies that they put straight onto my chest and I got to hold when they were all squishy and gross. I remember being surprised that he smelled bad. No one had told me to expect that. It was a really special moment to have him skin to skin with me right away. He was 8 lbs even and 20 inches long and looked just like Rich and Roxy.