Mark's Birthday!

Since his birthday week was a bit crazy, what with trips to the ER and a little bedbug scare (all is good, but it took about 2 weeks to convince me that there were in fact, no bedbugs), we've celebrated Mark's 35th birthday in little bits. I finally got around to making his favorite cake and having some people over. I think I successfully surprised him.

We still have a dinner date scheduled and a trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art for a little Botticelli. It's just a matter of finding a sitter... Any takers???

Baby Jack at One Month

Baby Jack turned one month last Wednesday. To celebrate the occasion, we headed over to the ER for our first (and hopefully last!), bout of croup. It was a very scary experience, seeing our newborn baby struggle to breath. We spent the following few days in and out of the doctor's office to make sure all was well. The oral steroid, breathing treatments and prayers all helped and he seems to be back his normal little self!

Jack's normal little self means pretty laid back. He is a content little guy most of the time. He loves his big brother and sister and will smile and coo at them often. He is super sweet and will often try to focus on our faces while cooing, which makes him cross-eyed. So. darn. cute. We all love him so much! Did I mention he looks A LOT like his dad. The most of the three so far! He is already 11 1/2 lbs. and very long. I'm not sure exactly how long because with all this sickness over here I failed to find out. I also failed to find out his percentile... ahhh to be a third child! I will find out at his 2 month - I promise!

Because She Wasn't Very Fond of Store Bought Cake...

... We had a little family date. I've always made a home made cake for my kids birthday. Mark and I usually have a lot of fun doing this - it's a bit of a creative, artistic outlet for us. This year, however, I just wasn't up for the challenge, so we opted for a pull apart cake from Publix of the "Garden Princess Party" variety. Kate was pretty darn excited about it and she thought it was pretty neat looking. But when it came to indulge, I noticed she had taken one bite and left it. I asked her why she wasn't eating her cake, to which she replied in a "I don't want to offend" sort of way, "well, I just don't really care for it." I have to admit two things: 1) it was pretty gross and 2) it was actually a rather proud moment of my parenting career. Kind of like the moment 6 months ago when I realized that my kids didn't know what Mc. Donald's was called (that has changed in these past few months, unfortunately). Anywho, I've been wanting to go out with Mark for coffee and dessert for a long time now. But since babysitting is scarce and it's a bit hard to leave little Jack yet, we opted for a family date for coffee and cake at the Grand Lux Cafe. And We had a great time!

Kate's 5th Birthday Party!

Luke Meets His Little Brother

here is a video of Luke meeting his little bro :)

Our new baby

We have a new baby! He was born this evening, December 18th, at 7:45 PM. He weighs 8 pounds, twelve ounces and is 22 inches in length. We're all well and thank you for your prayers and thoughts.

40 Weeks & Round One

This picture was taken at 40 weeks while I was in the hospital with an attempted induction. The reason for the induction is a very LONG story and something I may blog about in the future, but for now it will suffice to say that it simply didn't work. For the record, I was incredibly skeptical that it would. I spent the night in the hospital with cervadil... nothing. Then an entire day on pitocin... nada. The pit got as high as safely possible, but just wasn't making the contractions long enough or strong enough. I left the hospital after 24 hours dilated to, ummm, maybe a 2. Maybe. So now we wait... and wait and wait, I guess. Since Kate was 9 days past and Luke 11, I suppose it's a bit early still. I head to the midwife tomorrow to see how everything looks and will post more info if I have some. For the record, please don't suggest that I just go eat something spicy or go for a long walk. If a 24 hour induction that works for almost everybody failed for me, I have no faith in some spicy burrito -though it does sound pretty good. :)

We'll keep you posted here (and on fb of course) when things finally get moving again.