Madilyn Marie

Weight: 7 pounds 13 oz
Length: 20.5"

Date and Time: 3/17/11 @ 0835                                                                                  

Baby's birth story...Madilyn was induced because I hate being pregnant at the end.  I went to the hospital at 7am. I was dialated to 4cm at that time.  Around 8:00 the doctor came in and broke my water and they started the pitocin. I was having moderate contractions, so 15 minutes later the nurse upped my dose. I had two contractions and had a STRONG urge to push.  I warned Mike, and pushed on the next contraction. She came out a push later. Because they didn't have much warning, nothing was set up, and my doctor didn't make it. The resident doctor had just walked into the room, and was able to hold her head using the unwrapped glove packaging. Luckily everything was ok. We did have to stay an extra 10 hours in the hospital because she had lost 1 lb.

                                                                             

Greenbelt Bike ride

Mike and Corbin went for a bike ride on the greenbelt the other day. They started from our house and rode down Glenwood to the river. They  had a good time until Mike got a flat tire.  Here are some of the pictures that Mike took while waiting to be picked up. (Note: Notice the shoes that Corbin is wearing, he had them for less than a week, and got a hole in the toe. Needless to say, we quickly took them back.)

Corbin's first tumbleweed

Corbin got a kick out of this sign

Corbin loves ice in any form

Sibling Prep Class at St. Lukes

I signed the kids up for a sibling prep class to get them ready for the new baby. Merek wasn't able go, but the others had a great time. The had to bring a baby and a blanket with them, and they learned how to wrap the baby and to change it's diaper. Tyler was really cute about it. He was so excited and really worked hard to do everything just right. Rylan was really shy at first and wouldn't participate, but he eventually came around. At the end of the class we went over to the hospital and visited the nursery. The kids really enjoyed seeing the little babies.

Black Cliffs

We took the kids to the black cliffs this afternoon to look around. We took Opie with us. On the way down, he decided that he wasn't going to go down, so Corbin had to carry him down the rocks. It always amazes me how natural the kids are climbing and jumping on the rocks. It's hard to believe that they hadn't seen a real rock until about six months ago.  They still ask who put the rocks there.

Late Notice

We are finally baptizing Corbin today.  The baptism starts at 5:00 at the Goddard building near Capital High School. We are going to have dinner at our house after the baptism, and anyone and everyone is invited. We'd love to see you there.

Rock Climbing

 We put the kids into a YMCA rock climbing class last month and they fell in love with the sport.   Corbin is great and can climb almost any part of the wall. Tyler can make it to the top of the easier climbs. Rylan can make it to the top, but is scared of heights, so he usually stops about halfway up. Here are a few pictures of Rylan and Tyler's class. I'll have to get some of Corbin too.

McCall Ice Festival

Last weekend I decided to take the kids to the McCall Ice Festival with my Friend Heather and her little boy. I was very nervous about taking them somewhere by myself where so many people were going to be. Rylan has a history of getting lost, and I just knew that I would probably lose him. I told Heather, to help me keep an eye on him.  We got there and had to walk a ways to get to the festivities. My boys were only interested in the snow. They could have cared less about the ice sculpture or anything else. After a little while I decided it was fruitless to try to look at anything else, and we went back to the car and got their sleds and took them to the sledding hill. They spent the rest of the day sledding. I didn't get many pictures because I was too busy watching. Here are a few that I did get.