Birthday Party

The girls and I got to the hospital and headed up my doctor's office. On the way up I could definitely tell my water broke! They put me in a wheelchair and we went over to the hospital side. Boo held my hand telling the nurses all about how it was her birthday. :) Bug and the other nurse both held Peanut's hands as we went.

We got off the elevator and the one next to us opened with Noni inside! Perfect timing! They got us to a room and I changed into a gown and got in bed. I asked the girls if they were excited that their sister was coming...

Aunt Danae, Grandma, and the kids arrived. 

 And then Daddy got there...thank goodness!

Everyone hung out in the room while the nurse got me all checked in...they have to ask you about a million questions! Noni kept the kids entertained. 

By the time we got everything squared away I was starting to feel the contractions pretty well, but the fibroid was hurting more than they were! Everybody headed down to the waiting room for a bit while I got my epidural. It was nice to have that done. I couldn't feel the contractions at all, and it did deaden the pain of the fibroid, but it had shifted up above my belly button which is about where the epidural kicked in so I could still feel it hurting every time I had a contraction. 

I figured this would be our best chance to do cake and presents so everybody came back and we had Boo's birthday party right in the hospital room!

We sang happy birthday and cut the cake.

Peanut found a little side table that was just her size. She was pretty happy about it! 

They had remodeled the rooms since we were there with Peanut...very nice! Much bigger, a couch bed for Daddy instead of a chair. :) 

Present time!

 She got lots of Legos!

 

And lots of fun clothes! 

 

Noni had a big pink bow on her present.

Daddy put it on his head and Peanut thought it was hilarious! 

 

All the kids loved the velvet posters Seyler had received. They colored and colored.

After the party we told everyone goodbye. Last picture with my three girls! 

The girls were so sweet. Bug and Boo kept asking me, "Are you ok Mommy?" and "Are you feeling ok?"

Had to have a picture with my birthday girl!

 Then it was time to get serious about having a baby!

Build-A-Bear

Grandma started something when she took Peanut to Build-A-Bear for her birthday! Both the other girls and Waylon wanted to do it for their birthdays too. Since Boo's birthday was on a Wednesday we decided to take the day off of school (Daddy had to work) and go to town to meet Grandma, Auntie Nae, Waylon, and Mckenzie. We had lunch at the food court first and then headed down to the store. Such an exciting place!

 

 First Boo got an "I'm the Birthday Kid" sticker.

Boo chose the Elsa bear (of course!) and the soundbox from Frozen Fever, I'm Making Today a Perfect Day for You.

Then it was time to stuff!

I wasn't feeling great (to be understood about 90 minutes later!) so I sat and took some pictures while they did the whole cute process.

Hugs! 

All done and ready to get dressed! 

I think they tried about a dozen outfits on the bear...

Boots!

She ended up with quite the outfit! Sparkly! She loves it! Thank you Grandma!!! 

We headed out and had to make a stop at the rides.

Peanut still loves trains. :)

How many kids can you put on the tow truck? :) 

We hadn't had any birthday dessert so I surprised Boo by pulling into Krispy Kreme to get a donut. They were so excited to pick one out! 

We all ate a donut and were walking out to the car when things got...interesting. I felt a small gush of water. I was pretty sure my water broke, but decided I should head up to my doctor's office to check. We had already parted ways with Grandma and Aunt Danae. They had headed to the grocery store so I gave them a call to know what was going on. I called T and texted my mom and then got on the freeway. Bug asked me, "Are you supposed to be driving when you are in labor?" Me: "Well unless you want to drive I think I'm our best bet right now." Haha :) The rest of the story tomorrow...

Happy Birthday Boo!

We started off the birthday by showing Boo her present from Mommy and Daddy...

 They were pretty excited!

It's one size smaller than Bug's bike so she should be able to ride it really well! We are excited for the weather to warm up a bit so we can test it out! 

It has a plastic purse that hooks onto the front. :) 

Big girl bike! Yay! 

 

The birthday girl had picked out blueberry muffins and strawberries the day before. Happy birthday to you...

Makin' a wish!

We let her open Peanut's present.

Mousetrap! Peanut was very insistent on this when we went to buy a present. "I want to buy the mousey game!"

 

Bug is so sweet. She gets points at Sunday School for doing certain things and then gets to pick out of different prize boxes. She almost always picks things for gifts! She got me a CD for a baby present. She got her sisters teddy bears at Christmas, and she picked this beautiful hand mirror for Boo's birthday. So sweet!

Daddy had to work so he couldn't join us for the day, but he did go in late so he could spend the birthday morning with the girls. He helped them put Mousetrap together (which was surprisingly complicated!) and then taught them how to play it.

Trap!  They loved it!

He went into work and the girls and I got ready to go to town. Pictures tomorrow!

Welcome to the World!

Baby E is here! She arrived at 9:55PM on January 27th...her sister's birthday!!! 

She weighed 7lbs. 11oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.

 

I'll post all about her birth later, but for now I'll stay in order with all the birthday posts. We are home and doing awesome so far. She is a wonderful baby and her first night home she woke up exactly every three hours to eat and only cried for a few unscheduled minutes. We are already in love! Here's a few pictures. Will post lots more soon! 

 

First family picture!

Welcome baby E! We are SO glad you're here!

Toothless

Apparently Boo knocked her teeth harder than we thought during her party because the next day at lunch she suddenly looked at me with a bewildered expression and said, "Mama!? My tooth fell out!" And sure enough she had a tiny tooth in her hand (thankfully one that was already a little loose!) and a mouth full of blood. :{

I think this was the first tooth that Daddy hasn't had to pull! She said it didn't hurt at all and she was happy.

 

Although she did worriedly say, "I'm not going to have any teeth left! Am I going to have to eat baby food??" Funny girl. The one above the newly lost one is very loose too and is the one we think went through her lip.

T texted our PA friend after the lip incident and he suggested we bring her in since bite wounds can get infected easily. So she is on 7 days of preventative antibiotics just in case. Oh Boo. :P