Simon was blessed on July  3rd 2011 Tates Creek ward

He wore Luke's blessing outfit!

We were lucky enough to have Russ and Rhonda come for a week to meet the little guy, we crammed so much fun into that week but that will have to be another post. Happy blessing day Simon

Baby bliss

Just be warned that the following pics may cause severe Baby Fever...you have been warned
These are pics of Simon's first couple of weeks and as I look at these they already seem like forever ago.  That time where you just stay home and nurse and cuddle goes by way to fast,  I miss it already.  So here is a bunch of pics of my sweet Baby Simon... and one of Ramsey in a Davey Crocket hat, enjoy.

Luke insisted that I add this picture, sweet.

Somewhat late but here's my baby!

                                 Simon Bridge Edwards
                                    June 18th 1:26 pm 
                                8lbs 6 oz 21inches long
                                        Pure Heaven

I cannot even describe how in heaven we are with our new little Simon.  From the moment I laid eyes on him I have been in Love he is the best sweetest most amazing baby and I have loved every second with him.  He has brought so much joy into our family. We love you Simon! It was worth being pregnant if it meant that we got you, and that my dear is saying something!

First bath in the hospital

Proud big brother and big sister.  When my Mom brought up Luke and Lily they were so sweet and so excited.  They just kept on saying "oh he is so cute he is so cute"  and Luke kept making comments about all of his body parts. "oh look he has an elbow, oh look he has fingers, look at his toes"  And then when we took off his hat he exclaimed (quite loudly and excitedly) "OH Look he has a HEAD"  yup good thing Luke.  And yes we got it on video!

We were so happy to have my amazing Mom here for 3 weeks, she was so much help and I was so glad that she got to share all of this with us.

 Ramsey catching the kids first time meeting Simon on film.

And Tired dad after 3 nights in the hospital on the sorriest excuse of a chair/couch/bed from H-LL.  I felt bad for making him stay but I could hardly walk and I needed him.  After a few trips to the Chiropractor  he was good as new.

I think this pic was after Luke said "Look he has a head" hahahah it was the funniest thing ever

A note about delivery-
5 days after Simon's due date  when I found out that I was still dilated to about a 1 my doctor and I decided that I should be induced.  I didn't really want to be induced but by that point it was either going to check into the maternity ward or the psych ward so I figured that I made the right decision.  So we went in on Friday night and they started me on something to soften my cervix and by 8 in the morning I was still a one and his head was way up there so I pretty much figured that I would be there for a week and that my baby hated me.  So they did some other thing (To many details are not important)  we'll just say it got things moving and finally by 10:30 or 11:00 my Doc broke my water.
       
                    Luckily I got my epidural right before that cause once they broke my water things started moving. By around 1:00 Ramsey was starving and wanted to go and find some food I said it was ok for him to go but then I panicked and said no you better stay.  He was trying to talk me into letting him leave when I really started to panic, it was TIME.  I was seriously freaking out, neither Ramsey or felt ready for any of this but when you get that urge to push there is nothing in the world that can stop you.  It came on so fast for me that my Doctor wasn't even there.  I just started pushing and they were all saying "stop don't push" and I said why  then the nurse was all "well do you want your Dr. here or do you want me to deliver your baby?" SO I looked around and saw another Lady who they had told me was a resident so I looked at her and said "Aren't you a Dr?" she said yes so I started pushing.
A minute later my Doctor came in.  It was about at this time (between pushes) that out of the corner of my eye I saw these 2 men standing in the door way.  One of them was my anesthesiologist (he was younger than me...so weird)  but I did nor recognize the other guy and they were just standing there.  What is this some sort of a show????  SO I said to one of the nurses "What are those guys doing here they are just standing there, can they NOT just stand there, I want them to leave"  So she walked over shut the curtain and they were gone haha. I later found out that the other guy was a nurse coming to help to which I say then come and help and don't just stand there hahaha. Ramsey jokes that I kicked all the guys out!  Anyway I really don't remember how long I pushed but it was not very long, in fact it was so quick that they said here feel this and when I reached down to feel I said "What is it?" they all said "It's a head" oh my goodness a couple more pushes and there he was!  All pink and perfect!
          I forgot to mention the funniest part of the entire thing and that was my dear sweet Ramsey, he could not handle this delivery.  While I was pushing I was pulling on his arm really hard but when I looked over I realized that his head was in my pillow whatever keep pushing but once it was over and they asked him if he wanted to cut the cord I looked at him and he was solid green.  He had to sit down and no he didn't cut the cord.  He says that when I yelled "I don't want to do this" mid push it really put him in a funk and he couldn't really handle the rest, he says he's to old for this. Anyway it was really funny and I plan on teasing him about it forever.

So all in all it went well and even though I can honestly say that I was the most miserable fool whoever lived for about the last 2 months (who am I kidding I was a beast for 9 months)  I would do it again, that is how much I love my little Simon!
The End

Pregnancy mash up!

Well here it is folks, my one and only pregnant picture.  Oh woops is my hair covering my face dang well I guess you can just guess at what my pregnant face looks like.  Angela told me today that if she didn't get to see a picture of me big and preggo than it's like it didn't happen.  I would reply that maybe the new addition to our family might be proof enough for her but whatever here is your picture Angela.
        So I tend to hibernate while I am pregnant.  My friend asked me the other day why I stopped blogging and I had no real answer accept that I just didn't really have the energy or the care.  I have taken a lot of pictures over the last year (come on that is pretty much how long you are pregnant for)  but the thought of finding a cord and plugging it into your computer and sifting through pictures and writing things bla bla bla.  The beginning of my pregnancy was pure torture the middle was ok but went by fast and the last few months has been not fun again.  I don't want to complain (well I sort of do)  but I am not a lovely pregnant person, I am grateful that I can be pregnant and I love being a mom but I h*te being pregnant.  So yah mix that all together and I quit blogging!
          I am now due in 6 days and part of my nesting phase has been to clean and de-junk my entire house and garage, some new furniture, lot's of totes and lot's of organizational stuff . It took me 3 months but I think I am mostly done.  This week I have been  all about keeping the house clean just in case my water breaks unexpectedly (yah right I wish, I will go over)  and catching up on blogging.  That is a perfectly normal thing to nest about right?  I think of this as a scrap book of sorts and I just had to catch up even if it is just mainly  millions of pictures.  I am slightly devastated though because I can't find my second camera.  I have a big one and then a point and shoot for when I just want to throw it in my purse, and I can't find it grrrrrrr!!!!!!!   I am so sad because that has a years worth (or more)  of random pictures on it.  Any time we are on the go that is what I take and I am actually near tears because I haven't put the pictures onto my computer forever.  SO if you think about it send good vibes my way that I will have a lovely delivery a cute oops I mean healthy and happy baby and that I can find my camera!
            So don't hold your breath but the next few posts are a really rushed way of blogging what went on during my pregnancy!

Luke the grad

I know that pre-school grad is kind of silly but I couldn't help but beam with pride as my little Lukey marched across that stage and got his diploma. This year Luke went to 2 different pre-schools each of them at a little church and each of them were only one half day a week.  Tuesday mornings when he was gone was when I did hair and Thursday mornings were when me and Lily girl would have some girl time shopping or whatever. 

These were his teachers at "My School"  Miss. Kym and Miss. Sheeba.  I still laugh cause until the last day Luke still called it "your school"  because I was always saying "Ok Luke it's time to go to My school"  and he would say "ok I like your school"  "No it's called my school"  "yah your school"  Whatever it was cute and he had lot's of fun.  He especially loved miss Sheeba and her Turtles.

Then there was the other pre-school called Building blocks.  And as you can see they made graduation a bit bigger deal haha.  It was so fun to see him walk out in his little cap and gown with all his little friends!

Note to self...don't put your son in shorts for his graduation cause it just looks like he has no pants on. Oops

A darling little girl named Bella who was in both of Luke's pre-school classes.  You have my permission to get married, look at her hair!

I'm not going to comment on how I look in this picture (big, preggo, chubby)  I am just going to appreciate how cute my Luke boy is.

He totally got into all of the songs.  We were like his own private paparazzi with the camera and the video camera going.

I seriously love this kid and it has been so fun to watch him blossom over the last year.  I don't have a ton of parenting moments where I am like oh yah Jacklyn you are awesome you totally got that one right but I did have one of those moments with Luke lately.  He was just a hard toddler, from 2-4 he was just hard.  Super sweet and them MAJOR melt downs.  The kind of melt downs that would rule my day cause I was just always trying to prevent one all day.  Plus he didn't talk forever and that was frustrating because he couldn't or wouldn't communicate to us what he wanted.  I worried about him all the time.  Well finally when he was almost 4 we got him into Speech Therapy with the amazing Miss Ellen.  Every Monday morning for a year we went to see Miss. Ellen faithfully and that is when the magic happened.  I would watch (behind glass with head phones)  as she would just un lock things in Luke's mind.  Week after week he got better and better and happier and happier.  He could express himself better and get out the words that he wanted to say.  Some weeks would be hard when she would introduce something new.  For a week or 2 it would be like pulling teeth and then all of the sudden he would just get it.  And since I got to watch I could practice all the things he learned there with him at home, we called it "home School"  It was amazing because I would explain something to her that I was concerned about but I couldn't get him to do and then presto she would figure out how to make him figure it out.  I could sing Miss.Ellen's praises all day I love her.  The thing this taught me was not to just stress about a problem all the time but to just see what you can do about it.

                  The part where I get to pat myself on the back as a mother comes when I decided not to send him to Kindergarten last year.  He was old enough but he would have been one of the youngest in the class and I just did not think that he was ready.  So we decided to wait and sometimes throughout this last year I would second guess our decision.  I just didn't want to mess up my first kid haha.  Seriously though I look back on the last year and how much he has grown and matured, how much more at ease he is, I am so happy and I know that we made the right decision.  At speech a few weeks ago She tested him because she hadn't since we started, and he totally aced the test.  Areas where last year he was wayyy below on, now he was wayyyy above.  He is more that ready for kindergarten and he is just happier! Which of course makes me happy, I am sooo excited for him and I just don't worry any more!(well about that)

Maybe it's because I am having another baby boy so it makes me think of Luke as a baby but I just can't get enough of this kid, he is so sweet.  He tells me everyday that I am his best friend and that he loves me, he still loves to snuggle, and he is always looking out for me.  Don't get me wrong he can still drive me to drink at times but I just can't get enough of him these days.  And even though it freaks me right out to just send him off at 7:15 every morning and not see him till 2:30, I know it's time for school and he's going to LOVE it!
We love you Luke CONGRATS!!!!

Random Spring pics

Does anyone remember our tiny swimming pool from last summer? Well apparently my kids only like tiny pools cause the coolers filled with water were a hit!

At a Kentucky Derby party at Nancy's house or as Lily calls her "Mancy"  When in Rome right?  I did not know one horses name but hey we are in Kentucky and you have to celebrate the little things right?

Oh here's the pool back for round 2.  Luke does cannon ball's into this bad boy!

Easter, Easter

We love Easter at our house.  When I was growing up it was a big deal cause that is when we got to see my Mom's side of the family in Idaho and we loved it.  So here are the kids dying Easter Eggs

Making our traditional Bunny cake.  We make the exact same cake every year and it never get's eaten, the kids just pick off all the candy and frosting but hey it is a tradition.  And if I felt like it I would link you to the last 3 years post's and prove that our cake never changes but whatever just take my word for it.  It's fun though cause this year Luke actually remembered it from last year and was excited to make it.  The only problem is that my children are exact opposites and where Lily just likes to go all Picasso on the cake and ice the ears blue and pink swirled.  Luke is my OCD child (he comes by it honestly)  and he likes it to be neat and perfect.  SO when a giant blue stripe went across the Easter Bunny's face we had a bit of a melt down but I fixed it and some how they both ended up happy!

Easter Sunday!!

They loved finding their Easter Baskets

And I loved trying to get them to make a normal face for a picture.  Seriously I don't know what got into them but I took 5000 pictures of them trying to get a normal one.

Then the tackle hugging began...ahhhh cute

This is my favorite and most Random, don't even ask me why Lily has gone gangster on me and Luke thought that this weird neck pose was soo cool.  Crazy kids