Baby Time!

I finally got to experience my first official birth as a doula! It was probably the most incredible experience I have ever had next to the birth of my own child. We weren't sure if baby x was ever going to come after having two nights of false labor over the past week. Around 2:00 am today they called me and said to get ready for the real thing. I was a nervous wreck all the way to the hospital! We had a couple minor set backs, but I am happy to say that my pregnant mom did an incredible job and achieved her goal of a completely natural/drug-free childbirth. It was amazing!

A glimpse into the exciting life...

I think that we have decided that we need a springtime home to escape all of the allergy problems here. Lauren is doing much better, but I am still really struggling with some sort of sinus/respitory thing. Ugh! What you get for living in the Ohio Valley.

Being the parent of a three year old just keeps getting more confusing, surprising....I'm not sure what the word should be! This morning she informed us that "Hippopotamus" is actually "Hippotapotamus". "You and Daddy need to say it right!" She is also learning how to butter you up in order to try to get out of things. Yesterday she was going was to have to get punished for something that happened and when I walked in the room right before Paul was getting ready to carry out the punishment, she looked at me and said "Mommy, my daddy is a really nice man." It is hard not to laugh at times! Life continues to be so much fun as we work with her to learn new things and surprise at the same time at what she already knows at the age of three. We pray that life is treating you all well and you have a reason to celebrate as we enter into this new season!

We will post pictures as soon as we can. Our digital camara decided to die!

Life...

I'm sorry it has been so long I have written on here. Life has been busy! It seems that the weather can't make up it's mind about being hot or cold so everyone has been sick.All three of us have had probably every respitory issue out there. Lauren is currently getting over her first bout of pneumonia. On top of her being exhausted and crabby, I am having to force disgusting tasting antibiotics down her. Poor girl! This has been one of the scarier things I have experienced. I called the Dr. about her constant congestion and they told me it was possibly allergies. So we gave her claratin. Well, two days ago she woke up and had some issues breathing. After dealing with three seizures, I wasn't about to play around. We rushed to the pediatrician and they gave her a breathing treatment and put her on some strong drugs. They said that she was having some issues with her left lung and we need to go back in two weeks to check her breathing. We are looking forward to spring coming and staying for awhile! We pray that all of you have a very blessed Easter!