Fun with Emma Claire

We got to have my Niece from Louisiana stay with us for almost a week. We had a blast! Emma Claire is 3 and 1/2 so it was fun for Brooke to have someone to play with. Hopefully that potty trained Emma Claire will rub off on Brooke. We went to the Children's museum and Chuckee Cheese's and definitely made some stops at McDonald's. The funniest part about them being together was how they communicated. Brooke can say some things but not a ton and Emma Claire of course can talk a bunch. I'm glad they didn't get sick of each other. It was fun to get to spend that much time with her. Thanks Sherri and Phil for letting us kidnap her for the week. We made a fire and roasted some marshmallows.Emma Claire managed to get quite a bit of the marshmallows in her hair. Yeah for cousins!

Jeremy's Home!!

So the day has finally arrived that Jared's little brother Jeremy gets home from his Mission.He got home March 22. Totally late post. He served in the Riverside California mission, Spanish speaking. Nice to have that language around here!! Maybe I can get some lessons!!Our Family grew quite a bit while he was gone. he left the March before Brooke was born and when he got back we had Brooke an Caleb. But, that didn't bother Brooke at all. She absolutly loves him. Especially when she gets to pull him around with her. So I'm a loser and didn't actually get pictures of my kids and Jeremy....Soon to come. These pictures are from before we went to go to his homecoming talk. So glad to have you back Jeremy!! We love you!

The Stawberry Patch

We went to pick Strawberries out in Alvin. Brooke was hilarious. we had to keep reminding her to only pick the green ones. After a while she just started picking them and eating them, only taking one bite and getting another one. It was fun and the strawberries were great! Caleb didn't get too many strawberries picked. He just hung out with the family

Caleb, Our newest addition

Caleb is doing well, growing everyday. Probably because he eats all the time!!At his two week check he was 8lbs 9 oz so no worries about his weight. Brooke absolutly loves him and gets so concerned when he cries. If he cries for to long she starts to cry too. I wish I could say he was sleeping through the night but he's not even close. By the time he goes to sleep its time for Brooke to wake up in the morning. Thankfully my mom came this past week and took him at night so I could get some shut eye!!

Our new baby

So, we had an interesting past week. I went to the Dr on Monday and was dilated to a 4 and had some high bp issues. My dr sent me over to the hospital to monitor me and see what my bp would do. Totally not prepared I had to call my sister in law Dianna to come get Brooke and I went to the hospital to be monitored for the rest of the afternoon. Since my BP didn't go down she put me on bed rest and told me to come see her Thursday at 8:30am. Not expecting this at all and being on bed rest was freaking me out because I had so much more to do. In my mind I still had 1 1/2 weeks till my original induction date. Bed rest sucked of course! So thankful to Robin and Dianna for helping me out and of course my husband for dealing with me. I go in on Thursday, still high blood pressure and head over to the hospital, and get monitored some more and then get induced. I started my pitosin drip about 11:30am and had him at 7:33pm. A little longer than i wanted to be sitting there not having him but I probably pushed 3 times and he was here. What a difference a pound makes! Brooke was 8.3!! Any way Our newest addition, Caleb Ryan Livesay! So excited to have him here finally, not to mention he looks like his daddy! Brooke was too cute when she met him. She was so soft and careful. She loves him!

Brooke's Valentine

We went shopping for Jared for Valentine present's and Brooke fell in love with this Balloon. It sings and she loves it. So I decided we could get it for Jared and the song plays "Still the one" so I figured that part could be from me and the balloon could be from her. Every time she sees the balloon she makes it sing and dances and it turns into this crazy fest of dancing for like 30 min. She gets pretty wild. This video is towards the end. I wish I would have got the camera out sooner! Anyway, She loves to dance!! Such a poser too, I pull out the camera and her head immediately tilts to the side and she says "cheese". I love her so much. She is hilarious and turning into such a little girl! What a fun Valentine's day we had!

22 Days and counting!

I went to the Doctor on Monday and I got all my pre-op work ready for the BIG DAY. February 26,2009!! SO SOON!! So, I have been really getting the nesting bug. I freaked out at the beginning of the week when I realized I had 3 weeks left. It's crazy knowing I'm going to be induced because it gives you a for sure deadline of things. I really think I burned the inside of my nose with chemicals when I was cleaning the bathrooms. Not so good. Everywhere I look I see dust and dirty, like I can't get it all!! It's Driving me crazy! I just don't feel ready, but I sure am tired of him kicking me all the time. Soon it will be I'm tired of his crying in the middle of the night. AHHH! I am ready to get all this weight off me,bending over and being able to breath will be so nice. But seriously to the gym I will go getting my new found Pillsbury dough boy love handles off! So, for the most part I'm ready for the baby to come out so I can get back to normal, but what will be normal, a new little boy will be coming into our family so I will just have to get used to it. I just hope Brooke adjusts okay. I am really nervous about adding #2 into the mix. I can see both sides of Brooke...Her attacking him and saying "NO!NO!" and her snuggling him and being Mommy's little helper. Hopefully it will be #2. Anyways, Hopefully the next post you see will be Caleb!!