We Love Grandma!

Here are some pictures of grandma's visit this past week. Boy did we have a good time. Abby, who usually is my shadow, followed Grandma around everywhere. Nice for me, maybe not so much for Grandma! I didn't get a picture of Josh and Grandma playing Monopoly, but they had an on going game set up in my bedroom that they would play every now and then. I believe that Josh ended up winning.

Come Monday, it's going to be me and the "real world." I've had 3 weeks of help and now I'm going to brave it alone. Maybe someone should call me Monday evening to make sure that everyone is still alive and I'm still sane!

FHE rainout

The boys have discovered that they like to play catch with Ryan out in the backyard. We bought some balls and two mits and they've been doing really well. For Family Home Evening last week, Ryan and I were going to buy a little t-ball stand and bat and let them hit away. Unfortunately, it started to rain so we decided to wait on that activity. Instead, Ryan and the kids jumped on the tramp in the rain. They came in soaked, but had a blast!

Photo Shoot

Here are a few more pictures of Kaden. Hope you enjoy.

Ah, success

Josh has been telling me that he hates school because he hates to do homework...which includes reading. He says that he hates to read. How could anyone in the Dalton family hate to read? I got to thinking that maybe it's because we read the same books over and over again. The other day we headed over to the library and we checked out some Captain Underpants books and when we came home, I found both Josh and Ethan sitting on the couch with a book in hand. Maybe I'll have some success in the reading department this year after all.

Bundle of Cute!

Here's Kaden looking a lot less blue. The doctors were quite surprised that the bruising got a whole lot better the second day. They thought that it was going to get worse before it got better. Thank goodness! He's getting cuter and cuter everyday. Oh and did I mention that he has dimples. One really good one on this left cheek!

It's picture time

I so LOVE this picture. It can't get any better than that can it?

Isn't this too cute? While the boys were at school, Ryan brought Abby over to see us. She was so excited to see the new baby and she kept smiling. Oh it was so sweet. Notice that Ryan did Abby's hair. He says it's a lot harder to do than it looks! I think he did a great job.

Is there a doctor in the house?

So Ryan and I headed over to the hospital to be induced on Tuesday. We were supposed to be there at 7:30 in the morning. We got all the kids squared away and we drove over. We were taken back and admitted. Answered all the questions, got all settled and we waited for the doctor to show up so we could get started. We waited for 6 hours. Now, what was the point of being at the hospital at 7:30? I kept telling myself that the doctor must have had a good reason for making us wait that long....

My doctor finally showed up around 1:15 and broke my water. Things moved on their own and I didn't even need potocin to start my contractions. The anesthesiologist didn't seem to think that I would need medicine that early so he gave me one dose to numb my legs a little and didn't even hook me up to anything else. My nurse was horrified when she found out what they had done. So, we can say that I went through all the trouble of having a huge needle stuck in me without any of the benefits. I felt every contraction, and they HURT! I'm 1 for 4 in the epidural working department. That's not a good record.

Kaden finally made his entrance at 3:05 pm. Not a record for me, but not bad. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. He has lots of dark hair and was pretty blue from bruising on his face. He checked out all healthy!