Two Weeks Old!

Josie is already two weeks old.  Time is going so fast.   She is such a sweet baby.  We are so blessed to have her in our family.  She is a pretty good sleeper.   About 3-4 hours at night, so I will take it!   She is pretty laid back like her dad, so we will keep our fingers crossed.  I forgot how easy one baby was.  Everyone is adjusting to having her in our home.   I still can't believe that I have four kids.  Wild.

Josie Amber Cramer

Wristbands for the kids that say big brother and big sister.  They love them.

First picture of all the kids.
First Family picture together
True Love

Here she is.   Our beautiful baby girl born Friday July 10th at 6:45 p.m.   She weighed 6lbs and 2oz.   She was our biggest baby.   I have to mention that it was 114 degrees the day she was born.

37 weeks and 6 hours before Josie was born

Our first few moments together.
Josie with Dr. Faulk who was on call for Dr. Kudlinski
Right before Josie was born

So on Thursday July 9th I went in for my Dr. appointment.    She checked me and I was at dilated to a 3.5 and 50% effaced.   She asked me if I wanted  my membranes stripped, so I said yes and she did.   I asked her if she thought that I would have her that weekend and she said probably not. I went home and back to my normal routine.  I really didn't have any major contractions or anything.   Went to bed Thursday night, woke up Friday morning feeling fine.   I went to the gym and did a cycle class.  About half way into it I started having contractions that were about 5 minutes apart.   Those who know me I suffered through it and had to finish the class.   I wasn't too worried about them and thought they would go away.  So I grabbed my kids and hurried home to shower.  Well the contractions didn't go away.   They kept getting closer, so I called Sean and told me him that he needed to wrap things up at work and meet me at the hospital, so I could get checked out. I then called my friend Amy and told her what was going on.  She was at movie day with her kids and my other friend Dana and her kids.   Amy came over with Dana's daughter Becca and Amy drove me to the hospital and Becca watched my kids.  In the car on the way there, my contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart.  Got to the hospital and to make a long story short Josie Amber Cramer was born VBAC at 6:45p.m after about 6 hours of labor.

106 degrees and popsicles

So we are in our swimming pool or someone else's every day.  In the afternoon it is pretty much too hot to do anything else.   I run all my errands after the gym in the morning, so it is not too hot.   My kids all love to swim, so it works out well.

Tatarina

So lately Tate is loving girly things.  He loves to put these pretty dresses on and princess shoes. He plays with Barbies and when I paint the girls nails, he of course wants his done too.  How do you explain to a 2 year old that he can't have his done, but everyone can?   So I just go with it.   Don't get me wrong.  Tate has a ton of boy toys and is so boy it is ridiculous, but he is very in touch with his feminine side.   

34 Weeks!!!

I am finally 34 weeks as of yesterday.   All week I have had pretty strong contractions, so yesterday I asked my Dr. if she would check me.   She said that I am dialated to a 1 and 50% effaced.  She couldn't believe how low her head was already.    She told me that I need to slow down and rest more.  Yeah right.  I have 3 kids, how do I do that?   My goal is to make it to 36 weeks and she will be good to go.   Keep your fingers crossed.

Big bed time!

So I feel guilty lately like I have forced my baby girl to grow up too fast.   Meg is now potty trained and the next step was getting her to sleep in her bed instead of her crib.   I need her crib for the baby.   I just felt that she was so much more ready to do these things than Tate is right now.   So we tried for a few nights to have her sleep in her bunk bed with Avery, but she wanted her crib instead.   A week ago from today she decided that she wanted to sleep in there and did all night.   She didn't fall out and slept all night.  She has been in there every night now.   I was so relieved that she liked her bed.   She is not a fan of the sheets or blankets yet, but that is fine.