The first month with Josie

Avery has been awesome with Josie.  She loves to hold her and gives her a binky when she cries without me asking her.   She is such a great big sister.  She is always concerned about her and wants to be with her all of the time.   She is so excited to come home from school to be with her.  Josie is so loved.
Tate calls Josie that baby.  So when she is crying, Tate says "Mommy that baby is crying" or "That baby is hungry".   Then he always says when I'm feeding her "Mommy that baby is eating your boobie".  He is a crack up.   I wonder if he thinks that Josie is just visiting and will go away.   It took Tate about 2 weeks to finally hold her.
Meggy calls her Joshie.  It is so cute.  It has kind of stuck with me now.   She loves to hold her.  She always tells me "mommy, I hold her?"  Then I put her on her lap and Meg just lights up.  It is so sweet.   She loves to kiss her too and pet her head.   If Josie is not with us Meg always asks "Where did my baby go?"  Or "I want my baby".  She also is very curious about me nursing her.   She asks what the baby is eating and I tell her milk.  The other day she asked if she was eating pizza and french fries.  LOL.

First day of school!

Avery is now a 1st grader.  She started school yesterday.  Her teacher is Ms. Schmidt.   We all took her and Meg and Tate thought they were going to school too.   Meg had her backpack and everything.   They were sad not to stay with their big sister.  All day yesterday they asked where she was.   Very sweet.   Avery had a great day and was pretty excited when she came home.

Josie at one month!

Yes, little Josie is a month old already.   She is a very good baby.  Pretty easy going, thank goodness.   She smiled for the first time a few days ago.  So sweet.   She is very loved around here.  Meg and Tate don't leave her alone.  They always want to hold you.  Very cute.

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.