1 day old!

So---- we had a BABY!!!!  His name is Ezra David and he is absolutely the sweetest baby on the whole planet.  He was born on August 3rd, and shares a birthday with his uncle!  My labor was induced, which ironically I'd rather do it all natural again.  But no worries, all went well.  The doctor was able to get his head turned the right way.  What is it with my boys trying to come face up?!?!?  As you may know, babies are supposed to be born with facing their mom's back.  This enables the back of their head to crown first, as it is supposed to be.  Occipital-posterior/op/sunny-side-up babies try to come out facing their mom's tummy, with their forehead crowning first.  Not so smooth.  I did it with my first after a very long labor and a poor pointy head on baby.  This guy, since the dr. got his head turned, did not labor quite so long nor end up so pointy.

Anyways here are some newborn and current pics!

Baby's first smile!

A Day to Remember

Whew!  It has been a long time since we've posted.  Long enough to have a baby.  Which, in fact, we DID.  Little Ezra David is now almost 8 weeks old!  The time has literally flown by.  I've been stewing about a "welcome baby" post, but figured I would break the thick ice (from not posting) with these little anecdotes.

The day could be primarily summarized in one sentence, It Was A Monday.  Not the worst of Mondays, but one of those where you're still waking up from the weekend all day long and its hard to get anything done.  I managed to get dinner cooked before we left for soccer practice.  I gave myself a nice pat on the back for that. {couldn't handle another pizza night after soccer practice}  Anyways we rushed out the door to soccer and when we finally get home, all THREE kids were screaming and crying.  The baby because I woke him up to change his diaper, Mira because her toe hurt (I think) and I'm not sure why Calvin was crying.  So Sean and I chimed in with our fake crying, interspersed with chuckles.  It was LOUD!  Man, oh man.

Then after dinner (roast beef, cabbage and potatoes thank you very much- we were channeling our inner Irishness), I gave the kids goodnight kisses as Sean was telling them a story and Calvin whispers loudly, "Mom, your breath is stinky!"  Sean and I just busted up laughing.  That was the onions and cabbage talking, son.  

  

 Other things I want to remember about today:  I read my scriptures.  Calvin practiced using the phone to call me.  I read to the kids a lot.  They played Star Wars a lot and read books alone.  We cleaned the house together before they got to watch a cartoon.  We stayed home all day.  Ezra slept in the sling a lot.  The kids gave a million kisses and love to Ezra every chance they got.  They love this baby.  Ezra was big enough to prop up on the couch and stay sitting for the first time.