What's Been Happening!

WOW! Has it really been that long since I have posted something on my blog? Where has the summer gone!

Well, first of, we had another little girl come into our family on June 11. J is such a good baby.

For those of you that care, here is a little tale of what happened. I was scheduled to have her on June 14, one whole week before my due date. On the 8th and 9th, both K and JJ got the stomach bug that was going around and were throwing up. What a fun night that was!!

The next day (the 10th), I went out to weed in my garden and by afternoon was feeling horrible. I went to lay down and starting throwing up myself. I had caught the stinking stomach bug the girls had. Contractions were coming on, but not too close. After Jared got home from work and we had some dinner, my contractions were about 3 to 5 minutes apart. Because I am on Lovenox my whole pregnancy to prevent blood clots, they usually want me at the hospital when I am having contractions no closer than 10 minutes. With JJ and J, I was in denial that it is really time for the them to come!

We called my brother to come watch my kids so that we could go to the hospital. Because I was throwing up and was a little dehydrated, they said that is what put my body into labor. The nurse gave me some fluids and my contractions slowed down and spread themselves out a lot further.

While we were at the hospital, I had called my brother to see how the girls were doing and he said that E was now throwing up. As a mother, I could not be laying in the hospital while my baby was at home sick. I kept praying that my contractions would stop or at least slow down enough that they would release me and I could go take care of my baby. They finally released me around 11:00 p.m. and we raced home to take care of E. My parents had come home from camping to stay the night because they thought for sure that the doctors would not release me.

E started to feel better that night and slept through the night. I was still having contractions through the night, but didn't want to leave my family sick. The next morning, I got up and started getting ready and the contractions came back! We were back at the hospital by 7:00 a.m. and J was born at 11:00. What a whirlwind to get our baby here!

I didn't get a lot of pictures of her, but here is one of my girls around the 4th of July.
K has started Kindergarten. She is loving it! Here is a pictures of her at her table. The first week of school, they made a gingerbread man and then read the story of the gingerbread man who ran away. Their class gingerbread man ran away and all week long they have been looking for him. It was a way for the kids to get to know the school. They finally found the gingerbread man on Friday!
I have had lots of mixed emotions about K starting kindergarten. I know that she is ready to start and needs this, but I just wasn't ready. I believe now that she has been in school, I am starting to be okay with this. She has to grow up sometime right!
She can't be my 5 year old forever!