Natural Childbirth = CHECK

So he is here! Yes, a BOY, born on Dec. 26th. We are so excited / shocked. Marty and myself had totally banked on it being a girl for some reason and we even had it narrowed down to 2 good girl names. We really didn't have many boy names running around in our head...so we took a little extra time to determine his.

Meet Charles Henry Wright...Charlie weighed in at 8 lbs. 11 oz.! Our biggest baby yet.Doing a natural birth was the most excruciating thing I've have EVER experienced and I don't know if I'll do it again...well that's what I thought immediately following his delivery. But now that it's been a couple of days and I see the way I feel and have healed and look back to how neat the whole experience was....I may just do it that way again for our next child. The contractions weren't the hard part really. I was a 9 when I arrived at the hospital. The 'burning ring of fire' really hit when I was pushing him out. That is when I screamed and cried out and felt an anxiety attack coming on. But I got thru it - I only had to push thru 3 contractions- which at the time seemed like eternity. It was so special when he came out though. My mom, Marty and I were all emotionally drained/involved and it was really awesome to get him here after all that hard work.

Secrets with a 4 year old....

So, Marty took Ruby shopping for my christmas presents...not a good idea I thought. But he insisted it would be fun and that she could keep the secret of where they went and what he bought. When they got home she didn't say anything and Marty reminded her that it is a SECRET. The next day after her shower I pulled out the blowdryer to do her hair and she exclaimed with big wide eyes...."YOU SHOULD USE YOUR NEW ONE!" Ha, I couldn't stop laughing, and instead of just acting surprised on xmas morning I had to tell Marty cuz it was such an innocent and funny moment. She realized right after that she'd slipped up. There are still other gifts that I can get surprised about and luckily this was my "need" gift from our categories...so I'm not too bummed about finding out. So even if there are good intentions...4 year olds can still get excited about something and lose all sense of obligation/duty.!

Smiles

Amiss the 'waiting for baby anxiety' and feeling really uncomfortable and BIG, there have been some things that have made me smile lately...

Getting together with these great 'old' friends is such a blessing and treat. I am so glad we stay in touch...it is rejuvenating to be with these girls!I love this dear little boy...he will soon be a 'big brother' and I hope he can handle it well, he's such a snuggle bug and I hope he copes!

I love girls days out with my sisters...we all went to New Moon and lunch afterwards.

I love this cheesy little face...Ruby is such a great girl; I'm so proud of her in the relationship she has with Liam. It is the most precious thing to watch them play together.

I love love love that my mom-in-law came out for Thanksgiving. She was here a whole week and we had such a great time. The kids gobbled her up and couldn't get enough of 'Gramma DIane'.

giving loves to Liam...

making pies ...

chillin...with knitting in hand, a movie for the kids and cheddar cheese slices to munch on...

Thanksgiving day....

Twas delicious!

We went on 'opening night' to the Temple Square lights...bad idea...but it was so pretty. Thanks for coming here to 'coldville' Diane...we miss and love you! Thanks for making us ALL smile.