If you give a pig a pancake June 13, 2007

Fun for the kids!

http://www.state.ar.us/childcare/coloring.html

Make paper toys. June 13, 2007

I came across this website and thought I would share it with you. This looks like fun stuff for the kids to do.

http://thetoymaker.com/2Toys.html

Happy Birthday Matthew! June 13, 2007

Here is Matthew at grandma Larsen’s house visiting with his lolly pop in the mouth.

Happy birthday tomorrow to my third baby boy! He will be 5 years old. He has been looking forward to this day for months now. Every few days he asks when is my birthday going to be or when I am going to be this many? five as he would hold up five fingers. I am not sure what we are going to do for a birthday party. We usually have a little get together with all of the family and have cake and ice cream and a cook out but this year Paul wants to skip that because of finances. When he grew up, they didn’t have party’s. Just mom made a cake and nice dinner and a few gifts.

We knew right after Dylan (our 6 year old) was born that we wanted to have another child a year or so after because I wanted the kids to be close in age. We started trying  when Dylan was a year not thinking that I would get pregnant so soon. Dylan and Matthew are almost two years apart. We were hoping for a girl since we already had two boys but we love him just the same. Pregnancy went well with him. I ate well which means that I gained well. I still carry some of that weight I think. Matthew was only two weeks early which is good compared to my pregnancy with Dylan. Dylan was a month early because I had Preclampsia.I was having some pains on and off all day and was not sure if I was in labor with Matthew. With the other two boys, I was induced and had never experienced going into labor on my own. I was having contractions all day but they were not consistant or getting stronger. Towards the night  I thought something has to be going on because they were not stopping but I wasn’t sure if it was labor or not. I would have a contraction in ten minutes and then another one maybe 15 minutes later. I decided that I could not go to bed and sleep until I knew what was going on. It was about 10 P.M. at night or so and I told Paul I was going to just go in and have them check me out to make sure. I wasn’t expecting anything and thought for sure that they would say it’s nothing and send me home. Well, when I was on the table waiting for the nurse to come in and put the monitors on me, my water broke. Surprise! I had to stay after all so I got settled in my room and called home to Paul and said it is time! I was scared after that. I thought I was going to be fine having gone through this two other times but I think once it hits you and you realize ok, today is the day, I panicked alittle. I was dilated already some. He was not an easy baby delivering. I wasn’t progressing any in my labor so they finally put me on pitosin and I slept through the night. Still in the morning there was little progress. I was only at 6 centimeters and had been in labor all night. His heart beat started to do funny things so the nurses and the doctor kept a close eye on me. They kept coming in making me turn here and turn there thinking maybe he was laying on his unbilical cord. They then made me get on my hands and knees to see if his heart rate would do better. Do you know how hard it is to get on your hands and knees when you have an epideral and can’t move? That was not a treat. I couldn’t feel anything. Everyone started to panick when his heart rate piddled out and I was rushed to E.R. for a cesarean. I was so scared and poor Paul. I could see the emotions rise up in him. He was scared for me and scared for his baby boy. He was just as panicked not knowing what was going on and if everything was going to be ok. All in all, once he was delivered everything was fine. He was positioned in my pelvis with his head in a funny position that was not allowing him to descend the birth canal. He was a beautiful baby boy and still is. We love this little boy and can’t wait to see what his future brings. I thank God all the time for giving us him and all the rest of our children. I pray that I will take care of them, raise them and love them just as God wants us to.

Happy birthday Matty!