FEELINGS

I am feeling so tired, but also so grateful! Little Levi has his days and nights mixed up worse than any of my kids. I am up all night with him...with hour intervals of sleep. I know it will pass and he will get better...but man, I am tired! Luckily Jared has been a true life saver. He decided to take the whole week off from work to be with the boys and to help me. He gets up in the morning with the boys and does everything from feed them, swim lessons, errands, dishes, cleaning up the house, bike rides, yard work...you name it! I am so grateful for him and for everything he has done this week. I love you Jared! By the way, is it really already Friday? I have to admit I am a little scared for the next week. I hope I can do this!

Baby

Levi John Williams

June 8, 2009

5:11 am

8 lbs 5 oz

Jared and I arrived at the hospital around 9 pm to be induced after dropping the boys off at his parents to spend the night. I found out I was still just dialated to a mere 1, but I was having some contractions on my own (and all along I thought they were just braxton hicks). My doctor arrived around 11:30 and broke my water (not fun) and Jared and I rested for the next hour or so until I decided to get my epidural around 12:30. My contractions were getting to be painful and I knew if I wanted to rest that I would need that beautiful epidural. It worked and we slept the night away until around 3:30 when the nurse came in and was a little worried about Levi's heart rate. She had me switch to my right side and then quickly told me to get back on my left. I was only dialated to about a 4 1/2. Levi didn't like it when I was on my right side, so I continued laying on my left. My left leg was completely numb. The nurse continued checking Levi's heart rate and then at 4:30 she came in again and asked if I was feeling any pressure and told me that Levi was doing some funny things...she checked me and said, "Dr. Huff's going to be mad at me..." I asked why and she said that I was complete! (Dr. Huff was planning on coming back at 6 am) It was a mad rush from there. Jared was completely out...I had to call his name like 3 times and tell him that we were ready. Dr. Huff was called and came within 20 min. My mother-in-law and 2 sisters were called...everything went really fast! I pushed for 3 min and baby Levi was here! My mother-in-law walked in right as Levi came. Unfortunately my sisters missed his birth and came right after. I was so happy that everything went really fast. Because my left leg was really numb and my right wasn't I was worried that I would feel something, but I didn't (thank goodness). Levi is so cute with his white hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. He looks a lot like Wyatt to us. I am so happy he is here with us and that he is healthy. We got home yesterday afternoon...it's good to be home. Wyatt and Luke are so cute around Levi. They love him and want to help all the time and share their toys with him. As we sat around the dinner table lastnight we all felt so happy to be together! Jared made the comment that we are now a family of 5! We are growing fast and I couldn't be happier (or more tired).

TOO LAZY TO UPDATE...

Well, sort of. I'm just really busy "nesting" right now and reading all of your blogs to post on mine! I will get around to it, though. Until then I am scrubbing baseboards, doing laundry, washing walls, etc. I even went out in the backyard and cleaned the grill. It's getting out of hand! Baby Levi should be joining us late Sunday night or early Monday morning. I am scheduled to go in at 8 pm Sunday night. I wish I would go earlier on my own...but I don't think that will happen...never has. We'll see.
Wyatt is all done with preschool this year and has been enjoying swim lessons along with Luke. Pictures coming soon...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Almost a mother of 3!
Here's what our past week looked like...Wyatt watching lots of movies while healing from his surgery. Things have been a little rough for him, and us...but he is doing a lot better now! I'm sure by the end of this week he will be great! He's already getting his appetite back and not complaining about his throat as much. I am sure glad we decided to do this surgery now rather than later!
Luke and Jared left for Fathers and Sons Friday afternoon. Luke had a blast! Wyatt would've been sad if he knew what was happening...but I kept him busy by visiting the library, enjoying a Jamba Juice, shopping, and watching a movie at the Natural History Museum...

Oh yeah, and my sister, Carrie got married!! It's almost been a month, but I wanted to wait until she announced on her own blog before I broke the news! We are happy for her and Dan.

WYATT'S BIG DAY

Due to asthma Wyatt's first surgery date last month was rescheduled to May 2...so yesterday we woke up bright and early to get to the hospital by 6:45 a.m. I have to say how grateful I was for that first attempt. Although we were at the hospital for several hours...all ready to go...just to find out that we wouldn't be able to do the surgery that day...it was a great practice run! I know Wyatt felt a lot more comfortable going to the hospital...in fact, he was really excited to get there (we didn't really explain what would happen...just that he would see the doctor and get to play with toys.)! We planned on dropping Luke off over at Jared's parents house and Wyatt was so anxious to get to the hospital that he suggested Dad drop Luke off in his car while I took him to the hospital. Not only was Wyatt ready this time, but I was much more relaxed too. Everything turned out great! After checking in, Wyatt changed into the hospital gown (he asked if his gown was for a little girl...they didn't have any blue available.) and then we got to go to the play-room for about an hour before a nurse came in to help get Wyatt's sleeping mask all ready. Wyatt decorated his mask with stickers and chose the bubble gum flavoring to go inside. He must have sniffed that mask close to 100 times. Poor guy was so hungry I'm sure! After talking to the doctor for a little bit Wyatt followed the nurse down the hall on his bike to the "sleepy room". He was so brave! He gave me and Jared a quick kiss and then at the end of the hall he waved goodbye. Jared and I waited for about an hour before the doctor came to talk to us. He informed us that everything went well and then brought out the little jar containing Wyatt's tonsils and adenoids (I spared you the picture). I don't know how Wyatt functioned with tonsils that big. They were huge. Pretty soon the nurse came in to have us be with Wyatt while he woke up. It took him awhile to wake up completely...and he was confused, but he did really well. He just wanted to get out of the bed and he kept sitting up abruptly. It was actually a little funny to see him and watch his reaction. He wanted an orange popsicle right away, but it took him like 30 min to finish it because he kept falling asleep. Once we got to our room he was wide awake and continued to be the whole rest of the day. Jared left around 1:00 to pick Luke up and take him home, so me and Wyatt hung out until we got to go home around 7 pm. It was my goal to not have to stay the night so I had Wyatt eat and especially drink a lot. The main concern was that he would not be able to swallow and get dehydrated. I told him over and over that if he would drink a lot that we could go home. We walked the hallways, put puzzles together, watched 3 movies, and played with toys. It was a long day.

On his way to the "sleepy room"Not yet awake from the anesthesiaWatching his 3rd movieToday Wyatt did really good, in fact you wouldn't be able to tell he had surgery just yesterday except for the fact that he sounds funny when he talks. He woke up and asked me why he sounded like a little baby. He now understands what the doctor did exactly and last night he told me he wanted to have his tonsils back! The doctor prescribed Lortab for the pain...but Wyatt has been absolutely crazy today...seriously bouncing off the walls, so we might just try Tylenol from now on. Boy was I wrong when I thought he would be laying around and whining, (which might actually be a little refreshing) but he has been just the opposite. He spilled at least 5 drinks today and won't sit still long enough to eat or even go to the bathroom. It's funny watching him, but I'm not sure if I can take this kind of energy for the next couple of weeks!

TOO FAR BEHIND...

...So I'm going to make this quick... Let's just say that we've been a little busy. From hiking to painting...we're doing it all! Are you getting tired of looking at the bread and meat that I canned? Yeah, me too. So, I thought I'd change it up a little. First we have a sneak-peek into Levi's room. We finally combined Wyatt and Luke into one room...and they seem to be doing well. It was a little rocky at first (Wyatt has a snoring problem). In fact, tomorrow Wyatt will be getting his tonsils and adenoids taken out (that's another post to come). Anyway, their room is coming along too so I'll have to post about that soon. I still have a lot to do...or rather want to do in Levi's room, but yesterday my mother-in-law came over and did a little sewing for me! Thank you, thank you! So now I feel a little better about things.

I decided to make this room the "sporty" room (Wy and Luke's room is the car room). I have a soccer picture and a basketball picture to go along with this one...thanks Target.

This is the awesome shelf that Jared built...and I helped build. We make a pretty good team I think. Thank you Pottery Barn for the idea.

I love this chair.

EASTER was great! We had an awesome brunch on Saturday over at my sister-in-laws parents house (the Francom's). Delicious food...Mmm. It's always fun to go over to the Francom's because a lot of my family is there since my brother and my cousin married sisters! Wyatt and Luke enjoyed the egg hunt in the rain.

On Easter Sunday we had another Delicious meal over at Jared's parents house.

Luke has an obsession with shoes...both mine and Wyatt's. He also loves anything that Wyatt has and is always trying to copy him. Here we have Luke with my shoes, Wyatt's bike helmet, and an old shaver of mine (no blade in it..).

Wyatt on his hike with Jared. Jared tells me Wyatt did great although he was wearing shoes a little too small and seemed to keep getting rocks in them. Wyatt loves hiking!

Mmmm...meat!

...When will this madness ever end? I just can't get enough of canning and food saving things. I'm pretty sure I'm nesting. Is it too early to do that? Check out my list of things to do before baby comes...

Finish painting nursery

Clean all baseboards/ touch-up paint around house

Paint rocking chair

Paint cupboards in hallway and our bathroom

New flooring (but I know that's not happening...so I'll settle with cleaning carpets)

Make shelves for 2 bedrooms

Clean out office to make playroom

...And that's just the beginning! Be grateful that you're not married to me.

On a funnier note, here is Luke showing us how NOT to apply lipstick. He loves to get them all out and hasn't tried to put any on...until yesterday. I'm not sure where he got the idea that it goes in the eye??

"eeee" (Luke's way of saying "cheese")