William Timothee Inman

It has now been two weeks since I finished being pregnant. I have this perfect little boy, falling asleep in his little bouncer in front of me.  The kids are at school and Reed went back to work today, after a very enjoyable layed back 2 week vacation/paternal leave.  My heart is so full of love for this little one, I feel so blessed beyond measures, almost unworthy to have yet another perfect being in my home.  And he is absolutely gorgeous too. He sleeps like a newborn, but I did get 2 times 4 hours last night.  He loves our arms best though and would rather sleep near us then in any other contraption the world has invented to sooth babies...and I don't blame him :)

So here is the story of how he decided to come into this world:  after hoping I would go in labor on my own, I had to give up and go in to be induced, on the 21st. My due date was the 22, I would have waited longer, except that my babies are sumo size and I didn't dare to wait for the extra 1/2 lbs they put on per week.  I walked in the hospital on Monday at 7:00am, got registered, paid in advance for my fancy hotel room (for the price, you'd think I stayed at the Ritz!).
 The nurse came to get me...and my water broke a little!  I had mild contractions too, but they still gave me Pitocin which brought full on labor way fast.  After an hour or so of hard contractions every 2-3 minutes, I realized that my super hero moments were enough and I got an epidural at 11.  I think the anesthesiologist gave me the elephant dose because I was so numb from the boobs down that my butt felt like a blimp (think of how you feel with your face after the dentist if you are unfamiliar with epidural!). I usually can still move my legs a little but they were dead this time! Which worried me a little since I didn't know if I could feel anything to push when the time would come.
Around 3, the nurse called the doctor, I was ready to have this baby.  I had had my two doses of penicillin to protect baby from any potential harm from that Strep B bacteria.  Dr. Seal came in, he went and changed into "his birthday suit" as he called it (scrubs, no worries, I didn't have a weird birth with everyone naked or anything).  By the time he came back in, baby was beyond crowning.  I was told not to sneeze, laugh, cough or push.! The doc was trying to get dressed while holding Liam's head in. I had a mirror so I saw it all, which is kinda gross and kinda amazing at the same time. It's amazing to see your child being born, but it's freaky to see HOW he comes out, ouch, hello, who's idea was it to make 'em come out from there, it doesn't stretch that way, it's not made for that, come one!!!!
 When the bed was ready and the doc too, he pretty much let the baby slide out, no one needed my help. I gave half a push for the football shoulders to come out (oh yeahhhh, no episiotomy...only rip tore, ugh!!!).  He came out, followed by all the amniotic fluid he was plugging (and that's why when I got there and my water broke, it wasn't a flood like on TV). And there he was, perfect.
It felt a little unreal since I really didn't have to do anything and the epidural took all of the pain away.  He looked just like his other brothers, since we just clone babies.  They put him on me right away, and he warmed up against me for quite a while.  Then the big moment came when they have to weigh him: 9 lbs 9 oz, 21 1/2 inches, 14 inches for the head. I had done it again, I had a giant baby, but so stinkin' cute again!

Last family picture without Liam! I looked totally stoned, but really, I was excited...and I love Maddy too, even if it looks like she's just behind me like a stranger!

Ready to party!

This had to be before Pitocin kicked in or after epidural, I wasn't laughing once the contractions kicked in!

A few minutes old.

And life begins, diaper and hat, the naked days are over!

Happy brothers and sisters! And Grandma with grand baby #39! Alex was the first grand son. Liam is the last grand son.

1 day

Un burrito por favor!

The burp pro (pro at making baby burps or burping himself, you chose)

Ready to go home and start a new adventure!

Welcome to the world baby William, thank you for joining our family!

We love you!!!

Baby's first

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Birthday to my non teenager!

I don't have teenagers anymore, that makes me young right? Except that it's only because I am the mother of a TWENTY year old man! Whatttt?????
So here is to my favorite young adult, Happy Birthday Alex, even if you won't see this blog for another 14 1/2 months, but who's counting, right ;) How I miss that boy, yep, trying not to cry here, but I'm so proud of him!!!!

PS: no, Liam and Alex will not be sharing the same birthday, it is 6:00 pm, I doubt I'll have a baby in the next 6 hours!

Halloween, here we come...

Oh YEAH!!!! It's that time of year where we can decorate crazy.  I put my fall decorations as soon as September hits, even with 103 degrees, I didn't care, I was hopeful. But now it's October and we can officially go crazy with Spooky and Scary things...mildly at our house: I don't like ugly Halloween decors at all.

Fall is the time to eat as much sugar as possible too.  Did you know that the calories are half off at that time? And by Christmas, they're on clearance, so eat up (yes, I know, they are back full price by January and the scale won't lie anymore). I get these every year now: Candy corns and peanuts, and the make me so sick, but I keep eating them! They taste like a Pay Day, and I pay for it every time.

Time for the kids to find some boxed up costumes from previous years, except for Batman that has been living at our house since August, and will probably remain for a good year after Halloween has passed...maybe it's the real one?

Trick is to sit next to the skeleton! I was sitting on the good side a few days ago, before Skelli took my spot, and my brainiac dog jumped next to me, only to fall right through...he's a genius I tell ya!

So come on and trick or treat at our house, I think I have left over taffy from the baby shower!

See you on the 31st...and I won't look like a pumpkin anymore but will have my sweet pea in my arms :)

A bit of everything.

I realize that I only take pictures with my phone now a days. Then they stay on my phone and rarely make it to my computer and even more rarely to my blog.  I mainly email them to my Ukrainian boy. so Time to update my pc and my blog, so here are a few random pix from our daily life.

 This boy loves Legos and building crazy things.  Tommy is following his foot steps now too. They dump all their Legos on the floor and I end up vacuuming up bits and pieces of them every time I am sure!

My mother-in-law has been making these for years. All my kids have one, although it used to be dogs, but she ran out of dogs after buying everyone of them at all the Walmarts in the valley. So Liam is a monkey, which fits great:)

I have been pretty crafty with this baby. I made a cover for the carseat (not sure if I ever posted that, but I am sure there will be one or two pictures of our future baby on here and you might catch a glimpse of my sewing art).  This is a pacifier holder, thank you Pinterest again.

We love Buca di Peppo! With coupons and a gift card they sent us after losing Reed's Visa card, it was a free meal.  We always get the same waiter, who's a little whack, but the boys call him "the guy that smiles all the time". He doesn't charge us for drinks, so he can smile all he wants too, we like him!

This is the third building we make for the city that all 2nd graders build at Cortina. You'd think we would have learned and kept the previous building (Maddy did a movie theater and Elly did McDonald's) but nope, although the bottom part of this hospital is recycled from one of Elly's project last year...two more 2nd graders to go!

Got the stroller put together, then I couldn't get off the floor and my sciatic nerve killed me for 2 days, but it was worth it to feel like Handy Mandy or Bob the Builder. Oh, and there is the carseat I recovered inside of it.

37 weeks

I let Reed put the swing together, because Handy Mandy is on furlough: he is a government worker!  Bob the builder is actually English, at least he was when we lived in Germany and watched Sky UK satellite! So yeah, reality hit and my super hero days are over, I let my sciatic nerve relax now! Besides, Reed has Batman and Superman there to help him!