Dead to the World!

Yesterday as I was working to wake this sweet Maggie up to eat and try to stay awake in hopes that the night would go more smoothly...I finally gave up!

She was O-U-T!

So out in fact that I couldn't pass up an opportunity to paint her nails!! I had done Ellie's earlier that day and had the bottle right there next to the bed...

Ellie was so happy to have "all the girls" with matching pink fingernails! She had wanted to have Maggie's toes painted too but those were just too tiny for me to do a good job on!

Night #2 in the Hospital!

Our little Champion Sleeper on night #1 was not so stellar on night #2.

Though she is equally cute as she cries as when she is sleeping I needed a little more of the latter. After a quick push of a button, she was being cradled and coddled by our cutest nurse (Paula, who we had all 3 days in the hospital) so I could actually get some sleep between feedings!

PS...Steve honestly didn't hear a THING...unreal...Lucky him!

Luckily now that my milk is in she is only wanting to eat about every 1.5-2 hours which though it sounds horrible (and let's get serious--it is) I am so happy to have her here. Once her days and nights get straigtened out hopefully her 3-4 hour naps during the day will trade over!

Baby Maggie has Arrived!

GO TIME!!

The cutest big brothers and sister waiting to meet their newest sister!
Too bad it would be the next day until they acctually met her!

the most handsome father patiently waiting

She's Here!!

What a big day...and a lot of work...but all worth it!

Oh look she "LOVED" her bath!

The tiniest, cutest, wrinkliest little feet!

Margaret's first night was great...she slept like a champ!

all the kids washed up and prepped to meet their new sister!

the kids were fascinated with this perfect little girl
Gordon didn't want to stop holding her, Oscar kept kissing her and Eleanor was so happy to have "her new baby" though she was very concerned every time Margaret cried!

The kids LOVED holding the baby!

Maggie had had enough and needed a little calm & quiet!

My Beautiful Mother with Grandbaby # 37

The boys brought some entertainment for themselves during their visit!


The biggest big brother! He'll be such a big helper!

This bed is getting very crowded!

Baby Update...

The problem with having a new doctor for every baby is that though they have all your records and charts and such they never really believe what the previous doctor does is right!

So I have been telling my Doctor that I have big babies and have been induced at 38 weeks with the last two resulting in Oscar at 8lbs 15.5 oz and Eleanor at 9lbs 1 oz.

She was nice and smiled at me and then in so many words told me my dates must have been wrong or that the glucose testing was not done at the right time and thus I was probably mildly diabetic.

Well after 3 glucose tests at different intervals it is positive that I am nowhere close to being diabetic (in fact on the opposite spectrum for the first 2), and after consistently measuring 2.5 weeks ahead of due date (which up until now she blamed on probably have a lot of fluid)... She ordered another ultrasound. So last Tuesday (I was 35 weeks and 3 days) after the ultrasound estimated the baby's weight at 7lbs 6 oz (the ultrasound has a 1/2 lb swing so it is definately in the 7-8 lb range) she admitted to being forced to eat her words and conceded that I make BIG babies!

So at the next appointment tomorrow they'll check me and then schedule to have an Amniocentesis done on the 28th to confirm lung maturity (It is required at the hospital that I want to deliver at if it is to be an elective induction before 39+ weeks) and then if that is positive we'll schedule our induction...hopefully for the 31st!!

Which would mean that we will have this baby in our arms in less than 2 weeks!!! I am so excited!! I cannot wait to see what this little girl looks like and am curious to see what her stats are...feel free to venture a guess in the comments it's always so fun to see! I can't tell that she is much bigger/smaller than any of my others since you always feel huge and packed like a sausage at this point anyway!!

We'll keep you posted!

Here are some pics of the last 3 editions!!

Gordon Oscar Eleanor

Gordon's little Roly Poly Friend!

Gordon loves finding bugs and creating little "habitat"s for them...you will regularly find little jars with his creatures in them around the yard. This morning he was so excited to find this little guy...he wanted to keep him so I told him he could make him a house for the day....now I just need to remember to let him go tonight!!

okay so he does look a little dazed in the first picture since I was trying to get him to smile and look at me...a difficult task when you have a roly poly crawling on your hand!

Bathtime!!

Since it's summer and we are at the pool ALL the time I must admit that we are not as avid bathers as we usually are...chlorine is just like soap right?? And the sprinklers are really effective for getting otter pop juice off of kids!!

But on one of our bath nights we did get some darling pictures!!

Nature's Neighborhood at the ZOO!

The Toledo Zoo just finished its new kids area called Nature's Neighborhood! We went last week and had a great time. There were lots of things for the kids to do!

Fourth of July 2009

This Fourth of July was actually celebrated on the 3rd for us!! Our town does a big spectacular over the Maumee River and so we met up with friends for a delicious BBQ and then took off to catch the show! We didn't go to "the fort" (Historic Fort Meigs: wehre the action centered) to watch the fireworks but went with our good friends, the Madden Family, to a co-worker's house on the Maumee side of the river--like right on the river! It was BEAUTIFUL and so much more peaceful!!

E & Daddy at the BBQ!

The kiddies on our way to catch some fireworks...

The only Descent Family Picture....It's hard when it's pitch black to get a good one! You can't see but the river had TONS of boats all anchored out in it to watch the show too...it was almost like it's own show to see them all coming and going!

...looking a little more disheveled as the night goes on!!

All set up...and now we wait for the action!!
I did not attempt to take any pictures of the actual Fireworks...it was so nice to just sit and relax and enjoy the company!!

I just have to say how grateful I am to live in this WONDERFUL country! I always feel very patriotic at this time of year, I cry almost everytime I sing the Star Spangled Banner or really any of those songs if we're being honest!! I am so happy to know that this was/is the promised land spoken of in the scriptures and basically I am proud to be an American!!!