Odds & ends of May

This past month has been full of rain. I swear, its rained almost every single day. I usually don't mind a bit of rain, but I'm getting sick of it because then we are all stuck in the house.

On one of the few days that it wasn't raining, I bought the girls new Nike shoes and they were both so extremely happy. As soon as they got them on they had to have a race in our driveway. They seriously look too cute wearing their little Nike's.

Lincoln could only have sponge baths until his umbilical cord fell out. He didn't like the sponge baths much, he cried the whole time, poor guy!

However once we were able to give him an actual bath, he just sat there as happy as a clam. Didn't cry or anything, he actually loved it. When our girls were babies they didn't really enjoy the bath until they were older, so it's funny to see how different they are.

We've had a ton of time to love on our new baby. Unfortunately the girls have coughs right now, so they can't be near him but they've had plenty of snuggles this past month.

This past week Cambree graduated from preschool. She had such a fun year with her class. She can't wait to start Kindergarten. It might be a long summer because she's so excited to go to school this fall. Hopefully she won't ask too much about it because 3 months is a lifetime for an almost five year old. At her preschool graduation her teacher talked about each child and what they want to be when they grow up. Some of the responses were "Scientist, Palentologist, Doctor. Cambree's response "A dancing girl." Sure did make me laugh. Their program was pretty dang cute, I'm glad we were all able to make it and go together. Loved all their songs they sang and seeing their proud, smiling faces.

Hopefully since June is right around the corner we will be able to get out of our house and do some fun things, stay tuned!

Bowling!

This past Wednesday my mother and I took my girls bowling. We literally haven't left my house in three weeks since Lincoln was born. We NEEDED to get out and do something fun.

Cambree's been asking to go bowling for sometime now and it was the perfect day to go.

I loved watching Addie's facial expressions since she was so excited the whole time. A little nervous at first but caught on quickly. She is like a little monkey and will swing on anything that she can, so obviously she had to swing on the bowling ball assistance thing-a-ma-gig (not sure what they are called).

Lincoln was a sweet babe and slept the whole entire time. I seriously love my wrap, its so convenient to stick him in and go.

Both girls really enjoyed it, I'm sure we will be back soon!

Our newest family member

And just like that he is two weeks old tomorrow. We had his 2 week old appointment yesterday and he was at his birth weight exactly, 9 pounds 5 ounces. As Cambree would say "Such a little chub."

I would have to say the transition from having Cambree to Addie was much easier than having the girls with Lincoln. It sure is exhausting, worth it though. The girls are so in love with him. They still want turns holding him. They kiss his head every time they see him. He sleeps mostly all day long, he struggles more with sleeping at night. He has a hard time falling back to sleep once he wakes up to nurse. I will be sleep training him shortly.

As of right now, I just love cuddling and snuggling him all day long. Here's a bunch of pictures I've taken of him since we've been home.

May 1, 2015 (2 days old)

May 2, 2015- Addie calls him "Yinkin babe"

May 3, 2015

May 4, 2015

May 5, 2015

May 6, 2015

May 7, 2015

May 9, 2015

May 11, 2015 (poor thing got circumcised at the doctors office, saddest thing ever!)

and later on we went and visited Miss Allie for the first time since Lincoln joined our family.

See what I mean...I'm a bit excessive with the picture taking...but boy is he a doll baby.

Lincoln's Birth Story

On April 29th, we checked into Ogden Regional Hospital at 6am. They took me into my room, got me dressed in my gown and started an IV. Since I previously had a c-section with the twins, they only started pitocin at a 1 since they have to be careful how much they use with a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarian). Thankfully I was already having contractions on my own, so they didn't have to use much pitocin to get me going.

My doctor arrived at 8:30am to break my water. Can I just say "OUCH!" When she broke my water with Cambree, it didn't hurt much. But with him, it killed...I pretty much almost broke Benton's hand. She had to try multiple times and move me into multiple positions for it to break. I doubt my water would have ever broken on it's own since it was ridiculously hard for her to break it. She checked me and I was dilated to a 4+.

Since I was dilated already to a 4 and had steady contractions we decided to go ahead and get the epidural. My nurse thought that I would progress pretty quickly and she didn't want it to be too late and not be able to get the epidural like I wanted. So at 9:15 the anesthesiologist came in and I got my epidural. My right side of my body felt a lot more numb than my left side, even though my left side was numb. I started feeling sick, so they gave me an oxygen mask and anti-naseau medication.

At 12:15pm I was dilated to a 6.
12:55 I was dilated to an 8.
1:45 our doctor was on her way.

I pushed for a good 30 minutes. It was extremely hard even with an epidural. I was sweating like crazy, which I never had happen before. With Cambree I pushed for a while without much pain and she came out. Not for Lincoln, his head struggled passing through and boy did it hurt.

At 2:23pm Lincoln James Carnahan was born! I still couldn't believe we actually had a boy!

He weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces, 21 inches long and his head circumference was 38 inches. Everyone in the room couldn't believe how big he was. They said a normal head circumference is around 34cm, a big head was 36cm and at 39cm they have to do a c-section because the head is too large to fit out vaginally. So at 38cm he hardly could fit through and that's why it was so hard for me to push him out. I was just relieved I was able to do a vbac and not have to get him out through c-section.

We had Linda bring the girls by at 5:30pm that night. They were so excited to see him. Cambree could hardly contain herself. She "awed" at everything, and thought everything was "adorable". When Cambree held him she kept breathing deep because she said he was heavy, but she wouldn't let go. Addie on the other hand didn't say much, but she asked for a turn to hold him and sat silently smiling at him. They were too cute when they met him.

We had mostly family that stopped by in the next few days to see us at the hospital.

On Friday morning we were able to leave the hospital and go home.

If you can only imagine how many more pictures I've taken...it's A LOT! I will do another post soon about our first week as a family all together...it's been a bit chaotic. But we are so happy Lincoln is healthy and is apart of our family. We sure do love him so very much!