Ruby 6 weeks

Getting bigger! (Still not much sleep)

Lexi turns 3!

We had a great time at Lexi's birthday party, we love spending time with our friends! Keller had the sugar high of a lifetime.

Ruby is a month old!

The first month has gone by so fast! We are still not sleeping that much but we spend our days at the park and hanging out, taking it easy. Back to real life in about a month....but hey, I still got a month to chill.

Mimi's Visit

We had a great time when my Mom came out to visit. Here are a few shots from our day at the park.

Daryl Babysitting

Ruby will have her own laptop very soon, I'm sure.

The Whole Family

Here we all are at Easter:)

My Nerds

Daryl and Keller share some bonding time over the internet!

Ruby's first days home

Keller meet Ruby!

Keller loves his new baby sister:)

Labor Day

Well here it is, Ruby's birth story:

On Wednesday March 18th I was having really small labor pains all day. By the early evening I was sure that this was the real thing and we should start to time the contractions. At 8pm they were about 12 minutes apart so we figured we would put Keller to bed because it could still be hours before we go to the hospital. Our plan was to drop Keller off at our friend Rebecca's house and head straight to the hospital when the contractions got to be 5 minutes aprt for an hour. Well, at about 3am my contractions were only about 10 minutes apart but really quite painful. We decided to call the hospital and they said to wait until they were 5 min apart. Highly annoyed and in lots of pain, we waited until I had one major contraction and my water broke!

As I made my way to the bathroom, I was feeling so much pain and contractions on top of each other, 2 minutes apart. I was also feeling this overwhelming urge to push. I thought to myself "I can not have this baby in my bathroom." I told Daryl to call 911 because I knew I didn't have long it felt like she was coming out now matter if I pushed or not. Our friend Rebecca headed for our house to stay with Keller and arrived shortly after the ambulance.

The Ambulance ride was prretty intense. The paramedics were telling me not to push and I was telling them I wasn't. We arrived at the hospital and they immediately got me into a room and as soon as the Doctor arrived I pushed twice and met my little girl Ruby.

Daryl arrived 5 minutes later and he was so bummed to miss the birth but it turned into pure joy when he got to see Ruby!

Time with the little man

Still enjoying my maternity leave with the little man. Our days are really tough they consist of, pancakes in the a.m., park play, naps, and jumping on the bed. Life is tough for 2 year olds, let me tell ya. These pics were taken 3 days before Ruby arrived and I am so glad I got to have some time off with Keller and Daryl before the birth.

Getting Close

I was so excited to start my maternity leave! I think the last time Daryl and I had a Saturday off together was when I had Keller. We thought it was a good idea to go hike a local mountain (Cowles), with a toddler and a 9 month pregnant lady. The first hiking path was a little much, Keller was falling all over the place and I was getting funny looks from other hikers.

We decided to move it over to a more mellow part of the trails and that was probably a good idea. We hiked along a stream and stopped to throw rocks in the water. Keller and I were both pooped after. All in all it was a great Saturday:)

New Deck!

So here is the deck that we added to the front of the house. Daryl's Dad (Bill) came out for Thanksgiving and help Daryl get started and Daryl just finished the side rails. We still have a ways to go, next we are going to put a pergola top on it then sand and paint it. We are going to leave the flooring redwood and stain it. Someday we will get new windows and paint the house also, but one thing at a time!