Emerson Rose

We had a baby girl on Tuesday night. I went to a chiropractor someone had recommended Monday at 5 who for some reason suggested doing accupressure and by 6 started having contractions about every 20 minutes. By 11 they were every 5 minutes and more painful than either of my first two labours at any point. By 1am they were every 2 minutes but then they started spreading out again. Until about 9:00pm on Tuesday I had a contraction about every 10 minutes but sometimes farther apart. I really didn't think the baby was ever going to come because, while the contractions hurt way more than they did with Kennedy or Parker, they just never got close together. I started feeling really crabby and a little naseous so I decided to get in the bath at about 9pm. The water wasn't very warm so I asked DH to go boil some water. I felt like getting on my hands and knees for my next contraction and felt my water break. Two contractions later the head was out and I was yelling for Chad to come upstairs (the kids were at my dad's house). Two contractions after that he was pulling her out of the water. So after what seemed like a never ending labour, the actual birth was very quick. She weighs 9lb 4oz and is 21 1/2". We're both doing great. Kennedy and Parker are loving her and I'm very much appreciating all the extra work Chad has been doing so Emerson and I can rest in bed for a few days. Chad's been taking a lot of pictures and putting them online for our families. To save time posting pics I'm just going to put the link. You have to go to client slideshows and then baby Fulk.

yep, still pregnant

We really wanted to make the drive up to Boone this year to get a tree but I didn't feel like sitting in the car that long (and I erroneoulsy thought the baby might decide to come if we tried going anywhere) so we went to the oh so exciting Wal-Mart parking lot. We did get a great price on our tree. Kennedy and Parker loved this Christmas blow-up. Kennedy danced with it for quite a long time. Us with our tree.

We kept Kennedy up late two nights in a row so she could decorate the tree with us after Chad got home. The first night she fell asleep on the sofa before Chad was finished with the lights. Helping daddy hang lights is hard work! The second night she got a little bored with decorating the tree and decided it would be more fun if I decorated her. She now asks to be decorated several times every day.

Not the greatest picture of the tree. It looks really beautiful in person. Chad does such a great job.

Baby update - Despite 11 hours of contractions yesterday, still no baby. I'm going to see a chiropractor this afternoon so maybe that will help. Chad has been busy decorating our house. As usual, he's done a great job. We don't have a great picture of the tree yet so here's one from last year.

and still pregnant!!!!!!!

This baby must like it's daddy better than mommy because I am still pregnant. Despite many, many contractions (even some that were 2 minutes apart for 2 hours in the middle of the night last night) nothing seems to be happening at the moment.

And a pregnancy updated

For those wondering if I've had the baby yet, nope! Still pregnant and not feeling too bad at all. We went to see Marcia, the CNM, this past Tuesday and everything looks great with the baby. Guess Chad might get his wish to not have the baby until he finishes work next week.

Pumpkin Pictures

Taking pictures of our kids is especially challenging for Chad. He does great with other people's kids, but ours for some reason are harder for him. They just don't like to sit still which we're working on. This picture is how about 99% of our attempts at getting pictures of them turn out.

Cabarrus County Fair - September

We love going to fairs. There is a great fair near us, in Concord, that has a huge section of kids rides. It was so hot we had to wait to go later in the day but we had a wonderful time. This was the first week of September, we're just getting around to downloading the pictures.

Tomorrow I'll be 38 weeks. Twice this week I was positive I was in labour but then contractions stopped. I am now over being pregnant. I'm surprised I was okay this long. Today our Sunday School class had a shower for us which was really nice of them considering in the past year we've gone to SS maybe 5 or 6 times. They are such a friendly, giving class to do this for us.

Chad and Kennedy just left for an overnight camping trip with some other dads and their kids. It's only an hour from here so in the event that I'm lucky enough to go in to labour tonight they should be able to get back here pretty quickly. I'm a little nervous that Kennedy might wander off and get kidnapped or eaten by a bear or something but hopefully since she has recently become so afraid of the dark she won't want to leave daddy's side. It's supposed to go down to almost freezing tonight so it'll be an interesting experience for them.

Here are a couple pics of K and P's first haircuts. Parker just got the hair hanging in his eyes trimmed. Despite the many times people refer to him as a girl, we love his hair and don't want to cut it right now. Kennedy had also never had even a trim. She was so upset at the hair place it was traumatizing for everyone in the place. We just got a few inches off of hers, it's still pretty long but it was getting so long it was starting to look like we were part of a cult that didn't believe in cutting hair.

The other night Chad went in to check on Kennedy and found her asleep in one of her princess dresses. She must have gotten up to put it on and gotten back in bed. I was working on a supper for Chad and I after (I thought) the kids were asleep. When Chad got home he went upstairs to change and found Kennedy asleep on the stairs. I had no idea she was down there!

The fall festival at Calvary church.

Chad took the kids to the Balloon Festival in Statesville. His mom met them there.

Chad and Kennedy went to a workshop at Lowe's and made pumpkins.