Happy Belated Easter!

Thought I should come on and put a small update. Not much has been happening here. Mitchell and his mom made three very cute toy boxes. One for each of the girls and then one for the Lawson's as a gift for their new little arrival. Their daughter arrived 21 hours after Hannah did. She's a cutie.

Our Easter was great. We didn't do much. Since we were getting quite a bit of snow we did the Easter egg hunt inside. Then Mitchell and Mom got working on the toy boxes again. Other than that we've been recovering well. KalieAnn's back to being herself and relearning that tantrums just get her put in her room again. Hannah is a great baby. She only woke up once last night. Mitchell is doing great. It looks like his office is going to be closing out on the first. As for me, I'm glad to be getting my voice back! I'm starting to sound normal again! Well I'm off to go work on laundry. God Bless!!!

Interesting Week!

Hey Everyone!

This past week has definitely been interesting. Starting last Friday night KalieAnn and I got really sick. We weren't keeping anything down. Mitchell and his mom decided that it would be best for us to go in after hours of not being able to keep down water. We both got IV's to rehydrate us and medicine for our nauseousness. On top of that they gave me morphine for the severe pain my abdomen which turned out to be a blatter infection. Because of the morphine I had to pump for 24 hours and toss. Luckily I had pumped prior to getting sick so Hannah wasn't just getting formula. They also told me that I couldn't nurse her while I was actively sick. Luckily the last time I was "actively sick" was right before I left the hospital. So I was back nursing again on Sunday. We had our follow up with our doctor on Monday and found out I had strep throat but KalieAnn was doing great. Well Monday night we wound up back in the ER because KalieAnn wouldn't stop screaming "OW!" on the top of her lungs and we figured it was best to have her looked at. The poor thing went through all kinds of test including a cat scan to make sure didn't have appendicitis. Thank God they all came back normal! I on the other hand ended up going home with more medicine for my throat. Since then we have been trying to recover. Mitchell's mom flew in Friday morning and his sister followed that evening. I wish their trip had been more of a relaxing one..still a chance for mom to have a bit more of a relaxing vacation. She leaves this coming Friday. His sister left last Monday night.Now if you have called this past week and i didn't answer the phone its been because I really don't have much of a voice. I'm still waiting for it to come back. My family here had a hard time understanding me at points and sometimes still do. We can also thank God tremendously that Hannah hasn't gotten any of this junk and that my antibiotics stops tomorrow!!!! Yay for being back on just my prenatal!!! No more feeling like a druggy! Well I'm off to try and get some sleep while I can!

Hannah's Here!

Last Sunday night(March 2ND) at 5:25pm Hannah Marie arrived. She was 8lbs 1 oz. and 20 1/2 in.'s long. My labor was 5 1/2 hours long and she was out in one push. This labor was done without an epidural..I waited too long to decide on getting pain meds that they didn't help with the pain. So I felt everything. Now I can say I've done labor with and without an epidural. We had an amazing nurse who helped out Mitchell A LOT. I seemed to have been the only one there at the time so she was able to stay and help the whole time.It was truly an amazing experience. I felt like I was in great hands. Love ya! God Bless!

My Grandpa JB

I wanted to come on and give the sad news of my Grandpa JB (my Dad's Dad). He passed away last Monday morning due to cancer. Its sad to have him go but we are all glad that he didn't suffer for very long. So I ask for every ones prayers for our family. God Bless.

Doctors Appointment

Alright, our doctors appointment was earlier this morning. It went well. Hannahs doing great as usual and inducing was talked about. She has dropped into position and my body is where it needs to be to induce. My cervix is still dialated 3 1/2cm and soft. Hannah is still just as active in there when she wants to be and it has become a very painful process for me. My body is sore and I am ready but like I told the doctor "I am really uncomfortable and I am really tired But I want whats best forthe baby." So with that said it was decidedthat we would wait another week and then set the day to induce around her due date which is a week from Saturday. So more than likely we'll get to meet Hannah by the end of next week. yay! Well thats all for now! God Bless!

Doctors Appointment

Alright now our doctors appointment was this afternoon. Hannah is still doing great. My cervix hasn't changed since last Thursday night. However we are now ready for her to arrive when she does come. Here are some maternity pics that I have finished messing with. Thought I would share them.

Family Day Awards

Yesterday was mandatory Family day for the marines. At the end of each family day I have noticed that they give out awards. Mitchell and his office did very well the past couple of months. Heres the pictures of them accepting their awards. Mitchell recieved two awards.The first was a bat for Recruitor of the month and the second was a battle ax for being the first recruitor to write four contracts in a month. His office got a ton of awards. For being the first office to close out on mission for the past five months(five individual awards, one per months), for carrying the offices RS on shipping for a couple of months..and some others I can't remember. The one of the group is his office had to come forward andthe CO explained how much Coon Rapids has helped the RS if not had to carry the RS' mission a couple months, and the last one is of SSGT Scobee with everyones awards on the table.