Sunday, April 19, 2009

Isaac Braden Driscoll Is Here!


After a CRAZY CRAZY pregnancy our beautiful son is finally here! Isaac was born on his due date March 31,2009 and weighed 8lbs. 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. He is just perfect!!

My birth story....

On Monday March 30, 2009 I just felt different! I went to pick up some Mexican food and doughnuts for lunch (YES! I gained 55lbs) for me and my kids because I didn't want to cook and clean. When I came home we had a annoying gas alarm going off. I called Braden and he said he would come look at it later because he was in a meeting....UMMM WHAT?? What if you come home and we are dead? I was so tired and decided to turn on a movie for the kids so I could try and take a nap on the couch with the stupid alarm going off. 30 minutes later I woke up to what felt like water coming out of me. I wasn't for sure until I walked around and had a BIG gush. I was nervous because I knew I needed to get to the hospital because I tend to go really fast when my water breaks. (I went to the hospital at a 7 with Lauren not knowing for sure if I was even in labor) I called Braden to tell him to get home my water had broke and he didn't believe me. He thought I was trying to trick him to come home and fix the alarm. He came home we packed and left to go to the hospital. I WAS HAVING NO CONTRACTIONS!! (EMBARRASSING MOMENT....I put a pad on hoping that would be enough to hold the water on the way to hospital well Braden was making me laugh in the truck and it was gushing out all over. By the time I got to the hospital my pants were soaking wet and neither of us had a coat. I had to walk up to labor and delivery with wet pants down to my knees!) 6pm They checked me and I was a 1 and they gave me cervadel. I walked around the hospital to get my contractions going and at 10pm I was a 3. At 11:30pm they started the pitosin. My nurse asked me if I wanted a epidural and I told her no because I was feeling good and she told me I better get one because the anesthesiologist was going home. At 12:30 the anesthesiologist came in and gave me an epi and it was a dang good thing because 20 minutes later I was a 10 and the baby was coming. I pushed through 3 contractions and at 1:14am Isaac was born.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

catching up...

I have been so busy with my kids and activities I haven't had time to blog which has also made my pregnancy fly by. Only a little more than 3 months and we will get to hug and kiss our sweet baby:)
Halloween night Halle was Hannah Montana, Luke was a army guy, Faith a clown and Lauren a lady bug.



Halle and Faith getting ready to perform at the 1st football game.



I'm so glad they love each other....



Faith loves to play tea party all day long and here are some of the friends she invites



I laughed so hard when I saw the snake dressed up in barbie clothes!

I don't like finding out what the gender of our baby is but my kids have been begging to find out so I decided I would to make everyone in this house happy:) Halle asked if I would send them on a scavenger hunt to find out what we were having.....
Luke is thrilled to finally be getting a baby brother and we all can't wait to hug and kiss baby Isaac:)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

It's hard to believe...


It feels like just yesterday we were off to the hospital to have our 1st born Halle. Today she has turned 8 years old. Where has the time gone? Halle came 3 days after our 1st year anniversary. She is such an amazing and beautiful daughter. We LOVE her so...much. I can't believe she will be baptised in a few weeks. She is so full of life and loves to have fun and play with her friends. She always tells me I'm her best friend and I want her to know she is my best friend as well.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

I Love You....



Thanks for the great 9 years and 10 kids...

Friday, October 24, 2008

Happy Birthday My Cute Faith Elizabeth!



Reasons we love Faith... she loves everyone, she loves going to primary, she is beautiful and has perfect naturally ringlet curls and BIG bright blue eyes. She loves to help me cook and clean and almost always obeys, she is always laughing, she is so sweet and can make you feel so good about yourself.(She is always telling me how pretty I am:) She is definitely daddy's girl! We love her so much and we are so glad we have her in our family! Happy 4Th Birthday Faith!!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Exciting News

My brother and sister-in-law Jared and Amanda are having their 1st baby sometime around April. We are so excited and I'm so looking forward to another niece or nephew. My kids will be getting 3 new cousins in the next 6 months and a new sibling as well. I'm so glad! This is really great news for my kids who desperately need cousins!



I also wanted to wish Amanda a Happy Birthday!