Kaelis's birthstory

I have had fast labors for all my children and I knew that my third was going to be even faster. I had this fear from the first day I found out I was pregnant that I would not make it to the hospital on time and that I would have a highway baby. My doctor and I decided that being induced would be a good idea to ensure that I was at the hospital on time.  I was scheduled an iducement date for Wed Sept 22. I was thrilled because I was done being pregnant and I was at ease that I would be at the hospital safe and sound.   I had trouble sleeping because I was afraid of falling asleep and then waking up with contractions and having Kaelis at home. Well..... Kaelis had other plans.  On Monday night I went upstairs and took a shower(thank goodness) and then got into bed to watch some tv. I had felt really bad all day on Monday,but did not think anything of it. I just knew she was not coming until I got induced. Around 11pm I got the 1 cramp that starts before the contractions. I thought, no way, just another practice contraction.  Shortly after that, the contractions began. I went downstairs and played around on the computer for awhile to make sure they were really contractions. They were happening about every 6 mins and they were starting to hurt, now I knew it was the real thing. I decided I better wake up Ryan to start counting them. They were 5 mins apart and I knew we needed to head out quickly. I called my neighbor who was on call that night and she came over around 1130. We got to the hospital around 12 and when the nurse checked me I was a 3. This did not mean a thing to me,because I knew I would not be a 3 for long. I would say a half hour passed and all of a sudden my water broke. I have the same sequence in labors. I am dialated a little bit and then my water breaks and it is showtime. Anyway, after my water broke the nurse came back to check me and I was a 6. They transfered me over to the delivery room and checked me again,( about 5 mins later) and I was a 7 already. I told them they needed to call the doctor right away because I was going to have to push soon.  Did I mention I had no time for a epidural. I have no idea what it is like to not feel the contractions and to push a baby out and have it not hurt. Yep, I felt everything.
 Everybody was frantic at this point because I knew I had to push,but the doctor had not arrived yet. They could not put my legs in stirrups because they knew I would push. I was yelling at this point that I had to push,BUT  the doctor was still 3 mins away. I thought for sure, a nurse or the ER doctor was going to deliver this baby. At last the doctor arrived. She walked in the door, put on her gloves and 4 pushes later Kaelis was born. All in all, the labor was just about 3 hours if you count the labor I did at home.
    It is all worth it in the long run when I look at my precious little girl, but I have to be honest, I never want to experience labor or pregnancy again. I know it is such a wonderful time in life,but I was so uncomfortable and did not have a very good pregnancy and the labor, would you want to experience that again? After 3 times of a drug free labor, I am finished! My husband is seeking medical attention to permantly make sure this does not happen again.
 There you have it, my quick labor story. The pain I had is all forgotten when I look at her. It is well worth the pain.

I have been MIA because.....

Kaelis Marie arrived on Tuesday morning.
I will post her birth story as soon as I can.
It is hard adjusting to having 3. Sometimes it gets overwhelming,but I know it will all work out and get better. I just now got a chance to write this blog entry. you forget how busy you are with a newborn. Yikes.
We are doing great and so far she is a great baby. I think she almost has to be being the third child.
More posts to come as soon as I can keep my eyes open!





Five question Friday

1.What is the first nightmare you remember?
                                                                      Honestly, I do not remember anything the next day. Not sure if I just do not have them as much, or I just cannot remember.

2. Even if you're not a sports fan, what's your favorite sport to play/watch?
                                             I tend to watch football if I watch it. My husband is a huge football fan so that is really the only sport that is on, however I enjoy watching tennis for some reason.

3. If you could pull off one piece of trendy fashion, what would you want it to be (jeggings, hats, thigh high boots, etc.)?    I think for me it would be jeggings or skinny jeans. I suppose I just do not have the confindence to even think I would look great in them. Just not sure how I would pull them off. Not sure my legs are small enough for them. Do they have to be?


. Did you make good grades in school?
                  I really had to work hard in school and I did just decent. I was not one of those people who could not study at all and still get a decent grade. I studied and studied and got a  C. I did decent enough to think I ok, just not a A student. However when I got into college and studied what I like, I graduated on the deans list. Cannot figure that one out.

5. What magazines do you subscribe to?
              I subscribe to quite a few. Parents magazine. I will always subscribe to this. I love all the ideas I get from it.  Family Fun is another good one. I get alot of  ideas from that one.
        Real Simple. I love this magazine as well.
        I get us weekly for free for some odd reason,but I like keeping up on the gossip of the hollywood crowd.

38 weeks my goodness

Everything is pretty much the same. I am just ready for this baby.
I go to the doctor today and depending on how much I am dialated and effaced will determine when I get induced. I really want it to be tommorrow or sat. Not sure i will make it if we wait until Monday. Might go on my own and scared how fast I am going to go this time around. God will allow enough time though. I let everybody know how my appt goes.

A wonderful birthday celebration

I had a very nice birthday and that evening Ryan bought home a Baskins Robbins Icecream cake. (That is what I wanted) and then they sang happy Birthday to me and then we ate some cake!! It was sooo good.

The numbers on the cake exploit my age. Yuck!!

First flag football game



Last Saturday was Kendric's first football game. It was very fun to watch. It is a riot to see those kids run the opposite way they should,but they are still so excited that they made it. 



Cadence did not think it was much fun. She was not feeling good that day and right in the middle of nap time. She slept for most of the game.

Five question Friday

1. Do you feel guilty spending money on yourself?
You know, I do. We have cut back so much on our budget to save for other things and see how much we can actually live comfortably on. I have a certain amount of spending money per month and once it is gone, it is gone until the next month. I am very careful on what I spend it on,but when I do spend it, it is on my kids and things for the house, rarely do I think about me,but when I do find a shirt on sale or I splurge and get extra things for me, I have this funny feeling in my gut, like I should have not done that, but sometimes I think I deserve somethings sometimes.


How well do you know your neighbors?
We know them well. We live on a culdesac so we get to know them pretty well. There are 2 houses where the people stick to themselves and never come outside to visit, but otherwise we will have driveway lawnchair nights and the kids play outside in the culdesac. We are fairly close to them.


What age are you looking forward to being?
I will be 33 next week and I am having trouble knowing my current age, let alone what age I am going to be next.  I do not look forward to being any age.


4. Do you get excited when the mail comes? Why?
I do and I don't/ I do when I know that I have a magazine coming or a package I have been waiting for,but most of the time I know it is bills and junk mail and I do not look forward to getting it. Most of the time I am not excited.

How I feel about the NFL

I decided to write on this because tonight is the first game of the NFL Season. I loath this time of year because of the NFL. I know every man has their delighted sport and that is ok, however, when it comsumes everything and valuable time I do not get it. When I watch football, I see a bunch of men running with the ball making touchdowns. trambling over each other, hitting each other, and most of all , giving a butt slap on their not so firm bottoms.
 As I watch my husbands delight as he watches the first game of  the season I find myself trying really hard to appreicate every call the refs make or when the player of the favored team makes an awsome move or a touchdown. Great, yipee.
  Here is the thing that puzzles me everytime I hear my husband yell at the tv. Does he really think the people on the other side of the tv can hear him? Come one, that one player is not going to hear you screaming at you,but the whole household heard you and jumped a couple times out of  being scared to death.
I just do not understand it. I know my husband is not the only one that does this. Mr. Clark can watch game after game like it was the first one of day or season, and I am thinking I have a honey do list a mile long,but it seems like I become a football season single mom  of 3 and just about to have a baby at this time of year was not the best thought out process!
Mr. Clark loves the Chicago bears,but he said to me the other day that they still are not looking like they are going to have a great season which means more temper tantrums from the big guy and sulking for 2 hours post game. Really? I guess in a way, its like if I miss a really good sale at a store and missed some great deals, I sulk for a day or so. Not sure that really compares though. Not sure I can find one that does.
  Here is the thing though, I love Mr. Clark and I am going to try my hardest to support him this season and wear the Navy and Orange attire and dress our 3 little fans in it as well and I will only do the excitement and the celebration for Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals(that is where I am from),but nothing else, well except for Ohio State which is another one of  his favs and since I am from Ohio I feel I have to do some supporting.. ok, but that is it! I know that  football is Mr. Clark's love affair for life and there is nothing I can do about it, so with that being said, I am going to become a football wife and watch every game with him and  have a party and have the kids get really excited about the games. I think I can, I think I can. I will not sulk or throw a pity party, but I will walk away with some glee knowing that he loved  his fan club cheering for his favorite team.  Our first born has just started flag football and when he was so excited about pulling a flag and making a touchdown was one of those times that I loved football and the delight it bought to my 2 favorite mens face.  I think I am going to love football in the end, just going to take a few seasons to do it.
  So, their you have it, my view on the football season. Anyone with me? please. Not sure I want to be the only one who does not like watching football. Leave me a comment and let me know so I do not feel so bad.

 I will leave you with this,
  the thought of warm chili and melted chesse and oyster crackers on a brisk fall night warms my heart. Cannot wait for that.

Have a great football season football fans and hopefully I can become a gleeful football wife.

37 weeks

37 weeks

I am just going to cut to the chase. I want to have this baby soon. I can barely move because I feel like she is going fall out. I have the same back issues and plain and simple, I just want my pre pregnancy waist back. I love this baby girl more than anything,BUT I want to enjoy her out of my belly. I enjoy being pregnant, I do,but  this late in the pregnancy, I am so finished. I can barely get out of bed or up from a seated postion. Ok, I  am done ranting. you all get the idea.
 What I look forward to though is my doc appt tommorrow to see if I am farther along ind dialation and effacement and PLEASE Dr. schedule inducement next week. I cannot do it anymore.
Hopefully next time I post it is to say welcome Kaelis Marie!!
Here is to hoping

First day of preschool

Today was the first day of preschool for Kendric. He goes to an extended day preschool class. This class is for all the children who misses the Kindergarten cutoff date. Kendric misses it by a whole month and 4 days. I am thrilled for this class, 1, it gets him ready for Kindergarten skills and 2, our good friend and neighbor teaches the class so Kendric knew his teacher and 2 friends from the neighborhood are in his class as well. He has been so ready to go to school,but preschools do not start until after labor day, so we were all excited and waiting for this day. He has been pretty bored since I started back my in home daycare. All the kids are much younger then him. He did great with drop off and said he had a blast  and told me what books he read. He is excited this year because he eats his lunch at school this year so he gets to bring a lunchbox.
 Here is to a great year!

birthday bash and busy weekend.

We had a vey busy weekend. Thursday my parents arrived. I was working,but my parents entertained my kids and that was great. Friday my parents took the kids to run some errands and I worked. Sat was a very busy day. We started the day with football practice and the in laws and my family went to see it so I stayed back and got ready for the party. Plus, I have seen several practices and they are all the same. His practice was over at 12 and the party was at 1 so we had to hussle around to get everything finished.
We had the party and it was a Batman party. Now, I know seeing from the picture of the cake there is a gasp of the villian the Joker.  I just want to let everybody know that he knows that the joker is a bad villian and makes wrong choices,but the look on his face when he saw the cake was priceless. he screamed and said "the joker cake" He was not allowed to have a joker party nor he is allowed to be the joker for Halloween as he has requested a couple of times.
It was a really fun party and they get more exciting  each year.
After the party my SIL and MIL and 2 neices stayed awhile to visit, which was nice since we do not see each other much. I was so tired by the end of the day and just wanted to go to bed,but we needed groceries so bad that I had to go the store.
On Sunday, we went to church and heard a great sermon and then Kendric wanted to go the T rex restarunt for lunch so we went there and had a great lunch and visit.  We had taken 2 cars so my mom and the kids went to run some errands. Ok, so I am not a sewer and I went into Joann fabric's to get some fabric and I could not believe the lines in that store. Wow, we were in there for almost 2 hours just for a yard of fabric. yikes. My kids were spent and I was as well. When we got home, there was a 40% coupon in the paper for Joann fabric's. that explains it!!! Needless to say that was the only stop we made.
We arrived home and just relaxed. I was pooped and being almost 37 weeks pregant did not help one bit.
After a refreshing night sleep and the departure of  my parents, boo,  we set up the baby's room. We have the crib up and my dad painted Ryan's old dresser and the changing table  and bassinett are in there. The decorating will come soon. I will post pictures when it is completed.
 I feel better now that it is ready for her whenever she decides she wants to join the world.
 After all that we took the kids to the park and then to the olive garden and they both LOVED calamari. Who would have thought that. I am so happy they do because it is the best.
We spent the rest of the evening relaxing and preparing for the work week ahead.
That was our weekend. Hope you all had a nice long weekend.

To the top tuesdays

I love finding new blogs and meeting new people and this is one way to do it. link up to host blog over to this blog. Great way to grow your bog and meet new bloggers. I love it.

5 years ago....

Today I gave birth (  a drug free 6 hour labor and all the pain I felt of contractions and pushing a 7.5 pound child out was all worth it) to the most wonderful boy ever. Kendric has bought so much  joy and happiness to our lives. He has such a caring and huge heart,but yet he has  that wildness of a boy. I love him more than I could ever describe and not enough words. I just cannot belive he is 5 years old. He is so independent, does everything  on his own and asks for help a little on things. He is very protective of his sister and soon to be 2 sisters, so he has a big role to take on now. I love having a boy that is the oldest for that reason. Our lives were changed when we bought him home and it has been bliss ever since. Of course there are moments when we wonder wow, are we really ready for this,but we were.
Would not change one moment of it. We love you so much and love watching all the new things you bring to this family and the hugs and the tenderness you give out on a daily basis. We love the obession you have with super heros and Bear Grylls, Nature survivor guy. We love the dance moves you show us on  a daily basis. We love you!!!

Happy 5th birthday Kendric. We love you!!