victoria: I know what you would like best for Christmas mom..
me: what is that?
victoria: Daddy!! We could even wrap him all up for ya.

Random.

I'm so thankful..Ryans Grandma gave us a check for Christmas and it is almost exactly what we needed for Ryans business insurance..Also, thankful that Ryan has been getting off early on Fridays....Its really nice to have him home before the girls go to bed!!
The girls are in the Christmas play at church and one at my moms house they are really excited about that.
Keltin is doing so good and growing so fast... He weighed 11lbs 5oz today! He was also in the 75% for height.
On the not so great side of things I have been trying to lose weight and it feels like an up hill battle... I have never had such a hard time.. I am eating pretty healthy and working out almost everyday and have gained 2lbs...what is up with that?!!? I guess it will come off in time.. :0(
I REALLY need to potty train Arayah (she is older the then other girls were,,,she's 26 months) but it feels so overwhelming to do that right now.

Looking Back.

Who would have thought that my mom making go in and apply at Subway...which I did not want to do ( I wanted to work at a preschool) would have resulted in finding the man of my dreams,,getting married and having four wonderful children within six years....guess I should thank my mom!!hehe It's weird how time gets away from you... I remember applying at Subway like it was yesterday and have a hard time believing I'm married with kids already... I am so thankful to God for everything!!

Keltin and His Boy Hands.

These are pictures of Keltins hands at five days old ( I'm pretty sure)..I know that no one cares about such things,,,,but I spend a lot of time sitting in this rocking chair nursing a cute little baby and so I might as well post a bunch of cute random things. The computer just happens to be right in front of my rocking chair.
Also, Keltin was 10lbs 8oz and 22 inches long today.

This is just my family getting ready to walk pumpkin lane.

Seems like babies are just getting bigger! I mean there were four babies among my friends and family born in the last month...two boys and two girls and all of them were over 9lbs and none of the mothers are related by blood. Also none of them had diabetes ... Even at the hospital I didn't get that shock and aww look like I did with my girls and they were much smaller...just a weird thought I had.


Maily is so protective of Keltin .


All the moms in the house changing diapers!

Victoira: Mom can I hold Keltin?

Me: No, he needs some mommy time.

Victoria: Mom, your just saying that so you get a longer turn with him.

Poor guy, girls are fighting over him already!

He can eat!

Keltin weighed 9lbs 4oz when we left the hospital on Sunday ...Thursday at his well baby check he weighed 9lbs 10oz!!!

Warning! Kinda Graphic! Keltins Birth.

After the Halloween party at our house, ryan and I were sitting around talking and I was pouting about how I would never go into labor and I would have to be induced!! After my rant we decided to go to bed.... I couldn't sleep ( like usual) so I got up and dinked around on the computer and watched some dumb late night TV. I was having a bunch of contractions ( like usual) and just for fun had been timing them. They were 5 min apart but that was not uncommon and they were not very painful so I was just blowing them off. After two hours (still not convinced this was the real thing) I decided to wake Ryan up and have him get some stuff together ( like the pictures off the camera and such) just in case. The next day was Saturday so I figured even if it was still fake he could sleep in.
He got up and started din kin around on the computer taking his time to do stuff.. I was cleaning when I told him I think we should hurry things up I really think this is real... he said ok but really didn't speed up any... about five minutes later I told him we need to get the kids to my moms. It took us what seemed like forever to get them ready. By now (5 in the morn it was 2 when the very first contraction started) they were 2 minutes apart! I was going to stay home while he took the kids to my moms and then we would head to the hospital ( I thought it would still be many hours but I wanted to get all my antibiotics for the strep B ). At the last minute I decided to just go with him to take the kids over.... good thing I did.. By the time I got to my moms my contractions were less then 2 minutes apart.. my mom said it seemed like there was no brake.. I still didn’t think it was that close to him being born because the contractions were not nearly as painful as with the girls. I was silent the whole way to the hospital which made Ryan realize that this was serious. When we got to the hospital I broke down crying... I told Ryan that I didn’t want to go in because I knew they were just going to tell me I was at a two . He said ok well we don’t have to go anywhere if you don’t want to ( he was so great) ...
We went in.... My nurse was so great I told her as soon as we got there that I was not going to talk during contractions and she was so nice about it she just asked Ryan everything and I got to be off in my own head and totally silent .... she would once in awhile tell me how good I was doing and let me know that my contractions were pretty much on top of each other... She was exactly what I wanted! She finally got all the paper work done and checked me I was a 7-8 and as soon as she told me that I started crying because I was so happy. Don’t get me wrong it was painful but NOTHING compared to the girls! I almost thought this can not be right! I was asked if I wanted an epidural and said yes only because I couldn’t imagine things not getting a lot worse... I got the epidural when I was a 8-9 and it slightly slowed my labor ( yay for normal labor). About an hour later my water broke and there was meconium in the water... no one freaked out!! About a half hour later I was ready to push.. Everything was going good until Keltin’s heart rate dropped really low... All I knew was my nurse( who was a Christian and who I had fallen in love with) looked at me and said very calmly you need to get your baby out right now! Someone put oxygen on me and I prayed that God would give me the strength because I really could not feel how to push at this point. I pushed once and the Dr said that’s not doing anything... so I prayed out loud for strength and pushed like I have never pushed.... in less then 2 minutes from the time I started Keltin was born!! It felt like I had been pushing for hours. Praise God !! He really pushed Keltin out for me! They let me hold him even though they were sucking gross crap out of his lungs!!
I didn't know why until later but after he came out I heard about 4 nurses yell and then start laughing .. one girl said," good thing I had my mouth closed.".. apparently some of the amniotic fluid shot about five feet across the room soaking a few of the nurses and thanks to Keltin it was full of poo! My mom and Ryan were talking about how gross the birth was .. one nurse said she had never seen someone have that much water before and of course it was poo water all over the place....Keltin just wanted to make his grand entrance as a boy so he made it nice and dirty!
Apparently, I was WAY wrong about not caring much water .hehe .. Although this labor was painful and a bit scary at one point it was my BEST ( although I love things about each of their births)! It was normal labor that progressed normal and it was fast. It was also by far the least painful! Ryan agreed that this by far was his favorite and least stressful! We had to stay an extra day and half in the hospital just to make sure everything was out of his lungs and because I didn't have time to get all the antibiotics.... Keltins labor was so great that I actually wouldn't mind doing it again in a year or so. I prayed a lot during this labor and am so thankful for a great birth and a perfect little man!!
Now if Ryan could just decide about circumcision!
Sorry this was so long.

Keltin is such a boy!! He looks so boy that when he was born Ryan said," I'm sure glad none of our girls looked like him." He just has such big features like his hands...which the nurses all commented on so much that one of them came in and did hand prints ...even though she said they never do hand prints, she just couldn't get over how big they were for his size..He still my little angel though.. The first pic is of my cousins baby Kimberly born less then 24 hours after Keltin... She weighed 9lbs 5oz .

Keltin James- 11-1-08 9lbs 8oz

Our First Day Home!

I will post tons of pic's and his birth story ,but I think Ryan took the camera to work (to show off his son).

Today was our first day home and I just had to post how the day has been going so far! Every time Keltin gets his diaper changed he is surrounded by four girls and as soon as one foot comes out of his pj's the comments start....

Look mom his foot is so cute... He has the cutest toes... He is just the cutest baby ever...

I put him in his swing so that I could vacuum ( I think it was the first time he has ever been put down) . Every time he moved all three girls were standing over him..."Whats wrong Keltin?", " Are you OK?", " Mom, Keltin is moving I think we need to pick him up."

The girls each have a baby doll that they have been taking care of all day! They feed them burp them and Arayah walks around telling hers to shhhh.

Keltin is such a good baby... He never cries and by never I mean I have only heard him cry when they pricked his foot and Ryan said that he cried when they gave him his IV. But he didn't even cry when they unwrapped the four pounds of tape they had on his arm. I think his only problem is that he has more fans then he can handle!

This was interesting..

The Nurse's : He is so laid back and calm.
Me: Well, he is probably still drugged.
Nurse: What drugs did you have?
Me: An epidural.
Nurse: Well, then he doesn't have any drugs in him.
Me: What do you mean?
Nurse : Epidurals do not enter your blood stream anymore,,, they are strictly a nerve block and it has no way of getting to your baby.
Me: Thats why it seemed so different this time...Maybe he is just a good baby then!

Guess!!!

Can everyone read the baby-gaga ticker at the top of my page?!?!?! Apparently Keltin can't!!!! Or my first due date is right and I have a week left,,,or he is just male and stubborn...which is my guess... So, to pass the time lets all take a guess at when he will be here and how much he will weight. I hope you all guess!!

My nephew has a name!!! Evan Raymond Tilton..
Evan means little warrior and Raymond is after our grandpa .

He is Here!!

Baby Tilton ( he doesn't have an official name yet) is so stinking cute and I am not being biased....He weighed in at 9lbs 3oz and 21 inches long...He really doesn't look that big though. He looks a lot like his big brother Nick! I can't wait to put some pictures of him up. Autumn is doing pretty good she feels really sore and itchy but is happy that all 9lbs of him are out!

It's a good day!

Arayah had a great b-day yesterday !!! She was so funny and loved everything she got.. The kids are all in good moods today! The best part is my nephew should be making his appearance this afternoon and I get to go see him!!! We are all very excited!

"Christian"

When I say "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin".
I'm whispering " I was lost, but now I'm found and forgiven".
When I say "I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ by my guide.
When I say " I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I am weak and need His strength to carry on.
When I say " I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.
When I say " I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect.
My flaws are far too visible. But God believes I'm worth it.
When I say " I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.
When I say "I am a Christian " I am not holier then thou,
I'm just a simple sinner who received God's grace somehow!
By
Maya Angelou

Hike

We took this hike with my family and my Grandma in early June. I just had to post some pictures because I can't believe how young my kids look even though it was only a few months ago...plus it feels like we just took this hike ..ahhh time flys!

Pretty girls!

Bored waiting for everyone to catch up.

Victoria trying to make a bigger splash then Trenton.

Trenton throwing rocks.

I think I was about five months along in this picture..ahhh the days of being small!! Look at how much younger Arayah looks!!

My Grandma and the kids eating lunch.


Isn't she cute!

Teri Jo's dog Chloe.

LOL

This is how my Dr. appointment went!

Dr: How are you feeling?

Me: Like my son is getting huge!!

Dr: Hmm, Well, you didn't gain any weight again ,lets see what you measure.... your measuring 34 1/2 weeks, I don't think he is gonna be huge.

Me: oh, good! Well, I guess I just feel huge!

Dr: (feeling the baby) Ok, I take that back, he is good size!


Ahhh I cry on the inside. I am just really thankful that I still feel pretty darn good!!!

waahhhh

I know I say this a lot!!!...I really miss Ryan!! I know it feels like I complain about this a lot but actually, I usually deal with it ok. Considering that he has had this horrible shift for a long time. I think getting closer to the baby and such is making it harder....plus it is fall! In the last four days I have only seen him for a couple of hours... I saw him last night for a couple hours and then today at lunch he came home for an hour! He is suppose to get off at 9:30 tonight but will see if that happens. I'm pretty sure when the baby is born and he is working this many hours I am going to lose my mind!!! Ok, enough self pity!!!!! I am going to play with the girls!
Side NOTE!! I do realize that a lot of women have it WAY worse then I do and I really feel for them!!!!! They are much stronger then I am!!

He is going to be huge?!?!

I have five weeks left and only two shirts that actually cover my HUGE belly!!

I was hardly feeling prego until two days ago when bammmm it hit me.. the last month GOOD times have started!! The horrible contractions that come every three minutes for two hours then just stop...The non-stop cramping....The throwing up every time you eat more then two bites....The being tired all the time and not being able to sleep...The smelling food and getting heartburn so bad you decide to never eat again..... Oh, and I really think Keltin is trying to crush my hip bones!!

I really cannot complain (although I am ) because I have been feeling really great lately and I did make it through vacation and the fair feeling really good.

Today I did something that I haven't done in sooo long ( I can't remember the last time). I watched a movie during the day.. Ryan had been telling me for weeks that I needed to slow down,,,but I felt so good I wanted to get as much done as I could. He came home this afternoon ( he takes an hour brake when he works open to close) and the dishes were not done the kids were a mess and hadn't eaten lunch. He was so sweet, he just told me that I was finally doing what he had been telling me to. He fed the kids and did a sink of dishes without acting upset or irritated. What a guy I have!!!

A few things I am excited about!

Ryan asked me a few months ago what I wanted for my b-day and I told him that more then anything I wanted to go on a date!! So, he is taking me out on Saturday for dinner and a movie.. I am so excited! I hope I feel good enough to enjoy it.

The pumpkin patch visit!

Halloween!! Although, I am not sure how to plan for it. If Keltin is born ( I am due the 29th and have yet to make it to my due date) then we will either take the girls to the golf course or stay home dress up and answer the door for kids. Which, Ryan really wants to do. If he isn't born then we may go to Northtown.. But, what if I spend all the time and a little money getting the girls costumes and then I end up being in the hospital...hmmmm not sure what to do?

We have a bunch of b-days coming up ...Including Arayah!

Meeting all the new babies that are due in the next few weeks and months.

Learning and growing as a person through my labor and delivery ( it amazes me how much I learn each time and how different each labor is )...and of course having our son!

Doing fun fall things with friends and family!! Which this year will include the Capezza family!