{Hello World :: Pyper Adeline}

Auntie Kels flew in Thursday morning to come and stay with the boys so I could go have this sweet baby. After we put the boys to bed before heading off to the hospital to be induced we had some good sister time. This photo cracks me up because it looks like I'm about to push Pyper out... but really it was just me laughing. 

All checked in at the hospital and read to get this baby party started. 

Hello world

Pyper Adeline Wood

Born November 11, 2016 at 12:07pm in Guntersville Alabama.

Weighing in at 8 pounds 3 ounces 

and 20 3/4 inches long

 This was my easiest delivery by far. We checked into the hospital Thursday night  and the poor nurses could not get my IV in for the life of them. It took them 5 tries before finally getting and then we just chilled and Brady got to watch the Utah football game.  At 1am they started me on some medicine and put me on pitocin at 5am.  They asked me if I wanted my epidural before they even broke my water and since I was going to get one why not get it before I am even in pain.  After I got my epidural my doctor came and broke my water around 630am and got this party really started. I was super tired and slept off and on and Brady and I played cards {as usual and because we don't get to play nearly as often as I wish}. I was starting to feel lots of pressure and had Brady get the nurses and I had progressed to an 8 and then about 30 mins later I was ready to start pushing. I had never really understood what people meant when they said their doctors came in to just catch the baby during delivery until this delivery. I really like my doctor but it was super strange to me that he came in while I was pushing and said "you are not ready for me yet" and walked out.... ummm I guess he went and hung out in the hallway and visited with the other nurses because I was the only one delivering a baby that morning... Also another first. This hospital was SOOO tiny but the perk to that was I was totally spoiled by my nurses. A few minuets later he comes back into my room and was there for the last 2 pushes. This delivery was really funny because my feet were so swollen and when I got my feet up to push my toes looked like HUGE sausages and that made me start to laugh and then Brady and I were joking which was better to have witch toes {that is what we call brady's long, skinny, boney toes} or sausage toes. Needless to say I was trying to push while dying of laughter about silly toes and falling off the table. I think I only had about 6 good pushes and she was out. So not too bad at all. She was born at 12:07pm. 

 In the morning when my doctor came in to break my water he asked Brady if he wanted to deliver Pyper and Brady was VERY unsure about this... we talked about it all morning. I didn't care one way or the other and Brady could not make up his mind. But when he came in to catch her he TOLD Brady to grab a mask and some gloves and get down here. So he did. Brady said "she was SUPER slippery" He thought he was going to drop her... kind of like holding a jumpy fish... but my doctor said "its not like I am going to let you drop her". 

Thankfully one of the nurses grabbed my camera and documented for us since Brady was playing doctor. 

 Pyper was our first baby who came out screaming like they are supposed to. I have always done skin to skin with my babies even though it totally grosses me out with them being all slimy. This was actually funny because when we were trying to do skin to skin I had forgotten to take off my bra before delivery which they have you do incase they have to rush you to c-section and because of my epidural and iv we could not get my bra off easily and it got all tangled around my neck. 

 Our first baby born at 39 weeks and our smallest. 

 Finally all fresh and clean.

 She was not too happy that she had to hang out under the heater for an hour or 2 to get her temp up because she was all purple and freezing after entering this world. 

Right after she was born and I was trying to get her to nurse I was STARVING I had not eaten since 6pm the night before that while I was nursing her Brady was the BEST hubby EVER and spoon fed me some lunch. The hospital food was the worst I have had but I was so hungry I didn't even care. I was so hungry I couldn't decide if I needed to eat more or sleep. 

We are so in love with our sweet little Pyper Adeline. 

{Happy Halloween :: Trick or Treating 2016}

A little pre trick or treating photo shoot of my little vampires. 

 We love that Garett and Avery have their birthday party on Halloween so we get to party and go trick or treating with about 20 of our friends. It is such a fun tradition and it is so fun to see this HUGE group of kids running from house to house together. 

 This little cookie baby HAD to carry his own bucket even though it was getting full and heavy and he would whack every bush he walked past with it. He did such a great job saying "trick or treat and thank you" . 

 We were all joking about how funny it would be if I ended up going into labor while trick or treating and having to show up at the hospital looking like this. In my small town we were all pretty sure if that would have happened I would have for sure made the front page of the news paper. I am sure glad that is not what happened that would have been a little too freaky for even me even thought it would have been a great story to tell. 

 Loading up all of the littles to head out. 

 Brady did a fabulous job on his make up. 

 This T Rex was running around the yard and Gray Gray and Ollie thought he was so funny. 

And thats a wrap Halloween 2016. 

Now lets get our baby Pyper here already! 

{Fall Festival :: GES :: Halloween 2016}

Ryker's school did a Fall Festival this year and the boys had been vampires to so many other parties they decided to wear something new to this party. 

 This little Mike Wazowski is too cute to not have worn it at least once this year. Even though his eyes are closed. 

 Arggggg!!! 

I was told they had a blast.  Daddy got to take the boys by himself to the festival while I went and got spoiled at a baby shower from the ladies at church. 

{Baby Pumpkin :: 1st Grade Tradition}

The suspense of waiting the deliver of his baby pumpkin. 

 I have no clue where or why this tradition came from at our school but it is a BIG day for the first graders. One child in each class gets twins, they dress these pumpkins up like babies with bows and passies, blankets and even have the kids make a birth certificate for them. Ryker being his creative self made a crib for his out of paper and it even had slats and everything like a real crib. His baby pumpkin is living in its crib in his room right now. 

 And its a .....

Girl!! 

{Grayson's Preschool Halloween Party :: Halloween 2016}

They were so sweet singing their songs all dressed up. I love this age. 

 Miss Kim is the best and we love all that she does at Preschool. We tried to get him to "suck" her blood but that didn't work out too well. 

{Gymnastics:: Grayson Oliver}

Grayson has had so much fun in his little gymnastics class. He has really wanted to be involved in some kind of activity but has been too young to do any sports yet. So this has been perfect for him and it has been fun to see him get better each week.