Sugar and Spice.... Benson, BE NICE!!!!

Well, here is my "frilly" post... Sorry if it's "TMI" or if it's boring. Just skip to the pictures if you want.

Casey and I had been trying to decide if we should have the doctor start us on Monday or not. It would be good because he had the whole week off of work and school hadn't started yet. I was hesitant, though, because I wanted to go into labor on my own and I wasn't so hip on Molly's birthday being so close to Christmas. We had been talking a lot about what to do on Sunday.

Lucky for us we didn't have to decide! Sunday afternoon I started to have pains pretty bad, so we called Tami and Nick (who just happened to be driving from Ogden to Hooper) to stop and get Benson. My family was having a Christmas party at my parents, so they took Benson there while we went to the hospital. We got to the hospital at about 3:30 and I was at a 2 (I had been for a few weeks). After a couple of hours, I was still at a 2, even though I was having strong contractions. The nurse said they didn't know if they were going to keep me because I wasn't progressing, so Casey and I took a walk around and around and around the hospital. I guess that started my real labor because after my walk, I was a 3. So, the nurse called the doctor to break my water. When he got there, I was a 4+. He broke my water and then they gave me my epidural and started me on pitocin so I would progress faster. Molly didn't like the pitocin, though, and her heartrate would drop everytime they gave it to me, so they stopped it. Casey and I took a couple of little naps while we waited for Molly to come. When Molly was ready to come, the doctor was in delivering a baby in the next room. He came in at about 1:00, and after pushing for 2 contractions, Molly was born at 1:07 a.m. It was very easy for me and I feel very lucky to have had another EASY labor. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 inches long.

I felt GREAT, and so we stayed at the hospital for the shortest amount of time possible. (We were REALLY bored). We got home on Tuesday and so far everything is going great around our house. Life with Molly has been a dream. She is such an easy baby, I feel really lucky. She is eating well and sleeping well. Benson is doing very well with her too. The only problem is that he loves her TOO MUCH!! He always wants to hug her and kiss her and give her toys. He is a good helper, though, and will usually get me things or do things for me if I need him to. We have to keep reminding him to be nice to her and not to touch her. We feel very blessed to have 2 wonderful and very healthy kids.

Here are some pictures in no particular order...

Grandma Gayle

Grandma Jan and Grandpa Wayne
Candace and Addyson

Don't mind the tired looking Mommy

Grandma Marie

Molly and Benson "ROCK ON!!!"

Grandpa Ronald and Grandma Nola (Ronola)

Benson loves her!

My cute kids

This is her right now

Her first bath. She hated it. Benson was a great helper.

He likes his picture taken when we take Molly's.

5 days old