Princess Lea

Settling In

Tomorrow will be one week since Lea joined our little family. We have been adjusting well. A few fun pictures of Lea. She is SO MUCH FUN!

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Monday morning we checked into the hospital at 7:30am. They got me comfortable in my "labor room" and the exciting process began.

They started me on patosum and then at 9:30am they broke my water. Slowly but surly the contractions started. Just like with Owen's delivery thing's went REALLY slow until I hit a "6". I told the nurse that when I had Owen we laid around for a good 10 hrs and finally after a "6" things went faster.

So, every 30 minutes the nurse would come in to check me. She would up the patosum every hr or so. After about 5-6 hrs she thought to herself that this time she would wait 45 minutes before checking me because I have been progressing so slowly. Well, just as I said with Owens delivery once I hit a "6" there was no stopping it. My epidural was done at maybe 1 pm and then at 2pm when the nurse came to check me she lifted my leg, set it down, pushed my two legs together and said "oh my gosh! Don't sneeze, cough, or laugh. The baby is right there and she is coming out" EEK!!!!!!!!!!! They called my doctor right away and I was so nervous thinking she wouldn't make it. The nurse and assistance were preparing to deliver me on their own if they had to. NICE!!!!

This happened at 2:45pm. My doctor arrived at 3:15pm. They put my legs up in the stirrups and I pushed one contraction and OUT SHE CAME! It was heavenly! It was so amazing and so easy! YAY!!!!!!!!!

Lea Marie Workman was born on April 25th, 2011 @ 3:20pm. 7.5 lbs and 19 1/2 inches. The most beautiful thing in the world! She was simply perfect in every way. Her little features are just beautiful and her sweet little head wasn't miss shaped at all (as we all know most are right out of the womb).

This was a beautiful and amazing experience!

We stayed at the hospital until Wednesday morning and returned home at 9:30am. Faith and Owen stayed with their Grandma Bott for three days and then with their Grandma Workman for a day. On Friday afternoon they returned home to be with us and now the biggest challenge of them all will be Monday morning when Lindsay goes back to work. Oh it will be a fun month.

Everyone is happy and doing well! Mom and baby are FABULOUS and have healed from the Labor and are up and at it. Everyone is healthy and strong. We are an extremely blessed family and SO happy to have Lea join us!

Hoppy Hoppy Easter

Easter Egg Hunts, yummy food, and of course the Easter Bunny Visits. It was a nice day!

Easter Fun!

Happy Easter To Everyone!

My favorite part about Easter is talking to my kids about Jesus Christ and the real meaning for the holiday. When Owen was listening to the story the other night it was the first time I saw him sit still for that long and listen intently to the words. He was so cute! Faith on the other hand has always had a love for her scriptures and listening to the stories. At her young age of 4yrs she always wants us to read the scriptures with her at night for her bed time story. Kids are so sweet!

We had a fun time yesterday making an Easter craft and coloring our eggs for the East Bunny.

Today we have a lunch and Easter egg hunt at my In-laws. Tomorrow we have another lunch and Easter egg hunt at my sisters. I love spending time with my family and friends. They mean the world to me.

On Monday morning we will be heading to the hospital to then greet our little Easter Chick! We are SO excited and ready for this. Although I know it will be a trying time with three little ones I feel extremely blessed to have this opportunity to be a mother and to be able to share this life with my wonderful family!

I hope everyone enjoys their Holiday weekend!

Little Lovin

It's one of those moments where you just smile and your happy to be a parent and LOVE and ADORE your kids so much!

I love when my kids play well together and are so sweet. It truly is worth it!

Goodbye O'l Blue

Well, after many wonderful years (according to Lindsay). We finally did it! Sold O'l Blue and bought a beautiful white van for Paradise Contracting Inc. We kept putting SO much money into repairs on the truck and $700 a month in gas, it was DEFIANTLY time. Lindsay bought a van so it could hold all of his tools and it has cut our gas prices in half (thank goodness). At this rate we can now save for a new truck some day.

The kids think anything different is so fun, oh to be young again and simple minded. They helped dad organize everything and now they keep asking for a ride. Just a little worried he might get pulled over cruzin around in his new ride with littles (hehe!). OK, not fun....sorry