Brighton Picy Poos!

I have finally had a minute to myself so I thought I would update my bloggy blog! Having 2 kids is alot of work! haha I hardly have time to breathe now! Some days I feel a bit overwhelmed but for the most part it's going good! It's so much fun! I can't believe I have 2 kids now!  I am also back to babysitting Emma, so when she's here is crazy! Corban loves her though! Brighton is doing really well! She will be 3 weeks old on Friday!  We all just love her so much! She is such a sweet little spirit that "Brighten's" our home! She is just a little angel baby! She does really good at night! I feed her at about 9 or 10 and she won't wake up again to eat until 3 0r 4 then goes back to sleep until about 6 0r 7! I am not complaining one bit! My mom got to come up here a few days after she was born for 5 days! I was glad to have her stay with us!  She kept me company and helped us out a ton! Brighton is her 30th grandchild! Crazy huh! Thanks Mom for all of your help! I love you! 

She had jaundice so we had to put one of the bili blankets on her for a couple days! She had to lay with the light on her back 24/7 till she got better! 

 Here she is enjoying the bath tub! She loves it! She just hangs out in her little chair while I get her and Corban bathed and doesn't make a peep! 

Corban loves his little sister "Biben" Ok funny story...So when he was holding her we looked down at him and he had his shirt lifted up and was trying to feed her! He was saying "Biben eat!" It was hilarious! I love my little man! 

These next 2 were just a few days ago!  She was wide awake so I had to bust out the camera! 

 

Check this out!!!

Sorry I forgot to do this on the last post but check out how much Corban and Brighton look alike at birth!  Compare with the first picture of the last post, its funny!

The First of Many PIcs of Brighton

So here they are upon request a number of photos of my little angel! 8lb. 60z., 20" tall!

Sorry the pics are out of order but you still get the idea!

After her first bath!

Leaving the hospital! Hurray!

Brighton in her car seat!

Corban couldn't wait to hold her the next morning!

First bath at home!

Just Born!

The first time I got to hold her!

We make gorgeous babies!

The first time Corban got to hold her!

The Mills Train! Choo Choo!

Brighton's here!!!

Ladies and gentlemen of the blogging world, in behalf of my beautiful wife that is still at this moment in the hospital, I bring to you spectacular news!  Brighton was born!!!!  

Allow me to break down the story.  It was Heather's wishes to have this baby on 8-8-08 and Heather gets what she wants.  Like she has posted before we went to the doctor on Tuesday and she was dilated to a 3.  That's all she needed to hear, this baby was coming out on the 8th.  Yesterday afternoon we made a trip to Walmart to purchase some Castor Oil.  With much coaxing from her sister and others, Heather was determined to give her child the coolest birthday ever.  Last night while I was away at jiu-jitsu Heather dropped in 4 tablespoons of Castor Oil into an 8 0z. cup full of Sunny D and chugged away.  When I returned home she seemed in a pleasant mode and had not yet received punishment from her choice of induction.  Heather fell asleep around 11 and I managed to stay up to watch Americas Best Dance Crew (I'm such a sucker).  I fell asleep around 12 only to find myself awakened nearly an hour and 15 minutes later.  "Clifford, I thought I pee'd my pants but I couldn't control it.  I had to change my bottoms and everything!"  At that moment we both new it was on.  Within minutes she began to have contractions every 3 minutes for the duration of a minute.  We called up a friend to come watch Corban while we rushed to the hospital.  

Upon arriving to the hospital we were greeted with immediate response.  My wife was in a lot of pain and I wasn't the only one noticing it.  Shortly after getting Heather on the bed the nurse checked her cervix and informed us she was dilated to an 8 and was completely thinned out.  By this point Heathers contractions were every couple seconds and she was yelling at the nurses in pain to "call the doctor and get me an epidural!"  10 minutes later and still no sign of the doctor the nurse checked again and declared that Heather was ready.  Heather had reached the point of no return.  She was going to give birth the ol' fashion way.  Heather continually had the urgency to push but was told to hold it until the doctor arrived.  20 minutes from the time we arrived to Heathers room the doctor show up, indentation along the side of his head from the pillow he slept on and all.  With 12 grueling pushes the baby was out.  Around push 9 the doctor had to ask Heather to calm down because she was turning into an animal and was going to hurt the baby if she continued to push the way she was (I don't blame her one bit).  The baby came out for a minute not breathing.  The doctor said she was just shocked from the labor.  The nurses gave her oxygen and within seconds she was fine and breathing on her own.  

It was an amazing birth.  My wife was made to bear children.  "She's got dem child bearing hips, the kind that pop right of socket" (name that movie). So all is well now the pediatrician came in and gave Brighton an exam and said everything looks wonderful.  Heather is taking a nap and relaxing.  She looks sexy as hell for just having a baby I might add.  I picked a good one.  So until we are able to upload the pics that is all for now.    

GET THIS BABY OUT!!!

So I went to the doctor today and I am dilated to a 3 and he said I am thinning too! I can't remember what percent he said but I did hear I am making progress and he also stripped my membrane to hopefully help but we'll see! I hope it works! Have any of you had success with stripping your membrane? He said it works for 30% of women so I am crossing my fingers and praying that I go into labor soon! 

Bear World!!!

Bear World is this wildlife park that is just a few miles from our house! When you first get there you drive in your car along the path and it takes you through all the animals they have there!  They have all the animals that Yellowstone has but you can actually SEE the BEARS! The only difference is you can't get out of your car but it's still fun to see them! 

I had to take a picture of the bear! There were a ton of them and they were all walking right by our car! It was awesome! Corban loved it! 

Then you get out and go to the park where they have some little kid rides and a petting zoo! Corban of course loved all of the little rides! Here are some of the pics! 

You can drive through the part with the big animals as many times as you want so we decided to drive through it one more time before we left! The bears had just gotten fed so they were still looking for more food I guess and this one decided to get up on our car! Holy Crap! It was so funny! We did not expect it all! Luckily it didn't scratch the car at all! He was just chillin on his paws! It was pretty cool and Corban thought it was pretty funny! He kept telling the bear to get off of the car! 

Rexburg Dance Festival!!!

Every year in Rexburg they have a Dance Festival where people from all over the world come! They actually close down main street and do it all along the road! Each country has dancers that represent them and they dance along the street! They also have a ton of stuff along the sidewalks like food and different activities and little stands to buy different things! It was pretty cool to go to and fun to watch! It's definately a small town thing to do for sure!  

As you can see here is Main Street and pretty much the entire town of Rexburg comes to this! 

 Here is the huge blow up slide they had for the

 little kids! You know it's big when Corban looks little! haha You had to pay $2 for 3 slides so after Corban did 3 he was just a little upset! I think it should've just been free! It was hilarious 

to watch his facial expression as he was sliding down!