Baby Saya

To answer the few questions that were asked in the comments when Saya was born.

* Yes, Clint was sure that this baby was a girl at the ultrasound. And, she is.

* I sort of thought I was carrying a girl, even though this pregnancy was more like Emery's than Chani's....I don't know why.

* Her name is pronounced like this.

Baby Bread is here!

We're now a family of 5. Saya Brynn was born yesterday (August 20, 2011) at 11:09 AM. She's 7 lbs. 11 oz. and 21 inches long. She's a whole pound bigger than Emery or Chani was.

The birth story will follow (sorry, Brooke, but I want this documented, this is your fair warning--turn away now).

The doctor was a bit worried that this baby would be bigger than my others, and he stripped my membranes on Friday morning. Clint and I checked into the hospital at 7:15 AM on Saturday. I was contracting pretty hard by 8:15 when the doctor arrived, and by 9:30 I was at a 4+ and he broke my water. I told him it wouldn't be long before I needed to push, and I don't think he really believed me. By 10:15 I was at an 8. I really felt like I had to push, but they made me hold off for a few more contractions. 5 pushes later she was out. It was a bit hairy for a minute because Bread's shoulders got stuck. I loved the excitement in the room, though, when the baby finally came out and the doctor said, "It's a girl!"

She was pretty blue, so they took her straight to the warmer to get her pinked up. They got her all cleaned up and we got to enjoy her all we wanted. The kids came up and Emery said, "She's so cute and little." Emery held her first and then Chani had a turn.

Saya is a champion nurser and wants to eat often. She's a very chill baby, and doesn't cry loudly, just wakes up and roots around until she's fed. We're so happy to be a family of five.

I Am a Child of God

This touched me this morning. Maybe it's knowing that a new little spirit will be joining our family soon. It was a good reminder of who my children are and who I am.

Land of the free.....

We were studying Ether in our daily scripture study a few weeks ago. Clint was explaining that we live in a choice land and that we also have the freedom to choose for ourselves how we want to live.

Today while the kids were playing downstairs, I heard Emery say, "Chani, I can do that, this is a choice land and I get to choose what I want to do."

A new roof

We had a hail storm roll through about 3 weeks ago. It was only 3 days after we unpacked the house. When we purchased the house, the roof was replaced by the seller. So, our new roof (less than a month) was destroyed by ping pong sized hail. We also have 3 broken windows and the gutters and downspouts need to be replaced. To save money, Clint and I decided to do the project ourselves. Stripping shingles is not an easy task. Especially brand new shingles. They're really heavy. We started on Wednesday and it took us until Thursday evening to get all the shingles off. We're grateful to Isaac and Jared for all the help stripping. On Friday, another friend, Brother Waddell came and helped pull nails and clean the roof off so shingles could be put back down. He also told us that he had a friend who would put the shingles on for a great deal.

With sore hands and sore backs, Clint and I called Carlos and his buddies. They've been here for less than an hour and they are a quarter of the way finished. Our friends stopped by and the wife said, "I bet the noise is driving you crazy." My response was, "Not at all, because I don't have to be up there making the noise." It took us three days to get the roof prepped, it might take them three hours to get the roof finished....and it's worth every penny!

Baby quilts

While we were home, we quilted the boy quilt, and purchased fabric, pieced, and quilted the girl quilt. I didn't have room to bring them home, so my mom is bringing them when the baby comes. But, I do have a few pictures to share. I think they turned out so cute, I'm thrilled with both of them. I'm still not sure what to do with the one I don't need. I've had some offers of purchase, but I have no idea what they're really worth.

The girl quilt. I'm now in love with ruffles. One of these days I'm going to make some dresses with ruffles down the front.



The boy quilt. I love how fluffy the squares are now that it's quilted. It was a bear to quilt though, because there are no long lines, as soon as you got going you'd be stuck and have to start a new line. Sorry Mom, and Leora!

Perry's Hat

I think I've said here before that Emery loves all things Perry or Agent P. That said, he LOVES the Perry that Clint and I brought home from Las Vegas. He asked his Grammy to make Perry an Agent P hat while we were in Idaho (well he called her a few times before our trip to ask her, but when we got there, the pressure was up). This is what my mom created. She's so talented and Emery is so impressed with his crocheted hat.



Emery also creates Perry quite often in different medias. He draws him on paper, paints him and builds him from Lego's.