The Tooth Fairy

The tooth fairy finally came last night for our Anne-girl! Its been loose for two weeks and Kellan finally got away with yanking it out. Oh the excitement!

Number 5!

Miles Owen Stevens

July 21, 2011

7lb 9oz

19"

So we had our baby last Thursday! Because of the prior shoulder dystocia issues I've had, my Dr. induced me at 38 weeks. We're so glad he did because our little guy was already 7lb and 9oz, and his shoulders still got a little stuck although nothing serious, hence the bruised face. We went in that morning around 5:30 and hung out until noon while they got the strep B antibiotics in me and I debated on whether or not to have them break my water and get an epidural or to try it without medicine and just slowly up the pitocin. By noon I was only at 5cm and getting impatient to just have him here so they broke my water at 12:30. My epidural was in by 1:00, I was ready to push by 1:45, and he was here at 2:03.

The kids absolutely adore him. If it weren't for him being on billi lights the last few days, I don't think he would ever get put down. You can't tell in the photo below, but Truman is especially enthralled with him and is constantly patting his head and kissing him and trying to pick him up.

We were completely surprised not only by the fact that Miles has hair, but that its so dark. It suits him perfectly and I can't get over how much I love it!

Truman trying to scoop him up as soon as we were through the door.

He is such a cuddly sweet baby! We're so happy he's here!

Week at Gramma's

We just got home from a sort of spur of the moment week long trip to Gramma Evel's (My parents home in good ol' Cleveland) We had decided to go, decided not to go, and at the last minute decided to go anyway. I'm so glad we did!

A few days before we left Truman's 1st tooth finally broke through. HURRAY! He's only 19.5 months old. I love this picture. With all of the teething he's finally been having, his first love is his binky and his second love is the Tylenol/Ibuprofen. He's a bit old for the binky but I just don't have the heart to take it away in the midst of his teething. One down, four more right behind it. Hopefully we can get through the rest of it quickly!

Our very favorite day at Gramma's was going to the Castle Dale pool. We meet up with my good friend Sharol and her cute family. It was so, so much fun! LOVE. THIS. PLACE! Oh how I wish our pool was like this in Logan. It is absolutely perfect for toddlers and little kids. Most of the pool is only a few feet deep and is has tons of little water slides and toys that are perfect for even Truman to enjoy. Libby was going down the water slides by herself and all my kids LOVED it. On second thought maybe its good we don't have this nearby or else it would be too tempting to sink all our money in it by going everyday, not that their prices aren't completely reasonable (one more reason I loved it).

Friday happened to be my Birthday! Yay! It was pretty awesome. I was feeling a bit bummed because I missed Kellan and was wondering why on earth I had thought it would be a fun idea to celebrate my birthday on the last day of being away from Kellan for a whole week. Everyone made my day so fun though. We had blueberry pancakes for breakfast, my girlies had oodles of homemade cards for me, my amazing friend Sharol took me out to lunch, my brothers spent the afternoon trying to make homemade trick candles while my sister and girls made me a cake and birthday sign to surprise me when I got home from lunch, and Kellan had a hilarious birthday card and present for me when we meet up the next day. What a great birthday huh? I really couldn't have asked for a better one. 28 is going to be my best year yet, I can feel it!

We also did a ton of other fun things at Grammas including my cousin's wedding which my sister and brother were able to make it down to. It was so fun to have all of my siblings there for the last couple of days (minus Keith who's on his mission). It was especially fun to have my nephew Max there, even though we had to be careful to keep our distance and not get our germs on him it was just fun to have him around. He such a sweet baby! He is doing really well. He's been home from Primary's since May 20th and last week they were able to take him off of his oxygen. We're just so grateful that he's alive! The girls just adore him!