A Great Day

Today was absolutely gorgeous. Perfect temperature outside, beautiful leaves, not windy, and the sun shine. We had a great time playing in our yard today! I love days like these!

Daniel is starting to suck his thumb. He shows more interest in his thumb then his binkie. He will take his binkie sometimes, but almost always spits it out a few minutes later. This is a lot earlier then KaeLynn started sucking hers. We will have to wait and see if he sticks with it.

Daniel is also smiling now! He just melts our hearts away every time he gives us a smile! We just adore this kid! He started smiling around 6 weeks. He is now 2 months old! He really interacts with us when we talk to him. He is so much fun.

Fun in the Fall

Fall is going by so fast! We have had beautiful Autumn days and some good times. Halloween we spent at our friends house. We ate pizza, made caramel apples, watch Hocus Pocus, and caught a stomach bug! LOL thanks Jeremy! :) Ava and KaeLynn were so excited to go trick or treating. They stayed out for an hour in a half! KaeLynn was so cute in her Elephant outfit!
We also went to the Trunk or Treat at our ward. She played games, got a pumpkin painted on her face, and got lots of candy!



The fruit loop this year was fun as always! We ate lots of yummy food, got our pumpkins, and just enjoyed being with a family in a beautiful place. This is my favorite tradition we do in the fall. It is so lovely in Hood River!

Carving Pumkins

Tonight we carved our pumpkins over at Nana and Papa's house. Only KaeLynn and I carved our pumpkins and we are going to draw faces on Daddy's and Daniel's later. I let KaeLynn draw on her pumpkin what she wanted me to carve. It is very interesting... We had a nice night together and look forward to Halloween!

Family Home Evening

We just love our new place. We especially love having a fire place. This week for family home evening we roasted marshmallows on the fire and made smores. It was so nice to have the TV off and just sit next to the fire. It is so warming and the smell and sound of the fire is perfect. I love these moments where you wish it could stay that way forever!

Some more pictures

Daniel is 4 weeks old now! He likes to sleep a lot during the day of course and is right on his feeding schedule at night! I am SO tired! He is starting to have more wake time during the day and every once in a while he gives me 4 hours in between feedings at night.

KaeLynn is so sweet to Daniel. She loves to put blankets on him and read him stories. She is so eager to pick him up already.
KaeLynn just LOVES all the new stuff that Daniel gets. Especially a fuzzy blanket that she says she knows it's Daniel, but she has to sleep with it now and carry it all around the house.

I feel so blessed to have these angels in my life. I love being a mother and I am so thankful that I can stay home with them during the day.

We got on video the other day Daniel rolling over while the guys were at Priesthood session. He is 3 weeks old in this video and rolls from his stomach to his back.

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My two sweet children side by side

Here are some Photos of our kids at about the same ages.

KaeLynn

Daniel

KaeLynn

Daniel

KaeLynn

Daniel

KaeLynn 1 week old

Daniel 1 week old

KaeLynn 1 week old in Cavan's outfit when he was a baby

Daniel 2 weeks old

Baby Brothers Arrival!

We are proud to announce the newest member of our family, Daniel Bradley Dover. He was born at 12:43 am September 8th 2011 at Mt Hood Legacy Hospital. At birth he was 7lbs 9 oz and 19 1/2 in long. He is so precious and snugly. We just can't get enough of him! Here is how Daniel's arrival happened. On Tuesday I was feeling a ton of pressure down there and was very uncomfortable all day. I had a feeling the labor would be soon. The next morning I started to have contractions that were uncomfortable enough to keep me from sleeping. I finally got out of bed at 6am. I took a bath, made breakfast, cleaned the kitchen and the contractions were staying. They were not regular though. The time between contractions would go anywhere from 12 mins apart to 3 mins apart in random order. I took a nap around 2:00pm and when I woke up the contractions were much stronger and staying in between 4 and 6 mins apart. At 8:00pm I decided that I wanted to check into the hospital to get in the tub because I was having a hard time relaxing. I was only at 4cm when I check in. I got in the tub at 9:40pm. It relaxed me so much the contractions really started coming more intense. Once they started stacking on top of each other with no time between I had had enough! I made the decision to get an epidural this time. I had such a horrible experience with my first labor and I was realizing that this was not how I wanted this labor to go. I got the epidural at 11:05pm. I was at a 6cm by this point. I was laying in bed and I started to feel a lot of pressure down there. After the 3rd time of feeling like something was coming out of me I told the nurse. My midwife came in and to all of our surprise my bag of water was coming out still in its bag! It had never broke. It was the weirdest thing ever! She moved the bag to the side and there was Daniel's head. She broke the water and 1 big push and a little push later he was out! I didn't even tear!! This time around I was only at the hospital for just under 4 hours by the time I had him. It was perfect. I am so happy with the way this labor went. It was a much happier experience and I don't regret any of the decisions I made.

KaeLynn was really unsure of us when Nana brought her to the hospital. All she wanted was for Nana to hold her. After a while she slowly was warming up to him. She started taking his blankets and hat off and wanted to look at every piece of him. It was real sweet. She even brought a little stuffed dog for him. She came again to see him and was much happier to see him the second time.
Daniel was having a real hard time nursing. We have been working with the lactation consultant and she has been real helpful. He is on the border line of being Jaundice so we are really working hard to get him to eat. We also are waiting to get him circumcised because that can also effect his eating. I have been so happy with Mt Hood Hospital and all their staff. They have really helped me feel taken of.

Last camping trip of the summer.... Sigh

Labor day weekend we had a lot of fun. The weather was beautiful and the kids were great, and when they have fun that means the adults have a good time too!

KaeLynn, Eddi, and Leanne played at the large playground at the Hideaway. This place is loaded with fun things to do. KaeLynn got so dirty and had her only accident the whole weekend. She did amazing with her potty training this weekend. I was really worried, but she has come a long way.

I am now going on 39 weeks. I had a few contractions this weekend. Nothing serious and they went a way once I put my feet up in a chair, ate some food, and drank plenty of water.

Our set up on the waterfront was great. The water was really shallow where we were so we didn't have to worry about the children. Only down fall is the prop hit some rocks and damaged it for the rest of the weekend. Bummer! We still had fun. I couldn't play on the boat anyway.
It seems silly to say this is the last camping trip. That is how it usually is because summer weather is supposed to go away. But this week it is going to be in the 90's! Maybe I will have this baby and will be in a nice air conditioned hospital! Lets hope!!

Daniel's Baby Shower

My Wonderful sisters and mother in-law put on a baby shower for me last night. It was nice evening with my friends and family. Everyone was so kind and I got some much needed diapers, boy clothes, and blankets. We had a chocolate fountain and de

licious food to dip. Then Cathy brought out a chocolate and mint ice cream cake roll that was scrumptious! My oh my I look so swollen in these photos!! I had my 38 week check up that afternoon and everything looks to be going fine. I am even dilated 1cm! WooHoo!! All I need to do now is organize the baby clothes and then I am ready for this little man to enter the world. Oh I still need to pack my hospital bag. We are going to the lake this weekend, but I don't plan on playing on the toys. I will let Daniel come when he is ready. I hope the next post will be announcing his birth!