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!