Our son was born at 10:27pm. Unfortunately, because he was born so late, his brother and sisters didn’t get to meet him until the next morning. We loved the first night with him but it felt like the birthing process was somehow incomplete until we were all together.
When the moment finally came Scott brought them up and they eagerly ran to the bed to meet him.
When I told them his name, my son’s face light up as it registered that he got the baby brother he was longing for. He said to me “Mom, I am so excited that he is a boy!” Me too, I replied. “But Mom, you said you would be excited about a boy or a girl.” “Right,” I said, “and I would have been… you said the same thing.” “Yea,” he answered, “But I REEAALLLLY wanted a boy!” 
Doesn’t that look on his face say it all?
He wasn’t the only one instantly smitten though. The girls were truly taken by their baby brother. They wanted to touch his toes, and count his fingers.
She truly adores her brother and is pretty much by his side every single moment of the day.
And the baby of the family, is no longer the baby… she cherishes her role as big sister. Her face lights up with joy every time she gets to hold him.
As the kids left the hospital a few hours later, I couldn’t help but smile as my heart was very full. Our family is now complete. And I couldn’t be happier. Funny how things changed in a mere matter of hours.
Here we are as we dropped the kids off on our way to the hospital. Doesn’t this picture already strike you as so incomplete?
Our first complete family picture, one I will forever cherish and treasure, wasn’t taken until the next morning.
– MEET THE CIRCUS -
This week we welcomed a new member to our family. 
Our sweet baby boy was born this week…
weighing in at 8 lbs 14 oz and measuring 20” long. 
It was love at first sight for all of us. We really can’t get enough of him, so it seems. 
I can’t wait to fill you in on the labor story and share the pictures from his fist visit with his big brother and sisters. Nor can I wait to share all the gazillions of photos we’ve been snapping as we strive to bottle up and savor each precious moment this past week. 
I will leave you with these snapshots of his first few hours. Check back often this week as we’ll have many more pictures and details to share. For now, please join us in celebrating his healthy and safe arrival into our family. 
Check out the size of these diapers!! Have you seen anything so little? It’s been a long time since we’ve had diapers that small around here… I think I forgot how tiny they were.
Seriously, my hand is bigger than the diaper!!
Granted my swollen hands are bigger than a lot of things these days so maybe that wasn’t the best bench mark, but still….what a tiny little bottom we’re going to be wiping soon!!
I had a dream last night that I accidentally opened the envelope and found out we were having a girl.
If your wondering how one can accidentally open the envelope, it’s actually not to hard to do b/c yesterday I was cleaning out some papers to be filed and saw a sealed blank envelope and thought, “What is that?” Thankfully, before opening it, I saw the name of the sonogram office in the corner and realized what it was.
Back to the dream….I felt so sick to my stomach as I had to tell Scott we made it till 2 weeks are left and now I knew. It was awful.
I was so glad to wake up and realize I am still clueless!! I can’t imagine making it this long without knowing and then having found out like that.
Now for the game…here are some preggo shots of me in each pregnancy. See if I carried similarly or differently. Place your bets as to what the newest circus member will be. You can even place bets on the size if your feeling so inclined. We’ll find out who is correct whenever this little circus member decides to make his or her debut!
Baby 1: Boy: 9 lbs 5 oz 21 inches long born 2 days after his due date
Baby 2: Girl: 7lbz 5 oz 19 inches long induced 5 days before her due date
Baby 3: Girl: 8lbs 7 oz 20 inches long born 2 days after her due date (photo taken at 3am)
Baby 4: ?? ???? ??????
Leave your predictions in the comments below.
In an attempt to make oral reading more fun, I gave my son the option of picking any location in our house to do his reading time.
He chose my closet.
Would not have been my first choice, but no worries, to the closet we went… I brought a pillow for me to sit on as the floor isn’t so comfy for this 9 mth pregnant momma. My son looked at me and said, “Hey, how come you aren’t sharing that pillow with me?” I informed him his toosh could handle the floor and we then stuck a few pillows in front of us to make it more fort like. He was a bit put out by the fact that he didn’t have a pillow to sit on but accepted it none the less. 
I am reaching the end of my pregnancy and my body seems to be reminding me of that fact more and more each day. Bending over, sitting, standing, sleeping, all of it comes with increased discomfort. I often feel like a ginormous whale as I attempt to heave my belly out of bed or off of the couch. And I’ll admit it, I am not exactly quick or light on my feet these days.
A few days ago, I got out of the shower and heard my cell phone ringing. I raced (or waddled) to the other side of the house in an attempt to catch whoever was calling. Of course, they had hung up. I saw it was my husband so I quickly called him back. But, he wasn’t at his desk. I left him a message and told him I was at home, he could call me there.
A short while later my son and I were in the closet again for reading. I made sure to bring the phone with me to the closet so that I didn’t have to race for the phone should it ring.
Wouldn’t you know my cell phone rang again? (and of course I didn’t bring my cell phone to the closet with us). So, I heaved myself up and hauled it across the house to try and catch my hubby on the phone.
But, this pregnant momma is not fast enough.
Not 10 seconds later, I then hear the land line ringing in the closet on the other side of the house and off to the races this pregnant momma goes.
Finally, out of breath, I connect with my husband and with a sigh of frustration ask what in the world he is trying to do to his poor pregnant wife? I explain the scenario and we both get a good laugh out of it.
Truth be told, if it has been anyone else on the phone, I would have just ignored it, but I hate missing out on the opportunity to connect with my hubby, even if for a few quick minutes. Ah, the things we do for love…
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When the moment finally came Scott brought them up and they eagerly ran to the bed to meet him. 
Doesn’t that look on his face say it all? 
She truly adores her brother and is pretty much by his side every single moment of the day. 
Our first complete family picture, one I will forever cherish and treasure, wasn’t taken until the next morning.
– MEET THE CIRCUS -
