Baby Caelyn arrives on August 19, 2010

Finally……she’s here!  Caelyn Elizabeth arrived on August 19th at 4:55pm and weighed in at 8 lbs. 8.5 oz and was 20” in length.  She has lots of dark brown hair and a darling round face with super cute cheeks!  I went into labor while driving the boys to school that morning.  I made it home in time to finish packing my bag for the hospital and left at about 10:15 because my contractions were lasting a fair amount of time and were mostly close together.  I decided that since this was my 4th baby I wasn’t going to wait around.  Chris took me to the hospital and Bob met us there since he had been at work.  Cassidy stayed at home with Cason.

When I arrived at the hospital I was having back labor and everything was sporadic.  I wasn’t sure what was happening but I knew these weren’t the fake contractions anymore!  I was dilated to a 5 and things seemed to be happening, so they kept me and we just waited it out for a little while.  When I reached a 6, they did an IV and moved me to a delivery room.  I was at a 7 for several hours probably because I got an epidural and that always slows me way down.  They gave me Pitocin to get things going again and they broke my water at about 3:30.  It got a little crazy when the epidural came out and suddenly I could feel everything.  Not fun to go from nothing to hard labor.  They quickly rushed the anesthesiologist back and he redid it just in time for me to go from a 8 to a 10 in one contraction.  They called the Dr. and he arrived about 10 min later.  I pushed through 2 contractions and she was out before I knew it!  Dark hair and all!

We named her Caelyn (because I like that name and it starts with a C – a requirement in this family) :)  Elizabeth is the middle name of her great-grandma Phyllis Elizabeth Reeves and her great-great grandmother on the Spann family side, Mary Elizabeth Barnhart.  Both wonderful women!

 

Time to go!!!

 

Seriously, that’s alot of bracelets! 5!!!

 

Finally she’s here! 4:55 pm!

The proud and happy daddy!

The sweet nurse that took care of me all day – Jen.  The boys coming to see Caelyn for the first time!

Cassidy drove the boys up to the hospital.  Jacob was spending the weekend at our house as well.

Ahhhh……I like this spa.  What a nice birthday present! :)

And then there were 6!

Brenda and Bro. Chrysler came to visit and brought us flowers and Caelyn’s first birthday card.

    

First Day of School 2010-2011

Channing entered 3rd grade this year with Mrs. Stonebraker and Cameron started 1st grade with Mrs. Castelli.  Both seem very happy with their teachers and had a great first week at school! Let’s hope for a great year of learning and fun!

Baby Shower for Caelyn

April and Gina and Ashley threw a beautiful baby shower for us a few weeks before Caelyn was born.  So many friends came and we had a great time!  The food was great, the decorations adorable and piles of amazing gifts were received.  From clothes to diapers to dolls, we were given so much and feel so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family members who came.

Ashley Whipple made an adorable paper cake with party favors inside and also this paper dress garland.  They were so cute and amazing!

So many cute things for our baby to wear!  A gift certificate for Rejli to take baby pictures.

This blanket was made by Khris Jackson with material that Erma had from her late daughter, Stephanie.  The blanket had already been cut out and was all ready to to be made when she passed away a few years ago.  It was a very special blanket to receive.

This darling dress was handed down to us from Maria Damany.  It’s a dress that the Osborne girls wore as well.  We played a matching game for treats!

   

Henna tummy!  Maria brought Henna paint and friends left their mark on my belly.  My friend Alex was due the day of my shower.  Her baby waited until the next day to come!  :)

Playing in the Arizona Monsoon Rain!

We love monsoon season here in AZ.  It’s a rare treat to get rain and when it comes down in sheets, it’s really fun!  The kids had a wild and wet time in the backyard on July 29th when we got pounded with rain!  1.33 inches fell in about an hour.  It was crazy and fun!  At first they used the umbrella and stayed dry. Then Channing and Cameron figured that they’d just get wet because it was more fun that way.  Cason stayed bundled up for the duration in his little yellow raincoat, black rainboots and an umbrella.