CINCO!

Well here we are. A family of 5! Nate has been a true blessing to our family!

Haley and Graham can not get enough of him!

Nate Colin

Welcome home Nate!

Well after 38 1/2 weeks we are proud to announce that Nate Colin Sisson is here!

I went to the Dr yesterday morning with no intentions of being induced and left the appointment with these instructions, "get your hubby, eat some lunch, farm your kidos out and head to the hospital".

During the appointment I was telling her that "the baby" (we had not settled on a name yet) had not been very wiggly so she set up a test to monitor his heart rate and then did an ultrasound. She said there was no good reason for him to not be moving like mad (he was the wiggliest baby ever) and she also could not see where the cord was so she felt like it would be best to go ahead and get him out. While I really wanted to go into labor on my own she felt like it would be best to induce. I was induced with both Haley and Graham and to make a long story short-it made my labor very long! I was not to thrilled to have another long labor kind of day.

The short story-labor did not go as long as the other 2. It took about 6 hrs. I made it with only taking something for nausea and something to take the "edge" off. That's correct-No epidural!
For those who know me, that's a BIG deal! Nate arrived after only pushing for a short while. The cord (like the Dr thought) was wrapped all around him and that's why in some (or most) of the pictures his face looks kinda blue. Most of the color is from where the force combined with the cord, caused bruising. After getting the cord untangled, he let out a loud scream and all was well!

Mom, dad and Nate are all doing great. We will leave to go home tomorrow to be with big sister Haley and big brother Graham! They are so excited to see him. With the flu being so bad here they wont let kids under 12 back to see the babies. They did get to see him through the nursery window.

38 weeks and counting

So as of this Sunday I will officially be 38 weeks pg. I was supposed to have my 38 week checkup today at the dr but it got canceled. So with that being said I have no idea if there is any change or not! The suspense is killing me!

I'm not one to post pg pics on the blog (or anywhere for that matter) but thought that the friends and family might enjoy!

I feel like a nerd standing there while Alex takes a picture...

Just the belly. For the most part I'm the same size I was with H & G.

Haley jumped in the pic. Speaking of Haley, she has become VERY attached to Anna. I never thought it would get worse but I was wrong. Anna sleeps in the pack n play, drinks from the bottles, sits in the car seat, likes the boppy and gets nursed every few hours. This should only get better when little man arrives!

Well we couldn't leave Graham out, undies and all!

Baby Showers and Play dates!

Our home church here in Texas threw us a great baby shower last weekend. Divine Providence has become a very special place to us! Thank you DP friends!

Tina & Zori made us this cute cake. Not only was it cute, it tasted yummy!

As you can see I am running out of room to hold Graham. It looks kinda awkward...


On Tuesday we had a great time at the Children's Museum with Tina, Zori and all the kids!

Graham Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Well as most of you may know Graham had a very hard weekend last weekend. We are very thankful that our new addition has not yet arrived. I can only imagine how crazy the weekend "could have been" had he graced us with his presence.

The weekend started by Graham dislocating his elbow. After a few hours in the ER, some pain meds and very uncomfortable x rays it was put back in place and had a splint and sling for 3 days. For those who know Graham, this was not going to slow him down one bit! He still ran, played, jumped off furniture, etc. He is glad to have it off now. I think the hardest thing for him was the fact that he could not get his cars into his pockets with the splint.

When we did not think the weekend would get any worse, Haley woke up sick Friday night (and by sick I mean all over Grahams bed, the floor, wall, you get me?). So now we are STUCK inside with Graham and Haley. We were trying to keep Graham calm all weekend so no more damage would be done to his arm.

On Saturday afternoon Graham fell off the recliner and landed head first on the tile. Normally this is no big deal b/c Graham usually bounces back but this time he cried and when Alex looked at his head I knew this was worse than normal. Just take a gander at the pic. Need I say more?

The bump is slowly going away (1 week later) and his forehead is still bruised. We were sure this would slow him down now. WRONG! He is still just as crazy as ever. I sometimes wonder where this boy came from...

Mom asked me the other day if Alex was like Graham as a kid. "Really mom? Have you seen all the scars on Alexs head? Have you seen how he acts as an adult?" I was kidding myself wondering where Graham came from. He is so Alex that there are days its scary. Maybe number 3 will be just like my brother Andy Man :) Calm, cool and collective!