Its been a while since the last update. Life with 3 has been great, but BUSY! We have been in Alabama for the past few weeks and will be here till the beginning of December. We have stayed busy with friends and family and really enjoying our time at home. We have been on lots of play dates with friends, dinner with supporters, camping as a family, birthday parties, "fellowshipping" and lots more!

Nate is growing SO fast. He will be 11 weeks in just 2 days. Where has the time gone???? He is sleeping through the night (thank goodness) and is smiling and talking all the time. He is loved by his big sister and big brother (is it possible to be loved too much?) and has become a very flexible baby. Don't get me wrong, he still has his fussy moments where he just wants to be left alone but for the most part he is a happy little one!
Graham will be 3 in just a few weeks. He is as cute as ever and is still into everything. He loves any and all super heros and is also into "cars" of any kind. He loves to watch Alabama football with his dad and a Saturday does not go by where he is not dressed in his football jersey. He keeps us laughing all the time and still keeps me on my toes!
Haley is becoming such a big girl. She has her first loose tooth and is just waiting for it to fall out because her Uncle Mark told her the tooth fairy would bring her money. Sure hope that Uncle tooth fairy delivers! We have not been doing school since we have been home but plan to jump back on as soon as we get back to Texas. She is enjoying being with her friends and has loved all the play dates. She is still a little mama at heart and is so helpful with Nate.

chunky monkey

Who would have ever thought that we would have a baby that weighed 9 lbs at a month??? Haley and Graham both weighed 9 lbs at their 3 month appointment!!

bath time fun!

Here is one little tradition that we've been doing!

HALEY O'NEAL

GRAHAM ALEXANDER

NATE COLIN

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.