two weeks. TWO WEEKS.

post by Courtney

warning: this is going to be an overabundance of photos. 

my due date came and went. I was worried baby would share a birthday with Meg, but he was patient and thankfully stayed put. just a couple from Meg's day. beautiful girl :)

while I have been induced twice before, just like every other birth story... this labor and delivery was almost... almosttt entirely different than the rest. my OB physician was on call Saturday so at 40 weeks 6 days, we went in on Friday night to be induced. my cervix was apparently no where near ready sooo nothing went as fast as I was hoping it would. everyone wants to blow the doctor and nurses mind by how fast they labor... that didn't feel like the case Friday night/early Saturday morning.

fast forward 6ish hours and contractions started.

fast forward a couple more hours and my water was broke.

epidural. no, I did not attempt this one natural. I hadn't slept since Thursday night.

add a little pitocin.

fast forward a couple hours.

one hard contraction. frantic nurses. this is the familiar part. 

this time the nurses believed me though. crowning baby.

my regular OB physician made it in time! 

I'm going to tell him how ssslllooowww he was getting to the room next time I see him ;)

. . . . . . . . .

and again the familiar feelings... there are no words... 

it brings me to tears thinking about it...

(which is strange because I'm *never* moved to tears at the actual birth)

welcome baby boy! we are beyond in love with you!

I was told the weather was beautiful while I was in the hospital :) 

my favorite visitors :)

Peyton was sick so he wasn't able to see Coy for a few days after he was born :(

just couldn't stop :)

us.

ready to go home

left his bands on for a few days so I could get photos but mostly to keep him new ;)

too much!

this is a bit of a shout out because I'm not sure who sent this, butttt someone sent me this adorable calendar swaddle. thank you so much, modern burlap!

and because I'm always taking photos of Coy, we had to take some of the other not so little babies in the house :)

thank you so much for all the kind words and visits and gifts and I'm sure I'm forgetting everything... BUT we sincerely appreciate all the well wishes. I've said it before, and there's a good chance I'll say it again, but we're very thankful! God is great :)

and hey, if anyone is interested in placental encapsulation, send me an email! I don't encapsulate them, I... just email me ;)
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free potty training treats. aka. Halloween.

post by casey.



i don't know about you...but I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween.

unicorn . puppy . self-proclaimed, black panther :)

a mother that doesn't know when to quit with all.the.picture.taking;)

costume preparation or lack-there-of. LOVE/HATE.
I don't want to spend a dime on costumes and I'd like the kids to make their own...we've found a happy medium, for the time being and because of the kids' ages, with inexpensive 2nd-hand or free hand-me-downs.

all those clowns. HATE.

always below 50degrees on Halloween. Always. Sometimes sleeting:/ HATE.

my brother-in-law driving over to my place, sneaking through my yard and standing outside my window in a clown mask. HATE.

how freaking cute Theo was in a Unicorn costume:) LOVE.

homer saying Trick-or-Treat and Thank You at every door. LOVE.

the clowns. WHY??? HATE.

my nephew, Luke, stepping in dog shit before we even left the house. HATE.

the annual stop at the Church for hot cocoa and chit chat:) LOVE.

jacob driving creepishly slow, in the Astro van, down the street behind us. LOVE;)


i really do enjoy this holiday:) And hope to someday be able to afford to stay home and pass out the 'expensive' candy. We see you, off-brand-tootsie-roll guy!!! You're not fooling anyone and that shit is going straight to the potty-training-treats bucket...although, I'm not even sure it'll fool a 2YR old;)

and now I'm going to go to bed because, by some miracle, the kids fell asleep by 830PM, even jacked up on all that candy! And I'm sitting here with a 1/2 eaten pint of ice-cream that I can't finish. Which means I must be getting sick - eating a full pint of ice-cream in one sitting has become far too easy and Jacob was actually put off when I asked him to put it back in the freezer;).

i hope you all had a successful - in whatever way Halloween is successful to you;) - and safe Halloween!!:) and a brother-in-law that's not such a dick;)