My Baby is Four....

Wow---took quite the vacation from this little blog...but there is no better time to start back up! New Year...New Look--ready to rock and roll!!
Today's blog is dedicated to our youngest Addyson Grace---she entered the world on her own terms four years ago today at 37 weeks...see even then she was gonna go fast :) Thought I would share the memories I have of that special day!!
At our normal 20 week ultrasound we found out what we were having--I will never forget it as Josh loves telling this story...she looks over at us and asks if we would like to know and we both say yes...she said if I were you I would shop for a girl!! My heart melted--Josh looks down and says--well I guess it's ok...I just won't love it!! I busted out laughing--knowing my Josh and his sence of humor...the poor tech lady probably put a red dot in our chart and noted his behavior ;) And from that day on my belly went from being called 'baby' to Addyson---you were an Addy from the very begining with no other close contenders for a name! Had you been a little boy we had that one picked out as well and you would have been Oakley :) Josh thought of Grace as your middle name and I loved it!!!
My blood pressure had gone through the roof early in pregnancy with Addy(as it did with my previous two as well)...we had tried modified bedrest and then STRICT bedrest for a week or two...but at 37 weeks when I went in for my doctor appointment around 3pm, Dr B said enough is enough--go over to the hospital and lets have this baby!
So I called Tara who was home with Anna and Zach(she was my lifesaver through the whole pregnancy...if I had an appointment she would come to my rescue!!!) and told her that we were going to go have a baby! We called my parents and they were on their way as well--Julie came over too and we were set!
When I got over to the hospital I was already 3cm dilated and they got my IV started--Dr B came over after her clinic hours and broke my water around 5pm---got my epideral(BEST THING EVER INVENTED!!) at 10pm and we heard the first sweet scream of our Addyson Grace at 11:27pm! It was really the best labor/delivery a girl could ask for...Rick and Tara came up to visit...Lacee stopped over after work...Julie stopped in before going to relieve Tara from our older two...and my parents were there--they actually stepped out of the room and walked down to get coffee--Mom said they walked back and the student doc was walking out already!!? When Mom asked if everything was ok, she said yep--it will be just a couple of minutes they are just cleaning baby up!!?! I pushed once and that was it--they joked and said you shouldn't tell people how easy that was...
So Addyson Grace weighed 7lbs 3oz(the smallest of all of our babies) and was 19in long--perfect :) She was a good infant--didn't really care to sleep a lot on her own until she was about 2...lol!!
Addy has a stong personality and a big heart!! Her feet go and go hard from the time they jump out of bed in the morning...until they pass out at night :) We joke a lot at what a hand full she is, but really I couldn't picture her any other way! She is a great energy to our family and we love you to pieces Addy!!!
Right now Addy is into anything the big kids are--she wants to be in Anna's room with her--she wants to play the Wii with Zach and is no longer content just to watch!! She loves the babies we have at daycare right now and if you ask her --they are all her best buddies!! Addy you are smart and beautiful and I know you will have big plans for this wonderful world!!
Happy Birthday Sassy---WE LOVE YOU!!