Riding Bullseye!

Our cute kids!

Madison is such a cute big sister! She has adapted well to having another little one that she has to share time with. She’s very soft and talks to him in the cutest little voice! The other day she brought all of her dolls out to sleep with Hayden on the couch, she put her little white chair in front of the couch and told Hayden and her babies a good night story! We tell her a story every night before bed and it’s normally about Princess Madison and how she and Dora or Word Girl save someone. Her story she told was about Princess Madison too….it was so cute to hear!

Hayden is two weeks old. He has been such a good baby….he sure does grunt and moan A LOT though! It’s super embarrassing at church. The good thing though is her rarely actually cries. He has been sleeping rather well most nights, he’ll normally give me at least one three hour stretch. It’s fun to see how proud his Daddy is when he holds him….JD has been extremely busy the last three weeks and wishes he could just stay home with us all the time. I wish he could too. I have to say though I am pretty proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish since having Hayden…..We survived on our own for two and half weeks before my Mom came; I still made most of our meals (we had three meals that our nice ward members brought for us), the kitchen was clean almost every night, I still was able to take a nap everyday, and spend some playtime with Madison, we even went to the park!

Madison has been a little bored in the mornings so I’ve been trying to get creative with keeping her busy….last week we made puffy paint and she made pumpkins, ghosts and a snowman. It was a fun project…..and best of all is her hair! It’s getting longer so when I haven’t done it it can get pretty crazy!

Madison has been quite the cook lately. She is always asking me if she can help me cook. The other day we made muddy buddies which she loved! She also likes to clean out my fridge with anything that looks interesting at the time, put it on the counter and then say, “Help me cook Mom.” The other day it was buttermilk, apple sauce, and balsamic vinegar salad dressing! Yummy!

Lounging with her Daddy is one of her favorite things!

JD was watching a show on his IPad with Hayden and Madison was on the other couch watching a show on my phone! The house isn’t too big of a mess for having a two week old!

Madison’s Halloween costume came in the mail last week…She was so excited she had been waiting and waiting for it! She put it on and then told her Daddy to get down and be Bullseye, she climbed up and said, “Giddy-up Bullseye!”

We are so happy! It’s amazing how much fun our two little kiddos are. Everyday we say things like, “Oh, my look how cute he is!”, “She is such a cutie!” “I sure love her!”, “What a good little boy!”, “We are so lucky!” ……..Even when school and work are stressful and we’re not getting much sleep it’s all worth it to have the two cutest kids ever!

Hayden Washington Oborn 10.04.12

Finally what you’ve all been waiting for!…

Hayden Washington Oborn

10-04-12 (37 weeks)

9:18pm

7lbs 13oz and 21” long

Since this is my scrapbook I will include the full birth story at the end of the post.

Madison fell asleep in the car on the way to the hospital to meet Hayden…..the first time to have my two babies sleeping in my bed…..sure it won’t be the last!

Madison’s first time holding Hayden….she was being so silly as you can see in her many goofy faces!

A very sleepy Daddy…..but OH so proud!

JD sent me this picture while I was in the hospital and said, “You better hurry home look what our daughter is eating for breakfast!” (It’s a Twix candybar!)

She moved the basket over so she could look at Hayden and then give him a kiss!

Madison got to spend the night at her friends Nora and Sara’s house! She had SO much fun! Here she was playing with bread dough and flour….apparently when she was done she was covered from head to toe in flour!

JD holding Hayden for the first time!

Comin’ home!

Madison was helping me cook and after I had cleaned up the dishes I found that she had covered Hayden with the hot pads!

This picture of Madison passed out was after a very traumatic experience….I had just put Hayden on the couch and was putting a dish in the dishwasher when I heard Hayden give a painful cry….I came around the corner to find him on his tummy on the floor by the couch with Madison standing over him with a  horrified look on her face. She began to sob and said that Hayden was too heavy and she just wanted to hold him. It took forever to calm her back down. I’m proud to say I kept calm even though inside I was freaking out! I managed to comfort Madison and make sure Hayden was okay. 

Madison grabbed her blanket and laid down by Hayden and said SHHH.

This little lady has been the best big sister! She loves to hold her brother and is so soft and adorable! She’ll hold her hand over his eyes and say, “It’s so bright!” She’ll also talk to him in the cutest little high pitched voice!…It’s been so fun to see her…so far she likes having a real baby in the house!

Madison found that there is a box of baking soda in the fridge, that she can then grab a pot from the cupboard and get her green stool and cook all by herself!!!! She is also now tall enough to reach the flour and sugar pots on the counter! She was very proud of herself.

There are so many more pictures to come!…

THE BIRTH STORY:

As 30 Weeks I went into pre term labor and was in the hospital for four days and on bed rest until 35 weeks. At 36 weeks I went into the hospital cause I was having regular contractions…we were there for two hours and then they sent me home cause I had progressed at all. Over the next couple days by contractions slowed until I didn’t even notice them anymore. At my 37 week the Dr said my cervix was ready and she really didn’t know what was keeping me from going into labor. I was super soft and dilated to a 4. I asked her if she would scrape my membranes and I was surprised when she said yes! That night I started to have some good contractions…and hardly slept at all. At about 9:30 the next morning I started counting them and sure enough they were every 3-4 minutes. I took a shower, picked up the house a little, took Madison so our friends house and then headed to the hospital. JD was at work in downtown St Paul fairly close to the hospital so I told him I would let him know what I found out and then he would just walk over to the hospital once we knew. When I got there I was a 5 and the nurse said they were going to monitor me for an hour. While JD was in his hearings (where he could read or respond to my texts) the Dr came in and decided we could just break my water! I said I was glad but that we had to wait for my husband! She came in multiple times asking do you know when you’re husband can get here, I told her I had no way of knowing but guessed around 2:30. JD called at 2:15 and ran to the hospital! He was completely out of breath when he came into the room! ….then we ended up waiting for almost 4 hours before the dr could come in and break my water!…Talk about torcher! The dr was called into another delivery which ended up going into emergency c-section. They had given me an epidural cause they thought it would help me wait until JD could come and cause they thought I would go too fast after they broke my water and I wouldn’t be able to get it at all. I almost went natural, but remembered how painful it was with Madison and how nice it was to hold Madison in no pain….so I laid numb in the hospital bed for three house. They broke my water around 7pm, I started pushing a little after nine, pushed about 4 times and Hayden was born at 9:18pm!

We love him and think he’s the cutest little baby ever!