Bikes and Games

So, I'm still playing catch up. Here are a few pictures from November.

Sometime at the end of October, Josh really figured out how to cruise on his bike. I think his Grandma may have been the cause of this, since she took him out there on it, when mommy wasn't able to. Thanks Grandma! This is just the picture I got as he zipped right on by me. Good job Josh!

This past football season, Peter and I got tickets to the games. We decided it would be fun for Josh to be able to go to one of the games. So, he went to the FIU game. We figured that would be a bit more tame for him. Definitely a much better choice than the FSU would have been.

Peter let Josh go down and watch the game all by himself standing by the wall. Peter assured me that he was only a few rows back and could see him the entire time. Doesn't it look like he enjoyed the game?

It sure looks like he's on the feild here watching the band. What good seats they had.

Josh really did have a great time at the game. They stayed all the way through half time and then came home. Apparently his favorite part of the game wasn't the game at all... or the band for that matter. He had a blast flirting with a couple college girls sitting behind them. Already? Boy, is he going to be trouble. :)


To get to the game, Peter parked the car at a park a couple miles from the stadium and rode in on his bike with Josh in the child carrier. Since Josh was going to have so much fun that day, Daddy made sure to spend some time with Emily. She had a blast riding on the back of Daddy's bike for a while that day as well. So much fun!

Halloween

I know it's December, but here are the Halloween pictures. Sorry I'm so behind, but I think I have a pretty good excuse. ;)

The kids got to go the the church for the "Trunk or Treat" and then we took them to the zoo for "Boo at the Zoo." That's trick or treating through the path at the community college zoo. It's a lot of fun for the kids every year.

Josh was Superman. He wanted to have the fan going to blow his cape and make it look like he was flying. He had so much fun running around with his one fist in front like he was superman for real. No, he's never seen Superman, but I told him how to fly. :)

I gave Emily the choice of Tinkerbell or an Angel. She chose to be an angel. Such a beautiful one at that.

I included this picture to show how excited the kids were about Boo at the Zoo. Just kidding. I thought it was funny because they were so excited, then Emily fell asleep on the 10 minute or less ride to the zoo. My little sleepy head.

Emily thinks EVERYTHING needs to go in her mouth. Isn't the bucket so much better than all that candy?

Playing with Daddy

We took these pictures right after we brought Jessie home. The kids were dying for some daddy play time, so he complied with their wishes.

Horseback rides are the best!

Flying like an airplane is pretty cool, too

Emily's turn to fly

Comparisons

When Josh and Emily were born, they looked exactly like Peter did when he was born. When Jessie was born, she did not. I couldn't figure it out. I actually thought she was a little funny looking. :) And then, a few days later, I thought, "Hey, what did I look like when I was a baby?" So I looked up the picture of my baby announcement. Yep, just like her mommy, a funny looking baby. ;) She is absolutely beautiful now, though.

Jessie getting ready to come home from the hospital

Angie's baby announcement photo

Like mother like daughter!

The Birth

In the previous post, Peter promised I would fill in the blanks when I got around to it. So, I will do my best. First, I will start by saying that this was the most uneventful birth yet. Thank goodness. Just a background, Josh got stuck, so we had a c-section. Emily came by VBAC, but she had a bunch of fluid in her lungs that she couldn't get rid of by herself. She was turning blue, and they had to take her to the special care nursery to get her on oxygen. So, we were ready for a birth that was a little bit on the less exciting side. We are so thankful we got it.

A woke up on Thursday morning (October 22) with contractions at about 1:00. I laid there through a few of them before I realized what was going on. I'd had a few contractions in the middle of the night before, but these seemed to not be stopping. So, I got my phone and started timing them. They were about 5 minutes apart. At about 1:30, I woke up Peter and had him pack a bag for the kids while I hopped in the shower. I was really trying to put off going to the hospital if we could, but when the contractions continued, and got closer, we decided it was time. We called the hospital, then called our good friend Michelle. She came over and slept on the couch, then took the kids to her house for the day. Thank you, Michelle! Then off to the hospital.

This is really not a very exciting story. Sorry about that. We had a ton of questions to answer when we got there. After about 2 hours, we were finally done checking in and answering questions. I still wasn't progressing very fast, then I got up out of bed for a minute, and went from a 3 to a 7 all of a sudden. So, they gave me the epidural, and I felt much better, so we waited for the doctor to come in for the day. This was good, because the contractions were able to push Jessie down far enough that I only had to push through 3 contractions, and there she was. I was shocked. I absolutely knew I was having a boy. I guess I had a 50/50 shot at it. But I was wrong, and I am very happy with this little girl. The only thing that could have been a complication was that the cord was wrapped around her neck. So, I had to not push through another contraction while the doctor cut the cord. Thank goodness he was there when she came.

One interesting thing is that with each of my kids, I've predicted a day for their birth. I guessed the right day for Josh and for Jessie, and I was only one day off for Emily. Anyone want to play lotto with me? ;)

Baby News!!

Jessica Pearl Datin was born at 9:06 am this morning (October 22, 2009). She weighed 6 lbs 6 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. She was born 9 days early and is a little smaller than both of our others but is very healthy and eating well.

Angie woke me up this morning between 1:30 and 2 am. We had to wait for our babysitter to get here and then got to the hospital by about 3:30 am. Once she started pushing just before 9:00 she came fast. The doctor barely got there and got his gloves on in time. Here are a couple of pictures since everyone is dying to see them.


About a minute after birth.

She was sure crying good.

Now everyone is settled down and Mommy is happy.

The kids were ecstatic to hold her. They are both calling her "My baby."

Emily was especially excited.

Everyone wanted to be on the bed.


Emily wanted to be with whoever was holding Jessica.

I'll let Angie fill in everything else when she gets around to it.

Homecoming Parade

This last weekend was Homecoming here at UF. We played Arkansas and won... though Peter says we played so bad we should have lost. Oh well. Homecoming Friday is a HUGE holiday here. I think most of town is closed so everyone can participate. We enjoyed the day so much last year, we decided to go ahead and do the exact same thing this year. We drove down as close as we could. Then we walked down to the parade route, made a stop in Jimmy John's for lunch, (It's my all time favorite sandwich shop. If you ever get a chance, you should definitely try it out. The french bread is amazing.) the stepped out on the sidewalk to watch the parade.

The kids sat in the double stroller. We thought it would be easier to keep track of them that way. Here they are watching for the Fire Trucks coming down the street. I think that was their favorite part. It was LOUD but it's so neat to see the fire trucks and police cars come by with all their lights and sirens. I just love how you can see the anticipation in their faces as they wait for all the excitement to come their way.

They both had a blast waving at the people in the parade. However, Emily was quite distracted by the Sprite for a while. Not often that she's allowed to hold a huge old cup all on her own and drink as much as she wanted.