a new blog

Okay, all you faithful blog readers out there....I've finally used up the maximum amount of free picture space on blogger, and so I've had to change my blog. My new blog addy is www.marshan2.blogspot.com or you can just click here. See I made it very easy by simply adding a 2 to it. I hope all of you readers will join me at my newly decorated blog over there. Shoot, it even has a new blog title. Anyways, see ya there!

Almost two weeks old

Took a few more pics of Baby Klaire. Makenna had her pictures taken in this outfit that my dear friend Pat gave me at one week old. I wanted to do Klaire's too. She'll be two weeks old tomorrow, so we're a little late. If you want to compare with Makenna's, click here to see hers. This first one looks a lot like this one of Makenna.

Klaire's 12 day old portraits

I took Klaire to Portrait Innovations yesterday to get her portrait done for the wall in the dining room...and well....as always, I left with a few more than I should have. Cute, huh?

pics of the girls

My sister-in-law, Stacy, gave me the outfit that Makenna is wearing for Klaire, but since it fit Makenna, and I had an adorable outfit that Niki had given Makenna way back when she was small....I thought it would be cool for them to match. They'll be sharing clothes anyways for their whole lives, so why not start them early on it? Right?? So Klaire had Makenna's outfit on, and Makenna had Klaire's outfit on,, and they both looked dog-gone cute!

Klaire's first time at church

the boys and Klaire - Makenna was being a stinker and wouldn't get in the picture.

such a cute yawn!!

matching dresses - these could get me in a lot of trouble!!

and the first photo of all SIX - Makenna once again being a stinker.

Sliding II

This is a re-cap of what we did yesterday. We haven't done it in quite some time. In face, it's been over two years since we did it last. Check out the last time we did it here, and no...this time I didn't do it because I was holding the baby although anyone who knows me knows I would have done it in a heartbeat. Shoot last time I did it I was 8 months pregnant. We made it more fun with a small ramp and some crazy falls this time though.

Almost a week old

Just like with Makenna, I plan on taking Klaire's pics next to the big doll each month.

oh, and here's one just to make you smile!

A new normal

We're starting a new normal today. Our guests have left, and now we are settling in to how life will be with a family of eight. Should be interesting!

Klaire Riley Alma has arrived!!!!

Klaire made her grand appearance today at 8:03 pm weighing in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces (She took the smallest baby title away from Blake who was not impressed that he lost his title.) and she's 21 inches long. She's absolutely adorable. Here's a quick timeline of all that happened.
5:30- 7:30 am - woke up with occasional contractions, told Eric that the baby was coming today. He didn't believe me and rolled back over and fell asleep.

After 7:30 contractions pretty much stopped with the occasional one through out the day. Man, I was bummed.

3:30 pm - left the house to go see Terani and her new baby boy. We stopped at Walmart first and did a little shopping. Started having contractions again.

4:30ish?? - Got to Terani's where I was still having contractions about every 10 minutes. Saw Jayden, and man, is he adorable!!!!!

after 5:00 - left Terani's and went home. Contractions were about 5-10 minutes apart now.

6:00ish - called the doctor and he suggested going to the hospital since I wasn't feeling a lot of movement from Klaire.

6:15ish - dropped the kids off at the Sill's house. Listened to Eric say over and over again that we were just going to get sent home, so this was pointless. But still had contractions every 5 minutes.

6:30ish - got into the hospital and checked in, I mentioned to the nurse that this was my sixth child and that I felt the need to push, and she responded with a BEEP word and told me to get a gown on. She checked me and shocked us all by telling us that I was 7 cm dilated.
7:00ish got my epidural - yay!!!
7:30ish - doctor got there and turned the baby around. She was face up.

8:03 Baby Klaire arrived, and Eric and I still are sitting in an amazed and happy kind of shock!