Ty blessed this little football player last Sun. He did a wonderful job. It was a really fun really HOT day!

Update

Zachary has survived the first 4 weeks of his life with too many close calls to count but nothing that has left him permanently damaged. This little darling below (yes that is her new favorite place to store her gum) had a rough first week but is doing better and better everyday. She loves him too death:)

Sydney loves to hold him face to face as demonstrated below. I prefer she hold him the other way but I have realized recently that my requests are merely just that, requests, which they choose to not follow 90% of the time.
This is the gratefully not too little, little man of the house. He is so much fun! I wish I could spend all my time just enjoying him instead of playing rodeo clown but what fun would that really be right?

Baby Zac is here!

Zachary Tyson was born on April 19 at 6:10 pm. He weighed 9lbs 8 ozs and was 21 1/2 inches long. He is such a sweet little babe. It is a complete circus act around here at the moment. Going from 1 to 2 was a walk in the park. 2 to 3 has been a completely different story. As soon as I can get my feet under me more I will update with some pics. Until then these are some my brother took when he was 3 hours old.

http://jthomasphotography.smugmug.com/Babies/Zack-1/

Still here

Just in case you might be assuming I have had this enormous child I have not. Apparently I make a great oven. I am hoping to have some pictures of a really cute healthy "little" baby boy to post about sooner than later. Until then I will continue to sprint up the stairs every 5 minutes while watching tv at night, raking pine needles, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, going on walks, and every other thing people have suggested to get your kid out.

update may contain info some might not want to read:)

So I have been setting myself up for major disappointment. Hope came 2 1/2 weeks early and wasn't nearly as large or as low as this baby has felt. I thought for sure that my chances of a repeat were pretty good. So I went to my 36 week check up last wed. and I was dilated to a 2. Which I was happy with seeing I still had a week and half before I thought he might come. So I had my 37 week check up yesterday. They say that a Full moon, a storm or having you know what can all be great inducers of labor. Well I had all three working for me. (That would be part of the info some of you might not of wanted to know.) So I was pretty confident that I was going to be at least a 3. I was a 4 at 37 weeks with Hope.

So I am in a student program because I don't know why, so the student checks as well as the mid wife. The mid wife went first just so she could guide the student along. So after the student checks they are talking and I ask so....? They say well you are still very thick and dilated to a 1/2. That took a minute to digest. So you are telling me that last week I was a 2 and now I am not even a 1. I didn't even realize such things were even possible. Apparently this darling little baby is all ready letting me know about how much control I have.

So I have switched gears I have changed to the numb checked out this kid isn't coming out for a while so I will go to the library get some good books and find joy in the fact that the only thing I can do for recreation is eat:)

Realization

When Ty was little he was given the nick name "Ty Bear" because he was so chubby and big. I assumed that this is what they meant by big and chubby. His parents informed me however that as chubby as Hope was she still wasn't as big as her daddy was. I have to admit that I am afraid of being on the news here in a couple of weeks for being the first white women to deliver an 18 pound baby!

Update sort of

My life right now consists of every article of clothing being made of a stretchy material and I walk like a have a watermelon between my legs. I have a friend that is due just 4 days after me with her 3rd as well. At the beginning of this pregnancy she mentioned that her thoughtful husband made the comment that he thought this pregnancy was going to be the "body breaker" I didn't know that he was talking about me. My friend still looks great, she carries her babies high and doesn't have a single stretch mark. I on the other hand have felt ready to deliver for about 3 months now. I am afraid that his head is going to come out totally jacked up from being in the birth canal since 20 weeks. My pregnancy with the girls was a breeze! I never felt like this with them not even right before delivery. I have waddled for ever and I swear my hips are so jacked up I need to wear one flat shoe and one shoe that is atleast 2 inches taller. I weigh a pound more now then I did at delivery with both of them and I still have 9 weeks to go. My little sister and my sis in law had their babies about 3 weeks ago on the same day both darling healthy little boys. I have to admit that I thought I would feel very sad for myself but I really am not ready for him to come out yet. I am ready to be able to bend over and sleep without having to wake up every time I need to roll this body over. (I need one of those handles that hang from the ceiling like you see in the hospital that would really be helpful.)

I have to say that I am grateful that I can have babies. It is an amazing experience it has just never felt like this big of a sacrifice before. I am very excited to have this baby in the spring instead of the cold winter like my girls.