Happy Halloween!

Well, it's over, but the kids made a HAUL with the candy. The problem is that I'll probably eat most of it! Oh well! I'm nursing, right? Here are the kids just before they left to go trick-or-treating. Annicka was an African princess, Park a pirate and Indie, Superman!

 Enjoying some candy!

 And just a couple of cute pics of the older ones holding Milo.

Jaundice

When we left the hospital on Monday evening Milo's billirubin levels were in the low risk category. Yesterday we went in and got them checked again, and they were too high, 16.9. So he is on the billi lights until those levels come back down, 24/7 unless he is eating or getting his diaper changed. YAY! (note the sarcasm) We have to go in to get his levels checked everyday until then. He sure does look cute on them, though!

Milo Frost

Little Milo is here! It all started Saturday afternoon when I started having contractions. By 5 they were about 5 minutes apart, I waited 3 hours to make sure they weren't going to stop, and then we headed to the hospital. After being there for 2 hours they stopped and we headed home at about 10:30. I was so frustrated. We got home and headed to bed for some rest. At about 1:30 Indie woke up and I got him some milk and got him back to bed. I went and laid down and all of a sudden the contractions started up again, this time they were harder and closer together. At about 3 we got ready to head back to the hospital. We got there and I was dialated to a 5 and was immeadiately admitted. By 4:30 I had my epidural and by five this baby was ready to come out...except that the doctor hadn't gotten there yet. So here I am (above), waiting for the doctor to get there so Milo could slide on out.

 Just a few pushes and Milo joined us in our world! Just a little bit purple and gray as Annicka described it. 8 lbs 4 oz and 18 1/2 inches.

 He pinked right up after getting some oxygen.

 Annicka was there for the whole thing and she did great! She thought it was really neat. My mom asked her if there was anything she didn't expect and she said that she didn't expect Milo to be so purple when he came out.

 Getting all checked out!

And Park holding his new little brother. He was so cute with him! What a good big brother!

Look who...

...FINALLY learned how to open doors! Yes, he is almost three, and the kind of kid Indie is you'd think he would have been ones of those that would have figured it out by the time he was 18 months or so. But I count it a small blessing with him that it took this long.

 Of course he figured it out at bed time. And that was the end of that. We spent a good 20 minutes laying him back down before I remembered, Indie isn't your normal child. Why does it always take me so long to remember that? This kid can go all night if he wanted to; being laid back down and jumping up to open the door to try and escape. It's all a big game for him. So we decided that just for that night we would lock the door until he fell asleep. Which he did after just a few minutes of trying to open the door and not being able to. The next day we went out and bought those doorknob covers and one went on the inside of his door so that he'll actually stay in his room long enough to fall asleep. We'll see how long it lasts!

I can't see well, is that Annika Sorenstam out there?

Mom (Chamberlain) came out and played golf with me (Scott) for the first time on Friday.  She pretty much owned the course for the time she was out there.  Really had a fun time and I think she really enjoyed it. 

Some more firsts!

Well, it's time to post some more firsts! On the top of the list is Annicka's first ballet class! She loves it!

Next up, Park's first day of preschool! He also loves it. He's excited that this week I get to be his teacher.

This last week I also had the first funeral to do a luncheon for as Relief Society President. We live in a generally very young ward and so funerals are seldom and far between, thankfully. This one was for a 97 year-old sister who had fallen and broken her hip and then got pneumonia while she was in the hospital. (An amazing woman, by the way, who was still coming to church every Sunday and was as independent as any 97 year-old that I've ever met.) The luncheon went off without a hitch, thanks to my counselors and compassionate service leader and all the sisters that were so willing to bring something to help out!

And finally today, Annicka got her first cavity! Bummer! Next, to get it filled next week!

Prom

This last week Scott asked me to the prom! He and some other guys in our neighborhood thought an 80's prom night would be a fun group date. Word is that they pulled it all together in about a week. In the end we ended up with 16 or 17 couples who came. We began our night at Olive Garden for dinner. And yes, almost all of the couples were there. Next came a game of Laser tag at Trafalga. And later a dance at the church that lasted about an hour. Let's face it, we are getting too old to dance all night long. We had a great time!

 Here we are at the Olive Garden. You can't see the awesome pattern of my shirt in this picture, but you sure can see my wonderful 80s makeup (thanks to my sister-in-law Emily)! The best part about my makeup is that our neighbor Adam couldn't stop laughing every time he saw me! Apparently I don't wear makeup often enough and so when I go all out, it's a little hard to believe.

 And at the dance, the guys were even able to get a photographer there to take couples pictures. Gotta love Scott's puke green shirt!

And a group picture of everyone at the end! Thanks for the prom night, Scott! It was fun!