Miss Callie Jade

ok I know this has taken me a while but I have been a little preoccupied-in a good way of course. We are so excited that Callie Jade is here and she is a healthy little girl. I thank the Lord for the miracle of this precious little girl and the safety of her delivery. Ella was right-after all Jesus did tell her it was a girl. I was induced on Thursday and was expecting it to go pretty fast but it actually took longer than I thought but it still went pretty well. As she was coming out Kevin, my Doctor and the Student doctor all were saying the face looked like a boy and it seemed forever for them to turn her over and declare she was a girl. I was thrilled. She has dark hair and it is mostly on the back of her head. Not sure if it will stay dark or not. She weighed in at 8 lbs 9.6 oz. 21.5 inches, 14.25 head and was born at 5:16 pm. I calculated the contest results (hopefully correctly) and there were actually three winners: Kaitlen, Katie F and Janette. I will contact you regarding your prize. Ella was pretty convinced that her name was Dora and actually told me that her name was not Callie but Dora, then she heard me tell someone her name was Callie and she said no it is Dora. However after leaving the hospital she and Rachael were talking and she called her Callie and called her Callie the next day-so we have made it through that little confusion! My sister Rachael took care of the kiddos for me and was a ton of help and I am so thankful to her for that. Hannah also came in right after Callie was born and took pictures. I have yet to see them and am excited too-for now these are the unprofessional ones that we took :) Check them out here. Ella and Roc are both doing pretty well and really do love Callie. They love to kiss her, look at her and hold her. (you may have already seen some on Kevin's facebook) Roc got her going pretty fast in the swing and the bouncy seat so we are working on that!
Well that is it for now-Callie likes to keep me up at night so I need to get all the rest I can get when I can get it!

Contest Info

Well Thursday is getting closer and closer! You still have time to enter if you want and the contest does not officially close till Thursday morning (early) or when I actually head to the hospital-whichever is sooner. This is how I will be determining the winner. If you are the closest answer to stat you get a point. If you hit it right on the mark you get three points (although sex is only worth two). If you are correct on the name that is worth five-since it was a bonus stat. The person with the most points in the end wins! Anyone who changes their answers is officially disqualified (Kevin...) ha ha-that was for you Raquele.

Roc is Two!!

Today my sweet little boy turned two. I can't believe it! What a precious boy he is to us! We started out his celebrations by doing a combo little party for Ella and him with my Grandma Ruby and parents last week (and Uncle Mike made an appearance-thank you!). Grandma Ruby loves a party so I thought it would be fun to have her over for some cake to celebrate. The kiddos had fun opening their gifts from my parents and Grandma Ruby and eating cake. Then today I had Roc's party. We had the cousins over and also his little buddy, Ian, from church. The kids had a great time and he got some fun gifts. Roc is a little fast and blew out his candles before we sang and before I was ready to take a picture so we had a re-do (this happened at both his party's) so he has gotten to blow out plenty of candles. He has been saying Birthday Party a lot and mainly connecting it with Ella, but I was finally able to convince him that today the party was just for him. Tonight we have him is gift from us-A baseball hitting game. He and Ella had fun giving it a try tonight-with Kevin's help of course.
Roc also had fun helping me make his cupcakes yesterday and kept saying birthday party while we were making them. Cute. He actually got a chef outfit and cake mix from his friend Ian, since his mama knows that Roc is an aspiring chef-so we will be sure to be having more fun in the kitchen! Thanks to all who came to his party's and made is birthday more special.
Rather than just a pick a few pictures I am just going to post them on facebook. If you don't have facebook just go here to view.

Baby Guessing Contest

I thought it would be kinda fun to have a contest about the baby-especially since we don't know the sex. We are just about two and a half weeks away from due date-so now is the time to start guessing. Just leave me a comment-on this blog- with your guesses to the following stats and the closest one will be the winner. (if you are not a registered blogger just do an anonymous comment and leave your name so I know who you are) This contest is open to all who read my blog-but one entry per person-and it open till we head to the hospital. Also just to be fair to everyone, as I have told some people, my doctor plans to induce me on the 23rd if I am ready-but you never know...

Sex:
Date of birth:
Time of birth:
Length:
Weight:
Head Circumference:
Bonus Stat: The Name!

So have some fun and start guessing!

More of Ella's birthday

Ella had a great time at her first sleepover-they managed to sleep through the night after falling asleep around 9:30, but were up at 6 am-needless to say Ella was wiped out. A few weeks ago her Aunt Connie (my SIL) came for a visit and gave Ella a Tinkerbell cooler. When she opened it I said oh that is a cute suitcase. So even though it isn't Ella thinks it is and has had it packed for this sleepover ever since. She also made sure this doll Aunt Connie gave her was in it (you will see it in the pictures on my sisters blog. I thought that was pretty cute. (for pictures and details go here to my sister's blog) She slept almost the entire way back from Ellensburg, but woke up the second I pulled into the garage. She lost it a bit, but finally fell back asleep on my bed for a few hours. We then went to Red Robin for dinner. She was still a bit tired but managed to have fun-and was thrilled to see the bird and get a sundae. We met up with my parents and Rach/Rogeilo and Rogeilo's sister so it was fun. Ella got some really cool water toys at her party and we pulled one out this evening. It is a whale/sprinkler toy. They had fun running and playing on it.