Introducing.....Avery Francis Reid

Yay!!!! She's here. I am in love with my fourth child. I know weird hugh? I have four kids. Well Avery was born on Saturday September 20th at 5:38 in the morning and weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches long. I started having a back ache a week before she was born. I had just finished putibg up my fall stuff and the next day my back started hurting. almost like it was my siatic nerve or something. Well Landon was out of town from Monday till Friday The week before i was to be induced. And on Thursday I talked to him almost in tears because I was hurting so bad. And he told me that he was coming home that night because he didn't feel right about being gone another day. Well we decided to go into the hospital on Friday. So after the kids came home from school we took them to my Mom's house and headed to the Hospital. When I got there they decided that Because I was having contractions Every 2 minutes, had to get an antibiotic for strep B, and that I lived almost an hour away they decided to keep me and get things rolling. Me and Landon were surprised because we didn't think that they would let us stay. So I was up all night, and had her early in the morning. She is BEAUTIFUL. I have forgotten how in love I get with my babies. She is such a sweet baby with a great temperment. It's weird that after 2 years of trying for her and 9 months of pregnancy she is here. I'm doing good too. All the effects of labor are good, but I still have my siatic nerve problem. I thought hat it would go away after I had her but no luck so far. I may have to go see a Chiropractor or someting. Bummer. Well I'll post more pics later.

Baby Shower

I know that this is a late post but I didn't have enough energy to climb the stairs at the end of my pregnancy to the computer, so I'm doing it now. I am so lucky to have the greatest friends. I am so glad that we have been able to keep in touch even though almost all of us have moved away from eachother. My friend Sandra threw me the cutest baby shower for Avery. She thought of every detail. And I got the cutest things for my sweetie. Thanks guys.

Am I a cow??

So the other day Carson and I were running errands, and we stopped at Subway for lunch. He was eating in the backseat and told me that there was a cow on the chocolate milk he was drinking. I though to myself "this may be a good opportunity to talk about how the new baby will eat" I'm such a genious. What can of worms did I open? I said "Carson do you know how baby cows get milk from their moms? I proceeded to explain. I then said "do you know where baby Avery is going to drink milk?" I then proceeded to tell him about mommys, boobies, milk, all the good stuff. To which Carsons response was "that's SICK!!!" I'm sure that i'll have 3 curious kids in a couple of weeks wanting to know how it all works. Oh well I'll take it.

Happy Anniversary

Landon and I just celebrated our 10 year Anniversary. I know where has the time gone. We had to celebrate after the actual day because unfortunately Landon was out of town. This is the first year that he has been gone on the actual day. I was pleasantly surprised to get a delivery of a dozen white and red roses. It wasn't until later that night when he was talking to the kids that he had them find a letter that he had written and hid in a cupboard for me to read. All I can say is I'm so lucky for the husband that I have. I know that neither of us is perfect, but we are perfect for eachother. Since I was 15 I always knew that I wanted to marry him. I used to sleep over at my friend Kristins house, and we would watch him mow the lawn with his shirt off and I would think "I'm gonna marry him someday" sure enough dreams do come true. I always wondered what my life would look like 10 years after marriage, and It's kinda fun to look at where we are now. Three wonderful kids, and one more on the way. A great marriage to my best friend who gets me. Oh and fish. Happy Anniversary Lindon. Oh ya I went to the Dr. this week and he set me up with an induction date of September 23rd. Not too much longer thank goodness.

Here Fishy Fishy

I know, I know many of you will not believe it but I finally joined the club of pet ownership. Are fish really a pet anyway? Well for the last few years the kids have been begging to get a pet. Around Christmas we were really close to getting a dog, but then shortly after we found out that we were going to have a baby so nix on that idea. Well the kids keep begging and now my excuse is when our yard is finished and fenced in we can get a dog. So that atleast buys me a couple of years. But the begging still continues so last week the kids came home from school and asked if they could get a fish. I said I don't know, maybee, go ask your Dad. Well they came back all excited saying that Dad said yes and we could go do it for Family Home Evening. The kids were so excited. So we made trip to Pet Smart and started looking at fish. I was thinking that we could get a bigger tank and they could all share. Oh no that would not do they each had to have their own tanks. WHAT!!!! So they each picked out tanks and I about lost it when the girl was trying to get them out of the tanks and into bags. They were jumping all around, and the little frogs were jumping on to the floor. It wasn't until I saw that, that it clicked that someone was going to have to clean the tanks and take all the fishy things out. Landon swore that he would do that part. It's not that I don't like fishys but the thought of the stinky smell and slimy jumping I"m not too excited about. The kids love them and have fed them every day. No fishy funerals yet. I guess I didn't really realize how happy they were about it until the next day when Carson kept saying how happy he was over and over because he got fishes. He said you know how happy I am mom, I'm as happy as the sun. What a sweet thought. I guess the fish will be around for a while.