Delivery Day!

We made it to DELIVERY DAY!

After about 4 hours of sleep, we go up for a quick shower and left the house at 5:45am to prep for our 8:15am scheduled cesarean...

I think Dr. Heit picked the right day for delivery because I was apparently having contractions every 5 minutes although I wasn't feeling any pain. Our lil fella was defintiely ready for arrival!

Dr. Heit is known for being right on time and today was no different. I headed into the OR at 8:05am for my spinal, ten minutes later Dr. Heit came into the room for delivery and Joe was right by my side! Not long now... This was smoothest and most peaceful c-section I've had. Everything went perfectly! It was almost like the doc, anesthesiologist, nurses, and Joe were all just sitting around having coffee! They were all just chatting away and it seemed like everyone in the room had forgotten that surgery was underway... everyone except me, that is! But soon enough was the moment I'd been waiting for when Dr. Heit said, "Joe, you've got to stand up for this. You don't want to miss it!" And then he pulled out our new baby boy. I remember everyone saying "He's a big boy!" and "He's got lots of dark hair!" and "He's so cute!" Our lil fella (still to be named at this point!) had made his grand debut at 8:40am, weighing in at 8lbs 9oz and 19.5 inches long! It was a very JOYOUS moment! Look at this head full of DARK HAIR! Maybe we'll have a lil brunette? I love it! Here's our lil buddy getting his footprints stamped

Micah was SO content even in the operating room. He gave us just enough noise so we knew he was strong and healthy then he settled into Daddy's arms and was happy as could be!

I finally got to meet my new baby boy! The tears were flowing and my heart was full!

Mommy completely enthralled with Micah Jay

He found his thumb right away!

It looks like we've got another thumb sucker!

One very PROUD DADDY and the BEST one in the whole wide world!

One Last Day... As a Family of FOUR!

Last night at small group my prayer request was for today to be a very sweet day together as family of four and indeed it was A VERY SWEET DAY! The sky was blue, the sun was shining, and Joe was off from work! I got some good time with Wyatt first thing after breakfast (we ate my boys' fav--powdered donuts!) dressing up and playing fireman, then Daddy headed out to drop Wy guy off at school. Isaac and I got our normal Mommy-Isaac Wednesday together while Daddy came home and finished up some yard work! Ike and I did some laundry in between playtime, ran some errands, and ate lunch together. It was fun to get some one-on-one time with my BABY today! After Ike's nap, we picked Wyatt up from school and headed to Deanna Rose Farmstead for one last excursion as a family of four...

Our small group threw us a little baby shower last night, so we brought some leftover blue "pupcakes" with us to enjoy at the farm in honor of our "Birthday Baby" (a term Wyatt came up...He kept asking when he'd get to meet the new brother in my belly. We told him that he'd meet his new bro right after his 3rd birthday. So Wyatt started calling this new baby "the birthday baby." Wyatt was a little disappoitned the day after his birthday because he still had 3 weeks to wait for his first introduction to new lil bro).

I LOVE, love, love these boys! Tomorrow I will be a mama of THREE fellas... Just can't quite wrap my mind around this truth just yet. I'm sure reality will sink in very quickly once he arrives tomorrow morning!

My little smurf sported his Little Brother shirt today! Tomorrow he gets to be the little brother and a BIG BROTHER!!!! Farmer Joe milking the cow.

Isaac got a ride on Daddy's shoulders...

...while my Wy guy rode in the BOB. I remember his first ride in the BOB on Mother's Day 3 years ago... Look how big he is in it now! : )

Isaac loved the baby goats!

And Wyatt LOVED being a fisherman. He was so patient and caught TWO fish!

Picking out a worm...

Proudly showing it to Mommy...

Waiting, waiting, waiting for a big catch...

Mommy walked to the playground with Isaac right when Wy caught a fish. Boo. I missed it! But Wyatt told me ALL about his big catch!

Here we are heading upstairs for a much need bath before bedtime after one pretty fantastic day. Mommy got the honor of tucking both boys in bed tonight! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE these little boys? We often sing a little song, "Open, Shut them" and this was an open, shut them moment. We couldn't quite get a photo with both boys' eyes open so I got one of each...

It was a pretty perfect day as a family of four...

But we've so anxiously been awaiting your arrival, Birthday Baby! We can't wait to meet you tomorrow and are so excited to become a FAMILY of FIVE! We love you already and will love you even more completely tomorrow...

Our own Playground!

With having 3 boys in our house, we decided that a playground in the backyard would play a vital role in keeping our sanity during the warm months of the year! Someone gave us the bright idea to look for one on Craigslist. Since the Rainbow playgrounds retail for over $4500 we decided that a used one would be a much better fit for our budget! Well, we found one in good condition for a fraction of the price. Perfect, we thought! BUT it ended up being a ton of WORK! Joe, Papa and Poppy spent all Friday morning disassembling the playground from another family's yard a couple of weekends ago. Then Joe, Papa, and Wy guy began the long process of putting all of those 2x4's back together one piece at a time in our back yard...

Well, putting it all back together took a little more time than we had anticipated! And someone had a birthday party on Saturday, so the work had to come to a hault! Luckily, Papa graciously made another road trip this past weekend all the way from Iowa to help complete the project!!!!

Wyatt made sure to take some time to refuel in the middle of the morning from all of his hard work!

The guys worked from about 8am -6pm on Saturday and finally got the "Huckleberry" Playset all complete! It's PERFECT for 3 little adventerous boys and I know all of the hard work will pay off this summer. We've spent MANY hours outside the past couple of days and I know there will be so many fun memories in the years to come!

Thanks, Papa, for all of your HARD WORK and kindness to see us through this project! It meant so much to have your help every step of the way...

Toy Story on Ice!

Mimi and Poppy planned a little outing for the kiddos to Toy Story on Ice! Wyatt talked about his night with Buzz Light Year for about a month leading up to the event. He was so excited to see his favorite characters in person. Since the show started at 7pm, Isaac's bedtime, Poppy insisted to stay back with Ike so Mommy and Daddy could share in the experience with Wy guy. It was such a fun night!

Mimi let the kids pick out a souvenier from the show...

Wyatt picked a sword...

and enjoyed some cotton candy! He ate it by the mouthful as fast as he possibly could.

I had to get a picture of Daddy's face as he was watching... KEN and BARBIE! :) Priceless!

Our little man was tuckered out on the way home but kept his sword in hand!