October 17th, 2008! What a great day!

As many of you know our newest little addition joined our family on October 17th, 2008 at 2:49 am.  We named him Daniel Monte King and he weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.  We are just so excited the he is here.
Now here is the story.  Nicole started to have some pretty intense contraction around 4:30 pm on Thursday and we finally decided to go to the hospital around 7:00 pm (thank you so much to Erin Ellsworth for watching Garrett the first night).  They got her in and set up on the monitors to see if it was true labor and if she could stay.  Once we knew we were staying Nicole got her epidural (thank you so much for modern medicine)  After getting that we were all able to get some sleep before the real work would come.  When we got to the hospital Nicole was dialted to a 4 and by 2 in the morning she was a 10 and ready to push.  She pushed for about 10 minutes and out he came.  He is perfect and we just love him so much.
Garrett came the next day to see his new brother and at first he wasn't sure what to think but after a few minutes he warmed right up to him and now gives Daniel hugs and kisses and calls him 'baby' 
Daniel is such a calm and quiet little guy and we just love him. 

Nicole is making me write six strange quirks that I have.

1)  I automatically add up all of the hymn numbers at Church every Sunday.
2)  Whenever I go up or down stairs, I check to see if there is an odd or even number. 
3)  I usually drink my water with with at least 15% straight lemon juice.  Unless I'm going excercising afterwards, because lemon juice and excercising don't mix.
4)  I can usually listen to a CD about 20 times in a row before I get sick of it.  This usually bothers Nicole when we're on a road trip and I try and listen to the same CD over and over again.
5)  Late at night or early in the morning, I count the number of letters I say when I say a sentence.
6)  If I'm dared, I'll eat about anything including dog, cooked bugs, a chicken egg right before it hatches, live octopus, a whole tube of wasabi, a bullion cube and a mixture of ketchup, mustard and vinegar.

Free Handbag

I love to get stuff for free, there is nothing better than finding a good deal.  There is a company that is giving away 24 handbags in 24 hours to celebrate their launch.  So if you would like to enter to win a chance for a handbag here is the link: Free Handbag.  Good Luck everyone!

Sorry

So I know that all of my blogs lately have been about this baby and getting impatient for him to come, but hey when you are nine months pregnant there is little else on your mind. 
I am now 37 WEEKS!!!  Can you believe it?  Although I have three weeks left I want the baby to come now.  Having a false alarm makes the last few weeks unbearable.  Everyday feels like forever and I am so ready to be done!  Oh well I guess the baby will come when he is ready to come. 

Update on #2

Well I went to the doctor yesterday and they said that I was looking good and that the baby seemed to be doing just fine.  They didn't check me because that can often cause labor or break your water.  They did take me off total and complete bed rest though.  I can get up and move around but I still need to take it pretty easy and not lift anything, including Garrett.  They said just to go with how I am feeling, if I am up and moving around and start to feel contractions and such that I just need to lay down for a bit.  After Sunday they will be much less worried about the baby coming as I will be 37 weeks and that is much healthier for the baby.  So we are just taking life one day at a time and getting really excited to see our new little one!
Thank you all for your support and comments just knowing I have such great friends is comforting.  If I need any help I will let you all know.

Weekend Excitment!!!

I am sure many people already know but if not I will update everyone on our weekend excitement. 
On friday night Chad and I were planning to go to Jackson and leave Garrett with my parents so we could have a little weekend before our next bundle of joy joined the family but he had a different plan.  We ended up spending Friday night in the hospital.  
I woke up on Thursday night with some pretty good contractions that were keeping me awake, I was awake for a few hours watching movie and trying to see if they would stop.  Finally I decided to just try and get some sleep, if I needed to go the hospital my body would let me know.  I woke up the next morning feeling okay just tired but decided that I needed to go the doctor because I was still having some contractions just not as intense.  The doctor said that I was in labor and had dialated to a 3 and efaced 50%.  So they sent me up to the hospital to get some drugs and stuff to try and stop the contractions.  Well the medicine seemed to help in stopping things but I was still having the occasional contraction and the little guy had moved pretty far down. 
When they released me from the hospital I was still a 3 and 50% efaced and the baby was down there ready to go so they have put me on bed rest.  They just want me to go as long as I can before having this baby, which is understandable since I am only 36 weeks.  So we will see what happens, we will keep you posted.

Baby Hungry and Cabin Fever!!!

Not a good combination to have.  I am going crazy waiting for our new little sweetie to arrive.  I only have about 5 weeks left but it feels like eternity.  The whole pregnancy has gone by really quick but the last few weeks have seemed like molasses in the winter!!!  I think it is a combination of excitment and just plain tired of being pregnant and having a sore back.  I want to sleep on my tummy again and my back for that matter! 
Then on top of that I am going crazy sitting at the house all day by myself.  I don't think husbands can truly understand how crazy you can go being at home all day.  Doing that same things over and over and not having anyone to talk to but a 15 month old.  I don't know how much more I can take, so if anyone is bored like me you are welcome to come on over anytime.  I am around most days all day long, come relieve some boredom!

p.s. Check out the poll on the side and let us know what you think of the names.  None are set in stone yet, we just know we want to use the middle name Monte.  It is my grandpa's name.  If you have any good suggestions of names that would go with that let us know!