First Photo's

I had my cute friend Grace Tea take the pictures.  I'm having a hard time picking a favorite. She is very affordable.  Check her out at graceteaphoto.blogspot.com

Kate's Two!

Our cute little girl is finally two.  She's already showing us what the terrible two's are all about. She is into everything.  Grayson has started using Jared's favorite nick name for her, "child of darkness." Despite it all, you can't help loving this girl. Her smile and eyes just melt your heart.  And, even though she doesn't say much she has a big personality and a love for life that draws you in.  She loves to cuddle, look at books, dance, be tickled, go for rides, animals, and be outside.  

She was thrilled to get a new bike so she can ride with Grayson and Lydia.

First Two Weeks

Our first two weeks have been crazy but we are surviving thanks to the help of grandmas and neighbors.  I don't know what I am going to do once I get back into my normal routine. Claire has been a great baby and lets me get some sleep at night.  

We had a very festive St. Patty's Day.  The kids loved looking for leprechauns and eating green eggs and ham.  Lydia was thrilled to be matching with the baby. Grayson learned to step dance at school, he was so excited to show us his new moves and asked, "do you know how to dance in Irish."  We ended the day with a corned beef and cabbage dinner.  Not such a big hit with the kiddo.

 

My kind aunt Jammie, who loves to spoil Lydia rotten, invited her to the Beauty and the Beast musical. All the little girls were encouraged to dress up like a princess.  She cherishes this little rose given to her by Belle. She came home singing all the songs at the top of her lungs.   

Kate finally made an attempt to get out of her crib by herself.  I think it will be her last for a while. I heard the thump and found her crying frozen the way she landed.  I knew she had hurt something but seamed fine. After watching her for a day I realized that she wasn't using her left hand and would cry if you touched her wrist.  Being the bad mom I am I still didn't worry about it, until Sunday night when my family saw her crawling around using her left arm to hold herself up instead of her wrist.  With everyone telling me to take her in, she had x-rays done last night and found he wrist is broken. It's just a small hairline fracture, but she is now wearing a splint.  The stinker has already taken it off twice so I have to watch her.

She's Here

Clarissa Jayne Wright

Born: Tuesday March 10th

8 pounds 7 ounces

22 inches long

After a few hours of regular contractions and a few extremely painful contractions we went into the hospital Monday night (Tuesday morning). I was only a four but they admitted me anyway because they were worried about me going fast because it was my fourth baby.  After several more hours and lots more contractions, I was still a four. No surprise, since I can never get over that hump on my own. They finally decided to up the patocin.  Clarissa came a couple hours later. I had the privilege to experience some of the labor for an hour when my epidural wore off.  To anyone who choses natural child birth, I am sorry but you are crazy.  She came out in three pushes and brought the most beautiful spirit with her.  We are all doing great. A big thanks to everyone who helped with the kids.

No Baby Yet!

I was waiting to post till I knew what was going on. I wish I finally had a plan but I don't. This last week was both amazing and very hard for me. It was amazing because I experienced life with one child for nine days. It was hard because I was told by my doctor that he would induce me last week, but went back on that after an ultrasound.
I have a high amount of amniotic fluid and my doctor wanted to check it out with an ultrasound. They were only suppose to check the fluid but measured the baby for fun and found her to be almost 9 pounds. My doctor said that it probably wasn't accurate but wouldn't induce me because there is a higher risk of c-section when you induce with a larger baby. Lets just say I am emotional and left the doctors office crying. My doctor is hoping I'll go into labor on my own any moment, but for now I'll have my fluids checked again on Wednesday and then meet with him afterwards to schedule being induced. I have little hopes in going into labor on my own as I have never been able to do it with the other kids. I have tried everything to make this happen and nothing is working. I am honestly getting tired of torturing myself.
Now that I've gotten all the the depressing news out of the way. I have to brag about what an awesome sister and parents I have. Tami and I were trying to figure out a time when I could send my kids out to Georgia to spend some time with her kids as they were dying to see each other. After giving it some thought we convinced our parents to fly them out with them on their way to Korea last week. They were already going to have a stop over in Atlanta so they agreed to drop them off and pick them up on the way home. We thought it would be perfect timing since I was going to be having my baby and things would be a lot easier with the kids gone. I don't know how Tami managed my kids with three of her own, but my kids had the best time. Even though I didn't get my baby, I had a very relaxing week. I took lots of baths, read a couple books, enjoyed good one on one time with Kate. I am very grateful to have had some time to myself before I become a mother of four. THANK YOU TAMI, from all of us. The kids are already talking about how excited for your kids to spend time here this summer.

My parents brought this cute outfit home from their trip to Korea for Kate to dress-up in. We've put her in it a couple of times and both times she's had a major meltdown when we've taken it back off. She didn't seem to excited to have Grayson and Lydia home, I think she loved having us to herself. As an update, Kate's tubes seem to have done the trick she is talking more and more each day. She still has the vocabulary of a one year old, but at least I can now say she has a vocabulary. We hope things continue to go as well. Hopefully next time I post I'll have pictures of our beautiful baby girl.