Alexander Dale Pulsipher

Alex was born at 3:52 am Sunday June 28th. He was 7 lbs. 8 oz. 21.5 in long. I drank castor oil Saturday morning and started having random contractions around 2 pm. We went on several walks and by 10 that night I was having very consistent contractions. We went to the hospital at about 1 am and I was 7-8 cm dilated. My water started "leaking" after the nurse "accidentally" broke the bag. By 3:20 I started to push. I didn't have an epidural again, but I did however get a peri-cervical block and a dose of fentanyl. The peri-cervical block was AMAZING! Too bad they don't teach them in med school anymore...It's basically a numbing shot they give in the cervix to take the edge off the contractions. Anyway, it was great. Enjoy the pictures!


I don't know what I was smiling so big about...

Sitting on the birthing ball for contractions before the fentanyl

ALEX!



Nathan couldn't stop smiling. :)

Or kissing him!

Our happy little family!!

Potty training and updated belly shots!

Nathan wanted his picture taken the other day while he was getting ready to take a bath, so this is that picture. For the last several days, he has been "a big boy"and has been going pee on the potty. I don't know what brought it on, but all of a sudden he just wanted to pee on the potty and he will tell me before he has to go. I have been telling him all the time that big boys go on the potty, so I guess he decided he wanted to finally be a big boy? He still won't go poo and he wakes up in the morning wet, but otherwise he's doing great.

More belly pics...I went to the doctor on Friday and was dilated to 2 cm and 80% effaced. Yahoo! Hopefully this will all be over soon...although I have mixed feelings about that too because then that just means I have to be sleep deprived for awhile...oh well! My next post will probably be of the brand new kiddo, so stay posted!

Nathan singing

A couple of weeks ago, I was making cookies and Nathan was helping to unwrap the chocolate kisses to go on top. He started singing these random parts of songs, namely part of the ABC song and part of the Ladybug song. I don't know why, but he kept singing "7,8,9" of the ladybug song over and over. I just thought it was funny! And, the other funny thing about his unwrapping the kisses was he was lining them up and would get upset if I touched them or moved them at all.

It's 80 degrees!

It's only 80 degrees, but it feels SO HOT! We went and bought this at Target today so we could play in the water, and even though the water was freezing, Nathan had a blast and he can't wait to play in it again tomorrow! We have to take advantage of every nice day around here and it's supposed to be nice most of the week. Yea!

Belly Shots-34 Weeks

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What we've been up to...

We have been so busy! We have moved our guest bedroom downstairs and set up Nathan's new bunk bed in the old guest room. He has Thomas the train bedding and he's doing great in his new room. He has already figured out that the crib is where the baby in Mommy's tummy will sleep. He is excited about the baby. I just hope it's not too difficult of a transition when he actually arrives!


Nathan and Ayden hiding under Nathan's bed...

John took Nathan on the ward Father and Son's campout last Friday and Saturday. They had fun! Nathan loved the tent and "hiding" in it. He wouldn't get in the sleeping bag but just slept on top with his blanket. I was worried he would wake up and not go back to sleep or something, but John said he slept great. John was a bit uncomfy on the ground though! :) Oh well! I think they had a fun bonding time.

The only good pictures of Nathan camping. He is in a nazi picture mode right now, so it's kinda tough to get a good picture of him!

We decided to go to Parma for Mother's Day and surprise the whole family! We left a couple of hours after John and Nathan got back from camping. It had been my job to get the gift for Mom, and I told them I would mail it...well it hadn't gotten there and they were kinda sad and my Dad was scrambling for a gift...but then we showed up! We had brought the gift with us, so it was all good! We had a fun weekend with them.

All the girls in our matching Easter dresses. We're so cool! :)

I am now 33 1/2 weeks pregnant. You can kinda see my belly in the above pic, and I will post another picture as soon as I can look halfway decent and get John to take the picture. :)