Carter Condie HAS ARRIVED!

We had a shower planned for Thursday the 12th and we didn't tell anyone he was born so everyone was surprised! it was so funny to have had the baby and people show up thinking i was still pregnant! He got some REALLY cute clothes and fun things! Wendy and Jessie and my mom did a great job! and it was a lot of fun!


Jumpin Jacks! The girls LOVED it!

Well, we did it! we had a little boy on June 10th at 9:52 pm. He was 7 lbs 11 oz and 21 in long. He had a TON of hair, that is already receding! poor kid! he looks a lot like Kailey and Jordan mixed together but at the same time not like either! Mike and Wendy watched the kids and brought the girls to the hospital so we lined up all the kids in birth order! 7 kids and 2 moms! CRAZY!
Yes I know, i am such a beatiful mother!

Right after they circumsized him

All cleaned up and wide awake
Dad and Carter!
Kailey gets to hold her baby brother for the first time!

Our first family photo! mind you i have been up since 5 and just had a kid!

How he came to be: on Tuesday I woke up about 5 am painted my toes and fingers, did 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the house for my mom to come in town got my carpets clean and cleaned my kitchen while he was doing that, then i went with Wendy to Jumpin Jacks to take the kids out of the house while the carpets dried. Jordan climbed up on of the big slide and got stuck so i took her down, it was so steep and fast the baby definitely liked it, as we were leaving i picked up Jordan to put her in the car and my water broke! never had that happen before! i wasn't sure if i peed my pants so i didn't want to say anything, especially because they were totally wet ( kinda embarrassing) anyway, Wendy followed me home and took the girls and Shaun came home to go with me to check if it was really my water, i wasn't feeling contractions so we stopped by target, and Barnes and Nobel to get some books and got to the hospital about 5, it was my water so they moved me to a room, hooked me to pitocin and checked me so Shaun could go get lunch, it was about 7 by now i was a 4 and 80% so Shaun left and came back and i started to feel some contractions so they gave me the epidural. it only worked on half of me so they had me lay on one side to even it out, they checked me about 9 and I was a 5 and feeling contractions pretty solid, they didn't hurt too bad but i couldn't stop shaking. i told them it wasn't working and i felt like i needed to push, she checked me at 9:20 and i was ready! they called the anaesthesiologist in he gave me a direct shot of epidural and in came the Dr just as i started to feel nothing he told me to push but i couldn't feel how, so on the next contraction pushed and out he came! it was pretty easy! he was healthy and here! no stitches, no medicine and we left the hospital about 20 hours after he was born and 1 hour after he was circumcised. I know i am crazy but i was looking forward to my bed, and surprisingly i feel really good! i am sure it will wear off soon and sleeplessness will hit me, but honestly i have gotten more sleep with him out of me than when he was in me!

He has been waking up about every 3 to 3 1/2 hours to feed and is a really good baby! i don't know if he has woken up to the world yet but so far, we'll keep him! :) It is so weird seeing all this blue, luckily no peeing on me thus far! I am so blessed to feel so good, have so much help and have such good kids! Kailey LOVES him and asks lots of questions and Jordan is trying to claim his blankets and toys but also know she wont get away with it. They both are doing good with a 3rd one around. the only one really getting the shaft is Anna! she has been outside most of the days. Today we are going for our first family outing to art city days to get Kailey's face painted and do some crafts! I know I am crazy, but we gotta leave the House someday!