Happy One Week Birthday!

I can't believe my little babe is already one week old! I cant help but take thousands of pictures of her. She is so perfect and is so far the best baby ever. She is so happy when she is awake, she is a great eater and is even sleeping pretty good. I had to post some new pictures for all those who live so far away and cant meet her in person. She already looks a little different, but is still so beautiful!




This last picture really shows off the dark hair!! I love it!

Adilynn Diane Rose

We are so happy to announce the birth of Rose baby number 4! She was born February 15th 2010 at 1:06 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She is absolutely perfect and looks just like Brielle except for the fact that she has dark hair!

The whole experience was amazing. Here is the story.... I started having contractions on Saturday morning. They were coming every 5 minutes and I was already dilated to a 3 so we felt like we better head to the hospital. When we got up there I was still a 3 and the contractions kept coming. I was at the hospital for about three hours, and nothing was happening, so I just decided to go home. All day Saturday the contractions were pretty regular and it kept going this was on into Sunday. I had to speak in Sacrament meeting on Sunday and I am convinced that Doug said a prayer to keep me out of labor just so I had to give the talk. By Sunday night the contractions were starting to hurt worse, but they were still only about 5-7 minutes apart. (I really didn't want a Valentines Day baby anyway.)

Monday morning I woke up and started my regular laundry routine and cleaning the kitchen. I was talking to my mom on the phone and the contractions were getting to the point that I couldn't talk. I called the doctors office and told them I thought I was in labor and they told me to head on up to the hospital. Around 11:30 I called Doug and told him to meet me at the hospital, and called my neighbor to drive me up there. By this time I thought I was going to die!!! I was hurting sooo bad and the contractions were about 2 minutes apart! My biggest fear was that I would get to the hospital and I would still be a 3...but I was pleasantly surprised. I went into the triage and they said I was at a 7!!! They hurried me over to labor and Delivery and got me hooked up to everything. The nurses kept asking if I wanted an epidural, but I really wanted to go "all natural", so they called the doctor to come in. My Dr. arrived and went to go break my water and he discovered that I was a 9 going on 10!! This was it!! I only had to push three times and Adilynn was born safe and sound! I really was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I am really grateful that it all turned out the way I wanted it to. Don't get me wrong it was rough, but so worth it! So far everything is going good. My recovery this time has been the best by far. I feel so blessed. It is an amazing feeling to have our little Rose family complete, and I couldn't be happier. Here are some of the pictures!

This is right after she was born

The sweet little girl!
Just the Rose girls!

The whole entire family!

Benson and Adilynn

Parker and Adilynn
Benson and Adilynn

The two sisters! The resemblance is uncanny!

Finally....

By popular demand I am finally posting a pregnant picture of myself. I was trying to avoid it because I always look back at these photos after I am done and realize how big I was! But here it is, take it for what it is worth, I am exactly 37 weeks in this picture.

I also have to note the haircut. I usually cut my hair when I am preggo, but this time I definitely cut it the shortest. I had it cut about a month ago so it is actually a little longer, but you get the idea. I had 8 inches chopped off so I could donate my hair to the Pantene program. They make wigs for women with cancer. So there it is, the picture is posted. Hopefully within the next 3 weeks you will be seeing some REALLY CUTE pictures of a little baby girl!!

SNOW FUN!!

So it has been a while, but I thought I could actually post some pictures of the fun my kids have been having. Brielle was out of school for a snow day a couple of weeks ago (I know you westerners will not understand getting out of school for 2 inches of snow, but here in the South that is the way it goes!) So we decided to try a little ice sledding down our neighbors driveway! The kids LOVED it! I think Parker was the biggest daredevil of them all.








They played hard and this is what they did a few hours later because they were so tired!

Merry Christmas Y'all!

The first snow of the season!

Some of you may know that it doesn't snow all that much in TN. So when we get snow it is REALLY exciting. A couple of Saturdays ago we woke up to a world of white! The kids were super excited and wanted to get out there and build a snowman. I had a meeting to go to so Doug helped them build a beautiful frosty the snowman of there own. The snow had melted by that afternoon and I think the snowman only lived for about 3 days, but they had so much fun! This is what you mean when you say priceless.


The view in our backyard
Our beautiful holly berry tree tree in our yard! It looks great with snow on it!

The three kiddos!
The "Building" process.

The completed Frosty the Snowman! A couple of the neighbor kids came over to help out too!

Practice makes perfect

I was cleaning the kitchen the other day, not really paying attention to what the kids were doing and when I looked around the corner this is what I saw! They told me they were practicing the nativity for Christmas! They really do make a great Mary and Joseph.

Better late than never!

Glinda the Good Witch

Spider Man, Spider Man!

SUPERMAN!

Here are the pictures from Halloween! I am just trying to keep the holiday season alive by adding a little Halloween spirit!

My BEST Thanksgiving EVER!

I LOVE Thanksgiving! Good food, people you love and relaxation. No hustle and bustle over gifts, it is just about being together. So why was this the Best Thanksgiving EVER?? I have had my husband home for FOUR days in a row!!! For the past FIVE years he has had a Thanksgiving break, BUT he has always had to be studying with finals right around the corner. Then last year he was in the Grand Canyon over Thanksgiving so we didn't see him. This year he has just been HOME with us!!

I love Thanksgiving!

My Parks

I wanted to post about my little man Parker. He is at one of my favorite stages in life. He is still really little that almost everything he does is cute, and big enough that he is getting independent. I love this little guy so much. He is really smart and is really good about getting into EVERYTHING that he is not supposed to. The other day I turned my back for one minute and he had poured jet dry all over the kitchen floor. The funny thing about it though is that he is so quiet, and you would never guess that he was up to something. Then if you try to get mad at him for doing it, he just thinks it is even funnier! I know, we are in trouble.


The main reason for this post is that I wanted to show this picture. He is already to the point that he will tell me when his diaper needs to be changed. I was on the computer and he came and told me that he was stinky. I told him I would come change him in a minute. A few minutes later I went to find him and he was on his bedroom floor, laying down on the changing pad with the diaper and wipes set out ready to go!! WHAT! He is only 18 months old! This describes him completely though. If Parker wants to do something, he is going to do, and you will try, but you probably cant stop him, and when he does it he is going to have a smile on his face!