Hunter . . .

Peacefully content

Not peaceful or content

But we sure love him!

Carter These Days . . .

Loves cars, trains, helicopters
Enjoys reading books
Is starting to say sentences instead of words
Loves being a jousting knight
Always tells Mom and Dad 'I love you'
Wants to say prayers
Likes wrestling with Dad and Collin
Loves going down slides
Wants Mom to kiss all his bumps and bruises
Drinks water all the time
Likes playing baseball and basketball
Has great facial expressions
Is quite polite; says thank you and tells everyone bye bye
Loves to give hugs and kisses
Sings 'I am a Child of God' to Hunter whenever he cries

Look Who's Two!

Our little Carter turned two on Thursday! I can't believe it; time flies by. I would ask him whose birthday it was and he would say 'two' and show me two fingers. My favorite parts of the day were when family would call and sing him 'Happy Birthday'. He would get the happiest smile on his face.

We celebrated the big day on Saturday with a small family party. He opened all his presents and then we had cupcakes. He chose vanilla with chocolate frosting. He didn't know how to blow out his candles so we asked him if he wanted Collin to do it and he said 'yes'. And then the stinker took one bite of the cupcake and said 'no, no'. He didn't want anymore, weird kid!

He got lots of presents and spent the rest of the day on the floor playing with them. His favorites are the jousting knight and horse, choo-choo trains, and Mac truck. Thanks to everyone who sent something. We had a great day celebrating our little guy!

Daddy's Day!

On Saturday, Collin's preschool had a Daddy's Day for a couple of hours. All the dads get to go to the school and they play games, make crafts, see their kid's classroom, and eat snacks. Collin loved it and Logan enjoyed spending one-on-one time with him. The above picture is what Collin said about his dad prior to the big day. I thought it was so funny. Logan feels young again (20) and we hardly ever eat mashed potatoes so I don't know where Collin came up with that. However, Logan knew it was his child who wrote it because of the play jousting part. We're always jousting in our house. Kids, you got to love 'em!

More Pictures

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything so instead of writing much, I'll post pictures instead. Hunter had his 2 week appointment this last week and his new stats are as follows:

Weight: 10 lbs 5 oz (91%)

Height: 23 inches (99%)

Head Circumference: 14.5 cm (46%)

He still looks pretty skinny to me, but his cheeks are definitely getting chubbier!

Look at those cheeks! I love to kiss them!

The boys are reading books while I feed Hunter.

Daddy and Hunter at the hospital.

The boys mauled the baby as soon as we got home from the hospital.

Collin asks to hold Hunter all the time.

Hunter always gets quiet when dad holds him!

First at home sink bath. I had to change his water three times because he kept pooping!

I love this picture; I have one of each of my boys snuggled up against dad like this.

Stats

I forgot to post Hunter's measurements!

Weight: 9 lbs 3 oz

Height: 22 inches

He's Finally Here!

Hunter Logan Sheffield arrived on Friday, April 4th at 3:00 pm. I had a stress test that morning and was experiencing some uncomfortable, but non-painful contractions during the procedure. Then my water "kind of" broke. The nurse wanted me to verify this with a doctor, but they were all too busy and she told me to come back at 1:30 pm. By 12:30 pm I was having the kind of contractions that are hard to talk through. Then at the doctor's appointment it was confirmed that my water had indeed ruptured and she sent me up to Labor and Delivery. Now for the fun part...we arrived at L&D at 2:20 pm and had little Hunter at 3:00 pm. The nurse barely got an IV in me and I was sadly informed that there was no time for an epidural or any pain meds at all! I always wanted to go natural, but never thought it would be possible. Overall it was a pretty intense hour, (still not quite sure if I would voluntarily want to do it again) but the recovery was much better. Logan says he wants to do it like this all the time; easy for him to say! Anyway, we got home yesterday and things are going pretty well. The big brothers are excited to have mom and baby brother home and I'm thankful to have Logan and my mom around for the help (because I really need it).


Proud Daddy!

Mom, still in a state of "did this all just really happen?"

Sweet little Hunter (we didn't choose his name until Sunday). It's hard to agree the third time around!

The boys came right over to the hospital to see their new baby brother.

Collin loves holding and taking care of Hunter!

Carter likes to hold him too, but only for about five seconds, then he's "all done".

Proud Grandma!

Just the boys!

Whose kid is this? I have no idea who he looks like! And look at all of that hair; he already needs a haircut!