Morgan and Jordan have great news that they are sharing with all of us, their baby has finally arrived. Brynlee Virginia Squire was born October29th at 12:26 P.M. Morgan went into labor around 10:00P.M. on the 28th, she was smart enough to stop her blood thinners she has been taking for her blood clot. She went to the hospital around 3 A.M. Dr. Hurst came around 8:00 and broke her water. After a few contractions she was ready for her epidural. By 9:00 she had dilted to 5 cm. When the nurse checked her an hour later to everyoned surprise she was completely dilated. The Dr. arrived at noon and Brynlee was born at 12:26. She came out crying which is always a relief. Jordan was able to cut the cord, she had apgar scores of 8& 9. What a wonderful surprise for all of us!
Brynlee weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches long. She was wide awake for quite a while. Morgan looked great, no one would have ever guessed she had just had a baby, good job Morgan your awesome.
We had a scaled down party this year, we had to do it early because Kate & Linda both had to work on Halloween night. Morgan and Jordan have been getting ready for the baby so there costumes were well hard to find. I guess they were dressed up like parents. We had pizza for dinner and then carved pumpkins.
Reagan got a free roller skating coupon from school so we all decided to go skating. The girls had alot of fun. Jim decided it would be easier to teach his girls to skate if he knew how to skate himself. Lucky for the girls Favorite Aunt Linda and Katie knew how to skate. Megan decided that being pregnant was not the best time to skate so she was our photographer.
We had a fun afternoon swimming at the community pool, we floated down the lazy river & sat in the hot tub. Bekah went down the water slide and Reagan was brave and walked on the floating log.
We went for a short visit Denver Our first stop was to Maggiano's for dinner. They have the best Italian food ever. Jim meet us for dinner on his way home from work.
The girls like the table with the chandelier over it, it reminds them of The Phantom of the Opera. For desert we shared a peanut butter stack. It was almost as good as the dinner but not quite.
Morgan's nursery is coming along nicely, she and Jordan are getting it painted, Jenna and I helped her with the polka-dot wall.
Once the kids were done playing we went for a hike up Box Canyon, it was beautiful. Unfortunately the Chatwin's had to leave early because Mom was on call that afternoon.
Bryson & Ashlyn had a fun afternoon with Makall & Favorite Aunt Linda. 1st we went to lunch, it was Brysons turn to pick where we went, he picked Applebee's. The kids had corndogs and icecream sundae's. After lunch we went Galactic Golfing. The kids had more fun climbing on all of the crazy props than golfing but it was fun.
We have spent many hours in the yard this spring, our garden isn't huge but big enough for us. We have planted beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, cucumbers, squash, basil and raspberries. Makall has been lucky enough to help, with only a little whining she planted the beans, you might have thought she was being tortured but she survived. We also have planted a new peach tree and an apple tree. We also re did the pond and made it a little bigger, now if we can get the water clear we will be set!
Robert and his family came from New York for a surprise visit, Alexis was a little shy at first, it only took a little time for her to warm up. She played with Ashlyn and favorite Aunt Linda, we played doll house, when the van tipped over Aunt Linda helped her bandage all of the people's boo boo's as Alexis called them. The next day we planted some flowers for Grandma Parke.
Alexis is just like all of the nieces and nephews, if you bribe them with a treat of course they will call you favorite Aunt Linda. We had to go to Home Depot to get some potting soil for grandma. After that we went for ice cream, we had lots of fun.
