Reading Time!

Rachel is so into reading! Not that she can really read, but boy does she love books! She constantly brings me books to read to her, especially when I'm nursing Jacob...which is a great time to read to her if I can keep her from squishing him :) Yesterday she made herself a comfy spot to read in the recliner while I was getting some stuff done and when I realized it had been kinda quiet for awhile I went to check on her. She had fallen asleep while looking at her book. Too cute!

Best Job!

I sure love my job as a mommy! It's the best job ever! I have great people to work with...who all work together to get the job done! We're all enjoying our new addition to the family and the fighting over who holds Jacob next is tapering off, haha! All the kiddos love having their turn and Jacob just goes with the flow. He's such a sweetheart! Rachel is just loving him nonstop! We have to constantly remind her to be gentle. I finally figured her out the other day. You know that feeling you get that you just want to squeeze that baby cause they're just so darn cute...yeah...well that's Rachel only she hasn't figured out yet that you have to control that urge, haha! It's a good thing that she's pretty darn cute herself!

Jacob's Arrival...

Well after waiting around for most of the day, we finally got the call that there was room in the inn! We got to the hospital at around 3pm. They got me all hooked up and started the pit at 3:35pm. At 4pm they came in and broke my water and then started the epidural. It was awesome! I had one with Rachel but never got the full effect because in the 30 minutes it took them to give it to me, she was born. So this time I said I wanted it early. I was in heaven. I told Johnny after I had Jacob that I felt like I had cheated on a test or that I had gotten something for nothing because it was so easy and I was never in any real pain!!! Man I wish I had done the epidural with all of my kids. Anyway, back to Jacob. He was born at 6:05pm (just 2 1/2 hours of labor and one push). He was born with a true knot in his umbilical cord. The doc made a comment that the occurence of a knot was 1 in 1000. I don't know if that was just a comment or a fact, but at any rate he said that he was glad that they had gotten me in and induced me today and glad that the knot wasn't any tighter or it could have killed Jacob. We're so grateful to Heavenly Father for protecting him and for all the well wishes and prayers for us today. He's beautiful and healthy! He weighs 7lbs 2oz and is 19 1/2 inches long. He's got light blondish/brown hair or should I say peach fuzz and is so sweet. He was very alert right after he was born and has already enjoyed meeting the rest of the Edmund bunch!

No Room at the Inn

Ugggggh!! Well we got up this morning bright and early at 5am to get ready to leave for the hospital. We were supposed to be there at 6:30. Unfortunately, we got a phone call telling us there was no room available until they discharge some patients today and they would call and let us know when to come in. Since then we received another phone call telling us that my Doctor definitely wants to get me in there today and we should be able to go in at 1pm. Apparently all was quiet up until last night and then the flood gates opened and they had 9 deliveries just last night. Lucky for me they have 6 patients that will be getting discharged today by lunchtime. So....maybe we will have a baby by late this afternoon. We'll post pictures soon! :)

I am a child of God

Tonight as I was fixing dinner I noticed a splotch of lipstick smeared on the edge of the countertop. I wiped it off and then wondered where in the world it came from. Johnny said that he had found my tube of lipstick sitting on the glasstop stove and put it back in my purse. I instantly knew that Rachel had messed with it. I checked it out and sure enough my close to brand new, expensive, Mary Kay lipstick was not so new looking anymore. I was so frustrated and looked at Rachel and said in an exasperated tone "why can't you leave mommy's things alone?" She said (in an adorable voice I might add) "I sorry mommy" and then in her own exasperated tone of voice said "i a child of god and he sent me here" (the only part of the song that she knows and sings all the time). The timing was perfect!!! Johnny and I just both busted out laughing! Once again...she was saved!

More jungle pics from Alfonso

I received an email from Ryan this morning. He's doing amazing and said that they had 10 investigators at church last week, almost all of which have baptismal dates set! GO ELDER EDMUND & GREENIE COMPANION!! (Ryan hasn't told me his companion's name yet-he's training a greenie)

Ryan also said the following...

"i have some AMAZING pics for you. We found another waterfall. This one is maybe 10-15 feet tall. We climbed all over the place. Its BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! The pool that the water goes into is WAY deep. people go swimming there. Its super crystal clear. Aww....youre gonna love it. Its in a valley between 2 mountains, and the pathway to get down to it is WAY steep and muddy, and you pretty much have to rock climb down the cliff to get there. It was so fun!!!"

He also found a really tall bridge in the middle of nowhere and thought it looked kinda cool so he stopped and took some pics and then took a pic of a coconut tree in front of the setting sun.

He said..."ahhh....paradise, in tagalog, i would say something like "ANG GANDE NG PARAISO NITO!!!!" that just really describes how i feel about that area"

Cream on the bum-bum!

Anyone who knows Rachel, knows that the girl goes non-stop! It's one thing after another. She is so much like her big brother Ryan was when he was her age. She definitely keeps me running, which isn't so easy these last few weeks of my pregnancy, ugggh!! Her latest antic included a tube of Lansinoh ointment that I purchased in preparation for the new baby. I was practicing the piano and heard her yell something from her bedroom. I'm thinking..."wasn't she just on the couch watching Between the Lions"? Anyway, I headed to her bedroom only to find that she had locked the door. Not a good sign! I got a key and went in to find her standing in the baby's crib with the opened tube of Lansinoh and she was looking quite shiny and her room stunk to high heaven (hence the locked door-she likes to hide to poo-poo). She then wiped her fingers on her backside and said "i put cream on the bum-bum! First this cream is for soreness from breastfeeding (not for bottoms) and second she was wiping it on her pants, not her bare bum (which of course is a good thing considering she was poopy). It's a good thing that she is so darn cute and has the sweetest smile, cause i tell you what...that's the only thing that saved the girl, hahaha! I only wish I had thought to take a picture of her while she was so nice and shiny!