Vincent's Birthday

I went into labor around 6.30am on a Sunday morning, at 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant. Here are some (tasteful) pictures

Jarrod, a few hours before Vincent was born

I had an oxygen mask because Vincent's heart rate
kept jumping from the 180s down to the 100s (ends up
the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck AND
torso) but we were both fine.

There he is! Vincent Henry Thomas Ehard was born on
October 26th, 2008 at 7.07pm (me and Jarrod were
married on 07/08 - so it's kind of cool how those numbers
were close). He weighed in at 8lbs. 2oz. and was 20 1/2
inches long - pretty big for being born just before 38
weeks

He was screaming his head off the whole time. He
was even louder than Hayden when she was born

Proud Papa. Jarrod was such an active part of the
entire labor and birth. I'm a lucky wife

And a proud, new Grandma

First feeding. He acted like an old pro

Zoo Days

We went to the Phoenix Zoo to

entertain Hayden and because I

wanted to walk myself into labor

No more pictures! (See her shirt? Very fitting)

This is the last good picture of me pregnant. I

was 37 1/2 weeks (the picture was taken 2 days

before I had Vincent)

The "they made me get off the carousel"

meltdown

She would have jumped in if we had let her

Yes, those tortoises are doing what you think they are.

It was the most hilarious part of the trip.

Adventures in Potty-Training

She almost looks like a little

boy with her Spider-Man PJs

and Hulk tattoo...

My view when looking down at 37 weeks pregnant (I

gave birth 5 days after this picture was taken)

Baby Shower

Alice hosted me a baby shower back in October. It
was a pretty good turn out and lots of fun. Here are

some pics

Alice makes cakes as a hobby. She made my cake from

scratch and designed it herself (AND it tasted good)

Rhapsody, Alice, Jay, and Sue playing "The String Game"

I just posted this picture to show my belly. I was

around 34 weeks pregnant

I wanted to show off Hayden's t-shirt too

Jarrod wasn't taking very good pictures for some reason.

I wanted to show my belly again (I got VERY pregnant

looking) and to show how Grace won The String Game

(can you see how small her piece is?)

Justin, Matt, and Andrea playing the grossest baby shower

game ever

I wished this picture would have turned out better. Matt

was trying to get Hayden to "cheat" by giving him answers

A 3-way tie!