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Friday April 10th - For those of you who like to read stories

After being painfully adamant about being prepared for this baby...

I decided to take Friday and just make it a lazy day.

It was the last day of Spring Break, and the girls and I had a fun-filled week

of movie's and park days. We were all a little worn out.

I woke up, took a long bath which I haven't done since we moved here.

I think cleaning the bathrooms really well about twice a week

made me confident I could do that. :)

We stayed in our pajamas all day...and I was excited

for Josh to get home for pizza night and start our Easter Weekend!

Change of plans...but this is pretty close to how things went time-wise I think

3:30: my water broke...or I thought it did

3:31: Called Josh to tell him, and he told me to call my doctor

3:32: called my doctor and the receptionist told me she would call me back

3:35: Contraction # 1 Ouch!

3:36: Josh called back to tell me his associate googled it

and most likely my water did break,

He was in Sunnyvale but was headed home!

3:37: Contactions are a go!

Hee Hee Hoooooo, Hee Hee Hoooooo!

3:38: My doctor called back and told me to go straight to the hospital

3:40: called my mom who was already on her way to Danville

(close to us in San Ramon)

because Morgan had food poisoning and needed to go to the doctor.

We planned to have her come and get the girls and

then I was to wait for Josh to get here and then head to the hospital with him.

3:42: Contractions are 1 minute apart and I am having trouble catching my breath.

Kadie is bringing me stuffed animals,

and patting my back saying over and over "Isn't this exciting mom?!?!"

4:00: mom showed up to find me trying to breath,

Laney with no pants and Kadie still really excited!

4:01: Mom tells me she is taking me to the hospital because my contractions

are right on top of each other.

4:02: No time to change cars...we grab bags, put pants on Laney,

get the girls and head out the door and jump in our Honda Pilot. Somehow I remembered to grab a towel to sit on.

4:03: I almost didn't make it down the stairs!

My mom booked it to the hospital sparing all pedestrians and bikers!

4:08: We arrive at hospital.

I get out of the car and walk as fast as I can while my mom parks the car.

4:09: I am at a stand still in front of the birthing center with my pants soaked

and trying to breathe.

A random lady comes around the corner and yells "I'll get help!" and goes off to find some.

4:10: Here come 3-4 nurses and a wheelchair to take me all the way in.

4:11: Rolling passed the check in they ask me my name.

I yell out "Leisa Waldron, (hooooo hoooooo)" and spell Waldron,

then "Who is your doctor?" I yell it as they roll me into a room.

4:12: The nurses are trying to coax me out of the wheelchair and onto the bed.

4:13: They get me on the bed. Nurse Crissy rips off my pants and the head nurse checks me.

Nurse Crissy (only name I remember out of all 5 of them in the room) goes into the hall

to tell my mom and girls that they need to stay out in the waiting area.

4:14: My mom calls Josh who just got off the freeway and tells him he better hurry fast.

My eyes were closed so tight trying to breathe but I managed to open them

to look at the nurse. She had big eyes,

and I just knew it was too late but I asked anyway.

"What am I at?"

"Your at an 8"

"I can't get an epidual?!?"

"No it is too late for that"

I start to cry,

hee hee hooooooo....

"I can't have anything?!?"

"No, I'm sorry. Nurse! Page Doctor Hilliard!"

Josh calls my mom to tell her he parked in the Emergency area

and she tells him to book it across the hospital to

the Birthing Center and make it snappy!

4:17: Josh runs in the room full of nurses and commotion

He kisses me on the forehead and rubs my legs just in time

for the nurse to check me and yell

"She's at a 10! Try not to push Leisa"

Hee hee hooooo....hoooooo....hoooooo....

4:18 The nurse tells Josh to hold my left leg.

4:19: With my eyes closed tight, I am so scared and in 10 times more pain

than I ever thought it would be.

I open them to look at Josh for reassurance,

but he looks scared too, so I closed them again.

I yell "His head is coming out!"

Nurses yell back "We know! Try to breath, don't push!"

4:20: Joshua Crew Waldron is born.

4:22: I was in shock...thinking holy cow I am in labor! 
A few minutes later I realized I was done.

4:26 Dr. Hilliard runs in the room, without much else to do.

50 minute labor and delivery, painful, and scary beyond belief!

Totally worth it for this handsome little guy.

Josh says our little Crew just 'cruised' into this world!

What can you buy for $3.00?

One Radio Flyer Wagon

Yes it was $3.00...from a garage sale...and $1.00 spent at Home Depot for the missing screw.

The girls are already getting more than my money's worth. :)

I took a LOT of pictures.  I think I love this wagon so much because it is cute, red, fun...

and basically free entertainment.

Laney is discovering her love for roller coasters!

Bwahahahahaaaa!

Uh-Oh...we might need to practice sharing some more.

The End

"A-bread-a-la-ducks"!

One word.  "A-bread-a-la-ducks"!  Means; "Let's go feed bread to the ducks!" in Laney language.  And yes, her face is squished up just like that when she says it.  :)

Since last week was crazy, and the girls missed their Daddy...we had to unwind and have some fun on Saturday.  We always have to play hard on the weekends because it is OUR time together.  So we treated the girls to none other than McDonald's and went to a nearby shopping center called Blackhawk and fed the ducks.

Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning was so much fun.  I just love how the girls hair is all messed up, and they are rubbing their eyes like what they see isn't really there.

Josh and I thought for sure that the girls would be up around 5:30 or 6:00.  So at 6:20 I shot up in bed!  Josh said "what"? and I looked at the clock and said "OH, it is 6:20, the girls slept in a little."  Then I laid back down just in time to see Kadie wander past our bedroom.

Moments later she was at the bedside shaking us telling us Santa had come.

We had a hard time waking Laney up.  We sat her up in bed, and she fell over.  We rolled her onto her back and she rolled back onto her tummy.  But there was no stopping Kadie from getting things rolling.  We finally carried Laney out to the family room, and she woke up when she heard how excited Kadie was. 

Only one melt down from Laney about the last present being Kadie's to unwrap.  

We will remember that next year. :)

Ward Christmas Party

Holiday party...Mormon style.  Lots of food, kids and craziness.  We actually stayed for the entire program this year because Kadie was dressed like an angel for the little program that the primary kids did for the adults. 

 

Kadie was excited to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas.  (An American girl doll!).  She is convinced that she has been a good girl and will get what she want. :)

Laney was too afraid of Santa, but was very in love with this brownie!

This is my "Josh will you please stop taking pictures of me" look.

And Natalie T. below me, giving her husband Steve the same look. :)

And Jason A. below that posing for the camera!

The Primary kids were so cute all dressed as Angels and Shepherds.  I think Laney was trying to be the shining star in the picture below.  ???

Fall has finally arrived!

Doesn't fall taste good? Laney thinks so, and she would know. She loves to eat.

Maybe fall got here a week or two ago, but so much has been going on with the election and school and Laney making messes that I almost missed my favorite crunchy yellow leaves on the ground! Every time I exit our complex these trees just make me sigh, they are so beautiful. And every time I have wanted to take pictures, the gardener comes and air-blows the leaves into a muslin sack and hauls them away. It is so sad.

I took advantage of the leaves finally, and it was so much fun. :) If I hadn't been so busy trying to take pictures, I may have thrown a few myself. Or jumped into a pile. I better do that next time...

Discovery Kingdom

This will definitely keep us busy this summer. We bought season passes to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Josh took the whole week off last week, so we went! Twice!

First Day Trip:

We stopped at McD's on the way, and this little baby bird landed on our window right in front of me. That never happens right? Weird.

The cool thing about Discovery Kingdom that many of you may not know is that it is Sea World + Zoo + Theme park all in one. The only thing it is missing is the Disney Princess stuff. So we went and saw tigers, lions, dolphins, whales, sharks, birds. The girls couldn't get enough!

There were even a lot of little rides that Kadie and Laney were able to go on together. (What you can't see is that I am in the back seat with my knees up to my chest).


I think that this picture sums up how much it wore the girls out. :)

Second Day Trip:

The second day we went, we took my brothers. So to give Josh a chance to test his manly fear factor abilities on some coaster rides, I took the girls to see the Shouka show (killer whale). I think Laney was more interested in making sure that she drank ALL that there was to drink.

I couldn't figure it out. Every other two year old at the park was terrified of these huge stuffed animals walking all over the place. Laney wanted to hug each and every one of them AND get her picture with them.

Shnick and Snosh with the girlies...I don't know why we call then that? Anyone, anyone?

No this is not inside the Shark Attack tunnel, this is actually in the Butterfly garden, and yes...Laney was terrified of all of the "fuh-fwies" flying around.

Kadie, Daddy Josh, and Nick & Josh went on the water rapids ride...so I took Laney to the playground. She was upset that I even attempted to make her get ON to the water rapids ride (hey she was tall enough!). So it took her a little while to warm up to the idea of getting wet, even if it was somewhere less questionable and with other children all soaked from head to foot.

She warmed right up, and even made a performance out of it!