Micah's Baby Blessing!

Micah Samuel Hadlock was blessed last Sunday on September19th.
His outfit was borrowed from his Uncle Zac and has been used by the boy cousins on the Hadlock side.

Grandpa Hadlock and Grammie Pammie with Micah and Josie in the back.
They made the trip up from New Mexico for this special occasion and we loved having them here for it!

Me and my beautiful baby.
Marcus gave Micah his blessing in church and it was so special. He said some really sweet things and I realized once again what a special boy he is and what a great mission he has here on the earth. He has already blessed our family so much! I'm sure I'm not the only mother that feels this way but I have felt this with each of my children... they are strong spirits with a very important work to do and I am grateful to have the privilege of being their mother.

Here is our attempt at a family picture.
This was difficult to get. Certainly not the picture I had imagined but it will have to do since it is the only one with a child not screaming or trying to get down.

Aunt Martha with Hayden and Josie.

This is what I get when I tell Josie to smile.

Micah and I with my sweet mom.
My dad was unable to make it because my little sister Leah's appendix ruptured the week before and she has a tube in her draining the infection and so he stayed with her.

My two very sweet boys!

Micah's cute little legs and shoes.

Our cute little niece, Christal.

Marcus and Micah with Marcus's grandparents.
They were so sweet to make it to this special day with us!
Great-grandma Painter made us some special blankets and a hat and mittens.
We love them!

And thank you to all of our family that came and supported us on this day! Almost all of mine and Marcus's brothers and sisters were able to attend.

Josie turns 3!

Special Thanks to Scales and Tails

Our Newest Bundle of Love!

Micah Samuel Hadlock
July 28th 7:38 am
8 lbs 14 oz and 22 inches

Josie holding Micah for the first time.

Aunt Martha and Micah

Hayden holding Micah for the first time

Kisses!

Only a few hours old and Hayden is already trying to get him to play ball.

And then there is Josie showing him a trick.
At least they love him!

Me and my new little love

Isn't he sweet?!

More Josie and Micah

Snuggle buddies

Man I love these little cuties!

I know I am late posting these but that is just me adjusting to life with 3 little ones! Micah FINALLY decided to make his appearance July 28th, only 4 LONG days after his due date. I never realized how lucky I was to have my babies come a few days early until I had one that decided to come on his own schedule. After my due date hit the next few days were very hard and went by SO slow! But he is SO worth it! I love him to pieces!!! Tuesday morning my friends Abby and Joann thought they would help me out and take me for a nice long walk to get snow cones with the kids. I was more than willing to do it since I was very ready for this little one to come BUT it was a very long walk. I guess it worked though cause that evening I begin having regular contractions. Marcus and I got the kids in bed and then I tried to relax and take it easy to see if they would stop but they didn't so my sister Martha and her husband Justin came over to stay with Josie and Hayden and we headed to the birthing center. We got there about 2:30 am. Normally I try to stay home for as long as possible but since we live about 45 min from where I had him then I didn't want to be in the car driving when it was getting really intense so we went in early. I did really good I would say stay calm and collected for the first few hours. I went from the birthing ball to the tub to walking over and over. I loved the tub a lot... it really helped me to relax. My only complaint was it kind of slowed labor down but even that was fine for when it got a little more intense. I had them break my water sometime I don't really remember when but it was probably sometime around 7:00 am... after that things got even more intense. It wasn't long before I really felt I needed to be pushing. At this time I was still in the tub but felt a little crazy (you know that feeling when you are in transition and about to give up but know you can't... that feeling) so I got out and they gave me a birthing stool which is a little chair with a horse shoe shape cushion. It was probably only about 15 to 20 minutes of pushing but they seem so LONG when you are going through it. It was such relief when I felt his head come through and then his body and they wrapped him in a towel and handed him to me. First thing I did was look to see if he was a boy or a girl and he was all BOY! How I love him! Most of the time I thought he was a girl but when I was in labor I knew he was a boy... Marcus said I can't count that though cause he had thought it for a couple weeks! Having a child is such a miraculous thing and brings you so close to God and heaven I think. Holding them in your arms for the first time is the best feeling ever! I am so thankful for him and that I have been entrusted with such a beautiful boy. All in all everything turned out wonderful! And thank you to my wonderful midwife, Jeneatta Boothe. She was wonderful as was the student that helped too. It was hard work but went really pretty quickly and all worth it. We stayed a couple hours and then headed home to take a much needed nap. Martha brought Josie and Hayden home a few hours after. Josie has been in heaven and just can't seem to get enough of him! Hayden loves him too but doesn't show it as much.
Over the past 3 weeks we have had some wonderful meals from family and friends. It is so nice to feel so loved! I so appreciate the help I have had from everyone! The recovery was not so pleasant. They say with each baby the after pains get worse well I am here to say... they do!!! That first week was awful to say the least and then there is the sore nipples and breasts! Nursing is painful, at least for the first week or so! But now that is all behind me and I am so enjoying my little baby Micah and nursing too!
When he was first born we didn't have a name for him but those first few hours with him we chose his name. Marcus has liked the name Micah for a little while now and I wanted to use Samuel which happens to be Marcus's middle name. We talked for awhile trying to put names together and decided on Micah Samuel after his daddy. Marcus is the 2nd son and 3rd child and named after his dad and now so is Micah. They also have the same initials.
Baby Micah sleeps relatively good at night, is an excellent eater, and really a pretty content baby! I couldn't ask for more! I am so happy with my little family and the joy they each bring... for now our family is complete!

Josie Meets her new brother

The Monkey and the Bear

More Little Laughs!

I think I should post these things more often cause I forget a lot and I don't want to... I love the funny things they say/do! So here are some more funny little things from the kids.

Josie learned the word butt. I don't love that word coming from a 2 year old so I told her we shouldn't say it we should just say bum.
Josie saying the blessing on the food... Heavenly Father, we don't day butt we just say bum.
Marcus decides to jump in and help her finish.
Marcus: Please bless the yummy food.
Josie: Please bless the yucky food.
Marcus... yelling: Josie stop it and be reverent when you talk to Heavenly Father.
And now he is just ready to end the prayer... so he tells her to just finish.
Josie: In the name, oh wait, please bless the yummy food, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I was laughing hysterically! She is so funny and LOVES to test Marcus. I always just laugh and let him deal with it.

Marcus lets gas.
Marcus: Was that an elephant?
Josie: No it was your BUTT!
I think we both laughed at that one but then had to remind her... we don't say butt we just say bum.

Josie and I were discussing how mommies feed their babies with their boobies.
Josie: And when our baby comes you are going to spray the baby with the milk from your boobies?
Me: Yes Josie (and in my head I'm thinking well kind of... (I hope I don't spray the baby much though)
Josie: And I am going to spray the baby with my boobies?
Hmmm... well let's hope not. I bet you though I will find her at least once trying to feed our baby with her boobies.
I don't know where she got the whole spray the milk thing but she has seen Fox and the Hound and the cow sprays milk into Todd's mouth. Maybe that is where she got it from.

I wish I would have had this on video but since I don't yet I will describe it.
My sister, Martha and I were driving with the kids and we were listening to some music. The song, "I had a Dream" came on from the Glee soundtrack and all of the sudden we hear Hayden in the back... LA LA LA LA, just singing along to it with his arms stretched out and his eyes squinted and all into it. Obviously he didn't know the words but he was sure trying! It was adorable and so hilarious. He has done it a couple of times since and his facial expressions are so funny when he does it. I'm going to try to video it one of these days.

Pregnancy!

So somehow this time around being pregnant I have neglected to keep track of all the happenings and I have taken very few pictures of myself and the growing baby and belly. I think I will blame it on my busy kids and the fact that I feel like me pregnant is just not so attractive. That being said I don't want this baby to feel like it is any less important than my other two. I know one day I will and maybe the baby too will want to know/remember some of these times. So here is all the happenings that I can remember from this pregnancy (and some pictures too).

Valentine's Day so about 15 or 16 weeks.

We found out we were expecting another baby the middle of November. Yes it was planned. I had known for a couple of months that we were supposed to have another so it wasn't too big of a surprise for Marcus or I. The first few months were relatively easy, not too much of being sick, just a little here and there, so thank you baby! It would have been kind of hard to be sick all the time and to chase my two little monkeys around.
We decided to go a little different route this time in terms of a doctor and delivery. I have always wanted to try a water birth and they don't do those at the hospital so I found a birthing center in Orem that I am going to. It is called Bella Natal. There are midwives there and it is really low key. It has been a different experience cause they kind of just leave everything up to me and Marcus. I like it but at times I find myself wondering if maybe they should do more but then again on my other two pregnancies I thought they were a little too involved in things so I think I like this better... we will see for sure though after delivery.
I mentioned to Marcus at the first that since we have a girl and a boy maybe we could let this one be a surprise. Marcus loved the idea and at first I still wasn't quite sure but now I think it has been lots of fun! It was harder for me before I hit 20 weeks but then after I could find out then I was fine with waiting. So we are still waiting to find out what this cute little munchkin is. I have gone back and forth on what I think it is so no I don't have any clue of what it is. We don't have full names yet for a girl or a boy so that will be a surprise too.

I started feeling the baby move around 13 or 14 weeks. I know that sounds early but I swear I did. And even now it is a pretty active little thing. Marcus was able to feel it probably somewhere around 20 -21 weeks. I can now see my belly moving... it moves a lot during the day but it is especially active at night time.The end of March so about 21 or 22 weeks.

Josie and Hayden love to touch and kiss my belly. I love how excited they get about it and it isn't even here yet! Josie is convinced she has a baby in her belly too! She hears me say things about me and my belly and now repeats those things... some people might think it is a little crazy but oh well. I just hope she isn't disappointed when I come home with a baby and she doesn't. I'm sure she will just take over the mothering of this baby though. One funny thing... the other day she fell and she got up and said, "oh no I need to be careful, I don't want to hurt the baby!" and she patted her stomach. I thought it was so funny... it really it pretty real to her I guess. They come with me to all of my appointments and love to hear the heart beat. Then we come home and Josie plays doctor and checks the baby some more, and now Hayden is starting to like to do it too.Hayden giving some love to the baby. He is laughing even though it is kind of a funny picture of it. He loves kissing and doing this to my tummy. This is 33 weeks.

So I am now 34 weeks.... which seems like I have come a long way and it seems so close and then on the other hand it still seems so far away. I am fine though with the time I have left... I am still preparing for the delivery and the idea of having 3 kids. It has gotten to the pretty uncomfortable stage especially at night time but oh well I guess that is just a little sacrifice I have to pay for the joy of having another special spirit in our home. I am very excited about meeting this little one! It is so fun to see the uniqueness of a new baby and marvel at the miracle of life.

All these pictures were taken last week at 33 weeks. My good friend Nicole took them for me. I have never done pregnant pictures and didn't really want to this time seeing my size but decided I better because of the lack of pictures I have of this pregnancy. They were actually really fun to do and turned out good I think.