bath time

We keep meaning to take some pictures of Henry but by the time Cortney gets home it is dark out...and the weekends just get away from us. Sunday we did manage to get some pictures of him in the bath. Cortney kept saying that he looks like an alien. hahaa...babies do look like aliens a lot of the time.

I am in my pj's with no make up on in this picture but...I like it.

I love kissing my babies. Which is probably why we are all sick here. Baby Henry included. Poor thing can barely breath through his nose. Me and the three boys sat around watching movies and napping all day...well henry and I napped the boys mostly just watched tv. I hope we get better soon...I can't stand being sick.

My brother Mike D gets home from his mission in Paraguay tomorrow. I can't wait to see him.

poop

Henry has had 12 poopy diapers since 8 this morning. That is almost 1 an hour. AYE. It is pretty unbelievable. Especially since Fiona probably hasn't had 12 poopy diapers since she was born. I don't know how he is supposed to get any sleep with so much poop.

Robbie's birthday

So I just haven't had the time (or energy) to blog.

Henry is 4 weeks old now. He is awesome. Two days ago he started seeing things...like actually seeing them. It is funny because I told Cali Henry all of the sudden could see things and she said "yeah Fiona started seeing things yesterday". Babies really all do the same thing. Haahaa

I was on a 10 day course of antibiotics...it was about 5 days in when I realized that Henry had not slept in the night for 5 nights. It was horrible. Sure enough though now that I am off the medicine he is sleeping pretty good. He usually sleeps from midnight until 4 and then up again at 7:30 or 8. Not great but not bad.

Robbies birthday was on Wednesday, but I had Young Women in Excellence at the church that night....so Monday during the day I decided we would celebrate his birthday Monday. He was A DIVA on his birthday so it was good to get it over with.

Last minute mini cupcakes from target. He wanted a Jello poke cake but there wasn't enough time by the time I decided it was his birthday. He still thought these were great.

Opening presents. He loves presents.

He doesn't love SHARING.

Pet frogs!!! Yay! Cali's kids couldn't believe we got a pet. (if you can call them that...they are more like a living paper weight) These frogs are fed 4 tinsy pellets a week and you don't have to change the water or clean the tank. My kind of pet.

Rob was in disbelief.

For his birthday Rob REALLY wanted to be like Oli and go to the MAYAN. He calls it the Indiana Jones Restaurant. So Cali and Joe and kids and Mom and Dad headed up with us. The kids had so much fun. It was pretty awesome for the adults too because all of the kids were so good and they had their own table. So we were able to have good adult conversation the whole time. Rob sat at the adult table and just concentrated on his chips con queso and his fruit smoothie. That kid loves to eat.

The day before his birthday he and Oli were being so bad and I said

"if you aren't good we won't go to the indiana jones restaurant for your birthday"

To which he responded:

"okay if we don't go to the indiana jones restaurant we have to go to Teppanayaki"

That kid is so crazy and LOVES food. So funny that that is what my 4 year old thinks about.

happy halloween

Can you say cute?? Cali and I had our kids in matching ghost onsies today and the pumpkin hats that my friend in the ward crocheted for the babies...so we took a couple of shots. Disclaimer...we had 10 minutes before my ward party to take these...it was 6 pm so the lighting was horrible and fiona hadn't eaten in a while.

Top Henry, bottom Fiona.

Fiona crying. She kept trying to nurse off of Henry's leg.

Henry sleeping peacefully and Fiona's Chicken legs. Baby legs are the best ever.

Twin cousins. Henry top, Fiona bottom.

Oliver before he left to school this morning.

When did my kids get so old?? Oliver making a scary face.

Carolina and Rob at Oliver's Halloween parade. CC is trying to make a cute face and Rob is trying to make a scary face...I love that his eyes are all the way rolled back in his head. Plus he has his arm around CC...cute.

Oliver was the last one in his class to come through...that is so Oliver.

After school we went with Cali and her FIVE kids to see Cort and Joe at work. The kids went from office to office and got a ton of candy. It was fun to see our husbands. Crazy picture but the first of my 4 boys.

Then it was on to the ward party. It was short and sweet. Everyone ooohh'd and ahhh'd over baby Henry (I can't stop calling him Henny...hmmm), and the boys got quite a bit of candy so I say it was a hit. SO the above picture is obviously a family picture...plus Oliver's friend from school. I didn't have the heart to tell him to get out of the picture. hahaa.

Henry loves to be carried in the sling. I don't typically believe in carrying around a baby all day but this morning I was trying desperately to do oliver's face makeup for school and baby was crying and crying...so I strapped him on and he was pleasant as a peach after that. So it does come in handy in a bind.

Rob adores "henny" and is surprisingly gentle with him.

Now I am hungry and tired....

Last night I was thinking about posting just how great of a sleeper little Henry is. Then I was up all night. Sheesh...that is the worst and something I am not used to AT ALL. For the past 4 nights or so he has only been waking up at around 4 and then at 8 which is great...that I can do. But last night he was struggling all night. Poor guy...poor me.

Cute yawn. For some reason I don't look quite as cute tired as he does. Oliver said he didn't even recognize me.

He had his first bath a couple of days ago...he loved it and didn't even cry at all. He really is such a good baby so far.

In other news, Joey called on Saturday about an hour before the BYU game asking if we wanted tickets. UMMM YES we wanted the tickets. I was super nervous to leave the baby but what can you do, these are some dang good seats and they come with all of the food that you can imagine.

My mother watched my kids and Cali's and Angelique's. She had 9 total. But she is awesome...it doesn't scare her. I totally appreciated it because you can't leave your 10 day old baby with just anyone.

It was so great to be kid free...

The four of us eating.

Cali got asked to lead the BYU band in the fight song. It was awesome...she was so bright red.

Cort and I...Not the best picture but...

Just a picture to show how great the seats are. It was a horrible game and we got creamed but it is always fun to watch a game so close up. We had a great time...and my baby was just fine when I got home.

i'm starvin'

ahhhh. I went the past 9 months not really being able to eat. Now that the baby is out food is all I think about. I weighed myself yesterday and I weigh what I did when I got pregnant. I had only gained about 9 lbs total during my pregnancy. But that is mostly because I lost a lot of weight in the beginning.

It is depressing because I know I am going to gain like ten pounds because of how hungry I am right now.

I just am so hungry.

coming home

These were taken the day we came home from the hospital. I was so glad to be back home. Oliver kept saying..."I feel like crying tears of joy...I never knew they were real until today" He felt so emotional all day he didn't know what to do. He couldn't understand why his eyes felt like they needed to cry. Cute boy. Rob on the other hand spent the night before I got home throwing up...what a welcome home right?? I told him if he wanted to hold the baby he would need to wash his hands...he said "I won't touch the baby". He didn't really either. I thought it was because he wasn't intereseted in the baby...but I really think he was just trying to not get the baby sick. He wants to hold him all the time and uses a baby talk voice I have never heard out of his mouth before.

3 boys...I can't believe it.

The boys are so good with him.

All 4 of us.

We kind of named him Henry out of nowhere....and because of this my children can never remember what his name is. Hahaaa. Oliver keeps calling him Harry. I told him the name is Henry like a hen...now Rob just calls him Henny and says it in a high squeaky voice, and Oliver keeps calling him hen house. I just keep calling him Rob...I am never ready to call a baby by their name...it takes me forever until I can.

The birth

I have been meaning to post about the details of the birth all week. But...hmm...I guess I have been busy doing other things. hahaa. My kids and husband are now at church, and baby is asleep so I guess now is the time.

We checked into the hospital at 7:30 a.m. Cali had spent the night in the hospital throwing up non stop. My mom was there with her until 5:00 a.m. Cali and I called each other throughout the morning she was super anxious for updates. She was so sick and still was totally hooked up to all of her medicines, by IV. Everyone that came into her room the whole day she just begged them to be ready to go by the time I had the baby.


I got all hooked up and ready to go. The doctor came in and broke my water at 8:50. YEOUCHHH that hurt. I forgot about that. Cortney almost passed out seeing me in pain. He turned green and had to sit down. It's funny because he can watch the birth no problem. He just doesn't like the painful parts...so once I get my epidural he is fine. Once my water was broken I was started on pitocin and we waited for the epidural man to come.

My epidural was awesome. The best I have had so far. After it was in place I was so relaxed and just snoozed on and off. I wasn't all the way asleep because I could feel when I was having a contraction but I was having weird dreams. Does that make sense?? Anyways at 12:38 my nurse, Sherry (who was also Cali's nurse the day she delivered...how awesome right??) came in and checked me and I was only at 5 cm's. I closed my eyes and 15 minutes later the nurse came in and said "your baby is talking (meaning the heart rate was going down)...lets see what's going on". She checked me and I was fully dilated. She actually said "oh hi baby" when she went to check. Is this gross??...oh well this is my only place to record what happened. It was crazy how fast I progressed. I called my mom and she drove over from my house (I live across the street from the hospital...it was very convenient). The nurse sent someone to get all of the doctors, and Cali and she told me to lay on my side and keep my legs closed. hahaa.

Once everyone was in the room I pushed through two contractions and the baby was out at 1:04 p.m. He did have his cord wrapped around his neck...scary. The nurse had told me earlier in the day she suspected his cord was wrapped around his neck by the way his heart was beating during a contraction. That stressed me out but I tried to stay calm. Turns out she was right and he came out much paler then my other kids. It took a second for him to cry but every was fine. I was so happy to see him healthy and all accounted for. I was really stressed about that part of it because I was on medications this pregnancy. I just didn't want that to have any effect on him.

Cali coming in...she has a barf bag in her hand. She barely made it 20 minutes the whole time she was in the hospital without throwing up. I was so happy to see her.

She has a jolly rancher in her cheek...that is what the bump is. This is right before I started pushing.

My mom tried like 20 times to get a picture of Cortney with the baby. This was the best of the bunch. Pathetic...no offense mom. Cortney's camera is hard to use...

So they handed the camera to me...remember I was being stitched up at this point. In fact the white blur on the side is my leg in the stirrup. At least it is in focus and the babies whole head is in the picture.

Baby Henry Ephraim Boice...6 lbs 4 oz 20 inches.
He is named after Cortney's great great grandfather Ephraim Hanks and my Great great great, Henry Sylvester Earl. Cortney's middle name is also Ephraim.

Someday we might call this little guy Hank. Especially if he is a big bully like Rob. hahaa.

Here is a horrible picture of my kids seeing the baby through the window. You can't really see what is going on but it is something I need to remember. My dad is in there with me (please excuse my hospital gown...at least I am holding it closed). hahaa

Grandma Jones seeing the baby for the first time. She gets so worried. I think having two granddaughters in the hospital at once just about put her over the edge with worry.

It really was the best delivery. So easy. My best so far, that is for sure. My parents watched my children while I was in the hospital and I am so grateful for them. That is a stressful thing having someone to watch your kids for you. I was alone in the hospital a lot and that was too lonely for me. Even just having Cali down the hall helped. I missed her so much once I was on my own. I am someone that likes having someone with them. I have always had someone...my whole life. I don't do alone really. I am glad to be back home. My kids are over the moon. I will post more later...but for now nap time.