Brayden at 1 Week

Okay I promise not to blog about Brayden every week, but I have to do his first.

So far, Brayden has been very content.  Feed him and he's happy.  He's jaundice, but no biliblanket. YAY!

The kids LOVE him.  Hailey wants to hold him all day long.  Conrad loves to just look at him.  Jack likes to hold him too.  They are all quick to let me know if he's making a peep and needs picked up.  It's so fun to have the excitement in our home.

Here's a couple of pics I took today:

  I had to get a picture of his hair.  I don't know why I haven't done this with the other kids, but I have to have a memory since it probably won't last.

I had to get a picture of the blanket my mom made too. It's so cute and soft. I'm sure he'll love it when he gets a little older. Jackson and Conrad still have theirs close by.

He's Here!

We are excited to announce the arrival of Brayden E Porter!

Brayden was born Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 9:29 PM

He was 6 lbs 15 oz and 19 inches long

Delivery went better than ever and we are all doing great!

We are so excited to have Brayden home. He is so sweet and we love him.

 

 

These four pictures were taken just after Brayden was born

 

 Here's one of the family.  Crazy there are 6 of us now. :)

Going home outfit!

Parenting: Touching the Hearts of Our Youth

I don't normally take the time to watch videos, but tonight I decided to watch this one and loved it.

The past few weeks I have been pondering on how in the world I can be a mom of 4 and make sure all of the kids get the love and attention they need and deserve. The beginning of this pregnancy was really rough for our whole family (not to complain but to explain). The quick and easy version was that I was on survival mode and the kids and Bo didn't get the love and attention the deserved. I could see an effect on each one of them. But, Conrad was really affected by it. He is our sensitive one and I have to be sure that he gets lots of hugs, kisses and time with me. He became angry and grumpy for a few months. He is just coming back to his loving self and it's so nice to have him back. I was on a blog tonight and saw this video. I loved it. It was just what I needed and couldn't have come at a better time. I thought I'd share it too.

Hailey's First Day of Kindergarten

Wow!  It's hard to believe Hailey has hit the big milestone of Kindergarten.  I'm sure everyone thinks this as their kids start school.  But, it really is crazy.  I am so excited for her, but it does confirm that someday she will grow up on me and I won't get to have her smiling face around every day.

Hailey started yesterday, but on Tuesday she went to get her hair cut. And by Wednesday morning she could hardly contain herself as she woke up bright and early (not a normal event for her).  She hurried and put her new outfit on.  We had the perfect pink sparkly Converse shoes, but she hasn't worn them all summer and they ended up being too small.  So the pink flip flops had to do.  We got her hair done and then she had breakfast.  Bo gave her a blessing and then they were off.  He dropped her off on the way to work.

She came home telling us all about how she got to color, cut, and listen to her teacher read a story.  She made three new friends at recess.

This morning was about the same, but there were no nerves she was just excited.  We are so excited for you Hailey and hope you continue enjoying school and making new friends.  We love you!

Crazy...Any ideas?

So, yesterday after Conrad got out of the bath he showed me some weird red spots on his feet.  I was like those are weird looking and thought I'd better watch them.  About an hour and a half later I checked them again and all around each of his toes and the top of the ball of his food was kinda getting wrinkly.  And the whole ball of his foot was turning really red (although it wasn't really hurting him). I thought....wow that changed fast. I'd better go get this looked at.

I just ran to an ugent care here in town because I was spreading so fast.  We saw a PA and she had no idea what it was.  I'm pretty sure it was a bug bite, and the antibiotic is working well.  His foot is looking tons better.  It's just so weird how it spread across and around his toes and ball of his foot.  Anyone seen anything like it?

I traced the marks in pen to watch it and make sure it wasn't spreading anymore.  But I didn't trace around the tips of all the toes but those went weird too.

 Notice he has webbed toes...I think they're so cute :)  He likes to show them off too.