Clayton counts to five!

Growing with Mr. Bear

Growing with Mr. Bear - Austin's first!

Growing with Mr. Bear - 5 days old

Growing with Mr. Bear - 19 months

Visit from cousins

Grandma "BB" with her newest grandson


Grandma Phyllis and Boppy


Cousins Sarah and Alyssa

Thank you!

Oh, I have so many "thank you"s to say, I don't even know where to begin. Where would my family be without the loving help and support from my mom, Kevin's mom, and other friends and family. They have given so much of their time to help us out this past week. They have taken such good care of Caroline and Clayton. They have made us meals. They've sent us wine (ah yes, finally I can drink a glass!). They've brought flowers and gifts for all the kids.
I am so grateful to all of you. God has blessed us with so many wonderful people to have in our lives. We are eternally thankful to all of you!

Welcome Austin Michael Scott!

Austin Michael Scott arrived on March 19th at 6:00 pm.
7 lb 8 oz, 19 inches
Welcome to the world little man!





Our little family is now complete. :)

Oh what a night...and morning...

Well, here it is St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, one day before my due date and still no baby. Both Caroline and Clayton were 9 and 10 days early, so I had expected about the same with #3. Nope. I've tried just about every natural way to induce labor and this kid just refuses to budge - walking, acupressure, carrying two 26+ pound toddlers on top of my big belly, Liberty doughnuts (which is what I had the morning before I had Clayton), and a variety of other things. I got desperate last night and even tried drinking castor oil. (Very very disgusting with very very disgusting and uncomfortable side effects.) Well, the side effects came, as did many contractions, but no labor and no baby. Ugh. And as a cruel twist of fate would have it, I ended up driving to the hospital this morning. Was it to have a baby like I had hoped? No. It was to take Clayton to "sick call" at the doctor's office after he woke up at 2:30 am and screamed pretty inconsolably from 3:30 am until 7:00. (It turns out the poor kid has a double ear infection.) This baby just refuses to budge. It has definitely been a rough month. We've all been sick and right now Caroline is the only one well! I swear we've gone through more kleenex than we ever have. To top it all off, after a rough night of no sleep for me (again), I stopped at Starbucks to treat myself to a Frapaccino. Well, for the third time this month (yes I've had to treat myself several times this month), they tried to switch my order to a non-fat drink. What gives? Do they look through their little camera, see my big belly and say "she's too fat for the regular drink. Give her the fat-free version instead." I'm PREGNANT and happen to stick out like I'm having multiples, but I'm not fat so give me the friggin' drink I ordered, thank you very much!

Aunt Meredith and Uncle Dan!

Aunt Meredith and Uncle Dan came for a long-awaited visit. The kids were SO excited to see them!!!!!

Still no baby...

The last few weeks are the WORST. Yesterday, I literally was considering giving myself a C-section.

my little mud-man

The weather was unexpectedly gorgeous today, so I let the kids play in the backyard...more accurately described as the mud yard.
After an hour of play, both kids were covered in mud. Clayton even went a step further and face-planted in the mud so he was running around in "black face". My silly little mud-man!

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It's amazing when you look back to see how much they've grown and changed!