Outnumbered Four to One: January 2013

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Joey's Baptism

On January 20 (when he was 17 days old), Josiah was baptized. I never intended to baptize this early, but the week before it was announced in the bulletin that we were joining the church the next week, and Josiah would be baptized at the same time. I was shocked for a few seconds until I realized it would mean my parents just had to stay an extra day. I didn't expect anyone else to come except for Larry's parents. When we heard it would work for them, we just went ahead with it. I must say that it was the easiest baptism ever because he didn't even wake up or fuss at all! The only issue was that I had to send John down halfway through because he wouldn't stand still, nor would he let me hold him. This was probably because we stood up in front of church for our membership questions and then through a brief teaching on baptism (I think, I wasn't listening because I was struggling with John the whole time) before doing the actual baptism part. Oh, well! Luckily, John went straight to my dad.

Here are some pictures of the day:

First bath--his umbilical cord stump fell off the night before!

My "helpers"

Baptism outfit I bought two days before

(the one I intended him to wear was too big due to baptizing so early)

Answering membership questions--notice John getting unruly.

The actual baptism

Baptism cake

Mrs. Kitts made the cake--it was beautiful...and delicious!

an attempt at a family picture--Larry had already changed, so I made him put on the top part. Unfortunately it got in the picture...Oh, well!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

How I came to be outnumbered four to one...

And now the title of my blog is true...I am surrounded by boys! I guess I am destined to play trucks, trains, and wrestling for the next several years. That's fine with me...I love each of my boys. However, I may have to borrow my nieces every now and then for some girly time to do shopping, manicures, etc.

So, my third son, Josiah Lawrence, was born on January 3, 2013 via C-section. The day was also my parents' 44th wedding anniversary! We arrived at the hospital at 5:25 in the morning for a scheduled 7:30 C-section (I found out when we got there that we were supposed to be there at 5:00). They started prepping me until they realized that the OR was TRIPLE-booked! Well, actually, my surgery wasn't even on the OR schedule, but we were all in the books for the Labor & Delivery floor. So, they did three C-sections in a row and mine was the third. At first they told me it wouldn't be until 12:00. I started crying. No one likes last minute changes, especially pregnant mothers. I was worried my kids wouldn't be able to see the baby anymore before my mother-in-law took them back to her house. However, I was taken to the OR a little bit before 11:00.

The C-section went SO well. My anesthesiologist was FANTASTIC! And, this being my third one, I felt pretty calm and felt like I knew what to expect. Once I was all fixed up, they wheeled me into the adjoining room (recovery room) where they brought Josiah to me. This hospital has a policy where they require at least one hour of skin-to-skin between the mom and the new baby. That was fine with me, especially since I had to wait in the recovery room for one hour anyway. It was really precious. He did have low blood sugar, though, so we had to give him some formula (which he spit up!). He weighed 8 lbs, 4 oz and was 20 inches long!

Once the hour was done, they wheeled me into my room where my parents where waiting. They were pretty excited to meet their anniversary present. They each got to hold him for a while before my mother-in-law brought the kids to meet their little brother. Jacob was pretty excited to meet his brother "Basiah," and John just kept saying "baby" and waving "Hi." It was pretty cute. Then we said good-bye to our big boys and were able to focus on and get to know our new little boy.