He's here He's Here!!!

Introducing the newest and youngest Mitchell family member

Lucas Wesley Mitchell

8 lbs 11 oz 21 inches

Born 10/5/08 at 4:12 am

Proud Papa

Happy Momma

Thrilled Grandma

Happy Healthy Baby Boy

It all went so very very quick. It was a normal Saturday night. It was 2:30 am and I got up to use the bathroom. Brian was up playing his computer game to help him stay on his sleep schedule.

Suddenly the contractions started. I came out to tell Brian. The contractions were coming so fast and intense that I didn't bother timing them. Between contractions I asked Brian to go sweep the bathroom. I couldn't stand the thought of coming home to a dirty bathroom. Then I went to go wake up Grandma A and she said to walk around. Less than 5 minutes later. Brian came in and told Grandma that we were leaving for the hospital. Grandma grabbed Little Brian and Brian helped me to the car. Brian called the Murrays to come pick up Lil B from the Hospital. All I could think to do was sing the Primary song "I Love to See the Temple" to not think of the pain. I sang it over and over and Grandma even sang a verse with me. We only hit one red light and I begged Brian to "just Go!!" He did.

We checked into the ER while Grandma parked the car and brought in Lil B at 3:55. By now I was humming the song and the admitting clerk got a little concerned so she took us right up to the maternity assessment room. I couldn't believe how slow things were going cuz I was hurting so bad. I was getting aggravated. Everything was bothering me especially the bright lights. I asked the nurse " Could we turn down the lights?" The nurse was like uh No. She checked me and I was dilated to a 9. She left to go call the Dr. A second later a loud Pop and goosh. Brian yelled " Uh I think her water broke" The nurse didn't have anything ready. No scissors no clamps, no nothing. At one moment I was told to stop pushing cuz the chord was wrapped around the baby's neck, luckily loose enough to be flipped over his head by the nurse. The Dr missed all the excitement because at 4:12 a healthy baby boy was born. A few moments later we joined Grandma upstairs in the same labor and delivery room where Lil B was born. Room 405. We are thrilled that he's here.

We love Fall!! Warning lots of pictures..

We love the Fall. With Fall comes opportunities to get out and enjoy the nice weather. Our good friend Ashley who home schools invited us on one of their fieldtrips. We went to a Farm that grew pumpkins, watermellons, peas, etc. The morning was perfect and it was hard to pick only a few pictures cuz there was so much to do. It started right at Little Brian's morning nap time and he wasn't thrilled about having to hold Grandma's hand. Other than that he loved it all and so did we. We started with a tractor pulled hay ride. It took us out to a large pumpkin patch. Next to the pumpkin patch was fields of sunflowers where they let us pick some. We all piled back on the hay ride with our pumpkins and headed back to see the animals. There was cows, ducks, donkeys, bunnies, hens, pigs, everything. Brian would talk to the animals. It was so fun. It was very educational as well. They showed how to grind corn, milk cows, eggs from Hens, and grew apples.

Pictured is Brian looking for "Taters" in the tater patch. He found one on his own and was so excited. Normandy Lil B's friend shared her egg from the Hen house. It's cool to watch them interact with each other. The top picture is Ashley and her girls and I on the hay ride. There were so many things to look at. We almost missed the witch that crashed into the telephone pole. The sign above the guys legs sticking outta the hay bale says "Think Safety"

We had lunch under the trees and they also offered a corn maze that was on 5 acres of land. It would of taken 20 minutes but I thought that we were getting pretty tired so we'll save that till next year. Brian picked out his own pumpkin and we haven't decided if how we are going to carve it. I'll let Dad help him with that one. I had to get a picture of the Tractor for Grandpa Mitchell. The itty bitty pumpkins were so small and cute but Brian decided to go for the big ones like his Dad growing up.

Grandma A was hoping that the bumpiness from the hayride would have helped speed this pregnancy along but that didn't happen. I felt great. The fresh air was wonderful. Grandma had a good time. Lil B was tuckered out in the car before we pulled outta the parking lot. Thanks Ashley for an awesome morning.

We'll see what the next 24 hours bring. I'll keep you posted.

Grandma's Here

Grandma made it here safely late Wednesday night. I could feel my body getting ready for this Baby to come. There were contractions about 5 minutes apart but it lasted only about a half hour. They weren't extremely bad so I knew that it wasn't anything serious.

Thursday morning she watched Little Brian while Brian and I went to my Dr's appointment. They played and danced and slept. Later the 3 of us went to Target to look for shelves for toys and bins for clothes. We finished the day off with Chinese take out.

It's wonderful having her here. We are keeping her very busy. She's washed dishes and changed diapers. We are extremely grateful for her help.

Baby Dr Update....
Dialated 3-4 cm 50% thinned out. Dr says asked if I wanted to be induced or to wait it out. I was like uhhh I'll wait it out. This was the first time meeting him because my other Dr moved out of state. Dr Farmer says that he's thinking that this baby will be here in the next 2 -3 days.

October 1st

Today is a much better day than the day before. Maybe it had something to do with getting out of the house. Yesterday's highlight was when I received a package in the mail from my friend Melissa in Texas. It was really sweet of her to think of us. She sent some winter baby clothes. It was a complete shock. Fun mail is always.. well fun. This morning I pulled out the carry on that I'll be taking to hospital. After the Primary Presidency meeting I went to Walmart to get some slippers with good grip soles. So no sliding for this Mommy. Some how I'm thinking that this Baby will come soon. I thought that I could feel him drop this morning but not sure. I'll find out tomorrow if I was correct at tomorrows Dr's appointment. I'm feeling tightness/pressure but that could be anything. Everything is good and well over here at the Mitchell home.

Raising the white flag

It's down to hours before my Mom comes and the house isn't as organized and put together as I hoped. I warned Ashley about the messy house as she was bringing Little Brian home. She's like " Becky this is not messy" She only saw the living room. She didn't see the catch all piles in the computer room, toys across the floor in Little Brian's room, and stuff piled high leaving a little path to the bed and bathroom in our Bedroom.

I've seen before and after pictures on a fellow preggers blog that was going thru the same thing that I am. It was pretty motivating but I couldn't bring myself to take pictures.

I had so many hopes for a clean house for when Mom got here but it looks like that's not going to happen. I'm outta breath and feel like I'm going to pass out after only feeding the dogs and carrying a load of clean laundry in. Granted that they are towels and a few heavy sweatshirts but still. So I'm retreating to find comfort in blogging and throwing in the towel. (It's clean I just washed it) My Mom knows me and loves me and will be here to save the day. I hope that Brian's not embarrassed about my Mom cleaning. I can see him telling me that Mom's not here to help clean but to watch Brian and see the baby. But then again I could be totally wrong and he'll not say anything.

My goal for the day is to at least clean the guest sheets and comforter (its smells like dog) but I have to wait for Brian to wake up and remove the old computer monitor off of it. oh yeah. we got a new monitor. I'll post a picture once the rest of the computer desk looks decent. One of Brian's computer buddies got a bigger one and didn't want his old one which is in perfectly good condition. Score.

I'm off to go fold laundry and dust then empty and fill the dishwasher. Meanwhile all the piles of clutter will be starring me down. I feel like those things listed above don't count cuz they are everyday repetitive things and I'll still have doors that I can keep closed to keep Little Brian out of. Eventually I'll have to face the clutter cuz he'll soon be able to open doors and drawers. Luckily I wont be facing it alone cuz Mom will be here till the 29th. I'm hoping that it'll look like the HGTV show called Neat in the end. My Mom, my Hero.

Good friends, good movies, good Irish grub

I realize that with Baby Taz (that's what I call him cuz if he's the complete opposite of Little Brian aka Tooters and if he's anything like his Dad growing up then the name is very fitting) we are coming down to the wire, in the home stretch, and my social life will be put on hold for awhile. Sunday night we got together with the Murrays for dinner and games. They made a Cafe Rio Salad that was amazing. Rice, grilled seasoned chicken, black beans, lettuce, and cheese. The best part was the homemade dressing and tortillas. We were in charge of dessert and unfortunately it didn't work out. The cherry cobbler burned and the homemade icecream didn't set except for the top layer. I was so disappointed but I had brought other icecream toppings just in case and we enjoyed our milkshakes. The Murrays are such good friends and we still had a great time.

Little Brian spent a few hours with the Copas girls so Brian and I could go to a 2:00 showing of Eagle Eye. It's a thriller action movie and we both really liked it. It was hard to watch the nice expensive cars get mangled to pieces and blown up. After that we ran over to try out an Irish Pub restaurant that Brian heard was really good. We liked it. We ordered the appetizer Pot of Gold (loaded potatoes) I got the Dubliner (philly cheesesteak sandwich) and Brian got the Ruben(cornbeef sandwich) With the pregnancy I find myself eating things that I would never eat and actually liked the corn beef. Going to a movie while everyone else is working and at school is the best way to go. There were only a handful of people in the theater and they had a wee little baby. Not sure if I would bring our baby cuz of the noise however if he was in the sleep for hours on end stage and his ears were protected from the noise. Then maybe.

I'll close this post with a question....

When do you think that Baby Taz will make his appearance?
He's scheduled for the 8th.
Little Brian came 3 days early.
I don't see him coming after the 8th.

Grandma Mitchell says the 3rd
Come on, let me hear your predictions. What and when do ya think?