I love my boys!

Dillon turns 3!!!

Dillon turned three April 10, 2010. He has been growing up way too fast. It seems like not so long ago I was holding that little 3 lb 12 oz baby in my arms. Dillon is a great little boy or should I say big boy now. He loves his brothers and takes care of them whenever he is around. He also loves airplanes. I'm in the process of redecorating the boy's room to an airplane theme. He got an airplane bedset(thanks Mummo and Papa West) He is really excited to be starting preschool on May 4th. Everyday he asks me if he can go to preschool with his new pack pack (thanks Mummo and Papa Banigan). I just cant imagine my life with out my Dillon. He has been a huge blessing and miracle in our lives.

Jackson Ellis West

Here is our little addition, Jackson Ellis West.

Born April 7th, 2010 at 10:49 at night. He was 6 lbs 9 oz(same as I was) and 19 1/2 inches.

He is the biggest baby we have ever had. He has been such a blessing in our lives and as you can tell from the pictures his older brothers love him very much. Dillon always asks to hold him and Riley just started asking too. This morning Riley was holding him and I asked if I could take him and he said no and pulled Jackson closer. I love having my three little boys.

My mom came to stay with us shortly after I was taken off bed rest because we thought that I would have Jackson soon after. So she has been having fun with Dillon and Riley for the past couple of weeks while we waited for that little guy to show up.

This birth was a lot different than the other ones. So at 32 weeks I was put on bed rest and at 36 weeks I was allowed off. It was a long four weeks but I made it, which was a pleasant surprise. 38 weeks came along and my doctor told me that I could be induced as soon as April 8th. So we made the appointment. Normally I have been anti induction(unless medically necessary) but I was in horrible pain with sciatica(baby on my nerve) and I have been having regular(sometimes painful, sometimes not) contraction (every 4-20 min) for the past 6 weeks and heartburn. I went into the doctors office on the 7th at 2:30 pm and he stripped my membranes. The we went to the grocery store and my contractions were every 3 minutes apart. We came home and I sat down and they spaced out the every 5 minutes apart. So we decided to go on a walk around the neighborhood. They were again every 2-3 minutes and they really hurt so we decided to walk to the hospital(just to make sure that it kept moving along). We got there at 7 and I was 5 cm dilated. They gave me an epidural(YES!!) and my doctor broke my water and 3 hours later I was 8 cm. They emptied my bladder and I jumped straight to 9 1/2 cm and felt like I had to push. I had to wait about 10 minutes to push so my doctor could get to the hospital. The most cruel thing you can do to a lady in labor is tell her not to push. Well the doctor got there and after 15-20 minutes of pushing Jackson was born.

I love having a full term baby. Jackson's birth was like having a first born, it was so different. He got to stay in the room with us after he was born. I was actually allowed to hold him right away. He took to nursing right away. And we got to take him home 24 hours after he was born. He is a really good baby too except that he like to stay awake at night( it was the same way in the womb so I guess I should have expected it). All in all we are one big happy family.