Happy 1st Birthday Ben!

The Down Side to Hardwood

It's been A LONG time since we posted, but I wanted to get this clip up. We have a lot of hardwood flooring in the house. We LOVE it. However, they are very hard on a little guy's knees. So this is Ben's crawl, if you can call it that.

Baby Pictures

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days.

Mmm, yummy hand.

With big sister.

Meeting the baby.

Happy kids.

Digging the new cradle daddy built.

Welcome Baby Boy Billingsley!

We welcomed our brand new baby boy to our little family today.

He was born at 7:39 pm MDT weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long.

He wouldn't come on his own so we had to be induced. It felt a little weird for Steph to come to the hospital without being in labor but after a few minutes of the Pitocin and we were in business. After waiting for nearly 7 hours the doctor decided to do a "trial" push. That's all it took. One hard push and a couple little ones and he was here.

My first thoughts when I saw his face was that he looked like James but really we're not sure who he looks like. We'll have to let the swelling go down a bit to get a solid verdict on that one.

His big sister and brothers were very excited to finally meet him. Whit was a bit disappointed at first but all she had to do was hold him for a few minutes and she was in love.

Baby S

Stands for Surprise! Yep we were too! But we realize that sometimes blessings come even when we don't expect them, and now that we are expecting this blessing, we are excited for all of the wonderful chaos to ensue.

Today we went to the doctor and this is what we came home with:

A very clear picture of what is going on in there, don't ya' think? Yes, it's kind of difficult to tell, but trust us, it was very clear on the monitor. Anywho, it was confirmed, there is one in there, and only one! Whew.

Taylor and James came along to the appointment, and Taylor still has no idea. I love kids. He even asked while we were in the waiting room if we were at the hospital ("hosable", as he says). When we said "Yes", he asked if the doctor was going to get a baby out of Mommy's belly ('cause that's all they must do at the hosable). We simply said "Nope" and that was that. He listened to all the conversations, watched the ultrasound, and still had no idea what was really going on. Cute.

So, here's the 411:
We found out: Sunday, August 24
We are due: end of April 2009 (28, 29), which makes us about 10 weeks along right now
Whitney will be 8, Taylor will be 4, and James will be 13 1/2 months old. Woo hoo!
I am feeling: sick, tired, overwhelmed, excited, motherly, fat, but sometimes beautiful, blessed, loved, disorganized
Right now, I am most excited about: being pregnant and having a baby right along with my sister. I've never been the only one that was pregnant in my family (for very long, at least), which makes it more fun, but Taylor and Baby S are the closest to their cousins. Tay is only a week apart from Evan, and Jenny's due date is just days after mine. I don't think we could time it that well if we tried!
We will soon need to: say "goodbye" to our Accord and get a new vehicle (with any luck it will not be a minivan, but I am preparing for worst-case scenario); finish another bedroom; buy another crib, dresser

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I'd like to say that the reason I haven't updated the blog is because I just haven't been feeling well (which is true) but really, it's because we're still not "moved in" yet (it always takes me a long while and I hate moving). But we are loving our new place, and as soon as I feel things are put together, I will be back. So, you may read from us in about a year. 'Til then!