Announcing. . . . Luke Isaac Stewart

He finally came out!!! Not that I was overdue or anything. It just looked like I was!

Luke Isaac Stewart

8 lbs. 8 oz.

20 1/2 inches long

He was born at 8:08am on Sept. 19th. Luckily he did not come any earlier than 8:08, since I didn't even get into a hospital room until about 7:45am! I THOUGHT we were going in for an induction, but just happened to go into labor before they had a chance. Labor was fast and furious and before we knew it, he was out! Unfortunately for me, there was no time for an epidural. The whole experience was a little traumatizing for me because it just wasn't what I was expecting, but the end result was a beautiful healthy baby, so I can't complain. Unfortunately for Luke, I had tested positive for Strep and they didn't even have enough time to get the IV in me for the antibiotics. He has been fine though, and he will go back to the Dr. today just to make sure that he has escaped infection. So far, he has been a delightful baby and we are just so glad to have him here!

The proud daddy helping Lilly hold baby Luke. I was a little concerned at how Lilly would react to this new little person in our lives because she has always been such a "mama's girl". When she first came to visit us at the hospital, she put her hand over her mouth and was giddy with excitement and amazement. We all know Lilly's moods can be a little . . . shall we say unpredictable? When she came to pick us up from the hospital, she had a grouchy look on her face and kept saying "Don't like it, baby". Luckily, by the time we got home she had changed her mind again and was very excited about having the baby home, and bringing him lots of toys and books.

Rilee and Cameron are old pros at this stuff.

Not today . . . tomorrow

I have been scheduled to be induced for tomorrow (Fri.) for quite some time now. I confused Chad this morning (Thurs.) when I said "Today is baby day"! He said, "What? Tomorrow, isn't it? Did your water break?" Not exactly, but I thought I had leaked some amniotic fluid which is exactly what happened with Lilly. I'm so PARANOID about going into labor that I called my Dr. and he said to at least go in and get checked. We took the kids to my mom's, went to the hospital and . . . . . .nothing! Chad and I waited and joked around while they monitored the baby and I for a while. The nurse brought me some water because my tempurature was slightly elevated and she thought I might be a little dehydrated. They finally just sent us home and said to come back tomorrow. I am fine with tomorrow, but I told Chad I was a little disappointed that "I came here for a baby and all they gave me was a glass of water".

Cool School Of The Week

Rilee's school was Fox13's "Cool School" on Wed. Sept. 17th. Rilee had to get up and get to school by 6am (and so did mom) if she wanted to participate in being in the news broadcast. I recorded the news so that she could see it in case we were able to see her on there, but no such luck. She said the older kids kind of pushed their way to the front. She was excited about having met Big Buddha though (even though she didn't know who he was before this), and lucky for us one of the mom's got a picture of her with him.

Cameron Turns 5!

Cameron of course chose to have a "Star Wars" birthday party. He and his cousins have been pretty interested in Star Wars all year long. He and his cousin Ryder let me know that they really want to let people know about Star Wars. I said "What people?", and they replied "Everybody who doesn't know about it!" We had friends and family over for swimming and pizza in Grandma Weed's yard, had a Darth Vader pinata, Star Wars party favors, and of course a Star Wars cake (which Cameron helped decorate using McDonald's Star Wars toys, uncle Jared's old Star Wars action figures--thanks Uncle Jared!--, and mommy added an ewok on the top). Thanks everyone for making it a great birthday, Cameron expressed his happiness many times about how much fun he had.

European Beach Beauty

This photo of Lilly "sunbathing" was courtesy of Grandma Stewart. Lilly is not very good about keeping her diapers on if she doesn't have any clothes on. She is especially picky if the diaper is even just a little wet or poopy. She takes the diapers off herself and then brings them to me. Sometimes I put her diapers on backwards, but I've not been consistent about it. The other day she brought me a diaper that I could see was poopy, but it no longer had poo in it. We had a fun time playing "find the poo", and I found it on the carpet in the family room. Luckily it was found before it was stepped in and even luckier that I have a carpet cleaner for just such an occassion!

Weed Family Reunion

Well the "Weed" Family Reunion was actually in June, but I suppose I'm better to post late than never! All the Weed kids and their families were here the last week in June. We went to Bear Lake for 2 days, went to Lagoon twice, went swimming, had a girl's day out and a guy's day out without kids, and also had a nice dinner out with just the adults. We had a great time and here are some of the photos.

Here are all the older cousins, ready for a day of rides and HEAT! They all made these reunion shirts while we were at Bear Lake. Unfortunately Rilee forgot hers, but was able to get all the tears out of her system the day before so she was still a happy camper at Lagoon.

It's so fun for Rilee now that she can actually ride all the rides. I have been surprised about how gutsy she is. She will ride anything! She is having a screamin' good time here with cousins Morgan and Maryn.

We thought Cameron might be able to start veering out of the kiddie area this year, but no such luck. We tried to puff his hair up, but it just wasn't quite enough. Hopefully next year!

Lilly cried in terror on some of the rides, but was usually fine by the end of it when she realized she wasn't going to die. For some reason the picture uploading stopped working right now so I can't get one of her on here. But come on people - I have done 2 posts within a month - - that's gotta be some kind of record for me!

Stewart Family Reunion at East Canyon

It's been so long since I've posted anything that I almost didn't remember my password! We had fun up at East Canyon for the annual reunion with Chad's family. I said "Stewart" reunion, but I guess it's actually "Anderson". Our kids went up with Grandma and Grandpa Stewart while Chad and I went to a funeral in Paris, Idaho for the wife of Chad's co-worker, Christina Mourant. She was a young mom (28) with 2 little kids so it was very sad to have her pass on, but it was nice to attend her funeral and honor her life. Someone had commented to her bishop, "Some people are just too good to stay on this earth". And she really was a genuinely good person. Chad and I drove up to East Canyon after the services to meet up for the big reunion bbq. Here are some pictures of the kids having fun at the pool with cousins.

Sara and Gracie with Rilee. Abby is also snoozing peacefully in the background.

Lilly must have had a little too much fun - -to the point of exhaustion!

And here we have Cameron and Grace, bein' great pals. "Thanks" to the Anderson's for putting together the reunion, and "thanks" to Grandma and Grandpa Stewart for taking our kids for the day!