Sleepy Mia

So Mia had her first experience with a photographer this weekend. Jill as really trying to get a picture of her when she was awake, but from the time they left the house until the pictures were taken, Mia decided that she was more content just sleeping. I wish she would do the same thing at night!

Here's a few more sleepy moments

Get me out of here...

Waiting to go home...

Finally!

The Whole Story

So this week was really exciting to have Mia join us. Jill was due last Thursday and we were anxiously waiting Mia's arrival. My mom came out from Chicago on Tuesday because Jill's doctor gave her the impression that she was going to have the baby before her Wednesday appointment. Jill asked my mom to join us for the birth and so we didn't want her to miss it... Well... She didn't.

Jill told her doctor that if she didn't have the baby before her appointment that she wanted to be induced so my mom could be there. Her doctor said the hospital was full on Wednesday and they were just waiting for a bed to open up. Well we never got the call so Jill followed up on Thursday with the hospital and her doctor's office but was told that they were just waiting to hear from the doctor. Again nothing, finally at 10:00 that night they called and said that they were scheduling her for an induction Monday morning... (FRUSTRATING).

After we were told to wait until Monday we tried everything possible to get the baby out naturally. I don't think Jill has ever walked as much as she did in the next couple days. On Friday she felt some action so we went to the hospital to see if it was coming or at least close enough that they would keep her in the hospital. Again, no luck, oh well it just wasn't happening that night.

We went about the next couple of days and finally on Sunday Jill felt more contractions so we waited for them to get closer then we went in that evening. We got there around 8:30 and they checked her and she wasn't ready. We sat around for a couple hours waiting and finally around 10:30 they felt she was far enough along that they would admit her to the hospital.

We walked around for a while until the room was ready. Finally around 11:30 we got settled and then they tried to do the IV to get the drugs flowing. The first nurse messed up twice so they had another nurse come in and try. By this time it was around 11:45 and Jill was begging for an epidural, the nurse ordered it and we were just waiting for the anesthesiologist down the hall. It sounded like it was going to be a bit so I headed to the visitor bathroom down at the other end of the wing. A couple minutes later I was walking back and a nurse stopped and asked if I was Jon Peterson, I was told that Jill was about to have the baby and I needed to hurry if I didn't want to miss it.

I got back to the room which was full of nurses... NO DOCTOR... They were trying to stop the baby from coming until a doctor came. Finally the ER doc showed up and within a minute or so the nurse delivered our baby. Since it happened so fast there were no drugs but a whole lot of screams. I think drugs would have helped all parties involved.

It was so fast that it was over before we knew it (Jill would beg to differ based on the amount of pain). So Jill's doctor was off that weekend and the on call doctor missed it and we had the nicest nurse end up taking care of her under the ER doctor's supervision. It was fun and exciting, at least from my standpoint.

So for Mia, she was stubborn to come into this world and join us but as soon as she was ready she made sure that everyone dropped everything to pay attention to her! We are so thankful for her and that she is healthy and here. We really feel complete with her here.

MIA!

So the time finally came for Mia to join us. There's a pretty good background but for now I'll just post some pictures of our newest little bundle of joy!

February Pictures

We love having Jon's work so close to us now. We're about a 7 minute drive. The kids love going there to play at his "new park". I love that we get it all to ourselves since the community is still in it's beginning stages and the sand is brand new, which means there aren't any surprises in it! Jon has a "toy" gets to drive around the community when he's there-- he let the kids drive it too- they go crazy!
We've also been taking him dinner at night because he's been working late with so many layoffs. Our favorites at his office are the white board and the photocopy machine--the kids love photocopying their hands! I remember growing up and photocopying our faces at dad's work... I haven't given my kids that idea yet. Maybe that has something to do with my siblings and I ALL wearing glasses by the end of high school!

Above are the awesome ladies I get to work with in Young Women. They are always on the ball and are great examples of going the extra mile with their callings. Below are all the BEAUTIFUL young women dressed up for the Etiquette Dinner by the Young Men... It was a night full of chivalry!

Abby and I had "special times" at her preschool last week. I dropped Parker off at a friend's house, and spent the morning at Preschool with Abby. She thought it was the coolest thing that I was there with her and kept acting a little sillier than usual, according to Mrs. Whitmer. That weeks they learned "Q" for queen and "K" for King.

Parker found Jon's huge mud boots and had a lot of fun trying to walk in them... They're actually longer than his legs, so he didn't make it very far!

Chelsea came for a much anticipated visit-- we got to have her all to ourselves for 6 whole days! And the really nice thing is that we just hung out and relaxed most of the time. Jon was great at letting up slip away to dinner and a movie. And Chelsea (if you know her at all) was great at spoiling us to death-- new clothes for the kids, toys for the kids, fresh flowers on my counter, mopping my kitchen floor, letting me sleep in, changing Parker's poopy diapers even when he absolutely insists that he's not poopy, treating me to lunch & dinner, wiping off my ceiling fans, organizing the baby's room, taking the kids to the park so I could do nothing in the house, giving baths, putting the kids to bed (my least favorite thing to do besides the kitchen floor).
Chelsea-
I <3>

My cute neighbors threw me a Baby Shower!
It was so much fun and I just loved it! I feel very spoiled though =)
We've decided to name the baby Mia, so the ever-talented Alicia made these awesome wall letters for the nursery. I told her she needs to quit teaching and go into business!

Op! This would be Chelsea again-- getting Parker extra handsome for church, and playing hide-and-go-seek with the kids for literally hours! They will still tell you right where they are hiding if you rhetorically ask while you're the seeker--it's pretty funny.

January Pictures...

Hair Issues

Abby got her hair cut last week, which she has been asking for a lot lately. Up until her haircut she would scream and cry at me in the bath NOT to pour the water over her head because "it's getting longer!!!! I don't want it to grow! I want medium hair, not short, not long." I tried many times to explain that the water was not making her hair grow. I explained that it made it long in the bath, but that when we dried it, it would get shorter with curls again... I even explained that her hair grows at night when she's sleeping. I think that's mostly accurate. Anyway--we ended up cutting it since that clearly was the only solution =) Don't worry--it's medium now, not long!

Parker has hair issues too. There has always been wailing and gnashing of teeth when it comes to Parker's hair cuts. So we do it fast and get it done. The weather has been nice the past couple of weeks so I've started trying to drive with the windows open in the van. And for the past couple of weeks, every time I roll them down on a fast road, Parker grabs the sides of his head and cries/yells "Moooommmyy! My haircut! My haircut! No window!" I'm not sure what he thinks it happening to his hair when the window is open, but it makes me laugh every time!

2 Daddy's???

So the last night Jill dropped the kids off at my work so she could go out with her sister and I would bring the kids home later. I had some stuff to finish in my community so the kids and I went around to a few houses checking on things before we left. We left my last model homes and started home.

On the way home Abby began to ask if the last model we were in was another one of my houses that I live at. I explained to her that the model home is just for work and I live in the same house as she does. Since I work late sometimes she thought I slept there.

She then started to tell me that she wanted to have 2 houses like her friend in the neighborhood.
I didn't expect that I would would be explaining divorced families and multiple parents to a 4 year old. But Abby insisted that she wanted two houses. I started explaining about friend saying "Well Abby, you only have 1 mommy and 1 daddy and we live together in 1 house." Abby didn't like that response and commented "No, I have two daddy's..." Of course I was taken back... "No Abby, you just have me, I'm your daddy..." Abby continued, "No, I have you as 1 daddy on earth, and I have 1 daddy in Heaven." I was surprised at the response, but sure enough she was right. I'll credit Jill for teaching her something correct...

The conversation didn't end with that, Abby continued, "Yeah, Jesus lives in Heaven too. Is he going to come and visit our house someday, I miss him." I just let it go and told her, "maybe someday he will..."

It's amazing to see all the knowledge Abby is gaining. She really is a little sponge and takes in everything around her. I guess we'll keep her...