Trust

On the way home from pre-school today Ben told me "Soon I will be six and I will FINALLY be trusted to do things that kids that are trusted get to do. It all starts when your six." After further inquiry into what he will get to do when he is six and trusted he said "I will be able to be play with friends and have more chores." Bring on the more chores yoo hoo!

I Am Surviving, Barely

I am exhausted. Ryker is a good baby and he is sleeping about 18 hours a day and eating really well. I am sleeping about 5 hours a day and that is really interrupted sleep. I am not getting any naps in because I have three other children who feel that they need attention and parenting. I don't like naps any way. I love how in just a few short weeks my brain cannot remember not having a new baby. It just seems like he has always been here. This is the last week of school and I am excited to be able to sleep in and not have any where to go. On the other hand I hope that the children do not get too bored and start fighting all the time. I think they will get a little stir crazy this year.

Mac is having a rough time getting used to a new brother. The other kids were really happy about having a new brother but Mac really liked being the baby of the family and is not happy being displaced. Ryan is such an amazing father and husband and keeps me sane and helps the kids through this new transition in our lives. He is great.

Yesterday Ryker and I had our two week check up. I forgot the PKU card so we have to go back on Friday which is good because Ryker weighed in at 9 lbs and 5 oz. which was his birth weight and that makes the doctor nervous and he wants to check Ryker's weight again and make sure he is growing well. He did grow 1 1/2 inches. I am trying to savor all of these little moments since we are done having kids but it is so hard for me to not think about life in a few months and years and to want every one to get a little bit older. I need to remember the moments and really live in them.

Ryker Kent Jeppesen

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. One of pain and bliss and joy. I woke up at 4:45 Sunday morning with a pretty strong contraction and a half/asleep memory of two previous ones that I needed to breathe through. I got out of bed and starting walking and timing the contractions. They were coming 5 minutes apart and were getting pretty strong so I woke Ryan up and got in the shower and I was wondering when to wake up the kids. Anikka's alarm went off at 6 so I told her to quickly get dressed because we were going up to Heber to have the baby. I think it freaked her out a little bit because she believed me when I told her we were going to have the baby the next daywhen I had a scheduled app. to have my membranes stripped. The ride up to Heber was fairly painful but not to long at all. Ryan kept trying to make jokes but since I was in labor I really did not find him to be too funny. I am pretty vocal through my contractions. I tend to say owwwww through the contraction but it really helps to get through the pain.

When we arrived at the hospital at 7:00 am I was taken right to the maternity room where they checked me and I was dialated to a 6 and I said all right let's get that epidural going. By the time I got the epidural and spinal combo I was already dialated to an 8 and they said we could really just go natural and it would be really quick and I said NO. I love epidurals and the epidural/spinal combo was really nice.

My sister Tawnya who was already here for the weekend came and was able to see to baby being born. I don't know how long I pushed but I only pushed through 4 or 5 3 minute long contractions and out came the baby. He tried to take a big deep breath too soon and sucked up a lot of mucus so they had to suction him out quite a bit. Ryker was born at 9:26 am and he was 9 lbs. 5 oz. and 20 1/2 in. long. The doctor was able to stay and get us all to a good place then he ran to go conduct Sacrament Meeting in his ward and then he came back to check on us.

So I spent the rest of the day really blissed out. It was all really good timing and such a great day to have the baby. I love especially that it was a year ago on Mother's Day that I recieved the prompting to have another baby and here he came on this Mother's Day.

Mac's Birthday

On April 30 Mac turned three! We sure love our little ball of fire. His hair is still white and he is very funny. Just the other day while using the bathroom he told Ryan that he was "a little sick in his reah." He loves his big brother Ben and is getting pretty excited to meet his new brother in a few days. We went to the Doctor for a well child check up and he was in the 95% in height and 25% in weight. He is tall and skinny. He is very active and is a bit of a bully to Ben only. He still expects his older siblings to run and fetch things for him even though he is perfectly capable of getting his own stuff. He is always friendly and polite. We are sure lucky to have him in our family.

No Baby Yet

Alas, I had a Dr. appointment yesterday and I was not yet ready to have a baby. I was at 2 1/2 cm. dialated and about 25% effaced. We did make an appointment to strip my membranes on Monday May 10 so I am sure that we will have the baby that day if I do not go into labor sooner on my own. I am hoping to have him on the 10th because it is somewhat planned and it is not my birthday yet. I am going to take it really easy (even more than before) this week. It is nice to have a really good excuse to not do the dishes.