Skyler James is Finally Here!!!!!

Our little Skyler is finally here. After 6 false labors and 6 hours of labor, he was born at 2:18 pm on Thursday the 30th of July. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 19 inches tall. Since I am no blogger, I will leave all the humor to my dear wife.



The birth went well. He was born face up, but because of how fast he came thankfully there was no bruising. He is extremely healthy and started nursing like he had done it before (I don't know if heather will agree, but I thought it was super fast).



Heather is doing really well. After the delivery she had a cheese burger, fries and a shake. Other than being a little tired she said that yesterday was a pretty good day. She sure does love and adore her little boy. We both think that he looks more like her (Which his daddy doesn't mind), but Grandma Whale thinks he still has my nose.

All in all we just love our little boy. Yes, the pregnancy was hard, but having him here makes it all worth it. God really is blessing our little family with amazing spirits. We really are a blessed family. Now we only have to teach Lily that he is not another doll, chew toy, or drum. What fun!

False Labor. Twice. Boo.

I was a little hesitant to go to church on Sunday lest my water break causing me to switch wards out of embarassment. But I told myself, "you're just being paranoid like usual. Go to church. You'll just be sitting around either way." So Ben and I went to church. I had been having some contractions that morning but I didn't think anything of it since I've had contractions for forever. They got worse at the begining of sacrament meeting. As we were singing the sacrament hymn I told Ben that we had to leave as soon as the sacrament was done. So we left (as I was in tears from pain) and started timing. Sure enough, every 3-5 minutes. So we waited. And waited. After 3 hours of consistent contractions we headed to the hospital. To make a long story short the nurse said I was borderline for staying in the hospital. I was just past 3 cm and she said if I could dilate or efface at all they would keep me. So Ben and walked the halls for a good while. After 6 hours in the hospital (starving, I should add) they told me I hadn't progressed at all and that I should go home. Then last night the same thing happened--3 hours of contractions 3 minutes apart. I was getting really uncomfortable so I went to lie down in bed and WABAM! They disappeared. I then remembered that if you change position and your contractions stop it means it's not real labor. I went to bed feeling defeated but oh well. Today's a better day and I'm about to blow up my pilates ball. We'll see if this can help.


As for more pleasant things here are some Lily things. I don't want to end this post on a low note because I'm really trying to be positive about this whole "no baby" thing. So here is my adorable daughter.


It was REALLY hot today. Auntie Becca and I were desperate to cool down so we had ice cream while Lily was bathing, which means Lily had ice cream, too. I'm pretty sure she liked it...... :)

Lily finally learned how to drink through a straw. Sure it was upside down, but it's the same concept, right? I just want to preserve this memory since this was during my 21st b-day celebrations meaning Lily drank quite a bit of my strawberry daquiri. Good thing it was virgin. :) P.S. I know I'm huge.

This movie isn't anything special. Lily's been able to walk with this toy for months but she's never done it with shoes on. She HATES wearing shoes and always manages to get them off but I figured she needs to learn to wear them so she can start walking in public. So here is one of her first attempts with shoes. The first was amazing because she walked with her honey buns out and her head dropped with huge strides. It was priceless.

A July Baby

Well I went to the OB/GYN this morning (I'm 37.5 weeks) and got some awesome news!!!! I'm 2-3 cm! My doctor told me that this baby will be coming any day now and if for some weird reason he doesn't then I will be induced on the 30th! This is awesome news since my original due date was August 3rd and then last week my doctor told me that HIS original due date was August 8th (which just about had me in tears). So yay for an early birthday! This means that all of our birthdays will pretty much be within a month of each other since Lily's is June 24th and Ben and I are at the begining of July. Crazy!


As for other things a week ago I went shooting for the first time! Who would have guessed that I could say I was 9 months pregnant when I shot my first gun?! I have to say it was fun I surprised myself because no one died because of me! My aim wasn't too bad.... in fact..... (since Ben doesn't really read this blog I might be safe saying this) I did better than Ben at first but his second time shooting he did way better than me.


Lily has been making progress as well. She's adding more words to her vocab and she takes about 2-3 steps at a time. I'm patient. When she wants to walk she'll walk. She's also starting to take directions pretty well. When she spills her cheerios on the floor at church or wherever I'll tell her to go get them and point at each one until she gets them all. I would normally do it but reaching the floor isn't one of my fortes at the moment. She also comes when we ask her to and she's gotten VERY cuddly lately. She's never been a big snuggler but Ben and I guess that she's sensing some big change because she always wants to be in our laps cuddling with us. I often encourage her to play with her toys or try walking but she always crawls right back to me and begs to be picked up. So since I know her time is limited as an only child I'm going to cherish these little moments and totally spoil her because it won't be long until she has to share some attention.


Well I'm personally hoping that the next blog post is all about my labor and has pictures of our little boy! We'll have to see! Here we go on our next little adventure!

Happy Birthday Ben and America!!!!

Well the partying never stops at the Macbeth house.... or so it seems. Ben's birthday was the 3rd and of course we had to celebrate Independence Day. So on Friday Ben turned the big 2-6. I guess our brains are a little fried from Mother's/Father's Day, Lily's b-day, and our anniversary because we couldn't really come up with anymore ideas for Ben's birthday. So it was just a pretty relaxing day and we just tried to treat him well. Most of the celebrations happened on July 4th.
We started off the day at the Rexburg parade (my first 4th of July parade, as a matter of fact) and that was a lot of fun. Lily's naptime is at 9:30 and the parade started at 10 so she skipped her nap and did very well because she had these stairs to climb/descend over and over again and these two men to crawl all over. Gotta love having a baby who is a total social butterfly.... she thinks everyone in the world is meant to adore her.......

We had some pretty awesome things in our parade. As seen below there was a pooper scooper 4-wheeler for all the pretty horses. Some of my favorite floats were probably the Star Wars one, car washers who all danced, and the Veterans' float that said, "If you can read this thank a teacher. If you're reading this in English thank a veteran." So bless you veterans out there and thank you for your service for our awesome country! I should have taken more pictures but let's just say that I think I deserved some of my Paula Deen's cinnamon rolls since I was 35 weeks pregnant and outside on the 4th of July....... sooo my fingers were a little sticky at the time........

The rest of the day was fun, too. We watched Star Wars Episode IV and then had a cookout on the dry farms 20 minutes outside of Rexburg. It was so much fun being out there because once it got dark we went to the top of this big hill where we could see all of the fireworks from Idaho Falls to Rexburg. Of course they were smaller from there but it was cool being able to see fireworks exploding from 8 places along the horizon at the same time. It was a great day and I'm glad we were able to celebrate our freedom (and those who have fought for it). As for this week we have some more partying to do as I turn 21 on Wednesday. We still don't have any real plans but let's just say I'm pretty sure I'll be drinking a few virgin daquiris........