Gunnison- 3 weeks already!

Can't believe this little guy will be a month old this week! He's been such a good baby. I do miss my sleep though, but he makes it worth it :)

1st Bath (a few days after we got home)

Oh ya... her

It's been an adjustment for this sweet little girl to go from "only child" to a big sister. She's had her moments of meltdowns, but she's becoming a great older sibling!

Meeting the families

We have had a whole month of visitors! I'd be here all day if I tried to put all the pictures up, so here are a few for now, and i'll add more later!

Sunday morning before church.Meeting the great-grandparents on Thanksgiving.

Danelle and Gunnison with their Grandpa's!

Gunnison Lane McKellar

Born at 7:05am (via vbac)

Friday, Nov. 5th- right on his due date!

Full head of dark hair. Pretty sure it'll get lighter like Danelle's did though.

He really loved getting his hair washed :)

Family of FOUR!
Danelle loved getting to meet him! She was very gentle & protective, and wouldn't even let Lane pick him up :)

Proud big sis

I know some people (girls) like the birth story so here it goes: *feel free to skip, it's long with lots of details for those that wanted it :)

Wednesday we had our check up with our OB. Still no contractions, no dilating so we said we'd wait till Tuesday (a couple days after his due date) and if he hadn't come on his own by then we'd do a c-section then. We had a c-section with Danelle (she was breech) so they couldn't induce me - it was either he came or we'd do a repeat c-section. He was measuring 9 lbs. 5 oz. at that appointment, and my dr. figured I had about a 40% chance of doing a vbac, mostly due to the fact nothing had happened so far and he was getting pretty big.

Sure enough I woke up the next day and had a few contractions but nothing strong or regular thru out the day. I figured it meant I had a few days of this and didn't think much of it. We had my Aunt come spend the night (mostly so Lane and I could go out to dinner though :) Midnight I started to notice some stronger ones, and they were starting to become more regular. But I was of course clueless and didn't want to seem like a wuss so I just waited it out all night, keeping track of them but still not sure if this was "real labor". By 5 am I notice the last 4 or 5 were about four mins apart so Lane said we should head. (I really just didn't want to drive the 30 mins to the hospital, just to be sent home in false labor.) Thank goodness my Aunt was there so we could just walk out the door.

I pretty much started to panic when they were about 2 mins. apart in the car ride and I definitely couldn't talk when I was having one. We got up to labor and delivery and just as they were having me change so they could check me, my water broke. They hooked me up and sure enough I was already at a 6 + & since my water broke I knew I was staying! As they were getting the dr. for my epidural (since we were vbac and weren't sure if we'd end up with a c-section or not it was better to have one anyways) I had 2 or 3 REALLY bad contractions and seriously felt like I was ready to push! They checked me again and I was at a 10! (Is that even possible!?!) Things got pretty hectic and it was kinda a blur but they moved me to the delivery room, gave me the epidural still (oh I loved my epidural), and we're just waiting for the on call dr. to come. (Thankfully he had a sched. c-section and was on his way anyways. My dr was out of town.) I was kinda out of it, but laughed when one of the nurses assured me she could catch the baby if I felt I had to push. Then I realized she was serious though. A few minutes later the Dr. was in the room suited up- thankfully the epidural helped me relax and slow things down enough so he could get there. I couldn't believe it when he said it was time to push already! We'd been there less than an hour! 3 sets of pushes later he was here and on my chest!

Talk about a crazy whirlwind of a delivery! I guess I'm glad it happened quick, and wasn't drawn out, but I imagined this long process being my first "regular delivery"/vbac.

He's happy, chubby and healthy and enjoying our room service at the hospital! Thanks everyone for help, visits and congratulations!

Our little "Lady (bug)"

Happy Halloween!

Danelle had a blast trick or treating with her friends, staying up late and eating tons of junk.

And a little Halloween sugar cookie brings a big smile too.

The next blog post better be about a new baby right!?! ........

Almost there!

Still no baby yet, but we're so very close!!! :) Trying to keep busy will all our fun fall activities!

Pumpkin patch:
The "Pumpkin Walk" in N. Logan. It's a huge park they fill with various pumpkin displays! Danelle especially loved all the Disney themed displays.

A kids version of a corn maze- a mini hay maze.

Can't forget our Halloween ghost pops. Remember them from here.

And of course, the carving of the pumpkin.

Lane was kind enough to carve Snow White for Danelle, while she did some snacking.

Our sweet Danelle!

I haven't done many updates of the things Danelle has been doing lately so.....

Our new favorite saying of hers is:

She runs up & says "Shhhhh, Mom listen......... It sounds like trouble."

or

She randomly talks about the "Chicken-man". Not sure where either of these came from, but it's still cute when she says it.

I took Danelle to the Willow Park Zoo in Logan this past week. She had so much fun feeding the ducks. (and if I could get my videos to upload, she giggled every time they took food out of her hand...) she also loves to hear herself laugh though :)

This is her watching the turtles. She just thought they were hysterical for some reason.

sorry, I'm to lazy to rotate this pictures

Not only is she left handed, and a really good artist, she loves to line things up. For example when she colors, she likes to make a "train track" with all her crayons before she begins :)

Her creativity is really coming out lately. She likes to climb in the bar stool and sell us food or just collect tickets. The fun part is watching her trying to get out though :)

The other night for FHE we traced her body, and she colored that thing forever! She kept wanting to stand next to it and show us how big she was compared to the other "Danelle".

All I can say is that I love that she is at this stage just in time for the new baby! She's potty trained, still sleeping and napping good, she plays independently, and is very sweet and helpful. Knock on wood though, I hope none of that changes when this baby arrives... any day now!

All things Fall

37 weeks, only 19 days till his due date!

And since Danelle thinks she has a baby in her tummy too, she also needed a "update photo".

We went with the Waite family to Gardner Village. Danelle rode the pony, visited the petting zoo, and we walked around their Halloween festival.

Lane then took Danelle camping with his friend and his 2 kids up Provo Canyon. Of course i've been a slacker lately and forgot the camera :( But the fall colors were beautiful and they all had a great time.

These were the pictures Lane snapped with his cell phone the next morning.

I'll post the other cell phone pics from their trip when I get a chance....

Megan's Bday Weekend

Happy Birthday to my sweet little sister Megan! We had a fun weekend down in Cedar City hanging out with the family and going to Megan's SUU vball game. A bunch of us surprised her and came down to help celebrate her birthday!

Megan and my mom singing the national anthem at her volleyball game.

Yes... I'm very big and pregnant. I'm ready for this kid to come out any day now!

Hanging out at Megan's house- Danelle loved all the attention she got this weekend. Lots of swiming at the hotel pool, going out to eat and visiting with the family!