Thursday, May 16, 2013
Lucky number 7
Almost 3cm down, only 7 to go! :-) This was at a 36.5week check yesterday. Soooo, today I put some time into baby prep. I know that I always dilate a little around this time, then it stays the same for the remaining weeks until labor actually starts. But this time I feel frequent contractions and other pre-labor symptoms. And the dilation is a little more than the others were at this point. I started feeling uncomfortable contractions around 20 weeks it seems, which has really thrown me. I dunno, but this pregnancy seems to have progressed more and earlier than the other ones. So I'm not expecting to go late. In fact, my Dr. mentioned the possibility of being able to induce once I hit 39 weeks. There are advantages to that, including the easier arrangement of childcare for the other kids, and the increased likelihood of getting an epidural. I didn't get one with Asher because the labor was only 2 hours total. It was time to push literally as soon as I checked in to the hospital. But yeah, just a few weeks left. I have a LOT of girls camp planning to squeeze in now!
Monday, May 13, 2013
Busy Weekend
Such a fun and busy weekend! Brennan was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on March 11th in Corvallis, OR. It was a “Stake baptism” day, but as it turns out Brennan was the only 8 year old in the Stake being baptized that day. So it was perfect! It got to be all about him, with his relatives giving the talks and prayers, but I didn’t have to do the planning.
His Great Grandfather Bud Lavell Stevenson gave a great talk on baptism. He talked about making covenants and exhorted Brennan to listen to the sacrament ordinance.
His Grandmother Laura Templeman gave a beautiful talk on the gift of the Holy Ghost. She explained to him how the spirit can be felt by anyone – and told the story of feeling the spirit at her friend’s baptism when she was 15 and knew right then that she wanted to be baptized too – and what it means to have the gift of constant companionship.
Brennan was then baptized by his father, Brian Lavell Stevenson, as well as being confirmed a member by him. The blessing he received during the confirmation was very nice. He was told how much his Heavenly Father loves him and that Brennan has a wonderful sensitive personality and an inquisitive mind. Heavenly Father is pleased with his curiosity, inquisitiveness, and ability to really ponder and think about things. He was blessed to use these qualities to be in the service of others throughout his life.
In attendance was: Myrna and Bud Stevenson, Judi and Barry Stevenson, Laura and Gary Templeman, Shannon Robison, Devon and Ben Parmenter as family. Also Brennan’s primary teacher and his wife (Rust), primary leaders (Velarde, Russell, Smith),the Bishopric representative (Russell), Stake representative (Elton), and the stake baptism coordinators (Anderson).
I teased on facebook that “you know this was heaven-approved because of the white halo above his head.” Lol
These little Velarde boys were very jealous about not being in our family pictures, so we did some friend pictures too.
The four Lavells. Sounds like a singing group, right?
I had to post all the shots here. Because of Asher. That kid is such a weirdo.
After the baptism, we headed over to my parents house for a pleasant dinner. It was fun to get together as Stevensons and Templemans.
The following day was Mother’s Day, so that was fun to have to have two additional mothers in town! And, even better, Brian was a speaker in Sacrament Meeting. Very cool for his parents and grandparents to be here for that. He spoke about the influences of the mothers in his life and was very flattering towards me. Grossly exaggerated, although he says he meant every word.
Later that evening, Elder Greg Stevenson made his Mother’s Day “call”. We video chatted with Greg, us here in Oregon, Adam, and Peter and Jill. Brian had set up the webcam on our TV, so we were all able to be on it together. The boys were thrilled and said all sorts of silly things. It was VERY cool to be able to do that these days.
Lots of just hangin’ around at our house
Brennan read Lego Ninjago to Grana…
While Asher read to Grandma Myrna and Grandpa Bud.
Saturday before the baptism, we were able to watch Brennan at his soccer game. Tide won again. They’re undefeated. It was pretty hot outside though, and that showed with several of the kids, including Brenny. He’s number 4.
Asher caught a nice shot of his chubby Mama
Finally, backing up… Friday morning held a Mother’s Day Tea at Asher’s preschool. It was super cute. I only got this one picture, plus video of the songs. I’ll see about posting those later. Such a busy weekend though!
His Great Grandfather Bud Lavell Stevenson gave a great talk on baptism. He talked about making covenants and exhorted Brennan to listen to the sacrament ordinance.
His Grandmother Laura Templeman gave a beautiful talk on the gift of the Holy Ghost. She explained to him how the spirit can be felt by anyone – and told the story of feeling the spirit at her friend’s baptism when she was 15 and knew right then that she wanted to be baptized too – and what it means to have the gift of constant companionship.
Brennan was then baptized by his father, Brian Lavell Stevenson, as well as being confirmed a member by him. The blessing he received during the confirmation was very nice. He was told how much his Heavenly Father loves him and that Brennan has a wonderful sensitive personality and an inquisitive mind. Heavenly Father is pleased with his curiosity, inquisitiveness, and ability to really ponder and think about things. He was blessed to use these qualities to be in the service of others throughout his life.
In attendance was: Myrna and Bud Stevenson, Judi and Barry Stevenson, Laura and Gary Templeman, Shannon Robison, Devon and Ben Parmenter as family. Also Brennan’s primary teacher and his wife (Rust), primary leaders (Velarde, Russell, Smith),the Bishopric representative (Russell), Stake representative (Elton), and the stake baptism coordinators (Anderson).
I teased on facebook that “you know this was heaven-approved because of the white halo above his head.” Lol
These little Velarde boys were very jealous about not being in our family pictures, so we did some friend pictures too.
The four Lavells. Sounds like a singing group, right?
I had to post all the shots here. Because of Asher. That kid is such a weirdo.
After the baptism, we headed over to my parents house for a pleasant dinner. It was fun to get together as Stevensons and Templemans.
The following day was Mother’s Day, so that was fun to have to have two additional mothers in town! And, even better, Brian was a speaker in Sacrament Meeting. Very cool for his parents and grandparents to be here for that. He spoke about the influences of the mothers in his life and was very flattering towards me. Grossly exaggerated, although he says he meant every word.
Later that evening, Elder Greg Stevenson made his Mother’s Day “call”. We video chatted with Greg, us here in Oregon, Adam, and Peter and Jill. Brian had set up the webcam on our TV, so we were all able to be on it together. The boys were thrilled and said all sorts of silly things. It was VERY cool to be able to do that these days.
Lots of just hangin’ around at our house
Brennan read Lego Ninjago to Grana…
While Asher read to Grandma Myrna and Grandpa Bud.
Saturday before the baptism, we were able to watch Brennan at his soccer game. Tide won again. They’re undefeated.
It was pretty hot outside though, and that showed with several of the kids, including Brenny. He’s number 4.
Asher caught a nice shot of his chubby Mama
Finally, backing up… Friday morning held a Mother’s Day Tea at Asher’s preschool. It was super cute. I only got this one picture, plus video of the songs. I’ll see about posting those later. Such a busy weekend though!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Niceties
Cousin lovin’
Brennan’s left some messages around the house. He left one in the shower using Hollyn’s tub crayons. Another day he wrote a quick message on a paper for me. ♥
“Have fun – do not erase”
“Love is with you”
The pregnancy is going well. I have officially less than a month until my due date – the latest estimated due date! Wow. So much to do. Still no name decided. Haven’t made any arrangements for childcare when I go into labor. I DO have a carseat, but no stroller that will work for a newborn, nor does my baby carrier work without an insert. I have some clothes, but they’ve been stashed and aren’t organized. I don’t even know how many and what type of outfits are here for him. I have his little bed, but need to rearrange my room to make the space for it. Pump has been hidden away who knows where. I may need a new one anyway. Either way, ALL my kids had nursing problems and received supplements in the first few days of life. I really need to be prepared for that occurrence. *sigh* Poor kid is already being totally neglected by the needs of the other kids – kindergarten registration, Brennan’s baptism, I’m supposed to be planning Girls Camp (it’s kinda my calling, after all), and falling behind on that because there is just too much going on! Things will work out…. right?
Brennan’s left some messages around the house. He left one in the shower using Hollyn’s tub crayons. Another day he wrote a quick message on a paper for me. ♥
“Have fun – do not erase”
“Love is with you”
The pregnancy is going well. I have officially less than a month until my due date – the latest estimated due date! Wow. So much to do. Still no name decided. Haven’t made any arrangements for childcare when I go into labor. I DO have a carseat, but no stroller that will work for a newborn, nor does my baby carrier work without an insert. I have some clothes, but they’ve been stashed and aren’t organized. I don’t even know how many and what type of outfits are here for him. I have his little bed, but need to rearrange my room to make the space for it. Pump has been hidden away who knows where. I may need a new one anyway. Either way, ALL my kids had nursing problems and received supplements in the first few days of life. I really need to be prepared for that occurrence. *sigh* Poor kid is already being totally neglected by the needs of the other kids – kindergarten registration, Brennan’s baptism, I’m supposed to be planning Girls Camp (it’s kinda my calling, after all), and falling behind on that because there is just too much going on! Things will work out…. right?
Saturday, May 4, 2013
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