Big Sisters!!

After we brought Little Red home the girls finally settled down into their routine and had some one-on-one time with their little brother. But not before thowing temper tantrums about spending time with mommy. I had a really bad headache so Jared took all three kids for the first time and played with the girls while Little Red was sleeping. But once I got up I thought we would get some pics of the girls holding the baby.

Jamie refused to hold, touch or aknowledge the baby in any way, so we gradually coaxed her to feed him a bottle in the carseat. Which she agreed to for a whole 10 seconds and then she said " I dont want to anymore daddy". Liz was more willing to hold the baby. She did a great job, unfortuneatley, she is still really little and even though the baby is too, he was too big for her to hold longer than a few seconds. But long enough for mommy to get these great shots!

Jared Samuel Chase is here!

Well 5 weeks ago we had our first son, Jared Samuel. He was born the night of a really bad storm and a really long day. Jared and I were celebrating our 5th Anniversay, we had a babysitter for the girls all day. They were going to spend the day at the zoo with Kyle Osmonson and his girlfriend. We took that opportunity to get some last minute shopping done for the baby. You know, bottles, blankets etc. I knew somehow that we were going to have the baby later that day or at least that weekend. Jared didnt believe me!

So later that night when we got home to Farmington, the worst part of the storm was coming in, it was around 10pm and there was a huge pressure change it went from 75 degrees to 30 degrees in half in hour. I felt it.. it was horrible. My contractions came so quickly and strongly that for the first 20 mins I couldnt walk, stand, sit or do anything really. I called our ER babysitter and we started to get ready to go to the hospital. We didnt get to the hospital till 1 am we wanted to make sure that I was in labor before we got there.

Then after a long morning of pain from the epidural to the penicilin, Little Jared Samuel Chase was born. He was 5lbs 11ozs. and 18 inches long. He was quite the charmer with those nurses, as was his daddy. I was in shock.. at least that is what they told me. I actually didnt hold him till he was an hour old. Jared held him for the most part. So I took pictures of them while I waited for the O.K from the doc.

He was finally here I thought, and so tiny. We were worried that he would have to stay at the hospital for a few days like Jamie did because he was so early and tiny. Luckily he didnt, they said that he was really healthy and that we could keep him with us. We were so glad. Now that he is here we are so happy and everyday is a reminder of the importance of family. But that doesnt mean we are going to have any more kids ... at least not for another 5 years!