Christmas

This is the second gift which was a marshmallow shooter.

Jace opening his Jammie's on Christmas Eve.

Well Christmas has come and gone...I find myself a little saddened that the holiday season is passing yet again and the new year is just a few short days away. As for Christmas, we had a wonderful day. First I was home from the hospital with our new addition , we were surrounded by family and of course this year Jace was super excited!!..At our house we believe Santa is a pirate because when you ask Jace want Santa says he says very loudly and proudly "Yo HO HO, Merry Christmas"! Jace has also taken a liking to the song Jingle Bells which any time we are in the car he asks to her the Jingle Bell song and states louder mom louder. I must say it melts my heart to hear Jace singing. We are trying to have traditions here at the Dunn house so this year we decided that on Christmas eve we would make a soup or chili, drive around and look at the lights and then come home and open 2 gifts before going to bed.

Jace had a lot of fun looking at lights but boy did he light up when we told him he was getting to open some presents!! The first gift were some cars Jammie's that he wanted to put on immediately before moving on to the next gift. The second gift was a marshmallow shooter that he Dan and grandpa had fun with. The especially liked torturing the dog. Then it was off to bed we read the night before Christmas and fast asleep was my not so little man.

Christmas morning was so fun!! We hid the big present in our laundry room and the first thing I do in the morning is go to the laundry room and Jace says hey a train and I was like no there is no train lets go look at the presents around the tree!! He woke up and didn't even notice all the gifts around the tree, but when we told him Santa had come he was so excited!! Jace was such a big helper when it came to opening gifts he basically opened all the presents. He was like a tornado not even caring about what he opened. The two things he played with the most after opening were the train Christmas ornament and the mater with a blue hood. He however has loved playing with all the toys that we along with Santa found him.

We are abundantly blessed and have more than we really need. We had a wonderful Christmas!! Now it is time to prepare for next year since I will have 2 children to buy for!! Just kidding now it is time to focus on being a mommy of 2 children and learning how to due the balancing act!!

Our Big Arrival!!!

Well to our surprise Addison Marie Dunn was Born on December 20th 2011 at 5:14 pm. She weighed in at 6lbs 11oz and was 19 inches long. She has a nice head of dark brown hair and has the demeanor of what I think to be an angel. Now for the story of how it all went down brace yourselves because here I go!!

It all started on Monday the 19th. For me I got up went to the gym and started my last finishing touches to the house. I guess you could say my last nesting days... Dans parents were on there way from Utah do to arrive around 1pm. My first clue that things were going to be crazy was the doctors office called and asked that I change my appointment from 9:30 to 11:30 which at the time in my head was good because I still was not done with my cleaning. I left for my appointment feeling good. I thought well after this 10min check up I will go get a pedicure and run some last minute errands. Well that did not happen the doctor was 45 min behind schedule and when she checked me she said you are dilated to a 3. She then checked the heart rate of the baby and stated it was a little blah. So she hooked me up to the monitor at the office. After about 20 min of monitoring she asked that I go to the hospital to be admitted for further observation and that possibly I would be having a baby today!! Ahhh I began to freak out. I am not ready I needed a pedicure!! Thank goodness Dans parents got her just in time to go with me to the hospital since Dan was working. We went to the hospital and they monitored me, gave me yet another ultra sound, and decided to send me home at around 7pm to let nature take its course. The doctor and the nurses both stated we will see you back later tonight.

Tuesday December 20th, I started this day at the gym, I was feeling normal so I thought why not!! We then spent the morning running errands and heading to the dreaded walmart to get all the groceries that we would need for the week just in case the baby was to arrive. While at walmart I started to have some contractions nothing painful just noticing the were there. By the time we got home and put groceries away and started to eat some lunch I was having contractions every 3 min and they kept getting stronger and more painful. I called the doctor and had to wait for them to call me back by then it was really getting to the point were it hurt. At 3:45 we arrived at the hospital. Dan was starting to panic and when we went to check in there was a line so we rushed upstairs just to be told that Dan would have to go back down to fill out the paper work. By the time the finally checked me I was an 8 and in much pain i TOLD them I wanted the drugs but it was to late they tried but by then the contractions were every 30 seconds and I felt like I needed to push. I would like to note that all this happened in an open triage room with 2 other women in there whom they had to rush out because I was going to deliver a baby right then and there. The labor and delivery floor was totally full and they had no room for us to go to before and after delivery. I can't image what Mary must have been going thru having to deliver Jesus the savior in a barn. She is one amazing women!! Now I started to panic because I never thought I would have to do this without the pain meds, in an open room full of people and 2 doctors one male and one female, but I did it and in 4 pushes baby Addison was born. I must say I am very proud of my hubby for being strong. I am sure it was hard to watch the horror. We have laughed about it the last few days and feel that although it was a complete disaster , we were being watch out for. We had great care, from the hospital and from our family and friends. I am feeling overwhelmed and yet blessed all at the same time. Jace is adjusting very well to being a big brother. I love my family and am honored call myself a mother. Welcome to the world Addie, we love you and hope you find this journey in life a joy.

Love,

Dan , Cassie , and Jace

Jace Christmas Program

December Part One

The first part of December went by so fast!! Every week was filled with an appt to the baby doctor for the usual check up with nothing eventful to report. Our weekends were filled with Christmas shopping, dinner with friends, BYU Football, and Christmas parties. Jace had a Christmas program were the kids in his class practiced singing and dancing to some sweet Christmas music. Jace was so cute he seemed to be the only one who enjoyed dancing. I don't think he realized his mom and dad were there watching because I tried to wave at him and he just kept looking around the very full room of parents . We still continued to stress over the naming of our little girl. Can I just say names for girls are hard!! I at one point thought maybe this is a sign that really it is a boy!! Jace started to recognize that really he was going to be a big brother. This to me is a good thing because for the last eight months he has been telling me that there was no baby sister and that he did not want one. He also liked to joke about names and tell me to name this little girl George!! Jace is such a little jokester just like his dad. With all our Christmas shopping done by the middle of December I was finally feeling like I could focus on getting my things together for the big arrival of our little girl. Boy if only I knew then what I know now!! More details to come of our big arrival for know here is a little video of Jace at his Christmas program.

November post sorry this is late!!

Dan Jace and I (I am 35 weeks prego here)

Dans whole family with Grandma Bird

So I am sure as you are reading this you are thinking what?? Well November has come and gone and now we are embarking on the new year but I wanted to make my blog complete before I print it out. November was fun we spent lots of time with friends, going to movies (Happy Feet 2) which was fun Jace cried when it was over!! We went to Nephi Utah for Thanksgiving where we got to spend a fun weekend with all of Dans family. While we were there we tried to come up with a name for our little girl and we were unsuccesful. We tried to do after Thanksgiving shopping but we discovered that Utah is full of people and there is no deal worth standing in line for!!! When we arrived back home we were quick to put up the tree and our lights outside. Jace was such a big helper , he handed me all the orniments and when it came to our outside decor well lets just say he wanted to be just like his dad!!! That was our November here are a few pics.