Today's your birthday, shout hurray!

Early this morning we welcomed our new baby boy into our family.

Hayden Sawyer
Born 5/31/2009 1:15 AM
7 lbs. 6 oz.
20 in. Head to Heel

Both Mom and baby are doing well.

P.S. Ignore the widget to the right ;)

The Belly

Here is a pic of my big belly at 34 weeks. Rub the Buddha! Anyway, we haven't been so good at it this time and M always wants to take the picture.

Nice tan line, I know. Sorry.

Brock: The Drummer

Last Sunday, much to Mandy's chagrin, Brock was drumming on the church bench during sacrament meeting. He must have picked it up when we played Rock Band several weeks ago. Here he is using a pack of t.p. and pencils (unsharpened) for drums and sticks.

Educated Birth

I know y'all probably want pictures and those will come. I just found this video on a friends facebook profile and wanted to post it. It is about 7 minutes long, but take the time to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0UZShzIHw

Birth Movie Screening Event

A friend of mine asked me to put this on my blog. I think it is an amazing opportunity for people in the community to be a little more educated on the subject of "birth" and how society views "birth", and your options. I have seen The Business of Being Born and clips of Orgasmic Birth. They are both eye opening to those who have no idea about the birthing system in hospitals or what birth can really be and is. Not ALL hospitals are bad, but they do have a protocol that they do have to follow. Women just need to be aware of what they are and find the right place to birth for them. This post is mainly for those Utah readers that look at my blog. But you can rent The Business of Being Born from blockbuster. I am not sure about the other ones. If you can't make the viewing of all three that might be an option.

This a major event including the screening of three amazing childbirth films: Orgasmic Birth, The Business of Being Born, and Pregnant in America, and the producer of Orgasmic Birth will be at the screening as well!

Date: June 13, 2009
Location: Towne Cinema Theaters in American Fork, UT
Cost: $25
What: Screening of Orgasmic Birth, Pregnant in America, The Business of Being Born, Special Guest Speaker, Debra Pascali-Bonaro
Email: moviescreening@rawmelissa.com if you have questions

For more information or to order your ticket you can send an email to the email address listed above, or please visit my friends doula trainer, Melissa's blog. Feel free to distribute information about this on your own blog, email your friends, and tell everyone you know about this amazing event! We are trying to get the word out to as many people as possible.

HSM2!!

We went out on a little girls night out last week. I took the girls to see High School Musical 2 at a local middle school. One of my young women was in it. The girls were so excited. Hali kept asking me where Sharpay was every time she wasn't on stage. And every time the curtains closed she would ask me, " is it over?". Milaya was pretty quiet during the whole thing. I think they both enjoyed it. It was definitely a middle school production, but the girls didn't care. They got to see HSM2!!!!!! I did have to tell them that is wasn't going to be the real Gabriella and Troy though. I did't want to get there and they say, that isn't Troy!

I love you girls!

It's a BOY!

I guess some people still don't know but... we are having another BOY! We are very excited. I think Brian is the most excited now because it is a boy. Everything has worked out. I always wanted two girls and two boys, so I consider myself pretty lucky. We had the ultrasound and got to find out what he was, but we have to go back for another one. My fluid was a little low, so they told me to up my fluids and come back in a month to do another US. They didn't get a chance to see everything clearly because of the fluid and he was laying transverse. As far as they could see everything looked fine though. They just didn't get good pics/measurements of him. So after the next scan I will post some pics from it.

Now, if I could just get that home birth that I want...it is a work in progress...but we are almost there. Wish us luck! Today is the day for it! ;)