The Oswald Family

We have three very proud and protective boys! They are all so in love with her and can't get enogh of her! She is kissed, held, and loved much more than the other girl in the house! :)
Our story: On Thursday I had gone to the doctor to have my weekly check up. The doctor checked me and told me that I was dilated to a 5 and dang close to having a baby! I was all sorts of excited and thought I would be having a baby at any given second. Well... I didn't! I went to bed that night still pregnant and MAD at the world!! Friday I woke up and got right on the treadmill , I was determined that I was going to have this baby on my own and not have to show up to my induction appointment at the hospital on Monday! I walked a mile and NOTHING!!! Not even a single contraction! I was so mad. Derek left to work and I got the boys ready and we decided to walk some more. The boys rode their bikes and I walked to Derek's office. Another mile down and not even a contraction! I was getting so mad that I was doing all of this walking and nothing was happening! I was dilated to a 5 for pete sakes!! So Derek took us home and I just sat there still MAD at the world! So at 4:00 I decided I would not give up with out trying one last time, so I got the boys ready and we walked to Derek's office AGAIN! Another mile down! No contractions just a lot of pain in my back and lower stomach. I came home just as upset as ever and in a alot of pain because I had walked so much at 10 months pregnant! Derek's parents called around 5 and wanted to know how everything was going and wondered if I had decided to have a baby yet because they were going to head to the cabin. We told them to just go ahead and go because I was not having a baby! They told us they would stop by on the way and see if we had changed our minds. So at 5:45 they stopped by to see how I was doing. I was in a lot of pain, I had convinced myself that it was from all the walking. His mom asked me questions and convinced me that you don't feel that way just from walking. Derek thought we should go to the hospital but I didn't really want to go just to be sent home because I wasn't in labor. So Derek and I did leave and go to the hospital, I didn't take a thing with me because I knew that I would be home in an hour. I didn't even tell my boys good bye or that I loved them! What a good mom!!!! So we get up there and I am having consistent contractions by this point. They get me in the room and the doctor comes in and checks me and says let's have a baby and breaks my water right there! Around 10:30 the nurse noticed that her heart rate was dropping so she said she wanted to check and see if the baby was getting close because sometimes the heart rate will drop if they are in the birthing canal. She checked and Harper's head was right there and no one or nothing was ready so she ran and called the doctor and started preparing everything. In the meantime I was trying so hard not to have a baby till the doctor came!!! She told me not to push but I felt like the baby was just going to slip out any way!! The doctor showed up and 2 pushes later we had a baby! It was a million times easier the third time around! Things couldn't have gone any better and we couldn't be happier! We love our princess!!

How do you get your child so tired that they will sleep standing up??Give in to them and teach them how to ride a bike!! :) This last week Karter has been on this little bike just pushing himself around with his feet. He has been asking for my help non stop! The first day or two I would just pull him around, and then I gave up hope on him! I told him that I would help him learn how to ride his bike after his baby sister came because at this point it is absolutely miserable to be bent over for an hour trying to teach a kid how to pedal a bike! However, he would not take no for an answer and would not stop pushing himself around on this bike! So yesterday I gave in and we figured out how to ride this bike! He rode his bike for almost 4 hours! When we pulled him off to come in for dinner he was so exhausted he fell asleep standing up! I love having nice weather! It wears my boys right out!! I have no idea how I am supposed to keep up with three of them outside this summer but I guess there is no turning back at this point I will just have to figure something out! I only have about 20 days to do some figuring!! We made our fist trip to Bear World! The boys had a great time and loved seeing the animals! I put them on the rides not thinking a thing of it because they loved them so much! Last summer I was 200 pounds lighter and I could actually ride with them so they weren't scared at all! This time around I decided to save myself the humiliation of not being able to fit in the ride and opted to just send the boys. Karter was not a fan of going with Kannon! Poor kid! This baby hasn't even came and he gets told no all the time!! I can't wait to have this baby so I can have the energy these two require!





Hopefully I will be making a post VERY soon with pictures of our newest family member! We don't have much longer!