The Havens Family

Our sweet little boy made his arrival on December 8, 2011 at 11:13 p.m. He weighed 6 lbs 9 oz, and was 20 inches long! He is such a sweet boy and we are so in love with him!

Colter's birth story:
On December 8, I had a doctor's appointment at 8:30 in the morning. I had been having contractions the night before, about every 15 min apart. I knew they weren't close enough together to get me too worried, but I also could tell they were definitely getting stronger. At my appointment, my doctor, Dr. Leavitt, checked me and told me I was about 2.5 cm dilated and 75% effaced. He also told me that I could have the baby anytime now, and he wouldn't be surprised if it happened before my scheduled induction date, Dec 19. Little did we know he would be born that very night!
Around 2 in the afternoon, I had just woke up from a nap with Luke when my water broke! I called Jesse, and he came home from work immediately. We were super excited and gathered up our stuff to head to the hospital! We dropped Luke off with his grandma and headed into Labor and Delivery. I got all checked in and waited for the contractions to start. After about 2 hours, I wasn't contracting on my own, so they started me on some pitocin. A few hours later, I got my epidural, so I was able to relax and enjoy the evening while we waited! My mom made it to the hospital around 8 p.m. I was so glad that Colter waited for her to get there before he arrived! Dr. Leavitt came in and checked me again around 9:30 and said I still had a ways to go, and he guessed it would be another 5-6 hours. I got checked once more at 10:45 p.m. and was dilated to 6 cm. From there, things moved along super fast, and 20 min later I was pushing. I only had to push through 5 contractions, and 10 min later, Colter was here! It was a very smooth labor and delivery, and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way! We are so glad to have our second little boy here with us, and Luke just LOVES having a baby around. He is such a good big brother, and worries every time Colter is fussing or upset. We just love our little family!

We are down in Nephi for the weekend, and we went to the Payson water park, where Luke and his cousins had a blast!!

Spencer, Jake, & Luke (and Jesse!) all enjoying the slides :)

We are so excited to announce that we are having another boy! I cant wait for Luke to have a little brother, he will have so much fun :) We are thrilled!!!

Yep that's right! For those of you who don't already know, Luke is going to be a big brother this Christmas! We are super excited :) My official due date is Christmas Eve!

Wow, I have been a huge blogging slacker!!! Well, I have a bunch of pictures, but I will just put them in an album so I dont have to take forever on here. So to see Luke's first trip to the zoo, and some backyard fun, click here.
We have had an awesome summer so far, and still have so much more to look forward to! And I promise to be a better blogger! :)

I have FINALLY gotten around to blogging about our FANTASTIC vacation to Florida! We had such a great time seeing everyone and spending time with family! Thank you so much to everyone down there who helped us create so many fun memories. We miss you all already and are looking forward to our next trip!!! I took tons of pictures, so here they are in two separate links. For the first half, click here. For the second half, click here!

We have had such a fun Easter weekend!! And we've also been lucky enough to have beautiful weather :) Yesterday, Luke got to have an Easter-egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Havens' house. He had such a blast! He was also just LOVING getting to play outside all day! Today, he was excited to see that the Easter Bunny came when he woke up! He got a brand new suit to wear to church, and boy did he look handsome! We are so lucky to be blessed with so much. And now I say goodbye, for my next post probably wont be for a few weeks until we return from our vacation to Florida!