My work graciously gave us the time in between Christmas and New Years off to spend with our families. It was a perfect time to transition Lily into a big girl bed. Our friends Bud and Nicole had a set of bunk beds that they wanted to get rid of, so we traded our full size bed for their twin bunk bed set. We needed a bed for both Laney and Lily, but we didn't have enough room to have two full size beds in one room. Absolutely free!!! They were painted neon pink and neon green, so I had brad paint them brown to match the girls room. I purchased the bedding online at Walmart for $29. The comforter and pillow sham is simple so I can add to it with pillows and room decor. I also loved the price. I needed to buy two sets and $100 a bed just wasn't going to work with our budget. I purchased hot pink sheets on clearance for $9 each. They are so soft and cozy. 
This is what the girls room looked like when we bought the house. Yuck!!!!
This is what it looked like after we put down new flooring, painted, and decorated it as the sweetest little nursery.
And now its Laney and Lily's bedroom and looks like this:
This is what the girls room looked like when we bought the house. Yuck!!!!
This is what it looked like after we put down new flooring, painted, and decorated it as the sweetest little nursery.
And now its Laney and Lily's bedroom and looks like this:(I obviously need to take a photo and put the photo here)
Lily's first time napping in her big girl bed. That night she laid in bed, gave me a kiss goodnight, and rolled over and snuggled with her bunny. It was so easy! My big girl is growing up so fast. I couldn't help but snap a photo while she slept.
Helping Me-Maw put spices in the stuffing for the turkey. 
Mom and I making stuffing out of 3 loaves of bread.....mmmmmm. Its my favorite. 
The following morning I woke up early to get everything ready and get the house clean. I went into Lily's room to check on her and she was covered in vomit. My poor baby didn't make a sound cause she was feeling so sick. So I brought her into the bathroom and gave her a bath as she cried and cried. She just wanted her mommy to hold her. Afterwards I went into her room to strip the bedding and clean out the disgusting smell. Not only do I have to make an entire Thanksgiving dinner, but on top of that I have to nurse Jax every 3 hours and take care of my sick baby girl. Once everyone showed up it was much easier since I had help. 
Jax's God father Eric and his fiance Hannah! They just got engaged! We're so happy for the two of them!
Aunt Anna snuggling with Jax. 
Daddy trying to wrangle two kids. 
Ezra, Lily and Audrey cuddling in our bed watching cartoons. She was feeling a little better here since we gave her some medicine. 
My little football. 
My football player and football. 
I wanted to be a cheerleader, but this costume took 5 minutes and I don't have much time to put things together for myself :) 
My babies.
Ha Ha Ha. 
Lily's first time knocking on the door and trick or treating at Me-Maw's and Poppy's house. 
My girlfriend Sam gave us the cutest little outfit for Jax that was perfect for this occasion, a little football sack. My girlfriend Robin gave us the adorable matching football hat, its my favorite. 
Brad entered a contest a few weeks earlier that Papa Murphy's was holding. If your name was drawn you would have a chance to kick a field goal for the chance to win $1000 and pizza for a year or you could have the high school field goal kicker kick it for $500 and pizza for a year. Brad's name was called! It was so exciting and unexpected. Brad decided that we would have better luck having the high school player kick it. On the first attempt, the kicker missed the goal but then the crowd went crazy screaming for a do over. On the second try, he made the goal and the crowd cheered! The players boosted him up on their shoulders as they celebrated. 
Thank you Papa Murphy's for blessing our family with this amazing prize money and free pizza for a year. We have pizza every Friday so we will definetly be using our free pizza for a year!
As soon as I got my epidural it slowed down my contractions and I stopped progressing. They checked me at around 9pm that night and I was still at 4cm, 90% effaced. They determined that they would check me again at 2am and we would see what happened from there. At 2am the nurse checked me and I could read it allover her face.....still nothing. So they decided to do a test to see if my water broke yet and if that was the cause to my labor not moving along. The test came back positive that my water had broken. No fluid came out? Are these doctors crazy? I would totally know if my water broke. The nurse in labor and delivery thought that maybe my water hadn't fully broken, the bag was just torn. So they slowly put me on 
We just stared at one another until they took him over to the table to check him out. Over at the table he held on to Brad's finger the whole time. 
Brad was so funny telling him to be tough and not cry....he was only a few minutes old. He doesn't need to be tough yet honey. I love that man so much. 
Grandparents with their newest grandbaby. 
So 3 weeks early and I had a 8 pound 5 ounce baby boy measuring almost 21 inches long. If I made it to 40 weeks he would have been a very big boy. 
I have a son. Wow. I'm so in love. 
