Happy Birthday Griffin!

He is here! And like I did with Brooklyn - here is his birth story....

Baby Boy Hare's due date was technically May 22nd. Daniel's parents had come down to visit and attend a wedding about an hour or so from our house the weekend of the 16th and we'd joked that it'd be convenient if he made his appearance while they were here to save them a trip.

We went to dinner at BJ's on Friday evening (the 16th) and got home around 8pm. We were letting Brooklyn stay up a little late so she could spend some time with BeBe and Grandad. We were all in the living room watching Wizard of Oz (fast forwarding through the parts with the witch of course) when I heard/ felt a pop around 8:30. I knew it was my water so I quickly got up and made a dash for the restroom. I was glad I did cause I would have ruined our new couch ha ha! I called my OB and came back into the living room to let everyone know there would be a baby born in no less than 24 hours.  At my appointment on Tuesday the Dr. said I was at 3cm and about 75% effaced (which with B took 6 hours of labor and pitocin to get to) and I'd been having BH contractions but they weren't painful so I figured he'd be on time or a smidge early but was a little surprised.

I showered and finished packing the hospital bag and Bebe and Grandad put B to bed while we left for the hospital. We arrive at the hospital and get checked in around 9:30-10ish. They hooked up pitocin around 11pm and watched.

I'd decided around 1:30am that the contractions were getting more painful and that I should order the epi before it was too late. Boy am I glad I did. The epidural was given and set up between 2-2:30 and by 3:20 am I felt like it was time so I had Daniel get the nurse and sure enough we were ready to go. The doc came in and 3 contractions later Griffin Patrick was here!

Griffin Patrick Hare

5/17/2014 at 3:59am

7 lbs 11oz

19 1/2 inches

Lately

We took our last trip up to OKC as a family of three a month or so ago ( I know I'm like a month behind on posting things- be warned- it's only going to get worse.). The next time we head up that way we will have another little human with us!

We had a blast as always and here is the proof:

The holidays - 2 months later

So I'm making an effort to post things sooner that 4 months after they happen! And so really I'm doing quite well since it's only been ALMOST 2 months.

For the holidays this year we went up to Oklahoma to spend time with Daniel's family the weekend before Christmas. It was a little different this year as his grandmother was in the hospital after a fall that broke her hip which led to the discovery of a blocked artery- both of which are now fixed thank God! She's home and got a lot of rehab and work to do so I'm sure she (and we) would cherish prayers for healing! We were glad to have some time to visit with Mumo and let Brooklyn keep her entertained with her yoga and ballet moves. Brooklyn even did PT with Mumo and the therapist one of the days we were up visiting. There was lots of toe tapping and marching going on in that hospital room!

All of the adults enjoyed helping and watching our littles eat make and decorate cookies together (minus  little Reid- he spent that time opening all the doors in BeBe & Grandad's house!). The kids seemed to enjoy it as well we think!  ;)

I love Hay-Hay and Brooklyn's "before and after cookie dough was taken away" faces. Priceless!

We opened gifts on Christmas eve-eve and then Christmas eve morning Brooklyn came downstairs at BeBe and Grandad's to discover that Santa had made an early stop for her at their house!

She was so excited to take her "Monies" to "H-E-B! H-E-B!"
(too many trips to the grocery store with mommy I suppose)

With tons of food in our bellies and a car with more gifts that we knew what to do with, we headed back to Texas on Christmas eve morning for Christmas round 2 with my family. Christmas Eve was just us and my parents and brother (his little was sick so she stayed home with my SIL). We enjoyed the Christmas eve service at my parents church and then had dinner at their house afterward before leaving Santa cookies and milk and putting B to sleep.

Who ate all the cookies?

Someone was excited about her new "PANT-O-WEEN!"

Christmas day brought a better feeling little niece, more presents and my big sister and her family all the way from Washington!! We spent the next few days enjoying museums, movies, games and watching the three cousins play together.

This. This is why we moved back to Texas. All of these pictures and memories and meals and conversations with Grandparents and parents and siblings and nieces and nephews. Showing Brooklyn God's great love through the importance we place on, the respect we have for, and the love and care that we show for our family. Celebrating the birth of our Savior and celebrating the special bond we all have as a family- that's what it's all about for this house!

Fall recap

So here's what we've been up to this fall

Visiting family.

Watching college football (shocker I know. That's so unlike us.)

Celebrating new babies. Daniel's sister Hayley and her hubby Nick are expecting their first little one. We have been spoiling her rotten before she even arrives!

Playing hard, going to the fair, trick or treating and freaking out at Santa.

Watching Daniel run his first half marathon and full marathon! I could not be more proud of his commitment, his drive and his heart while watching him train for this thing! He was supposed to run the Dallas Marathon but that was cancelled due to the DFW Icemageddon 2013 and the Bryan-College Station Marathon happened to be taking place on the same day (where it wasn't icy but still 28 degrees cold!) they were super awesome and took in a bunch of displaced Dallas runners, He ran in memory and honor of the City of West and raised over $1,500 to donate to the recovery and rebuilding efforts there.

Oh yeah and expecting baby #2!! That's right- Baby Hare #2 will be arriving in May. We are so excited to grow our little family from 3 to 4. We find out the gender hopefully next week (and more importantly get confirmation that little peanut is growing healthy and strong!) so I'll be sure to update on that!