One Week Old

Ethan Hesham Abdel Rahman Hanafi Mohamed

For those of you who were asking about his full name, there it is. Ethan is such a good baby and as far as I can tell he loves to eat, sleep and be held. Shocker. It is wonderful to have a baby again, though I forgot how fun it was to lug around a diaper bag and change a blowout when you are trying to get out the door. The kids love to hold him and have adjusted fairly well. Thank you to all of you for your well wishes and love. It is wonderful to have such supportive family and friends.

I think everyone looks great considering we've been awake all night.

The rest of the family came to see the new addition later that day

Going home...

It's a Boy!!!

Welcome, Ethan Mohamed

Well, it finally happened. Jacqueline went to the hospital at 8:30pm on Tuesday to be induced and was in labor through the night (yes, that was cruel) and give birth to a healthy 7 pound 7 ounce boy at 6:11am Wednsday, 4/2/08. He is 19 inches long and has blond hair under that cap. His name is Ethan and has been a very mellow baby. And believe me, that's a welcome trait as the fourth child. Our resident bLogger will resume her post when she recovers. We love you and thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.

Still waitin'

Can't say more than that. My doctor is out of town and won't talk about inducing until Wednesday so until then, lots of walking!

Okay--I'm ready

I know I have 4 days left until my due date, but I'm soooooo ready for this baby to come. Everything is washed, set-up, cleaned, bought....etc. I think this is the first time I've actually had a bag packed, schedule written out, basically, been ready. With all the other kids I had things I had to finish and was frantically trying to do those things and not so caught up on when the baby was coming. So, all I can say is bring it on....NOW (please)!

Kailey's 7th Birthday!

I can't believe we have a 7 year old! She's growing up so fast! And since I am 38 weeks pregnant we decided that a smaller party was the way to go this year. Luckily, Kailey was fine with it so we had 5 girls over for lunch/cake/presents at our house and then we headed to the bowling alley. Kailey and the girls had a great time, dare I say a "ball", and now that Kailey has had her day it is time to prepare for the next birthday ('I'm hoping sooner rather than later)!

Say it Loud...

Say it Proud!

Brayden now wears underwear!

So, about two weeks ago I decided it was now or never and I told Brayden that I was not buying anymore diapers and that when we ran out that he would have to wear big boy underwear. He seemed to accept it and for the first time didn't fight with me about not being a "big boy". So, on the first day we had a couple accidents but after that, hardly any problems! It will be the first time I have not had two kids in diapers at one time...let's hear it for little victories!!!