Norah Jane McArthur 09/06/09

She is here!!! Two weeks early weighing in at 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 3/4 inches long. Last Sunday I woke up not feeling too well and was having more cramping than usual. Dan suggested that I just go get checked out to be sure things were okay. I didn't really want to. I figured I wasn't feeling that bad and I really hate being in the hospital more than I have too. I got there and the nurse started to do her routine tests. She sampled for amniotic fluid and found nothing. The monitors showed I was cramping with a few contractions here and there. When she checked me she said her head was engaged but I was still only at a three and I would probably be going home later that afternoon. Soon after that I started to bleed and the nurse called my doctor and she told me I would probably be having my baby within the next hour or two. I called Dan so he could get a babysitter and get to the hospital. They got the O.R. prepped and ready and she was born at 11:39 am! I did have a c-section scheduled for the next Sunday and I was really hoping for her to come on 09/09/09 but she decided to come early. :) She is such a beautiful baby and we love her so much. We are so grateful for this sweet little girl and that we get to have her in our family.







I tend to freak out a little as soon as the sheet goes up between me and everyone else. Dan was having fun taking pictures. :)































































My very tired self :)


Norah and I decided to do a little photo shoot while we were in the hospital. There was such great light to work with.



































Dan picked out her take home outfit all by himself. I hadn't bought it yet. He did such a good job. Thanks Sally for the adorable bows!

Little bit of sweetness and craziness

I wanted to update my kids pictures before our next one comes. Next time, I will hire someone to take them. It was so dang hot, I'm ready to have this baby, and my kids don't listen to me at all when the camera comes out. The shoot lasted only about 25 minutes...but 23 minutes too long. :) Afterwards we ate our picnic lunch and went to the visitors center for FHE. We ran into a family who happened to be in my sisters ward in Surprise and they had 5 kids, really close together, and a set of twins in there. The youngest was probably 6 or 7. We got to talking with them and Dan and I were so relieved to see them and know it's possible for us to survive the next few years. :) One day at a time!


Now for the sweets....

Gracie...she would pose herself and tell me when to take the picture. :)

















Reece..most of the time, not such a fan of having her picture taken. We did get some good ones though. :)











Violet...much more cooperative.











Now for the craziness...

Bryce Family Sealing...

I don't know how my sister Allison does it. She is such an amazing mom with 6 very well behaved kiddos. A couple weeks ago the remaining three kids, whose adoptions were finalized recently, got sealed to Allison and David. It was so cool to be there. I missed the sealing of the first three because I was in the hospital with the twins and couldn't make it. Luckily I was able to go to this one and we did a little family photo shoot to record the day. After the temple, most of my family met up at Amazing Jakes for the afternoon. We had such a blast and it was so fun to see my family.