My grandparents came to visit us last week. I wish I could remember the exact number, but now they have over 30 great grand children. I grew up living next door to them and even though they are only a half an hour drive away I miss seeing them all the time. So I want to make it a point to visit them more often. It's amazing how close you can live to family and still not see them any more often than you do the ones that live hours away.
Today I spent 35 min talking on the phone to Tory's cousin Brittney who we haven't seen in a year, but they only live in Nampa, about 40 min. away!

In 2 days Camrey will be 2 weeks old. I'm having so much fun playing "dress-up" with my new baby doll!

We were given about 10 diaper boxes full of clothes for this little girl before she was born! I am so greatful for it. What a blessing to not have to wory about clothes! She has more clothes to wear than the other 4 of us combined!

She is still a little small for most of the 0-3 month sizes, but she'll grow. Mostly she wears "newborn" or premie sizes. She was 7 lbs 1 oz Last week Monday at her first Dr. appt., and they want her back in 2 more daysto check her weight again.

The Dr. wanted me to be more persistant about feeding her every 3 hours, she was eating more like every 5 hrs!

But we've done better this week, and she is eating a little over 4 oz. eveery 3 to 4 hours.

She just woke up about 10 min. ago so I snapped 2 short vedio's while I warmed up her bottle!

So here is her cry...

July 8, 2009; Our Baby Girl!

Camrey Ann Hebdon was born at 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday...


Wednesday morning: We got up at 6:00 a.m. I Showered and made myself some scrambled eggs and toast; and when my Dad showed up at 7:00 to get our boys, we grabbed the bags and headed to the hospital.

It was nice being able to know exactly when the baby is coming! The night before we were double checking to make sure we had every thing we needed, and we didn't! Tory had do make 2 trips to the store that evening; we needed batteries for our digital camera, and I noticed we only had 7 min. of video tape left! So I was glad for the time we had to plan ahead.
We arrived at St Alls at 7:30 a.m. and they got me started on ?Patosin? at 8:30, then around 12:00 the Dr. came in and broke my water. She commented," Wow this baby had a lot of cushion..." We told her it was a good thing because Tyler likes to run up to me and head-butt my belly!

After a perfect Epidural, I finally dilated to a 10 a couple hours later. And a little after 3:00 the Dr. said it was time to push. So for the next 3 contractions I pushed and she was out!

No tearing, no ?epeaseotamy?, 3 pushes and she was out! (Which has made recovery much faster than it was with my boys!)

7 lbs., 10 oz.; and 21 inches long. (Almost exactly the same as Tyler)

So far she is,by far,the easiest baby to care for out of the three. I think after my high maintenance Tyler, My Heavenly Father knew I needed her to be easy.

She is more interested in sleep than food! The first night home I went to bed around 9: 30 after feeding her, and Tory stayed up till 2:00 a.m. when I fed her again. Finally at 9:30 in the morning we WOKE her up and fed her again! Last night (2nd night home) She ate at 10:30 then again at 12:30 and slept all night until I woke her up again to feed her at 7:30 a.m.
(I didn't know new mothers were allowed to get this much sleep just days after having a new baby!)

Feeding her as been a 2 person job until this morning when my milk finally came in! She has a good latch, she's just a little impatient but I think we'll manage!

Anna and Alex came with their girls to see us at the hospital the day after Camrey was born, so we got a picture of Logan and Camrey, only 6 weeks apart! It was fun being pregnant with my sister again. now the rolls are reversed: I've got the girl and they've got the boy.

(Chase and Dejah are only 4 weeks apart, and They have 2 girls and a boy, and we now have 2 boys and a girl!) It's fun. I have been blessed!

I love my daughter, but miss my boys! (They have been staying with Grandma and Grandpa Harris this whole time, just coming to visit. I know I need this time with them away to recover but I still miss having them around!)

Shoshone Falls

On Saturday, June 20, Tory and My brother-in-law Alex thought it would be fun to take our two families on a day trip.

So the Beal's and the Hebdon's packed up and we left town around 11:00 and headed to Twin Falls.

I wasn't sure if a road trip was the best idea for me since I'm supposed to have a baby in 3 and a half weeks, but I've still been felling great, and haven't had many contractions, so I figured a day trip 2 hours away wouldn't kill me. Our sister Heather lives there so we went to her new place first, and picked up her and her son Caleb, and took them with us to see the falls (which weren't more than 10 min. away from where she lives).

The Falls are huge right now. With all the rain we've been getting lately they are bigger than they have been in years!

I have to admit, I've lived in Boise my whole life and haven't gone to see these falls ever. I guess my parents took us when we were kids, but since I don't remember that doesn't really count!

They were beautiful!! I'm so glad I went with everyone. It was nice to get out of the house and do something different. Plus, I got to see Heather's new apartment, which is nice and about as big as my house! (Loved it Hebs.!)

We took the kids swimming at 1000 Springs Pool.

I can't remember what town it's in, but it was only about a 30 min drive away and on the way home.

The pool was indoors and heated by natural hot springs. Anna just had her baby 3 weeks ago and couldn't swim, and personally I didn't want to see if I could fit into the suit I brought, so her and I watched our husbands juggle two kids each while we took some video tape.

All we get to take with us in life is our experience and the memories we make.... and we defiantly did that this weekend!

Thanks Tory and Alex for the fun and memorable day!

Tory's Birthday (June 3rd)

Tory's 31st birthday fell on a Wednesday this year. He has scouts on Wednesdays so we decided to have a little party on Tues.

We just had little family party for him... I gave Tory his birthday present a few months ago, (a season pass to Bogus Basin) so it wasn't planned to be a big deal, but when you have little kids there has to be cake, candles, and presents.

Tory was in need of a few new shirts to wear to work, so before he got home that evening we ran JCPenny to get a few shirts for him to open.

Of course as my shopping luck goes none of them fit, but at least he liked the ones I picked out!

He also got himself a really nice pair of hiking boots a month ago, which I wouldn't let him wear until his birthday!

Chase and Tyler wanted to try on dad's new shoes...

They were prey funny trying to get around in those big, heavy boots!

Even though we celebrated Tory's birthday on Tues., I still wanted him to feel important on Wednesday. So I spent ALL day cleaning the house, bathrooms, vacuuming, laundry, sorting and rearranging closets, washing bedding, and dusting. Then I exchanged his shirts for ones that will fit, and we brought home his favorite meal: Penne Rustica from Macaroni Grill! and that made his day!

Chase's Graduation (May 29th...)

On Friday, May 29Th, Chase had his last day of Pre-School. I got up that morning and made some brownies for the occasion. As we were headed out the door Chase asked for some grape juice...

As you can see, he is wearing a white shirt! I gave him a sipper cup with a lid but some how he still managed to get juice all down the front of him! (He never spills!!! Why Today when we are headed out the door and I want him to look nice?)

So I took his shirt off and cleaned it with stain remover and threw a new shirt on him temporally, and took his wet one to school so Niki could throw it into her dryer before "Graduation" started. I didn't have enough time to run home between dropping him off at 9:35 and the graduation starting at 10:15.

After it was over, I took the boys to the library. Then we got home and left to go to the grocery store, and got back around 3:00 about 10 min. before Tory got home from work! I had a Primary Activity Day to prepare for the next day which was combined with another ward. I had 160 note cards to make for one of our activities. I was up until 10:30 p.m. making them! Then Saturday after the activity was over I had sharing time to prepare for Sunday!

I'm trying to think back on details... I felt so busy, but now a week later it doesn't sound a busy as it felt! I guess that's life. Some times our daily responsibilities can seem overwhelming, but in hindsight, you seem to get through it, and a week later it's not as bad as it seemed!

Anna had her baby!!!

Little Logan Beal (I'm not sure about a middle name) was born this morning around 6:00 a.m.

I don't have a lot of details, and I would hate to say it all before Anna gets a chance, but I thought some of you might enjoy seeing a picture of him until Anna gets a chance to update her blog!

The funny thing is... yesterday morning Anna and I were talking on the phone about her NOT having a hospital bag ready, and not having some of the "essential things" that you need after having that baby. So she made a list while we were on the phone. We talked about having her girls things packed, camera's ready and charged with fresh tapes in them, hygiene things, exct. So that evening her and Alex went shopping for the hygiene items and other things they didn't have... by 12:30 midnight they were headed to the hospital!!!

Unfortunately their video camera wasn't charged so they haven't got any film yet. I'm not even sure they had their still camera with them, but I went to the hospital this evening and snapped these 2 pictures. You'll have to wait for Anna's post for the rest! In the mean time here he is!