Little Spencer

Spencer doesn't weigh too much more than this 5 lb bag of flour. He is currently 5lbs 14oz.

So here is a little more information on our little Spencer:

Born: October 19, 2009 @ 2:10am
6lbs 2oz
19 3/4 inches

So here is the little story that goes along with our baby boy coming into the world.
We got home from church and I put Paisley down for her nap while I started dinner. It had only been about 45 minutes from the time we got home, and I was washing my hands when I had a funny feeling. It didn't take long until I realized that my water had broken. I was in complete shock especially since my due date was still over 2 1/2 weeks away! Jason was gone, so I began calling him over and over again. But I couldn't get him to answer. Luckily he was nearby, so when he couldn't get a hold of me (I was calling someone else) he came home to see what was wrong. I quickly filled him in and we both stood in shock together. We began gathering all of our stuff and I called the hospital to let them know we were on our way. It was a pretty laid back drive to the hospital as we called our families to let them know our baby was on the way! We checked into the hospital, met our midwife and then we put in The Devil Wears Prada to wait for the big arrival. I was having lots of contractions but not many strong ones. Nothing I couldn't handle with a little breathing, and I don't have a very high pain tolerance. So after a few hours of watching the contractions Jason and I began walking around at the suggestion of our midwife. Within five minutes (not even kidding) I started having really hard contractions. Horrible, horrible contractions. So we walked around for about 30 more minutes until I couldn't take it anymore and we headed back to our room wear I informed them I would be needing the epidural NOW. My contractions were about 3 minutes apart (or less) and they were only getting worse.
So, the anethesiologist came and said "You look pretty uncomfortable."He was very observant :) I had the epidural within 15 minutes or so and began feeling better (for the most part). They checked me and I was only 3 1/2 cm dilated. Jason and I were both ticked. Then within a few minutes I had a bad 4 minute contraction (that is a constant, at peak 4 minute contractions) that I could feel only on my right side. The nurse came in and said they would check me again cause that was pretty intense. I was suddenly 6cm. Booyah! At this point it was about 12:45am. Jason and I both rested until about 1:50am and the nurse came in and checked me again and it was time to push! WAHOO!! I dilated 6 1/2 cm in a little over an hour. And I was SO glad. I started pushing once they got everything ready and within no time Spencer was here! I asked the nurses how long I was pushing (as they were saying it wouldn't take me long to push the baby out) they chuckled a little when they said "Oh, 2 or 3 minutes!" I was surprised, but oh so glad.
Jason and I were both so happy and excited when we saw it was a boy! It was a really special moment for us.
Little Spencer is so sweet. We are so glad he is finally here! I already can't remember what things were like before our little guy came to our family. But the funny thing is I don't fully know what it is really like to have 2 kids as Jason has been home helping me, so my schedule isn't quite into full swing yet. I am just in a little awkward phase of transition.

**And let me just add that I have found even more respect for women who go without an epidural. Boof! It is a really good thing that God allows women (at least me) to forget exactly how contractions feel. I think that is the only way that I have two children right now. And I am so glad I do. :)

Spencer Romney

Some quick pictures to appease the ravenous grandmas out there :)

Too Girly

First never short of attention...

Second, what is it with this girl and high heels? She is shoe obsessed in general. And did you notice her toe nails? At her request...

Nose

First a little background. When Ashley was first teaching Maister nose, eyes, etc I would make this noise when she grabbed my nose and she would hold it for a while. She was entertained by that. But she learned the parts of her face and we didn't really do this anymore. At dinner she always knows I'll cave in and let her sit on my lap while I eat. And this day, she randomly grabbed my nose and grabbed her own and made the noise herself for the first time ever. But it had been at least a month since we had done that. Then we got the video camera and recreated it. Pretty funny...

Six Flags

Back in August, Jason's work paid for their employees and families to go to six flags. It was a pretty good perk since he got to the spend the day with him and at an amusement park nonetheless! The only downsides were that since I am pregnant I couldn't ride anything, and Jason doesn't even like roller coasters so he didn't ride anything either. I was bummed because I actually love roller coasters! But that is ok, I wouldn't have wanted to ride them alone anyways :)

But we thought Paisley would enjoy the animals, shows, and the little kids areas they have there. She like the sea lion show, or maybe it was just that they could keep her attention the best since we were on the front row and got splashed with water! She also got scared by a walrus...it was the funniest thing I think I have ever seen. Jason and I could not stop laughing for at least 15 minutes. It is kind of hard to explain what happened, but the short of it is that she had a close encounter through the glass. I think the walrus was fixated on her beauty :) If you want more details ask Jason or I and we would love to tell you more about it. It still makes us laugh. If only we had had our video camera out...

ANYWAYS, here is Paisley and Jason on her first ever amusement park ride. She really liked it. I was nervous she would try and jump out, but she stayed busy "driving" her jeep around the little track. I think I am going to recruit Paisley to be my roller coaster buddy when she is big enough. I can't wait!

She was NOT so sure about Sylvester...

Family picture. We aren't very good about getting family pictures since we are usually the ones behind the camera, but we did manage to get one while we were there!
And for those of you that wanted a pregnant picture, here you go! I was about 25 or 26 weeks at this point. Sorry I am not turned to the side :) I have grown a TON since then. And this baby has suddenly decided to start wiggling up a storm. Pretty sure there is a dance party going on in there some nights. Oh and did you notice we are now under 50 days?? Booyah.

Jumping

Evie came over to play with Paisley this morning, and they seemed to have a good time. The biggest highlight was them jumping around in Paisley's crib. They wanted to get in so they could jump. And boy did they! They cracked me up. And then they would both lay down and pretend they were going "night night." But they didn't think it was very funny when I turned off the light and said night, night to them. But once I turned the light back on they were all smiles again. :)

Evie looks a little like a deer in the headlights, and Paisley was in the middle of saying cheese.

This picture just cracked me up. Especially since her pig tails are split up by the crib bars.

Do you think Evie was having fun?

Taking a break

Sweet

Cutie

Just had to post this version. I liked how it turned out in BW

**Please note that Paisley's room doubles as storage in our apartment. If you look in the pics, you can notice a coffee table, boppy, stroller (there are actually multiple in there but I don't know how many you can see in the pics), empty diaper boxes that we will use when we move, blankets, there is more but you get the idea.

Left Handed

Paisley colors mostly with her left hand. I have heard it is pretty simple to get them to switch to being right handed. Is that better? Is it better to leave her left handed? Any thoughts? Oh and if you leave a comment, please let me know which handedness you are. Ashley and I are both right handed...

Swings

I received several complaints that there was no picture of Paisley attached with my last post. I apologize :) Here is a picture of what we did to celebrate our Labor Day afternoon. Paisley had been begging all day to go to swings so we finally gave in, and luckily the weather was cooler than usual.

**You may be thinking that I am exaggerating in saying that my 18 month old was "begging" to go to the swings, but I kid you not. She continually said "swings" and would drag either Jason or myself to the front door. And then we upset when we wouldn't go out the front door. Charity is our witness!**