New Videos!

There are 16 new videos down below...some are more fun for me to look at then they will be for anybody else, but take a look! Puddle Jumping is one of my favorites!

My guy is #13!

For the first time today I got to watch Austin play some basketball. Sadly, today was also the last day of basketball. I haven't felt like I could take both little kids to his games by myself but being that it was his last tournaments, I decided I was going to brave it. He has really gotten into it this year a lot. He took last year off since he didn't like it very well two years ago. This year he was asked to play on a team with some friends that wasn't through the REC so he decided to try it out. They haven't won a lot of their games but they have fun anyway! I was extremely proud of Austin and had so much fun watching him play. Who would have thought I could actually enjoy a sport! I usually do though when it's him playing! The first game they played they won 30 to 27. It was a really exciting game. That put them through to play the next game which they lost. After the games were over I took the kids to the McDonald's playplace in Mason City (where the games were) to eat lunch. We had a great day together. I look forward to seeing more games next year. There will be some videos at the bottom of the screen soon!

Black Friday Baby #2 is here!!!

(Yes. I know it is weird, Keziah was born on black friday too!)

Adah Kathleen Uglum
Born: November 27th, 2009 @ 5:16pm

7 pounds 10 ounces

20.25 inches long

Proud Brother Austin and big sister Keziah!

Thanksgiving day we spent the day in Cedar Falls, I was feeling really leery of going back to New Hampton because I just kind of had this feeling that I wasn't going to make it much longer. That night, back at home, we got the kids to bed and I went to bed myself. I started having some contractions but only five of them were consistently 10 minutes apart. I called the hospital and after talking with a nurse decided to give it more time. Ironically I didn't have another one after that conversation. I fell asleep and was awakened at 4am with a strong gush from my lower abdomen. I knew exactly what happened and got out of bed in time to save my sheets. Brian immediately called his mom and she came over. Shortly after 5am we were walking into the hospital. The entire drive down I didn't have a single strong contraction. I'm not even sure I had any actually. So the first thing the nurses wanted to confirm was that my water actually did break. The first test didn't confirm that so they said they would wait 15 minutes and retest and if it was negative also then they would have to send me home. I was not mistaken that it broke so I was feeling a little frustrated. However, the second test did confirm it had broke and the doctor approved me to be started on Pitocin to get the contractions going. (I must also add that the doctor that was on call from the office I visit was my favorite doctor in there. I was so thankful to hear she was going to be the delivering doctor! Isn't it funny how God works out the little things?) It was about 8am by the time they got the IV in and got it started. I didn't have consistent contractions for a long time. The doctor checked me around noon and I was only at 3-4 cm. I was checked again at 4:45pm and was still only 6 cm. The nurse told me she would check me again in another hour or two and I was really feeling like I may not be able to survive that much longer. The contractions were really strong and only about a minute apart. I felt like I didn't have any time to rest in between. I got up and tried to go to the bathroom but had so much pressure I couldn't go. I told the nurse I thought I was ready to push. She checked me again at 5pm to find that I was a full 10 cm and ready to push! The doctor said she just had this feeling she should come check on me so she was right there ready to go! Adah was born at 5:16pm. I will never forget this experience. I was so proud of myself for sticking it out and going naturally. It was hard, but worth it! Adah came out crying and passed the APGAR with flying colors. From the beginning she was a champ at latching on and nursing-taking up to an hour to get finished! I need to also add how horrible it may have been to labor for an entire day but tell you that I am not oblivious to why God worked it out that way...there were so many people praying for us and worried that we wouldn't make it to the hospital on time considering how fast Keziah came. My water breaking was just a little warning for me and God's way of making sure I was at the hospital! How blessed we are to have another beautiful, healthy baby to bring home!

I have added a video of our weekend at the hospital at the very bottom of this page.

New Videos!

There are a few new videos down at the bottom of the page if you are interested. These include Kezzie singing her ABCs, counting to 10 and our family celebrating her birthday! There will be more posted with pictures of just how wonderful her birthday was today along with some other things so check back soon!

New Videos!

There are now new videos posted at the very bottom of this page! And more new posts to come!

New Videos!

There are now 6 new videos posted at the very bottom of our homepage. I don't know if you will enjoy them as much as I do but I wanted to put them on here anyway! Thanks for checking us out every now and then. And feel free to leave a comment or two once in a while...it would make me feel like there was somebody other than myself reading this stuff!!

Videos!

Four new videos have been added at the bottom of this page...check it out!

Videos!

There is now a section at the bottom of this page that I will be uploading videos to (as I have new ones being made). This is a great place to see the action I get to live with every day!! You will just have to excuse the annoying commentary that goes along with every video! Enjoy!