You would think it was Halloween...

This is what it has looked like in our house lately. You seriously might think it was Halloween or something. The kids love to play dress up, Meili likes to be animals and leans more towards rough boy characters, what do you expect I guess, look who she models after... So, I was so happy when she wanted to wear tinkerbell! Yey! probably won't ever happen again, but yey! Kai wanted to be the snow leopard off of kung fu panda so we made something up quickly using striped pipe cleaner and his old big bad wolf costume. It did the trick! Then he wanted to be a mummy monster from thriller off of the Michael Jackson movie. Yes, he's obsessed...
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It's that season again :)

Time for T-ball! Kai loves playing and is now one of the oldest on his team. He is getting better at hitting the ball far and running fast around the bases. He loves it! He loves his coach and especially is loving his new black uniforms this year :) Fun stuff!

He's Here!

This is a late post, but that's what happens when your adjusting to life with 3 kids. You don't really have the time for many many things, least of which, blogging :) After my appt a week ago Wednesday, I was feeling pretty heavy and low and a bit crampy. We had set up an inducement time with the doctor for Thurday, the following morning at 8am. I started feeling kind of funny around 11 and thought I'd better just go to bed and the cramps would probably go away. I woke up at 2:30am crampy again, and thought I would try to count the time in between cramps. I wasn't sure if it was real because being induced the other 2 times, I really didn't know what going into labor felt like. So, from 3-4am I layed in bed and counted what then changed from cramps to contractions. They ranged from 4min to 10min apart. I woke Rich up and told him we were not going to make it til 8:00, and by the time I got up and in the shower I was hurting pretty badly. We woke my mom up and were out of the house by 4:30. I was contracting consistently to the point where I had to sit down on the stairs and hold on until it was over! The hospital is 30min away and I had about 5 good ones in the car ride there. I was close to tears and almost felt nauseated they were so strong. 5am we got to the hospital and they were so fast and so efficient getting me ready to go. I was at 7cm when I got there, amazed that I did half of it at home and that it went so quickly! By 6am my best friend the epidural man made it in. He had to drive to the hospital and I was so nervous he wasn't going to make it in time. He did an amazing job and I was so relieved! Within an hr I was at 9cm and my water broke. My Dr. wouldn't be in until 7am and I was so nervous she wasn't going to make it! She walked in around 7:30 and I was ready. I literally pushed through 2 contractions and he came out in about 5 min flat. Tristan was born 3-31-11 @ 7:34am weighing in at 7lbs 3oz (my largest baby) and 19 1/2 in long :) He is so sweet we absolutely cannot get enough of him. Here's a few pics... Introducing Tristan Saito :)

Everything went so well and so fast that I am feeling so much better than my after my other 2. I really feel like my body was able to go at it's own speed and that really helped things. Even though it was definitely more painful :) Thank goodness for epidurals though! We're so glad my parents were able to be there for it since we were planning to be induced that day anyway. My Dad was able to watch the kids and my mom was able to be there for the birth. It was a beautiful day :) Here's a few pics from home...

We are now a family of 5!