Condo for Sale--I'll make you a great deal.

If you don't know by now, we are trying to sell our condo. (Three little girls to one walk-in closet, need I say more?) We recently lowered our price and Austin (and Eden) were featured on the local Fox station. It's a beautiful condo and everytime I go over there, I wish we still fit in it, because it's so cute, but alas, it's time to move on. So, if you know anyone looking for a great place to live, with no maintenance, send them our way. Check out the article and video clip at the following links: http://www.kxrm.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=152182

http://www.kxrm.com/news/video.aspx?id=152182

Or take a look at our condo:

http://www.homesbya2s.com/bin/web/real_estate/AR58260/HOME_SEARCH/Fountain/1153856912.html?ZKEY=&acnt=AR58260&action=HOME_SEARCH&inwindow=&hs_action=VIEW_DETAIL&listing_id=REASIL43349770&start=0&grp=ALL

Happy Birthday, Aspen!

Aspen turned two on June 14th. I can hardly believe it. Aspen is tough (and strong) as only a second child can be, but oh so sweet ("Mommy, gimme a hug!"). She is also quite the talker. Since I was just one week post-partum, we decided to keep things simple and have a family party. Aspen's big present was a sand and water table, so we chose a water-theme and included sprinklers, water balloons and everyone's favorite, water guns. Nanna, Uncle Rex and Aunt Janel joined us in the fun (although Nanna took some convincing, soon she became a water-gun afficianado). The girls had a great time and have asked everyday since to turn on the sprinklers.

Welcome Baby Eden

All week I wondered whether the baby would ever come. I was bigger and more uncomfortable than either of my two previous pregnancies. Not only that, but the baby was so low I thought she would fall out at any moment. So toward the end of the week, I began making calls to my doctor's office to schedule an inducement, but I never got any callback. I figured it would be another week, at least, before I'd have the baby.
Saturday, my sister and I took Autumn and Aspen to the pool for a nice, relaxing morning of swimming. The weather was perfect and I was in need of some R&R. While Austin was out running errands and I was relaxing at the pool, my doctor finally called back and said that he had been trying to get a hold of us. In fact, he said he had the hospital already to admit us to have the baby the night before but he couldn't get a hold of us. He told us we could head to the hospital at anytime and have the baby. I think Austin was more anxious to have the baby than I was. He couldn't get me out the door and to the hospital fast enough and I wasn't even in labor!
At about 2:00pm, Austin and I arrived at the hospital and had began the process of inducing labor. I hadn't had any mentionable labor pains for the whole week, but within a short time, I began feeling the pressure of more frequent and substantial contractions. It was nice that I had an epidural early on and could barely feel a thing.
However, at about 5:30pm I asked Austin to look at my chart and tell me how often and strong my contractions were. They were about a minute apart and I could really start feeling them. We called the doctor and nurse in and 20 minutes later, we had a baby. Even though the baby started out posterior, she quickly turned and made it the easiest delivery I've had.
Eden Lynn Lee was born at 6:17pm, 06/07/08, at 21" long and 8lbs. 1 oz. (later weighed at 8lbs. 4oz., just for the record, not that this is a fishing story). We finally brought her home Monday afternoon. Recovery is going well and we couldn't ask for a more perfect experience and baby.