Logan's Birthday July 12, 2010

I have to say that this labor and delivery was the easiest one, by far. I didn't even know I was in labor. I got up Monday morning, July 12, and went about my day as normal. I got dressed, cleaned the entire house, including all three floors, which usually knocks me flat, and then went to my regular Ob/Gyn appointment at 3pm. I was feeling small contractions all day, but they weren't regular, and they didn't hurt at all, so I thought they were the same one's I had been having for the last month or so. My doctor checked me and I was already dilated to a 6, so she checked me into the hospital immediately.

I had both of the girls with me, so I called Nick and had him take them over to the neighbors house. Three hours and three pushes later, Logan Dean Skabelund was born. He ended up being born 8 days early, 8lbs. 8oz., 21 in. long. It's a good thing, too, because he would have been a massive baby had he been born any later.

Nick went and picked up the girls and they got to meet their baby brother for the first time. They were both so excited.


Of course, so was Nick. He is always the proud daddy.

Since Logan was born so quickly, he was extremely bruised in the face and head. He looks like a purple grape, poor little man.



I think that he looks just like his Grandpa Skabelund. Grandma and Grandpa Skabelund came to see him in the hospital that same night. We are lucky enough to have them live so close that they were able to watch the girls for a few days afterwards so Logan and I could recuperate at home together for a while.

He looks like an Oompa-Loompa in this picture with his purple head.



Logan and I checked out of the hospital the next day and went home to spend time with daddy before the girls came back from Grandma and Grandpa's house. The recovery from this birth was so easy, too. I must have done something right this time around, because I never missed a beat. Sleep wasn't a problem and I jumped right back into my regular routine. Nursing is always a whole other story, though. I always hate the first month of that, but we are doing much better and enjoying life with our new baby brother. I've decided that this labor, delivery and recovery was so easy because I had been reading my scriptures every day for last 6 months or so and was extremely blessed for doing it.

Nick's 30th Birthday

We went to Park City for the day for Nick's 30th Birthday. We got ice cream and walked around downtown for a while. Then we took him to ride on the zip-line at the ski resort. We couldn't stray too far since I was massively pregnant and ended up going into labor two days later. It was really hot, but tons of fun to spend the day together.

Swimming Lessons 2010

The girls took swimming lessons this year at the Pratt Aquatic Center. They really did well this year, but they weren't able to go a lot because I went into labor a few weeks early and that put an end to it.

Trip to Oregon & Gretchen's Wedding

I got to go home to Oregon this June and here are a few of the pictures I took. My sister, Alaina, being weird and her daughter, Malia, too. It runs in the family, I guess!



I flew home for my friend Gretchen's wedding and I got to hang out with some of my very best friends growing up. It was so much fun seeing them and Gretchen's wedding was so beautiful, too. Even if I was 36 weeks pregnant.


Here we are eating lunch together at one of our high school hangouts, Sheri's. Good times! We also got together with some of our favorite Young Women's leaders and friends from Philomath ward. I am so grateful that we had such good role models and leaders when we were young.

Funny Story

I have pictures, but I'll spare you...Nick has a problem with keeping his pants over his butt. I'm always telling him to pull up his pants. He was working in the yard one day and Emma comes running over to him and at the top of her lungs yells "Pull up your pants, dad! I see you buttcrack!" I nearly fell over laughing!

Sprinkler's in the backyard

The girls really love having a backyard with grass to play in. We have always had rocks and dirt, so sprinklers and swimming pools were a definite NO! It was really hot in June, so this is what they did most afternoons together.








The girls really love having a backyard with grass to play in. We have always had rocks and dirt, so sprinklers and swimming pools were a definite NO! It was really hot in June, so this is what they did most afternoons together.

Fairies invade the backyard!

The girl's love to play dress-up. They were playing with their friend Leah and decided to play in the backyard. I'm not sure what the McDonald's bag and the orange plastic bowl have to do with fairies, but they seemed to enjoy themselves.