Stetson Jacob Montague

I originally wasn't due until November 26 but I couldn't handle being pregnant for 1 more day. All you other pregnant women know exactly what I mean. 1 day feels like eternity. It means being uncomfortable all day, no sleep, etc. Jacob thinks I'm being dramatic but he has no idea! :) So, I scheduled to be induced on November 20th at Jordan Valley Hospital!

After my labor with Claire I was absolutely terrified for round 2. Hers was rough, very rough. Thank heavens it wasn't... round 2 was fabulous! I arrived at 7:30 AM, got me hooked up on petocin and away I went. My Dr. came and broke my water at 10:00 AM, felt 2 contractions and asked for my epidural! :) I joked about wanting him born before noon and right at noon, I felt crazy pressure and called for the Dr. After 2 pushes my little guy was born. 

Stetson Jacob Montague

11/20/12 12:10 PM

7 Lbs. 8 Oz. 21 Inches

I was instantly in love - how could I not be! He was perfect in every way and looked exactly like Claire!

Although he looked like Claire, I could instantly tell his personality and his aura were completely different. He is much more calm, fine on his own and sleeps like a charm. 

He's also a little cuddler, which is fantastic. I could hold and snuggle him all day. 

We brought Claire to the hospital to meet baby Stets and she did so good. Stets gave a her a little gift which was a "Little People" Noah's Ark. She loved it and instantly lined up all the animals on the chair -- which you can see in the pic.

She, of course, wanted to hold him and feed him and just take care of him. She's going to be a great big sister! (Once we can get past being loud and rough and just being a 2 year old! HaHa)

We came home on Thanksgiving Day and headed straight to dinner with the fam. I was feeling great so I figured why not... food makes everything better, right? 

The next few days at home were full of lots of sleep (on Stetson's part), lots of snuggles and just time enjoying being a family of 4. 

 

 

Love this little man like crazy! I was terrified to have a boy... I do girls, so I was nervous to learn all about boys but Stet's has made it nothing but easy. He is such a good baby, which I need, because Claire is a little bit high maintenance!  He's so even tempered and just adorable! Can't remember what life was like before him. Grateful to have him be a part of our little family! We love you Stets! 

Halloween

We started this Halloween season off with a trip to Cornbellys! Claire was in heaven! We went with her cousins which made it even more fun. Thank heavens for my sisters because I was very pregnant (9 months) and couldn't do much or take Claire on much so they took her on most of the fun things she wanted to do. We had fabulous weather, almost hot actually, which is better than cold if you ask me! 

Next was pumpkin carving time! Thanks to Grandpa Ray's garden, Claire had her own "Claire sized" pumpkin to carve this year. Jacob and I aren't a huge fan of carving (sad, I know) so instead of carving this year, Claire painted her pumpkin. She was in heaven and went crazy with the paints. Once the pumpkin was covered, she went for her arms and hands. 

The Sunday before Halloween we had our annual get together at my moms house with soup, homemade bread and cousins in costumes. Trying to get the cousin picture is the funnies part of the night. Trying to get them all to sit, look at the camera and smile all at the same time takes some serious effort. 

Getting this one to smile on her own take serious effort. 

She was a pirate this year and walked around saying "Argg" all night. It was hilarious. 

 Jill made a cute Halloween "B-I-N-G-O" game for the kids to play while we were at my moms. Claire didn't quite understand how to play but sure enjoyed eating the candy. 

Halloween night we went and did some serious Trick-Or-Treating with Jacob's sister Robyn and her kids in West Valley. I was thinking Claire would loose interest after a few minutes but she held out strong for 2 hours and got SO much candy. All in all, a great Halloween!