Fun changes

So our little girl arrived on May 18 at 10:05 pm. Labor was pretty easy and fast once we got going and got the epidural. I was planning to go in on the 19th to be induced, but started having contractions about 3 on Monday afternoon. So Joshua and I headed for the hospital and they told us they were so busy that I needed to wait in the waiting room. So we were out there for about 1 1/2 hrs and finally, after Joshua went and had a chat with the nurses, they got me back there and I was dilated to a 7. So we were well on our way and got the epidural and everything went smoothly from there. She was 7 lbs. 15oz and 19 in long. We came home on Wednesday morning and have been adjusting since. She is such a sweet baby and the boys love her. Cole seems to be doing great, and Parker loves her but is having a little bit of adjusting to do. He is really doing pretty well. She is a really sweet baby and we are so glad she is here. We are enjoying the summer and are excited to have the pool up and going. Cole is doing swim team and seems to love it. He and Joshua went to his first meet on Sat. and seemed to have a great time. He and Luke swam kickboard together. They had a great time. Parker loves the water again this year, but thankfully so far is a little more cautious. He and Cole are getting to be good buddies. He's also doing a lot better in nursery. We had a stretch there when he was hitting quite a bit, but he seems to have calmed down and really loves when Sis. Rieske comes to do singing time. He went to Grandma and Grandpa Pierson's last night while I went running (Joshua had taken Cole to a Twisters game), and when I came back, he and Grandpa had the music blaring (I think it was fleetwood mac) and were dancing. What a fun life my kids have. Cole will start kindergarten in the fall, and they sent him a letter the other day about what supplies he will need and when his open house it. That night he slept with the letter and woke up around 3 am. I was out on the couch feeding Kate and he stumbled out with his letter in hand and said "Mom, what does it say I need to bring again?" He is pretty excited. He graduated from pre-k the week before we had Katelyn. Here are a couple of pics from his program. He was Humpty Dumpty. He had a great year and a great teacher, Ms. Melinda, in pre-K. Life is good here.

Our family

So we haven't been on here recently. Things have been pretty busy. We are gearing up for baby #3 anyday now, and everyone is excited and ready (especially me). We are down to the last couple of weeks now and are very excited to meet this little girl. The plan now is to name her Katelyn Wride. Should be a fun addition to our family! Joshua had a really busy week last week. He hosted a conference for all of the city clerks around the state, and everything went really well. Cole has been busy with school, soccer and now t-ball (Joshua is coaching) and is loving it all. He is definitely ready for kindergarten next year. Each Thursday Grandma takes him and Luke to Pine Forest to have lunch with Ana Grace and it is the highlight of their week. They always ask "When will it be Thursday?" What a great grandma they have. Cole is really a daddy's boy these days and will go anywhere with him, do anything he does, and wear anything he does. He got a new shirt and tie for Easter and had to have his Dad wear the same thing and they wore it the whole day. For any meal we are having and I ask him what he wants, he wants to know what his dad is having first. Cole and Parker are getting to be good buddies and they have a lot of fun playing together. Parker is growing fast. He will move into Cole's room as soon as Joshua gets the bunk beds built. Parker is loving books, especially the Dora books we got from a garage sale. He will sit and read them to himself over and over again. He has a very interesting way of learning things and it will be really interesting and fun to watch him keep growing and learning. He still gets kicked out of nursery every once in a while for hitting other kids, but he is so sweet I am sure he will grow out of it. He goes hard all day long and runs from one thing to the next, his favorite thing still being the dirt and playing outside. Everything in our life is great and we are looking forward to a great summer!!