HERE IS THE NEW ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY

BREVAN PARKER RHODES

6LBS 4OZ 20 INCHES

12-15-2008

9:10 PM

WE LOVE HIM SO VERY MUCH AND THINK HE IS THE CUTEST LITTLE PEANUT. I AM ALSO VERY GLAD TO HAVE HIM OUT HERE WHERE IT IS SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. THE KIDS ARE ALL SO EXCITED ABOUT HIS BIRTH AND HAVE HAD THE BEST TIME HOLDING HIM AND KISSING HIS HEAD. IT TOOK ABOUT 11 HOURS OF LABOR BEFORE HE WAS BORN. I HAD SCAR TISSUE ON MY CERVIX SO IT WOULD NOT DILATE VERY WELL ON ITS OWN. BREVAN IS A GOOD BABY WHO HARDLY CRIES EXCEPT WHEN HE IS HUNGRY OR POOPY. HE ALSO TRIES TO GET YOU IF YOU PUT HIS FACE CLOSE TO YOURS. HE THINKS IT IS TIME TO EAT WHEN HE FEELS YOUR SKIN NO MATTER WHO IT IS. JAKOB GOT A SURPRISE WHEN BREVAN GOT HIS NOSE! WE ARE ALL ADJUSTING TO HAVING HIM HERE. LYNDSEY WHO ABSOLUTELY LOVES HIM IS SLIGHTLY JEALOUS. SHE TELLS ME MOM YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ME! SHE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL GETTING DIAPERS ETC. THEY ALL LOVE TO HOLD HIM CONSTANTLY. CALEB IS PROUD OF THE FACT HE GOT BREVAN TO SLEEP. JAKOB IS EXCITED TO WALK AROUND WITH HIM WHICH NO ONE ELSE GETS TO DO. ALIYAH WANTS TO CHANGE HIS DIAPERS. THEY ARE HAVING ALOT OF FUN!I AM, GOING TO GO BUT WILL UPDATE YOU LATER.

LOVE MELISSA

THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE ANOTHER MOMENT TO UPLOAD THESE. WE HAD OUR PICTURES TAKEN EARLIER THIS YEAR RIGHT AFTER I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT. HOPE YOU LIKE THEM. I WONDER IF I WILL GET THIS THIN EVER AGAIN. MAYBE AFTER THE BABY IS A LITTLE OLDER. I CAN GO TO THE MELALEUCA GYM FOR FREE SO I HAVE NO REASON NOT TO. I WILL HAVE MORE PICS TAKEN WHEN THE BABY IS HERE.

i THOUGHT I WOULD POST THESE PHOTOS I HAD TAKEN AT JCPENNY. i AM SO HUGE AND HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER I THINK SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN THESE WERE TAKEN. NEEDLESS TO SAY IREALLY WANT THIS BABY TO COME NOW! I AM GOING TO BE INDUCED ON MON THE 15TH IF I HAVE NOTHAD THE BABY ON MY OWN BY THEN. EVERYTHING HURTS THAT IS FOR SURE. I HAVE WOKEN UP THE LAST THREE NIGHTS WITH LOTS OF CONTRACTIONS BUT THEY STOP ONCE IGET UP AND GET THE DAY STARTED. I AM GOING CRAZY AND DRIVING KIP CRAZY TELLING HIM I WANT THE BABY OUT. I ALSO AM POSTING PICS OF KIP AND CALEB FISHING. THEY CAUGHTA COUPLE OF LITTLE FISH DID NOT KEEP ANY. i ALSO HAD A SMALL BABY SHOWER THAT KARALIE THREW FOR ME ON THE 3RD. WE HAD GOTTEN RID OF EVERYTHING FOR A BABY. I FELT DONE WHY KEEP IT! I ALSO MADE CHRISTMAS COOKIES FOR GMA RHODES. THE KIDS LOVED HELPING OUT! IT HURT TO STAND THERE AND MIX UP THE COOKIES BUT I LOVE GMA ENOUGH I DID IT FOR THREE DAYS IN A ROW TO GET IT DONE. I HOPE EVERYONE REALLY LIKES THEM! wELL I GOT TO GO RECLINE CAUSE MY BUM HURTS REALL BAD SITTING UP IN THIS CHAIR. I HOPE THE NEXT POST IS ALL PICS OF THE NEW BABY!!!!!!!!!!1 PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AND HIM. tHANKS! LOVE YOU ALL!