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!

We have had a fun halloween and hunting time! Aliyah was a doggie and Lyndsey was her favorite thing a duckie! We CARVED PUMPKINS AND WENT TRICK OR TREATING AT MELALEUCA THEN KIP TOOK THEM OUT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BOYS WENT HUNTING WITH KIP SAW A FEW FAR OFF BUT DID NOT GET ANYTHING. I AM JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING DELIVERED. I HOPE TO BE INDUCED ON THE 10TH AND I SHOULD FIND OUT IF DR NELSON WILL GO FOR IT TOMORROW. MY APPT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING. I HOPE SO I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO READY TO BE DONE. I WANT MY LITTLE MUNCHIN OUT HERE AND MY BODY BACK. IF HE IS BORN ON THE 10TH HIS BDAY WILL BE 12-10-08. BACKWARDS IT IS 8 10 12. LOOKS GOOD TO ME!JUST PLEASE EVERYONE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL. THANKS! I AM GOING TO GO BUT WILL POST AGAIN BEFORE I HAVE THE BABY AND WILL POST WHEN I GET HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. LOVE YOU ALL!

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The raspberry photos are of us at Michael an Murissa's gpas house pickin raspberries. we got to picj for free! We picked a ton but by the next day they were almost all gone! they were so yummy! I also had to post this picture of Lyndsey on her 4th birthday. I think she looks just ike Leda in this picture. How funny! they should look so much alike! I sure miss Leda she would be 19 this year or is it 20? She would be going to college. I will be glad to see her again when we hopefully go to heaven too! anyway just got my computer all set up again so I should be posting more. I am hoping to have more time to make my blog fancier looking but we will see if I can get motivated enough. This pregnancy hurts! I have a recent picture I will post. I am huge already and have 81/2 weeks left till my due date! I really hope to go two weeks early. Please! I will post again once I download more photos from my camera! love you all melissa

I THOUGHT I WOULD AT LEAST WRITE AN UPDATE UNTIL KIP GETS MY COMPUTER UP AND RUNNING. THEN I CAN DOWNLOAD MY PHOTOS TO THE SITE. I AM IN MY 32ND WEEK AND AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING DONE WITH MY PREGNANCY. IT HURTS ALOT OF THE TIME NOW. GUESS MY TUMMY IS NOT AS IN SHAPE AS I HAD HOPED! WELL I AM NOT HAVING BAD CONTRACTIONS LATELY, I AM HOPING THAT CONTINUES. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO LABOR ON MY OWN THIS TIME AND NOT BE INDUCED, BUT WHATEVER I NEED TO DO I WILL. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO NAME THE BABY BREVAN. I LIKE IS AND IT SEEMS TO FIT MY IMAGE OF WHO HE WILL BE. OF COURSE IF HE LOOKS DIFFERENT WE WILL NAME HIM SOMETHING ELSE. KIP IS SETTING MY COMPUTER UP TONIGHT SO I HOPE TO POST PICTURES TOMORROW. I AM GOING TO GO FOR NOW. LOVE YOU ALL MELISSA!