Park Day

Kids are playing baby is nursing. Better at the park than in my living room!!

4th folder, 4th picture

Shannon tagged us with the assignment to post the fourth folder and fourth picture. This is a picture of Savannah, Steven Grimmer, and Samantha Grimmer. Obviously, Savannah was not feeling so good ,not due to her broken arm however, simply because sometimes 4 year old girls get sad for silly reasons. Sorry for the delay with posting your Tag Shanny, but here you go.

Now I Tag Jolisa, since her husband crashed our Tag, Emily and Ryan.

Yummy Cupcakes....

Aren't blogs great, it is like a scrapbook, journal, family history all rolled into one, without the mess! So I wanted to write a little about my sweet newborn because I seriously forgot how it was to have a newborn even though it was just 2 short years ago! I forgot all about the nursing high, Carinn and I used to say it made us have giggle fits. Mike likes to watch me when I first start nursing because he says he loves when I smile all goofy and get giddy. You know why God gave us that feeling, otherwise instead of wanting to kiss your baby and think how lucky you are to have such a little angel, you would be wondering why you haven't slept or showered in 3 days and why you are sitting there in the middle of the night watching Gilmore Girls for the 5th time on TIVO since you have already watched all the other shows. Creed has gained weight and was up to 6 lb 12 oz last Friday. That was an ounce a day weight gain since leaving the hospital so I am stoked. Hopefully I can get some rolls on him soon!! Speaking of extra rolls, I know I am totally out of it, but I have never tried Sprinkles cupcakes, and Sara being AWESOME brought us sprinkles with our dinner tonight, and they are seriously worth blogging about. Also worth all the hype so if you haven't tried them and get a chance DO!! How else can we be just like tomkat and victoria beckham? Live vicariously through cupcakes. Seriously super yummy.........dreaming about my next strawberry one............I looked up the recipe I guess they gave the strawberry one to Oprah, I am going to try it sometime and if it turns out good I will post for any interested. They also have mixes at Williams Sonoma but I haven't tried them. Well Savannah is asleep and Cole is at a basketball game with Mike so I am enjoying alone time (besides the little guy sleeping/snacking who is attached to me) and just got great news that our house in Lancaster got an offer today, yea!! Hopefully it will go through and we can get on with everything else in our lives!!!!!!!!!!!!

9 days old at the beach!!

Mike convinced me to go on a little outing to the beach on Friday. It was super nice weather and I am pretty sick of being couped up so I agreed. Baby Creed was nice and cozy in his infant car seat while Savvy and Mike played in the water and Cole and I played in the sand. I am feeling much better after this delivery way faster than with Cole. Hopefully I will be able to start walking tomorrow........I totally forgot how fast staying at home gets old. stupid RSV and cold / flu season. If we have any more kids it will be in the summer then you don't have to keep them inside as long. It has been SO nice to have Mike home though, he took off 3 weeks so he has been doing everything around the house and taking the kids on outings so they won't go crazy. Gotta love the LAPD, they actually will let them take like 8 weeks off if they want pretty nice.

A day at the zoo

Savannah is begining to learn how to pose like a girl! We were walking through the creepy crawly exhibit filled with millipedes, giant hissing cockroaches, and snakes and the like, when Savannah stops suddenly to tell me, "Daddy, this is where you take pictures of me!"
This little critter, the meerkat, was the highlight of the day. I should just buy a couple and throw them in our back yard. They actually look a little like our little mutt Ruby. The little guy just sat there in front of the glass partition staring at the kids with their uncrustable sandwiches.
This is just to show how close the gorillas are at the zoo. Usually I can't even see them. Today both gorillas were out right in front of the glass. There was a woman with her little daughter standing just to my left. The gorilla I think, sensed her weekness and so honed in on her! He was totally giving her the stink eye!
I decided that if I get reincarnated (is that the correct spelling?) I hope to come back as this bird. I have no idea what it is called, but thought it's a pretty cool looking animal.
Savannah and Cole in front of the serpent.

Baby daze............

here's some new pics of Creed he likes to:
eat and sleep around the clock!!
I am like a 24 hour all you can eat buffet.............

Creed William Strong, 6 lbs 11 ounces

Savannah holding her new baby brother Creed William Strong
Nana Donna with her newest grandson.
Savannah, Cole, Daddy and Creed!
Beautiful Mommy and Daddy with baby Creed.
All the kids with mom!! Nana Donna got the kids dressed up so nice for their first meeting with Creed.
Mommy with Creed. 5 minutes after popping out!
Look how beautiful Nicole is.
Close up of Creed!

Nicole and I arrived at the hospital around 7:30 this morning. We were anxious about the days events. After all, we've been waiting for this day for the last 9 months. Nicole was induced at 9:00 am, and got her epidural at 11:00 am. Things progressed slowly at first, but at 4:00, her nurse checked her and told us she was dilated to a 4. Shortly after, she was a 6, then an 8, and within 45 minutes, she was fully dilated and 100% Effaced. It took Nicole two contractions with three 10 second pushes during each contraction. Creed popped out and Nicole's doctor and staff immediately took him to the fry warmer and cleaned him off and got him looking good for his mom. The pictures of Creed are literally 5 minutes after he was born. Nicole did such a wonderful job with the whole thing. Such a trooper!
Cole, Savannah, Nicole and I are pleased to present Creed William Strong. Welcome to the family little guy!