A rough week . . .

This has been a rough first week with Micah, not because he is a hard baby but because we have all been sick with the stomach flu! Josiah was the first one to get sick on Tuesday, followed by Jeremiah on Thursday, me and Elijah on Friday night and Mark and Emmaline today. It has been pretty miserable for everyone, trying to adjust to a new little one and being sick all at once. Mark got it the worst though. He has spent most of the day in the bathroom, poor guy. :-( In addition to being sick we have had a terrible time trying to find a doctor to do Micah's circumcision. We went to 2 doctors and one refused us care because we don't do all the vaccinations and the other said he wouldn't do the circumcision unless Micah had a Vitamin K shot (We did vitamin K drops since he was born at home). We ended up having to get a prescription for the shot, having our midwife administer it and now we have the circumcision scheduled for next Tuesday. What a major headache!

Our new little one!

Well, the baby finally decided to be born! I went into labor on the morning of Thursday, February 11, at 12:30 a.m. and the baby was born at 3:50 a.m. I had a home water birth and it went really well. This was almost my longest labor and I have decided that long labors are easier than short fast ones. :-) We had another little boy, so now we have 4 boys! We named him Micah Elliot. He weighed in at 8 lbs 3 1/2 oz. and was 20 3/4" long. He is our biggest baby yet, the next biggest one was Josiah at 7 lbs 5 oz. The kids love him, especially Emmaline. She is quite the little mommy, she has spent a lot of time holding him and just looking at him. The kids were a little disappointed that we didn't have a girl but as Emmaline keeps saying, "maybe we'll have a little girl soon!" I don't know about that! I would like a little break...

New Clothes!

The secretary at Mark's work has a little boy a year older than Elijah and she went through her sons clothes and gave us all the ones he had outgrown. Elijah was so excited! We know lots of people with girls so we are often given girl clothes. Hardly ever are we given boy clothes, and clothes for Elijah is even more rare. He had a great time trying on all his "new" clothes. :-) Oh, and for those of you who are wondering, no...no baby yet, I'm still very pregnant. 11 days overdue now and counting ...

About to pop...

Just an update... no baby yet! I feel huge and look it too! My first baby was almost 3 weeks early, the second was 2 weeks early, the third was 6 days early and the fourth was on his due date. It seems I'm still following this pattern as I'm 4 days overdue, but hopefully any day now this baby will decide to be born! We'll keep you posted when the big event happens!