Baby Reese

Reese Rebecca Brooks: Born March 30th 2010 @ 1:22pm, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches in length.

Grandma, Grandpa and Tori with Reese. Tori loves to hold the baby and say "Cute baby!" So glad dad could fly down on business and be here with us for the week with mom!

There's a picture of Tori sleeping and making this same face.

After her first bath.

Big brother and sister LOVE to hold her!

first family picture of our family of 6 now!!!

Birth Story: ( sorry its a little detailed so guys dont read ;)!! )
We went into the hospital at 3 am Tuesday morning, which the day before I had gone to a doc appt, where they striped the membranes and told me I was at a 3. Whenever I go into labor its always been the same, I wake up around 2am and have a hard contraction followed by another, but usually spaced out between 7-10 mins. I always have to time to take a shower and time them for a couple hours to see if they continue and progress. Well I kinda jumped the gun this time and we headed in right away. When we got there I was a 3 so they had me walk for an hour, which Ive never had to do because Ive usually been at 5 and in "active labor" but since I wasnt this time..we got to WALK... not fun! After that they checked me and I was a 4 and they called my doc who said "he wasnt convinced I was in active laborm," well he was only on call for the next 2 hours so Im sure he didnt want to get up..lol! At this point I was already going to ask for an epidural which originally I was really going to try to avoid to save money...stupid idea I know..totally worth the money right!????? Well they wanted keep me on the monitors because the baby wasn't as perky as they wanted her to be, so they decided to keep me for 2 hours and then see what happened. The worse way to labor in laying in the bes not being able to walk around (in my opinion). Well the nice other guy doc who was coming on call ..came in and admitted me and said lets have this baby today! So I was ordered the epidural and I was soo releaved when it came..MAN they feel great! They are the best thing in the world! The doc didnt break my water right away because he had to be insurgery so I had to wait. My contractions spread out which usally happens when I have an epidural and my water isnt broken right away so in the meantime they gave me some patosin (spelling??) and then when we was available he came in and broke my water. Well I had started feeling the pressure and it was getting worse, one right after the other so 2o mins. later they checked and I was at a 10 and ready to push...and it was too late to get the epidural fixed so basically I could feel everything without the edge, maybe. I had to push for about 45 mins. and was so happy to get her out!! She was happy and healthy and I was relieved to be done! It was defintley a different birth story than usual, but with the same great ending with a Healthy baby! So just wanted to thank everyone for your thoughts and congrats....our family and friends are always an amazing support to us and we love you guys!

St. Patrick's Day

Dance Camp!!

Sydney got to go to her first dance camp on Saturday. She has been missing dance class because we havent found one around here to go to yet. So when she got the flyer from school with the high school drill team putting on a dance clinic there was no saying no! She LOVED it and did very well. The families got to come at the end and watch what they learned. It was really cute and Tori was totally entertained by the dances. I think we are going to have another dancer on our hands!!

Tori has been practicing her splits......not so much on the working out part (she is currently 33lbs. only 2 lbs. lighter than Steven).

Almost Spring time!

So the past few days its been so nice and sunny, that I let the kids go outside and play on the back patio. Its so nice to have a backyard for the kids to ride their bikes and play and not worry about them getting all muddy!

Tori's Swimsuit Edition

The other day at Old Navy, Tori spotted this swimsuit and wouldnt let it go. So I let her get it seeing as she needed one anyways. I had to bribe her to take it off for dinner!

Valentines Day/ 33 weeks

Getting really big and uncomfortable! This is the best and worst part of the pregnancy. Im totally uncomfortable, but Im getting so close to the end! I think I am 33 weeks here....only 6 more to go!

We had a great Valentine's Day this year! It was the first Valentine's day Steve has had off......ever I think! Before church we did our Valentine's day hunt around the house and when we got home we played Valentine's games and ate heart shaped pizza, and our heart shaped cake the kids helped make. It was a Great Day!

Movie Night!

So the kids got to have movie night in the family room the other night. They love to bring out their blankets and pillows and eat popcorn in the family room (which is fun for them becaue I Never let them bring food in there!...hahaha). I forgot what movie they chose but they had a great time!

Our little Baby.....But not for long!!!

I cant believe she wont be our littlest in just a couple months. She has grown up too fast! Well atleast she is doing pretty good on the potty and doesnt have her passy anymore. Those our my worst things to try to do with a newborn baby. We'll just have to see how she does with the whole jealousy thing. She is such a big girl (30lbs. )and has a mind of her own so Im hoping she will be nice to her baby sister!!!!!

Sydney finally lost her first tooth!

BEFORE: on Monday night she had a loose tooth and we could see the big one coming through.


After: Steve had Friday off so he decided to pull it out while he was home so he wouldnt miss anything. And Sydney had no problem letting him pull it out! So the toothfairy got to come to our house. YEAH!

Trip to Wa/ New Years!

Kierstin and I with our Big Bellies!! We are both having girls and Kiersin is 34 weeks and me 27

Christmas at Grandma Suzie's

Sydney, Westin and Steven watching movies together

Westin = Pool Shark!

Grandpa Brooks and the kids

It snowed Tuesday night, so we put the kids to bed and then went out and played in it. haha..nice socks Steve!

It was sooo awesome to see Brittny and her 2 cute kiddos (havent seen her in over a year! ) and Traci and her cute little boy! Thanks so much for coming by you guys it was great to see you!!

Sydney was just a little excited to see all of her cousins again... they had so much fun together!

We had a really fun time up visiting friends and family...I was hoping for a big storm in the mts. so we wouldnt be able to get home. It was too short of a visit, but we were happy to make it up there at all.

Christmas DAY!

Christmas day was sooo relaxing! Eventually the kids were able to fall asleep on Christmas Eve and Santa was able to come do his thing (the best part for me!!). Sydney came in our room at 1 and 2 am and asked if Santa came and I told her to go back to bed. I was the first to get up and went in Sydneys room and then Tori got up and last as always the boys got up. It was a fun day of eating, relaxing, playing with toys, and oh yeah packing! We had Krispy Kremes for Breakfast and cooked (well warmed up) a REALLY good ham for dinner!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve! We made good snacks and ate them....watch Christmas movies and the kids got to open 1 present which is always Christmas PJs (one of our family traditions).

Christmas is almost here!!!

We decided to act out the nativity this year in our sad costumes.... lol! The kids loved it and I think Steve had the most fun dressing up!! Steve was a shepard, Steven was Joseph, Sydney was Mary, and Tori was an angel. I narrated.

Stevens sneaky self

Tori calls this vest her "HO HO HO" I think she thinks she is Santa with it on.
We have been busy baking, shopping, and wrapping gifts and cant wait for our 1st Christmas with just us. We are going to do a lot of eating! We are also very excited to head up to WA to see our family the day after Christmas. Cant wait to see everyone...We are going to miss you Leif and Rachel!