Welcome Bensen

Bensen Thomas Borgstrom was born January 19, 2014 at Davis hospital. He was born at 4:29 pm and weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 22 inches long.

 By far my biggest baby.  Each pregnancy and labor have been so different. He was no exception. Here is Wesley's story. Jaycee doesn't really have a story, her labor was a breeze! I was induced, they got me started around 8:30 am, I got my epidural after noon.

 There is something with me and epidurals, they just don't take well. I had the anesthesiologist give me a shot of lidocaine, which helped for a while. Around 4 I was really in a lot of pain and the baby's heart rate dropped down into the 50's and 60's. My room filled up with nurses really fast.  They had me flipping from side to side until his heart rate came back up to normal. The anesthesiologist came back and gave me something that really numbed me up. I'm not sure what it was, but even my hands were numb.  By the time my doctor came and it was time for me to push I couldn't feel a thing. I don't know how good of a job I did pushing.  Mike said I pushed for about 20 minutes.  It seemed like a lot longer than that to me.  I was so exhausted, and I couldn't breath.  Even my lungs felt numb. I had to use my inhaler, and I could barely keep my eyes open between contractions. After pushing for 20 minutes my doctor decided to use, I swear she called it the mega vacuum. I also received an episiotomy, I've never had one of those before, so that's been fun...NOT! I guess he came out head up, which is not ideal, his hand was also up by his face, and the cord was wrapped around his neck! He was breathing though, and that's all I really cared about. After that it was pretty much a blur. 

 I only held him for a minute, I was so light headed and sleepy I didn't dare hold him. I think I looked like this for about a half an hour after I had him. Nice huh?

 A funny side note.  Joy was on one side of me during the delivery, right after I had him she disappeared.  She had to go sit down, she had been holding her breath and breathing with me, she got sick.  I think everyone in the room was holding their breath. After the dizziness and light headedness wore off, I got the shakes. Luckily the medicine wore off pretty quick then I was ready to hold my Bensen.

I am so grateful everything worked out.  It is so scary going in for delivery.  You hope and pray everything will be ok for you and the baby, and that the baby will be healthy.  We have been so blessed with healthy children. I know that each baby is a miracle sent from God. I don't know that I deserve them, but I am so grateful for them.

The kids were able to come to the hospital the next day and see him. 

 They love him so much!

 Here is our first family photo.

 It was so nice having the kids come up and see us.  When I had Wesley they wouldn't let Jaycee come to the hospital.

I have a sweet friend who lost a baby this week.  It makes me realize how precious my babies are. I am going to hold them and love them for as long as they will let me.

We are so blessed.

The Final Countdown!

I was hoping to have a baby by now!  I guess he is going to stay in there until he is evicted on Sunday. This pregnancy has been so weird, I wasn't as sick with this one as I was with the others. However, I am in so much pain this time around. I'm pretty sure that didn't happen with the others.  I have felt like my pelvis is broken for about 4 months now.  It hurts to sit, stand, lay, or do anything! According to my doctor it is pretty common, and there is nothing they can do to help. She told me to take Tylenol, that was not something I wanted to do long term, so I have been trying to deal with the pain.  Poor Mike has to deal with my whining...I do a lot of whining!  This last month has been the worst! I'm tired, but I can't get comfortable enough to sleep. I feel like my stomach is a thousand pounds.
It's not all bad. It is pretty awesome to feel him move around, and he moves around a lot! Mike thinks it is funny that it still surprises me. It is pretty crazy to see your stomach moving all over the place.
I feel truly blessed to be pregnant, we tried to add to our family for about three years, it's what we prayed for. I don't mean to complain.  I just wanted to document how weird this pregnancy has been.

On another note, on the 5th (actually the 4th, because the 5th was a Sunday) me and Mike celebrated 8 years of marriage. Mike is the BEST present giver ever! This year I got a ruby ring, necklace, and earrings! He is pretty amazing. Don't worry, I didn't get him anything, because I suck.  I am planning on making it up to him when my brain is functioning properly. :) We went to a movie, Saving Mr. Banks, and out to eat at Red Robin.  We haven't been to Red Robin in such a long time.  We hardly ever make it to Layton. It was so good! I've been thinking about their Freckled Fruit Salad ever since.
I really am so lucky to have Mike, he really is amazing and never ceases to amaze me. I love him.

I had to take Jaycee to the dentist yesterday.  She had an abscess.  They ended up pulling her tooth out. She did so good, I was nervous, she was crying before we even got to his office.  Once they got her set in the chair she let them put the gas on her, last time we tried that she kept tearing it off. Anyway, they were able to get her numbed up without her knowing what was going on, and she had no idea they pulled out her tooth until they showed it to her! She actually told me last night that she hopes they pull out another tooth next time we go in. Silly girl.

The house is moving along.  They have the basement mostly framed and the floor put on. They haven't done framing for a couple of days, but yesterday more wood arrived, so hopefully it will start to look more like a house.  I was trying to show Wesley where his room would be, he was confused because there was nowhere for his light. It is pretty exciting watching it all come together.  I am a little scared about picking out all the colors, I hope they all look good together. 

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

 We had an excellent holiday season. As the kids get older holidays get more fun.

We had our Bailey party at Joys house this year. We ate a lot of great food, and played some fun games.  Wesley even got decorated!

 I don't have many pictures of my parents, so I decided to throw this one in.

 Doesn't he make the cutest little tree.

 Here are a couple more cute little trees.

 And we can't forget my sweet reindeer.

 On Christmas Eve we have the Borgstrom Party. The kids had a lot of fun dressing up and acting out the nativity.

Wesley was a so excited to be a Wiseman.

 Jaycee was a shepherd.  She was pretty upset that she didn't get to be Mary. All the girls wanted to be Mary. She thought if she was Mary she would get to hold Elsie, like a baby. Elsie is almost one, and not about to let anyone hold her like a baby! She wants to be on the move.  She is actually in this picture, she started out in the basket.  That didn't last long. You can kind of see her behind Logan.

Every year Grandma LouLou makes the kids pajamas.  The kids love them.

We had fun and played games. Telestrations was so funny.  I was in tears laughing so hard.

Wesley was a little nervous to go to sleep that night.  He wanted to sleep with us.  I assured him that Santa Claus would not be coming into his bedroom. Lucky for us they both fell asleep really fast.

They love finding what's in their socks.  This year they got electric toothbrushes! And they love them.

 I love his little under bite.

 Both the kids got watches this year. Wesley's was a Marvel and Jaycee got a Hello Kitty.

 On one of our 25 days of Christmas we took the kids to the dollar store and they were able to pick a few things out for each other and for us.  This hat is one of the things Jaycee pick for Wesley.

It's funny, Mike took each of the kids, separately, to pick something out for me, and they both picked out a hand held mirror.  Mike said there were a couple to choose from, but they both picked the same one.

 On Wesley's list this year was a watch, an alarm clock, a telescope (which was really a magnifying glass), and a finder sing (which was a metal detector). He got three of the 4 things.  No metal detector this year.

On Jaycee's list was lip stick, high heels, a dress that touches the floor, and chalk for her hair. She also got three of the four things. No high heels, and she made sure to tell me that her dress doesn't touch the floor. I told her I did my best. Dresses that touch the floor are hard to find.

 Santa brought us a Wii U this year.  We've had fun trying to figure that out.

After we opened our presents we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Baileys and had breakfast and opened our exchange gifts.

Here's some of the kids.

 My mom asked me to make all the girls dolls this year.  What a project that turned out to be. I think they turned out pretty cute...I might be a little bias. Me and Jaime picked out which doll would go to who. It was funny, when they opened them some of them matched their owner. Abbie and Ellies were exact matches. Kailey's and Paige's matched pretty good too.

 Me and Mike were there, we were just on camera duty all morning.

On New Years Eve we spent the night with the Borgstrom side of our family.  We played games, and ate way too much food. 

 Everyone made it until midnight.

Wesley had a lot more fun this year then last year.  He enjoyed the horns and the loud noises.  Mike and his dad tried to light fireworks for about 5 minutes.  It turns out LouAnn bought big poppers, not fireworks.  That was funny.

 Here's all the Borgstrom cousins, except Elsie.

 Ringing in the new year.

We are so lucky to have family so nearby. We even get to spend the holiday with Andrew, Cheryl, Miriam, and Quentin. The kids counted down the days until they got here.  I'm not sure if they were more excited for Christmas, or for them to get here. I love that my kids get to grow up with their cousins as best friends. It really is remarkable. I love that they are all such great kids. I love spending time with mine and Mikes siblings and parents.  They are all great also.  We truly are blessed

Speaking of being blessed Bensen still hasn't made his arrival. I went to the doctor on Monday, she said he is measuring 7 lbs, 2oz! Jaycee was 7lbs, 3oz when she was born! Bensen is averaging out at 40 weeks. I will be 37 weeks on Monday. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks he will decide to make an appearance.  If not he will for sure be here by the 19th.

 

Breaking Ground

It's official, we've broke ground on our house! Mike the excavator probably thinks we are crazy because we are down there watching him everyday. What can I say, we are pretty excited!

Here it is on the first day when he cleared everything.

Here it is on the first day of digging.

 

Here it is on the second day digging.

Oh, if anyone needs dirt we have a lot to get rid of.

Now our dirt pile is as high as our wall.

Now we just have to figure out what we want the house to look like on the inside and out...no big deal...right?

 

Jaycee had her last basketball game this last week.  She even got the chance to dribble and shoot the ball! We are so proud of her.

 

Days Gone By

How is it that time can go so fast, and so slow at the same time? I seriously feel like I have been pregnant forever. At the same time I can't believe that December is already half over! We had a great Thanksgiving. We had our Bailey lunch at Joys house. We usually go to my Aunt Char's house, but this year my mom wanted to have it up here. It was nice only having to go to Mountain Green. My Aunt Char lives in Lindon. So when you have two Thanksgivings to go to, it makes for a lot of driving. Then we had our Borgstrom dinner an Mikes parents. All the food was so good, and the company wasn't too shabby either. This year in the month of November we tried to have the kids write one thing they were thankful for each day. They came up with some pretty interesting ones.

We went big on black Friday this year.  We bought a van! That's right, we are mini van people now.  It is a red, 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan.  We had to drive to Idaho to get it, but we've decided it was worth it. So far, so good. It hasn't broke down on us yet. 

The kids have loved playing in the snow this year. Jaycee asked me to help her make a snowman. By the time I was ready to go outside she already had one made. She was too quick for me. They each made a couple of snowmen. I think we had 7 by the time they were done.

 Then we got a good snowstorm.  Mike and the kids were outside for hours shoveling. Well, Mike was shoveling , the kids were mostly playing.

 

I finally finished all the dolls for my mom. I made 9 total. For some reason I only took pictures of 6 of them. Man, were they a lot of work!

Sometime between last time I posted and this time, Wesley got Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. It was pretty horrible.  He had little blisters all over his hands and feet. He got them in other areas, but they were the worst on his hands and feet.  Lucky for us he only had one in his mouth, and a couple around his mouth. There was pretty much nothing we could do to help him .  When the blisters popped then his hands and feet were cracking and bleeding. It was pretty sad.  Now his fingernails are falling off! I guess in extreme cases that happens. We are lucky Jaycee didn't catch it.  It is highly contagious.  His cousin Luke was not so lucky.  He got it a couple days after Wesley did.  It's strange how different it affected both of them.  Luke had the spots and blisters all over his body.  Not so much on his hands and feet.  Weird disease.

Other then that we have been mostly healthy.

 We started our Christmas countdown. The kids are loving it. I am having a hard time following through. Lucky for me Jaycee hasn't tried to read what is on the cards because I have changed a lot of the days. For instance, one day we were supposed to make cookies and take them to the neighbors, we ended up watching a movie instead. I'm sure we will bake some cookies at some point, I just couldn't bring myself to do it that day. Yesterday we went and saw the Ogden lights with Amber's family, and we only lost one child, and it was only for a minute.

 I made all those hats.

 Wesley liked it a lot more this year.

The line to see Santa was way to long, so we didn't get to see him.

 Early in the month we went and saw the Roy lights and drove around our old neighborhood. The kids really like that. It's funny I think their favorite thing is opening Christmas books to read. Next year I'll have to do more of those...they are easy.

Jaycee has been liking basketball.  She gets better every week.

I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago and the baby (Bensen, we think) was measuring two weeks ahead of my due date. Doctor Boheen says that doesn't change my due date. And the earliest she could induce me would be January 19th. That seems so far away. She also said that sometimes big babies decide to come early all on their own. She said that if I go full term we will most likely have a 9 pound baby! My nurse with Jaycee threaten me with a C-section, and she was only 7 pound 3 ounces. So that's a little scary. I really hope he decides to come early. Right after Christmas would be nice. I'm not sure how much bigger I can get.

We moved up the timeline on our house.  We were told the price of cement, and sheetrock would be going up at the first of the year, so we decided to get started.  They should start digging this week, Monday or Tuesday.  We are pretty excited.
Sarah moved in to their house this weekend. It has our kids excited to get over there.