Caimbree Rae

Caimbree Rae

6/19/2014

7:55 AM

6 lbs. 13 oz.

18 inches

 I am devastated by the lack of pictures I have from Caimbree's first day!  She did not come when or how we were planning and while we managed to grab most of the essentials, the camera didn't make it into the car.

Caimbree's due date was June 28 and her c-section was scheduled for June 21.  I had been having so many contractions and signs of labor that I was shocked when I went to my 38 week appointment and nothing was happening. It looked like she was going to make it to her scheduled date and I was thrilled.  I mean, how nice to just show up in the scheduled day, prepared

and ready.

Thursday morning at 2AM my water broke...only I wasn't really sure, orI was in denial about it.  I didn't want to wake Jeff up and I really, really didn't want to wake the girls up.  Plus, their suitcases weren't packed. I tried to convince myself that I drank too much water before bed and the baby's head probably just hit my bladder really hard, even though nothing like what I experienced had ever happened in either of my previous pregnancies.  I couldn't sleep and went upstairs to get on the internet an research it a little.  When I got up again, I was pretty sure

Caimbree's gift to the girls...they were quite pleased

 my water had broken but I really did not want to believe it because I so did not want to wake everyone up.  Finally at 2:45 I decided I better tell Jeff.  As I expected, he started freaking out and started telling me to get the girls and get in the car.  I told him to stop panicking because I had only had 2 contractions since my water had broken. I called the doctor on call and he told me it probably had broken and to start heading to the closest hospital.  Much to Jeff's dismay, I jumped in the shower.  Then I went upstairs and packed the girls up and we loaded everybody up in the van.

My biggest fear was that we would get to the hospital and they would tell me I had peed my pants and to go home.  By the time we started driving though the contractions started and continued about 5 minutes apart the entire drive. It didn't take them more than 2 seconds to tell me that my water did break and they were going to start prepping for surgery immediately.   I am just so grateful we made it to Utah to the hospital I was planning on delivering.  My doctor was out of town, but the doctor that delivered Heidi was on call and I really like him so it was fine.  

Little miss Caimbree didn't come when we thought she would, but she sure is a doll!  She has been a dream so far and Heidi and Savanna adore her.  There will be lots of adjusting when we get home, but we are so happy to have her with us.  I feel like our family is complete!  We love you Caimbree Rae!

we love daddy

We have been pretty excited to celebrate Father's Day at our house.  So excited that we have been ready since the middle of May.  Jeff's presents were hiding in a closet for quite awhile and I am shocked beyond belief that Heidi did not spill the beans.  She has been so cute about keeping that secret.  I got up with the girls and we made Jeff's favorite breakfast--German Pancakes with buttermilk syrup.  Of course we made him one of his favorite dinners and apple crisp for dessert as well.  Savanna is teething and was really not in the mood for pictures....or anything else for that matter.  We hope that tooth pops in sooner rather than later.

 Heidi could not wait for her dad to wake up.  Jeff isn't trying to take a selfie here, he is holding something up to try to get Savanna to look at least somewhat happy. Jeff was pretty excited about the ice cream maker we got him and can't wait to try it out for family night.  He has been talking about how fun it would be for awhile now and when I gave the girls suggestions of what we could do for Father's Day, Heidi was more than a little excited about that one.  She kept saying, "That would be a perfect present.  Dad loves ice cream."  She also made him a little map holder at story time one week and she was so, so, so excited to see his face when he saw it. She insisted it go in a special spot in the trailer so we had it for camping.  I really think she was more excited about Father's Day and making her daddy happy than she is about pretty much any other holiday with the exception of maybe Christmas.

We tried to get a decent picture of daddy and his girls (probably the last one before he is trying to hold three little girls), but Savanna was still not cooperating.  Heidi was trying to make her smile by making funny noises but Savanna was too busy trying to chew her book to even notice what Heidi was doing.

Good picture or not, I am so unbelievably, beyond words, grateful my girls have such a great man and example for their daddy.  If only every child in the world could have a dad like Jeff.  Jeff gets up at the crack of dawn to go into work on the early bus.  Not because he has to, but because he can't get all of his work done in a regular day.  He does this so he can leave on time because he doesn't like getting home late and missing one minute of time with his girls.  He comes home dead tired and doesn't say one word about how tired he is or how hard and stressful his day was.  He won't even sit for a second.  He immediately starts throwing the girls around, asking them about their day, and telling them how much he loves them and missed them.  He reads to them.  He gets excited about what they are excited about.  He laughs at the funny things they do.  When they are playing there is never a shortage of laughter...from all 3 of them.  He dances with them.  He loves having them work with him on projects and is so incredibly patient even though whatever he is doing takes three times as long with them at his side. He lights up when he talks about them.  He is a good example and feels it is so important to teach them the gospel.  There really are a million things that make him such a great dad and I feel like in spite of all of my shortcomings as a mother, they will be okay because they have him as their dad.  Happy, happy Father's Day, Jeff.  We hope you know how much we love and appreciate all you do!

time to head for the mountains

Please excuse her post nap hair and post dinner face.  We loaded all the camping stuff into its new home and Savanna had to ride each and every sleeping bag like a horse before we could take it out.  This child is seriously hilarious.

 Warmer weather has finally come and that means it's time to plan some serious camping trips...never mind that we have 6 days until baby girl #3 makes her debut.  We used our tax return to buy a Rhino, or as the girls call it, the jeep four wheeler.  We have been saving for a long time to get a camper because, let's face it, with little ones, it really is so much easier to camp in a trailer.

 We found a 2005 trailer in unbelievable condition and couldn't pass it up.  The girls seriously cannot get enough of it...and neither can Jeff.  We brought it home yesterday night and they have been in it pretty much all day.  I cannot get enough of those two cute little faces.  They love testing out all of the beds and think everything in that trailer is the coolest thing they have ever seen.

 Heidi and Jeff are planning out camping trips already.  I think they have us scheduled for every weekend for the rest of the summer.  We do live 20 minutes from great camping so it is pretty ridiculous we haven't gone more than we have.  Hopefully having the trailer will help us go a lot more frequently.

 This is what I got when I told them to smile. Seriously.  I can't take the cuteness. Heidi has already called this queen bed at the front of the trailer (the one that is obviously meant for me and Jeff) as her and Savanna's bed and has figured out exactly where she will put her doctor's kit and the fly swatter.  So funny.

We are so grateful to have found a nice trailer with a reasonable price so we can make lots and lots of family memories together.  It fits the Rhino perfectly and it also fits perfectly behind our fence. We can't wait to enjoy the mountains this summer and many, many more to come!