Introducing....

We are thrilled to announce our new addition to our family! Lila Eve Mortensen was born January 14th at 12:51 pm. She was 5 days early which I was not disappointed about at all! So the story goes.... I woke up about 5:30 am to use the bathroom and of course I laid there in bed unable to fall asleep again. Around 6:00am as I was lying in bed I felt my water break. I went to the bathroom again to double check and sure enough, I was right! I woke Shay and then jumped in the shower. As I got out Shay was already to go to the hospital. I told him we weren't going for awhile. He looked confused and annoyed that he could still be sleeping. Gotta love our husbands! I didn't start having contractions until about 7:30 am and even then they were not bad. I decided around 9:30 am to go to the hospital even though my contractions were not that far apart. The hospital was only 10 min away so we were in no rush. When we got to the hospital I was dilated to 5cm, zero station and 100% effaced. It didn't shock me that I was already progressed that far because I had pretty much had been at that stage for 3 weeks. My plan was to do this one natural and I didn't want it any other way. Shay was an awesome support system and I could not have done it without him! Crazy enough Shay was actually suppose to be gone at another training. The only reason he was home was because he came home from his training a week prior with pneumonia. At the time I was not thrilled but now I am grateful for pneumonia! Around 12:30 pm the contractions finally started to worsen I and I didn't know if I could make. Shay pushed me through it and after they told me I was at a 9cm I had no choice but to continue without medicine. Finally after about 7 min of pushing Lila arrive at 12:51! I will brag a little and say that I extremely proud of myself for sticking to my plan of a natural childbirth. I am so grateful I chose to do it without medicine.






Reagan has been enjoying her little sister! She is very loving and always wants to make her happy. We struggle a little with the crying. She doesn't like to hear her cry and either runs away or starts crying herself but we will work through it. We love our family of 4 and can't wait for everyone to meet Lila!

Trying to be patient....

I will be 39 weeks on Wednesday and we can't wait to have our new addition! We hope that she comes soon so Shaler can have as much time with her before he leaves the first of February for his 3 month training at Altus. So keep us in your prayers! (plus I do not want to be induced! yuck!) So hopefully this is the last pregnancy photo that will be posted. We will keep everyone updated when Lila arrives!

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful little Christmas with just us this year. It is fun to have little kids that understand what Christmas is about and Santa. Reagan makes Christmas exciting! We were able to talk to family on Skype in the morning and then went over to our friends home for dinner. It was a very enjoyable day!









Earlier in the week we made a gingerbread house. Of course with Shaler's framing background it couldn't be just a little house. It had to have a Popsicle stick structure with all the bells and whistles. I think that both Reagan and Shaler had more fun eating the candy then putting it on the house! Thanks to Shaler the house turned our great!

So far in December...

Shay was gone most of December but Reagan and I kept ourselves busy. I had some wonderful friends throw me diaper shower, Reagan saw Santa, and we did lots of Christmas planning. We are happy to have daddy home and love the Christmas season!

Our attempt at a family photo on Sunday with no one but ourselves to take the picture. Not too bad...

Daddy's Home!


Reagan informing Santa of what she wants for Christmas

Dec. 10th, 34 Weeks Prego

Laura, me and Evelyn at my Shower. They were the ones who hosted it

Some of the friends that came to the shower

And we are back....

We had to block our blog for a couple of weeks while Shay was at survival training for the Air Force but we are back now and I am finally updating! The week before Thanksgiving we had Shaler's pilot graduation. Most of his family was here and it was a wonderful weekend. We were also able to celebrate Shay and Ilene's birthday.

Reagan couldn't let them have all the fun
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Making the flight suit look fashionable?!?!





Can you guess who is the actual pilot?


The family after we pinned on Shay's wings. Apparently there were too many camera's going off for us to all be looking in the same direction. Note to self... use only ONE camera!

Assignment Night

Last Friday Shay had his assignment night. It is the night we finally get to find out what aircraft he will be flying. He has worked so hard this past year and we are so proud of him. Because of all his hard work, he was able to get his first choice! He will be flying the C-17 and our first duty station will be at McChord AFB in Tacoma, WA! We are happy to be back with family! We do not have orders yet but we know we probably won't be up there until at least June. Shay still has to do a 4 month C-17 training at Altus AFB here in Oklahoma and then another month of survival training. I will stay here in Enid while Shay goes to Altus. It is about 3 hours south of here. It will be tough to have him gone with a newborn but will will see him on the weekends. So if anyone wants to come visit me I would love the company! We are excited for this new chapter in our lives and know it will be challenging as a family but we know this is the right thing for us. Here are some pictures from assignment night...

October

We have officially entered the third trimester and the holiday season! I am now 27 weeks and growing! Reagan went to her first Halloween party yesterday. Shaler wanted her to be a cowgirl and so she is. However, he has learned that next year he should ask what she wants to be. The two of them have had a grand debate because she wants to be and Ariel princess. No shock there! Oh, how we love age 3! Here are some pictures of my growing belly and her Halloween party