Update & Pictures of James

Things are going well for us as we are trying to adjust and get used to 3 kids. James is a great baby and puts up with the noise of his brothers very well. He seems to like to sleep on us instead of in his bassinet. I am trying to get him used to his bassinet so he doesn't end up sleeping in our bed for years. He seems to have a laid back personality. The boys are still loving him and wanting to hold him all the time. They both love to help me with things for James which is nice except when they fight over who gets to help with what. For the most part things are great and I am recovering well.

Introducing James Lee Bush

Well I figured I better get my blog updated now that James is a week old. The week has flown by and been a pretty rough week. I don't know if anybody cares to hear how the labor and delivery went but I am going to blog about it anyways because it was the best birth out of all 3!

I went to the hospital on the 18th at 7 a.m. After getting changed and set up on the monitors they had to test my blood to make sure it was thick enough to handle an epidural. I told Will if it is not we might as well go home. Thankfully it was fine and I was given my epidural around 9 a.m. Dr. Hall came in a little before 9:30 a.m. and broke my water and the nurse started me on pit. At this point I was feeling nothing. Which I was grateful for. A little time went by and they cranked up the pit a little bit. I decided to listen to some music while I was laying there in bed so Will gave me my ipod and I listened to Hilary Weeks new album then decided to just play all the songs on my ipod starting from a to z. Before I got out of the a's I was feeling some pressure and told Will I needed to talk to the nurse. She came in at 11:45 a.m. and checked me and said oh you are ready let me go tell the doctor. By the way I still was feeling no contractions just a bit of pressure. So the doctor comes in a couple minutes before noon and gets ready. I pushed through 3 contractions which took 11 minutes and our new little guy was born. In case anyone is wondering the song that was playing when he was born and the doctor put him on my belly was The Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon. James weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.


Aside from the pressure I felt it was pain free. On a scale from 1 to 10 the worst it ever got was like a 5. It seriously hurts worse when I stub my toe. The little guy came out with a bunch of white stuff all over him and was not wanting to breath on his own. The cord was wrapped around his neck pretty good they said so he had a harder time transitioning from womb to world they said. They had to kinda rub him to get him to let out a cry. It was a little scary for a minute but he started crying. They put him on me skin to skin to see if that would help but it didn't too much so just to be safe they took him to the nursery and put him on oxygen for a little bit. They brought him back to me and he was fine after that.

The boys absolutely love him and Samuel was so excited to see him. He does very well with him and Russell loves to hold him and talk to him. They have been very careful with James and we have had no accidents at this point.




I love being able to hold and cuddle with James. It is quite the adjustment for me but I know with time I will get a good routine down, at least that is what i am hoping for. I am feeling sore and tired and low on energy but I am so grateful for James and that we have been blessed to have him in our family. I look forward to raising 3 energetic boys that I hope will grow up to be best friends. Here are a few more pics of James around the house.

D Day

So I have an inducement set up for this Saturday the 18th at 7 a.m. I went to the doctor and am dilated to about a 4 and my cervix is "favorable" he said. I have been having contractions off and on the last couple days nothing serious but I definitely feel ready to have this little guy. Still no names picked out but hopefully we can agree on something soon after we see him and get a feel for what we think a good name for him would be. I will post pictures after I get home as soon as I am feeling well enough to make it downstairs and then back up.

Our Trip to Yellowstone National Park

We took a family vacation to Yellowstone from September 15th to the 19th. Will had been there before as a boy but I had never been and was excited to go. The boys loved seeing the animals and I enjoyed the beauty of the park. We tried to take a bunch of pictures but they really don't do it any justice but I will post them anyways.








I thought this was so cute of Will walking with the boys.
Samuel Liked this big tree that had fallen over so we all took pictures in front of it.
Samuel took this picture, not to bad.



Russell likes to run around after his bath before he gets dressed. This is at the resort we stayed at.
A buffalo. They get on the road and you can see them up close pretty well.
We visited the petrified rock and Samuel really liked it. The hike up to it just about killed me but Samuel help my hand and helped me the whole way.
Samuel then wanted to take my picture.
Samuel in front of a couple buffalo having breakfast.A nice guy offered to take our picture for us in front of the sign. I then took their picture for them.

Well I think this pretty much updates what has been going on. Our house is still for sell and the market is slow. I am hoping everything works out to have the baby on the 19th. The boys are looking forward to Halloween but Samuel can't decide what he wants to be. More to come later.

Pregnancy Update

So just when I thought I was in the clear and just had to make it to my inducement day along comes another issue. Now my gall bladder is not functioning properly or so they think. It hurts like crazy if you eat fatty foods so I am trying to stay away from fatty food which is not always easy for a pregnant woman with cravings to do. My doctor said it is a possibility that I could now be induced on or close to the 18th or 19th. At my last appointment I was dilated to a 1 and my cervix was softening so that is a good thing. I have another appointment this Friday and hope things continue to look good so I can get this gall bladder issue fixed asap.

Around the House

I thought I would post some pictures from us just hanging out around the house. Samuel asked me one day to paint his face so I got out some old make up I never use and painted the things he wanted and a little man on his belly. He loved it!