Happy 6th Birthday, Hayden!!

I can not believe it has been 6 years, since Hayden has become part of our lives!!  This past year, he has hit so many milestones, and has grown into an adorable, sweet little guy!  

• Lost 5 teeth... a few by accident.
• Learned to ride a bike without training wheels
• Accomplished tying his shoes
• Has soared through kindergarten; such a strong reader, and loves Math & Science
• SO curious and loves to ask questions
• Loves to dance, tell silly jokes, and can whiz through mazes
• Very creative with legos and anything else that involves building

We celebrated his sixth year with a Lego party.  Thankfully, my mom was in town to help with the cake, since we were bringing little Henry home on his birthday.  One of his birthday presents, was a trip to see The Globetrotters, since he has enjoyed playing basketball this past year.

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Our New Family of Four

They wanted to keep Henry a little longer, just to be on the safe side with his breathing, so we stayed in the hospital  for three days.  I was very excited for Hayden to come to the hospital to meet his little brother. Hayden, understandably was a little unsure about it. :)

  Thankfully, Jake arranged for my mom to fly out, and take care of Hayden while we were at the hospital.  

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Henry's Arrival

After my water broke, we patiently waited for Henry's arrival, but after 8 hours and no change, they suggested putting me on pitocin.  Henry still wasn't in too big a hurry, because it was another 6 hours until I was ready to begin pushing.  I was feeling contractions, so I asked for an epidural around 12:00.  I had a similar experience as I did with Hayden, which was being completely numb from the waste down, which made my legs hard to feel... very frustrating!

I didn't have to push as long as I did with Hayden, only about an hour this time.  Although, this time around I was very sick during the delivery portion. :(

It was definitely anti-climactic with this delivery. Because Henry was considered pre-term, being 5 weeks early, there were a lot more nurses there to tend to Henry.  His breathing was a little strenuous, so after holding him for only a few minutes, they brought Henry to the NICU.

Later that night, they let me hold him for a few hours, but he had to stay in there overnight just to observe his breathing.  Henry also wasn't eating as much as he should have been, so they placed him on a feeding tube to help him along.

Thankfully, our little guy showed a lot of improvement, and was off the tube & out of NICU the next day!!!

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Happy Birthday, Henry Jacob Rutherford

A huge surprise that our little guy came a little over a month early!  The night before, when I was getting ready for bed, I complained about my belly button hurting and noticed it finally popped out... must have been like a turkey thermometer telling me our little man was finished baking in my oven.  After sleeping for a few hours, I woke up at 12:30 to go to the bathroom and realized as I was walking my water broke.  Took me a few minutes to realize, but then woke up Jake.  He was so calm (thankfully one of us was.)

After taking a shower to quickly shave my legs, lol, we packed a suitcase for Hayden and took him to my friend Brandi's house... SO thankful she picked up her phone at 1am.  We finally arrived at the hospital around 1:30am, when I was admitted.  Because I have been on blood thinners, I had to wait until 9:30 to receive an epidural.  Thankfully, our little guy waited to arrive until after that!

Henry Jacob Rutherford was born at 4:47pm, weighing in at 6lbs. 8oz (which is pretty large for being almost 5 weeks early) and 20 inches in length.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

In honor of the day, we had our St. Patrick's Day meal, hunt for four-leaf clovers, and our traditional gold scavengar hunt from the leprechaun.  No luck this year, the leprechaun trap didn't work again! ;)

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A little over a month...

A little over a month, and our little man will be here!  I am feeling bigger than a house, and laugh to myself as a waddle down the hallways at work.  His bedroom is finished, and am ready for my maternity leave to begin in a few weeks at work!

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Random Phone Photos

 We have been frequent visitors at Red Robin due to my cravings.  There is a waitress that we have every time... needless to say, she knows our orders by heart.  She also always throws in a free sundae for Hayden!

 My shopping buddy... he wants a murse to put his hot wheels and rocks into it.  This was the only orange one they had. :)

 Sunday morning tradition is pancakes at IHOP. :)

My favorite part about working this year, is having Hayden in my classroom after school.  He LOVED reading in my class library!

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Ugh... 3-hour Glucose Test

 Unfortunately, just like I did with Hayden, I had to take the 3-hour Glucose test... true torture.  Thankfully, Jake was sweet enough to sit with me at the doctor's office to keep me company.  Afterwards, I treated myself to a yummy shake....hmmm???  Thankfully, I passed. :)

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Happy Valentine's Day

 Love Our Little Valentine!!

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It's Mardi Gras Time!!

Of course we had to celebrate Mardi Gras using some of the goodies Aunt Nikki brought us back from New Orleans.  My favorite part was trying to find the baby in the King Cake.  We said who ever found it, had to change all of Baby Rutherford's diapers once he arrives... needless to say Hayden was not happy when he found it in his cake. :)

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Chinese New Year

We celebrated Chinese New Year, by ordering Chinese Food, making snake crafts, and watching Kung Fu Panda part 2.  Shocking, Hayden loves dumplings and edamame. Hayden also received his traditional Red Envelope filled with money for his piggie bank.

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