Camden Rogers Daines

Introducing Camden Rogers Daines

8lbs 8ozs

21 inches

We chose to be induced on November 28th since I definitely wasn't really progressing myself. Baby and I were both very uncomfortable and out of space. For a few weeks I honestly was hoping I would get bigger and give baby and I more breathing room but no such luck. By the time the 28th rolled around we were both ready! Blake and I dropped the kids off the night before with my parents and we were able to head right up to the hospital when they were ready for me at 6:30. With new policies I was hooked up and ready to go within about a half hour. It was awesome. After a while I decided to get my epidural mostly because my tale bone was throbbing. It was also good because last time I almost waited too long and I was afraid of missing my window. Hilariously the anesthesiologist thanked me for being skinny. I laughed for the rest of my delivery. I didn't feel small but I will take it. Our labor and delivery nurse was a veteran for sure. She had been involved in thousands of deliveries and so it was such a blessing. After the epidural I started feeling like a elephant was sitting on my chest. Normally the nurses would put me on oxygen (which makes me sick) but she realized I was not sitting up enough and my diaphragm was being numbed. After about 10 minutes the symptoms started to lessen. Also, every time I am almost fully dilated I get super nauseous and she offered me some meds that stopped me from throwing up. I will be forever grateful for her knowledge that led to a pretty comfortable delivery.

We were in a race with another of our doctors patients who had also been induced to see who would deliver first. We were both progressing at the same rate and luckily I won, but just barely. We were so excited to see what gender our baby was and it was literally like a Christmas morning anticipation. I was 90% sure that it was a girl and was shocked when they announced he was a boy! I had to keep checking that he was really a boy because I had been so sure. Another shocker was we had our first bald baby! We are so used to at least an inch of hair or more that it was funny to actually see the gaps in his skull.

He was perfect. Scored perfect scores on all his tests. A mother was training her daughter as a NICU nurse and kept telling her to take notes on this perfect baby because she would never see one again. It was so fun! From the moment he was born the boy was determined to suck on something. He would noisily suck on his fist until a nurse decided to bring him a binkie!

All four kids together. Everyone loved him so much! Even Tytan was surprisingly in love with him. I was so nervous because he had insisted that he would be the only boy. Karlee and Nathan talked fast and he thinks having a super hero buddy will be awesome!

Miss Jordyn barely would let him out of her sights.

Mom came to stay with me on the 29th while Blake took a break and took the kids to lunch at Wendy's.

All dressed up to head home. Handsome little man.

I had to catch a picture of my men in their Letterman jackets. Loved it!

I am so glad that our little man is here safe and sound and I can't wait to see what dynamic he brings to our little family. We are even numbers now and I am sure he will bring balance to the force.

Moments in Time: October 2016

Daddy and Kenlee had a great time taking silly selfies!

All the Daines grand kids (except Baby Bean) at the Halloween Party!

Auntie April spoiled Tytan with a Captain America lunchbox. He was so excited about it that he insisted on taking his nap with the lunchbox!

Halloween Shirts! This years were some of my favorite because they were all jack o lanterns!

This is how a Tytan rides in style.....

After a day at a wedding all the kiddos crashed on the car ride home. This is a very rare occasion!

32 Weeks with Baby Bean

Sweet Jordyn dressed her Jessie up like she is dressing up for Halloween.

Jordyn needed some new shoes for the cold weather. Silly mom picked out some sparkling purple tennis shoes. Jordyn looked at me and said "I was thinking of something a bit cuter." Apparently tennis shoes are not cute. Luckily we found these gray boots that passed the cute test! Oh man do I have my hands full with her.....

These are the two outfits I finally picked out for Baby Beans to come home in. I can't wait to find out what we are having!

32 week ultra sound went very well. The spot on the heart is gone and was probably a glare. Baby Bean is healthy and strong! It didn't like being poked at and was very determined not to move its arms away from its body and so the poor student couldn't measure its arms. This baby likes to be curled up tight!

Miss Jordyn styling her brand new boots!

Poppy, Poppy can we try out the carousel seat?!?

A selfie with my little man!

Three generations in the same classroom. Gammie as the substitute teacher, me as the volunteer, and Kenlee as the student. Pretty cool!

As part of red ribbon week they had a tie day. Kenlee rocked dad's skinny tie!

Pumpkin painting at Gammie and Poppy's house

Nothing says helpful like grand kids in the muddy hole....

Tytan will always go for digging in mud!

Tytan snuggles are always entertaining, we just take whatever we get.

Once all the leaves started to fall we spent several afternoons making piles, jumping in leaves and throwing them at each other. It was amazingly fun!

This years pumpkins didn't get very big for some reason so we got creative. Jorydn painted her own pink pumpkin. She was so proud of herself.

This year daddy assisted Kenlee carving her own pumpkin. She designed it herself too. How did she get so big?!?

All the kiddos pumpkins turned out great!

Tytan loved his Cap shield!

This year was the last BOA that our family would go to so we made a girls trip out of it. My dad, Brady and Nathan stayed with the band and us girls just got to enjoy! On our way down we had to stop every few hours so pregnant legs could stretch. At one stop there was a petting zoo next to the gas station! Hello Emus!!

 Band Selfies!

The whole Ulrich clan at Bands of America... thanks to all the men that stayed with the kiddos so us ladies could go!

All three kids picked their own costumes this year. Jordyn got this adorable tulle dress for her birthday from her Aunt T and decided to dress up with her Disneyland Minnie ears as Minnie Queen.  You were not aloud to call her a princess or any other royalty. She was Minnie Queen.

Kenlee was Batgirl! I loved how her costume turned out! She is a supergirl, perfect fit!

Tytan was of course Captain America! With all the Cap stuff in our house, his costume was easy to do! Stud Muffin!

Daddy was a mad scientist! What a good looking group!

Blake found my costume. This was the first year I was showing for Halloween enough to use it. I was a basketball in a hoop! It was a hit!

Love my Cutie Pies! Poor Kenlee missed her class party because she woke up with strep again. Man that poor girl! But the doctor gave her permission to do a little trick or treating luckily. She was a trooper.