Oakley May Heath

She is finally here! Our little girl! Yay!! Introducing Oakley May Heath, born July 1, 2014 at 2:11am, weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and measured 21 inches long. She is so beautiful and we are glad she is finally here. Austin and my experience this time around was incredible. We headed to the birth center that morning to see how dilated I was. Being only at a 4 and our house about 35 minutes away our midwife told Austin and I too get some sleep, eat something, watch a movie, relax, and then to come back in a few hours. Awesome!! We practically were just forced into a date. HAHA So, we red boxed a movie, pulled the van over at Wal-Mart, and watched it from the back seat of the van while eating Chick Fa La. I was able to sleep a bit in the car but obviously not too much being full term with no pillows. After the movie we went back to the center and got checked again. Still a 4. So, I got a shot that put me to sleep (Austin said I would be hilarious drunk) and we head back home. Once we got there I slept for three hours and woke (around 9:00 pm) to some awesome contractions every 5 minutes. We called my visiting teacher who lives up the street and she stayed at the house until Jon got there. Then, Austin did the 35 minute drive to the birth center in 25 minutes while I was doing my hypnobirthing. Once we pulled up my midwife was at my car door and helping me inside. She was awesome! She even slept at the other midwives house because it is closer to the center just in case I went into labor that night! Anyways, we got in the center and the tub was warm and ready, the lights were dim, and all was quite. No IV's, no monitors, no hospital beds, no annoying nurses asking me questions during a contraction; just a giant tub with my husband and me. It was beautiful. 

She was so alert for a newborn. 

 What a long baby girl! She definitely got her Mom's long waist and her Daddy's long legs. What a beauty.

 I loved how her new born examine was right next to me in the bed. She never was more then 3 feet away.

 Yep, I was tired. Can't you tell? Oh what a pretty girl! Love those little fingers, toes, ears, nose, and eyes. 

 Austin is the sweetest Daddy in the world. 

 Here are my awesome midwives and birth assistant. We have Betty, Patty, and Amy! Thanks girls!

 Number 4! We love you Oakley May Heath

 Four hours later we were packing up and heading home. What a day and what a night! Happy Birth Day Oakley! Welcome to the family! We love you with all our hearts already and can't wait to get to know your little personality and your sweet spirit!

Our 6th Anniversary!

6 years baby!!! Oh yeah!! In the 6 years we have been married we have experienced so much together. I can't imagine all the things we will experience in 10, 15 or 20 years together. Marrying Austin was the best decision I have ever made. I love him with all my heart and each year my love grows stronger and stronger. 

So, for some reason I am always huge and pregnant when we have our anniversaries. I think I have only had two where I am not. HAHA This year Austin took me to good old Texas Road house for our anniversary. It was nice not to have to cook or clean anything. Austin also got me my first set of scriptures with my new last name on it. I love them! Thanks darling.

Fun Crafts in June

One thing we like to do during the day are crafts! It keeps the kids entertained while encouraging their fine motor skills. Plus, it is fun to see their different personalities in their work, they are all so different. 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a favorite book with all of my kids. They love the "boom boom" part because I shake the book and tap their heads when I read those two words. It is such a good book to learn lower case letters and that is one thing we are working on right now. So, for this book we decided to make the tree and letters out of felt so they could act it out while I read it to them. 

Laura Numeroff's book series, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie, is a favorite in our house. I think the kids like them because the books are either about some sort of food or a party. HAHA Hey whatever gets them excited about reading right! Here the boys are painting their very own cookies on paper plates. Yum!

Number fun!! Here the boys are doing pumpkin seed counting, alligator counting, and sticky note matching. I was surprised how captivated they were with such simple number activities. They finished quickly and asked for more, but this mama wasn't prepared for their eagerness. It took me off guard, next time I will have more things prepared. Way to go boys!

Baby sister getting a hug from her brothers! 37 weeks. And the boys got to make Olaf!

Emeri is starting to treat her doll like a baby. She puts it to sleep, feeds it in her high chair, has me swaddle it in a blanket, and tells everyone to "shhhh" when it is sleeping. 

Random Fun in June

During the second week of June my sister had a training session in Dallas for her work. We were so excited because she brought my niece and nephew along with her! The cousins had so much fun together. We went to the pool and the aquarium, played lots of games together, and walked around the Mckinney Square. It was great fun. 

The boys are enjoying some homemade pumpkin popsicle!

During my pregnancy I tried my best to workout so that I would have a better delivery and recovery. All the kids liked to join me for a bit while I worked out but Emeri especially like to copy everything I did. She was so cute when she tried that sometimes I had to push pause because I was laughing so hard.

Sweet Faces! Isaac loves using the couch cushions for a fort. He is getting good at building them.

Puff ball fun. The kids like to pretend the balls are food for their pretend kitchen. Of course it always ends up all over the floor. Oh well, they love it.

Here is our sweet baby girl number two at 38 weeks! We can't wait to meet her! Just don't come when Daddy is not here. That would freak mom out.

Once a day we have the boys help unload the dish washer. At first it was really cool but now of course it is a chore. HAHA I think it is a great way to get the kids involved in cleaning the house. Plus, it gives me the opportunity to teach them knife and glass safety.

Wrestling with Dad is the boys number one thing they like to do with him. Every time he asks what they want to play it is always Super heroes verses the bad guy (Daddy). It is the sweetest thing for me to see.

Andrew with No Training Wheels

Here he is!! The man of the hour, little Andrew Stephen Heath riding a bike with no training wheels at 3 1/2 years old. Way to go Andrew! The only push I did was telling him that the bike without training wheels was just like the trainer bike he rides. The trainer bikes have no petals, it focuses on teaching the kids to learn to balance by themselves. They work great, so well in fact that both my boys have learned to ride a bike without any help. Great job Andrew!

Now we love to go on rides around the lake because Andrew can keep up with Isaac.

Father Son Camp Out

During the last weekend in May, our ward had a father and son camp out. This was our boys very first one with their Daddy and as you can see they were thrilled!!! Our boys love to go camping anyways but to make it just with Dad made it that much more exciting. So, they all piled in the car along with Uncle Jon and Nathan and headed out for some guy time. 

When the boys were gone Emeri and I had a fun girls evening as well. We painted our toe nails, got an ice cream cone at sonic while playing in their sand pit, and went to Grandma Heaths house to spend the night. 

I sure did miss the boys but I knew they were having fun. 

The boys got to cook their own hot dogs. Austin said they loved that part and sleeping in a tent the most. What is it with boys and fire. lol

Here are the boys paying attention to the member of the bishopric giving a spiritual lesson. That picture is probably my favorite one Austin took.