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Happy Halloween!

Miya was Ariel this year and Emma was Pupunzel (Rapunzel).

Emma was so excited because she was invited to attend Miya's preschool Halloween party. They had so much fun.

Our little William was a ghost. My sister had gotten this ghost onesie as some random gift, so I inherited it as soon as she found I was having an October baby. BTW- I ditched the hat after this, I don't know why I put it on him in the first place.

We went to Damon's work where the girls really enjoyed trick-or-treating through the haunted offices of Thomas Arts. The had some real fun activities and yummy treats after as well.

On Halloween night we went to Chelsea's and had some yummy soup and pumpkin shaped bread bowls then it was off to do more trick-or-treating. I love that Chels dressed up like her husband, the orkin man. So glad we have cousins to trick-or-treat with.

P.S. I am kind of mad at myself for not taking better pictures of Halloween, but I guess I did just have a baby...I am lucky I even went anywhere. (That makes me feel better and a little justified for the horrible pictures I did take and the many pictures I should have taken and didn't)

Leaves!

William Damon Rasmussen

I am finally getting around to posting a little about William's arrival. I could go into all the labor details but I will give the shortened version and my personal journal has all the juicy details that most people don't want to hear about.
I had small contractions for a couple of days previous but the real hard labor and contractions started Thursday, Oct. 13 at about 4pm. I labored at home for most of it but by 1am on  Friday, Oct. 14 I decided it was time to get to the hospital. We got there at 2am but found that I still hadn't progressed much. BUMMER! But I should have known, my labors with my girls lasted forever and progressed slowly as well. So I walked the halls and tried to stay strong and positive through the contractions. By 5am they checked me again and I had progressed a little but I was still not progressing much and the contractions were coming every 2-3 minutes and really strong. I was getting exhausted after being up all night and I figured this was going to be another long labor like my others. So I decided to take the epideral. My biggest fear was that I would make it all the way and then not have any energy to push and end up with a c-section. So by 6am I got the epideral. Little did I know...he would come 2 hours later and with ONE push. Oh-well....he's here and healthy and it doesn't matter if I went natural or not.

We were so happy to have some of the family come visit at the hospital. And sorry that I forgot to take pictures with some of you. Can I blame it on the fact that I hadn't gotten any sleep? 

That's a proud daddy who has a SON!

A very proud big sister, Miya that has been waiting for her baby brother to get here since before we were even pregnant. 

And a very proud Emma, who is now a big sister herself. 

I can't believe we are a family of FIVE now. 

Our sweet, little William...what would we ever do with out him. He has brought such a joy to our family and we are so glad he is here and he is healthy!