Going Green

As we now have 5 people using the bathroom in our home, we sure do go through our fair share of toilet paper.  I'm not about to put anyone on rations, but we could buy stock in it and probably put the kids through college.


So with that in mind, I appreciate the conservation efforts when too much was unrolled.  Waste not want not huh?

4 Kids?

So a friend questioned whether or not we actually had a 4th kid as there have been little to no photos or her.  We wanted to respect the privacy of our daughter and keep her anonymity, but to please the masses here are a few photos of the not so little new born. 

Arrrrgh! 

Evidence of the 4 kids

Chubby Bunny

Playing Rock Band with dad.  She's not screaming, she's singing!

In other kids news, Camryn is our dress up girl.  Apparently butterfly fairies can also double as handymen.

Baby's here!

Welcome to the world Ainsley Kate Petersen!  She's a pretty big girl if you have no eyesight and are unable to see.  9# 8oz and 21 inches.  Granted, we have big genes in the family.

The story (real quick):
 So you can see from the below picture that the baby was getting big because I was huge.  Remember, actual due date is Oct 6.

So Thursday Sept 23 I have a growth ultrasound to see how big the baby is getting.  At this point my "due" date has already been bumped up to Oct 1. The tech lets me know that baby is approx 10 lbs.

So Friday morning I meet with my OB and basically we come to the decision that the bun is done in the oven and getting crispy around the edges.  She immediately went to call the hospital to find an opening in the induction schedule, the sooner the better.  Funny thing is is that by 12:30 that afternoon I started laboring on my own.

At 3:15, I'm at the school picking up the carpool after school and get the call to come in.  Of course I have to ditch the other kids and Aaron needs to get home but eventually by 5:00 I'm signed in getting comfy in my open back gown.

By 7:00 the penicillin finally comes down from the pharmacy and by 9:30 it's all in (I was strep B+). It was a bit frustrating as I pride myself in having quick labors and the waiting game was out of my control.  By 10:00 they start the pitocin and break my water by 10:30 or 11:00.  I start pushing around 11:45 and she's born at 12:04 am.

That's the story.

T minus 12 days...

...and very much counting!

No lady at the supermarket... there isn't more than one in there.  Thanks for asking though!

3 year pictures

Somewhere in between the 2nd and 3rd birthday Camryn changed her smile from this:

to this:

Just kidding!  We got a few good ones but not as good as last year:

Turning 3

Camryn is three.  It's amazing to me how much younger 3 is now compared to Alex and Sydney being 3.  We had a great pre-birthday week with reminders that "Sunday is my birthday"  and then me reminding her that it was only Tuesday, Wednesday...etc.  Orange chicken, corn on the cob and strawberries were on the menu along with cheesecake and presents. 

Oh yeah - she also got a hair cut.  Happy Birthday Cammer!  You have been a really fun 2 year old.  Let's go for a repeat and have a great 3!

As easy as ABC, 123...

Hooray for the first day of school!  Hooray for Sydney that she is starting Kindergarten and Alex for loving 2nd grade already.

Alex's Phinies and Ferb t-shirt in honor of the 104 days of summer vacation now over

Jake and Jenna Bohnenkamp our neighbors and carpool

We were in Arizona the night of the open house so I missed signing up for the all the volunteer stuff.  Sydney's teacher had a "saying goodbye"  story and thing lined up for the new kindergartners and parents so we came in, listened to the story and then got ready to leave.  I then noticed that all the volunteer papers were out and started looking through them to make sure I didn't miss anything.  A few minutes later from across the room Sydney yells out "Are you going to leave yet mom?".  No attachment issues there.