Timeline~

4am Ezekiel wakes up & does not want to go back to sleep. We talk a little and I get him a snack. Back to bed to TRY & get a little sleep.

4:30 Zeke has me cracking up despite the fact that we should be fast asleep. I think I "wet" my pants so I head to the bathroom to clean up. Only when I move the trickle happens again. I realize IT'S TIME!!!!!

So I headed back downstairs & call Sam, who is fast asleep at work. And he asks me---Do I need to come??? LOL. Poor guy was out of it!!! Then I call my mom who calls the hospital for me.

4:45 Sam gets hear and we head to the hospital. The first fifteen minutes of our drive I am OK but then the pain kicked in & I knew we didn't have much time at all!

5:09 They put me in the computer at the hospital, we have offically arrived. The girls wanted to make sure that I was really in labor. They check me & I'm at a 5cm. They 'double team' to get everything ready. But doc isn't there yet.

Ten minutes later I feel the urge to push but the doctor still isn't there. I tell the nurses I'm not going to wait this time so somebody better be ready to catch my baby. I'm ready!!!! And not waiting!!!! I start to push. I'm going to say 5-6 good pushes and there is my little peanut~ Malachi David.

It's 5:33 just a little more than a hour after my water broke. So wierd. My water never broke with Justus or Zeke. The nurse caught the baby cause I just couldn't wait!!!!!

Malachi's poor little face was SO bruised. I only have a few pictures of the delivery room. I guess we were just so amazed that he came so fast we didn't think about taking many pics! My little guy's face is still bruised but looking better every day! Here are a few pics~

Look how purple & red Malachi is.

I love the expression on Nana & Poppa's face! Their first look at grandchild number eight~

Everyone kept calling him 'toe head'. His hair is SUPER blonde & he has plenty of it.

If you look at the color of his hands & then look at his face you can really see the bruising. It has faded quite a bit now.

One last look at my little guy. He looks so much like Justus when he was first born. I'm going to scan in a pick for you to see & compare.

BABY BABY BABY~

And we have a boy~ Malachi David Adams born on Tuesday Feb 24th at 5:33 am. 7lbs 8oz & 20 in. We came home yesterday & have been busy ever since. Pictures & baby story to come as soon as we get follow up appt. done & our heads screwed on straight!!!!

False Start~

Friday night I had contractions ten minutes apart for three hours! I was excited & anxious as well because Sam is at work and I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to reach him. Reception over there is touch and go. Well the contractions stopped completely and I haven't felt anymore since then. My stomach has stayed tight but no pains or anything else. So frustrating!!!!

I'm 38 weeks today and will be going in for a checkup on Wednesday. On Thursday Sam goes off shift & has at least one week off. The last his supervisor told him was that once I have the baby he will get his regular scheduled off time plus one extra shift off. Depending on when that happens we would have at least ten but up to 14 days off. We already have an alternate worker scheduled to help Sam's partner out so all the bases are covered.

Things at our house are starting to settle down. I probably haven't written much about the renovations going on here so I"ll give a brief description. Um, after I get some lunch. Later gator~

Monster Jams~

A birthday surprise~

Lining up to show all the trucks~

Madusa, one of only a handful of women drivers. Sam used to watch her wrestle when he was a kid. Guess truck driving is less dangerous???



Monster Mutt~


All time favorite GRAVE DIGGER!!!



Not a very flattering pic but whatcha gonna do??? We had a blast!


It was very loud but Justus wouldn't keep his earplugs in instead we had the joy of covering his hears most of the time. Notice the flames in the background. Those only came on when Grave Digger was performing. He also had a green neon light that flashed up as well.


"This rocks!!!!!"

ONE if grave diggers many drivers-we got autographs of all the drivers but only one picture was allowed. So dumb.

Low Key Valentine's Day~

This year we didn't do the typical Val day celebration. Normally I am preparing a big dinner for 100 or so people at church. Aaaaaaaah, sweet relief!!!! Moving on, my grandparents came for a short visit. And then we packed up to go to Lowe's to buy home improvement supplies. You know you MUST keep busy while waiting for baby. So, we got paint for our entire (downstairs) house except the kitchen because the paint that is there is in great condition and we didn't want to go hog wild.

Now we have paint for our bedroom, the boys bedroom, and the livingroom. We're also going to stain the floor in the kitchen which is concrete & right by the back door so LOTS of mud gets tracked in. After it is stained I will be able to put down some throw rugs to make it more homey. We did have linoleium (how in the heck do you spell that?) down but because of where it is located mold was growning under it. GROSS & not good for allergies or anything else either! I love basements but they present some challenges at times!

Also for the past two weeks we have been moving things around. The good thing about living in an unfinished basement is that you can play musical chairs with everything. Sam & I have had our bedroom in every space of this 'house' and I think we've finally found home---for our bedroom. In order to do this we had to move the kitchen. Basically my dad did all the work while we paid for supplies but we now officially have two bedrooms & a kitchen, livingroom. EVENTUALLY, like maybe next year we will put in a bathroom.....oh, that sound so SWEEEEEET!

After our trip to Lowe's be came back & I cooked dinner and dessert. CHicken parmesan with pasta & garlic bread. And chocolate covered strawberries. Sorry no pictures our memory was full & we were pooped from our shopping trip. Sam & I waited till the kids were asleep and watched the Mentalist together and toasted with sparkling peach (sammy's fav) & ate our strawberries--oh the romance that happens with two kids & one on the way. It actually was very nice!!!!!! And one I will remember!

My baby is 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend was Justus' birthday. In fact I think that Jamie & Justus share- the 15th. Happy Birthday Jamie, hope you had a blast!!! We decided to surprise Justus and take him to see Monster Jams in CHarlotte. MJ's are the big trucks that smash everything & make your ears ring! J's favorites are Grave Digger from right here in NC & Monster Mutt also from NC I believe. He was TOTALLY surprised. He found out exactly what was happening when we were waiting to pay for parking & saw the HUGE screen with the trucks racing. The kid let out this HUGE yelp----MONSTER JAMMMMMMMMMMS. COOOOOOOL! We had a blast. I would like to go to a bigger arena sometime. Charlotte's wasn't big enough but it was definetly a great first time show!!! Afterwards we stood in line for autographs. I still need to get the pics on the computer so you will have to wait for pics like always.

Cool, it's working at the moment. FIrst of all my friend Traci had her baby and he is SUPER cute. Ezekiel & her first baby were born just weeks apart & it looks like that should happen again!!!! Also my SIL in Bama had her baby boy!!! The poor girl was in labor for quite some time, around 12 hours. I know that that could be considered normal but not in my book. I can't remember his name right now but the kid came out looking a month old!!! He weighs 9lbs & 7oz! HOLY CRAP!!!! He is 21 inches long. She has a small build and had to have eight stitches! I think if I were her I would have at least considered a c-section. But then again, I"m not one for pain!!! Anyways almost all of my preggo "partners" that I was pregnant with have had their baby, only one other remains & she isn't due until April. Needless to say I am getting anxious to get this over & done!!! This is the longest I've ever been pregnant since the boys were born early. I'm pretty wrestless. But there has been plenty going on around here to keep me busy!!!

I went to the doc on Monday & am dilated only to a 1 but at least the process is started. Once things get past a 4 it will be only hours until I have baby in hand. And apparently he's not quite ready to join us. Sam went back to work today for a seven day stretch!!! That's a long stretch! Especially at this point in the game! My goal is for him to work a few of those days & then for the baby to come!!! If he works three more days then he will be able to stay home for a ten day stretch instead of only five days.....SOOOOOO hold on for a few more days baby! (His boss said he needs to work at least 10 of his required 14 days & then he won't lose ANY pay!!! SO, basically he get four free days.....which is pretty nice.)

I've tried posting several times in the past week but couldn't get things to work right. There's been lots going on here but before I write another LONG post I will see if this works!

Snow~Day~2009

Party, Party!

Let's take a moment to celebrate----our tax return is back!!! A week from now (or less) the celebration will be over. SO, for now it's party time at the Adams'!!!!!