Grant Steven Crest

Grant Steven Crest has officially arrived! He was born Tuesday morning at 4:12am. He weighs 7lbs 2oz and was 19.25 inches long. He is doing really well and so is Mommy!

Here's what happened:
Monday night we went to the hospital to start the induction process. It was supposed to be a slow process that would take about 12 hours and then in the morning at about 6:00 they would then start pitocin to get everything moving along. However about halfway through the night Grant decided he would take over. At 10:00 the contractions started, but weren't too bad. Midnight hit and I was calling for the Dr. I got my epidural and then slept for about 3 hours. My Dr. came in and and checked somewhere within those three hours my water had broken and I was at a ten. They then started to get everything ready for him to make his appearance. After everything was cover in plastic including my Dr from head to toe, she told me to push. It only took about 10 minutes of pushing and he was here! It was so quick and easy compared to Lucy that it makes up for how much harder this pregnancy was. I am so glad he is here and doing well. He is such a good baby and a joy to be around. What a blessing!

Here are the pictures everyone has been waiting for:

Precious little feet!

Close up!

My boy!

Just after entering this world!

My wonderful Dr. who has delivered both Lucy and Grant.

My facebook account has a lot more pictures if you want to see more.

Easter

Lucy had a great Easter this year! We woke up and had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, dyed and put stickers on some eggs, and she got to play with the items from her Easter basket. (Thanks more for all the extras in the basket. She loved them!) We explained the story of Easter and how Jesus gave the ultimate gift of his life and then conquering death. We explained that because He gave such a great gift, we are going to do a little gift to celebrate. Later that day we went to dinner at a friends and the kids did an Easter egg hunt. Lucy could not stop eating candy!

Lucy

Lucy has been growing like no tomorrow. She is just as cute as ever. Here are some pictures and a video that have been taken recently.

I'm back!

I know I have not been blogging lately. It is not because nothing has happened. Things are happening, it's just with baby practically here, the idea of sitting in a chair and taking the time to blog is low on my priorities. However, I am going to suck it up, deal with the back pain and do it!

So here is one of many to come:

A few weeks ago Dave and went down to San Antonio to visit some friends. The Williams (Matt, Dani, James, Ali) and the Sweetwoods (Ryan, Holly, and Vivi). We had a blast just being lazy and eating way more than we should! Lucy and James got a long really well. They bonded over Dora the Explorer. We love catching up with our friends, we just wish it could happen more often, but with friends being everywhere it just doesn't.

It was a full house, 6 adults and 4 kids! We managed to find a baby sitter and we all go to go to downtown San Antonio. We walked along the River Walk, pretty cool. However we happened upon this little German restaurant/deli and ate there instead of on the walk. I have never a better deviled egg in my life! The food was awesome and the home made root beer was just as good!

We also played our favorite game where we put names in a bowl and then have to act them out and what not. (we learned this from the Browns, thanks!) I have never laughed that hard in my life. My abs were killing me.

Over all it was an excellent trip! We love our friends and can't wait until we can all get back together for some more fun!