Baby Jade! And Family!

Well, our newest addition to the family arrived on July 27th, 2012 sunny side up as they say :)  It was a tough labor as I had a condition called Polyhydramnios, which means I had a lot of amniotic fluid and it could cause the baby to not swallow and absorb the fluid in normal amounts.  I had originally planned to have her at home in a water birth, but my condition required me to go to the hospital, which was fine as all my other 3 were born there.  My Midwives were amazing and I did it all without an epidural, which was amazing enough for me!!!  She was born at 6:30am and weighed 8lbs 2oz and was 19" long.  She has been a wonderful addition to our family and to say the least, Hanna is beyond thrilled to have gotten her baby sister.  Now that our family is complete we look forward to the coming year, the Calgary Temple Dedication is this month and that is a marvellous event that we get to take part in, Elijah was baptized in August with all his friends and family there with him.  Hanna is now 10 and is taking her Red Cross Babysitting Course this weekend... babysitting?  Where did the time go?  Being in Grade 5 is hard enough to swallow :)  She gets to be a reading buddy and a patrol which she is super excited about!!  Elijah, well, he hasn't grown much ;)  But he will, look out world!!!  LOL, he is great, he loves his Lego and excels in school at Math, Leadership, Gym, and well, just about everything.  All the kids adore him as he is such a polite and caring young man.  Kieran is 2.  We could leave it at that as that explains it all...  he is funny, energetic, and quite the daredevil!  His new favorite thing (thanks to the Rasumssen girls) is jumping off our 2 steps to the playroom into some soft chairs ending in a roll hitting the couch, my heart stops every time, but good luck in stopping him!!  As for Brian & I, we are as well as ever, we have celebrated 11 years of marriage, have been in our house for 1 year now and are slowly making it ours.  We redid our bathroom, and are finally painting this month - yeah!!!  Here are some pictures from this past year!!