Juliet was born on January 23rd at 4:01 p.m..  I was induced and decided to have her all naturally.  In the middle of pushing her out I told Jeff to not let me have a baby naturally again but now, after the fact, I am glad I went naturally and will most likely have the rest of my babies naturally as well.  Labor was only unbearable painful for an hour and Juliet was so much smaller than Molly that she came out rather easily in comparison (Molly I had naturally too but not by choice).  

Juliet was 7 lbs 12 oz..  She was exactly 2 pounds lighter than Molly and our smallest baby.  She is so cute!  I am so glad not to be pregnant.  Juliet's pregnancy was definitely the hardest and I think the hardest trial of my life thus far, but now that I get to hold her in my arms (and am not pregnant) it was all worth it.  And to make up for her terrible pregnancy thus far Juliet has been a great baby.  She sleeps a lot, has a cute little mouse sounding cry that we don't hear very often, and as long as she is warm is super happy.  We are so glad she is now in our family!!

Juliet in her first outfit

Our 4 kids!

Molly loves her sister and we are so glad! (we were really afraid she wouldn't)

Knightley and Mason proudly sporting their Big brother stickers from the hospital

It is always a little sad when my kids need to start wearing their winter jackets outside.  Though Knightley and Mason are really looking forward to winter because they love to play in the snow.  But we are trying to enjoy the non-freezing weather for as long as we can.

Baby number 4.... and it is a girl! 

Debbie is due January 29, 2014.  Making the new baby (we haven't decided on a name) and Molly 18 months apart, and blessing us with 4 kids in 5 years!

I love my little ones so much!

Molly just turned 1!  She is getting so big. 

Knightley and Mason were so excited for her birthday.

She loved her cake!

Her big present was her own little chair and she loves it!

We have a new house!  We were actually were looking causally for a house for awhile, mainly because our old house, we discovered, makes a perfect rental property.  When we were looking we came across a house on my brothers street.  We decided to look at it mainly for that reason, but as soon as we walked through it we had an overwhelming feeling of home.  We both had spiritual witnesses that we could very happily raise our family here (I never thought I would have that feeling about a house).  So we put an offer on the house, got renters for our old house, and moved, all within 30 days.  And now we are all moved in and we love it.

Our new house! It has 4 bedrooms upstairs, 2 1/2 bathrooms, a huge cool master closet, and a basement.

Knightley and Mason love driving their trucks on our walkway.  I will post a video of the inside of the house later. :)

Though I am a little bit late, Mason is now three!   We didn't have a party of anything but he still felt very special.  Last year Mason requested a dinosaur cake and he loved it so much that this year he wanted the exact same thing.  But I finally found a design online that was very slightly different than is old cake and when I showed Mason the picture and pointed out all the chocolate on it he decided he wanted a"spiky dinosaur with big chocolate chips cake".  And he loved it!  Well he didn't actually love the cake, he mostly just ate all the frosting and chocolate off it, but he still loved the idea of his own cake that he picked out.  And I loved it too; in fact, I think it was by far my best cake yet (it helped that it was the simplest birthday cake I have made :)).  

(sadly Jeff didn't take a picture of all the Hersey kiss spikes on the dinosaur's back) 

It has been a long time since we posted, and to be honest I don't know who still reads our blog.  Some exciting things that have happened were my brothers wedding in Utah (which was amazing), Christmas, lots of blizzards, Jeffrey's promotion (he is now an outside salesman), and my golden birthday.  So overall life is great!  Jeffrey likes his new responsibilities as an outside salesman, but it does mean he is working more hours, especially for the next few months.   The snow and cold weather here has been crazy but I think we are beginning to adjust to the cold weather of Wisconsin.  And my golden birthday was great, though I don't like being 27, I feel like I can no longer call myself young!

Christmas Eve with my brother's family

The boys getting ready to shovel the snow (we have great winter gear now)

 

We had tons of now so we decided to bury Molly!

Then they kids thought it was so funny so we buried all of them!

Knightley is now 4 years old!  He has been talking about becoming four for months (ever since his cousin Wesley turned 4).  And now that he is four it is amazing the things he can to.  He says "I can ride my bike even faster because I am four" and "I can do it all by self  cause I'm four now."  He mentions it at least 5 times a day.  Poor Mason is feeling very 2 and keeps asking "How many minutes till my birthday?"  

But Knightley had a good birthday.  For his "party" which consisted of cake and presents Dave and Brianna came over and the cousins all played together.  Knightley wanted a castle cake so hopefully you could tell that's what the cake is decorated as.   Not my best cake but Knightley was happy so I call it a good job!

As our kids grow up it gets more fun celebrating holidays because they are starting to understand them.  Especially if the whole idea of a holiday is dressing up and getting candy...what more could a kid want!

King Arthur, Morgana, Black Cat, Roman Soldier, Dragon

This is one of the coolest ads I have seen in a long time!

Most people who know me have heard me talk about my brother Doug.  He is two years older than me and we have always been really close.  Well, last week he got engaged to a great girl named Cheryl.   I am so happy for him.   They are getting married in the Salt Lake Temple, which means, I am glad to say, we will be going to Utah for a week. I don't think I have ever been more excited for a wedding than I am for his!

Some people rarely use molasses but at my house it is a staple  My favorite kind of cookie is molasses and my boys love them too.  In fact, my boys love molasses more than I do, they eat it straight from the jar and beg for more. This week we made Molasses cookies and we used up one jar, so I let the kids finish it off. I thought these pictures were too funny not to share.

Molly Marie Jacobson got blessed last week by her wonderful father Jeffrey. She got blessed in the same outfit I was blessed in. Luckily, my parents made a last minute trip to Wisconsin so my Dad also got to be in the blessing circle.  

On July 20th I was scheduled to be induced.  Unfortunately that morning when we called the hospital they told us they did not have room for us.  Jeffrey and I were very disappointed.  But that afternoon my doctor stripped my membranes in the hope that I would start labor on my own.  To everyone's happiness, it worked!  I was so afraid that the hospital would send me home and having never gone into labor on my own before I stayed at home till the pain got pretty unbearable (my contractions were never consistent just painful).  

Jeff and I left for the hospital at about 6:05 p.m.  And on the way there Jeffrey actually got pulled over for speeding and just like a classic movie Jeff told the policeman we were on our way to the hospital to have baby.  Luckily the nice policeman let us go even though we didn't have any identification.  Once we got to the hospital the only thing I said to anyone was "I want my epidural." They first sent me to see if I was in the labor (by this time I knew I was) and when they checked me I was at a 7.  So they sent me to the delivery room and when I got there and my doctor checked me I was at a 9.  Then my doctor told me the bad news, "You don't have time for an epidural."  I was completely crushed.  But a few minutes later I started pushing.  

I had to push for about an hour before Molly came out.  I had no idea before how much work goes into have a baby.  I thought it would just be a matter of enduring the pain.  But about halfway through pushing I realized that Molly wouldn't come out unless I pushed her out and I proceeded to have the hardest work out of my life while enduring the worst pain of my life.   Needless to say I have a much higher respect and understanding of women who have babies naturally.  Molly Marie Jacobson was born at 7:55 p.m.  And weighed 9 lbs. 12 ounces.  All the doctors were shocked when she finally came out, no one thought she would be that big and somehow I didn't tear at all (most likely because I was pushing for so long to stretch everything).  

Looking back on labor it actually wasn't that bad, especially seeing my recovery has been awesome! Jeff thinks I should have the rest naturally, I am still on the fence.  But Molly is here and healthy and we are loving having a little girl!

No, I have not had my baby yet, sadly.  But I am getting induced on Friday!  I thought I would go into labor on my own this time, but so far, nope!  But before I do have the baby I thought I would post some pictures from Jeff and I's favorite summer vacation spot, my parent's cabin/trailer.  It is a little trailer park in the middle of no-where (about a hour from our house), only open in the summer with a built in 9-hole golf course, pond, and tiny playground.  My parents, who live in Florida, only us it a few weeks out of the summer and we are very glad that they let us go up there whenever they are not using it.  We love staying up their Friday nights.  We BBQ, have a camp fire, play golf (Jeff does anyway), play at the beach, swim in the pond, ride the golf cart, and just enjoy the country.  For us it is really rejuvenating! 

So since we have moved into our badly cared for foreclosure house we have made a lot of changes.  Today I finally decided to take some after pictures (about a year late) but sadly my camera ran out of batteries.  So I have a total of 3 after pictures, and they aren't the best pictures either, sorry.  Maybe more pictures will come but seeing these are a year late, I doubt it :).