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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 :).