Our new little guy...CREW!

Our FUN and easy to love ~ sweet little guy, in his first days of life! What a treasure!! We are so happy to welcome him in our home!

CREW.

Special thanks to the most talented and great neighbor ~BRANDY MONSON~ for taking these pics of Crew.

CREW AARON MC!

Well, a couple of days before our bundle of JOY arrived in our family....we took one last traditional picture of MY tummy compared to my dad's! He always says he has a POP belly, but mine was much more!

 
We also took some pictures of Daddy kissing our little one....
 
and the two older brothers! (This was not a rare sight around the house, they loved kissing their soon to be little brother!!)

Then the big day arrived! I had gone to a doctor appt the day before and was dilated at a 4+ and still 90% effaced. No contractions or pains whatsoever! The doctor wanted me to come back the next morning to check again and see if it was more. The issues were....I never ever contract and this baby could just fall out when I walk down the road or something! ;) No really the issue was I was group B strep positive and you have to have antibiotics on board for so many hours before you deliver, or it can be harmful to the baby. ALSO, I am a big fan of EPIDURALS and the doctor thought that since I was so dilated (5+now)and effaced that I could go WAY too fast (and soon anyways) and not be able to have either of the above. Hence, he sent me right up to the hospital then and there! Nope, hadn't even packed a bag, shoulda listened to Aaron! ;)

While Aaron was scrambling back at home to get the kids cleaned up for the day, packed and off to a sitter. I was hooked up to antibiotic IV's and chatted away with my good ol friend and nurse Lori! Aaron got up to the hospital as soon as he could, and we watched Olympics for most of the morning while the meds kicked in. Then the bad news happened..da da da...they came in my room and told me that they had given me the wrong antibiotics and that we would have to wait more hours to get the new one on board! BOO! Nope, I wasn't in ANY pain and YES I was able to watch lots of good Olympics...but it did get to be a LONG day sitting in that bed!
 
 
Then when all the antibiotics were good and ready, my water was broken...and we decided to get the epidural pretty soon after. It kicked in good and hard on my Left side, and so/so on my Right! We watched more Olympics and  waited and waited for the contractions to get painful and hard! They never did! (not complaining...trust me!) We had decided not to use the PITOCIN, so things took a bit longer than we had thought. BUT, the time came...and Dr. Norda (Dr. Fowers was outta town) came in and said it was time! I was in shock cuz they hadn't checked me in awhile and I wasn't feeling anything. I was then checked and at a 3+ and yes, ready to go! Within minutes, and just a few contractions and pushes...he was out, things were cleaned up and gone. It was flabbergasting and nuts! No, I am not complaining again! It just blew my mind how fast and easy it all went! Such an easy and pain free delivery! LOVED IT! My other two delivery's have been great, but this one was AWESOME! Maybe I should have 10 more? NOPE!

Dr. Norda getting things ready for me to push! (yes, that is my leg...ewwww!)

Aaron captured me chatting away, as always! That is the wonderful thing about Epidurals...you can have a conversation and a baby at the same time! :)

Then, CREW AARON MCCLELLAN ARRIVES!!!!! Birthday~Wed. 8/8/12 9:51pm

Healthy and slimy as ever! Aaron gets ready to cut the cord!

The best sound! Cute little cry's from a newborn! We loved him from the first second we saw and heard him!

Weighing in at 7# 6oz and 21 " long!!

Super healthy too!
 
The proud DADDY of his baby BOY #3!!

 
Proud MOMMA of her baby BOY #3!!

Since he was born later on in the evening...he got checked all through the night. Me too of course!

He got his "in room" bath at around 2:30am in the morning. The nurse was super sweet and gentle with him! (Actually ALL my nurses my whole stay were DELIGHTFUL and wonderful! I felt so taken care of and I was VERY impressed!)

 
He wasn't loving the bath so much!
 
 He loved getting his hair washed though!
 
Then all wrapped and swaddled and placed in his little bed.
 
Cutest baby in the nursery!! For heck sakes this was true!

We just love watching, kissing and snuggling on him! He already seems to be changing minute by minute!
 
The next day the BIG brothers got to come meet him!They were SOOO excited and SOO cute with him!

Tate held him first, then Davin! They will be a great big helpers!

Lots of visitors came to meet the sweet lil' fella!

Granpa Mc holding the stud muffin'!

G & G Barfuss taking in some cuteness!

In the hospital we got lots of bonding time with our new little dude!

Mommy missed all her other little boys, but snuggling this little man made up for it!

Then we got released and daddy came to get us to go home!

The older brothers were super excited!
 
Car seat check! So tiny in that thing.
 
We now are HOME and doing well! The boys kiss him a million and one times a day...and mommy and daddy too!

We love his funny stretches...

...and tiny tongue sticking out...and sometimes the wide eyed self when not sleeping! He sleeps a lot!


We feel Crew is where he needs to be! Our family feels more complete with him and we love him so much! Yes, there will be hard days and long nights...but bring it on! He is our trooper! We are so blessed to have him in our lives!

More pictures by the millions I am sure will be soon coming your way! ;)

One last hoorah!

Knowing that any time this baby could be coming, we decided to have a couple ONE LAST HOORAH'S with the TWO boys! The boys wanted to have a picnic on a BRIDGE! We packed a nice lunch and headed to the quiet and oh so beautiful RENDEZVOUS park! The boys ate their lunches, threw rocks and bread in the river....and just were BOYS! We are excited to add one more to the mix  but know that it will be a bit more work for a bit!

YUMMY sandwiches!

MMMM.mmmm....

Down below they gather rocks, and come above and throw them in!

These kids have the BEST dad out there! There are lots of dads that turn the sprinklers on the tramp for their kids, but THIS dad gets on and plays along side too! WE all LOVE it and him so much! He really is so fun!