Jarom Douglas Findlay

 

I guess this is what you get when you have a Super Mommy! Before we left to the hospital Ben made the kids masks, and now we have no ribbon for their Christmas presents! Seriously though, we need to thank the Dooslins for taking care of our kids while in labor and practically all day Friday.

 

The Momma timing her contractions while The Daddy scrambles around the house getting the hospital bag ready. Jolynn had her membrane stripped at 4:45pm and the contractions started coming about 15 minutes after.

 

Smiling all the while as we walk down the hospital corridor to the delivery room.

 

The big thumbs up came after she decided to give birth without an epidural! What a trouper, she's...she's got the heart of a champion!

 

Child Birth: Like a walk in the park when you have a big blue birthing ball to chill on! No, she didn't give birth on the ball, she just got comfy while the contractions were doing there thing.

 

And success!!! Jarom Douglas Findlay was born at 8:22pm - 3 September 9 - 7lbs. 5oz. - 19 3/4inches. Look closely now, the little guy is so polite he even gave Jolynn a 'golf clap' for all of her hard work.

 

The closeup. We came up with Jarom when we found out we were pregnant but not being 100% sure on the gender, though Jolynn 'knew' she was right, left us unsure about the name even during delivery. When he came out and we both saw his face we knew that this was in fact our little Jarom.

 

This is one pleased Momma!

 

We think he might have his father's nose but other than that the consensus is that he looks a lot like Jack.

 

Calling the family. I have to say, she looks pretty good to me for just giving birth naturally a few minutes earlier!!!

 

In between contractions she mentioned that the only thing she kept thinking about was how good the pizza would taste after all the pain was gone. As you can see, the pizza hadn't even been touched yet and the kids already went to town on the lemonade!

 

Unfortunately after Jarom had some trouble breathing, like Jack, he too had to be put on oxygen and have that nasty tube down his throat. He was a little trouper the whole time.

 

Cam and Jack were so excited to see the new baby. This picture also delineates the wonderful story of how Jack peed in her pants while waiting for Cameron to go potty, both Cam and Jack spilled their lemonade on the floor and walked in it all over the delivery room, and Jack smearing greasy pizza hands on the nursery glass because she can!

 

No more tubes!! Oh and kids, this is where belly buttons come from!!!

 

Jolynn chillin' in the sweet purple swan rocking chair right before Jarom nurses for the first time ever!

 

Shout for joy...or scream for pain!?

 

Yeah! We finally have an infant that knows how to nurse!!!

 

After all was said and done Daddy and Jarom snuggled up on a sweet hospital pullout chair bed for the night.

 

A pleased Daddy!

 

Jarom: "Easy there old man, I know you like to squish your kiddos but remember I'm still a feeble little thing."

 

Comfiest shoulder in America!

 

Just plain adorable!!!

 

Ah yes, the mighty powers of 'Lightning McQueen' were enlisted to keep Cam from destroying. If only the peaceful brotherly coexistence could last!

 

"It's ok if I destroy, just look how cute I am!"

 

Kisses for the baby!

 

Jack literally sat there for a good 45 minutes just touching, hugging, and kissing baby Jarom.

 

After lunch Jack and Grampa Findlay were accessorizing at the table.

 

Not sure what was going through her head at this moment but it makes for another great picture.

 

Jarom's billy count was a little high so we went old school and let him bask in the sun for awhile. FTR: It worked!

 

This is the first time Cam held baby Jarom.

 

Oh course, when we went to show Mont and Marie our new baby the kids had to stick their suckers in the water.

 

Enjoying the shade with Grampa while the others were shopping.

 

Everybody got a new bed because Jarom took Jack's old one. We were in the front room and heard a lot of giggling and screeching, this is what we found.

 

Yes Jack is wearing Cam's underwear. Laundry was not a priority and Cam has twice as many as Jack. Hooray that they were both potty trained before Jarom came!!!

 

That looks like a smile to us!

 

This is Jarom's GQ picture. We think his hair might be curly when it gets longer.

 

His eye is red because it started getting a bit goopy.

 

One big happy Findlay family of five!!!

Christmas in December, the Way it's Supposed to Be!!!

Not much more to say than what each picture will delineate. However, even though we captured the event on video; it is regretful that we did not take a picture of us smashing the 'snowpeople family' to oblivion with an old wooden bat and some axes!! Good times. We did however have a fantastic Christmas and enjoyed all of the time spent with family and friends.

 

One evening we came home from a basketball game to find a huge Christmas tree in our front room.(Thank you Caine family and their friends for having an extra tree and thinking of the Findlay's.) Being full of Christmas cheer we decide to put it up and decorate it. It was too tall and heavy for the stand, which we had to borrow from the Schobers(thanks again), so we just leaned it up against the wall. All in all I think it turned out pretty swell.

 

So yeah...it actually didn't look that bad in person. We had to prop the star up with three taped together shish kabob skewers, ghetto we know, but we felt good about ourselves.

 

Ahh the great ski trip of 08'! OK so it was just two Cams wearing ski goggles in the living room, I still remember it well. (We were experiencing some intense UV that day, good thing we had our goggles!)

 

This is actually Jack's dolly that G-Ma Welcker gave her for Christmas. Cam loved carrying the doll around and talking to it. Apparently all of that caring and carrying makes a boy thirsty!

 

This is a stuffed pink rabbit that our 'Neighbor Grandma' gave Jack before she migrated to Vegas for the winter. Cam got a brown and white rabbit that needs to be shot so he took Jack's rabbit. (FTR: My wife still thinks the pink rabbit is a pink dog.)

 

Chillin' with the cousins at G-Ma Findlay's for Christmas. We love Stormi's expression. Cam still randomly says "Sami, Stormi" on a daily basis.

 

Cam and G-Pa Findlay waiting for everyone to start opening their presents.

 

Drowsy driving at it's best!

 

Like always Jack would rather play in the shiny, crinkly wrapping paper then anything else.

 

We think they conspired with each other on this spatula heist but the investigation is still underway.

 

We all know what she's thinking, "Thanks Susan, these will be great for spanking little naughty keasters!!!" The kids: Uhhhh, we already have a bunch or spoons and spatulas at home, this can't be good.

 

It might appear that Daddy's singing opera style but he's really just reading.

 

We love it when Cam reads to us, haven't been able to understand much of it yet but we don't mind. And look, proof that Daddy's shadow really does have a bigger nose than he does!!! I always knew it but now I can prove it!

 

It wasn't the fastest sleigh ride I have ever been on but the effort was appreciated.

 

Much better. Let dirty ole' gravity do all the work! Grandpa pulled grandkids around the front yard for about an hour!

 

Woot woot to all involved in the building of the snow people family. Props to Becky for thinking of the beard and the crazy hair! Thanks Grandma for getting everyone outside and coming up with the snow people idea. Hopefully this will become a Christmas tradition.

 

Cute, cute, and cute! The only problem is that when a picture is attempted that involves Jolynn something is always amiss. Both kids are looking at the camera and smiling but Mommy has her eyes closed.

 

Now, even though Mommy looks sooo cute, the kids have lost their focus. The third attempt at this picture(Priceless moment in our family's life!) is blurry.

 

Cam loved playing in the snow.

 

He especially liked it when Kasey played with him. Props to Kasey for playing with Cam the whole time they were together, he loved it!

 

How much better would this picture be if there was a snowball in it headed straight for his noggin!?

 

This is the first time that we(Mommy) curled jack's hair. The poor thing grows hair almost as fast as a beach ball!!

 

Give her a couple of years and she could be a regular 'Whoville' citizen.

 

Ah the candy cane gingerbread house. As you can see it was build structurally sound. Notice the 'support pretzel' holding up the interior wall. Furthermore, the best thing about a candy cane chimney is that it doubles as an air freshener.

 

It took some time getting the 'Christmas Corn Lantern' to stay put, yes it is suspended in the air, but we figured it out.

 

I still say that hat makes her look like a turnip! It is questionable why they charge so much to see elk, what kind of 401k are the animals getting anyway!!

 

A father and son patiently waiting in line...or is it?! What's up with the mysterious sun-glassed person in the back!?

 

However, at this angle the hat makes her look a little bit like Mrs. Potts.

 

This year we decided that presents we actually made ourselves would mean more, at least to us, than something we just picked up from the Wal*. This is one of the bows we made for Daisy, our niece. We also made shirts and sweaters but in the excitement of it all forgot to take any pictures of them.

 

This is the first bow we ever made, yeah for us!

 

At our ward Christmas party my 'Santa hat' decided to attack my freshly shorn head.

 

The kids very first encounter with the Claus! Memorable, maybe not, but at least their parents got some candy out of the whole thing!!!