Caeden is funny!

Caeden has been cracking us up lately and I thought I'd share 4 of his latest comments. :)

1. We were in the hospital and I was in my lovely hospital gown, large pad and fish net underware after delivery. I was going to get in the shower and Caeden said, "mom, you're gonna need to take your diaper off before getting in the shower." I died laughing.

2. So our first night home as a family of 4 we are sitting on the couch talking about how cool it was that brother had arrived and was out of mommy's tummy. Caeden in all seriousness lifted up my shirt saw the still large belly and said, "mom is there ANOTHER baby in there?" :) Just what every woman loves to hear right after giving birth. :)

3. He came in my room as I was breastfeeding Caleb sat on the bed and said, "mom do you pour milk in your head? I giggled and said no. He then wondered well then where does the milk come from. Very cute!

4. And last but not least.... He has since 2 months old loved resting his hand under his pants, front, back whatever is available. Now that he is 3 we are trying to break him of the habit. So the other day I said, Caeden can you take your hand out of your pants? He responded with, "I am just petting my legs." With a look at me like what is wrong with that.....

I love my bud!!

Me and baby bud

Jillers took some family pictures of us tonight. She really liked this one and so she posted it. :) This is the face he makes at me about every hour and a half when he is hungry. :)

Caleb Christopher Michael Murphy

Caleb Christopher Michael Murphy has arrived!!! Many of you are anxiously awaiting the details, here they are....
I awoke on Tuesday February 3rd at 4 am with back pain and cramps, they stayed with me all morning so Caeden and I had a lazy day around the house. I laid him down for a nap at 1:30 and I was going to take one myself. However, I was woken up at 1:45 with my first contraction. I continued to have contractions at home until 6 pm when they were 3 minutes apart and I knew it was time to get to the hospital. Caeden went to the Murphys and Jay and I drove to the hospital and arrived at 6:30 pm. They checked my stats and sure enough contractions were getting closer together, I had progressed to 6 cm dialation and I was 90-100% effaced. I was admitted and then through a pain level of 10 for me in contractions I ordered an epidural. (Something that I struggled with for a few minutes because I rarely take any kind of drugs, medications, shots etc...) Jay leaned over during my struggle and said I am behind you with or with out the epidural. Delivery is going to be hard no matter what and you are just as amazing and strong of a woman if you choose the shot. Do what you want and don't be worried about anyone else's response. In that moment I was so grateful for my husband's advice and through tears I asked for the epidural. The hard part was that I had to wait for a bag of IV to go into my body and I had to wait for the Dr. I had made it to 8 cm by this point and was miserable!! The Dr. came around 8pm and had a hard time finding a good spot to put the needle (supposedly I have a lot of bone and muscle but not a lot of fat back there) So after 3 tries it worked. Holy cow try holding still for forever during contractions to get the shot to work. That was an adventure all in of itself. From 8 to 10pm Jay and I hung out and chatted and I couldn't feel contractions at all, it was beautiful!! At 10pm I felt ready to push and I did that for 41 minutes. Even through the epidural I was screaming to get his head and shoulders through, he was a big boy for this little girl. :) Caleb arrived at 10:41 pm. Immediatley I noticed that he had lighter hair and skin than Caeden did when he came out, and I was thrilled. I would of course love him whichever way God had created him but with both of my darkies at home I was hopeful for a lighter one like myself. :) He was 21.5 inches long and his first weigh in was 8lbs. 14 ozs (they brought a different scale later that night and he was 8lbs. 15.6 ozs. They said, this kid is a "9 lber." The Dr.s and nurses kept refering to him as a big boy. (The typical baby they see is 7lbs and 19 inches long.) We stayed at the hospital through Thursday night and we are now home enjoying life as a team of 4! The 3 of us continue to fall more in love with Caleb each day as we get to know our newest son and brother. He really is a treasurer and we thank God that He has entrusted us with His sweet son!!
We arrived at the name Caleb for a few reasons. 1 we like the character of Caleb in the Bible and 2 we believe that the adjectives to describe Caleb are going to be present in him. Caleb means faithful, bold and brave. He has 2 middle names because we named him after both Grandpa's who's names we love the meaning of as well. Christopher is Christ bearer and Michael means who is like God? We truly believe that we have another Mighty King in our home that God intends to do big things in and through. We are so blessed with 2 men of God to raise up!
We have been adjusting to the new way of life pretty well. Caeden is kissing and wanting to hold his brother all the time. Last night he wanted to say prayers all by himself and in it he thanked God for his very own baby brother. He keeps saying, "he is soooo cute, or he is so beautiful." Oh how grateful we are that Caeden has a true love for his brother already. Jay has had work off since Tuesday and has been an amazing daddy and husband!! He is playing tons with Caeden, helping me out through our sleepless nights, picking up around the house, getting food served to us, doing it all. He is very protective of me healing properly from the tearing and natural delivery that has taken place. My boys and I are guarnteed to feel the void on Monday when he needs to return to work. I am adjusting to being a food machine again, and boy does this bud like to eat. He means buisness around the clock!! I am reminded again of how God thinks of it all when he prepares the mom to sustain their children through these first days, weeks, months, etc... It blows my mind!!
We so look forward to the day that you get to meet our precious Caleb!! Until then I plan to continue to post pictures of our family as we grow together into all that God has for us!!
Love,
Jay, Kirstin, Caeden and Caleb

My latest thoughts and happenings....

Here we are past the due date with the munchkin cozy as a cucumber in the belly. You'll be happy to know that the comments I receive while I am out and about these days have turned from how unbelievably large I am to comments of sincerity, sympathy, congratulations and more funnies! It has been a real nice switch! One lady yesterday said, "when are you due?" I replied today and she said, "Oh goodness don't go into labor here." I thought to myself, "ok, chances are looking good for you." Today a lady asked me when I was due and I replied, "yesterday" and she said, "what are you doing out?" Again I giggled. I didn't realize that there was a certain time that you weren't supposed to be doing normal activities anymore. Many others have asked when I am due too and when they hear they have been so sweet to wish me luck, and say congratulations. Of course you have the handful of women that can't wait for their opportunity to share how it went for them with each of their children. So funny!
The reason I am still out so much is because I have been in project mode. Baby Murphy has a sports themed bedding from Pottery Barn and last week I decided I wanted to attempt painting balls from the bedding on the wall for a decorative accent. I have officially completed that project and Jay and I both really like it. I was so thankful to get it done before his arrival. So then I moved into packing our bags and really cleaning the house. That seems to have been nice while it lasted. I am finding that over and over again I am unpacking my bag because there are things in there I need or want, and the house is defiinitley not in the same shape it was a week ago. I have decided that you can't live in a state of perfection as you await the unknown date and time of a birth. Big realization for me. But since I have figured that out I decided to take on a new project this week of changing our purple and green hall bath into a "beachy" boys bathroom. It has been really fun to hunt and find things that just feel right for the room. I bought paint today and started to do some taping. Will I get to finish this project like I'd like before he comes? That is the big question. :) He better hurry and come out because this mama is shopping a lot lately. :) Good thing there will be a handful of weeks once he is here where I won't be out spending so much of daddy's hard earned dolla's. :)
Oh and for any of you that don't know we are hoping that God and baby decide to have him arrive this week. Otherwise I will go to the Dr. on Feb. 4th and she will put me on the induction list at the hospital because they don't like to keep the babies in the belly past 41/42 weeks for health reasons. At least I know for sure he will come out one way or another in the next 14 days.