Golf

So, Brent has taken Ezra with him to the driving range a few times to hit golf balls and hang out. Ezra really likes it and can actually hit the ball fairly well. We ended up getting him a little driver and a golf glove. Oh man, is the boy in love or what!?! He wants to go all the time and he "practices" hitting the ball in the backyard. Good thing we have a big back yard!! Here are some cute pictures of him hitting it. 

in action

Oh my goodness!!! SO CUTE!

and my cute, sweet Emmy girl!

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! We celebrated with some gifts and heart cookies that the kids could color. Really fun! Ezra got Dr. Evil Porkchop (he has been wanting this for so long) and Emersyn got a Mini Mouse shirt (she loves mini)! Ezra had his Valentine party at school that Emersyn, Elynn and I were able to go to. They read books, made picture frames and passed out Valentine cards. It was a cute party. Brent and I celebrated Valentine's last friday with a DATE NIGHT!! Elynn tagged along and was the perfect little girl. We went to Bin 555 and had wine and tappas. It was SO NICE to go out just US! The ladies from my Mentoring Moms group watched all the kids for FREE so that we could enjoy time with our Hubby's. Such sweet ladies. LOVE THEM and LOVE Mentoring Moms! 

Opening their Valentine's gifts

coloring their cookies

mainly eating her cookie

Ezra's cookie and Dr. Evil Porkchop

Let's Rodeo, San Antonio!

Cutest Cowboy!!

On Sunday, we went to the Rodeo for the day with our good friends, the Garrison's. We had a lot of fun!! It was the perfect day for it. We got to see horses, pig races, dog competitions, a petting zoo, go on a pony ride, have rodeo food and ice cream!! Ezra and Emersyn LOVED it! I was so glad we went. I hung out with Elynn while Brent did pony rides and the petting zoo with the kids. Other than that, Elynn stayed bundled up in the stroller while we got to do everything else. Ezra loved watching the dogs compete. They do this event where sheep dogs have to herd three lambs around cones, through a fence and into a pen all by listening to their master's command. Pretty neat to watch. He had so much fun watching the Potbelly Pigs race. Emersyn loved the petting the horses and the petting zoo. It was a great day!

Picking veggies at the HEB event

Milking a cow

Riding "cowboy", the pony

such a brave little girl

the deer was eating his hat!!

loved following the deer around

Brushing the horses tails

Roping a cow

He got it!

Snow Day (really ICE day)

He had way too much fun!

 So, we had a Snow day in TEXAS! Well, really for San Antonio, it was an ICE day. Brent and the kids had a really good time playing in the snow. They made snow balls and were throwing them against the door to "hit" me with them. (I was inside the house) After a while, Brent made a cardboard sled and took the kids for a ride. While they were riding on the "sled", Brent saw other neighbors on the next street with the big hill that were sledding down with a real sled! They headed over to join the fun. He sent Ezra down the hill in a plastic bin. He got some video of it. Looked like they were having a really good time. Emersyn didn't last as long as Ezra. She came in crying because she was so cold. When they were all done playing, they came inside to get warm and toasty by the fire. I am Oh SO Thankful for our new house and the fireplace. I'm in LOVE.

Checking out the snow

Making snow balls

Trying to hit me with a snow ball

Brent made a sled with cardboard and took the kids for a ride

The only "snow" we got was on our back deck

Loving it!

Hitting me with snow balls (i was inside!)

warming up by the fire after a hard morning of playing in the snow

Elynn: 1 WEEK OLD

Our sweet Elynn is ALREADY ONE WEEK OLD. It feels like she has been here and apart of our family for a lifetime. God is so good like that. We are so in LOVE with our sweet little girl. Ezra and Emersyn love her too. Emersyn could take her or leave her at times; like, sometimes she is really interested in where she is or what she is doing, then other times she just doesn't care. This probably ends up being a good thing for us. Ezra, on the other hand, is very interested in her and what she and I are doing. He is a great Big Brother, loving to hold her, talk with her and SING to her. OH SO CUTE!
Elynn is such a sweet, sweet baby! We are so IN LOVE!!

Gotta LOVE those Eilers cheeks

My three little LOVES

Her first bottle given by Big Brother

Making sure Elynn's swing works!

Elynn Sara Eilers

Elynn Sara Eilers

Born 1-28-2011

10:39 am

7 lbs 1 oz and 19 1/4 inch long

So, after waiting in anticipation since 31 weeks, to meet this little bundle of joy, SHE finally arrived at a healthy 37 weeks! We have been covered in prayer with this little one since the beginning of the pregnancy, but for sure since I went into the hospital at 31 weeks with pre-term labor. It has definitely been a ride, but God is good, all the time, and covered us in health and protection. I am so thankful that HE is in control and knew her birth date long before I even knew we were going to have her!

On Wednesday morning I went to the hospital around 7 am because throughout the night I was having mild contractions that were close together, but not anything strong, with some bleeding. I wasn't for sure it was true labor since the contractions were mild, but went in anyway because of the bleeding. I was checked and monitored for two hours. At that time, I was only dilated to 3 cm and 80% effaced with mild contractions that were not "active" labor. They even made me walk around the hospital for an hour to see if that would send me into active labor. After no progression, they sent me home and I went to see my OB. She sent me home and told me to go for a good walk, among other things, and that I would probably not make it until the weekend. Thursday was such a pretty day that I met a friend at the library and we did story time and lunch at the playground. I was having some contractions, but nothing to be mindful of and felt a little "off", but just figured it was from being checked twice at the hospital the day before. That night, the contractions started getting a little stronger but not regular. I wasn't feeling the best so I headed to bed early. At 2 am, I started having painful contractions but they were only about 8 to 10 minutes apart. By 4 am, after not being able to sleep, I decided to take a bath to see if that would relive some of the pain. It did not work! I got out of the bath and started bleeding. This bleeding was a heavier bleed and made me SUPER NERVOUS. I called my dr's office and talked to the on-call nurse. She told me that I had just lost my mucus plug (i am sure you wanted to know that! ha!) and that I should head to the hospital. Well, we got ready and were trying to get a hold of our neighbor to come stay with the kids until further notice. We could NOT get a hold of anyone, so we loaded up the kids and took them with us. Brent dropped me off at Labor and Delivery at 5:45am and waited in the car to see if they were going to admit me or not. I was admitted by 6am, dilated at 5 and 100% effaced. Brent got a hold of our neighbor and took the kids back home!! He got back in time (less than 5 minutes) before I got my epidural. I got the epidural around 730am and was checked again. I was already at an 8. They didn't want to break my water until my contractions were more on top of each other, so they gave me a little pitosin to get them closer together. Even with the epidural, I was still feeling all of my contractions, but with some of the edge taken off. They said they could up my dose, but I told them that I liked that I could feel them somewhat so I knew what was going on. My OB finally came in around 930 and checked me again. I was a 9 1/2 dilated. 10'clock she broke my water and with two pushes, little GIRL Elynn Sara Eilers was here by 10:39 am! It was such a smooth, fast delivery. Praise God!

It was only Brent and I in the room during the delivery, which was such a sweet special time for us. It was OH SO FUN not knowing who was going to come out, that when the baby was almost out, Brent looked at me and said "what do you think it will be?".  It was such a fun thing when the DR said, "It's a GIRL!". So sweet and so precious. I would not do it any differently!

We are so in LOVE with Elynn. She is the perfect combination of her sweet big brother Ezra with his cheeks, lips and chin, but so much like her big sister Emersyn with her eyes and nose. I LOVE IT! She is the skinniest little peanut. So perfect and precious.

Ezra and Emersyn love her! It was funny, Brent called his mom to let them know, and they were also watching the kids at that point, and he got Ezra on the phone and told him he had a little sister. Ezra at first said, "why?" (he was really wanting a brother) and Brent replied "because that is what God gave us" (great answer dad!) to which Ezra replied, "OH. Yay!". Super sweet. 

We are home. We came home Saturday afternoon. My mom is here this week, Praise God, and we are loving it. It is so sweet to be a family of 5! It still blows my mind that I am not yet 30 and I have 3 children. I am truly blessed. We are just going to soak up every minute of this baby stage because we know it goes by so fast. I am definitely looking forward to all of new stages we will go through this year. 

Thank you all so much for the prayers, concerns and things you have done to show your love and support. We are truly blessed to have you as family and friends.

Love,

The Eilers 5

Meeting Elynn for the first time

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her

Dr. De Los Santos with Elynn

So tired, already!

Too Precious for words!

Such the best big brother

great grammy (and middle name sake) with Elynn

Proud Daddy

Oma and Opa with Elynn

My precious 3

Mimi, Ezra and Elynn

Love this picture

Still Pregnant!

Just posting to let everyone know, I am STILL PREGNANT! I am 36 weeks this week, and am going strong. I feel good. I have been having contractions, but nothing to make me go into active labor, just enough to bother me and think "okay, today is the day!" Then, the contractions die out. I am thankful that baby E made it this far, but am OH SO READY to meet this little one now. Hopefully it won't be too much longer! I will keep you posted. Thank you for all the prayers! Now, we can just start praying that the baby will come soon!