He did it!

I guess it's finally time to officially announce to the "world" that Sam was accepted to Kellogg! Yay! We're shocked, humbled, proud (I am), and really really excited. We'll be moving up to Evanston this August and school starts in September. It will be sad to leave beautiful San Diego, but we're definitely ready to take this next step in our lives. Come visit us in Chicago!!

One Month (a little late)

Please somebody slow down time!

Road Trip

A few weeks ago we packed up the family and headed to cold Provo for my friend Bridget's baby shower. The weekend went by too fast, but it was fun to see family and friends. Kristin and Adam kindly let us stay at their new cute house in Orem. Thanks guys!

Saturday morning we met up with my cousins for breakfast at Magelby's Fresh.

Parker and Logan

Clark and Parker were fast friends, tossing around jam packets :)

Lincoln and Cali

I swiped some pictures off Bridget's blog because I forgot my camera at the shower. She got lots of cute stuff, and a lot of pink!

The girls! (and Lincoln)

Can't wait for that baby girl to get here!

Mom's Visit

I thought I would post the rest of the pictures from when my mom was here. It was so wonderful to have her here and I was really sad to see her go so soon.

In between her making delicious dinner every night, doing all my laundry, and baking brownie cheesecake (which I'm pretty sure I ate more than half of)...

she found time to entertain Parker too! One morning they had fun building and playing in a fort

She snapped some cute pictures when they were out on a walk one day.

We miss you Grandma!

Best News!!

The best news of all was the arrival of our sweet new baby boy. Lincoln Alan Schmidt was born on February 11th at 4:10 pm.

How about a little birth story?

I went in to be induced at 7:00 am on February 11th. I was given some sort of tablet to get me all ready for labor at about 9:00. At 1:00 I was started on pitocin and the doc came and broke my water. Things definitely picked up after that! It wasn't long before I started having contractions. I can't remember how long after, but eventually I called for an epidural and all was good with the world again! :)

After a bit I thought I would get comfortable and take a nap for a until it was time to have a baby! As I was settling down, I started to feel a little funny and uncomfortable. I thought maybe I was just feeling some contractions, but the longer I sat there the more pressure I was feeling. I asked my mom to go get the nurse to check me just in case. When she came in we could tell nurse Julie thought I was being silly and there was no way I was even close to ready. And when she checked I was only a 6. While she was in the room, though, I guess she noticed something on my monitors because she got a concerned look on her face, gave me an oxygen mask, and told us she was going to get her charge nurse. Out in the hall I heard "O.R." and was praying they weren't referring to me. All of the sudden nurse Julie and the charge nurse came in started unhooking me, told me the baby's heart rate was dropping and they were going to take me to the operating room in case it didn't come back up and they needed to do a c-section. NO!!!

Thankfully my doc came in said hold on a sec, everything's fine! The babe's heartrate was already coming back up. Then he checked me and I was at a 9!! Take that nurse Julie! We were going to have a baby! The reason I felt uncomfortable was because the baby was descending like crazy all of the sudden (also the reason his heart rate dropped for a bit).

This is me as the nurses were prepping everything for the delivery.

Then it was time to push! I pushed through 4 or 5 contractions (about 12 times) and he was here! It was fast and crazy and awesome.

Here's our beautiful Lincoln. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long (just like his brother!)

My awesome doc, Dr. Barmeyer.

Grandma and Lincoln

In the car on the way home.

Parker meeting his baby brother for the first time! :)

We are all absolutely thrilled (even Parker). Lincoln is such a great baby. He eats great and sleeps even better. Unlike Parker, he doesn't look EXACTLY like Sam, so I can claim this one. He even has a little dimple! Parker already loves him and is constantly oohing and ahhing over him, and loves to hold him and give him kisses.

Heavenly Father has blessed us immensely in the past couple weeks, and we are humbled by all that we have been given, especially this sweet little man.

Good News.

As Sam was being discharged from the hospital on Monday, he got a call from someone in the admissions department at Emory University in Atlanta offering him a full scholarship!!! I'm so proud of my awesome hubby!

We're still waiting to hear from some other schools, but Atlanta may be our new home this Fall!

Bad News.

We have had a CRAZY couple weeks around here! It started with the birth of our gorgeous baby boy (more on that later) and continued with Sam ending up in the hospital for some emergency surgery.

Last Thursday I got a call from Sam as I was pulling into the driveway of my grandmother's house (almost 2 hours away) that he was going to the hospital. He had been having troubles with his gallbladder for a couple months and actually had a surgery scheduled to have it removed in the beginning of March. But he had a pretty serious attack and the pain persisted, so he went to have it checked out. He was admitted on Thursday night, had surgery Sunday morning, and FINALLY came home Monday afternoon.

Needless to say it was a long few days! THANK GOODNESS my mom was here until Saturday. He is recovering well and should be back on his feet in a couple days! Silver lining: Sam was planning on taking this week off anyway, but now he can use sick days and save those vacation days!