AR-CHER...

...as said by Talon, is here! He arrived Friday, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:38am. He weighed in a 9lbs 7oz (92nd percentile). He is 22 inches long (percentile off the charts). His head is 14 1/2 inches (99th percentile). It took 26 hours for my body to get ready for delivery but only 13 minutes of pushing to get him here. Here is a photo journey...

The family before Archer arrived....(taken on the 20th).
Me before the big arrival.

Arher's cuddling with Mama.
Daddy enjoying his new bundle of joy!
Mama, Archer, and Daddy...we are beautiful!!
Granma Kathy enjoying Archer!
Papa Chris and Daddy admiring the new little one.

Daddy and Archer sleeping at the hospital.

Talon holding baby brother Ar-cher!!
Zoey and Archer are nine weeks apart. Zoey is almost two pounds heavier and you can't tell but Archer is an inch longer than her.
Papa Darl, Archer, Talon, Zoey, and Granma Kathy

Garrett, Archer, Talon, Granma Lorri, and Hunter

And here he is in his new favorite place (besides mommy or daddy's arms). He was nice enough to share with cousin Zoey while she was here!

Fun Times....

Kayaking fun at the Fern Ridge Pond...Zane is standing with Troy. Mom is behind her. Kim and Hunter are next followed by Alyssa.

Kim and Hunter

Alyssa and Troy

Me Kayaking at exactly 40 weeks....I know I am crazy but I was trying to bring on labor...it didn't work!

Me after Kayaking....this is how big I was at 40 weeks.

Talon and Hunter bathing after the sgetti mess they made with dinner.

Grams and grandkids

Talon wanting to hold the "baby". It is good practice for when his brother gets here tomorrow...

Zoey (Troy and Alyssa's daughter) all Frogged out for Aunt Frog.

Me today...40 weeks and two days pregnant.

Dean Kayaking

Talbot nibbling on my neck just as Mom pushed the button to show off the belly.

Aunt Kim and the kiddos....
Me two weeks ago right after church.

Zane and Talon...our Jailbirds...having a good time...

So these are the good times. The pictures are all out of order. That isn't the way I uploaded them but oh well....As you can see from the pics, Archer is not here yet...Tomorrow!!

Still in there...

So the doctor checked me on Thursday and told me that my cervix is made of steel. The baby is in position but my body is not yet. I do have the assurance now that if I have not had him on my own by Thursday, I will be induced so that means he will be here by sometime on the 27th or 28th. I will keep everyone updated...

Update...

So my parents have been here a week tomorrow. We have gone to visit Kim and Uncle Kav. We have also had a lot of other fun things. Talbot was re-baptized (his records were lost) last Saturday. It was a very neat experience. Archer is still hanging in there but has definitely moving the southward direction. He was giving me a run for my money (and the bathroom) today. We have a checkup tomorrow. I am hoping to here that I am at 4cm so that I can go to the hospital and have this little guy (who is now estimated between 8 and nine pounds with 12 days left to go). I will keep you all posted....maybe even get some more pics uploaded too!!

ME looking oh so lovely and not super huge...

So...here is the view from the front...

The view from the side with all of my head...

And finally another view with only part of my head...
I have 24 days left in these pictures (they were taken yesterday). I do have to say that I am wearing pre-pregnancy clothes here. I am hoping that I don't put the weight back on after I have Archer....we shall see...Oh and that my wedding ring will fit me again...I really miss the ring that Talbot gave me....The view in the pics is the driveway/parking area at our house. We have a great view of the sunsets. The neighbor to the east (behind me) has sheep in his pasture. Feel free to come and see for yourself. Just let us know when so we can make sure we have somewhere for you to lay your head!!!
Love you all!!

More pics...I am on a roll!!

So the top pic is Zane in full catcher regalia. He got to play lots of different positions.
The second is just a cute shot of my boys!! Aren't they adorable???

Zane enjoying his ice cream cone on a trip to North Bend at the end of June.

Talon enjoying his drink...they get so big so fast!!

Talon crawling through the cool for on the beach on the 4th of July...Zane enjoyed it too but he was too fast for me to get a snapshot of him.

We signed the beach...it was gone by tide...

Our butterfly sandcastle...I think that this is the first one I have built in about 15 years. My boys were great helpers...how do you like the butterflies?

The boys blowing bubbles in our little kiddie pool...it isn't huge but it does the job!!

Talon is very white and Zane has a golden tan (even if you can't tell in the picture. I am still not sure what is up with their expressions.

We visited Kim and fam earlier this week. It was hilarious to watch the two kids chase each other trying to get a toy from the other or laughing and screaming so loud we were afraid they were going to wake up Bill.

They had fun sitting on the little couch and fighting over the little chair Aunt Angie got Hunter. We tried to get pictures of Hunter's new puppy but it wouldn't hold still for the pictures. I am still waiting to take picture of me when I am looking cute so you can see how big I am not....
We love you all!!

Pics are finally here...

Talon being Joe Cool eating his spicy Doritos.

The cool road he got from Papa and Grandma Christensen!

Spud and his pet spuds from Aunt Tammy and Phillip.

Zane taking a wack at the pinata with cousin Garrett watching in the background.

Talon trying to break the pinata....no luck!

Talon enjoying his birthday cupcake.

That is it for now. I have to find the mini SD reader to get the ones from my phone. We lov eyou all!!!