4 years old!

I love that you can see her toes in the water! The water was very warm too!

Our amazing photographer took these.

Just love this girl!

What a fun BWE ( birthday week extravaganza) we just had! Alexis turned 4 and we partied. Last week we took her to Rain Forest Cafe and she loved it, as long as she didn't have to get to close to the elephants and gorillas! Then Monday the 23rd we had a swimming birthday party with her girly friends. The weather was perfect and most of her friends came and played. Honestly they had so much fun and it was the easiest party ever! On Wednesday we had the family over and had cake and ice cream. She got her unicorn pillow pet that she has been begging for since January and lots of fun toys and clothes. She is one spoiled 4 year old!

Alexis gets to start school next week and is super excited! Alexis is a super funny girl and loves to sing. She was singing as loud as she can at the library the other day while using the bathroom. She has the biggest smile that makes me warm and happy. Loves primary to death, truly loves it. I can hear her singing outside in the hall. She also loves to go up on the stand when the choir sings, it is super cute. Alexis makes friends everywhere we go, the park, library, store, playland at Fred Meyer(loves that place). A treat to her is going to one of those places. She still doesn't like chocolate or peanut butter but loves peanut butter cups, fruit, jello, green beans, CORN and peas. She loves to make salads, I wash the lettuce and she rips it up and eats it. She loves tv and movies especially ones on the big tv at the movies! We love you so much Alexis! I was going to take her and get pictures done just for her birthday, but after seeing these there was no need, Brittany K did a great job, I wish she lived closer. I can't wait to see the rest of our pictures!

Since I am really typing this on 9/7 I will tell you a few cute things she has done since her b-day. 2 days ago she walked into primary and looked around like she was lost. Grandma M had taken her and was showing her to the front row when Alexis informed her that she was 4 and needed to be in the big girl class. She was not happy about still being a sunbeam but excepted it begrudgingly. Last night she was taking pictures with my cell phone and told us to crinkle together. This morning daddy asked if she tooted and she said she didn't because she didn't hear anything. She is always making us laugh and we love it!

For some reason none of my pictures will turn.
She made a pretzel at the mall event.
Scottish highland games where Grandpa has a tent for the clan Irwin which is our family(Irving is part of it). So this hat is the kilt colors.

We went to walmart and this is how we found Megan when we got home.

more blessing pictures

It was a very hot, hot day so after the blessing we let the kids hit the slip and slide. Megan was a very happy baby today, even though it was the start of the heat rash battle. Poor thing has spent a lot of time in a onsie and diaper trying to stay cool.
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Pictures from blessing

Wow does time pass quickly when you are caring for 2 kids! It has almost been a month since Megan was blessed and I am just now getting to the pictures, hopefully I can do this before she wakes up!
I forgot to include who was in the circle so daddy, Grandpa Martin, Uncle Jon, Bob Hayes, Bob Pine, Bob Schaub, Rick Morse, Rick Koeller, Bishop Jensen I am sure I forgot someone so if I did and you were there just let me know. From the looks of it if your name wasn't Bob or Rick you weren't in it though, lol.

Blessing day

Megan was blessed on Sunday July 25th. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and we were able to really enjoy it. We got to church early and saved a few benches for our family that are not members and who came from out of town. When it was time for her blessing the Morse family still hadn't arrived and I was stressed, they came from Yakima 2.5 hours away and got a hotel. So they waited a minute and took their time organizing and lucky for us they walked in. Britt called Rick up with the microphone and the family scrambled to sit anywhere. Britt gave her a beautiful blessing and I cried. When it was over the Bishop said that Megan is a miracle baby...we say that all the time. Some people came back to the house and of course Megan decided she was starving so I went to feed her so she didn't have to cry the whole way home. We got home and started eating and talking and trying to stay cool! The kids stayed cool with playing in the water. Megan is such a joy in our family.

I will add pictures soon!

New Pictures!

Feel asleep like this. Megan is funny because she always has her hands by her face. She pinches her checks and pokes her eyes. Nursing is like fighting a ninja at times just to get to her mouth. Luck for us she hasn't scratched herself bad enough to bleed yet. She very much dislikes having her arms swaddled to her sides. She is not a morning baby, very much a night owl. When I say this it is because she likes to stay up until 11 or 12 every night and not always happy either. She does sleep until usually 5 or so though and goes right back to sleep, wakes up to eat at about 8 or 9. So I am not complaining too much. She also takes about a 3 hour nap in the afternoon. The rest of her eating times are about 2 hours apart and sometimes only an hour apart for a snack. I can't really believe it has been over 3 weeks though. Poor Alexis and I have watched a lot of netflix and are happy the weather is finally nice enough to go outside and play!

Love this picture even though there are shadows big time. She has the cutest happy face!
Her daddy does the same thing with his forehead! It is funny that she does it too.
First day of church! This dress and the tights where mine and Alexis wore them also.
Cute sisters!!!

Alexis and Megan in matching outfits...Alexis is wearing the striped shorts.Megan with Connor

Sweet Girl
Great Grandma, Grandma Shirley, Megan, Daddy and Alexis!!!
Great Grandma Marie with Megan
Ok so life with a new baby has made some big changes around here. I am just starting to get some sort of normal routine...and then today Alexis wakes me up at 5:30am. Ohwell guess we will have an early nap time today. I also am finally taking Megan to get some pictures taken today! We just love this baby to pieces. Alexis picks her up way too much for my liking, kisses her every time she sees her and wants to hold her always(even when she is eating or screaming!) So I am getting requests for more pictures and so here they are! I have more on the other camera but it is in the car.

Scroll down for our birth story! We took Megan to the doctor today and she weighs 7pounds 5 ounces! So we must be doing something right even if it hurts sometimes!

What a week! We are getting the hang of nursing, ouch! We have gone out of the house just me and the 2 girls. My sister had her baby boy today. I am writing the events of her birth down and will post as soon as I get a moment! Alexis loves to kiss and hug Megan ALL the time, she even picked her up twice...she says her muscles are big enough. We are just so happy to have 2 healthy girls!

Megan Michelle Bergman

Ok I will get to the birth story but here is a peek at our sweet Megan!

You may wonder why I included her crying....she did that a lot her first day. I mean a lot!

Here we all are! Just about 30 minutes after she was born. She weighed 7lbs 2ounces, 21 inches long. She has a 13.5inch head and arrived at 2:50pm Tuesday June 22, 2010. Seriously so cute and already has us all head over heels for her! Alexis doesn't go more then 10 minutes without asking to hold her or kissing her.

A birth story

So I am happy to announce that she finally arrived! She was born on Tuesday, June 22, 2010! We had quite the 24 hours leading up to her birth. We went and saw our midwife at 3:30 on Monday and had another Non stress test and she checked me. Well I started having continous cramping until about 6pm and then it turned it to contractions. They were about 3 minutes apart at 8 so we called Nancy and we went in to be checked. I was still only at a 1 but she stripped my membranes...seriously that is so painful. So we went home and I continued to have contractions and I knew I was in labor. Spent a lot of time in the bath tub during the night and just tried to relax in between. At about 6am we called Nancy and she told us to come in. I honestly didn't want to, for the silliest reason. I knew it was going to hurt when she checked me...now isn't that silly. I knew it was not to be avoided so we called my parents and took Alexis up to my dad, then headed off to the birthing center. When we got there at 7:15am I had this realization that this was happening. I thought I was prepared for it all but how can you be when you have never gone through it. Nancy said that she might break my water around 8. So Grandma Shirley and Grandma Martin got there as soon as they could thinking it was going to be soon, but alas I was only at a 3. So we kept laboring. I truly wanted to give up and go to the hospital around 11. I was so tired and I felt like nothing was happening. But everyone told me that I can do it and pep talked me up! Nancy told me don't let discouraging thoughts get in the way. Britt reminded me that Angels were attending me and helping me get through this. This is what we all wanted, we didn't want her born medicated. So I stuck with it. I got an IV to rehydrate and then we made the choice to break my water when I was at a 6. I then got in the tub and had the water as warm as I could stand it. Britt poured water over me continuously and couched me through every breath I took. He was amazing, amazing. I have the most amazing, wonderful and awesome husband, couch, supporter and eternal companion that anyone could ask for. He would say look at me, and then would have me breath and would tell me I can do this and not to let the pain get ahead of me and take over. I was in the tub for a little over an hour and by then was at an 8. It was seriously time to get this baby out. Nancy is a miracle worker when it comes to getting babies out without tearing. I pushed for around 45 minutes and she was out. I was pushing every other contraction and then as she was crowning I decided I needed to push with every one it was just too much to have her there and waiting. Britt was able to catch her and help deliver her and he lost it. He was so overcome with emotion and was speechless. I was so relieved to have her out and safe. I find it amazing that it hurt less to push through a contraction then to try and breath through it. Once Britt placed her on my tummy I was in such shock and in awe that it was done, my baby was here. She cried and cried and it was the most wonderful sound ever. After everything we had been through all the scary things we had been told and feared were gone. I just laid there looking at this perfect baby in my arms and cried. Britt cut her umbilical cord and she was free. She weighed 7 pounds 2ounces 21 inches long and was crying! When Alexis came in everything was complete, my family was all there. She loved seeing Megan and was just so amazed. She had come in the bathroom while I was laboring and wanted to get in the tub with me, it was cute. Every time we had gone to our appointments she had asked to take a bath in it. I think it made her nervous how I was acting though. We went home a few hours later and took naps. Alexis went with my parents and asked to come home around 8:30 to see her new sister!

Daddy and Alexis dressing Megan.one of our first moments together.
Holding Megan
Helping to wash her hair!
In awe of her tiny sister.
getting weighed.
Meeting me finally!
Just born.
getting my IV.
Laboring.
Sorry they aren't in order, but you get the idea! I honestly wouldn't have asked for things to go any other way except maybe shorter. I hope I get to do it again just not real soon!!!

-5 days

Well if you haven't noticed already we still don't have a baby in our arms. She is 5 days past her due date and tomorrow makes her over due(by doctors opinions). We had a bio-physical ultrasound on Thursday with Dr. Maslow, she almost didn't pass. They test on 4 areas fluid, tone, movement, breathing. She had light breathing, good fluid and she moved her eyes. Did you know they can see the iris of the eye through the ultrasound? It was cool and creepy at the same time. Anyways so would not move. 30 minutes is what they give them to pass and after pushing on my tummy from all sides, sitting up and laying down she still wouldn't move. We were a bit nervous because they have to have 8 out of 10 to pass and she was given a 6. So they put me on a non stress test for 20 minutes. Of course the second they hook me up she starts wiggling. They continued the test though and passed her. We had hopes that I would go into labor but so far my contractions get going really good and strong and then quit every night around 10ish. I mowed the grass and weeded my flowerbeds yesterday hoping that would jump start things, well same thing happened. So I am frustrated and am close to tears a lot. I just don't know what she is waiting for. I see Nancy on Monday and will be 41 weeks, at that point we are going to have to figure out a method to get this baby here, either naturally or medically because I am close to being spent. I am trying 2 cups of Raspberry leaf tea and 3 evening prime rose oil pills a day to try and get things going without stressing little miss out. I have lost parts of my mucus plug the last 2 days so I guess somethings are happening, but man it is slow. I don't even hardly hope that today will be the day.

day 1

I had high hopes that this post would be announcing Megan's birth, but alas it is not. She is not here and I feel like she is not even close to coming either. I blame Britt, Martin babies come out when the are supposed too. Grandma Shirley informed us that she always passed her due dates...so this is a Bergman thing. lol. I am trying really hard not to be upset, I have cried a little in the last 24 hours and will probably cry some more. So if I don't talk to you or answer your calls it is not because I am having the baby. I had a Non Stress Test yesterday and everything looked fine. I have a bio-physical ultra sound on Thursday with Dr. Maslow. I never in-visioned being 40 weeks and 1 day pregnant, of course being pregnant seemed like a far off dream last September. So I guess the count down is going backwards now, haha.

On a happy note I asked Alexis to clean up her stuffed animals and dolls that were all over her floor and she did it without a complaint and then proudly showed me her room. I nearly cried it was so sweet.

A funny girl

Our home teacher and visiting teacher came over after church to home teach us...they are married and just happen to be really great friends of ours too. So Rick was telling us about Alexis in primary... he said they have a missionary moment and then the kids get to but a marble in a jar. When they asked the kids to share them Alexis jumped up and got up to the micro phone. She stood there for a few seconds just looking around and then got really close to the microphone and said "I talked on the phone." Then went over and put a marble in, cracked us up. I doubt she even understands what missionary moment means. Love her silly comments. The other day we were leaving my parents and I told her to give hugs good bye and she stood up and looked around the room and said "there's no one here to hug," looking right at my dad with a smirk on her face. Then she ran over and hugged him. I guess we have a comedian in the family.

A few feelings

In my efforts to get this baby here I have done a bunch of cleaning, walking, gone to the zoo and shopping. I think things are happening though. My contractions are getting more painful and more frequent. I have lots more cramping and pains down there. I am trying to stay relaxed and enjoy these last moments before she arrives. Every move she makes causes me to think about what she looks like. I just want to touch her tiny toes and feel her brand new fresh skin. I want to feel her tiny little breaths and sounds. I can't wait to see her! I am so relieved that she made it full term and is healthy, well as far as the ultrasounds have shown. I feel so blessed to be a part of this birth and raising of a daughter of God. I am just in awe that I get to have 2 girls, kind of humbling that Heavenly Father is putting his trust in me to raise them right. I look at all the young women in our ward and think about what I need to teach for my girls to grow up as great as they are and pray that I can do it right. I am grateful right now to have the ward that we have. The sisters are so supportive, the brothern honor their priesthood. I love our primary program. The presidency is amazing with these little ones, Alexis loves them and primary. I am so blessed to have the gospel in my life, I can't imagine how these last 10.5 years would have been without my Savior carrying me through. I don't see how the rest of my life would be worth it without his love and blessings. I know that we still have valleys and mountains left, but he makes them managable. Right now it is really early, but I can see the sun coming up over the mountain and I know that I can do anything. Even give birth without pain medicine. We have received so much critisim over our choice to go natural, but we have honestly prayed and know that this is the right thing. My blessing tells me that angels will attend my deliveries and we know that the environment we have chosen will make it possible. I love my husband who is working long hours right now so that he can take a few days off when Megan comes. I get cranky with him at times for it, but that is just because I miss him. I am grateful he has the priesthood and blesses our home and lives with it. I wouldn't change a thing about our life right now, ok maybe I would give the dog a bath. So if this is the last post before our baby arrives and you don't see another one for awhile I want all of our friends and family that have been there with us through the thick and the thin to know that we couldn't have done it without you either. I know that you were sent to us to help and support and love us.

Not here yet

Just 5 days from my due date and nothing is happening. I feel like I shouldn't be upset, but man I just want to be a 1 or something. I am going to just let it go, or try to anyways. I think we are really ready for this baby. I just wish she showed signs of coming. If I am busy walking around I have contractions but if I sit down they stop. We asked Nancy today if there is anything we could do to get labor going she let us know that unless I am dilating no amount of walking or ummm other activities will help. I believe it since I have been chowing down pineapple, walking and other stuff. Last week baby was low but sure enough she is still bobbing and was high today. PLEASE hurry and come Megan, we are all so anxious to see you. Alexis thought they were taking her out today and was insisting on coming, until I told her it is boring and that she wasn't coming out yet. We bought a bunch of $1 projects for Alexis to do after the baby comes so that she doesn't feel neglected and I am having a hard time keeping her from wanting to do them now. At least I still feel good for the most part!

more pictures

Britt hooking her fishing pole up with a worm.

She was waving like crazy at us.

The whole time we were there she begged to go in the yellow boat. Britt took her out and she was happy, happy happy!!!!

I guess this is our most recent family photo! I actually like that Alexis is eating ice cream in it.

I am so huge! 38 weeks. I liked the street sign!

Just look at those mountains! Makes me feel like I am in a Bavarian village! (hehe)

Honey sticks!

Waiting for a brat. She was telling him a story! To cute.

Such a pretty girl.

I still can't believe she touched it without reservations.