The Arrival of Carter Todd Kendall!!!

Our little boy is here!!

Ladies and Gentleman Londyn would like to proudly announce the arrival of her new little brother Carter Todd Kendall a.k.a Car, Car!! He was born September 21st, 2009 at 9:28 pm, weighing in at 5 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long!!
Our day started out as one crazy Monday and ended with a blessing!! So lets start at the beginning. I woke up Monday and realized that I had leaked something out. I didn't think that my water had broke because it wasn't a huge leakage and I was not due for another 3 1/2 weeks. So I called waited for the doc's office to open to ask what was going on. The nurse said most likely my water broke and I needed to come right away. I waited for Bradey to rush home, so we could head to the doctor's together, just in case.
When we got to the doctor's I found out my water was still very much intact. Then we did an ultrasound to make sure I had enough fluid (which I had PLENTY), and we also did an NST to make sure the baby was still doing just fine. We got sent home because everything was normal, and the doctor said that we just have to wait until our little man decides to come on his own. We went all the way back home and picked up Londyn from Bradey's brother's home, by this time it was about 2 pm. After a very long and busy day I needed a nap. So Londyn and I hopped in to my bed for a good hardy nap, well at least Londyn did.
I started having contractions!! I've been having false labor every now and then so I thought that's what it was, until they got really intense, and once again it was back labor!! Yuck! I got up to use the bathroom, and that's when I had lost my mucus plug. My contractions went from being 8 minutes apart and 30 seconds long, to 5 minutes apart and 1 minute long with in an hour. So Bradey and I headed to the hospital once again.
We got to the hospital about 5:30, where they watched my contratctions to see how long apart they were, and they checked to see how dilated I was. The doctor said I had won a ticket to stay because I was 6+ dilated and my contratction were 4 minutes apart and 1-2 minutes long.
I was able to get an epidural which was nice, but wore off by the time Carter decided to come into this world. So I felt EVERYTHING!! Lucky everything went perfectly. He was taken to the NICU because he was having trouble breathing, but was back in my arms and announced as a well baby with in 2 hours.
We were in and out of the hospital within less than 24 hrs. It was a very quick processes compared to Londyn's birth. But we are so very grateful to have this handsome little boy in our lives. He looks just like his Daddy! And Londyn absolutely loves her little brother. She almost hoped into the basinet with hime when she first came to the hospital. She loves to hold and kiss him. I'm very proud of how well she is adjusting to sharing the spot light. He the perfect little boy. And I am so blessed to have him in my life!!

Londyn meeting her brother for the first time
The Kids and I watching Clifford
WELCOME HOME CAR,CAR!
His first night home!!

Loving Our New Ward, and a New Calling!!

We are enjoying the American Falls 3rd Ward!! Everyone has been wonderful and very welcoming!! We've been trying to get Londyn to go to Nursery a little early so that she will be use to it by the time she is 18 months, but no such luck. She did awesome the first week, but the last few weeks she has flipped a lid when I leave her in there. But I'm going to keep trying and praying she will go before her brother gets here.
We've been in the ward for 4 weeks now and Bradey was just called and set apart today as the Priests' Quorum Adviser! I am so excited for him, as he is too!! He is so stoked to work with these miraculous young men. When we got home from church today he kept commenting on how bright these young men are, and how much they are going to teach him. He's such a stud!!
I've been singing in the ward choir, which has been a blast!! And we're going to sing next Sunday!! And on top of everything we were asked to talk in 2 weeks!! But we love being involved and are grateful to give of our talents (if you can call them that!!).

On another not, the pregnancy is still going well. I still have to do NSTs twice a week, and an ultrasound once a week. So far, little man is doing what he's suppose too. So maybe there's really nothing to worry about?!! I am grateful for this little boy to becoming into our lives, and cannot wait to meet him. Although I don't know what his sister will think when my belly goes down, and my belly button goes back to normal!!

Catching Everyone Up on Our lives

WOW!! I can't believe that summer is over and kids are back to school. We had a great summer, lots of swimming, playing, and getting some sun time in!! Londyn loves outside, so we were out there a lot!!
Lets start with OUR very exciting news, WE ARE FIRST TIME HOME OWNERS!! We love this cute home that we can stay in for years and years, which I'm so excited for because this is our 6th move in 2 years!!! Londyn adjusted in to her new home and big girl bed AWESOMELY!! And I finally got to have my piano after having it sit in storage for 3 months!!

The Front Yard
Bradey and My Bedroom
The Kids' Bedroom
The Upstairs Bathroom
Dining Room
Kitchen
Family Room
Now lets look at the downstairs!!
The bathroom

The Guest Bedroom
Bradey's "Man Cave" aka the Living Room

And the Kids' Toy Room

Another thing that is going on in our lives is that we just found out that this pregnancy is no different from when I was with Londyn. Our little man is measuring small and my fluid is low. :( I started NSTs (Non-stress Test) last Thursday, and have to have them twice a week, plus an ultrasound every week. He didn't do so well the first 1/2 hour of the stress test, but did much better the last hour!! So we'll see how he'll do on Tuesday.

Here's some pictures of my belly at 33 weeks!!
We tried to get Londyn kissing her little brother, but she was to quick.