Birthday, Milestone, and the 4th of July

We took pictures to celebrate Abby's 5 th birthday and Ty being 3 months. I couldn't resist getting a family 4th of July picture also!

Oddly enough my girls don't mind being dressed alike. Doesn't Ali look tall!

Love that smile, not sure why he is sideways.

He loves to giggle!

My Abby!

She is my tender hearted girl!

Tyson is 3 Months Old!

Ty is such a happy boy! I don't think I have ever seen a baby smile as much as he does. He is even giggling. It is the cutest thing ever. We are so blessed to have him in our family. He is growing like a weed. He is almost too big for his 3-6 month onesies! He sometimes sleeps through the night and during the day when he is awake he is eating. Well it's as the old saying goes, you won't get a shetland pony from two thoroughbreds!

TY IS HERE!

Ty (Tyson) was born on Feb. 25 at 4:52 am. He was two weeks early and boy are we glad! He weighed 9 lbs. 3 oz. and 22 inches long. He would have been 10 lbs. had he gone full term. He is a healthy and happy baby so far. We are both doing well. Read on if you want to hear the whole story.

Tyson Lowell Glenn Carpenter

Baby Ty

Nate, Alison, Ty and Abby



This is me right before it all began. On Tuesday the 24th I had a check-up and my midwife told me that she was on call that night. I was done with being pregnant so I had her strip my membranes and told her I was taking castor oil that night. She said I was at a 3 so I would have a chance that it would work. She also said that if I came in with my body doing something on its own that she could help wink wink. So Josh cancelled his trial the next day and at 6:00 pm I took castor oil. I didn't take a lot because I felt like I was going to throw it all up.
By 9:00 pm nothing was happening, I hadn't even had to go to the bathroom so I thought that I hadn't taken enough castor oil and thought well it just isn't going to work. Around 9:30 pm the castor oil started to send me to the bathroom but still nothing in the contraction department. I was having some but nothing to get excited about. I fell asleep and woke up around 10:30 pm and still nothing new. Went back to sleep and woke up around 12:30 and got some water, watched some TV and felt some contractions but nothing new. I couldn't really go back to sleep so I decided to walk around our room to see if I could get something going.
I was having contractions around 2-5 minutes apart but they only lasted for 30 seconds or so. So I got in the shower to see if anything would change and they just continued the same way. Josh convinced me to call my midwife so I did. I really felt like if was false labor but she said to come in anyway. So we called our RS president to come and stay with the kids and Josh jumped in the shower. Within a couple of minutes of hanging up with the hospital my contractions became so much stronger. I was pounding on the shower door telling Josh to hurry because we needed to go.
As we drove to the hospital I was having contractions a minuted apart and they were 45-50 seconds long. I was so afraid that they were going to tell me that I was too far along for an epidural but I was only at a 4 when we got there. Things were slow that night so they hooked me up to an IV and Mr. Epidural man came and gave me my meds and 30 minutes later he was born. I went from a 4 to a 10 in an hour. He was born an hour and a half from the time we pulled into the hospital parking lot. He came out in two pushes. It really was easy and I feel great. I think the difference was that I was spinning everyday (6 days a week) until the week I had him. That week I walked on the treadmill.
He is handsome and a sweet baby. The kids love him to death and Nate will grab his hand and say "Baby likes me." We are so glad he is here.