Our new Addition

It started with me walking to the ball field for little Aarons last baseball game. I was fine all day long, but walking from the parking lot to the field got things moving. Finally, the inevitable arrival of our 6th child was becoming a reality. I sat through the game with contractions every 3 to 4 minutes apart.

I knew that the worst that could happen was that my water would break, so I sat through the game, the pain, and the agony of early labor. Later in the evening it became too much to bear at home. I let Aaron know that we needed to go to the hospital. We were admitted and getting ready for a long and sleepless night.

At 4:14am we welcomed little Gideon Thomas Libby into the world. He came into the world calm and peaceful, a little shocked by the cold room, but still not a cry. Not until he was given his first shot. Then he let the world know that he was here. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and measured 20 inches long.

He has beautiful black hair that completely covers his head, and he looks like his two older brothers (Seth & Micah). He is such a beautiful baby. The kids all love him so so much. A little too much at times.

All in all, the pregnancy is finally over, Gideon is here safe and sound, with ten fingers ten toes, and he's awesome. We fell in love instantly. It all seemed so unreal when we were in the hospital preparing for his arrival, but it happened and it is as real as ever.

Our family is complete, and we thank our Heavenly Father for Gideons safe arrival, and for the other five beautiful and healthy kids that we have. We are so blessed, and that is something that we could never deny. It doesn't matter where we live, how much money we have, or the possessions we accumulate. We are a family. We have love, the gospel, we teach and serve one another, and that is what matters.

Long Time!!!

Sorry it has been a long time since I have written last. It seems as though life has been just a little more than crazy lately. It has been good though. After a few weeks in April and May taking turns all being sick, we all seem to be doing better. So our lives have been as follows. In May we celebrated Sethy's 3rd birthday! Crazy that he is already that big, but very real.

He got his first real bike for his birthday. He was so excited, but has yet to get on it and actually try it. Well, actually he did get on, he just can't figure out how to peddle it. All in good time I quess.

It was fun to have a party with his grandparents, Aunt, Uncles and cousins the day before his birthday. On his birthday he had a few of his little nursery friends over for a party. It was so cute to see them all interact.

Also is May, little Aaron performed in his elementary school production of "Jungle Book". He played one of the lead roles, Moglie. He did such a great job, and had such a good time. We were so proud of him for practicing so hard and learning all his lines. In all, he did 4 performances. They were all great!! Good job buddy!

Mary also had her summer dance recital in May. She was sooooo cute in it. Her little dance class was just full of these tiny little things that looked adorable up there on the big stage dancing. They danced to the song "Witch Doctor". The dance was similar to their last recitial except for some different dance moves and a different song.

This is Mary with her little friend, Sara, who she just adores.

So, that catches up on May. I am glad that it is over just because it was so crazy. In the mix we also had baseball games 2 or 3 times a week, and other activities. It was a little crazy.

I am very happy to be in June now. We are coming down to the wire with this pregnancy. I am due on June 29th, so only a couple weeks. I am on the brink of insanity though. I am so incredibly tired, and in so much pain, that I have just been praying that this little baby would be here sooner than later. So far, he is still in there and I think hanging on for dear life. I think he knows that he is the tail end of six children, and is just taking his time because of it. He must know that once he is here, there will be no more peace or quite, he will have to be in line for attention, and he might get smacked by Micah (who thinks he is still the baby forever).

So, other than crazy Libby Kids, Aaron being in school full time, working full time, trying to clean up after a tornado of little ones (and a busy husband), and getting ready to have a new addition to the family, we are great!! I will try to do better at keeping this up to date.