WAY TOO LONG!!!

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.

Happy Easter!!

So, it has been a while since I last posted.  Aaron always has the computer because of work and school so I never have a chance to get on the internet.  By the time I can, I am either too tired or too tired.  

Today was a great day.  The kids woke up early to find their Easter baskets, and of course wanted to endulge in chocolate and jellybeans before eating breakfast.  We were a little lenient, but not by much.  I think the Easter Bunny will need to make his visit after church or something next year.  It was a little crazy trying to get kids ready for church while they were so excited.  We had an Easter egg hunt after church, where of course, A&W and Jake found the most eggs because they are bigger and faster.  They understood though when I split the eggs up evenly.  We took some delicious sugar cookies to Grandpa Lund and Uncle Orville, and said Hello to Grandma.  Then we took cookies to Uncle Shane and Aunt Dawn, and the cousins.  The kids were so excited to play with their cousins.  We weren't able to stay long though because I had to get home to prepare dinner.  Grandma Adrianne joined us for dinner and we had an enjoyable time.  It was a great Easter Sunday.  We ended the evening by reading scriptures and watching "The Lamb of God" with the kids.  It was a good way to calm them down for bed and for them to also understand why we celebrate Easter.  

On another note, we have officially hit 30 weeks.  I believe that the next 8-10 weeks of this pregnancy will be especially long and hard.  I am trying to stay positive so that it won't be so bad, but that is hard to do when my body hurts, and I  don't have the energy to chase the others.  Just a little longer and this little baby will change our lives and family forever.  It will also start a new chapter in my own life.  I am so done having kids!  Mine are great, but alot of work as well.  I love them more than anything and would do anything for them.  I know that it is only through the help of a higher power that I make it through everyday.  Enough said, I am really tired.  I hope to post again soon, and next time with some new pics.  Happy Easter everyone!!

One Tiny Announcement

I forgot when I was updating the blog, but I remembered now.  Just wanted to let everyone know that we are having another boy!  It wasn't exactly what we were expecting to find out.  In fact it was pretty much the biggest shock we've had in a long time.  Who would figure that we would get 5 boys.  I guess we have our basketball team, and one little cheerleader.  Mary was okay with the idea although she still expresses a little disappointment.  The boys really wanted another sister, and were pretty let down.  They said that they wanted to have a sister so that Mary would leave them alone.  I've let them know that now that will never happen.  We have no clue what to name him, but time will tell.  Anyone need any girl clothes?

Crazy January!!

So this last month was a little crazy, hence the reason I didn't update the blog all month.  We celebrated Jakey's 6th birthday.  It was a lot of fun for everyone.  Especially Jake.  He got two birthdays.  One on his birthday and the other about 4 days before his birthday.  We had to accomodate Daddy.  He started a new semester in school.  20 Credit hours!  Can we all say "Crazy"?

Anyway, all of the family decided that we would try out Jumpin Jacks for Jakes family party.  It was actually a really great place and I felt so relaxed.  For once I didn't care that my kids were jumping around all over the place.  All over everything, and I didn't care.  I actually encouraged it.  I would have joined in, but  I wasn't allowed to because of my current status.

My brother and his friend were able to come up from Provo to spend Jakes birthday with us.  It was so nice of them.  He really goes out of his way to make it to all these family events.  A lot of miles on his car too.  We really appreciate it though.  It means  so much to everyone.

Oh, We also celebrated my birthday, my brothers birthday, and my dads birthday.  Like I said, one crazy month.  Aaron made me a homemade cheesecake for my birthday.  It is one of my favorites and he did an awesome job!  It tasted wonderful.  Look at my cute baby.

Bedtime for Sethy

This is Seth in his cute bathrobe right before bed last night.  Aaron and I thought that he looked so sophisticated with his little hand in his pocket.

He even moved closer to the camera so that we could better view of him.  What a ham!  

This is what we found after prayers and we told Seth to go climb into bed.  He just told daddy that he wanted to read books.  He took everybook that was in his room and put them on his bed with the hopes that Daddy would sit down and read to him all night.  We ended up only reading 2 or 3 and then he put on his headlamp and read until he fell asleep.  We did move the books off his bed so that he could find his sheets and go to sleep.  He's just so cute!