Baby Bryce

He finally made it! Baby Bryce Terry Fortune - named after one of his grandpas - made his big appearance on Tuesday, July 21st at 12:30pm, after a 6 hour labor. He barely fit and had to be vacuumed out, but we both survived and the doctor said "no more babies over 7 and 1/2 pounds. He was 7 lbs 9 ounces and 20 inches long. He has blondish-brown hair and blue eyes and looks just like his older brother. He is so dang cute! We feel very blessed to have two beautiful healthy boys.

Hiking

Who says you can't hike at 39 weeks. So, this baby is so stubborn and does not want to drop. I've been having contractions since 36 weeks, but the doctor says that the contractions aren't doing much good, because the baby is still too high. All this pain for no reason....I am going to have one tough uterus! I guess he's just happy in his home environment. So, Jer and I decided to take Michael hiking to Battlecreek Falls this weekend...somewhere close to the hospital of course. And he finally dropped and then when we got in the car to go home...he went nuts until he pulled himself back up into my ribs, into his happy place. He's already stubborn! So, I'll be getting induced this Tuesday. I'll post pics after we return home.

Tour De Donuts

Don't be fooled by the name....this is an official bike race. Last Saturday, Jer joined the other fierce racers and finished one of the craziest bike races there are. The race is 21 miles, but every 7 miles the racers stop and have to eat as many donuts as they can before continuing on their race. For every donut you eat, you get three minutes off your time. Unfortunately Jer hadn't practiced his donut eating skills and only scarfed three down, but he made excellent time on his bike. The winner of the race actually ate 25 donuts and had a negative race time. Good job Jer! So, what did you do for fun this weekend?