Here in time for Halloween!!!

October has been another busy and fun, fun month. Mid October my friend Jessica and her kids and my friend Tangi came to visit us. It was so fun to have them here and visit with them. We always love to have visitors. We did lots of things while they were here, pictures are at the very bottom, but apparently I only took pictures for one day. Ooops! Then of course we got to celebrate Spencer's birthday. We went to Bucca di Beppo's with some friends, which was really fun and Sunday we celebrated his birthday with family. It was a really fun weekend! The following week my mom came up to take Bailey to AZ to see Beauty and the Beast at Gammage! Bailey LOVED it and had such a nice time. My mom got her a Belle dress to wear to the show which was perfect because that's what she was for Halloween as well! She was one cute Belle! She then spent about 10 days in AZ visiting between my mom and Spencer's sister. She had so much fun and didn't get homesick at all! She sure loved being in AZ! We then of course celebrated Halloween and the BEST part of October was the birth of our newest addition, Madalyn Marin! She is such a sweet baby and we are extremely excited to have her here.

My induction date was all set for November 2nd because I was pretty sure I wouldn't go into labor or dilate on my own. My last doctors appointment was October 28th and I told Spence I would still be at a 2, which is what I was the previous 2 weeks. That's how it was with Bay and SWB, I made no progress on my own. I asked Spence what he thought I would be dilated to and he said a 3 1/2, which I quickly refuted! Well when my doctor checked me he told me I was almost to a 4 and didn't think I'd make it to the 2nd. I was really shocked! So I jokingly asked if I could go to the hospital then and have Maddy because going into labor on my own freaks me out. It's kind of silly but I really like to have an epidural before my contractions start so I feel no pain! My doctor asked if I wanted to move my induction date up and I told him only if I could go in on the 29th (the following day). He called the hospital checked with them and my induction was rescheduled for the 29th. It was so great! We got to the hospital about 7 am and they started my antibiotics at about 8. At 9 when they started the pitocin I had dilated to a 5 on my own, which really surprised me. I asked for my epidural and then she was born at 12:37. I was very aware during this labor and delivery. I was quite out of it with Bay and SWB. Maddy's head popped out on the first set of pushes and she was out on the second set of pushes. It was so awesome! Maddy was 8 lbs 4 oz and 21 inches long.

After I got my epidural my blood pressure dropped significantly so I got an oxygen mask. So fun!
A few minutes after she was born.

Bay was so excited to see her and to hold her! She is an awesome big sister. She loves to watch her and read to her and talk to her. SWBy is pretty excited too, but I'm still not sure he understands what's going on. We've told him her name is Maddy, which he has a hard time saying so to SWBy she is Manny.
Bay, SWB, and Spence came to visit me at the hospital after their trick or treating adventures got rained out. They ended up staying the night with me in the hospital because SWB and Bay fell asleep and Spence didn't want to have to pack them up and take them home. I don't blame him!

Here she is with her eyes open, a rare occassion this week! She reminds me so much of Bailey that it's hard for me not to call her Bailey.Here she is after a bath and Bay has just combed her hair and but a bow in.

Here is Belle and our pirate. SWBy wouldn't wear his hat and wasn't crazy about make up on his face, but he did love his sword. Spence took our kids trick or treating with some friends in our ward. Apparently Bay was kind of in melt down mode the whole time becuase some of the houses had cats and/or dogs which terrify her to no end!

Here we are at our wards Halloween carnival. This was when Bay was in AZ so she missed it. The Young Women and Young Men in our ward put it on and it's always fun. Spencer was Frankenstein (the bolts we borrowed wouldn't stick to his neck so he's a boltless Frankenstein) and I was a big, pregnant witch! And SWBy is our little pirate!

Spencer's family came down to celebrate his birthday with us. Here they are singing Happy Birthday to him. It's always so fun to have them over and it's nice to have some family so close to us!

This is my friend Jessica and me right before she left to go home! It was so fun to have her!

Bay and Jessica's little girl Hannah. They are only 9 months apart and really seemed to enjoy each others company.

SWBy and Hannah riding the train at Black Island Farms. (A farm we took the kids to. We took a hay ride to pick some pumpkins and then the kids got to go play on all the fun stuff they have there. I think they enjoyed the slides the most.)

On the hay ride!