Both my boys in one night...

This is when Tyler flew into the Jackson Airport...

This is 6 hours later...

Yes, we had a big surprise Saturday night when Tyler arrived at 8:30 p.m, and Taysen was born at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. This is how it went... We arrived in Alpine at 10:30 pm where we were planning on staying the night at a motel. At about 11:30, I started having mild contractions, and tried to go to sleep for about an hour, and then they gradually grew stronger and more frequent, so we headed for the hostpital at 12:50 a.m. I told Tyler on the way to the hostpital (which was 45 minutes away) that I had every intention of getting an epidural. We arrived at the hostpital at about 1:40, and as soon as I walked in the doors, my contractions got much more intense. I kept telling them I wanted an epidural as they were getting me settled in and checking me. Well, my body worked a lot faster than I expected because after they hooked me up to the monitors I had two big contractions, and then on the third one, my water bursted, and right before the 4th or 5th contraction the doctor walked in and told me to push. I pushed twice, and our little guy came out at 1:58 a.m. I didn't plan on having a natural birth, but I am surprised that it wasn't as bad as I thought. I am grateful for the unexpected opportunity to experience one. We named our baby boy Taysen Stanley Banta and he weighed 5 lbs and 11 oz. He is the sweetest most peaceful baby and is doing great. We are very excited to have Tyler home for 3 more weeks and to have our baby boy here at last.

Pictures

If any of you were wondering how I look at 36 weeks pregnant, here I am...

Milly loves to be outside, rain or sun. She loves to jump on the trampoline, play on the swings, play in the sandbox, and go on motorcycle rides with my Dad and Brothers. The other day Milly went out to the Milk Plant with my Mom to help my Dad (my dad processes his own milk), and Milly said, "Nana, this is a farm?" Some of Milly's famous lines lately are "It's okay," "Just a little bit," and "Promise?" It's so amazing the things 2 year olds pick up on. They are so smart. We bought Milly A bike, and she is very proud of it, but she hasn't figured out how to peddle yet. Once I don't have a big belly in front of me, it will be much easier to bend down and help her learn how to peddle.

Counting Down!

Wow! I haven't blogged for a long time, and I'm not half as busy as I'm going to be with a new baby and Tyler home for a month! Well, the snow finally melted in Star Valley and everything is looking green. Of course Milly always wants to be outside, even in the rain. The first place she goes is the huge sandbox in my parent's back yard. I've tried to convince my Mom for two years now to turn that thing into a garden box instead. I'm not a fun hater, I just hate cleaning up sand out of Milly's shoes, off her hands, and off her feet every time she goes outside. Oh well.

We are counting down the days until Tyler's homecoming and the baby's arrival! We are so excited! I am due in 5 weeks and Tyler is coming home in 3 weeks! I am feeling great, except for large and uncomfortable. Our baby Taysen is a very active boy and likes to put his feet up in my ribs at times. I never experienced that with Milly because she was so low, but now I can say I've experienced that part of being pregnant quite often lately.

Milly continues to amaze me in her vocabulary, her humor, her talents, and her intelligence. I think having a 2 1/2 year old is so great! The only hard part is keeping up with her energy and picking up after her with a large belly in front of me.