Our newest addition!

Our BABY GIRL!!!! Harper Lynn Oswald. Born: Friday May 20th, Weight: 7lbs 8 oz., Length: 19.5 inches. We could not be happier with our little girl. She is the sweetest baby that has ever been born and we all love more than we could have ever dreamed of! Please excuse my lovely self!!! Our first family picture of 5!!

We have three very proud and protective boys! They are all so in love with her and can't get enogh of her! She is kissed, held, and loved much more than the other girl in the house! :)
Our story: On Thursday I had gone to the doctor to have my weekly check up. The doctor checked me and told me that I was dilated to a 5 and dang close to having a baby! I was all sorts of excited and thought I would be having a baby at any given second. Well... I didn't! I went to bed that night still pregnant and MAD at the world!! Friday I woke up and got right on the treadmill , I was determined that I was going to have this baby on my own and not have to show up to my induction appointment at the hospital on Monday! I walked a mile and NOTHING!!! Not even a single contraction! I was so mad. Derek left to work and I got the boys ready and we decided to walk some more. The boys rode their bikes and I walked to Derek's office. Another mile down and not even a contraction! I was getting so mad that I was doing all of this walking and nothing was happening! I was dilated to a 5 for pete sakes!! So Derek took us home and I just sat there still MAD at the world! So at 4:00 I decided I would not give up with out trying one last time, so I got the boys ready and we walked to Derek's office AGAIN! Another mile down! No contractions just a lot of pain in my back and lower stomach. I came home just as upset as ever and in a alot of pain because I had walked so much at 10 months pregnant! Derek's parents called around 5 and wanted to know how everything was going and wondered if I had decided to have a baby yet because they were going to head to the cabin. We told them to just go ahead and go because I was not having a baby! They told us they would stop by on the way and see if we had changed our minds. So at 5:45 they stopped by to see how I was doing. I was in a lot of pain, I had convinced myself that it was from all the walking. His mom asked me questions and convinced me that you don't feel that way just from walking. Derek thought we should go to the hospital but I didn't really want to go just to be sent home because I wasn't in labor. So Derek and I did leave and go to the hospital, I didn't take a thing with me because I knew that I would be home in an hour. I didn't even tell my boys good bye or that I loved them! What a good mom!!!! So we get up there and I am having consistent contractions by this point. They get me in the room and the doctor comes in and checks me and says let's have a baby and breaks my water right there! Around 10:30 the nurse noticed that her heart rate was dropping so she said she wanted to check and see if the baby was getting close because sometimes the heart rate will drop if they are in the birthing canal. She checked and Harper's head was right there and no one or nothing was ready so she ran and called the doctor and started preparing everything. In the meantime I was trying so hard not to have a baby till the doctor came!!! She told me not to push but I felt like the baby was just going to slip out any way!! The doctor showed up and 2 pushes later we had a baby! It was a million times easier the third time around! Things couldn't have gone any better and we couldn't be happier! We love our princess!!