Ok I know that i have been MIA for a few months but i just had a baby and went back to work so I deserve some credit.

The family:

Gregg isn't liking his job all that much right now, lots of stress and he hates missing the kids activities, which he does because of office hours on Saturday. He has go to do some fishing which help him cope.

Alana is great. 1st grade is her thing evidently because she is rockin-n-rollin' through. We are STILL playing softball but only for a few more weeks. She has also started playing basketball which is super fun and so cute to watch. She is a newbie but she is picking it up. Just like in softball she is also the smallest in basketball. She will over come I am sure!

Noah is doing so much better this year. we had a rough start to kindergarten but now we seems to have settled down and are seeing so much improvement. He is playing soccer this year and is loving it, he needs to run for an hour or so to get all that energy out. He has also decided that he wants to be a bull rider so we have let him ride some sheep. It is crazy how fast a sheep can run!

Moriah, ohh Mo. Such a sweet baby. She is truly a gift from God! So sweet and such a good baby. Only cries when wet, dirty, or hungry. It has been a fast three months. she is rolling over a chewing on her fist non-stop. I am excited to see her personality grow. Alana and Noah LOVE baby Mo. they are always excited to help me out or just sit and talk to her.

Well that sums up our family over the last three months. School, Softball, Soccer, and Moriah

Hope you all have a blessed day and remember to pray for Bradykid!

Moriah is here!!!!

Sorry to have neglected the blog for so long but I do have a good excuse. Moriah Amberlynn Renee Collins made her grand entrance into this world on July 1, 2009 at 2:02 am. There isn't much of a story to tell because it all happened so fast.
I went to the Dr. on that Tuesday at 1:30 he said..."If you were having contractions I would send you to the hospital and break your water, because your ready and so is the baby. When you start having contractions get to the hospital." So i got home around three that afternoon and told Gregg what he had said. I asked Gregg if he was ready to have this baby and he just laughed and shook his head. I started cleaning the house and around four the contractions started.I decided I would rock in the rocking chair for a while and get them going. It worked great. Gregg took the kids to my mom's house and I took a shower and got things ready. We got to the hospital around 7 that evening and my contractions were every four minuted but not all that regular they would get crazy for a while then get going again. My nurse called my Dr.around 9:30 but couldn't reach him so we waited and she called back and around 10 he said he would head our way. At 11:30 he got there and broke my water. I was a four before he broke it and after I was already 6 cm. My contractions went from uncomfortable to insane in a mater of minutes and I asked for my epidural. That took forever by the time it was done it was 1:30 am, long story short my blood pressure went from 156/90 to 90/52 in just a few minuted and I thought I was gonna pass out. I didn't but laid there for a few minutes and it started to come back up. The nurse checked me and I was 10cm. Ready to go. The got the Dr. and eight pushes later at 2:02 am Moriah came into this world. As soon as she was born the Dr. said "that's a big baby," and she is/was. 8lbs 14.5 oz 21 inches long.
Of course she is just wonderful and we all love her to death. Noah kisses her non-stop and Alana loves to help me do what ever I need.
Not much free time just wanted to give an update.

Only days away!

Almost July!

I can't imagine how much my life will be changing in the next few days. I am only 8 days away from my due date and I expect our little girl to be arriving sooner than that, well at least I hope. I will be 39 weeks tomorrow and I am so ready to meet Moriah. It feels like forever since I have been mommy to a new baby and I can't wait to experience it all over again. I watch baby shows all the time, but on;y when pregnant, and I love the moment when the mom hears the baby's cry fr the first time,I always cry. Alana and Noah are so ready for this to be over, I can tell. Although, they have been so great these last few weeks. Its difficult for me to do much of what I normally did. Laundry, dishes, vacuuming...all these things just hurt right now so they try and help as much as they can and if its something they can't help with, then it just doesn't get done until Gregg gets home.

Noah turned 5 on June 21!!! It was a great day, a hot day, but a great one.We had friends and family over to the house on that Saturday and had cake and the kids all swam and played in the sprinkler...even Gregg played, he is such a kid at heart. Noah got new cowboy boots which I think was his favorite present...he LOVES boots. He also got a lot of great summer water toys which he plays with almost daily. He loves being five, even though he thought he was going to automatically be bigger the day he turned five. He also loves to kiss my belly, he is going to be the best big brother I am so excited for him to meet the baby. Most people think he is so rough but he has the sweetest spirit I have ever see.

Noah at about 3 months Noah 5 years old

Alana went to art camp and still has two softball games but our busy summer is just about done. Right now I have two 5 year olds...Alana will be 6 in a few days and she isn't all that thrilled that this new baby might be messing up her birthday party plans. I told her she could have a slumber party and their is no way that's not happening. I figure if baby is here by her birthday I'll be up anyways why not have a few 6 year old girls thrown on the mix. She surprised me by being as apprehensive as she is about the baby coming, I thought since she was use to having the little brother that the little sister wouldn't bother her but on several occasions she has mentioned that she is afraid no one will pay her any attention because we will all be to bust with Noah and Moriah. I guess she is losing the innocence that Noah still has and doesn't believe that it will all be ok. We are trying to reassure her that the new baby isn't going to be all that great. She is just going to eat, sleep, poop, and cry. That seems to make her feel better because she thought we were just going to spend all our time holding, kissing, and loving on Moriah. I feel bad, we kinda threw Moriah under the bus before she is even here to make Alana feel better but I am confident that it will all work out in the end. She starts 1st grade before long...can you imagine. I can't.

We went to the park Sunday after church and took some pictures...Alana and Noah have their pictures done every year while they are the same age, these are thier 5 year old pictures.

New Friends

I just wanted to say I am so excited to have some of my friends from Baby Center following my blog, as I follow thiers as well.

I look forward to us getting to meet our new little ones and getting to know each other along the way.

Welcome to a Day in the Life of Me!

Its GO Time People

Just another quick update-

I'm supposed to be getting ready for ball games tonight but haven't posted in so long I feel like I have so much to say.

It is getting close to GO time. I am 37 weeks which is considered full term, but that only applies if you actually have the kid...

I went into labor about a week ago but the Dr. said "no mam" and stopped my contractions with what can only be explained as acid and speed mixed together. Had the worst medicine trip ever in the hospital that night. Contractions did stop though so however that crazy medicine works...it worked.

went to the Dr 4 days...yes 4 days later and he said "OK you can have the baby whenever now, I won't stop it." I said...excuse me, 4 days. I went through that for 4 more days. Actually I didn't say anything because I love my Dr. and trust him. Although I was frustrated. I know now I will go 40 weeks, its just my luck.

Had a 3D ultrasound, it was so cool. She looks like a Roberts, my maiden name, the nose and lips, even her sumo wrestler mad face. I am ready to meet her that's for sure.

As for the rest of the crew, they are good. Softball keeps us pretty bust and Alana is proving to be more of a ball player than I ever was. She went to a little mini camp a few weeks back and enjoyed it. She also spends lots of time in the pool and on the computer. She is going to art camp this week, today was the first day but she said she likes it so far. Noah said it was boring..I reminded him he didn't go.

Speaking of wild man he will be 5 on Sunday. Oh my I can't believe it! We are having his party Saturday at our house...feel free to come if you can. He has been in the pool everyday and is already one tan little man. He had one accident and fell backwards off the pool ladder has a nice bruise on his back but didn't seem to cause any permanent damage.

They are both excited for Moriah to be here, we will see how long that lasts. Hopefully my next blog we will have baby...

I know I know...bad blogger

Our Hotel

OK Puerto Rico was amazing! It is such a beautiful country and so super clean. We had an amazing time and since so much has happened in the month since my last post I'll spare you all the details and just hit the main points.

Traveling was an experience, all our flights were delayed for some reason and we ended up traveling for over 12 hours to get there. Missed the rehearsal dinner, but it was alright on the end. The beach was amazing. I woke up around 7am the first day we were there because of the bright, and I mean bright sunshine out our window. I went out onto the patio and looked at the beach and there were already people on the beach. I came back in, like a little kid, and told Gregg to wake up- people were already on the beach. He humored me because he knows how much I love the beach and we went and started sunning around 7:30 in the morning.

Going to the beach at 7:30 am

The wedding itself was short and sweet- I wish them the best of luck and I am so grateful they gave us this experience.

At the wedding

We did get out and about on our last day there and visited a Fort from the 1600's it was really cool but a little hard on 32 week pregnant me. Lots of steep hills to walk, but I enjoyed it.

At the Fort

It did rain everyday but it didn't seem to bother anyone. They would just get under a big beach umbrella and wait it out- so we did the same. They say when in Rome...

Gregg played in the ocean like a kid and I enjoyed seeing him have fun. I did get in the water a few times but kept getting knocked down by the insane waves and decided I didn't want to give the other beach goers any more to laugh at. Let me tell ya, me at 32 weeks pregnant rolling around on 8 inches of water wasn't a pretty sight.

Up Up and Away!!!!!!!

Tomorrow morning Gregg and I will be going to Puerto Rico. I am so excited! We will be traveling for a wedding that Gregg is the best man in. whatever the reason this will be an amazing time for us. It has been a while...almost 9 months since Gregg and I have gone away together and we all know what happened then, wink wink.
several have asked me if its OK for me to travel and I assure you that I checked, and rechecked with my doctor about the safety of this trip and he assured me every time that I would be fine. He gave me a few suggestions but nothing to extreme and only to make it more comfortable for me. So thank you for all your concerns but I will be just fine, I pray. The other concern has been with the Swine Flu...first of all Puerto Rico is not in Mexico, secondly...well I don't have a secondly but seriously people I already paid for this trip and I am not staying home out of fear. Doesn't the Bible say that fear is not from God. I have faith that I will be fine.
With all that said; I did have the most unusual feeling last night.
We started to get the house ready before our trip. I hate the idea of being gone and coming home tired to a messy house so my wonderful husband helped me do some good ole deep cleaning. Well while I was dusting shelves in the bathroom i suddenly thought what if I never come back here....
It was an unusual thought even for me and if you know me you know I can think of some pretty wild what if's. It suddenly occurred to me that if something happened to me on this trip this might be the last time I clean this house. Then it just went way out there and I started feeling that I should clean everything in case something happened and someone else was in my house going through my things. I had this mental image of my parents bringing the kids to our house and my mom commenting on how clean the house was....
I know insane!!! I am going to blame it all on the pregnancy hormone which have turned me into another person lately anyways. I have complete peace about this trip and about my our safety, no clue where that morbid thought train came from. Nonetheless my house is immaculate now.
I have been torturing myself reading blogs about dying people lately and that could have very well played a huge role in it but I rest assure that God's hand will be with us throughout this trip.
Other than getting ready for our trip everything is going great. Only 2 weeks of school left, after my return!
Hope you all have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!