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Danny 2 weeks old.

















Andrew finally wanted to hold Danny. He thinks he is too loud. Andrew does not like it when Danny cries.
Jacob still loves to hold Danny. He is always there to put in the binky when Danny cries.

Sunday we blessed Danny. It was nice to have my parents here. We missed all the other family that was unable to be with us. Maybe next time we will rent a bus to have everyone come out here.

He is here!

Our sweet little baby boy was born on Sept. 11th. He is 8lbs 3oz and 20 inches long. We have named him Daniel Bruce Hobbs. Months ago as we started to talk about names we realized we had named the other two boys bible names. We wanted to stay with that so we started to look at different bible names. Daniel was the only one we could both agree on. Bruce is after Doug's Dad. I started to have contractions Wed. morning. As the day went on they got harder and closer together. That night as they were still coming, I started to get excited, but really scared because I knew he was on his way. My last 2 deliveries had been anything but easy, so I was scared of how this one would go. Around 2 am they started to get pretty hard and strong. We started to slowly get things ready to go. We arrived at the hospital at 4 am and I was dilated to a 4. At 5:30 am they came in and gave me the epidural. By 6:15 I was fully dilated and ready to start pushing. I pushed until 7:47 am when he was born. It was a very fast and wonderful delivery. I don't think I could say that ever before. Jacob LOVES his little brother. He wants to kiss him and hold him all the time. Andrew isn't all that interested. He thinks he is cute, but doesn't really want to hold him. Doug is a happy man. Today he watched the BYU game holding Danny and Jacob with Andrew right there too. What more could a man want!

7 years and still going strong... most days.

Last Sunday was our 7 year anniversary. Doug was great and got up and made breakfast before we went to church. Other than that, it was a normal Sunday.

Tuesday Doug had me get a babysitter and then I went in and picked him up at work. I didn't know where we were going or what he had planned. As we were driving, I was getting a little curious where we were headed as we drove all the way into Minneapolis. Then he turned to go to the Mall of America. I thought of all the places to go, the mall was a little strange. Then he took me inside to the Rainforest Cafe. Again I thought, this is a strange place to eat for our anniversary. Then he said, are you figuring out why we are here and what we are doing next. Me and my pregnant brain had NO idea what he was talking about. He asked if I had ever been to a restaurant like this. I thought, but couldn't figure out what he was talking about. With a couple more clues, he was talking about our first date at the Mayan in Salt Lake. Then I felt so dumb for not figuring out that he was recreating our first date. WOW, for Doug this was big. I was so impressed that he had planned something so cute. After dinner we went and played mini-golf like we did on our first date. GOOD JOB DOUG!

This is a picture of us on our first date.

Potty Training...What was I thinking?

The count down is on until this little baby comes. I guess I thought I needed something to pass the time while I wait, so I decided it was a great time to potty train Jacob. I started last Wednesday and we had many accidents. Then Thursday was much better. By Friday things were going really good until...Jacob came downstairs with his pants off. I asked him if he had gone potty, he said yes. Then he turned around and I noticed some little brown "stuff" down his leg. I asked him if he had pooped and he said yes. I asked, in the toilet? No. Where is the poop? He said in the toilet. I told him to show me where he had pooped. He took me upstairs in the front room and said, here. I looked, but didn't see anything. Jacob, where is the poop? Upstairs in the toilet, Mom. Yes, Jacob pooped in the front room and was kind enough to his very pregnant mother to clean it up after himself.

Then Wednesday I was helping Andrew with the computer. Jacob opened the sliding door that goes out back and went pee. I heard him open the door, but wasn't paying attention to what he was doing until he started to laugh and said, Mom I pee outside. GREAT!

To top the week off he went upstairs today and went potty and then decided 2 squares of TP wouldn't be enough. He needed the whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet. I had a HUGE mess to say the least:)

I wish I had some pictures to post with this lovely story, but that was the last thing on my mind as I was cleaning up each and every mess.