More Lucy Pictures

Due to popular demand, here are some more pictures of Lucy!!

Chilling on the couch watching t.v. together

Haha! She looks just like Ben! Everyone in my family is so grumpy!

Lucy Mae

Well, Lucy was finally born on Friday, November 20th at 2:54 pm. I didn't get into the hospital to be induced until Thursady afternoon and my labor started that evening. All in all, it was about 18 hours from start to finish. It all went so well. Lucy was 7lbs 14oz and 21 1/2 in long. So small compared to Cloe!! It was such a wonderful experience and we are so happy to have our little Lucy with us. We'll keep posting pics when we can.

Cloe called it my "Dumpty Egg" belly (as in Humpty Dumpty)

My beautiful baby girl.

Another girl and still the spitting image of her Daddy!!

The new and improved Overacker Family. Cloe is still warming up to Lucy, I'm sure they'll be best friends in no time.

Our little Girl

Overdue Again!!

Well, my body is no good at having babies.... I can get pregnant, have virtually no problems during my pregnancies, but when its time for the baby to come out, it just doesn't happen. Oh well, I suppose if I'm bad at any part of the whole baby process, this is the best part to be bad at.
I had a dr appointment this morning that went pretty well. He stripped my membranes at my last appointment, which didn't do anything (obviously) and did it again this morning. I had pretty consistent contractions all weekend (about 5 min apart for several hours) but they weren't getting more intense. At my appointment, my doctor said that Lucy has definitely dropped more (I could have told him that...) and I am more effaced and a bit more dialated. I told him that I am ready to have the baby as soon as he is willing to induce me..... so..... we scheduled my induction for Thursday!! I'm so glad!! I have been having an extremely difficult last couple of weeks, but it's so nice to have the date set so I know what to expect. I suppose it's possible to go into labor before then, but I'm not going to worry about that right now.
I'm sorry about not posting pics, I couldn't find my camera... pregnancy mushy brain I suppose. But Ben found it, so I'll make sure to get caught up before I have the baby.
Thanks for all of your love and prayers. We will keep you posted!

Sorry...

Well, I've been terrible about posting new things lately. We haven't fallen off the face of the Earth or anything, it's just difficult coming up with the time/gumption to post. Lame excuse, I know. We have some really fun things that we have done lately so I'll make sure that I post pictures about that.
Things have been difficult over the past couple of weeks with the pregnancy. I have been having terrible hip/joint pain (no doubt because of the large baby head putting pressure there.) I haven't been able to get any housework done because of the pain it causes me. Luckily, I don't have too much longer to go. I'm due in two weeks from today and have been assured by my doctor that he will not let me go as long as I did with Cloe. Also, things have been progressing with me. I am dialated to a 1 and 80% effaced, not too bad considering I was only 25% effaced a week ago. I am still having lots of contractions too. Ben doesn't think I'll make it to my due date, but it's really just a waiting game at this point. We'll keep you updated.
Also, I'm huge! Haha! I'll get Ben to take a picture of me so I can post it. I'm even bigger than I was with Cloe!

What Cloe is Thankful For...

Lately Cloe has gotten really good at saying the prayer. She always wants her own turn to do it. She needs a little help starting, but then she just takes off. She will say " thank you for..." and then add whatever she wants (usually she is grateful for anything in her immediate area). Some of the things she has been grateful for recently are (in her own words): 2 cows, all the windows, a big ball and a little ball and another little ball, a red wall, trees that shake, etc. I love that she is learning to be thankful for everything but we really have to reign her in sometimes because she will just keep going. We have been trying to teach her to say "thank thee" but she has a hard time remembering. She catches on quick though.
A couple of Sundays ago, Ben was helping bless the sacrament. Cloe recognized his voice over the microphone and was really excited. As soon as he finished she shouted "Good job, Daddy!", Ben had to try pretty hard not to laugh, and even the bishop cracked a smile. She is so much fun and always keeps our family laughing.

Cloe's New Pictures

We took Cloe to get her 2nd year pictures done. It was really difficult to get her to hold still, but we got some good ones. We will be sending them out in the next couple of days to all of you. The following are some we didn't get prints of, I just thought they were really cute.

This one would be perfect, but I hate how her diaper is showing here. Ben was a huge help getting her to sit still. Any of the really good pics we got of her were when Ben was getting her to hold still and smile at the same time... he's amazing.

We didn't get this one, but I think it is so funny. This was toward the end of shoot, so she was getting restless.

I really like this one. She wouldn't stay behind the gate unless she was holding flowers, oh well...

What you can't see is that she is holding an American flag. She loves holding them.

We got this one of course. She looks so sweet! This is one of the first shots we got, so she was way less grumpy.

This one is really cute. We got this one in black and white as well, it turned out really nice.

Happy Birthday Ben!!

I was looking for some pictures with just Ben in them and I came across this one of him on his mission. He's making kind of a funny face, but what a stud muffin! I guess all that sunless tanner he used really did pay off!

My rockstar!! You gotta love the leather pants!

Today is Ben's 26th birthday and I just wanted to let everyone know how much I love him. He doesn't like to have any attention on him and would prefer it if I didn't mention it to anyone. The only thing he wants is a lasagna for dinner. Well, I do make a pretty mean lasagna...

I am so happy to be with Ben. He is such an amazing person, a wonderful husband, and a fantastic father. He makes me so happy. My favorite part of the day is when Ben comes home and I can see Cloe light up and get so excited.

Ben, I love you so much!! Happy Birthday!!