Tanner Ray Kochan!!

Tanner Ray Kochan arrived today, March 6th, 2009 at 4:39 a.m.
He weighed in at 8lbs, 1/2oz and was 21 1/2 inches long!!

I was having contractions on and off all day but then decided that I didn't want to try to sleep so around 11pm we decided to head to the hospital. they broke my water at about 12:15 and then I got an epidural and pitocin and started pushing at around 4:20 and he was born at 4:39 a.m...

Baby Update ...

IT'S A BOY!!!!

Mom and baby are doing great!

More details and pictures to come soon!!

Another BABY Update!!

I had another doctors appointment today and all is well. I am 3 - 4 cm dilated and obviously moving in the right direction. The baby is head down and I am ready to go. This picture was taken last night and anyone who has seen me recently has said that I look different and that the baby has dropped.....any day now...any day!!

My doctor told me if I haven't gone by next Saturday the 14th, she would like to induce me that day....but she had me cancel all of my appointments next week and said she would probably see me in the hospital within the next few days.

Spring Clean Year Round

Travis was able to come back for a quick trip and hang out...I had a small gathering for her so she could instruct all of us how to get our spring cleaning year round boxes ready!!
Here is the link if you are interested in one.
http://www.springcleanyearround.blogspot.com/

We had a great time, I know Travis wants to meet Kochan #4 - so I am hoping I will have this baby before she takes off....

Tate lost his first tooth

Tate lost his 1st tooth on his 6th birthday!! WOW - where has the time gone!?!?!

Where has the last six years gone?!?!

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday

4th Birthday

5th Birthday

Tate is 6 years old today(you can see his 6th Brithday pictures on an earlier post)...and I was thinking this morning, "Where has the last 6 years gone??" Tate is the typical "first born" - very laid back, easy going....happy-go-lucky!! Tate brings a dimension to our family that is calm, cool and collected. He is a lot like his dad!! He is also a great helper around the house!!

We love you so much Tater tot!!

Tate's birthday party

We had Tate's birthday party/sleepover on Friday night ( I wanted to make sure we did something before the baby arrived). Anyway - Aunt Chrisy came through again with flying colors and made r2d2 for his cake. You should have seen the way Tate's eyes lite up when he saw it....

At one point there were 5 boys running around the kitchen in circles playing tag, etc. and I looked at Rob and said, "So this is what it would be like having 5 boys!!"

Tate had a great time, they ended the night with watching the movie Underdog. Rob read What about Heaven? to them and they were asleep by 10:45 PM...

The picture below was taken the next day at noon. All of the boys were up at 6:00 AM. So, we had Tate and Austin lay down for a few minutes after everyone was gone, and they were asleep before we knew it. They slept like this for at least 2 hours on Saturday afternoon. Proof that they had a lot of fun at the birthday party!!