Since my last post, we have had lots of changes in our lives. The Lord has blessed us with a beautiful baby girl, born in June and He has also sent us to Tennessee via the Army.
Preslie Velma Castillo was born in Clarksville, TN at 3:39 the afternoon of June 22, 2014. She was 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 1/2 in long.
On June 21st, Landon and I went to the temple for stake temple day. I wasn't due until July 1st and pre-arranged, free baby sitting and knowing it would probably be awhile before we got to go back were enough of a reason to go to the temple 9 months preggo. (Poor temple workers probably thought I was gunna pop any moment.) Well, I almost did! We took the kids to lunch after our session and I lost part of my mucos plug in the bathroom (sorry future generations if that's TMI). Landon was a little anxious as to what that meant for when the baby #4 would make her arrival. I assured him that
I could easily be pregnant for another week. Well, that certainly wasn't the case for us! We got home and I started picking the house up and getting the kids ready for bed. I had heard that when your water breaks that it's a gush of water all at once. Mine, on the other hand, was little by little and since I hadn't had my water break with any of my other kids,I did n't know for sure if what was going on was my water breaking. I called my Mom and she said that that was probably what was going on. I decided to call my OB who then told me to head to the hospital. I wasn't too happy because this wasn't how my first natural birth was "supposed to go." I planned on laboring at home and going into the hospital when I was further into the labor. This birth plan was different in that we didn't have any family to take the older kids to and we had only been in our ward for 3 months. Thankfully, our sweet RS President took the kids at 11pm without hesitation. (Another funny memory is that I had a visiting teaching conference that I was in charge of and was supposed to speak at the day Preslie was born. I told the ladies I was planning it with to go ahead and schedule it that day since I wouldn't be lucky enough to go that early. Hahaha. Preslie had a different plan.)
Our sweet girl took her time and since I didn't want to get any meds, I labored until I had her the next afternoon. The nurses wouldn't even let me get up to use the bathroom because they didn't want the cord to prolapse. It was a long labor and it was just Landon and I there. That was very different than when I had any of the other kids! We watched movies, Landon took naps and called family. Grandma Paxman wasn't happy at all because she was coming into town in just a couple days and was hoping Preslie would wait for her. It was harder delivery than any of the others (duh!! No epidural.), but she was worth it. Preslie has the cutest dimples and biggest smile! Her first couple months were a little rough as she had reflux and maybe some colic. Not to mention that when she was 6 weeks old, Daddy had to go to the field for a month. Thankfully Grandma and Grandpa Castillo came for a couple weeks to save the day!
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| It was love at first sight for all the kids! |
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| The "take home" outfit!! |
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| Grandma Paxman finally got to see Preslie when she was only a couple days old. |
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| Grandmpa Paxman rode out on his motorcycle with Great Unlce Gary. |
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| Aunt Tiffany and Kambyll even surprised us with a visit. |
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| Grandma and Grandpa to the rescue! |
