Paity Lady is THREE!!!!

Dear Paityn, I can't believe you are three years old! I swear you were just born yesterday. You are such a blessing to our family. You really do bring a lot of energy to our home. You have a personality that matches your hair. (Your hair is growing, very slowly, but it's growing!!!) You are a sassy pants and so strong willed. It's our prayer that you will be able to channel that determination in the right direction so that when you're older, you won't struggle with right and wrong. You do what you want and nobody will stop you. Believe me, I've tried! You are funny and will do anything to make us laugh. You are growing so fast and you want so bad to be able to do what the older kids are doing. You pretty much do do everything they do, you wouldn't have it any other way! We are working on your words and the way you say them right now. You have a quick trigger and you yell and scream a lot. We are trying to help you figure out that you don't have to speak like that. You can just talk to people, your family especially, in a regular, nice voice. We would do anything for you Paityn. You are my Sweet P and I can't imagine life without you. Keep growing. Keep laughing and smiling. Keep learning, and keep loving. We love you tons!! Love, Mom

Brand new

1

2

Today...3

Cascade Springs

Riley had a soccer game in Orem in September, and we thought that since were down there, we might as well make the most of it. So we packed snacks and a change of clothes and we headed off to drive the Alpine Loop! We had never been on the Alpine Loop but we hear it was fabulous in the Fall. About 5 minutes into the drive, I got carsick!!I had a feeling that the kids would get carsick too, but there was nothing we could do. We were trapped on this narrow VERY winding road for TWENTY FIVE MILES! 25 miles is not very far but on a tiny, narrow winding road that you can only have a max speed of about 10 MPH, it'll take you a while. Luckily we were planning on veering off the loop to go to Cascade Springs. It took about 7 miles to get to Cascade Springs but it was on a much better road. It was so worth it too. Cascade Springs is BEAUTIFUL!! The fall leaves were all changing color. There were little waterfalls all over the place and cute little boardwalks! It was so fun. We took some pictures and these are some of the best ones! Oh and we didn't get back on the loop after our visit to the springs. We headed out through Heber and had a much better time!

Beautiful girl!

Getting so big!

My boys!!! I love this one! Chad was tickling Trev to get him to smile and he mad Trev lose his balance and step into the water behind them. This was taken right before that happened. Trev though is was great though!

Willard Bay

We went to Willard Bay for one last boat trip before the weather got cold. Shad and Kim brought their boat and we had a blast!Next year maybe we'll get Cami and Trev to go out on the tube!

Rachel, Tate and Riley

Sara and Cam Jam

Sara, Cami, Riley, Emmett, Rachel and Tanner

Grow Family Reunion 2012

In July, we had a HUGE family reunion! When I say "huge", I mean 3,000 people in attendance huge!! It was so big, parts of temple square were closed down for the evening. We had dinner in the conference center. We got to meet and shake hands with Elder C. Scott Grow and Elder Marlin K. Jensen, both relatives! We got a VIP tour of the Tabernacle and we got to have a devotional with Elder Grow and Elder Jensen as the main speakers! It was a pretty fun time. We rented a huge house in SLC that fit all of us comfortably. The whole Baker family was able to come, it was awesome! I am so bummed that I didn't get any pictures of the house. It was so amazing!! After the reunion, we all headed up to our house to have Quincy blessed that Sunday! It was so nice to have my family here. We missed Papa and Grandma and Jeff and Jenna though! It would've been nice to have them here as well. Jeff and Jenna were here for the reunion but had to go home before the blessing. I loved having my whole family here. I wish they were all closer so we could see them all the time. Chad did a great job on Quincy's blessing! She was beautiful and perfect through her blessing. I am so blessed to have her and my other children with me. I am also blessed to have the priesthood always at the ready! I love my life!

Grandpa Steve giving the girls a hard time before our hike up Ensign Peak!

Taking a break

Chad and sweet P and Quiny

Kaelynn and Riley

Cara and Ri posing in front of a store at City Creek!

Ri and Kaelynn

My son!! What a poser!

Sweet Paity

Having fun in the water fountain at City Creek!

All the cousins, minus the littles! Paityn, Riley, Cara, Kylie, Cami, Kaelynn, Mckay, Trev, Jacob and Tanner!

At Liberty Park...The COOLEST park EVER!!

My girls

Paity and Grandpa and Quiny!

Cami in front of the tabernacle organ!

All of us on the tour of the tabernacle!

Quincy Suzanne King

Quincy Suzanne King was born on Wednesday June 13, 2012. She weighed 6 lbs. 13 ozs. and was 20 ins. long. This is how it all went down. I was so done being pregnant. It was hot. I was uncomfortable. I was anxious to meet my baby girl and I just wanted to be done. I was ready. I was worried and stressing about getting my mom and dad here in time and the thought of spending 800 dollars on a last minute plane ticket, sent my stomach in a whirlwind. So I asked if it would be possible for them to drive up on Wednesday. (This was on Monday the 10). They said they would get packed up and head out here on Wednesday. Whew!!! Ok one stressful problem solved. Now to get this baby out of me. I called my friend Celinda and asked her if she would come over and rub my feet. She knows the spots to rub to induce labor. She came over on Tuesday and rubbed my feet and sent me into contractions. They were coming good for about five hours and then stopped when I went to bed. On Wednesday I woke up and felt the contractions coming again. They were irregular but they were coming. I have a friend, Christi Parker, who is a labor and delivery nurse at Davis Hospital and I knew that she was working that day. I texted her to see if I could come in and see where I was at and somehow get things going. She said to come on in and she would convince my doctor to keep me. Thanks Christi!! So I called Chad and told him of my plan. He was on board and said he'd be home in an hour. I called Katie and Kathy to see if they could help watch my other kiddos and they said they could both work it out and Katie was on her way. I then called Celinda and asked her if she would come over again to rub my feet and hopefully that would keep the contractions coming. This whole scheme was a huge team effort!! Celinda came over and rubbed my feet. After that, I was contracting every 5 minutes and I was ready to go. Chad got home and we got ready and headed to the hospital. Christi came in and checked me and said that I was at a three. I couldn't believe it.She said she would go talk to my doctor, who happened to already be in that afternoon. This was at 1:00. Christi came back and after a little scheming was able to convince my doctor that I was here and in labor. Time to admit me!! I was so excited. 4 out of my five deliveries were induced by me. I pick the date, make it happen, done deal! We got settled in, called family and friends to let them know what was happening and got comfortable in the hospital bed. Christi hooked me up to my IV and started pitocin. Dr. Sumsion came in and attempted to break my water. After five minutes of digging around, he was unable to positively say he had broke my water. Instead of fluid coming out in a gush, I had blood and blood clots and lots of them. Unaware of how serious this was, Chad and I watched as the doctor and Christi assessed the situation. They monitored the baby really close for about ten minutes at a time for the whole rest of the delivery because I was losing so much blood. Turns out I had an abruption and my placenta was coming away from the uterus and falling apart. Had I not gone in that early to have her, Quincy might not be here today. She was a champ though and never showed any signs of stress. Had she done that, they would've had to wheel me in for an emergency C-section. All of it hit home when they told me that. Christi checked me every hour and I would only dilate 1/2 a centimeter. I got to a six no problem and then slowly dilated after that. The baby wouldn't drop and engage her head to help dilate me. My mom and dad made it in time though and they got there around 4:30. Riley and Cami wanted to see her be born, so Katie and Kathy brought all the kiddos to the hospital around 4:30 as well. Finally at 8:30 I was at a ten. My first attempts at pushing were very poor. I had forgotten how to push. Finally on the second contraction I remembered and was able to push correctly and one push was all it took. Quincy came out with a bunch of blonde hair and fat cheeks. She was so cute. They got her cleaned up and passed her around to everyone and then it was time for everyone to go home. Chad took the kids and my parents home to our house for the night. I had told Chad to stay home because he had a cold. So it was going to be just Quincy and I that night. Not so. After I tried to nurse her I noticed she was making a lot of noises. Humming. The nursery nurse came in and said that she didn't like her color so she wanted to have her looked at. She came in 15 minutes later and said that she was admitted into the NICU!! My heart dropped and my stomach turned. I couldn't believe my baby was in the NICU. I got wheeled to my room and got situated. I felt so helpless. All I wanted to do was see Quincy, hold her. Have her in my room! I asked the nurse if I could go see her. She got a wheel chair and wheeled me to the NICU. I saw Quincy, hooked up to all of the wires and tubes. She had an IV in her head and bruises where they had tried to poke her before they got it in the head.She was asleep and hooked up to her oxygen. She had pinked up a ton and looked so much better. Dr. Eberhard, our pediatrician, came in and looked her over. He said that she needed some fluids through her IV and her oxygen was up and she was looking good but she'd probably have to be in there for a few days. I asked him what was the best case scenario? He said that she could get off of her oxygen in the morning and be out of the NICU by the afternoon. He was not optimistic that this would happen. I knew right then and there that we needed prayers for Quincy. I texted and called family members and told them what had happened and asked them to pray for Quincy. I prayed all night long and couldn't sleep. I knew that she'd be better in the morning. First sign of daylight, I got up and showered and headed to the NICU. She was still hooked up to the oxygen and the IV. Dr Eberhard came by and said that she looked so much better and that she could get off of the oxygen. He wanted to monitor her without the oxygen and pump her up with some more fluids and see how she was at lunch time. I knew our prayers had been answered. At lunch time she had been off her oxygen and was breathing and looking so good that he discharged her from the NICU. I was so relieved. After that short stay in the NICU, we stayed one more night at the hospital and came home on Friday afternoon. We were so excited to come home. The kids were so happy to have us home and I'm sure my mom and dad were relieved to have us home as well. Life with five kids has not been as big of an adjustment as I thought it would be. We love our little Quincy. She is so sweet and brings such a sweet spirit into our home. Thank you to all who helped with the kids and meals and holding down the fort while we were at the hospital. What a great family we have.

Right after she was born at 8:42 pm

Grandma and Grandpa King. Kathy was in the room when Quincy was born

Grandma Cindy was in the room as well

Grandpa was wrangling Trev and Pait in the hall.

This is Quincy with her IV in her head, that she pulled out once, and all of her monitors hooked up.

NICU

I was showing the kids and my parents Quincy through the NICU window

Chad had to wear a mask into the NICU since he was sick.

This is right after she was born, my first time holding her

Our first family photo. Holy cow, there's seven of us now.

All ready to go home

Ready to get her first bath

Leaving the hospital

All five in descending order