Aaron, Kali Jo, Lincoln, Sari Sue, Austin & Kyle

I finally have enough energy and time to sit down and tell you all about the day our 2nd little man arrived.

We left for the hospital at 7:00 am to be induced. I was having small contractions so I may have had him that day anyway. Anyhow, the doc broke my water around 10:00 and and started me on pit. Sometime around 2:00 the anesthesiologist came in and started my epidural. I kept saying how he was the best there was and that the person with him was a student and he was going to show her how to do it right. So we chuckled and he began. He was the worst person at pain management that I have ever been to. The last 2 epidurals I had were a breeze compared to this one. He got it in a nerve and after I was in tears and squeezing Aaron's hand in half he decided that he better try a new spot. So, two pokes later he finally got it in and that's when I screamed out as an awful pain shot down my left leg then it went numb. The guy asked me what kind of pain and you could hear the nervousness in his voice. After I described it to him he said that that hadn't happened in a long time. By then I was ready to give natural child birth a try but since the epidural was finally in I decided that maybe it was okay.

After the meds kicked in I forgave the guy just a little bit, My mom on the other hand will probably never forgive him for hurting her little girl. After he was packing up his tools I mentioned that there was a bad pain in my shoulders. He said it was because I was so tense. My mom said "Well, you were hurting her!" He didn't like that so he left pretty quickly.

At 7:45 the anesthesiologist came back in and asked how the pain was. I was starting to feel a little pain. I told him that I was fine and that I wanted to feel the contractions. He said he would give me a little more anyway. At 8:00 I needed to push but I couldn't even feel the contractions. So the nurses told me when to push and at 8:14 the most perfect little boy was born. He weighed 8lbs and was 21 inches long. We decided after much deliberation that we should call him Austin Grant Povey. Welcome to our family Austin! Hope you can put up with us!!

Usually we try to get out of the hospital as soon as possible but Blackfoot was so nice and comfortable that we stayed an extra day. When we came home my mom was there and my mother-in -law took Lincoln and Sari overnight for a few days then when my mom left she took Lincoln with her.

On Friday last week I decided that the cold Sari had was not getting better and I took her to see the Doc. She had a double ear infection. I took her home and noticed that Austin was acting a bit sick. So Monday I took him in to the Doc as well. He has a cold and We are a bit nervous about RSV. So we have been quarantined to the house till he is a month old. We only get out for the necessities. I had to take him back to the nursery for his 2nd PKU and a hearing test since he didn't pass his 1st one. After an hour I really began wondering what was going on with my baby. When they brought him back to me the nurse let me know that he still didn't pass his hearing tests. She refereed me to an audiologist in Id. Falls. and then asked me who I took him to for the cold symptoms. I told her it was the local yokel P.A. She said to watch Austin and if he got worse to take him in right away and that if he wasn't getting better by Monday to take him to a pediatrician.

I came home a told Aaron about our visit. We spent the rest of the night like we were in the movie "Helen Keller" We would make noise behind and to the side of Austin to see if he reacted to it. Sometimes he would. so we know he can hear somethings hopefully he didn't pass because of his cold and not for something bigger. Next week I'll take him to the audiologist. For now we just keep waiting and watching.

I have to give thanks where thanks are definitely due. So, a big THANK YOU to good, no wait, WONDERFUL mothers who must really love me. I also have the best friends and neighbors who brought me meals and called to check on me and still do. Thanks you for the love and support. Eventually I will figure out how to handle three kids and a business. In the meantime, I appreciate all the prayers offered for us.