Happy Birthday Ammon Maxwell

Today my 3rd and youngest boy turned 4. Where does the time go. I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. Just as I remember the births of my other children. Anyway for those of you that enjoy birth stories, I am feeling nostalgic so I will share.
I got pregnant with Ammon shortly before we moved to Ohio. So when we moved here I began looking for a midwife, being new to town I didn't know where anything was. I had been told that a member of our bishopric was an OB, and that a lot of people in the ward went to him. I know he is a really good doctor but there is just something about doing business "down there" with the same person that gives you a temple recommend interview. Our first day going to playgroup I happened to meet a very pregnant lady. I asked who her doctor was and she said "actually, I go to a mid-wife". Thanks to Yvonne I found a midwife who I came to love. Anyway my pregnancy was pretty easy, but because of the large size of my previous 2 kids and because I was once again measuring big. My midwife decided to induce me 2 weeks early. I was not opposed to this. We got to the hospital and started the pitocin at around 7:30 am. Colleen came and broke my water at 8:00 am. I thought this was going to be a long process. My contractions were pretty bearable for the most part. At about 11:45 the nurse came in and checked me and I was at a 6 she said well it looks like you have a while to go so I'm off to lunch I will check you again when I get back. Well about 15 minutes later I told Dave he'd better go get the nurse cause I felt like I needed to push bad! He went to get the nurse she checked me and sure enough I was a 10 and she called my midwife to come over. Once she got there it was time to push and about 5 pushes later, little Ammon was out. Actually he wasn't so little he weighed in at a whopping 9lbs and 1oz. and 21 in.
Ammon has been a joy and a real blessing to our family. He is quite curious and busy. He is a good listener and he is always smiling. He is a go with the flow kinda guy who loves his sheep blanket and his stuffed cat. No one is a stranger to him ( which makes me a little nervous, we have had the do not talk to strangers talk many times). And he says funny things at the funniest times. One of my favorites was when we were at Costco and he says to the check out lady who happened to have very short hair " Are you a boy or a girl?" She said " my name is Kathy what do you think?" Well Kathy is a name that Ammon has not heard very often so he says quizzically " A boy?". Luckily the lady was nice about it, but we left there pretty fast.
Anyway here are a few pics of Ammon

Ammon just 4 years ago


Ammon at age 1


Ammon at age 2


Ammon at age 3


Ammon with Mom and Dad at age 4. ( please ignore my nastiness)