Sydney’s birthday!

Sydney is 6!  She had a very busy day and I think her best birthday yet!  

She woke up to her Lammers cousins being at her house, so that was a nice surprise.  Cinnamon rolls for breakfast with candles of course!  And orange juice from a champagne flute 😂

Then off to SkyZone we went for the party with her school friends.  They were crazy!  Lots of giggles and screams!  

Then off for pizza, unicorn cookie cake and presents!  I’ve never seen so many hatchimals and LOL dolls....she was a happy girl!  

Then her best friend Gabi came to our house for the afternoon and they played so hard!  You can tell she was tired by the end of the day, her poor eyes!  


We ended the day with Pizza Ranch of course and then FaceTime with the Behnke's in bed.  What a great day!  

Keegan also had fun at skyzone!  

He was bound and determined to run to the top of this slide! 



And Archer loved being bounced around by people!  

Archer newborn pictures

Archer Louis Reimer

Archer Louis Reimer arrived November 13th, 2017.  It was no surprised, as I knew I was being induced that day.  My doctor was very kind to me and since I was pretty adamant about not having two babies with the same birthday, agreed to induce me.  She was pretty confident that once she broke my water the contractions would quickly follow and baby would come quickly.  I was super nervous about being induced, but I was so ready to get the baby out, and her confidence gave me confidence!  I had been having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions and was hoping I just needed a little something to push them over the edge.  Although I had been running almost 3 miles several times a week trying to induce labor and that didn't work!  The day before I was induced I walked hills while pushing the kids in a stroller, then walked an additional 9 holes pushing Brian's golf clubs for him and still nothing! 

 

Brian and I arrived at the hospital at 7am and I had told Brian that if my water wasn't broken by 8am I would be super disappointed.  Once we arrived we had a little paperwork to fill out, and I was check to see how dilated I was - a 3.  Dr. Scott (who delivered Keegan) came in the room and broke my water immediately.  No turning back from there!  Brian and I started walking the hallway of the maternity ward to keep things moving.  We would do about two laps around the floor, then stop at our room and I would go in and do about 10 squats....working with gravity!  After about an hour of that (and my legs feeling like complete jello!) the nurse stopped us and check me again.  4 cm!  They decided that I needed to be started on Pitocin, so they started that and we kept walking laps.  While we were walking we were trying to decide on a girl game....Brian wanted Taylor and I wanted Rayna.  So we were walking and fighting it out and finally decided we would just wait and see what happened...maybe we wouldn't need to fight about it anway!  Another hourish of walking and still not much.  I was having contractions but they weren't even slowing me down while walking.  The nurse decided to crank up the Pitocin, so we upped the dosage and kept on walking.  I think we made it about 3 laps and I could really start feeling the contractions.  Another few laps and I was having to stop walking to breathe through them.  Finally, I told Brian I couldn't walk anymore so we stopped in the room.  Already I was in a lot of pain!  We were in the room breathing through contractions (and I think Brian was watching Moneyball!) and I decided it was some time for Fentanyl around 11am. That really helped me with Keegan so I was really looking forward to that.  Well, it didn't work.  The nurse said that since I was on Pitocin the Fentanyl probably wouldn't work.  AWESOME.  At this point they turned the Pitocin off - it seemed to be doing its job and the contractions were pretty intense.  I was asking for more pain meds, so they decided to check me to see how far along I was.  I was in between a 7 and an 8, so everyone started telling me I didn't need more pain meds, I would be pushing in just a little bit and there wasn't enough time for more meds.  So...after some coaching from Brian and the nurse, it was time to push.  I think I pushed three times and the baby was in my arms!  It seemed like an eternity before someone told me that it was a boy!  Archer Louis was here at 12:25pm and healthy as could be!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The End Is Near!

Baby Reimer # 3 can come at any time now!  The end is drawing near and I don't think we've ever been so ready!  My bag has been packed for a looong time with all the essentials....I feel like I've really nailed down everything I need this time around so I'm excited for my hospital stay.  Hopefully I didn't forget anything.  Even Brian's bag has been packed for about a week now, so it must be almost go time!  I just keep waiting for just one painful contraction, but so far they are all just the BH stomach hard as a rock no pain ones.  Let's do this little one!!!


I'm still completely clueless as to if this baby is a boy or a girl, but the past 2 days I have been feeling a girl vibe.  My ankles have been swelling a little which never happened with Keegan, but with Sydney I was very swollen.  I'm very excited to see what it is!! 

35 weeks and making applesauce. 

36.5 weeks and trying to move things along.  I ran 2.5 miles this day and felt so good! 

37 weeks after another run, still nothing!

39 weeks and a freezing cold 1.5 mile run.  This is the point where I give up, if running at 39 weeks won't induce labor, I don't think anything will!! 

Catching Up! 29, 30, 32 and 33 weeks

It doesn't seem like time is going very quickly, but after I looked at the blog and realized how long it had been since I last posted, maybe it has!! 

29 weeks at the Twins Game - Babymoon!! 

30 weeks on Sydney's first day of preschool!! 

32 weeks in Brookings visiting Missy and getting my annual tour of SDSU campus.

33 weeks - photo credit to Sydney Reimer. 

We are 83% done with this pregnancy, have 49 days or less left to go! 

August Fun and 28 Weeks

Well, summer has flown by in usual fashion but we are trying to make the most of it!  In August we have been super busy spending time with cousins (including new baby Owen!) we enjoyed the Turner County Fair and a weekend at the river. 

Tough crew to wrangle up for a picture!

Spent a lot of time in the grocery store

Mechanic Sydney

artists at work

intimidating the dino

no one is scared of baby dino!

meeting baby Owen finally!!

Sydney and her new cousin

one of the multiple mower rides requested

mani/pedi time!

even for Keegan!

playing some sweet tunes

even got a round of golf in with the kids

such a cool guy

practicing writing her name for preschool

petting all the animals while it rained at the TCF

we outlasted the rain so now time for rides!

I had to pull him off this horse.  he didn't want to leave!

my big girl!

selfie with grandma Vickie on the ferris wheel!

goofing around

tubing with dad on the river

Keegan went faster than Sydney on the tube

so we made Sydney get back on and have a scarier ride.  she loved it!

28 weeks.  70% done, 83 days left!!