McKay Justin Sweeney

I'll let Marin update the whole birth story and how we chose the name...but here's a few pics:

McKay was born at 7:57pm on Dec 26, 2011. He weighed 8lbs 3oz and was 20 inches long.

baby is here!

we'll post more later on the amazing story but here's a quick pic to introduce to baby #4 (name still pending).

marin did it all with NO epidural...crazy stuff.

Merry Christmas from the Sweeneys 2011

Oh Christmas Tree!

Carden couldn't wait to get the Christmas tree up. He did all the decorating and made sure "nothing was touching!" He had so much fun putting up the ornaments! It made it really fun. This was my first time putting lights on a tree and it was a LOT of work. I did about 12 strands of lights and sadly two strands died out two days later. I was so sad. All that work. So i just took another strand just to fill in the gap. It worked. We are ready for Christmas and can't wait for SANTA but honestly I think the kids are MORE excited for their baby brother!

37 Weeks!

Wow, I am already 37 weeks and can deliver at anytime! I still can't believe I am pregnant and really going to have baby #4. We are excited. I must confess though that I am a little scared. This pregnancy has gone WAY too fast. I'm so excited to have my body back though and this will be the best CHRISTMAS present ever! I'm hoping that everything will go well and that the whole nursing transition will FINALLY go smoothly! I just want to have no stress with this baby and really be able to enjoy the whole NEWBORN phase.

I finally found all the boy baby clothes out in the garage which are washed and put in drawers. I am trying to fix my bumpers that are falling apart. Hopefully I will get a crib skirt made! I'm not too excited about the baby boy clothes that I have to use again. I might just end up putting him in all Brooke's baby girl stuff feels more new! We still don't have a name picked out exactly. I like THREE names and really don't know which one to go with. I think I should just name him all THREE, Crew Alan McKay! Doesn't that sound nice?!!! haa haa!!!

Anyways I haven't written anything about this pregnancy. It really has been a good pregnancy. It started out WAY different though with sickness and so I was FOR SURE it was going to be a girl. Plus we kept having ultrasounds that were girl-boy-girl-boy! But we are for sure now it is a BOY! My body has felt great except for my legs. I have been exercising through this whole pregnancy which makes ALL the difference! The kids are all excited about their new brother. Carden can't wait for "Q" to sleep in his room! Carden likes the name Crew for the baby, but when he says it it sounds like "Q". It is really cute! It is weird to think that I am going to have a VISALIA baby. I never thought I would be back in my home town. At least the weather is nice and hopefully we will keep having these SUNNY clear DAYS ahead!!!