A Morales Minute

Monday after school Olivia showed me just how loose her bottom left tooth was. I told her I could pull it out quick after numbing it with an ice cube. Much to my surprise my brave baby girl grabbed an ice cube and numbed her gums. I took my chance, grabbed her tooth and with a quick twist of my wrist I whipped that tooth right out of there. She didn't even know it was gone until she felt the empty space where her tooth used to be. She was so happy that she didn't feel any pain!

On Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 I was at my Mom's house. I started having small contractions that kept getting more frequent. When I would be talking to my mom and have to stop just to breathe we decided that I was in labor and would probably be going to the hospital that night rather than the next morning for my scheduled induction. We had dinner there and after dinner I told Jaime to go ahead and go to mutual as he was in the Young Men's presidency. I wasn't in enough pain and didn't want to go to the hospital too early. Lindsey and Olivia would stay the night since they were going to anyway so Jaime and I could just get up Thursday morning and head to the hospital to be induced into labor. We got the girls in to bed and I said good bye. My brother Darin was home and he drove me to the hospital at 8:30 p.m. I sent Jaime a message I was going and he and my dad (our ward's bishop) would meet me there. I got checked in by 9 p.m. and the nurse checked me and said I...