Ariel Rose Kingslien was born on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:42am. She weighed 7lbs, 12oz and was 20.5 inches in length. Wow, what a different story than the birth of our son Gavin. We went to the hospital early Thursday morning (2am) to be induced. I had been having contractions the night before, so she was coming any day anyway. They started the drugs to make the contractions stronger by 3:30 AM, and let me tell you it worked. They continued to get stronger and faster. At 7:00am came what Scott calls "The Breaking of the Waters". By this time I was very insistent on seeing the anesthesiologist for an epidural. After a little trouble, I GOT THE DRUGS. This was around 8:30am. At that point I was 5cm dilated. At 9:00am, I looked at Scott and said, "I think I have to push? Thinking it was way too soon, I thought I would just wait for the nurse to check on me in a little bit. Five minutes later I decided to let the nurse know. To make a long story short.... she basically said DON'T PUSH. The doctor was called, and 3 -4 pushes later..... We had our beautiful baby girl.

Gavin has really impressed us with how he is handling this huge change. He really loves her and has even started to give some of his toys to her. He is always asking to give her kisses, and every time she starts to whimper or cry he is right there saying... "SHH SHH Its OK Ariel"

We made sure to test out the new stroller on our first walk around the neighborhood. Gavin likes having the company on our walks.

After walking, or even standing for that matter, in the 100 degree heat, we caught the boys sucking down some Popsicles. Don't those faces just make you think they did something wrong???

Gavin has also been such a great helper. Getting diapers and wipes when its time to change Ariel's diaper, and he even doesn't mind throwing the 'stinky' ones away.

Ariel has been such an amazing baby so far. She sleeps constantly, and rarely fusses. She has big beautiful blue eyes just like her brother. She will defiantly be a heart breaker.

Here is cuddle time. For those who know Gavin well, they know that he has a stuffed puppy, who's name is...... Puppy. This poor stuffed toy comes with us everywhere and is his best companion. To our surprise he has even offered this to Ariel to snuggle with. It looks like he will have a new best companion..... his sister.

Ariel has met the love of her life already. Mr. Blake Dodge, our friends 4 week old son. When they met, Scott and Gavin had to have a talk with Blake to lay down the law when it comes to their daughter/sister. Blake didn't seem to listen too well cause 5 min later we caught his hands roaming. Uggg MEN!!!. Anyhoo, like any relationship things grow cold and now they are out of the honeymoon stage and not even looking at each other.

Well, life sure got more hectic, but we are loving (almost) every minute of it. We will be heading to Minnesota soon to visit family and friends. We can not wait for everyone to meet our new angel. We will be sure to keep updating with info and pictures, and hope everyone enjoys.