Jane Isa Gibbons

Jane was born on Monday 11/17 at 11:17pm. I had been in labor all week and I finally called my doctor and asked her if she would induce me. I went in at 8:00pm and 3 hours later she was born. They broke my water and gave me Patocin and an epidural. (I loved the epidural) It all went very fast. I came in at a 5 and at 9:30 I was a 9. I pushed for about 20 min. Jane is doing great. She was 6 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long. She is a very good baby. Latches on well and is very mellow.

Music Quiz

I got this from a friend's blog and I thought it sounded interesting. Wow, it is amazing to see how much of the personality of our lives revovles around the music we listen to! Some of them are a little creepy and iffy, but fun...

The questions below are some that we often may wonder, but what better way to answer them then with music. Here are the Rules- 1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, MP3 Player, Playlsit or whatever on Shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds! 4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.


How would you describe yourself?: Somewhere Over the Rainbow- Isral something

What do you like in a guy/girl?: Bubbly

How do you feel today?: I wanna dance with somebody -Whitney Huston (If i could bend and twist like i could about 9 months ago i would)

What is your life’s purpose?: Take on Me- aha (David swears that my life purpose is the plauge him with all of my favorite (but terrible) 80's music. This one is the best to come out of the 80's though. No torture in this one.)

What is your motto?: I have nothing - Whitney Huston ( Ireally have nothing without the Lord and Dave so this one is a little sappy)

What do you think of often?: At Last- Etta James (or at least i will when the baby finally comes)

What do you think of your best friend?: The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani (Jen you are my sweet escape when Tommy is driving me crazy)

What do you think of the person you love?: Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis (I love you babe forever and ever eventhough you hate this song)

What is your life story?: Hey There Delila - The Plain White T's (My life story is David... this is one of our favorite songs... I can get him to sing me this sometimes on road trips... sigh)

What do you want to be when you grow up?: Kiss - The artist formerly known as Prince ( doesnt make sense but it is one of my favorite songs... i know im guilty but i love it)

What is your biggest fear?: Your song - Ewan McGreggor not Elton ( A favorite song but it doesnt really fit... I really do hate singing in front of anyone. My biggest fear is driving on icy roads and trashing the car that we just paid off.. knock on wood)

What is your biggest secret?: Come away with me - Norah Jones (Not really fitting..)

I tag anyone who wants to do it

7 days left

Not much has been going on here. Just waiting for the baby to come. I hope its soon becuase Ive been having contractions for the past 4 nights. On Monday when I went into the doctors she said that the baby was definatly comming this week. The baby's head is in position and very low. Im dialated to a 3 and 80% effaced. That was on Monday. Now its Thursday and I wish she hadnt said anything becuase I got really excited. I probably wont post again until she has come. Hopefully that will happen soon because I havnt slept or been comfortable for a while now. Im guessing that when the first real snow storm happens, then she will come. I keep having dreams that it will be a boy. I hope not because I havnt picked a name yet and I have everything for a baby girl for the next two years. Im just a little nervous because this is my first real labor. Anyone have any suggestions to make the pain less or to pass the time (besides medicne, im getting an epideral)? I painted my toes a shiny color with lots of jewels to help distract me. Any suggestions for Dave? Ive heard that altoids are helpful.

Halloween Costumes

Dave had the best idea EVER for costumes this year. Mine isnt finished yet, but I love how Tommy's and Dave's turned out. Its funny but when I tried to put on his costume to see if it fit, Tommy freaked out and started crying. He hated it and couldnt wait to take it off. When Daddy put on his Mario costume and asked Tommy if he wanted to put on his Toad costume too, he couldnt wait to get it on. The parent of the same gender really does have a huge impact on their kids. They look so cute!

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

So Tommy likes to play with money. Last week he ran past me and I heard jingle, jingle, jingle comming from somewhere on his body. I shrugged it off and when I saw and heard him jumping on the bed later, I couldnt help but record this event. So funny. We found 15 in there! At least we know how it may have happened. When you dont have a wallet I guess you have to improvise. Diapers seem to be a catch all for a lot of strange things. I wish the sound was better on the video.

Update

So we've been keeping busy. Not much of what I can blog about because its all that busy work that you do and at the end of the day you ask yourself what you did that day. We did go to a fun event at the grocery store parking lot. They spread out hay in a 12ft by 12ft part of the parking lot. Under the hay they have a bunch of prizes like crayons, coloring books, bubbles, hot wheels, glow sticks and lots of fun little toys. We got a lot of stuff. We also won one of those toy red cars that the kids get in and run around like the flinstones and also a sand and water table. We gave away the car (im on the 3rd floor apmt with limited space) and kept the sand and water table. The whole event was free too.
I also had my baby shower. That was so much fun. The girls who put it on were so creative. I had a great time with my friends here and got a lot of needed things for Jane. Lots of great blankets, which you need for a winter baby here in Iowa. We are pretty set for when she comes. Its amazing how many girl clothes there are out there. Ive had friends just drop off boxes of clothes. I dont think that we will have to buy her anything but socks till shes 2!
We had the second ultrasound and I realized that I never said how it went. Well she is doing great. No signs of growth retardation. Yay! That was a relief. She is definatly bigger than Tommmy ever got. Now its just the waiting game. Last Monday I was dialated to a 3 and having a few contractions. But they have settled down. We will see if any progress has been made on my appmt on Monday.

Vote Yes on Proposition 8!!

I got this email from one of the wonderful women in my ward, Sister Smith. This explains my feelings on Prop 8 better than I could... Take a look...

Yes on Proposition 8: California Protect Marriage Constitutional Amendment by Rich Deem

Introduction
On November 4, 2008, Californians will vote on Proposition 8, the Protect Marriage Constitutional Amendment. In March, 2000, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 22, which stated, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." However, the California State Supreme Court declared Proposition 22 unconstitutional by a 4-3 vote on May 15, 2008. Proposition 8 restores the exact wording of Proposition 22 to the California state constitution reversing the activist decision of those four California Supreme Court judges.
Marriage is not a right!
Contrary to the claims of the anti-prop 8 forces, marriage is not a right. Marriage is a responsibility and a legally-binding contract intended to stabilize families with children.
Marriage has always been restricted
Numerous laws exist that restrict the ability of certain people to enter into a marriage contract. First, marriage is only allowed between adults, not minors. Second, marriage is only allowed between two individuals. Multiple partner marriages (polygamy and polyandry) are not legal. Third, marriage is not allowed between closely related individuals (brothers, sisters, and first cousins). If marriage is declared a fundamental right of all individuals, then all restrictions to marriage would be declared unconstitutional, opening the doors to polygamy, polyandry, incest, and child marriage.
Marriage is for procreation, not recreation
The reason why marriage is already restricted only to unrelated adult males and females is because the marriage contract is designed to stabilize a family so that children can be born and raised by a male and female parent. Marriage is all about procreation and not recreation. Individuals, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual, are perfectly capable to showing love towards others without entering into a lifelong marriage contract.

Prop 8 does not limit gay rights
Proposition 8 does not take away legal rights from anybody. Any two individuals in the state of California may enter into a domestic partnership, which, by statute, grants them all legal rights and responsibilities of married individuals (Family Code 297.5).
A "right" of gay marriage will restrict the rights of others
Where gay marriage has already been enacted, the rights of others have been abridged. Here are some examples:
In February, 2007, the judge in a Massachusetts case ordered the teaching of the homosexual lifestyle to children in public schools.5
In March 2007 freshmen were told not to tell their parents about Deerfield, Illinois High School's pro-gay seminar and were required to sign a confidentiality agreement.3
In March 2007, a Massachusetts high school banned parents from attending a seminar for students on how they can know they are homosexual.4
In February 2008, a professor was fired from San Jose Evergreen Community College after being accused of providing an "offensive" answer out of the textbook to a student's question about heredity and homosexual behavior.2
In April, 2008, an Albuquerque photographer was fined over $6,000 for refusing to be hired to photograph a lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony.7
In May, 2008, a black administrator was fired from the University of Toledo, Ohio, for writing an editorial objecting to the comparison of black discrimination to same-sex marriage.1
In September, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that California doctors who have religious objections to artificially inseminating same-sex couples can no longer refuse to treat them.6
In September, 2008, A Placer County couple's marriage license was denied because they had written the words "bride" and "groom" next to "Party A" and "Party B".8

Conclusion
Proposition 8 is not about rights, but is about protecting marriage and families against the destruction of traditional marriage through the actions of four activist judges. If the institution of marriage is declared a right for all individuals then any laws that restrict that right will be declared unconstitutional, requiring that polygamy, polyandry and incestuous marriage be made legal. Vote YES on Proposition 8.