Introducing Leah Katherine Capell

She's here and we are loving having a little girl in the house. Leah was born October 3rd at 7:49 am. She weighed in at 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. In the hospital they took these amazing pictures... http://live.bellababyphotography2.com/gallery Once you click on this link you have to view photos and enter a passcode 1003leahcapell
Love them!

Leah's Birth Story...
I don't know why mom's feel a need to share all the details but we do and since this is mostly my journal I wanted to record the event. Leah was due on Sunday the 2nd and I had been having contractions Saturday night but nothing constant or regular. Then Sunday my sis in law gave me her famous labor inducing foot rub and about 1 am Monday morning I started having regular contractions. They started about five minutes apart and stayed consistent through the night. At about 5 am I decided they were getting more intense and we should go to the hospital. I called my mom to come stay with the boys. Ben and I got to the hospital about 6am and into a room by 6:15. I was dilated to a 4 and then my contractions started to get pretty intense. My doctor was on his way. The anistesiologist was tied up in a c-section and another wouldn't be there for half an hour. We quickly realized there wasn't going to be time for an epidural. My body was moving so fast. I looked panicked to Ben and he was so calm and supportive. "You can do this". The doctor that delivered Leah (my doctor didn't make it!) was a resident or intern and younger than Ben and I. He looked freaked out, especially when they told him I was a vbac. But everything went fast and smooth thankfully. Leah was born at 7:49 am. After it was all over I was glad I hadn't gotten the epidural. I felt so good. They took me down to recovery. And about an hour later I started hemorrhaging. It was a crazy amount of blood and I was in a lot of pain. The doctor came in and did basically a D&C. I kinda lost it. It hurt so badly and the nurses felt bad they didn't give me any pain killer before all of this. I felt so much better after the doctor left but I couldn't stop crying. I think hormones caught up to me, plus I had been on a high from the adrenalin of delivering Leah. So kind of a crazy day. I am so glad Leah and I are both healthy. We all just love little Leah!

39 weeks

I have zero pictures of me pregnant this time around. I keep meaning to take some but never want to put real clothes. So today in hopes that this baby is coming early (haha) I decided I better just snap a few. Well actually Josh snapped a few...he did a pretty good job. I should have taken them 3 weeks ago when people were surprised how small I was. I told everyone to just wait cause my belly GROWS until the very end.

Baby's Room

I have had so much fun putting together a baby girl's room. I wasn't planning on making everything, but am now glad I did. I love how it all turned out. A special thanks to Ben's aunt for drawing the tree on the wall...painting itself took me forever! Now we just need a name...

Cameron's Baseball Game

Every year on Cameron's Angel Day we go to a baseball game with all of our family. It is a fun tradition and this year the kids had a blast. It was a beautiful night and when the full moon came out Ben and I looked at each other a little teary-eyed. Cameron would always point out the moon and one of his favorite sayings was "high to the moon". He would throw balls (or anything) high to the moon. He loved to swing high to the moon. So whenever I see a full moon I feel like Cameron is peeking down on us. I know he is still a part of our family and he loves all of us. We sure love him!

We Miss You Buddy!

I can't believe it's been five years since Cameron passed away. I try not to get too caught up in what it would be like if he were here, but as Josh gets older and is starting school and sports I recognize how different our life would be. I miss him everyday. We love you Cameron!

Summer Catch Up

Graduation Trip with MBA friends
How many MBA graduates does it take to read a map?


Travis and Joelle get married

There is an explanation of why Weston has a mullet. I took him to get his haircut. It was such a horrible experience. He was screaming bloody murder and crying, the lady was awful, and I was holding his head. We left before the haircut was complete and I said I would not do that again. So a few months later he had long locks. It actually looked really cute long when aunt Jenny trimmed it. But I didn't plan very well and he needed a trim that didn't happen before the wedding...hence the mullet. You never think it looks that bad until you see pictures.

Cousin Rylan turns one.The kiddos eating cake.



Josh Swim Lessons
Josh took swim lessons the very beginning of the summer. He was the youngest in his class, but did great. I was so happy to watch him making progress and he has only continued progressing this summer. He swims in the deep by himself and dives for sticks on the bottom of the pool. He is our little fish. He would swim all day every day if mom could only keep up.

Lake Powell





July 4thOver the fourth of July we had a Capell family reunion. Which I seem to have no pictures of...It was fun to see Ben's aunts and uncles and to spend time together. We went up to Sundance and Cascade Springs. We even saw a moose. We did fireworks together. The cousins always loving being together!

Park City for the 24th of July
The boys loved riding the Gondola up the mountain. On our hike we found a huge mountain of snow! Josh thought it was pretty cool to play on the snow in July.




Gymnastics
Josh and Weston took Gymnastics and they loved it. It was fun to see Weston have something that was his own. The first class he was so shy by himself without Josh, but by the next class he was doing everything. He is such a coordinated boy. He can hop on one foot and do a mock cartwheel. His favorite part was the tramp track and jumping in the pit.

Ben's Graduation

Ben's Graduation turned out to be such a nice day. The boys did great thanks to Grandma Rainey, Papa Lance, Sydney and the IPad. It was sunny and nice for pictures. We loved visiting with great friends we made over the last two years. Ben looked so handsome and I am so proud of him and his hard work. I feel like we hesitated about coming back to BYU, but felt so guided in doing so. It is nice to now feel that it all worked out how it was supposed to. We are excited for this next chapter of our lives.