loving thier new sister

so here is rachel in her sunday dress. she is too little for everything we have, so aunt tattie let us borrow a few things she had for abby. this is one of them. and apparently it is a very liked dress, cuz we have one for 3-6 months, and a friend at church had the same one on her daughter. i thought that was funny.
and the others are colby and bekah snuggling her. they love to hold her, and keep track of how many times the other has held her, just to keep it fair!! they love having their new baby around. now if we could just get rebekah to stop trying to lift her up!! they are cute though, so they can get away with a lot more!!


























and they think it is hilarious when she tries to suck on their faces and noses. she really cracks them up. and did i mention she is so cute?!?!

kids

here are andrew and caleb trying to ride the bike together. it was very amusing to see them trying to get that thing to move with them both on it!!
and here is rebekah's graduation from preschool. she was so happy in school this year, and loved her teacher. caleb will be in the younger class next year, which i am sure he will love too.





























and here they are doing the pledge of allegiance for the parents to see, and darling girl, has her left hand over her heart. silly girl. good thing she is so cute!!

easter

see guys, i am really behind. here they are decorating easter eggs. 2 of my nephews, andrew and zeke were with us, so they got the priveledge of helping us. and thank goodness for aunt monica, who helped immensely. after standing to watch for just a few minutes, i was miserable.

colby in soccer

ok, so i am way behind on posting all the pics from when i was down for so long. colby was in soccer from feb to may. i did not once get to go see him play, but daddy and both gresko grandparents were there every game they could be. he loved playing, and was actually really good. he is growing up so fast!!

our new baby

little miss rachel is about the sweetest baby in the world, snuggling and looking around all the time. but she does have the evil twin, the one that won't sleep during the night occasionally, and who sleeps all day. she is like any newborn, won't wake up enough to eat properly, and wants to eat every 45 min. if it were up to nathan, she would be eating 24 hours a day, but i try to wait at least 2 hours between feedings. 3 if she will let me. her umbilical cord fell off after only a week, i wonder if it was because of the 2 vessel thing. i have never had one come off that early. it is very nice, she has already taken a shower with daddy, and loved it. she can take a bath now, which we are eagerly awaiting. i have the same bathtub i have had with all the other kids, so soon there will be pics of all 4 of them in it. how fun. i took her to the doc on monday, and she has regained all the ounces she lost since birth, and is doing great. we love her to pieces and couldn't be happier. also, i don't know if you can tell from these pics, but these shorts she has on, we lovingly call the frilly butt shorts. we love them, and she is adorable in them!! and the robe was after her first sponge bath, which she thoroughly enjoyed. how cute is this girl??

She's here

Marne (my wife) had to be induced on Tuesday morning. Which is odd as she was on bedrest for months due to preterm contractions. Anyway at 9 am they hooked her up. She progressed slowly and at 2pm they checked her and told her she was only a 4, then 5 minutes later another nurse came in and checked her again and said, "Holy crap your a 10, lets have this baby." The doctor was called and after 2 pushes the baby popped out at 7 lbs 4 oz. and at 224pm. We named her Rachel Marne Gresko.

yahoo!!

the long awaited day (or night) is finally here. i had my last doc appt today, and they finally agreed to induce me!! it is a bit ridiculous that we have to do this, but hey. i am on the list for first thing tomorrow morning, 7am to be exact. so if i don't end up going in sometime tonight, that is the plan. poor nate is going to get up at 3 for work, then come home and take me to the hospital at 630. doesn't that sound fun? although, i had my membranes stripped for the 3rd time, and it seems to be more effective so far. a lot more painful contractions, at 6 minutes apart for the last couple of hours. so we'll see. but most likely, this little darling will be born tomorrow, june 10th. sounds like a good date for a birthday, right? i have been waiting for so long, i am having a hard time believing this is actually going to happen. there is a light at the end of the tunnel!! hallelujah!! we'll get on here sometime in the next few days with the whole scoop, and pics of the little darling. wish us luck!! and i threw in a picture of just how huge i am, just for good measure. enjoy!

guess not!!

ok people, i am now 38 weeks and 3 days, and officially an unhappy camper. if i had thought even for one minute of all this that i would have to go full term, it might make this bearable. but since i have had one problem after another the whole time, i was sure early delivery was inevitable. i was even prepared for the nicu. well, that didn't happen. with every week, and now every day that goes by, i am more and more convinced that this baby has decided to take up permanent residency in my belly. it is very hard not getting super depressed, and i try really hard not to spend my days moping and whining. that is, until i get into bed, and can cry on nathan's shoulder. i seem to be doing that a lot these days. yesterday i had an ultrasound in the morning, and we learned that miss rachel has turned her head to be looking into my right side, instead of my back, where she is supposed to be. i didn't think much of it, just that it hurts my back more. well, when i had my doc appt, and they checked me, i had actually undilated!!! i didn't even know that was possible. when i was checked last week, i was told i was a tight 3, but a 3 nonetheless. here i was being told that i was between a 1-2, 2 being very generous. i almost died. i begged and pleaded for something to happen, that he would break my water, give me a pit drip, anything!! he refused, and said they're policy is not to induce before 39 weeks, and that is only because of the 2 vessel cord thing i have. otherwise, they wait till 41!!! so, needless to say, i am not a happy camper. he did strip the membranes again (how many times can you do that??) and i was contracting harder yesterday for a few hours, but, like always, it subsided. i am about at my wits end!! not sure how much longer i will be sane here!! i'll keep ya posted if anything EVER happens!!