Here is the story!

Hey everyone! I finally am learning this whole blog thing. I told Brian that this is a family blog now! But he wont let me change the background.....we'll see! I have been getting on and looking at all your blogs and reading your comments and I LOVE this "blogging" thing! Ok so I had Drake on April 3, 2008 at 3:40 and he was 9 POUNDS!!! Is that crazy or what? When they told me how much he weighed I about passed out! Then I look at the prego picture of me the night before I had him and then I think, ok, I was BIG! So, we got to the hospital Wed. night at 8:00 p.m. and they started me with a procedure where they put this pill in me and it is supposed to put you in labor. They insert this pill every 4 hours. So they put the last pill in at 4:30 a.m. and checked me 4 hours later and I was only dialated to a one!!! I about died, only a one! So the Dr. says they would try one last procedure and if it didnt work, they would send me home at noon. So he used this balloon thing and it inflates on top of the uterus and I am not quite sure what else it did but it worked! An hour later my water broke and I was dialated to a four and then had the epideral and then by three 3:00 I was at a ten and by 3:40 he was out! What an amazing thing! He was screaming and the second they put him on my chest he stopped. That was the best ever!
Life has been crazy this past week. We have great families and they helped us out. drake has been a good baby. He only cries when he is hungry and he sleeps really well. We just love him so much.... It is amazing the spirit he has brought into our home! Brian and I could not feel more complete!

More Pics of Drake and Company!

These are some fun pics of Emily the night before she gave birth, and Drake with his Grandma Pitcher, and Drake with a outfit that Grandma Arnold gave to him!

Baby Stats - Drake Elliott Arnold

Emily has been trying to find time to place some stats on the baby, but since she is so busy I thought I would try and put the basics on here. Drake was born at 3:40 in the afternoon. He weighed 9 lbs 1 oz. He was 21 inches long, and had a cone head (like his dad when he was born). Emily starting pushing at around 3:00 and had him pretty quickly after that. She was way tough, and did a unbelievable job! If you have any more questions just comment and we will throw the answers up on the blog. Thanks for everyone's support and nice comments.

Baby Pics - Drake Elliott Arnold

Experience as Knowledge

As I study in law school (book study) I learn what my professor wants me to learn. This brings about knowledge. However, I feel as though I do not grasp all that I should.

"Could we read and comprehend all that has been written from the days of Adam, on the relation of man to God and angels in a future state, we should know very little about it. Reading the experience of others, or the revelation given to them, can never give us a comprehensive view of our condition and true relation to God. Knowledge of these things can only be obtained by experience through the ordinances of God set forth for that purpose." - Joseph Smith

This quote personifies how I feel when I read. You have to feel or experience something to truly know it. This is why we can not judge others. We do not know all, because we have not experienced all, or been taught all through God. I find that as I put things to work or trial is when I truly learn them.