Father's Day Weekend

This year was a very special Father's Day. Now that Ben and I really have our own family, its been fun to start our own family traditions with holidays, and also spend time together as just the 3 of us. How did the weekend span out? Let's find out...
Ben got to spend Saturday day with Joseph and me. Saturday morning, we went with our friends, the Dunn family, and had a lovely morning at Lake Jordan. When we got back from the lake we were all able to shower and take a much needed nap. Being in the sun for 3 hours or so is wearing on the body, especially early in the morning. But you'll definitely catch us out there at the lake more this summer. After family nap time, Ben's family came down for dinner. It was very yummy if I do say so myself. Then after sending Joseph to a babysitter, we attended the Raleigh Stake conference, where Elder Bednar attended and we all got to shake his hand, with Ben's family after feeding them dinner.
Sunday morning found us at the Sunday conference session with both our families. It was great for Joseph to have interaction with both sets of Grandparents and just a few of his Uncles. He had a blast. Elder Bednar spoke again, and the Raleigh Stake presidency was reorganized. What a day. With much spiritual feeding comes the need of a nice nap. So once again we had family nap time. We then spent the evening with my family. So that's our weekend in a nut shell.

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Daddy's "Little Sport"

Right from the start Joseph was Daddy's Little Sport. For it was Daddy who first learned how to hold Joseph. It was Daddy who was the first to change his diapers. It was Daddy who showed him off to the family, since Mommy was to scared of dropping him, because she was worn out.

Joseph followed the pattern set by all the Stalder Uncles and his Dad and was born on a Thursday. Mom went into labor about 12:15pm on Wednesday afternoon after going to the doctors and finding out that her ambionic fluids were lower than the doctors thought safe for a late baby. Mommy’s labor was induced so that Joseph could be born soon and safe. The next 17 hours or so were very interesting for Daddy and Mommy. They were very tired, but couldn’t really sleep because they were excited, and Mommy was in pain for a little bit of it.

Joseph came at 5:50 am, after a grueling 15-20 minute bought of serious pain. Mommy was determined to have Joseph born by 6 am. Once he was born, Mommy and Daddy were able to actually get some sleep, while the nurses and doctors had Joseph for the first couple of hours. Mommy’s most exciting thought after giving birth was that she could not eat, after being forced not to for 24 hours. Daddy’s most exciting thought was that he could actually get some sleep…and that he is now a Daddy.