Too much cuteness!!

When B was 12 days old we had her newborn photoshoot!  These are a few of the pics!  Thanks Kim from PaigeBailey Photography!

 

In true fashion of my kids, we could not leave without B having a poop explosion all over Kim's white fur prop.  But, hey what do you expect when you take their diaper off and leave them naked?? :)  Because of this incident, we were not able to get the picture N and I were most wanting.  Bummer! :(  We spent over 2.5 hours at our photoshoot and our little girls are just NOT cooperative. She tried to hard to position them, but they are pretty strong-willed and make sure to get in the position they want.  P was the same way in her newborn pics! UGH! :)

On Thursday, December 6, before heading out to take pictures, we woke up to find that St. Nick had made a stop at our house.  Though P does not yet fully understand, Mommy was excited and had fun seeing what goodies he left. :)

 

On Friday, December 7, Breckyn had her 2 week check-up with the Dr. & the second round of the newborn screen.  In the meantime P had started coughing again and had a yucky, runny, green nose.  We called the Dr. to see if we could bring her in too and we did.  Turned out she was beginning a sinus infection so they started her on an antibiotic and I was hoping B would stay well since she was only 2 weeks old.  B checked out great again and already weighed 7 lbs 10 oz.  She is in the 25% percentile in head circumference and weight and 75 % in height.  Not sure where my girls get their height from...definitely not their momma!

 

Before going to the Dr....mommy broke the rules and held her first baby!  (Daddy handed her to me though...so I didn't pick her up!) :)

Our 2 week old....

 

Week # 1

We came home on Monday (11/26) and had a fairly uneventful week. B did great, P however had a little harder time adjusting.  It was hard on me because I just wanted to be back to our normal routine + a baby, however, I could not do much and was not allowed to lift P (due to my stitches) so I could not even pick her up or anything....I felt so bad and she did not understand what was going on.  She was really testing us and our patience was thin but we all survived!  We had to watch her really close as if she got close to the baby she would hit her, etc.  She also waved at her all the time saying
'bye baby".

First sponge bath at home.

 

1 week old...she did alot of sleeping.  We even had to wake her to eat.

 

The shirt says it all!!!!!!!!

This is her new pose when we take out the camera and tell her to say "cheese!"

 

We took Breckyn to the Dr. on Friday and she was already back up to 7 lbs 3 oz so the Dr. was very pleased (she was  lbs 12 oz when we left hospital on Monday)!  She could not believe how healthy and pink she was and how nice her skin already looked after not even being a week old.  We were very happy!!

 

 

 

 

Introducing....

 

...our second baby GIRL!!!  Here goes the condensed version of her birth story! :) Enjoy!

 

I woke up on Thanksgiving morning around 2 am having some contractions.  They came and went until I got out of bed around 7.  I had 1 or 2 more throughout the day on Thanksgiving, but that was it.  On Friday (Nov. 23) I kept P home from school to spend alot of time with her.  I did some online Black Friday shopping in the morning and N went hunting all afternoon/evening.  I was 39 weeks 1 day.  I took her for several walks and we played alot.  Around 4 pm I started having contractions again.  I had several in a row so I began timing them. They were around 10 minutes apart.  I just carried on with Paislyn like nothing was going on.  I fed her, bathed her, and played some more (just stopping to breathe through each contraction).  I had a feeling this would be "it" so I did not want to put her to bed.  I was still sooo worried about how all of this change would affect her.  Nathan came home from hunting around 7:30 or so and I told him I had been having contractions since 4 ish.  By this time they were down to every 7-8 minutes.  I ate a little supper, took a shower, and started gathering last minute things.  We knew it was "it" and he was in a rush to head to the hospital as each contraction was becoming more and more painful.  We called the Dr. and they said to come in so we called my mom to come over and stay with Paislyn since she was already asleep.  After much procrastination on my part ( I didn't want to leave P...) Nathan finally got me in the car right at 10 pm.  By this time my contractions were already only 4 minutes apart steady.  This was moving pretty quickly.  N was pretty worried about me as he said I didn't seem to be in this much pain with P's labor until right at the end.  We did the whole driving 80 with flashers on, etc.

 

We made it to the hospital at 11:15.  Once I got in the room and all settled in they checked me and I was already at a 4.  At my last appt (on Monday) I was a 1.5.  I continued to labor for a while and finally got my epidural.  At my next check I was at an 8.  I did not sleep a wink that night (N dozed for a while on the couch).  I was a 10 the next time they checked me (early that morning).  They wanted to do a practice push with me and when I started they told me to stop right away. The head was RIGHT THERE! :)  They called the Dr. in and got everything set up.  3 sets of pushes (9 total pushes) later we had a baby.  I was so wrapped up in everything that I did not even think about us not knowing the gender until they said "what do we have dad?".  He replied, "another Paislyn". We had another girl!  He cut the cord and I did some skin-to-skin right away.  He then watched as they did everything they needed to with her while they stitched me up (only 2nd degree tears this time :)).  Overall, it was a fabulous birth experience!!

 

Breckyn Kate was born on November 24, 2012 at 4:35 am weighing 7 lbs 6 oz and measuring 20 1/4 inches long. She was perfectly healthy and barely cried (unlike P did after she was born)!!  She was wide awake and remained bright eyed the whole time we were in recovery.

 

Before we went to the hospital...39 weeks 1 day...I only gained 17 pounds this whole pregnancy. WOOHOO! 

Meeting Breckyn for the first time

 

Miss Chubby Cheeks...they are soo cute and squishy! :)

Bright eyed baby

Proud daddy with baby girl #2

First family pic minus Paislyn

 

 

First family pic of the 4 of us.

 

Sweet Big Sister!

Grumps & B

Grams & B

 

With Daddy

 

Getting ready to go home....she weighed 6'12" when we went home on 11.26.12

All loaded up......

The sign Grams helped P make to welcome baby home...:)

 

Snug as a bug...

Getting P used to the baby being at home.

 

"Hi baby"...this is what comes out of her mouth every time she is near Breckyn, along with her signature wave.

Holding baby....she was not interested.

All cozy in her new swing.

 

She is such a sweet baby.  All she did in the hospital was sleep and eat (we usually had to wake her to make her eat).  She stayed with us the entire time and we had a great stay in the hospital.  She seems to be a pretty mellow baby and we are loving having our second baby girl! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving

I know this is a little late, but I need to get caught up so I can blog all about our 4th family member and all of the Christmas festivities going on in our families.  To say I have been busy/crazy lately would be an understatement :), so here goes to trying to get caught up! :)

 

I woke up on Thanksgiving morning having contractions for a few hours, but as soon as I got out of bed they stopped, so we headed on over to my grandparents to enjoy the day.  I had a dr. appt. on Monday of T-giving week and was only 1.5 cm dilated (but baby had dropped a lot lower) and was instructed to not travel, not cook, and just take it easy over the T-giving break,...yeah right! I think I have one of the most active 14 months old there is. :)

 

 

 

The last days of "sitting on the baby"...exactly 39 weeks pregnant.

Playing in the leaves at Nanny and Pappy's

Just a swingin'

 

Cute Little Turkey! :)

These are pics from Paislyn's Thanksgiving Feast at her school the Thursday before Thanksgiving.  I am fortunate enough to work at a place where family comes first and am able to leave to join P for her school festivities.

Feasting :)

The little diva...so stinkin cute! :)

 

 

Thanksgiving was very low-key but nice and relaxing.  P and I both took a nap and we all just enjoyed the day.  Good food.  Good family.  Good times!  We are so thankful for the sweet blessing we received last year and were counting the days until our 2nd blessing would arrive!

 

On Thanksgiving night N and I decided at the last minute to head over to WalMart for 2 Black Friday deals for Paislyn.  Yes, we were crazy (esp. me being 39 weeks preggo, but hey whatever...).  We put P to bed and his parents came over to sit with her while we ran to WM for the 8 pm sale.  We got there around 7 and there were 2 things we wanted.  N stood at one and I went and stood at the other.  There were only 2 ppl at the item he was at so he was guaranteed to get it, the item I went to on the other hand had a ton of ppl already and I was not guaranteed.  We were only a few feet away from one another so he kept a close eye on me...He was worried about me being so pregnant and having contractions already.  I got more nervous the closer it got to 8 and the more ppl that got there and I ended up just moving out of the way when they cut into the box for fear of getting hurt or knocked over.  However, 2 nice people that had also been in line each grabbed what I was waiting on in order to save me the trouble....so sweet!  We got what we were after and after finding my mom and helping her load her things we made our way to the check out and to our car.  We got home safely and without me going in labor.   Success! :)