Beds

One night little Annabelle was lonely...So she wished upon a star, and poof!

A cohort in crime!

This is REALLY what mommy's bed is for!!

I LOVE my girls!

Conversations with a two-year-old

Annabelle informed me the other day that "I am going to get married in the temple too! Like you!" It makes me so happy that she listens!

She also told me that she was sad when I left her to come down here, but she played with Gretta so they were happy. It makes me wonder what/who else she remembers.

Mommy skills!

I want you to think back to when you were a kid and you got sick, who did you want? MOMMY! Well my little girl is no acceptation. She is a daddy's girl by day and only wants mommy at night, at least while she's sick. Makes a mom feel good, but its not always possible to cuddle with her and take care of a newborn... or so I thought. The other night she was cuddling with me in my bed, and the baby started crying because she was hungry. No biggie right, just give the sickie to the hubby and feed the baby right? WRONG! The sickie would not go to her daddy! So, here I am, wanting to sleep, nursing a baby while holding a two-year old on my lap. That takes some skills let me tell you! How did I ever manage to fall asleep that night you ask? I got the mommy skills, thats how!

Finally

Ok, so I am finally getting around to blogging about little Gretta's birth.

I started having contractions on the first of september, I was excited and a little nervous, i had decided to have her at home. I wasn't worried about the lack of pain meds because I didn't have an epidural with Annabelle and lived to tell the tale. Well, they were really intense for a few hours and then pretty much stopped when Craig came home from work. Bummer. So for the next 9 days not so much as a peep from my little girl. On the Morning of the 11th, yep thats right, september 11th, I had an appointment that I hopped would be my last, I was getting really uncomfortable, and just felt like a beached whale all the time! I started having really strong contractions while i was getting ready to leave. While I was there they measured and checked me, my belly was 42 cm!! It was only 39 the week before! and I was almost 4cm along. They told me to go home, and call my husband to come home and my mom to start the drive down so she could be there for the birth of grandbaby #6.

By this point it was around 11:30, I get to my car and tell Craig to come straight home after his 12 o'clock meeting. I call my mom and tell her to get down here so I can have this baby! She tells me she has to "run do a few things" and then she'll be on her way. I was like, "you know I am in labor right?" But whatever! She didn't end up leaving for another few hours!

Craig comes home, and my labor has almost stopped completely. Great! So Craig and Belle take a nap, I cant sleep because I am really annoyed that my baby isn't here yet, so I do what all good expectant mothers do and I start cleaning! After all the cleaning I'm pretty tired and I am having some contractions, so I fall asleep. At about 6pm I wake up from the intensity of the contractions. I go down stairs and eat some dinner and decide the moment has come to call my midwife. She comes over at about 6:30 and I am about a 5. She leaves for a little bit and Craig takes Belle over to a friends.

At about 8 I am almost a 7 and I get into the tub (did I mention I was doing a water birth?).

Within 10 minutes my mom and my sister FINALLY arrive, its time to have this baby! It was really a wonderful experience for me to be in my own house, and that I knew what my body was doing. I pushed for maybe half an hour (time is a little warped when you're in labor) and by 9:57 I was holding my 9 lb 13 oz baby girl in my arms!

She is now two months old, and is so much fun! Both girls love each other and I can't believe how different and how much the same things are!

We sure do love our new little addition!

Playing "catch-up"

Ok, so I know I'm not very good at updating this. But here you go! Some of the things going on around here the past few months! Enjoy!

Most recent family picture

A few weekends ago we went to the Salt Lick with some friends. Talk about the BEST barbeque you have ever tasted! It was something to write home about!

While we were waiting my friend Kara snapped this picture of us. I think it turned out pretty good!

June

June brought a lot of excitement for us. Craig had his birthday on the 6th. We got to go out for his birthday, it was a lot fun. Some of our good friends watched Belle for us so we could have a real date! It was grate. Sorry I don't have any baby/kid pictures of him on the computer. Maybe I'll get some scanned by his next birthday! :)

Annabelle also had her birthday this month. She turned 2!! I can't believe it! I remember the day I found out I was expecting. It seems like it wasn't very long ago. Maybe thats because I found out about the one on the way in January! We may never know! Anyways, she has grown up so much these past two years! She can count to ten in three languages, it could be more, but thats all we know! She knows a lot of her letters. She is so excited about her new baby sister on the way, and is always asking when she will come out. She knows many primary songs, and even some actions to them. She loves to jump and twirl around. People keep asking me when she turns three because she is so tall! When I took her for her two-year check up her hight was off the charts! She was 36 1/2 inches tall! She is a giant! She is such a sweet, caring little girl, and i know that she will be a GREAT big sister!

At my baby shower, 8 months along.

One day old.

First birthday

Second birthday. She is getting so big!