Visitors

Carolyn came first to help out with Miles and Georgia. She was such a huge help and played with Georgia a ton! I was able to nap and relax with Miles during his first week home. Nick was busy, busy, busy with school so it was such a blessing to have her here. We miss her and can't wait for another visit with her. 

 We went to the botanical gardens which were beautiful and went into a butterfly garden which was fun for all of us!

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My mom and Charlie came to visit the same day Carolyn left, so it was a nice transition to not have to do things completely alone just yet. They also played with Georgia a ton and it was so nice to have the extra help! We miss them a ton, too!

Sadly, I didn't take any pictures except for this one of my mom and Miles. 

 We did go to a bouncy gym for my niece Madison's birthday. Georgia had lots of fun, mainly playing with the car that she was upset Hunter wanted to play with as well.

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My dad was our last visitor and came the day my Mom and Charlie left. Georgia loved him (even though it may not look like it from the pictures) and had lots of fun playing with him and playing with his iPad. We wish Jenn could have come to visit as well and can't wait to see them both soon! 

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Georgia and Miles are so lucky to have so many grandparents that love them and are willing to help out anytime! We miss all of our family and cannot wait to see everyone when we can. We love you all!!!

Potty Training

So potty training has begun for miss Georgia. This was not my idea, nor did I push for it in any way. Georgia has been potty training herself. She loves the potty and enjoys sitting on it as well. About two months ago, I got her this little lion potty since she was always trying to sit on the big one, and I got tired of helping her. She actually thinks its really funny to sit on the toilet. Anyways...the first time she went on it was before Miles came and she's been doing great since. She has only had 2 accidents and it's so exciting to think that soon I'll just have Miles' diapers to change. She does get bribed a bit with 2 stale jelly beans to sit on it multiple times a day now but I really couldn't have hoped for this to go any better. She'll be 20 months on Saturday and I really can't help but think how big she really is getting. I'm one proud momma!!!

 P.S. for anyone trying to potty train, this book is great and she loves it.  I think it has helped her want to go and she finds it hilarious.

UNDIES!!!!

Introducing...Miles David

Our sweet baby boy Miles made his arrival on March 23rd at 4:02 am. I went in the day before at 8 am to be induced and it was yet again another long labor. Everything went fine for the most part, except for the fact that apparently epidurals only numb parts of my body, allowing me to feel the contractions no matter what. I wasn't prepared for that at all. Also, for the last 5 hours of labor, with each contraction, his heart rate dropped since the cord was wrapped around his neck, hence his very purple face in the first picture which was taken seconds after his birth.

Our first picture as parents of two...we were tired. That's my excuse for our looks.

9 pounds. Didn't expect that either.

Georgia meeting Miles for the first time. Giving him a kiss.

She really is a good sister...so far.

First family picture. Georgia was told to kiss the baby, and I guess she thought we meant the doll.

Since Nick and I have incompatible blood types, if the baby is born with his blood type, which both have been so far, they are prone to get jaundice. Georgia had it, but Miles' was more severe. He started his phototherapy within about 8 hours of life.

After just a few hours of his phototherapy in our room, they admitted him to the NICU for his high levels. It was very sad, but you can ask anyone-I didn't even cry. Don't ask me how that is even possible since I'm a really emotional person to begin with and I'd just delivered a baby, but I was definitely given strength from elsewhere.

He had a total of 4 lights on him and had to wear these sweet goggles the whole time. He acted as if he were on the beach in Maui. He was a dream patient for the nurses and rarely cried at all the whole week he was there. He slept for 3 hours, ate and went back to sleep.

It was tough to balance visiting the hospital with Nick trying to keep up with school and work, trying to be a parent to Georgia, and recover at the same time, but we managed. I hated not bringing him home with me. And the worse part was when I left, they couldn't tell me when he'd come home either. It was a day by day thing with hopes he was improving enough to come home the next day.

This was his first night at home. Georgia is thrilled she has someone to push in a swing!

She loves holding him...and making him hold her hand as the next two pictures show.

I don't think he's as thrilled.

He is SUCH a good baby, and I love him to pieces. Georgia is doing well adjusting to having a sibling and Nick and I are happy to have our family at home all together. We were lucky to have so many visitors helping out for the past two weeks and miss having the help. Georgia loves her grandparents and was lucky to have their attention 24/7. Welcome to our family, Miles!

Baby Shower

Since I'm lazy and didn't take any pictures, I will link you to my sister's blog here. I have such wonderful sisters that did such an awesome job, and I had so much fun having them do this for me. I got lots of great stuff for baby boy and can't wait to meet him in just a couple weeks. Thanks girls for the fun shower! I love you all!

It's About Time

I suppose it's time to get my act together and do our holiday recap. This is everything I have. I have gotten so bad about taken pictures and realized I've taken about 8 total pictures since this.

We were so lucky and were able to go to Utah for Christmas for almost 2 weeks and spend all our time with our families there. We miss living so close to our parents and were happy to be around them for the time we could be-especially for miss Georgia's sake. She loves her grandparents and gets so excited every time we video-chat with them.

Since I have no brain right now, the pictures are all I have to remember what we did. I know we did tons of fun things with both families but I can't remember it all for the life of me, so enjoy the pictures.

We went to the arcades on Christmas Eve Day and had so much fun doing everything there was there. We got the most tickets playing Wheel of Fortune as a group and we left with some pretty good treasures with our ticket collection.

Georgia on Christmas Day. We went to sacrament meeting with Rob and Amy's family at 9 (or maybe it was 11), came home and had a great breakfast, and then had a relaxing afternoon. We went to Rob and Amy's that night for a great dinner.

We took a "magic" picture by the beautiful tree.

And another one for our lunch we had.

Georgia opening her puppet pig from Grandma

She sleeps with this thing every night and likes to play "peek-a-boo" with it while she's in her crib. It's cute because you hear her through the walls just saying quietly, "boo...boo...boo". Love this sweet girl.

Sitting with Grandma

She now loves puzzles. She can put all the pieces where they go in all 5 puzzles she has, and loves doing them in nursery every week.

For some reason, Georgia was a grump towards Andie and didn't care for her one bit. Andie was so friendly and just wanted to play with Georgia. Come to find out, it's not just Andie she doesn't care for. Georgia doesn't like any kids under the age of 4 or so. She's such a stinker...especially in nursery now. (She HATES going and will push her way backwards on the door jam when I try to bring her through the doors into the nursery room) Anyways, hopefully when we see Andie next, they will have a blast together.

This is the one picture I took while at my mom's house. They got Georgia a cute little baby doll for Christmas that she likes to drag with her around the house. She likes to make her eat food and do the same things she does. We went to the Bean museum and once again- did fun things that I can't think of right now.

We celebrated Nick's birthday at the end of January by eating carne asada and going to the science center. I made a chocolate bundt cake for his cake. I think he was happy with it.

My dad came at the end of January for his birthday. We all pitched in and got him a ticket and so he and Jen came for a long weekend. We wish it was longer though. One fun thing we did was go to the zoo. The kids loved going. We were able to have lots of good family time with almost everyone (except Andrea).

This was by far the best present we've ever gotten for Georgia. We found it at a second hand store for less than 20. She rides this thing daily. Most of the time with a friend (or 3). She rides it so fast she flips it forwards and backwards.

We have been doing great, and have just been making preparations for baby boy coming in just a couple weeks. I don't think Georgia will handle it well, but we'll all adjust. She's been monstrously clingy to me but I secretly like it. Especially when she's tired and just lays on me. I guess I miss that a TON. She'll be a great sister (with some practice). Nick is doing so good in school and it keeps him busy, along with his church calling as the ward clerk, and his new job he started doing research for Mesa Verde National Park. I'm looking forward to the summer when he's just doing his internship and that's the main thing he has to focus on. I'm so blessed to have a family like I do-a great husband and daughter, and from what I can tell, a little angel baby. I'll try to keep up more often on here.

Riding the Horse

Boring for most. Interesting for grandparents.

If only she could live outside