Surviving my first week being a mom of 2

So, I some how managed to make it out of my first week alive, with healthy children as well! Phew!
It was actually a lot easier than I expected, and Logan has taken on being a big brother like a champ. He is so helpful and likes to help mommy give Blaire her binky, change her diaper and he is all over her with hugs and kisses. He has had a few break downs, as expected, but all around, he has done wonderful.

Rory finally got a new job! I am so proud of him! He has worked so hard for it too. He got hired on as an electricians apprentice. He will start electricians school August 21st. He likes it so far. It has been a little difficult getting used to being at home alone with two babies but I am managing. I am very excited for him!

Blaire is such an easy baby. The only time she cries is when she needs a diaper change and during bath time. She barely fusses to let me know she is hungry. Poor baby Logan had collic as a baby so he was always crying, but he was also a very sweet  baby. He loved being a wake and was very alert. She also is very alert. She wakes up 1-2 times a night for a diaper change and feeding. Speaking of feeding, I am breast feeding. I thought I would die exclusively breastfeeding on demand and having a toddler who really likes mommy being up and around with him, but Logan is learning how to be patient while baby eats. I just couldn't be happier!

House hunting is still just that, hunting. Trying to find our perfect home. Hopefully soon!

I took a few photos yesterday morning of my sweet babies. It was just to sweet not to capture!

Welcome baby Blaire!

She is here! 2 weeks early, but she made a grand arrival. She is perfect. Beautiful dark red hair with those precious blue eyes. She looks a lot like Logan. We arrived at the hospital at 1:00 pm dilated to a 4 and 80% at 5:00 I had only dilated to 5 cm and 90%. It was so discouraging. I had been walking since I arrived at the hospital. My contractions were 3 minutes apart lasting a minute. I felt very exhausted. By six I jumped to 8 cm and completely effaced. Finally, some good progress! 6:30 I was at a 9, Dr. Oneida came in and broke my bags for me. That set me back to being 8 cms again, I was in a lot of pain! Than five minutes later and the biggest urge to push ever, I was ready to get her out. I pushed til 7:05 and out she came. I had a very hard time pushing, turns out, she came out sunny side up and I had back labor again. I almost caved for the epidural, but with an amazing husband, who kept encouraging me and let me run his arm and play with his hair while moaning and groaning, and an awesome nurse, I did it! I am so proud of my little family and for what I achieved. My family is my greatest accomplishment. After delivering her, she got a big bruise on her head from coming out wrong, but she is perfect as ever. 7 pounds and 3 oz. 19 1/2 inches long. She was a big girl for being two weeks early! Logan was a little weirded out at first, but once us four got our alone time, he warmed right up and loved on her like there was no tomorrow. He wiped her down and rubbed her cheeks. He loves her. Rory and Logan are staying at home for the night. Logan did great being baby set. Hung out with gpa Keith and his awesome aunts and uncles and of coarse gma Connie. No crying or anything. I was so relieved to see my mom after delivery. She is my hero. My whole labor I wanted my mom there. Fortunately I had Rory by my side pushing me through. She is already a pro at breast feeding. I am so lucky that both of my babies have been. I feel so complete now. I am so thankful for my life and I look forward to watching her and Logan grow together.

As strange as this sounds, I am at labor and delivery in labor. 4 cms dilated 80% effaced. Waiting for them to say we are admitting you. Contractions every 4 minutes. We will be meeting baby Blaire soon.

Hello world!

I am now just two days shy of 37 weeks. Two days shy of no more bed rest. And two days shy of having a full term pregnancy. Everything has been going well. I am swelling pretty bad and retaining water, blood pressure was really high at my last appointment. So I guess we will now watch all of that. Other than that though, I am 50% effaced and at a loose 1 cm dilated. So almost 2 cms. Half way through on the effacement part! For being 36 weeks though, that is pretty good. She is sitting very low. I am afraid to sit down because it feels like I will sit on her head!

Logan had a GREAT birthday! We rented out a party room at Airborne, his favorite place. All of our friends and family came. He got lots of present and loved his pizza and cake. I can't believe he is almost two! He blew out his candles all by him self. It is just so weird to think, two years ago I was anxiously waiting on him. Now we have this big boy who is so smart and funny. We love him to death. Every morning he wakes and asks where the baby is. He knows she will be here soon! In the next three weeks even! So crazy! We have everything ready. Baby bassinet set up, glider put together, all of her clothes are washed and hung. Car set put together and double stroller as well. Today we will go buy her bath tub and some more diapers. We didn't buy any bottles this time, since I plan on breast feeding til she is one like I did with Logan. It is such a hard task, but the most rewarding ever.

We are now only 2,000 away from paying off Rorys car. We have a little more than $6,000 saved up for our house down payment. Have about $4,000 more to go! We will continue to save though even once we reach our goal so I can have a big down payment on my car. Can't believe that in November we will have two kids and a house. I love where I am at in life. Great husband, perfect kids and things just keep getting better!

Last week I did a girls senior photos. Because we had never met before, she was really shy at first. but by the end of the shoot she was out of her shell and rocking the camera! She is a point dancer at Copper Hills and is also on the dance squad. She loved how her photos turned out. I posted them on my photography page on FB and with in 20 minutes I had 50 new notifications, all commenting on how much they loved them or "likes". I also have a few others looking to get their seniors done as well. Tonight I am doing a 1 year olds photos. I am stoked. I love shooting babies. Next thursday I have an engagement/bridal session.

Nesting has been off the hook at my house this week. Every morning I wake up and clean. Yesterday I scrubbed all of our wood floor by hand. I love nesting. I also love Pine-Sol :)


Well Off to help Logan. Bye!

Oh Logan

You know something is coming, don't you? I can tell. You have kept your distance from my belly this week, the morning kisses and cuddles on my ever growing stomach have faded away. At first, it broke my heart, but now I am coming to realize, this is a whole new world for you. You have clung to me like a personal back pack lately as well. As hard as it is to hold you now, I wouldn't trade it for anything. You also only let me get you to sleep too. Everything is going to change for us as a a family soon, but I can promise you that the love mommy and daddy have for you will just continue to grow and grow. You are our buddy. I know, at times, it will be hard to give 100% of our attention to you like we normally do, but I can promise you that we will be devoted to loving and caring for you just as much as ever. You are growing into such a smart boy. You will be a great big brother. I can't wait for you to see your baby sister for the first time. I am going to miss you kissing my belly though, and laughing so hard when baby moves, but the new memories and moments with your sister here will make up for all of that. I look at you and I get teary eyed instantly. I guess it could be from the fact I am 9 months pregnant, but I think it is mostly stemming from how proud of a mommy I am to have you. You are so independent. You are so smart. You are so Perfect. I don't know where daddy and I would be with out you. You have broughten us so much happiness. It is beyond belief. You can still catch us staring at you in amazement, that you are forever Ours. I promise to always listen to you and hear what you are saying. I promise to work my hardest for you, even when it is the most difficult thing. We promise you the best life possible. In 1 month, you will be 2 years old. 2 whole years. Surely, we fell into some sort of time warp, because it has flown by way to fast to be real. You are beyond what I imagined you being. You just keep impressing me. You can sing twinkle twinkle, and your ABC's are getting perfected. We love you so much and nothing will ever change that. I am so excited to see you be a big brother. Thank you for teaching me what life is. We love you buddy.


Next week is your birthday party. We decided to do it at the beginning of May because baby can be here at any time and I want to make sure we have a big celebration of YOU before she does. We rented out a room at Airborne. It is filled with trampolines and foam pits. You love it. Lots of family and friends will be there. It will be Toy Story themed, your favorite. We are excited to share the big day with you and everyone else. On your actual birthday, we will take you to the Zoo again. You love animals and we love watching your reaction.

I hope you are enjoying your nap baby. You look so perfect and peaceful. Once you wake up, adventure begins. I love you baby boy.

Labor and Delivery

Oh fun. Fun Fun fun! I ended up in labor and deliver on tuesday night after some complications and lots of contractions to follow. Little bit frustrating as I had an appointment that morning and I insisted everything was going good and I didn't need a cervical exam. Well, we dropped Logan off with my mom and headed there. Got hooked up to the monitors and they determined my contractions were far to many, they were also getting painful, but they would only last 35 seconds and be gone. They gave me my first round of terbutaline to stop them, that did nothing except make me shake out of control and make my heart race. Second dose, same thing but only intensified my heart problems, and I decided to not get the third dose. My cervix wasnt changing with the contractions and the shot was freaking me out, it can not be good on your heart! I decided to wait it out. Finally was released and was told to stay down. YEA RIGHT! I have a toddler, are you crazy!

It has been crazy. Lost my mucus plug the last two days, contractions still coming. My babies don't like to stay in place. :)

She is just as active as ever though. I have had a feeling all week, before my labor and delivery bout, that she would be making her grand entrance before expected. I guess we wait and see now.


Rory and I are looking at a home that we really like. It is yet to be built. A little freaky to me to build a house, but I guess we see!

Logan is just as crazy as ever and getting smarter and smarter every day.

I love my little family!

Faster than expected!

Just a little over 8 weeks til my due date, and that is if I make it til than! Blaire is now dropping, which is incredibly uncomfortable, but very reassuring I won't be pregnant forever. 8 months pregnant and feeling bleh. Getting to that stage where I just want to be done. But, it is coming along nicely.

Rory has had 5 interviews this week! It has been crazy hectic and busy. I can not wait til everything settles down and I can have my hubby back :) I am almost positive he got the job he wanted, and if not, a few other companies really want him so what ever works.

Buying a house is a lot closer than we had expected. We were about to sign another year lease on our apartment because we wernt sure if we would be able to get into a house in time, well a friend of my moms pulled some strings and we should be able to put offers in on houses in June! Yay! We are approved for around 250,000 which is great! Meanwhile, we will be doing a month to month lease til we are in a house so we are not locked into a contract for another year.

Logan is a talker. Crazy kid. Yesterday, we were waiting in the car for Rory and Logan had been sitting in the driver seat. He had the window down and right as a big group of people walked passed our car, he leaned against the horn for what seemed like the longest 5 seconds ever and as they all looked over, he yelled out the window and waved irratically, HI! I was so embarrassed, but had a good laugh after words. He is so cute and smart. Knows every sound of the alphabet, except 2-3. Knows lots of his shapes, Starting to say letters and point them out, like the letter S. Everytime we go to Smiths, he has to find every S in the store and point it out. I could not be more proud of him.

Potty training has its up and down days. I am not forcing him though I want him to be ready all the way.

We have all the big things we need for baby now, but we have to start on buying all of her clothes. Yes! The fun part! I cant wait to be a mommy to two!