We took turns with the ladies for Christmas.
Family picture coming soon!
Didn't want to ruin it for people actually getting a card.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
How to keep a toddler busy
Showed Melanie how to put Elmer's glue on her hand and peel it off when it dries
=
EASY 30 minutes of mommy quiet time
Monday, September 9, 2013
Let's just clarify...
Mom: Mel...are you my baby?
Melanie: No. I'm a girl!
Mom: OH, are you my big girl?
Melanie: No. I'm a girl!
Mom: OH, are you my girl?
Melanie: No. I'm a boy....
oh geez........
Melanie: No. I'm a girl!
Mom: OH, are you my big girl?
Melanie: No. I'm a girl!
Mom: OH, are you my girl?
Melanie: No. I'm a boy....
oh geez........
Monday, August 19, 2013
Personal Trainer
So we're finally getting into a routine around here since the little one is starting to take regular naps during the day. I decided today was the day to try and sneak a legitimate workout in, so I put in my favorite 10 minute DVD and prepared for Mel's breakdown when the television came on without watching Dora the Explorer.
She started whining so I just ignored her and kept doing my squats.
Then they offered the harder version of the workout move and I hear her yell at me...
"DO IT MOMMA!"
"I can't Mellie, it's too hard for Momma right now"
"NO MOMMA! DO IT!"
This repeated for the remaining five minutes of workout time. Then I was all done, doing a few stretches, and she pulls out a yoga DVD....
"DO YOGA MOMMA!"
"We already exercised Mellie, it's time to shower"
"NO MOMMA! YOGAAAA!!!"
If anyone needs a personal trainer to yell at them and make them work out, you can borrow my 2 year old any morning :)
She started whining so I just ignored her and kept doing my squats.
Then they offered the harder version of the workout move and I hear her yell at me...
"DO IT MOMMA!"
"I can't Mellie, it's too hard for Momma right now"
"NO MOMMA! DO IT!"
This repeated for the remaining five minutes of workout time. Then I was all done, doing a few stretches, and she pulls out a yoga DVD....
"DO YOGA MOMMA!"
"We already exercised Mellie, it's time to shower"
"NO MOMMA! YOGAAAA!!!"
If anyone needs a personal trainer to yell at them and make them work out, you can borrow my 2 year old any morning :)
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Baby #2 Breakdown
I seriously can't believe that I had a baby 4 days ago!!
I've had quite a few requests and it will be nice to have it documented, so here we go!
Monday the 13th I decided to take Mellie to the mall. She wasn't feeling well, but was well enough to still want to run around, so I figured the mall was a good place to keep her mind busy but her body still. I also thought it may be nice to get out of the house since after having a baby I knew I'd be stuck in the house for weeks. I seriously had no intentions of 'walking myself into labor' but I suppose that this may have started it all. I pushed the stroller and walked for a solid hour!
The rest of the day was normal, went about my business cleaning house and making dinner, finally convinced that my baby wouldn't be coming early. Because Mel wasn't feeling well, she woke up around 1am, so I went in to rock her and help her get back to bed. I picked her up and got a contraction....I laid her down and got a contraction....I got into my bed and got a contraction. Up to that point I hadn't had any contractions at all, so I definitely started thinking. By that point it was about 2:00am.
I woke up Tyler around 2:30am and told him I would probably have a baby soon and I would call our moms in about an hour. 30 minutes later I decided to go ahead and call them and Tyler decided to take a shower. In the 10 minutes he was in the shower I went from hesitantly calling moms to swaying on my hands and knees on the bed. My first few contractions that night were in my uterus, but they hit me in the back hard around that time. Weirdly enough, people say that uterine contractions are easier, but after having both, I would take back labor. Maybe it's because I know how to handle them, but I think it's easier to find relief with counter pressure...you can't push on your gut to make it feel better :) Tyler told me to stop being stubborn and made me call a neighbor at 4:00am so we could go to the hospital.
I totally rode to the hospital with my knees on the seat, thankfully it's just a 5 minute drive. We got to the hospital around 4:30am and I swear the emergency department check in ladies were just having the best time ever as I stood with my hands on the counter swaying my hips and starting to moan to control the pain. I had 3 contractions at the check in desk and 2 in the wheel chair on the way up to the OB department. The nurse looked at me and said, "I think we're going to take a risk and just skip going to triage". I looked at her and said, "I think that's a good idea".
I had the most amazing nurse who checked me and I was 5cm...my goal before I got the hospital! She let me labor on my hands and knees in the bed and was so encouraging. She knew I wanted to go natural and had the perfect phrases and support strategies to help me through it. She would talk me through contractions and Tyler would push on my back like crazy. I would literally melt into the bed in child's pose for the 30 seconds between contractions and then come back up to my knees when I got another. I asked the nurse to check me to see if I could get stadol because it was so intense, I was at 7cm, so no pain medicine for me! At that point things got serious and I just focused as well as I could.
Some people say they think about a happy place or picture the baby coming down and out of them but none of that was working for me. The ONLY thing that I could focus on at all was what I needed to do in my garden and my to-do list for the young women at church. As crazy as it sounds, as I got into transition it's almost like the pain became more tolerable. I think my brain and body had become slightly numb to the pain because it was so intense. Don't get me wrong, it was still crazy-town, but not as bad as it seemed to be at around 6cm.
The doctor got there at about 8cm and broke my water around 6:00am, my mom finally got there around 6:20 and my body started pushing on its own. I was still on my hands and knees and I just couldn't bear to turn over and deliver on my back. Thankfully my doctor was AMAZING and just let me stay right there. She got out the mineral oil, put on her catching gloves, and let me deliver my baby.
Hayley Mae was born at 6:37am!
I rolled over they put her on my chest, Tyler cut the cord, and the doctor just let us sit there for about 30 minutes while I breastfed her and delivered the placenta. They didn't even weigh her or move her until after 7:00am. It was an amazing experience!
I've had quite a few requests and it will be nice to have it documented, so here we go!
Monday the 13th I decided to take Mellie to the mall. She wasn't feeling well, but was well enough to still want to run around, so I figured the mall was a good place to keep her mind busy but her body still. I also thought it may be nice to get out of the house since after having a baby I knew I'd be stuck in the house for weeks. I seriously had no intentions of 'walking myself into labor' but I suppose that this may have started it all. I pushed the stroller and walked for a solid hour!
The rest of the day was normal, went about my business cleaning house and making dinner, finally convinced that my baby wouldn't be coming early. Because Mel wasn't feeling well, she woke up around 1am, so I went in to rock her and help her get back to bed. I picked her up and got a contraction....I laid her down and got a contraction....I got into my bed and got a contraction. Up to that point I hadn't had any contractions at all, so I definitely started thinking. By that point it was about 2:00am.
I woke up Tyler around 2:30am and told him I would probably have a baby soon and I would call our moms in about an hour. 30 minutes later I decided to go ahead and call them and Tyler decided to take a shower. In the 10 minutes he was in the shower I went from hesitantly calling moms to swaying on my hands and knees on the bed. My first few contractions that night were in my uterus, but they hit me in the back hard around that time. Weirdly enough, people say that uterine contractions are easier, but after having both, I would take back labor. Maybe it's because I know how to handle them, but I think it's easier to find relief with counter pressure...you can't push on your gut to make it feel better :) Tyler told me to stop being stubborn and made me call a neighbor at 4:00am so we could go to the hospital.
I totally rode to the hospital with my knees on the seat, thankfully it's just a 5 minute drive. We got to the hospital around 4:30am and I swear the emergency department check in ladies were just having the best time ever as I stood with my hands on the counter swaying my hips and starting to moan to control the pain. I had 3 contractions at the check in desk and 2 in the wheel chair on the way up to the OB department. The nurse looked at me and said, "I think we're going to take a risk and just skip going to triage". I looked at her and said, "I think that's a good idea".
I had the most amazing nurse who checked me and I was 5cm...my goal before I got the hospital! She let me labor on my hands and knees in the bed and was so encouraging. She knew I wanted to go natural and had the perfect phrases and support strategies to help me through it. She would talk me through contractions and Tyler would push on my back like crazy. I would literally melt into the bed in child's pose for the 30 seconds between contractions and then come back up to my knees when I got another. I asked the nurse to check me to see if I could get stadol because it was so intense, I was at 7cm, so no pain medicine for me! At that point things got serious and I just focused as well as I could.
Some people say they think about a happy place or picture the baby coming down and out of them but none of that was working for me. The ONLY thing that I could focus on at all was what I needed to do in my garden and my to-do list for the young women at church. As crazy as it sounds, as I got into transition it's almost like the pain became more tolerable. I think my brain and body had become slightly numb to the pain because it was so intense. Don't get me wrong, it was still crazy-town, but not as bad as it seemed to be at around 6cm.
The doctor got there at about 8cm and broke my water around 6:00am, my mom finally got there around 6:20 and my body started pushing on its own. I was still on my hands and knees and I just couldn't bear to turn over and deliver on my back. Thankfully my doctor was AMAZING and just let me stay right there. She got out the mineral oil, put on her catching gloves, and let me deliver my baby.
Hayley Mae was born at 6:37am!
I rolled over they put her on my chest, Tyler cut the cord, and the doctor just let us sit there for about 30 minutes while I breastfed her and delivered the placenta. They didn't even weigh her or move her until after 7:00am. It was an amazing experience!
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
2nd Time Around
We're down to single digits folks!! Just shy of 9 weeks and we'll have a new sweet little girl in our home! I am getting excited, Tyler is totally excited, and even Melanie is ready!
Here are some ways my sweet girl shows her sister love already:
- Flashlights on my belly...doing her own ultrasound
- Laying her head on me and grinning ear to ear with excitement when she feels a kick
- She puts diapers on everything!
- Rocking her baby dolls
- Making me laydown on her blankets next to her babies and tucking us all in
I am so anxious to see a friendship blossom between my two little ladies.
Here are some ways my sweet girl shows her sister love already:
- Flashlights on my belly...doing her own ultrasound
- Laying her head on me and grinning ear to ear with excitement when she feels a kick
- She puts diapers on everything!
- Rocking her baby dolls
- Making me laydown on her blankets next to her babies and tucking us all in
I am so anxious to see a friendship blossom between my two little ladies.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
My Garden!
So, last season was a bust, but my Winter garden is turning out to be quite the little harvest!
There are 2 cabbages and 1 broccoli at the far end, yellow onions in the middle and I use their end sprouts as green onions, the near left is cilantro, and the near right are snow peas.
Not too shabby!!
The cilantro is the only thing I've actually harvested so far and it's awesome! I've gotten about 4 peas from my snow peas...so a stir-fry with 4 peas may be a little lackluster. We'll see how they go since I've got a ton of pretty little white flowers ready to turn into pea pods.
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