Lots of Catching Up to Do!

My mom reminded me yesterday that I hadn't updated this since August! Thanks mom! You are probably the only one who reads this anymore. :) So we have been doing some major adjusting to having two kids and I am not sure that any of us have adjusted too smoothly. We have spent the first two months trying to figure out if Hadley has reflux or a food allergy or both. Right now it seems like probably both. I have completely cut out all dairy from my diet and it seems like she is sleeping better and screaming much less after nursing..so exhausting. Pete forgot that I couldn't have dairy and was trying to be sweet after I had a really long day with the kids and bought me a pint of chocolate ice cream. I want to eat it SO. BAD. Torture! So here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately:

Hadley has been working on cooing..so fun.


Baking cookies.


Camping in the backyard.


Napping.


Baling hay.

Laughing at Peter.


Spreading germs...lol...Peter had croup. Hadley and I got a cold. Peter's croup turned into bronchitis and then he had a huge swollen lymph node in his groin, dr. said from a scrape on his knee that got infected. We have been stuck in the house for over a week!! AHHHH!

On a happier note, Pete finally got his bible study books finished, published, and printed. Yay! He's worked so hard on these and I am proud of him for getting them done. Go HERE.

That's all for now! Hopefully I will be back before Christmas! :)

Baby Shower

Some sweet friends of ours and Pete's mom were throwing a small shower for my friend Lori and I together since we had the same due date. Hadley surprised us and came a month early so she was already a week old when the shower came. I was ready to get out of the house for the first time so Pete watched Hadley for an hour while I ran over to the shower. It was wonderful and pink! Everything was so cute and Hadley got so many cute outfits! Thanks to everyone who helped and sorry I had to eat and run!!

Hadley is here!

So I am only a month late on posting this but I thought I should go ahead and write it all down before I forget. Hadley was born 4 weeks ago and weighed 6 lbs 1 oz. and 19 inches long. I didn't feel very good that Sunday before and told Pete I thought I might have her soon. I went in the next morning for my 36 week check-up and the doctor said I was already dilated to a 4! My mom came in that evening because we all knew it would be soon and fast since Peter was born so fast. I had some irregular contractions on Tuesday but no pain and nothing I could even time. I started feeling really nauseous that afternoon and called Pete to see if he could come home by 5. We chose to use our local hospital because with Peter I almost didn't make it to the hospital in San Antonio and we were afraid to chance it this time. I decided to go ahead and go up to the hospital even though my water hadn't broken and I still thought my contractions were pretty irregular. They were not painful, just uncomfortable and felt more like Braxton Hicks contractions, but I just felt like it was getting close. The three minute drive to the hospital was so nice! Also my mom was already here so I didn't have to worry about Peter being taken care of if they admitted me. I got checked in around 6:30 pm and was dilated to a 6 and having contractions 2 to 4 minutes apart. Still just feeling uncomfortable and crampy and was having to watch the monitor to see if I was having regular contractions. Nurses came in and got blood work done and papers signed and dr came in to check progress. I was at an 8 and starting to really have to breath through the contractions and focus on relaxing my muscles through the pain. I got up to go to the bathroom as many times as they would let me so I wouldn't have to sit in the bed. The contractions were starting to be as hard and close as they could be so they checked again and I was a 9.5. The dr said i could push as soon as he broke my water so I finally let him...lol. I pushed twice and Hadley was born at 9:30! I had a natural birth with Peter and was able to do it again with Hadley. I am so thankful that it was relaxed and much less chaotic than the first one. Being born at 36 weeks, we thought she may have some lung issues but after some oxygen and iv fluids, her lung problem resolved itself and was clear by the second day.

At a 6 and having contractions every 2 to 4 minutes. Still no pain. Crazy!


At an 8, forcing a smile between hard contractions. :)

She's here!

No more tubes!


First family of four picture.

Meeting big brother.


Home at last!

Projects, Projects, Projects

So I have been on a blogging hiatus for a month but we are still here! I have been trying to finish an array of projects that I started as a result of my insane nesting phase and have about got it all finished. Thank goodness...because I know they will not get done anytime soon after the baby is born. Here is everything I've been working on! First finishing up the baby room and making some of Peter's hand me downs a little more girly...









Then Peter and I found this Noah's Ark at the thrift store and fixed it up for his room, complete with velcro animals. :)


Then I decided that I would make upholstered headboards for our beds. I used our old window screens that were in garage for ours and an ugly canvas for Peter's.

Besides finishing incomplete projects we have just been hanging out around here mostly. Katie, one of my college roomies, came to visit Texas from Kentucky. It has been so long since Jana, Katie and I all hung out and it was so nice! Here's our three little munchkins together!

Addison, Peter, and Davis

I go back to the dr. tomorrow for my 36 week check up. Hoping for good news ! Have a good week!

Here's a very professional mirror belly shot to end the post!

New Sono Pics and Nursery Pics

We've made it to 31 weeks! Here is some nursery progress and the sono pics from today.

Sono Pics

I got to have a 3D ultrasound today. My doctor sent me to the hospital checking for placenta problems but the sonographer did not find anything. We got a good report over all! I will go back Thursday for another appointment and the fun glucose test. It was so fun to see her profile and her face! She would not move her hands from in front of her face and kept putting them in her mouth but we got a few good shots. We could even see her hair! If you are on Facebook you have already seen these...Enjoy.