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3 months

Here are some of Presley's 3 month photos. I LOVE how they turned out. Thank you Jusi for the photos and Amber for the headband. ( I would add more but she was naked.......and this is the internet....). Look at those CHEEKS!

Holiday Photos

Here are some pics from our vacation in Osoyoos. We had a great time and had sunny weather. Hayden told me, after i told him already, " Im getting brown!". Thad's brother is now here for a week, so more to come later!

Two week photos

Here are some pictures that Thad's dad took of Presley when she was 2 weeks old. She already has changed alot since then. Since birth, the swelling in her face has gone down, her hair has lightened, she has lengthened, i think her eyes will be blue.......and she now looks like Hayden ( or so were told).
In general Presley is a very good baby. She barely cries......the only issues were having is with nursing, and its not her, its me. My theory is that some women have lots of milk and some have less. and some is fattier than others......no matter what type of body you have. So, i dont think my milk is that great. At 2 weeks she hadn't made her birth weight, ( neither did H) ( i wasnt surprised she hadn't) so i started supplementing. She would still be hungry after i nursed her so she would get a little bottle to top her up. The doc also put me on fenugreek. After 1 more week she went from 9.1 to 10lbs! ya. So since then we have been supplementing less.....usually just in the evening.....but i think she would take about 2 more ounces after every time i nursed her. Do all you other mothers out there think your baby would eat more after you nurse? And she usually tries to eat her hands after i nurse her which also makes me think she is hungry......and she isn't terrible sleepy after i nurse her.....there is no milk coma as some moms would say. So.....well see how she does at her 2 month app. Im pretty sure she is gaining, ( might be tmi, but when i pump i get about 3-4 ounc ( every 3 hours), so she is getting milk. But im just wondering if other babies are like this.....or just mine?
Otherwise everything is good! H is enjoying her, she sleeps good. And H has been acting alot better. I think the turning point was when i changed my mindset from seeing all he did wrong to all he did right and praising him for when he obeyed. ( this kid loves him some praise!) Were still learning how to adjust with 2, but thankfully God gives you a newborn and not a 1 year old to start off with.

A day at the zoo

Sorry the pics don't go with the story. We forgot the camera for the zoo
So, when Thad's parents were here, Doc and Gigi, we took a trip to the zoo. Hayden and I have a pass so we go all the time. But i thought it would be a fun outing for Hayden to do with his grandparents. Thad was not with us because he had to work.
So off we went to the zoo. Presley was just under 2 weeks old. And really this was our first big outing. So we pack the car, and remember, there is 5 of us in a 5 seater car. So gigi is squished in teh back between the car seats! to funny! shes a sport. And of course, i think we went on a friday, the zoo is packed. It was one of the first days out of school. We finally find parking and get inside. and of course, hayden does not want out of his stroller. AND he could care less about the animals! And then i proceed to only make it worse. I try to ask him a zillion times if he wants out of the stroller to look at the animals...and he again, could care less. So after he ate all the snacks i packed, he was ready to look a little more. Ok, so he was hungry. ( i just hate it though when you make all the effort to do something like the zoo, adn then your kid doesn't even care..)
Ok and another problem was the shoes H picked to wear. Gigi got him new crocs ( which we are so thankful for and I love that he can slip them on himself!) but they were a little big. so every time he got in and out of the stroller they proceeded to fall off!!! so that was annoying. And then also he had to get in and out HIMSELF every time, heaven forbid we tried to help him! And then to make matters worse, if we did help him he would yell at us, that includes doc and gigi. Thats such a great feeling to have your child yell at your inlaws!!! HOW EMBARRASING!!Two is such a great age.....!
okay, so now we have made it to the elephants. I just sit down and then hear H screaming. His head was stuck inbetween the bars. So i quickly run over there and push it in and then out. Does that make sense. But he was a mess after that. Later gigi told me she was almost in a panic.....but i just figured if he got his head in, it had to come out. ( Sometimes i think i need to worry a bit more.....that could have been bad) So that was not great.
Okay now were trying to make it back to the car. I tell H that he is going to go potty with gigi before we leave. He yells no from the stroller. we talk about it. We keep going, he proceeds to yell no continually. So lovely. Im so embarrassed yet again. We stop, i take him out and spank his hand. He falls apart......we talk hug, etc. We get to the potty, he wont go......okay, so gigi goes and he sits in time out. this takes awhile. Okay, gigi is done, H won't leave his time out. So i just tell him mommy is leaving, i start walking. After im like 30ft?? away, H starts running a dead sprint and screaming "mummy!" Then says he has to go potty! i just looked at my inlaws!!!!! What the heck do i do. I was ready for him to suffer the consequences and let him wet himself. But instead.....i took him!
After the potty, while were super whining and thinks doc and gigi have left, we get to the stroller and doc gives him some popcorn. He hurts his toe getting in the stroller. Crying.Then once in the stroller, he drops a popcorn and insists on getting out to get it. Anyways, somehow he catipults himself out and falls on his face. And this point i wanted to start crying and wished i could teleport us home. Or just walk away. Anyways, we got it together. got the the car. Presley was an hour past her feeding but she did not cry on the way home like i thought she might have. Praise the Lord!!!!
So that was our lovely zoo day. And we have had many lovely days since.........which i will blog about later. H loves Presley......hes so sweet to her. he's just super grumpy in the mornings and definitely testing us. I could write all day..........sorry this was long

A day at the zoo

Labor story

our good friends George, Linds, and Joey!
H wasn't that interested in her at the hospital. He was more interested in the sliding curtain and the hospital room!
Our WONDERFUL friends Phil and Erin who came to watch H at 430Am!


Hat made by nana, blankie made by Gigi! One spoiled girl already!
My chunker!
Daddy love!

Okay. So I don't know if anybody cares about this stuff....but i was super curious when i was pregnant about everyone else's labor....so i thought i would share mine.
So i would say i was 1-4 days overdue with little girl......well not so little.....girl presley. The contractions woke me up at 2am on tues morn. I had about 2 more before i started timing then at 245am. The first few were 5-6 min apart and then they only got closer. I turned on "my best friends wedding"and timing them. I woke thad up at 330 ( i think,,,,,,,it honestly getting foggy in my head now) and then got in the bath. I was trying to wait tilll 5am to call our friends to come watch H, but i think we called them at 415?? So i was going to try to dry my hair. well the contractions got to painful....and more frequent so i had to lay down. And this is when they got very painful. Our wonderful friends got there around 445 and i went straight to the car. sorry if this is tmi but i threw up, or dry heaved 3 times on the way to the hospital. Once we were there the check in went smooth and i was 4-5. I got in my room and the epidural came like 5 min later! After that life was wonderful!!!!!!!! With H i tried no epidural and made it till 6cm, but 7 by the time the doc came. This time.......well, i was not trying to go without one.....but I was very happy once it was in. Compared to a contraction...for me, i cant even feel the epidural!
So after that, i was a happy camper! The doc came in. we chatted etc. Life was good. At 7am i was 7 and then at 9am i was 10cm! ya. i pushed a bit with the nurse and then we had to wait for the doc.
Pushing was hard. I was very tired before we even began. ( i know, i sound so wimpy....) But i pushed i guess for 30 min with the doc..and then she was born at 9:48 am. And when she came out, thad saw the docs hand on her back and thought, " she is bigger than H". and was she ever. The doc was like, " We got a big girl here!" ya , no kidding. 9.94lbs, and 21.5 inch! We had no idea she was going to be so big!!!!! No wonder pushing was so hard!!!!!!!!! I mean, i still can't believe it!
So, but we never knew when my water broke. When the doc checked me at 7am, once again, maybe tmi, she said she could feel hair and asked if my water broke. i said i didn't think so. But I think it must have already because i never felt it after that? i found that weird.
I was shocked when i saw her. She had a head full of dark hair...and was so big. Not what i was expecting. She looked just like thad's sister and i thought she would look like Hayden! But her look has changed, she has thads mom and sister's nose but is beginning to really look like H.
It took us a while to name her.....but we decided on Presley Kate ( after my sister) Williams.