Naptime

I love my children. I really do but I also really need naptime. Not necessarily me taking a nap but the little ones. I really love that time to be able to take time to reload. I can read, watch tv, sleep, shower, workout, clean, etc. I really utilize the time I have to myself. Well, today Sugar decided she can climb out of the crib and hurt herself. She really needs a nap so I decided we all needed to lay down and take a nap. We've all been sick and the baby needs to sleep upright so she can breathe easier. They both fell asleep on me. I know this is a dark picture but look closely:
Sugar is on my hip and the baby is on my chest. It wasn't the most comfortable position for me so I couldn't sleep and the remote was too far away to reach so I had to watch the credits to Madagascar. Luckily I had a brought a book back with me. I'm sorry I needed to vent. Days like today just really make me grateful for routines and regular naptimes. I am grateful staying at home gives me the flexibility to adapt to the needs of the family.

Happy Valentines Day!

We had a fun day as a family today. Filled with lots of love! Everything is going great here. Hope you had a great day!

She's here!

This was taken today, but let's start from the beginning:
Yes, I know I look like death. Give me a break, it's called labor for a reason :-)
A proud Daddy
So happy to be moving to our recovery room!
Our new family!
Sugar has been so great and tender with the baby.
I'm surprised she didn't come out holding a golf club, knowing who her dad is!
Getting ready to leave the hospital
Yay! We're home!

Our precious little peanut is finally here! She made her grand entrance Thursday afternoon, all 9 pounds 9 ounces of her! I did not think she was that big. I thought she was less than 8 pounds. Anyway, here's the story from the beginning. We went in on Wednesday night to ripen my cervix, because NOTHING was happening. I was trying to avoid being induced with pitocin (because it was invented by the devil) so I was willing to try whatever else I could. After three doses of that I started to contract on my own! I was very grateful. No pitocin was needed! After 8 hours of labor, I was ready to push. I was amazed it only took 15 minutes to get her out. Everything is going great and we are so happy to have her here. We have had so much help and support from our families, it has really helped make this such a great experience.

The Last Days...

...before the new baby of course. This week was my birthday. I had decided to go to the zoo with my sister. Then, we found out the zoo was free! I was pretty excited. So, two of my sisters came and their kids (minus the junior higher). It was lot of fun, although Sugar seemed very obtuse about everything which was surprising.


Instead of just sitting around complaining or wondering when the baby is coming, I've decided to stay positive and not get depressed, since there's no reason to. Plus it wont help anything. I've really been trying to focus as much as I can on Sugar and enjoying the time I have with it just being her and me during the day.

We went to an art class with my friend Steph and her little girl:

I love this litte girl!

She loves the carousel so we went on a family outing to the mall:

We got her a big girl potty. Although she hasn't gone to the bathroom on it yet, she loves it and loves sitting on it.

It's coming....

3 1/2 weeks to go!
I'm getting very excited (and anxious) for baby#2 to get here! I haven't quite packed my bags, but I have made my packing list. (I think that counts for something) At least my sister will know what to get when I have to quickly go to the hospital and she needs to grab everything I need, right? No, but seriously if she came tomorrow I think I'd be okay. I'm not anticipating that because Sugar was 2 weeks late, but I'm trying to prepare for whatever may happen.

Toys

I know I already posted pics of Christmas, but I thought these were cute. They're just Sugar actually playing with the toys she got.

Feeding her baby.

Of course she had to sample some of the food too. :-)

She helped Pap Pap put together her baby doll bed.

She loves the bike she got from my parents

Christmas

Christmas this year was so much fun! Sugar was awesome to watch open gifts. She'd open one, then we'd play with the toys for a bit, then we'd open another one.

Here she is putting out cookies for Santa.

They must've been good cookies, cause Santa left some fun toys!

Of course Daddy had to pick out a set of golf clubs for her.

She is a pro at opening gifts now!

Ty got the putter he's been obsessed about for the last year or so. He's been practicing just about everyday with it and is sure his scores will improve once the golf season starts back up :-)

And of course we had to eat our Reese's as soon as we discovered they were in the stockings.

I hope everyone's holidays went well. It was great to spend so much time with family, and to enjoy the season. Everything is moving quickly still for us, and we're staying busy!