Presley Sitting Up

I had Presley sitting up between my legs when I realized that she wasn't using me for support. I moved and here she sat for a couple minutes before toppling over! What a big girl! She is five months. Bryn did not sit up till she was over 6 months. I was not expecting this. Don't grow up too fast Presley!

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Presley is Four Months!

My cute little baby girl is growing fast! She is already four months old as of yesterday!!! She got to go to the Doctor for her check up and is now 14pounds 4.5 oz. and is 25 and 3/4inches long. He said she is in the 95th percentile for height, 70th for weight and 50th for her head. She is healthy and growing like she should be. She can roll over now and she reaches for things. She jabbers all the time too. It is so cute. We love her so much. It is amazing how quickly your life changes and how you really can't remember what it was like with out these little precious babies in your life!

Daddy's Girl

I just have to say, my girls have the best Daddy! Ryan loves to do things with them both. (not so much diapers, but fun stuff)
One night he had me bring Bryn up to ride in his fertilizer truck. She loved getting to sit on the little seat. She also loves having him throw her in the air. I thought it was really cute how he was playing on the tramp with her at my Dad's b-day party.

My Dad turn's the big 60!

My Dad is always a good sport, so I got him this great hat to wear on his B-day. We had a fun party in his backyard. We even got his Sister, Aunt and Cousin to drive out from Virginia for the party. The grand-kids liked helping with the presents. We had lots of friends and Family over too. It just happened to be a beautiful day too! The day before it rained all day and the day after the wind would have blown us all away!
Presley looked so cute that day too! :)

Whoops!

I was trying to get a cute picture of Presley in the tub, but instead got water right in her face. I felt bad. She got water right up the nose. This is why you don't give a bath and take pictures at the same time! :)

Cousin Fun

Peighton and Ellee came to visit a couple weeks ago. Ellee didn't want her picture taken with these guys, but here is Peighton with Bryn and Presley. I think is is pretty cute! Bryn and Peighton look a lot alike!

Mother's Day

What more could a girl ask for? These two are adorable and have my whole heart! I am so very thankful to have these precious girls be mine!

Brynlee's Dance Recital

Brynlee had her Dance Recital the end of April. Her Teacher was not very organized this time. (It was a new Teacher) So I really didn't get good shot's of Bryn dancing. She had taller girls in front of her. It was still fun to watch and Presley was dressed cute to watch her big sis.

Smiling Girl

I was so lucky to get this cute smile from Presley. She was just chilling on my Dad's lap laughing at the ceiling fan. Then she turned to me at just the right moment. My Dad was busy ignoring me. :)
I love that smile, it makes my heart melt. These little moments make motherhood so worth it!!
All those years of infertility make me appreciate every little thing she does.
I got a pretty good laugh today. She had spit up all over herself, so I put her in the tub for a bath. After I placed her on her changing table to dry her off, she sneezed. Not normally a big deal, execpt when she sneezed, it forced some poop to fly out her bum! That girl had some big force behind it. It shot all the way to her closet door! This is something she won't want me to remember, but it really did make me laugh really hard, even while I cleaned up the mess.

Diva in Training

Bryn had dance practice today, so we had 2 take a few pictures of how cute she looked. She posed w/ her hand on her hip. Silly girl. What is scary is how grown up my little girl looks!
She is such a cutie! I just am so lucky to have my girls! I just wish they didn't grow so fast! I look at her and still can see my little baby Brynlee sometimes. Yesterday Ryan was playing peek a boo with Presley and Brynlee was laughing so hard. It struck the memory of when Brynlee was little and would laugh at her Dad when he played it with her. I'm glad she still thinks Daddy is funny, because I know someday she will not feel that way. I hope that her teenage years she will still need us and not be embarrassed by us too much. We are a lot older than her. Ryan and I were talking about this. We are the same age as our parents were when they stopped having kids, and we are just getting started. So we will be the older parents at all the kids functions! I hope we will still be cool to her! :)

2 Months

These pictures are always so sad. Presley getting her two month shots. Yeah, this was a few weeks ago, but I'm not on top of my blogging.
I can't even find my sticker that tells me exactly how much she had grown, but I remember she weighed 11lbs 3oz and was 23 inches long. But I can't remember percentile.
I do know that this little girl's cry makes me want to cry. I love her so much already. Who wouldn't?
I do have to say that Brynlee thought this was justice seeing someone else get a shot though. She kept saying I had one too Presley. Which she did back in September!

Presley's Blessing Day

We blessed Presley on March 27,2011. She was exactly two months old. I had this planned for a while, but the week before my Grandma Denning died at the age of 92. So I didn't know if I should change it. I didn't because of family coming to her blessing, so we had a very emotionally draining weekend. My Grandma's viewing was on Friday, Her funeral on Saturday and the baby blessing on Sunday. I cried a lot that weekend. All good cry's, but still very draining. My Grandma's funeral was beautiful. She lived a very full and long life and I'm so grateful I took Presley for her to see the week before she died. My Grandma left a huge legacy behind. 28Grandchildren and 56Great Grandchildren with 3 more on the way. I always wanted a big family too. I am so lucky that Heavenly Father has listened to our prayers and answered them with these two Beautiful little girls. I still pray that we can add to our family, but I am not ungrateful for what I do have. I love my family. I am so lucky to have Ryan, Brynlee and Presley!!

Me and my Beautiful Girls!

This is my favorite shot of the day. Sweet smile.
She started smiling at 5 weeks for me and others on 6 weeks. Now she is smiling a lot. I love it!

I splurged on Presley's cute ruffle butt. Too cute!

Grunt Baby

So I haven't updated lately about our wonderful new Presley. I have this titled as Grunt baby because that sums up Presley pretty good and Ryan gave her that nick name. :) She is always making grunting noises. It is pretty funny, although it keeps me awake sometimes at night because I think she is waking up when she isn't.
At Presley's two week appointment, she had grown a whole inch since birth! Plus she was up to 8 pounds! She is doing so well. Brynlee is adjusting okay for now. She is still really excited to be a big sister. She was very excited to wear her big sister shirt today when she saw me pull out Presley's little sister shirt and has told Prestley every time she is awake that she is the big sister. Every time I change Prestley, Bryn has to race me down the hall to get the diaper first.
I am so happy that she is finally here. She is so much fun just to hold and realize she really is ours! Cute tiny fingers and toes to kiss again. Babies are so precious! I am so happy that In Vitro and prayers worked for our family.
Brynlee told me yesterday that when she grows up she is going to be a mommy too. It was really cute and it almost made me cry. Being a mommy is challenging, but ooooh so worth it!!! Take it from someone who has wanted to be one for so long. :) It is all it's cracked up to be for me at least. :)

Family

Here we are from a Family of three to our new wonderful Family of Four. Brynlee is so cute and keeps counting us. (She makes sure to make herself the number three each time since that is how old she is. ) We are so excited to start this new adventure with Presley in our lives. She had a Doctor apt. yesterday and is already back up to birth weight. She is so precious and I love watching Brynlee explore Presley's little hands and face and hair with her soft hands. She tries to be so careful and you can tell she is happy to be a big sister!

Close up!

We are not sure who she looks like yet, but we were really surprised at her dark hair. Ryan and I were both toe heads. I got to say that no picture does her justice. You just got to see her in person! She is so cute!

Presley Noel

Here is my Beautiful new daughter Presley Noel. She weighed in at 7lbs 6oz and only 20inches long. A lot smaller than her big sister. She also has really dark hair and her eyes are already a darker blue. So they may go brown like mine. She is so precious and we are so overjoyed to have her in our family.
Ryan won the name game. He would not give in to my favorite name of Addalyn. So she is Presley and I love her no matter what her name is. :)
I am so happy to be a mommy again. She is just wonderful. She is a good nurser who made my milk come in on night two of her birth. We are so excited to get to know her personality and see how she changes. We love her so much! I really love the soft side of Ryan babies bring out in him. He turns to mush and it is so adorable!

Me at 38 Weeks

I realized today I haven't gotten any shots lately of my enormous belly. So I decided with the recent talk of my Doctor moving my date back to the 27th of January, that I better get on that! Yep, Doctor Oldroyd said he is feeling up to it, so yesterday they called me and told me he wants to do my c-section on Jan 27th when I am 39 weeks along!!!! I am so excited and so grateful for prayers! This has been such a long journey to get this little girl here. We began this process way back in December 2009. We have had many ups and downs, but they are all worth it. Yes, she still doesn't have a name, but we are ready for her to come join our family!

Christmas Morning

Here are just a couple shots of Christmas morning. The baby got a "little sister" shirt and Brynlee got a "Big sister" shirt and her favorite was her new guitar she wanted so badly!

Weigh in your guess!

So Brynlee was three days over due and weighed in at 8pounds 11ounces. What are your guesses on what Baby number 2 will be. I of course feel huge!

Also tell me what you think of a few names. We are still debating and do not know what it will be. We can't agree. So don't be mean if you hate a name, but tell me which you like the best.

Addalyn, Brielle, Hartley, Presley, Mckenna, Ashlyn, Jordyn, Riley, Sophie

Bummer

So, I have tons I need to catch up on. We had a great Thanksgiving in Vegas and a wonderful Christmas with Family. I will have to post pictures later.
The bummer news is that with a c-section your second birth is always a week early and planned. The Doc has been telling me this whole time either the 27 or 28 of January will be the big day. But when I went in the end of December they told me the Doc was having knee surgery and would be out all of January and that I am scheduled for Feb. 2!! That is one day before my due date! So if I happen to go into labor, I get who ever is on call for him that day. One of the Doc's I know because I grew up by him. So no I really don't want him to do the surgery. The biggest problem is that neither Doctors will know any of my history and know if things look good or bad compared to my surgery I had last February. It is pretty upsetting for a woman this far along in the game! They are hoping I don't go into labor because they do want to see inside me to compare. I never did go into labor with Brynlee, so who knows if I will this time.
I really don't want to go into labor either, because then it does become more of an emergency c-section and more rushed than the other way of being planned. I know all women go through the craziness of not knowing exactly when it will happen, but I went eight months thinking I knew the exact date only to have it taken away!
Plus can I say how extremely exhausted I am of trying to come up with a name that Ryan and I both like. I have my fave and he has his. The problem is we do not like each others names. Maybe we need the extra time to agree on one! Anyway, now I got that off my chest!
On a high note, we got the baby crib bedding and set up the crib finally so I feel a little more prepared for our little girl coming, and Brynlee is so excited to become a big sister. She keeps asking me how much longer before she comes. I love when she comes and kisses my belly and say hi to her sister.