One Week Already...

I am amazed at how fast time is going... Yesterday, Brylee was one week old! Its crazy. She has been such a joy in our home and I already can't remember life without her. She is a sleeper, (which I thank her for), and is sleeping up to four hours between feedings at night. She has spent this week sleeping, eating, pooping and making us all smile. I am so grateful that she is here. Brylee at one week.

She came out a thumb sucker... a habit we are breaking. :)

Parker adores his baby sister. We can not go anywhere unless we bring Brylee. Here he is holding her ( which he does given any chance) and giving her hugs. When he hugs her, he always goes "ohhhhhh."

He is fixing her hair bow... after he messed with it...

He is tickling her feet. The look on her face says it all...

Meet Brylee

Here is the first family pic... She is already adored. Of course... we think she is perfect. She does look just like Parker.

Me and my girl...

Parker... holding and kissing Brylee. We of course worried about how he would react... however it was a waste of time. He loves and adores her... he is always saying, " My baby, My Brylee." He can't get enough of her. Only problem... he just does not understand why he can't hold her by himself.

She had a slightly elevated bili level, so here she is showing off her yellow glow.

She is Here!!!

On Wednesday, September 10th, I experienced a miracle. The day before had been rough on me. After our doctors appointment, where at I was still just a 1 and 60% effaced, we also found out that Brylee was still lying posterior. Though people mean well, hearing that I might need a C-section, did not sit well with me, and I had a minor hormonal melt down that night. But, giving up hope of her coming early... I slept really well. Its probably a good thing, because I was going to need it. The following morning, with an empty house, I sat down to catch up on some scrap booking. At about 1010, my water broke, or at least I hoped that was what it was, because if not, now I was having continence issues as well. :) Being a good wife, my first call was placed to my husband. (To his credit, he was the only one to believe me right off.) He grabbed Parker from pre-school and we headed to the hospital. We arrived there at about 1130.
Here is the last picture of my belly... once registered and in a room, my nurse wanted to wait for me to leak enough fluid for her to test. This took a little while. The rest of the expirence went rather quickly. My Pitocin was started at about 1350, I requested my epidural at 1520. It was placed right away... ( thanks to heaven!) Though the doc took a little while placing it... it was in and working at 1555. At that point my doc checked me... I was a 7 and 98%, as he put it. 10 minutes later, at 1605, he checked again, ( I have a history of progressing fast) and I was a 10, and 100% effaced. We started pushing at 1610, and it literally took 2 pushes, and she arrived at 1618.

Here we are posing with my doctor! I think he is the best.

There is our girl. 7 lbs and 2 oz. She is 21 inches long. And she has some dark hair! That is important to me. :)

Upset with her treatment... can you blame her.

Presenting... Brylee Kay Smith.

Brylee Update

Ok, so we have passed the 36 week mark, oh and the 37 week mark, and my soon to be born child could care less! For the last two weeks she has been perfectly happy sitting posterior, and keeping me at a 1 and only 50% effaced! I thought the second child was supposed to be easier... ha ha! So much for that theory... So, as my sweet doctor puts it... "She is going for the Gold," which I am afraid means she wants her whole 40 weeks to cook, despite the pain and pressure she is inflicting upon her mother. :) So, yes I am big, ( despite what all my friends say) and my internals are squished into positions they may never recover from... But, both Brylee and I are healthy, and for that I am grateful. By now I should have realized that my kids come out thinking they are the boss... so this is nothing new. We are taking it day by day, crossing our fingers that she will just decide to come even a few days early... I guess we will keep you all posted. Nothing left to do now, but WAIT.... unfortunately. :)

Finally... the 1st Day of School!

Well, today is the first day of school for my kids. Here is Kaylie, our Junior in High School! I can't hardly believe that. When I met Bryce, Kaylie was still in Elementary School. Wow, time flies. This past week has been nuts for us. First, there is always hussle and bussle when it is time to get back into a school routine... clothes to be bought, school registration lines to wait in, and new bedtimes to enforce. But, on top of all that, we moved Landon in to our house this past week. Thats right, for those who do not know yet, Landon is now a permanent at our house. Why? I don't know if I can answer that... but I did know it was coming. He started showing the same patterns as Kaylie, before she came to live with us. He wanted to come to our house more often, stay longer, that sort of thing. I know that the kid's mom must be having a difficult time right now, but I can't deny the fact that our home is the best place for them. And, my husband could not be happier. For the first time in about 6 years, he has all those he loves under the same roof. I am sure we will experience some growing pains, but I am happy to deal with those, to see my hubby so happy. Not to mention that Parker could not be more excited that his brother, which he idolizes, is here full time. So, here we go, wish us luck, because in the next few weeks, we are going from a household of 4 to one of 6. :) Oh, by the way, there is no pic of Landon, because he actually could not attend school today... due to the "short notice" his schedule will not be ready until tomorrow. Lucky kid!

Ultrasound Pics of Brylee

So, I am a cheater... I want to first know what I am having, before my medical ultrasound tells me, and second, I want to know what my baby looks like before they are born. So, here is Brylee. These were taken about two weeks ago. I think she is already a cutie, and unlike Parker, who looks just like his Dad, she is all me! :) She already has attitude though. It took 3 trips to Fetal Fotos to obtain these pictures. Talk about frustration.... But, in the end it was worth it. She even decided to smile for one of them.

Brylee's Nursery.. finally we are done!

Well, it took me long enough, but minus some pictures, Brylee's nursery is complete. For those who know me, I could never have done pink, and frills. So, instead, its red, black, green, and I compromised and had to go with flowers. After all, she is a little girl... :)

Ok, so here is her closet... if you ever saw Parker's before he was born, he had triple the amount of clothes. I have slowed down a lot...