Christmas

This year we had a really good Christmas. Starting the night before Christmas Eve we went to my big family Christmas party in Roy. The girls got to meet Santa and even got a pre-Christmas present. Sophie was really excited, Zoe was too, that is until she had to sit on his lap. Lily even got a chance to see Santa. Here they are on Santa's lap.

Christmas Eve we spent with Tyler's family having a party. We cooked a menagerie of wiener dishes (Bratwurst, pigs in a blanket, even some lamb bratwurst). We also had fun playing games and visiting.

Then we sent Tyler off to work and the girls and I tried to go to sleep. Sophie and Zoe were both so excited for Santa to come that they had a hard time going to sleep. Sophie ended up falling asleep around 10 p.m., after many ventures out of her room to tell me to go to sleep so Santa would come. Zoe on the other hand fell asleep pretty quick but woke up again around 9:30 to get a drink and dance around the kitchen. I had fun staying up until almost midnight making sure two little ones were asleep so Santa could leave her loot.

Christmas morning, Tyler got home and we had to wake the girls up at 7 a.m. so that we could open stockings and get to church by 9 a.m. Here they are opening their stockings. They were very excited about the notebooks and finger puppet that they could take to church with them.

Here are us girls in our new Christmas dresses. It took a couple of shots to get all the girls looking at the camera....now just to photoshop the two together. If only their was a way to get them to all look decent at the same time. Granted, Lily not being propped up enough in the second picture was my fault.

After church we came home and let the girls open their presents. They were super excited and also super spoiled by family....well and me! They got oodles of toys, coloring supplies and clothes.

Lily wasn't sure what to think of all of the chaos, she was a little overwhelmed and had a hard time calming down to take a nap.

Sophie and Zoe both loved what Santa brought them. Zoe got a doll house and Sophie a guitar and microphone (so she can be a rocker girl as she likes to call herself).


Aunt Natalie probably spoiled them the most by getting the girls a Jump-o-lene. They were so excited about it and love to jump on that thing. We set it up in Zoe and Lily's bedroom but it was so big that we had to move it to the basement. Now they are always wanting to go down to jump.

Don't they look happy!

After all the excitement of opening presents, we packed up the van and headed to Elko to see my parents for a couple of days. The girls had fun playing with their cousin Cardon and Grandma and Grandpa!

Now we are home and getting back to some semblance of a normal routine. But that won't fully happen until Tyler goes back to work on Jan. 3rd, but we are having fun playing together in the mean time!

Temple Square

The Monday before Christmas we made it to Salt Lake to see the lights at Temple Square. The girls had lots of fun looking at all the lights. Even Lily, she didn't complain one bit, we bundled her up and she wasn't even cold when we got back to the van. Zoe was especially excited that I was cleared by the doctor to start lifting again. She wouldn't let me put her down the whole night.

Poor Lily, you can't even see her in this picture because she was covered in a huge blanket.

Oh, there, you can just barely see Lily.

1 month

My baby is one month old. Oh, how the time flies! She is getting bigger, but she still hasn't topped 8 lbs yet. Yesterday she gave me her first smile. The moments that she is awake and alert are coming more often, which is nice and difficult at the same time. Having three sure is a juggling act sometimes.

Here are some pictures of her at one month!

Lily's First Days

Here are some pictures of Lily when we first got home.

This is just a day after we got home. The hat she has on was from the hospital and was the only hat that would fit her and it was still a little big.

All the girls enjoying tummy time.

Zoe loves her little sister. Although Zoe claims she is still the little, not the big sister.

Lily has been a really good baby. After the first week her jaundice started to clear up and she even started eating better. We had to go into the pediatrician a few times the first couple of weeks to get her weight checked because she kept loosing weight. She went from 5 lb 8 oz down to 5 lbs within her first week of life. Which is a big deal for such a little baby. But at her 2 week checkup she was up to 6 lbs 1 oz. so she is doing awesome! I am still having to wake her up for most of her feedings around the clock but at least she has started waking herself up for a couple of the feedings.

Lily is here!

Well, the picture of me in the last post was the last belly picture taken of me before this cute little thing decided to make an early entrance into this world!

Friday the 4th, I started having pretty regular contractions that were not painful. I worried because I was only 36 weeks and it was pretty early for Lily to come, though not improbable since I had already had labor stopped at 34 weeks. I took it easy for most of the day. Around 8 p.m. they were coming 5 to 6 minutes apart, were still not painful, but Lily was breech and I have had two previous c-sections, so knew that I needed to be to the hospital in time to get prepped for a c-section. Tyler called his mom to watch the girls and we headed for the hospital. Good thing too! When we got there I was 3+ cm dilated and within 2 hours had dilated to a 4.

At midnight they started prepping me for the c-section and at 1:03 a.m. my beautiful baby was born. She gave us quite the scare. When they pulled her out she was blue and not breathing. I panicked! I just wanted to hop off the table and help, but of course, I was numb from the chest down. Tyler went over with Lily and the nurses got her breathing but she still hadn't cried. Worst feeling ever!!!! Not being able to get to my daughter, who is not crying....that first cry is so important to me, it signifies life....

A short while later she ended up giving a little cry, and that was probably the only cry she gave the entire time at the hospital. She is a really quiet baby and only cries when she is hungry. But it is like only one little cry and then she waits patiently for her needs to be met. She is the easiest baby I have had!
Here she is weighing in at 5 lbs 8 oz. and 18.5 inches long.

She is definitely my smallest baby by a pound. At the hospital she gave us another scare by not being able to maintain her temperature and her blood sugar levels. The poor girl, luckily never had to go the the NICU, but the heels of her feet were poked so much that they still have scars on them 2 weeks later.

We were able to go home 4 days later. She ended up having jaundice and loosing 8 oz, which is a lot for a 5 lb baby, so she had to continue getting her heels poked for blood and was watched closely by her pediatrician. Now she has gained her birth weight back and is doing well!

Here she is being doted on by her sisters.



The day we went home. I bought her a newborn outfit and it ended up being big on her, but she looks so stinkin' cute anyway.

We are so grateful that the Lord blessed us with another little girl that made it safely here!!