1 Month Old!

Today Hailey had her 1 month check up with Dr. Grubb. Unfortunately, she had to get a shot. She had to get her second Hep B shot. As you can tell from above, she let out a loud cry. Nicholas covered his ears as she cried. I wish I could have done the same. It is so sad to have to listen to your children cry and not be able to do anything about it. I felt so helpless at that moment. I'm glad that we don't have to experience that very often. Hailey handled it pretty well and only cried a short time. She even got a pink army bandaid she was so tough!

Over all Hailey is healthy. The only small issue is she has a clogged eye duct which causes a yellow secretion in the corner of her right eye. Dr. Grubb messaged the corner of her eye and said that if we message the corner of her eye with a warm wet finger it should unclog shortly. While Dr.Grubb was doing this, Nicholas took it upon himself to tell him that Hailey doesn't like that. He kept saying "no, no she doesn't like that." I had to explain to him that Dr.Grubb knew what he was doing because he was a doctor. He still didn't like the fact that Dr.Grubb was making her cry. Like her big brothers Hailey is going to be a BIG GIRL! She is in the 95% like both the boys were. Any guesses for her weight?

1 Month Stats: she weighs a wopping 9 lbs 12 oz. and is 22 1/4 in long.

I can't believe it! She is growing so fast...

Turning 5 With WALL-E

This year Nicholas choose to have a Wall-e Birthday. Boy was this a hard one... We couldn't find Wall-e decorations anywhere. I usually have the decorations months in advance, and I did but for a different theme. Nicholas about a month ago told me that he no longer wanted to have a pirate party... I was frustrated, but will be able to use the decorations that we bought for our halloween party, since we have one every year. He couldn't tell me what he wanted his party to be only that he didn't want a pirate party. So about a week before his birthday, he finally decided. Only, I had a slight problem... I wasn't quite walking around much at that point. So in a panic my mom came to the rescue. We went to several stores looking for Wall-e decorations and such. I rode on the handicap carts and was pushed around in a wheel chair depending on which store we were at. The best we came up with was a Wall-e sheet set and a gift bag. We got creative and came up with some solutions. We used some of the pirate decorations and changed out the pictures with ones that were on the gift bag. Then we used the Big Wall-e picture as a pin the eyes on Wall-e. I used the internet to print off the eyes.

My mom ran all of the games. This was a relief to me. No matter how much planning and preparing I do, I usually stress out about how things are going to go. My cousin Katie also helped out alot. It was pretty stress free for me as I didn't do much other than invite people. This we did only a few days before the party. This only occured because I was planning to have it next month when things settled down a bit. Since my mom was here she said that we should go ahead and have a party and that she would help me.

Things went pretty smoothly. We played games, busted open a piniata, ate, and watched WALL-E. The kids all had a great time. It was great to finally meet some of the kids that Nicholas goes to pre-school with. Nicholas was excited to have friends over and that it was a WALL-E party.

Left On The Door Step

Today we received a package from Grandma & Grandpa Carr. It had a really cute blanket made especially for Hailey. Grandma Carr has made a blanket for each one of the boys when they were born too. What wonderful presents. Such talent! We are very greatful for the time, effort, and love put into making these great blankets.

There was a little something for the boys too. They each received a truck and a package of skittles. Nicholas has been asking for a new monster truck for a while now. The one he got was one that we saw at the monster trucks just last week. He was very excited... Thanks Grandma & Grandpa Carr!

Daddy's Girl!

The Last Night and First Outing

Back in early December I purchased tickets to go to the zoo lights. To my dismay, the nights we planned to go were too cold and actually they closed the zoo. It was the week or two that we had the snow... I was starting to think that we wouldn't get to use the tickets. After all I really wasn't upto walking around the zoo after a c-section. On the last night of zoo lights (the 11th, which made it 10 days since Hailey was born) we thought about going to the zoo lights. I was feeling pretty good, but not good enough to huff it through the zoo... So what did we do?? We went anyways. My wonderful husband pushed me in a wheel chair! My mom pushed William and Nicholas walked like a big boy since he is now 5.

It was a great experience to walk through the paths of lights. It was fun to see all the different animals made of lights. This was our first time to zoo lights.

My mom (a.k.a grandma) spoiled us with hot chocolate and kettle corn. They didn't have any lids or straws so it made it a little difficult to continue without taking a short break. We stopped to drink the hot chocolate and the kettle corn.

The boys kept us entertained on our break with their cries for more hot chocolate and pop corn. After fighting over the bag, my mom had a brillian idea. When the hot chocolate was gone we filled their cups. Of coarse mommy and daddy helped to drink all the hot chocolate, after all they were pretty big cups.

Here we are at the beach at the aquarium all bundled up. Hailey was the most bundled of us all. Luckily we had a snowsuit to fit Hailey and a little hat to keep her warm and cozy. It was quite cold outside. She was also bundled under layers of blankets. It was nice to be out of the house as a family. Grandma kept the boys under control as I sat back and enjoyed the ride. I had it easy... Greg and Grandma did all the work. I'm sure that is going to change once I am on my own again.

My favorite part of the zoo is always the aquarium with the sharks. They are so intriguing. Nicholas' favorite part was also the aquarium. The jelly fish are also quite interesting. There weren't many other animals out. William was entertained with the goats at the petting zoo for a short time.

It was a great first family outing. I'm glad that my mom was here to help or we probably wouldn't have attended.

Grandma with all the kids.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!

Grandpa, we just wanted to let you know that we love you. We hope you have a great day!

One Week Check Up

Hailey had grown 3/4 of an inch making her 20 1/2 in. She had lost 9oz, which according to Dr. Grubb was an acceptable weight loss. She was a little yellow, but other than that he said she was healthy.

We Would like to Introduce Hailey Noelle...

Here she is... 7 1bs 10 oz and 19 1/2 in long
More to Follow soon!

Our New Arrival!

On the 29th of December we had our last check before we were to be enduced on the 30th. Unfortunately, we were given some bad news... The baby was breached and we were left with making a decision. We could try to flip the baby, with a 50% chance of success or we could have the c-section. After much thought and prayer, we decided to go ahead with the c-section.

We arrived at the hospital at 7:15 am and we waited... Dr.shope came to the room to see what we had decided about the flipping. We told him that we had decided to go ahead with the c-section. We waited a little longer as they prepped the room for the c-section. Right as the anestesiologist was getting ready to put the needle in for the spinal block he had to stop becuase they had to do an emergency c-section on another patient... This was actually good, because I was pretty stressed out when I saw all of the equipment in the c-section room. I then had time to think about what was actually going to happen. I needed that extra hour.

It was finally time. The spinal block worked great and the surgery went on. A few minutes later we had our baby girl. The nurses and doctors were great. It was a good experience and I am thankful to all that helped us while we were at the hospital.


My big belly before...

Daddy getting ready for the surgery

Waiting in the recovery room to go to our room

The boys came to visit their new little sister...

William, Grandma, and Hailey

Nicholas with Hailey