Worries of a 2yr old

Wyatt wanted to say the prayer this morning- he always does a very high pitched voice and really quiet. So cute, I just love it!

"father, bless a daddy be safe. bless a b-ie (brynlie), thank you the food, bless different popcorn when we watch movie Thomas. Bless a frosty not melt. Amen"

Oh the worries of a 2year old. We made "frosty" the snowman yesterday and he has now fallen over because he is melting. Last night we watched Thomas the train movie and ate the popcorn that Santa brought Wyatt. He calls it different popcorn because it has 3 different flavors in the tin. He LOVES the carmel one the best.

Precious Moments

I was sewing at the kitchen table and we had the baby monitor on. Brynlie was asleep in her bassinet upstairs and Wyatt was playing trucks in the living room. Brynlie started crying and Wyatt instantly ran upstairs saying "I comin B-ie." Once he got up there it was so cute to hear him on the monitor. "It's ok B-ie. I here. It's ok. You happy B-ie? Mommy B-ie crying. It's ok, mommy comin, mommy comin. You want pinkie. Here you go." Just so cute listening to his little voice trying to comfort his sister!

Then we were changing her diaper and he said "I tell you somethin mom." So he leaned over and whispered in my ear "I green bike Christmas." I said "yep you have to be good or Santa won't bring one. What does Brynlie want?" Normally he says everyone wants a green bike, but he said "B-ie want little toys." So cute.

Last monday for FHE we did a lesson about Christ's birth with the felt pictures I borrowed from my mom. He loved it! Then we went to John Farrell's house to help him move his food storage. He had an adult bike hanging on the wall in the garage and Wyatt said "Mommy, that Jesus' Christmas bike." lol. I guess even Christ wants a bike for Christmas. :)

Brynlie 10 weeks

We had Brynlie's 2 month appointment yesterday and the obvious was confirmed. She is a big girl :) She weighs 13lbs 12oz (86%) and was 24 1/4inches (96%). Dr checked her head muscles and was surprised, he said her head is the strength of a 4month old. Her 3month clothes are very snug and we are in mostly 3-6month clothes. We are in love her every day!

Melt My Heart

When I was putting Wyatt down for a nap today we were reading Thomas the Train. One page had a bunch of cars hooked onto Thomas and Wyatt said "mommy count it." So I counted them...."6 cars Wyatt." I then turned the page and he said "good counting mommy. yep, 6 cars." I looked at him and said "thanks Wyatt." "Welcome mommy, welcome." I wish I could record little moments like this because it's the tone of voice and the "matter of factly" voice he has when he says it.

He is surprising me every day with things he is saying.

This morning Wyatt walked over to Brynlie in her swing and said "mommy b-ie is awake." I said "yep Brynlie's awake." "B-ie is happy too."

He is starting to add words like "too" and "is" and "in" to make full sentences. Makes me so happy:)

YAY!

Just a little document and a proud moment...at my 6 week check up I had lost 29lbs!! Woot Woot! I know it's the last 10lbs that are the hardest, so we'll tackle that soon. I only have 8lbs more to go to pre pregnancy weight, and I'm positive ALL those pounds are in my butt and thighs :(  I was SO excited at 7weeks I was able to put on my favorite pair of normal jeans! (just couldn't button them, lol) Slowly starting to get back to working out...not fun but SO determined to not have a ghetto forever! :)

Blessing Day

Here are just a couple pictures of Brynlie's blessing day on November 4th. I WILL get more up when my mom emails me the rest. 

Brynlie was blessed in the same dress I was. (she is a little chunker, we couldn't button the back!) It was a wonderful day. We are so blessed to have one of our Heavenly Father's children in our home. We love her to pieces. I seriously hold her and stare at her all the time, she is the little girl I wanted. She looks at me all the time, and it just melts my heart when she smiles at me. We love you Brynlie Ann! 

Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I am so behind on getting pictures uploaded to the computer. Our pictures are all over the place right now because Brock's phone takes better quality than our camera (sad, yes!) but he's hardly around for me to get them emailed to myself. These are from my mom's camera. Wyatt was Buzz Lightyear and Brynlie was just cute :)

Since Halloween is my birthday too, Wyatt and I went to DQ for a B1G1free blizzard. And then to Costa Vida for dinner. He was a great little date! When brock got home we went to Columbia Basin Ward's trunk or treat so Wyatt and Paisley could walk around together. From there Wyatt got spoiled at Grandma McGary's house. He loved seeing all his cousins dressed up. It was a late night, we headed to Gibbons house. He got so much candy and loved it. It has been put away and he gets like 1 every other day...but he doesn't really complain so we'll keep it that way. 

Wyatt's Talking More and More

Wyatt has started talking A TON more in the last 3 months. It is so nice. There are still a lot I don't understand, but it's so great we can actually communicate! Some funny things he's saying lately...

"quiet b-ie (brynlie)! Mommy's comin."
"uh oh, daddy did it." (and daddy is not even around)
"daddy workin green tractor"
"what come eat (or change your clothes, or brush teeth)"  "i aly did mom, i aly did." --and he didn't!
"wyatt mommy's going to go shower, you stay here and play." "ok mom, have fun."

Month 1 (part 1)

 Sept 22nd. Brynlie comes home to an excited big brother!

 Sept. 23rd (below)

 Snuggles with daddy, 1 week old

 Sept 30th- Still very hot outside. Wyatt and Brock went swimming at John Farrell's outside pool!

 My 3 loves! Sunday family time. Brynlie 2 weeks.

 Trying on headbands. 3 days old (pictures are a little out of order)

 She loves laying on her changing pad. 2 weeks old

 "i hold b-ie, i hold b-ie" 

 First outing. Birthday lunch at Country Mercantile. Oct. 5th

 A little trip to the park. Still nice weather outside! Brynlie 3weeks.

 CUTEST little face!

 He loved playing on the digger!

Brynlie 3 weeks old....wearing the size 3months leggings I made her. I really need to get on it and make some more in all sizes. I made these back in June. So fun!

Brynlie's Arrival (pictures)

 We didn't get a lot of clean pictures of her at the hospital. This is the best it gets. 

Proud Grandpa. Dad brought me flowers at the hospital. I was so touched. Love him so much! 

 woah is that me?! yes, i get super puffy during labor.

 Brynlie got Wyatt a gift! A cars backpack and dinosaurs inside. He loved it!

 Love my hubby and the GREAT dad he is to both our kids!

 Going home! 1 day old.

 So little! We couldn't believe how small she was in the carseat.

Brynlie's Arrival

Phew, it has been 5 weeks since brynlie came into our home and I haven't got around to documenting it. I did the essentials in my journal but just in case ya'll want to hear how blessed I was this go around...here it is...
I was nervous about attempting a vbac (vaginal delivery after cesearan). I had a very rough go around with wyatt, I just really wanted things to go smooth this time. Having a scheduled day and time kinda sounded a lot easier than doing a normal delivery, but for some reason I just felt like it would be ok and had to attempt it. I had been dilated and having contractions for a month, so I knew baby was coming early. My dr kept saying he couldn't believe she was still in me, every time we had another appt. I was dilated 4cm for over a week before she actually came. I felt so different than wyatt, I just woke up one day and was in labor with him. This one teased and teased and TEASED me about coming. Starting at 34 weeks! So it was a long last month and half to say the least!
I had told everyone I was going to have her on a friday. That would give me the longest time with my husband because he would get the day I had her off and the day after. Since they don't dig spuds on Sunday, I'd get an extra day! :) Thursday Sept 20th I woke up feeling junky. I had been feeling great, so I thought I was getting some flu bug or something. I had been in the bathroom like 3-4times by noon. I called Jande and she said she did the same thing with Brayden. YAY! But as the day went on, nothing. It was still SUPER hot outside, so we went on a couple walks to the church. Nothing. I was pretty bummed, but still thought maybe during the night. Nope. I woke at 3:30am and couldn't figure out why. But then couldn't go back to bed. By 4:30am when brock got up to go to work I was feeling something happening every 8 mins, but it def wasn't painful. After a few other details I'll spare you of, I decided we'd better go because they were sometimes every 5mins...still no pain. Got to hospital and yep contractions every 3-5mins. They thought baby was head down, but face up. So we did lunges, walks, yoga moves...all sorts of stuff trying to get her to turn. I was admitted around 8:45am and still no pain. I was still at 4cm so I was given one dose of PIT and then around 10am dr broke my water. The nurse kept telling me get epidural before, but I wasn't in pain, at all, so I didn't. PHEW, the very first contraction after my water broke was a shocker, then it was very painful from then on! I got epidural at 11 and was dilated 8cm. By the time they were done with the epidural I told nurse I was feeling it all still and felt pressure. Sure enough I was at 10cm. We got the dr over and started pushing at noon. I was so exhausted and was really thinking I couldn't do it after 30mins. But something happened inside me in the last 3 pushes and she came out. I just kept thinking I CAN do this and really didn't want c-section after all that I'd been through. After 42mins pushing she was out....with some help from the dr's scissors...ok, lots of help (ya ouch later on!!!). I couldn't believe how instantly my heart loved this little black haired baby. She was so much bigger than I had thought and so much cuter! :) It was so nice being there for the birth and seeing her being weighed, hearing the first cry, knowing that she is perfect.  We came home the next day. With Wyatt we stayed 1 week! Oh, so nice coming home.
Wyatt does so good with her. Like really good. He talks to her when she's crying, gets her diapers, tells me when she's "poopy, cold, hungry, happy, awake, sad." He does tell her to be quiet a lot. He can't say bryNlie, he calls her b-ie. It's so cute. He loves kissing her, but nothing more than that. Only holds her for like 5seconds and hasn't seemed jealous yet. It's been a hard adjustment because she hasn't been that easy. But I was so ready for another precious spirit in our home. She is just perfect and we L.O.V.E her!
pictures of the first month to come....hopefully soon:)

WOW!

THIS POST IS MAINLY FOR MY RECORDS. SO I CAN REMEMBER FOR FUTURE BABIES! (which I should be putting in my journal, but I am out of pages and getting to the store for a new one doesn't look like it'll be happening any time soon:)

Brynlie is almost a month old and I REALLY can't believe it. I honestly feel like it was last week I was in the hospital praying I could do a vbac and that everything would go good. I think the main reason it feels like last week is because every day I just survive. I keep thinking 'tomorrow I'm going to sew more burp rags, or bake pumpkin bread, or make cookies for brock's lunches.' Tomorrow comes and its the same thing over again, surviving. Just the last couple of days I started not caring if the toys are all over and the dishes aren't done...which is a big deal for me because I hate mess! I'm very slowly learning how to do two children. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my baby and kid. If I could just sit and hold her all day, or play with him all day life would be amazing....it's the "chores" that make the days hard!

Brynlie is now on day 10 of not pooping. Around day 7 she started getting uncomfortable and it's been downhill since then. She grunts, moans and wiggles around like crazy. I feel so bad for her. She tries to sleep through it, but ends up waking up about every 10minutes grunting and moaning. I took her to the doctor this morning and we did a suppository, didn't work. She does have jaundice and so we are waiting for results on the levels. We have tried a lot of natural stuff to get her to poop, moving her legs a ton, giving water, rubbing her tummy, and giving hot baths. I have changed my diet completely because she is also very gasy. Nothing is helping. Hoping today she will go!

Brynlie is definitely giving me all new experiences. Seems like she refuses to be like her brother in any way. He LOVED his binki, I have to force her to take it and most the time she spits it out after about 5 mins. He went 3-4hours between feedings from week 2. She LOVES eating and rarely goes longer than 2 hours. His cry was very soft and quiet, hers is loud. She doesn't cry a lot, just mainly when she gets woke up from some gas or something. I remember only having like 2times where I was thinking " I don't know what's wrong with you" with wyatt....I think that about 5times a day with Brynlie. Wyatt wasn't gasy, she is. She has jaundice, he didn't. She is constipated, he never had problems. She loves to be patted on the bum, bounced up and down and walked around. I almost always have to stand up when holding her. Wyatt hated being bounced up and down. Phew...there's so much more. She just wants to be her own self!

Brynlie stats: 9/21 8lb 2oz 21in      9/22  7lb 10oz      10/2  8lb 4oz    10/17   10lb 9oz 22inches

Brynlie Newborn Pictures

 Brynlie was 4 days old in these pictures. Taken by Alanna Tenny.