Welcome Veronica Rae!

Introducing Veronica Rae,

born 12:38 am February 8th, 2011.

8 lbs. 2.9 0z. 20 in.

After a few weeks of teasing us, our baby girl decided it was time to make her entrance into this world! What a crazy entrance it was! I won't go into too much detail but after being admitted around 11 pm on February 7th we were told I could have my epidural and to expect a baby by 6am the next morning. Before they could even do my bloodwork I was in serious pain. After being admitted at 5cm dilated the nurse checked again to find I was now at 9cm with hardly any time passing. My water broke and all the nurses and doctor were in a mad dash to get things prepped for a baby. I was told there was no time for an epidural. From the time I began pushing it took about 10 minutes to deliver our baby girl. So needless to say the birth did not go as planned and Michael is just glad to still have use of his hand after the birth. From the time I got into my room and Michael had notified our parents around 11:30pm to expect a baby the next day we had a healthy baby girl about an hour later. I had not planned to have a natural delivery and still can't believe I did, but everything just happened too quickly.

Veronica has been such a good baby! Maybe because her delivery was so dramatic, she is just going to be calm from here on out! Fingers crossed:) She lets us know when she is hungry and that's about it so far. She has even given us some pretty good nights so far with a few 4-5 hour stretches of sleep here and there.

Her big brother is doing great as well! I think he is more interested in her every day. When he wakes up he wants to see "sissy." He has been quite the big helper around the house as we all adjust to our family of 4! Michael and I are so blessed and excited to see our kids grow. Thank you to all our family and friends for their love and support!

Happy New Year

We were able to get a glimpse of our little girl a few weeks ago when I went in for my 32 week appointment! This time Michael actually got to be with me. We are loving having him home from St. Louis...finally! We were pretty amazed at the 4D pictures we got, she actually cooperated and let us see her cute face:) Something Hayden never did...He always had his hands up over his face. I can't believe we are getting so close to meeting her! Hayden likes to say "baby sissy" and give my belly kisses which is so cute.

The holidays this year were very fun! It is so exciting to see how Hayden reacts now that he is starting to understand some of what is going on. He loved having the tree up and would say "Ho Ho" when he saw Santa.

As usual he was very spoiled by all the family members! Once he got the hang of the paper ripping he went to work on all the gifts under the tree! He is loving the blocks and his new John Deere and Dump truck riding toys! He is all boy and loves to play ball with daddy now that he is home. Michael loves to see him yell "football" at the tv when a game is on...big shock!

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful little guy and can't believe how independent he is becoming!

We wish all our family and friends the best in 2011! Happy New Year!

It's a Girl!

I had my 20 week ultrasound on Friday and we found out Hayden will be getting a little sister in February! Michael is still out of town on business, but he was able to hear the good news over the phone while I was at the doctor's office. He said it was a girl the whole time, while I always had boy vibes. Needless to say I was in shock to hear that it was a girl! It's still sinking in:) She looked great! Measuring right where she should be and weighing in at 12oz. We are so excited!



Hayden and I are looking forward to having his daddy back with us soon! We are hoping for sometime in October, if all goes well he will be here for trick or treating!



In the meantime, Hayden keeps me on my toes! It's all about cars, balls, and cleaning lately:) I swear he is saying something new everyday and he amazes me at how quickly he picks things up and what he knows. I can't believe how big he is getting! He loves to dance around the kitchen and run around without his clothes on whenever he gets the chance, he cracks me up!