5 months!

Its been awhile since I've done a post on the little bean. She is 5 months today! The last two months have actually gone by quite slowly, which is fine with me. Here is what she is doing:

makes a lot of noise! she's chattering and laughing and shrieking. She especially love's her siblings and makes the most noise around them.

She was sleeping through the night but then got a cold and now she usually gets up once in the night to eat.

She loves her bumbo, exersaucer, and jolly jumper.

She's rolling over all the time and is even getting pretty good at sitting all by herself.

She's really strong on her legs and loves to jump.

We gave her rice cereal for the first time a few days ago, but she still hasn't really taken to it.

Still loves to be held and cuddled.

Plays with toys. Her favorite right now is a fruit snack wrapper!

She's such a happy little girl. We all love her so much! Here is a couple pics Devon took recently. Isn't she beautiful!!!

Hayley's Blessing

Hayley was blessed on September 25th, so this is quite late! I'm sure I could think of a good reason why, but atleast its getting done now. It was such a good day! It was actually the first blessing that I actually hosted at my own home. My Mom did Nate and Ty's, and McKenna's was at St. Mich's when my Mom was sick, which my Grandma and Aunt pretty much did. I was a little nervous about feeding and hosting 20ish people afterwards, but everything turned out so good. I made mexican chicken chili, and it was fantastic! We had all my immediate family, Ryan's immediate family and his Grandma June, and My Grandparents and Aunt Terry, and Uncle Dan and his family. We loved all the support and everyone made it a special day for Hayley! Here's her blessing:

As you grow your body will grow strong and healthy and you spirit as well

Desire to do right

Make pleasing decisions

Desire to stay active and be strong in the faith

be worthy and be married in the temple

Obedient to parents and family

Be successful in life and be happy

Form strong bond with family, look up to them and follow their example

Be an example

Beanie Baby.

I absolutely adore this chubba wubba baby girl!

I left Hayley in the care of her older siblings for a moment and when I came back into the kitchen she looked like this...

our own little beanie baby bear! (I always call her beanie baby, Hayley bean, baby bean, pretty much anything with bean in it). She's got some great babysitters!

Two Months

Hayley Bean is 2 months! We all sure adore her over here. I seriously just want to squeeze her all the time because I love her so so much. She is:

was 11 lbs a couple weeks ago
smiles and coo's all the time
holds her head up really well and is strong on her legs when we stand her up.
she is so wiggly...always moving her legs and arms
starting to notice her hands
loves watching and talking to her siblings
when laying on the floor she gets right on her side
loves to be held and cuddled
loves her soother, but has been sucking her thumb quite a bit the last couple of days
sticks out her tongue a lot and makes raspberry noises
cat naps during the day with only 1 really good 2-3 hour nap
usually sleeps about 5 hours at night (usually from 10:00pm-2:30am), eats then settles right away, but will only sleep for 1-2 hours after that (one of us is usually up for the day around 5-5:30am)

Isn't she just the cutest thing you ever did see!

Sleep.

I wish I could say we are getting a lot of sleep over here, but it's just not true. Little miss has had a little cold the last week and has been stuffy. This has made sleeping a little hard. She's been doing better atleast. Without a stuffy nose she'll sleep from about 10:00pm until 2:30am, eat and settle right away (thank goodness), then she's up around 5-5:30am. During the day she's tired and wants to sleep but will only settle from anywhere to 15 minutes to an hour. Sometimes she'll have a really good sleep and sleep two or more hours, but only sometimes. I feel like all I do is rock her to sleep all day long. Its been hard going from 2 years of sleeping through the night and having independent children to having a new baby. But one thing I have learned over the years is that it does get better...and she will sleep good one of these days...right. Its a good thing she is so incredibly cute and lovable. I mean look at her...

One Month

Thats right. Hayley Bean is 1 month old! Crazy. She is:

smiling tons
trying to talk and laugh
she loves to lay on the floor
is very content and happy, but likes to be held
She usually only freaks out and cries when she's really hungry or when left alone too long...she can be settled really quickly, usually as soon as we pick her up.
she's a good burper, but will sometimes spit up a bit
loves to be rocked and sang to.
is so stinkin cute I can hardly stand it!

Bathing Beauty

Hayley bean had her first official bath the other night (meaning a non sponge bath). She loved it! and by that I mean she didn't cry and she kicked her little feet. I love a fresh, clean baby!

3 weeks

Hayley bean is 3 weeks old. Sometimes it feels like she's been a part of our family longer then that. Here's whats going down with her right now:

she weighs 9 lbs 8oz. is 21" long
is sleeping anywhere from 3-5 hours at night.
is starting to sleep less during the day (yesterday she barely slept at all)
is starting to get a bit fussier (seriously though, her fussiness is nothing to complain about)
is smiling now. I love baby smiles!
she loves to be held and cuddled
she loves driving in the van or taking a walk (she will always fall asleep)
is starting to suck on her soother more
loves getting her diaper changed
is still the most beautiful little baby girl! We love her to piece's!

Sunday

We finally made it to church on Sunday. We haven't been for a few weeks now. As we were getting ready, Nate was trying to convince me that Hayley was still too little to take to church. It didn't work. I bought a cute little newborn dress at Target when I was only a few months pregnant. I didn't know that we would have a girl but it was too cute to pass up. It is pretty small so I planned for it to be the first dress she wore to church. Sunday morning I go to put it on her and realize its a bit small. It was not easy to put on, and I wasn't sure I'd be able to get it off of her, but I got her in it, and she looked cute. Well, of course she slept in her car seat through most of church and then the last hour she was wrapped in a blanket, so its not like anyone got to see her in it anyway. Oh the things we do when we have little girls! I did get a cute picture though...

She'll be two weeks tomorrow. She is just too precious!

Its been one week

since Hayley girl joined our family. We couldn't love and adore her any more then we do. She has been such a good, happy, and content baby. I often joke to Ryan that we saved the best for last...lol. Only meaning that she's so good and already on a pretty decent schedule for the first week. Our other babies took a little bit longer then that. The other night she slept from 9:30pm-2:30am, ate and then settled right away and slept until 7:00am. I couldn't believe it! She of course sleeps and eats a lot, but also stays awake for a few hours a day where she's happy and content to just stare around. She really is a joy! The kids love her and are always wanting to hold her and help feed her. We took her to her one week check-up and the doctor couldn't believe how much weight she gained. She was born at 8lbs 1oz, weighed 7lbs 11oz when the nurse weighed her the next day, and now weighs 8lbs 11oz! She's definitely not starving over here. I am doing pretty good. I've had lots of help this week. Tomorrow will be my first day all by myself. I'm not worried though. Hayley is great, and the other kids are old enough to entertain themselves and each other, and are pretty independent! Its been a good first week.

We love our little girl so, so much. We're so happy your a part of our family Hayley girl!

The classic Hayley scowl.

She's here...Finally.

Well, our little Hayley Kim was definitely worth the wait! She is beautiful, perfect, and we all just love and adore her!

I had been having contractions for the past two weeks off and on. They would be regular for a bit and then just taper off. Finally on Monday they started coming more regularly in little spurts all day and I began to have bloody show. Around 5:00pm they started to come quite regular and were getting stronger. By 8:00pm, they were quite strong and I was feeling quite a bit of pressure so we called Ryan's sister Shannon and when she got here we took off to the hospital. The kids were quite excited that the baby was finally going to come...and so was I. By the time we got to the hospital and were hooked up to the monitoring machine, my contractions seemed to be getting less intense and less close together. Seriously. This is not happening I kept thinking. Then I heard what every laboring woman never wants to here after being checked by the nurse "well, there's not much going on up there.  Your not really dilated and still very thick". What. No. I am not going home. So we walked around for a bit. It was getting hard for me to walk because my legs kept cramping and the contractions were getting hard again. Back into the room, the nurse checked me and finally said something reassuring. "Yep, your definitely making some progress!" So at a 11:00pm we were admitted and got comfortable in our birthing room. After a couple of hours the contractions were getting very hard and intense. I came to the hospital really wanting to do it with no drugs (I've done it with and without the epidural), but when they checked me again I was still dilated at 3, and I worried I'd be in for a long night so I requested the epidural. It actually came quite quickly and I was all set up by 1:40am. As soon as it kicked in I couldn't believe I actually wanted to do it without one. I was ready for a long night, but to my surprise I dilated really, really fast and was ready to push. She was definitely harder to push out then Ty and McKenna. At 2:17am she arrived! The first thing the nurses said was "she's chubby" and they were right. Oh, and yeah! Finally finding out she was a girl was great! I couldn't believe the rolls she already had on her. When they told me she was 8lbs I was shocked. Ty was my biggest at 7lbs 11oz, and I just never thought I would ever have anything over the 7 lbs area. They put her on me right after they were done all their tests and I fell in love instantly and couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful she was. She was happy and content while Ryan and I held her, but when the nurse took her to do some more tests she was not happy, and she screamed and screamed. It was hard to calm her down after that. Once we got settled in our private room (yeah!) we were able to settle her down and take some cat naps here and there while they came in to check us every half an hour. In the morning we called all our friends and family, and had visitor's all day. Of course auntie Shan and the kids were our first one's. The kids couldn't believe she was really out. Nate looked her over and then asked to play on Daddy's phone! I knew he wouldn't be that interested. Ty and McKenna both took a couple of turns holding her. We were lucky enough to be able to come home around 5:30pm. Yes, I may be crazy, but I prefer to be in my own home. Not a huge fan of staying in the hospital.

We are settled in at home and my Mother in-law is staying for a few days. She is wonderful and I'm so glad to have her here to help out. Our first night wasn't too bad and she's been sleepy and happy and content all day. We are so happy and grateful to have her home! She just fits!

See for yourselves....she's gorgeous!

8 lbs 1oz! Love her chubs!