1 month

my sweet little Shaylie is a month old. she is such a good baby and we love her to pieces. it is hard to imagine that we were a little family of three just a month ago, and now we couldn't imagine our lives with her.

when Shaylie was born, I was afraid that I got a screaming baby and she may never stop, but I was so wrong. she loves to be held, she loves to cuddle, she LOVES to eat, she loves to sit in her bouncer, and she is already getting so big.

shaylie is starting to smile a lot. she just started smiling for me, but to has been smiling at her dad all along. we definitely have 2 daddies girls...maybe someday I will have a mama's girl or boy...but I love the fact that they love there dad.

shay loves Mylie and rarely does she mind when Mylie just lays on her. shay loves her binky. she is a grunter...she is so loud at night we will be putting her in her own room sooner than I would like. she has a really pretty skin color. she still has her brown hair that is straight as sticks. her eyes are turning a very pretty blue.

we love our little shaylie!

smiley shay

Happy Birthday Mylie!

Well I officially have a 2 year old!!! Mylie turned 2 on Saturday and we had a little party for her. Mylie has grown up soooo much since Shaylie was born and now she is not my little baby anymore, but my big helper. Here are some fun things about Mylie at the age of 2!

*She loves to sing...Some of her favorite songs include:
-How much is that doggy
-Twinkle Twinkle
-5 Little Monkey's (Trees & Bed)
-ABC's
-Apple Song
-5 little Ducks
-Ants go Marching
The list could go on and on...she loves to sing.

*She can count to 12.

*She loves to play with Shaylie and is a huge help with getting diapers and wipes for me.

*She loves family...Grammy's, Papa, Aunts, Uncles, and especially cousins.

*Every night while brushing her teeth we sing the ABC's.

*She loves to eat...her favorite foods right now are noodles, cheese, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, and she loves dessert, Ice Cream, Popsicles, coco's, brownies.

*She repeats everything we say.

*She is really funny. You just never know what she is going to do or say.

*She talks really well for a two year old.

*She still hates Nursery...but she is getting a lot better.

*She says the cutest prayers.

*She is obsessed with Mickey Mouse Playhouse...She can name everyone.

*She is so sweet and polite...any time she thinks I am sad or she hurts me she runs over and with a sweet little voice says "sorry mom".

*She does silly kisses...and I love them.

*She has a little lisp...When she says Silly and Shaylie they sound the same.

*She loves to play with neighbors and friends and has quite the load of friends...
-Alec, Ty Ty, Drew Drew, Emma & Ellie, (they were so good to her even though they were older, they just moved :( ) Kaia, Cole & Max. Mostly all boys her age...and she loves it. Well she will someday!

*She LOVES her daddy....Totally a daddy's girl!

The list could go on forever...We love our little Mylie.
Happy Birthday Princess!!!

2 Weeks and 2 Years!!!

Well this is a little late, but Shay is now 3 weeks and Mylie is 2 years! I can't believe how fast Mylie has grown up. We have been adjusting quite well this last couple weeks to having 2 children. Mylie loves playing with Shay and giving her kisses all the time. Mylie has starting talking in full sentences and we are loving talking to her...She is hilarious! She is also starting to go poop on the potty. We need to be careful what we say around her now, because she won't let anything go by. Shay is growing up so fast. She is still sleeping a lot and enjoying her life as a newborn. I am trying to adjust to trying to get out of the house with 2 kids and still get something done in the day. Surely I will get it down...but not anytime soon! Here are some cute pictures and some stats...

Mylie's Stats:
23 lbs 9th%
33 in 38th%

Shaylie's Stats:
8 lbs 1 oz 37th%
21 in 77th %

We went to the mall...This is how we all felt when we got home.

Matching Cousins!

The first week...

So the first week home from the hospital has been pretty good. I was a little worried at first that I was not going to have a very good sleeper, but she has proved me wrong...so far! The last couple nights I have had to wake her up to eat because I was dying. She has been so much fun to have home and Mylie can't stop loving her. Mylie has been a big help. Every time she hears Shaylie grunting or pooping she runs to get a diaper. The first couple days were rough for us though...She had high bilirubin levels and had to be under lights for 3 days. It was heartbreaking to see her in there and poor Mylie couldn't even look at her sister. But the levels are back to normal and she is a doll. We are adjusting to being a family of four now, and Chris has been super helpful. I am not looking forward to school starting for him. I am not ready to be a single mom of 2. Here are some pictures of some of our weeks events.

Shaylie 1 week old

Shaylie's first at home bath

Great Grandma Fitch (95 Years Old)

Awful Bili Lights...

We made Brownies for Aunt Jenn's Birthday...Mylie LOVED it!

SHAYLIE IS HERE!!!!

Well our sweet little baby girl Shaylie Mann was born yesterday at 3:28pm. She weighed in at 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. She was born with a HEALTHY set of lungs and screamed for 2 hours straight....

So here is the story...If you don't want to read it, just skip this part and go straight to the pictures. We walked into the hospital on Monday morning at 7:00 am and got all hooked up and was put on pitocin by 7:30. I was on antibiotics and they wouldn't break my water until I had had the antibiotics for 4 hours. So when my Doctor came back in, it was 12:15. I was dilated to a 2 and when he broke my water I went immediatley to a 4. I was super excited because I was SURE that it was going to go fast from there. So my nurse said she would come back in 2 hours and check me again...

In the meantime, Karlie, Nancy, & Chris were all in the room with me and we were talking to my parents on Skype. Karlie and I were laughing hysterically at EVERYTHING, but mostly we were just having a good time with my mama. So the time went pretty quick, and my nurse came back in at 2:15 for my check...She told me I was still at a 4! I immediately went from the happiest person to a pretty down in the dumps girl... So the routine is....She'll come back in 2 more hours for another check. At 3:15, my nurse came in to change my antibiotic and I told her that I was filling a little pressure and maybe she could check me sooner. She kinda looked at me like I was crazy but agreed to at least check. I told her that if I had not changed, then don't tell me and just come back in an hour.

So she checked me and told me I was at a 2...She was just teasing....and then told me that I was at a 10. I figured that she was kidding again, and I asked her again what I was at. She assured me she was not kidding and went to get my doctor. I was dying. It went so quick we were scrambling getting cameras out and ready. My doctor arrived at 3:24 and on my first contraction I pushed a set out 3 and a 4th for good luck and Shaylie was out by 3:28. It was amazing!

So now that the story is over...here are the pictures...

The Day of Delivery

Dr. Ollerton....Love Him...

My parents were there for the delivery...from ARGENTINA!!

Family of Four...Mylie is a little unsure of this

Mylie meeting Shaylie for the first time.

Elyza & Shaylie...7 weeks apart cousies...

Mama's girls!

Independence Day!!!

We love the 4th of July...in fact, I am willing to say that it is my favorite holiday. I love to get up and go see the parade...fight the traffic, enjoy the heat 9 months pregnant, have family BBQ's, Swim, you know just everything that goes with the 4th. This year was no exception. Chris wasn't a fan of going to the parade because we were so TIRED from the BBQ and Boating trip from the day before. But we went and we all had a GREAT time. I even got a little emotional when the military families come by...Partly pregnancy but mostly from my mission. We stopped at my parents to get some chairs because our neighbors had borrowed ours and it worked out great because we got the easy-up shade and Chris was the HERO for bringing that. It rained a little on our parade...(haha) and so it came in handy with the sun and the rain. After we went to a family BBQ with the Mann's and had fun as usual. Then we came home to put Mylie down for a nap and we all crashed and were out for 3 hours. When we finally decided to get up...We were going to go hang out with Jenn and Grammy Mann for fireworks, so we gabbed a hot n' ready pizza and enjoyed the rest of the evening. Mylie was not a fan of the fireworks...it was Hilarious!

Family Pic

The Whole Gang

Boston in the Air throwing a POP

Cute Savy

Mylie holding Lyza

Cute My's

Mylie was scared to death of the sparklers holding on for dear life to Jenn's Leg!

Some neighbors came over...so Mylie joined them

3rd of July Festivities....

Well since Chris got the day off on the 3rd, we decided to start all the festivities of the 4th early. By today, the 6th, we are exhausted and are starting to feel it. We had a great 4th and fun with lots of family. Here are some of the boating pictures we took on the 3rd. We all had such a great time.

My's enjoying her cracker

The Girls...

Anth Wakeboarding

Chris gettin some air

Jenn's Mad SkillsAddie loved driving

Ports was awesome!

Kamri in grammy's shades

Mylie on Flag Duty