MY BIG (LITTLE) GIRL!!!

I just had to post about my sweet Brooklyn. She has been so great adjusting to life with London, and really is such a big help to me and makes us laugh and smile everyday. Last week, was a big week of "firsts" for her. She is getting so grown up and we are so proud of her. Last week she:

1. Slept in her bed every night all by herself. Note: her room is across the house from ours and since she was a baby, she had been sleeping with us! This is a HUGE accomplishment!

2. Went to nursery on Sunday all by herself and did not cry. We haven't been to church since London was born to avoid illness, and so it has been about 7 weeks since she has been to nursery. She was just getting used to it before London, and so we were worried we were going to start all over again. She showed me! She did great, and she keeps asking me if it's Sunday so we can go to her class again. : )

3. Let me cut her fingernails and toenails WHILE SHE WAS AWAKE!!! I have attempted this before and she screamed, so I usually cut them while she is sleeping. She let me do it this time, and even told me, "That tickles me Mommy!"

4. Agreed to have her haircut by a professional (i.e. NOT ME). We have also attempted this before, and after a half hour of her screaming, crying, and wrestling me, I gave up. I have trimmed her hair since, but it is time for a real haircut. She has promised she will get one before Sarah's wedding! Yay!!!

Some funny sayings of Brooklyn:

• After I got out of the bath one night, I had my hair in a pony tail. She came and looked at my hair and said, "What did you turn into Mommy? A pony?"
• Her balloon from Red Robin deflated and she told me, "Mommy, Daddy needs to give it some new batteries."
• I asked her what she dreamed about last night and she told me, "Princes and princesses and true loves' kiss." (I think we are in trouble.)
• She loves to go to Smith's with me to grocery shop. She loves all of the checkers and bag boys, and knows them by name. As we are checking out one night, she asked the checker, "Do you know where my friend Colter is?" : )

We love our little Miss Brooklyn!!! She is so much fun and is growing up so much. Next up on my list: potty training, after our road trip to Denver of course. : ) Yay for Brooklyn!!!

A BLESSED DAY!!!

Ben's parents and sister came into town last weekend for a little spring break. While they were here, we blessed little London. We did it at our house with our immediate families, and it was perfect. Little London was an angel, and looked so beautiful. Ben did a wonderful job, how lucky my girls are to have him as their daddy. Welcome to the world London! We are so honored to be your parents, we love you!

Sisters

I love this little girl!

Our little family of four!

Daddy and London

My family

Ben's family

WHO'S THAT BABY?

A couple of weeks ago, London needed an outfit change after a nice blowout : ), I got her dressed and remembered that we had some cute pictures of Brooklyn in the same outfit. I got out the camera to snap a few pictures, and London helped me out by posing the same way as Brooklyn had . . . they are truly sisters. : )

WHO'S WHO???

1st: Brooklyn

2nd: London

3rd: Brooklyn

4th: London

1 MONTH!!!

Little Miss London is ONE MONTH old today! It is so crazy how time flies by, I can't believe she is already a month old. We are slowly but surely adjusting to life with two little ones. Some days are crazier than others, but we are getting the hang of things. : )

Ben's mom, Elaine, flew out the week after London was born and was here for a week to help. It was so nice having her here, and she just spoiled us all with yummy meals, presents, and help with everything.

The last two weeks, I have been on my own during the day, and it hasn't been as bad as I expected it to be. Brooklyn loves her sister, and is a big help to me. She loves to hold London, and help me change her diapers and bathe her. London is growing like a weed, and is starting to get chunky, which I LOVE!!! At her two week checkup, she was 7 lbs. and 11 oz. and that was two weeks ago! I love that I have chunky babies, it must mean they eat well. : ) London is a pretty good sleeper at night still, she wakes up 2 to 3 times to eat, and usually goes right back to sleep. She has started to pull some tricks during the day of not wanting to be put down. I will have her asleep, and then go and lay her down, and 5 minutes later, she is wide awake and screaming. That makes it hard to get anything done, and it makes it really hard to focus on Little Miss Brooklyn. I'm sure we will figure things out.

Ben's sister flies in next Thursday, and then his parents are coming in that weekend too for spring break, and we are super excited to see them all. Brooklyn loves having other people around to help entertain her, besides me. : ) Oh, funny Brooklyn story today (I have to write this down so I don't forget): Brooklyn pretended to call Ben on her Elmo phone this morning. The conversation went like this: "Hi Daddy. How are you? I'm fine. When are you coming home? Mommy is being a stinker to me and I cry. See you later Daddy." Although today has been a little hectic, and I feel bad that my two-year old thinks I'm a stinker, I wouldn't trade anything for the world. I love my little family!

Little Miss London in her bath last night - she is finally starting to enjoy them! (See the chunkiness coming on?)

A little photo shoot . . .

Getting rocked by Brooklyn . . . : )

All nice and clean after baths last night.

Pictures!!!

Here are some pictures of our adorable little girls. Enjoy!!! Who do you think London looks like? Ben? I think so . . . : )

London Elizabeth

We are home and are adjusting to life with our sweet baby girl. Ben, Brooklyn, and I are still getting over colds, and hoping and praying that London doesn't get sick too. Little Miss London is such a sweet baby and has been super good so far. She is pretty mellow, eats really good, and is sleeping pretty well (as long as she is sleeping in a confined place like someone's arms or her carseat.) : )

So, here is the birth story. Thursday morning, February 18th, I was scheduled to be induced at 7 AM. I couldn't sleep at all the night before, blame it on nerves, and my cold. I was up and ready to go at 4 AM. Ben and I went to the hospital and got all ready. They hooked me up to an IV and we waited for things to get going. We enjoyed watching our shows and the Olympics. Dr. Leavitt came in first thing that morning to check me. I was still at a 1 and effaced to 80%. They started me on Pitocin to speed things up. Dr. Leavitt came back at 12:30 and broke my water, such a crazy thing. I had my epidural @ 1:30, but was still progressing pretty slowly. Once I hit a 7 about 4:00, things started going pretty fast. By that time, I was ready for a nap, and super hungry and thirsty. Thank goodness for those flavored ice chips. : ) I was a 10 about 6:00, and started pushing at 6:35. I was having a hard time, and then Dr. Leavitt realized that she was posterior, meaning that she was face up, which I guess is the hardest way to deliver. Little Miss London was born at 7:14 PM. She was 6 lbs. 9 oz. and 20 inches long. She is just beautiful.

I had some complications. I bled A LOT, Dr. Leavitt was worried, I could see it in his eyes. They started giving me all of these shots in my leg to try and stop the bleeding. There were 2 BYU-I nursing students that had been following me the whole day who were in there too. I could tell things were serious when one of them got all wide-eyed and reached out to hold my hand. They finally got the bleeding to slow down, and then Dr. Leavitt had to manually clean out my placenta, because it wouldn't come out on it's own. Craziness. Ben was just sitting back in the background holding our sweet little girl, trying not to look too worried.

I finally got moved to a new room about 9 PM. They had me on about 5 antibiotics, and that night my temperature was 102. They think it was because I lost so much blood and that Dr. Leavitt had to clean me out like that. The doctors and nurses were seriously in every 1/2 hour to check on me. So much for sleep. My fever finally broke that next morning, so I was on the mend after that, minus the antibiotics they kept pumping in me.

We were able to come home on Saturday afternoon. Little London had borderline jaundice, so we had to take her to the hospital every day for the first three days to check her bilirubin levels. Finally on Tuesday, she was down, so we are in the clear now. She is so sweet and we love having her here. We are adjusting to life as a family of four. Brooklyn has been really sweet to London. She is really concerned whenever she cries, and is great at throwing out diapers for me. She pats London's head and says, "It's alright little fella." Really so sweet.

I will post pictures as soon as I can. . . I am just so grateful to have this little baby here. This time around went much better as far as delivery and doctors and everything. I loved Dr. Leavitt and my nurses, and am so glad that they were able to keep calm and take such good care of me. : )

London Elizabeth Watts

Born Feb. 18th, 2010 @7:14pm
6lbs 9oz
More details to come...