One month old today!!!

First of all, thank you to everyone who gave me advice! It helped the most just to know I wasn't the only one that had gone through such torture. And second... I made it one whole month today and things are much better!

We haven't been doing too much but hanging out with family and trying to get Annie to crack a smile instead of just scowling all the time.

Here are the latest pictures....

Grandma and Annie

Mom and Annie on her one month birthday!


Annie and her new cousin Raiden

Help!

We are on day 12 now; which means, 12 days of sleepless nights, 12 days of sore nipples (I know, T.M.I.), 12 days of poopy diapers just as fast as I can change em', and of course 12 days of kissing a cute little baby.

I don't feel like I was properly warned. This Mom stuff is difficult! The breastfeeding has been the most difficult thing for me. She has a very hard time latching on. Which stresses me out which makes her even more upset. If anyone has some tips for me, please let me know. The lactation nurse at the hospital said not to give her a binky or bottle for at least two weeks, but longer if possible. What have you Mothers done with your babies?

She's Here!!!

Annie was born on August 19th at 4:28 am. She weighed 7lbs 11 ounces and was 21 inches long. We are so happy to have her here. These are a few pictures that we already had; they'll be more to come.

Update

Well, the race is still going. My sister is still waiting, not so patiently, and I have been dilated to a 1 and thinned 50% now for two weeks. The Doctor is going to strip my membranes tomorrow.... if I let him. We are so excited but we also realize that she doesn't cry in the night yet, and wonder if we really want to rush sleep deprivation. I will let you know when our little sweetheart gets here.

The Race is On!!!

My sister is due one week after me. It's her fifth and my first and she is so determined to have her baby before me. I didn't really even care who had it first until she made such a big deal about it so.... I am out to "beat" her and have this baby sooner. I've been jogging up stairs and jumping on trampolines, anything to win. Not really, but if it comes to crunch time I may need to take more extreme measures.

Pioneer Day!

It seems to me that the older you get the more you appreciate and comprehend what the pioneers went through. I was listening to a story told in church today about a woman about my age who traveled from Phoenix to Salt Lake in a wagon 7 months pregnant. And I complain about small, smooth, car rides. That's why I was born when I was. If the journey didn't kill me the people around me probably would've from listening to me whine to much. I am very grateful to them. For our 24th celebration we went to the Ivins City parade.
After the parade we went over to Chad Hansen's parent's house and got to swim in their awesome backyard. It's my dream backyard and one day I will have one similar.

Yard Saling!!!

I don't know why this whole yard sale event was so funny to me. We had a yard sale a couple of Saturdays ago and took all our stuff into town to Kate and Grahams since their house is a prime location. After we loaded everything up to take Ben and I just looked at each other and started busting up laughing about how white trash we looked driving this lovely package through town.