Here are some more pictures...Enjoy.

I am a month old!

I don't have time to write a whole lot about the last month but it has been busy busy BUSY! I was so naive to think that this was going to be easy :)! Here are a few of the things we have been up to:

* Sophie has a heart murmur, which turned out to be okay.
* Sophie got sick and we had to go to the hospital and get tests run on her, which turned out to be okay, just a virus!
* Sophie has gained 2 lbs in the last month! Woohoo! That surprises me because she will only nurse on one side at each feeding for like 10 min.
* Madeline is the cutest big sister, and has been so sweet to Sophie. I swear they have a special bond. Sophie responds differently to Madeline than to anyone else.
* Madeline is sleeping through the night again, she went through a rough patch when we brought Soph home.
* Madeline got to ride on a 4 wheeler. We got to see my older brother Matt and his family. My SIL took Madeline on a 4 wheeler and she LOVED it!
* Skipper took Madeline to the Real Salt Lake game on July 3rd and she got to watch fireworks!
* I am grateful for swaddling blankets, white noise, and cradle swings! Sophie takes awesome naps this way, which is a must!

Thanks for everyone that has helped us get through this first month!

My computer wont let me add pics right now, I will post some soon!

Delivery Day

Disclaimer : If you are grossed out by the words dilation, effaced, or pushing this post is not for you. Do not continue reading!

So on Friday June 5th I had a Dr appt. My blood sugars and been going up and after a couple tests on Friday my Dr decided that it would be best to just induce me Saturday morning. That night Skipper and I took Madeline on a little outing. We went and saw the movie Up, which is so cute by the way, and just had a fun time. As I put Madeline to bed that night I was so sad that it wasn't going to be just her and I anymore. But I was so excited that she was going to be a big sister. Needless to say I had a lot of mixed emotions!

Around 3:30 that morning I started to have contractions, which had been happening to me off and on for a little while. We got to the hospital around 5:30 and they got me hooked up to the monitors and I was having contractions, but they weren't regular, but they had completely effaced me. The day before I was at 4 cm and 75% effaced, so they were doing something. They started me on the pitocin around 7:30 to get the contractions regular. At 12:30 I was at a 6, and they broke my water, and I decided to get an epidural, which wasnt near as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was worried about spinal headaches, stalled labor, and not being able to push because I was so numb and none of that happened so I am a fan!. At 1:30 I was at an 8 and at 1:45 I started to feel pressure, and the nurse told me she would come check me soon....

At 2:10 finally she came in and said Oh my the baby is ready to come... Then she proceeded to tell me she would have been in sooner but she needed a break. Then I had to wait another 30 minutes for the Dr. So Sophie would've been born about an 30 minutes to an hour earlier had the nurse listened to me.

Skipper asked my Dr if he could help out so he got to get all gowned up and the Dr sat next to him and instructed him on what to do, so he actually delivered Sophie! I only had to push a couple times and she was here! She weighed 7 lbs 2 oz so she was 1 lb 5 oz bigger than Madeline! It was love at first sight! I was so happy when Madeline got to the hospital and our little family was together.

Sophie Nichole

June 6th

2:48 pm

7 lbs 2 oz

18 inches

Baby Shower/BBQ

First of all a big thank you to Jessica, Tiana, and Robyn for making this happen!! And thanks to everyone else who came!

On Saturday those girls threw a little party for this new baby that is coming. It was fun because husbands and children were invited and we just had it at the park and splash pad right outside our condo. They had awesome food like BBQ kabobs, the best potato salad, and carrot cake. I ate some of all of it which I shouldn't but oh it was sooo good!

Skipper and I being in love.

Jessica and I

Tiana, Robyn and I

Madeline sun bathing with her two new friends Mia, and Coey!

Conversation with Skipper

Skipper - Hey Nia when are you going to be 36 weeks pregnant?

Nia - I am 36 weeks pregnant right now, almost 37.

Nia - Why Skipper?

Nia - Skipper?

Nia - Uh Hello Skipper?

I look over at him he looks like he is in a coma and has drool coming out of his mouth and he finally says....

Uh Sorry I think I passed out for a second, what were we talking about?

What a nerd! He keeps freaking out that we are going to have another baby soon.

34 week belly shot!

Here ya go!

Quick story about the picture. My brother in law, Dallas, is in Peru and always takes jumping pictures, so at my mother in laws birthday party we decided to take some jumping pictures Dallas. Here is Madeline's because it is so stinking cute! My sister in law said she was going to send this picture to my doctor and label it "Why Nia is going to have this baby early."

I had an appointment yesterday and got to get an ultrasound too! She is definitely still a she so that was good to see again and she is also measuring over a week ahead. Her estimated weight at this point is 6 lbs, which could be off by a pound either way. She was practice breathing and everything looked great. So it looks like this baby will be bigger than Madeline's 5 lbs 13 oz at birth! I still haven't decided if I am going to go natural again, or get an epidural! I better figure out that one soon!

I almost forgot to post this...

So we had originally planned not to find out what we were having this time...notice how I said originally...

Well I decided to find out at the end of December at a 16 week u/s. It was confirmed again at the 20 week u/s. Skipper didn't want to know so I respected that and didn't tell anyone and I was content just knowing myself. He made it quite awhile without finding out but one day about a month ago he caved too. So we told our families because it was just stupid to keep it a secret at that point. Lets just say that about 90% of them were wrong. Everyone thought it was a boy but we are having another GIRL!

New Niece!

My brother Marcus and his wife Haley had their first baby, a little girl, last Thursday! She is so cute! Way to go you two! Here is Allison!

What we have been up to lately!

First of all the main reason I haven't blogged in awhile is because we moved! We bought a place in Saratoga Springs. We were supposed to close by the 14th of March so we sold our contract and moved out of our last place and we didn't close by the 14th... So Jon and MarKey were nice enough to let us stay at their home until we closed, which we thought would only take a couple days... Well it took 2 more weeks!! We moved in the last weekend of March and it took another week to get the internet. I am happy to say that we are almost all the way unpacked!

Here are a couple of pictures from the last month.

Skipper's birthday was in the beginning of March. We had a family day at the Gateway discovery center. Madeline got to play in a helicopter and thought it was pretty cool.

We went to the Sportsmans Expo with cousin Natalee, and Grandma Dean. They had these cute little bear cubs that the girls got to play with.

They also had fun looking at all the boats. They ran all over all of them and just as we were getting ready to leave the boats I noticed a sign that said "Please remove shoes before getting on the boats". Ooops!

When we were staying at Markey's it was time to wake Madeline up from her nap and Bennett decided to help! It was really cute because he kept inching toward her so I turned around to get my camera and by the time I turned around this is what he was doing!

We spent the weekends during our homeless period at Grandma Deans. Natalee was up there one weekend and the girls got to fly kites.

Madeline really liked flying kites!

She also went to a birthday party and got her face painted.

She got a new fancy dress.

She loved having tea parties with her dad!

They seriously did this for over an hour. It was cute.

We had a party for Jon and MarKey at the Thanksgiving Point Farm Country. I think that the party was more for the kids than for Jon and MarKey. Here is Madeline riding one of the ponies.

She also got to go on a tractor ride. She has been obsessed with tractors lately. We watched The Secret of Nimh, freaky movie by the way, but she wanted to watch the tractor scene over and over again. Now she loves seeing them in real life.

She loves her pigtails, and asks me to put them in daily.

She loved the tea set at Grandma Deans so much we had to get her one.

Well there you go! Hopefully we will post more pictures soon!