Happy Birthday Maggie!!!

2 years ago on December 26, 20o7 little Maggie Leigh was born in Sandy, Utah! I was on bed rest for about 2 and 1/2 weeks with her and then my doctor told me once I got to 35 weeks, which was December 25 (Christmas!) I could come off of bed rest and she could come into this world! It was our first Christmas out in Utah, so I was homesick and all I wanted was my mom's Braided Christmas Wreath. So at 5:00 a.m. I got up on Christmas morning and made my yummy bread! The only thing I asked of Maggie was that we would be able to celebrate Christmas with little David. So we had a great Christmas day with lunch at Trish's and Dinner at Grandma's. Then we got home at about 5:00 that night and I finally sat down on the couch and I was laying there for a little bit and noticed that I was having contractions. David was on the phone with his mom the whole time and after about 20 minutes of me having contractions 3-4 minutes apart I told him to get off the phone and pay attention to me!:) So we waited about another 40 minutes and since they were still coming so close we decided to head over to the hospital. We didn't call anyone because we weren't positive if they would let me stay, so we took little David with us and headed over. I was definitely in labor. It was a long night. Apparently the room was freezing cold (I couldn't tell because I was in labor!) and the chair that David was "sleeping" in was broken. And I kept waking him up with my vomiting! Rude I know! Anyways at about 7:00 the next morning my water broke and then at 8:00 the nurse told me to do some practice pushes. So I pushed one and a half times and she yelled at me to stop immediately because she saw the head. So then I had to wait until my doctor got their to be able to push. He didn't get there until 8:45 and I was cursing his name and telling the nurses we didn't need him. After about 2-3 pushes our little Maggie Pie was born at 9:00 a.m. on the dot weighing 6 pounds even at 18 and 1/2 inches long. She was tiny! Easiest birth ever! She did not have one complication even being 5 weeks early. We were home by big David's Birthday December 28th! She is such a cute little girl. Always making us laugh. Whether by her facial expressions or saying, "Paaaammm" or her saying "sit" with an "h" after the "s" She is very smart and talkative. She loves playing mommy. She got a baby alive for her birthday and it was love at first sight. She has taking that baby everywhere. Even to Chucke Cheese for her birthday! I love having her in my life and love watching her grow and learn everyday! Happy Birthday Maggie Leigh!

David's 4 Years Old!

I can't believe my little boy is 4 years old today!! We were watching videos of him last night and I still ball when I see the video of me finally getting to hold him after 45 long minutes! 4 years ago on December 15 at 9:00 p.m. I started having contractions about 5 minutes apart, but my doctor told me not to come in until they were about 3 minutes apart. David was in the living room or something and I was in the bedroom and I didn't want to tell him I was having contractions for 2 reasons. One he had told me that David was going to be born on December 16th and I didn't want him to be right and reason number 2 was...for anyone who has ever been in the same room you will understand this one!...David gets a little antsy when he is nervous or anxious and so I was just going to wait until my contractions to be closer. So he came to bed at about 10:30 and was laying with me for a little bit and then he asked me why I was breathing so weird. To which I yelled, "Can't I breath?!" He asked if I was going into labor and I said yes and then he started pacing back and forth until we left for the hospital an hour later. We got to the hospital and I was dilated and having contractions every 2-3 minutes. Then I got my epidural and everything was great! Then the next day at about 1:30 p.m. they told me it was time to start pushing. It was the hardest thing ever and after 1 hour and 15 minutes my little baby boy was here. They took him right away because he was grunting, which meant he had fluid in the lungs. I didn't get to see or hold my baby for 45 minutes. It was some of the longest minutes of my life. THen I finally got him in my arms and didn't want to let him go, but they had to take him to the NICU to watch him because of his breathing, which is where they discovered he had sleep apnea which means he would stop breathing when he fell asleep. Then they did some scans and saw he had bleeding on the brain. He was kept in the hospital for 11 days and I could only hold every 3-4 hours to feed him for 20-30 minutes. He had a feeding tube down his throat and little glasses on his face for the jaundice and the nurses said he would always take the feeding tube out and the glasses off. Tough little guy~ It was so hard to see him hooked up to all the monitors and not being able to comfort him. He is such an amazing little boy. He is so loving and gentle and loves all his family. He is talking up a storm now that he is four and it is hard to believe that one year ago he could only say a few words. He is very considerate and loves to snuggle with his mommy! He loves giving hugs and his new, "I love you" is " I like you." He is hilarious and fun and cute and I am so glad he is mine! Happy Birthday Dave! We love you!!

Just Some Cute Pictures of my babies!

Isn't she just so pretty! I love this picture of my Maggie Pie!
David took this picture of David and me...not bad for a 3 year old!




These boots are made for walking...and trust me she is not afraid to walk all over you with them!:) Maggie cracks me up. She just LOVES shoes. She was even walking pretty well in them for an almost 2 year old! Did I mention she put these on all by herself?!!