Mothers Day 2009 and Haylee's Blessing

We decided last minute (the Thursday before) to bless Haylee on Mother's Day Sunday at my parent's house. We decided to keep it very small with immediate family only in respect of Rich because he is so shy and nervous to pray in front of people. We just love our little angel!

Rich gave Haylee an amazing blessing. It was truly perfect. He was very nervous, but you could not even tell. He said all of the right things and I am so glad that Haylee has been blessed and given her name by her daddy. The spirit was definitely there. Haylee was getting cranky right before, but as soon as Rich began to speak she calmed down and didn't make a peep until it was done. It was such a special day.

Our first family picture on my first Mother's Day. Mother's Day was so special. Rich was so sweet and made me breakfast and did all of the dishes. I wish everyday was Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my sweet mom and Haylee's grandma. We are so lucky to have her in our lives. She does so much for us and is always there to help. We love you!

FINALLY!

Oh my goodness! I am embarrassed that I am just now getting around to posting pictures of Haylee! To be honest, I have not had two seconds. It seems like any extra time I have had has been spent trying to catch up on sleep that has been lost at night. We are trying to adjust to our new life, but it has been hard I am not going to lie. All of the visitors have been a little overwhelming and nights are really hard, but we are enjoying our new baby girl. We are overwhelmed with happiness and love. Enjoy the post below of the story about how she entered our lives.

HAYLEE JEAN PRESCOTT'S BIRTHDAY

This was the most amazing day of our lives. It was all so overwhelming and hard to take in. Here is the story ... I woke up very early Sunday morning around 3:45 am with contractions. I had been having some contractions in the few weeks before, but these felt different... they HURT! I actually tried to ignore them and go back to sleep because I thought they would go away because they always did. Well, they didn't. I started timing them. They started at about 8 minutes apart, then 7, then 5. When they were at 5 minutes apart for an entire hour I decided to wake Rich up and get going to the hospital. Rich did not believe I was in labor either, but when he saw how much pain I was in he was convinced. I was so mad at myself that I was not completely ready for the hospital. I had Haylee's stuff all ready, but only had some of my stuff set out. So at 5:00 am, we were packing for the hospital in between contractions. It was hard on me to leave for the hospital not fully prepared, but Haylee was ready to enter this world. We arrived at the hospital around 5:30 am. When we arrived I was dilated to 3 cm. I was really in labor! We could not believe it. I really do not know how some women birth children naturally without pain meds because I was dying! I got to 6 cm before I received my epidural. Let me just say this, it was sweet relief to get drugs! Once I got the epidural, we just waited and got some sleep. Everything went so smoothly. I was so nervous for the iv's, the epidural, the catheter, breaking my water, etc, but I did not even feel any of it! Part of my water broke on its own and the other "gushing" part broke when the doctor was checking me. At that point I was at 10 cm and ready to push. I pushed for an hour and Haylee made her grand entrance! As soon as she came out I lost it! I could not control myself. I was crying so hard that I could not catch my breath. The feelings I was feeling were indescribable. It was amazing!

Haylee was on my stomach/chest for a minute before they moved her to start the many procedures and tests. Her eyes were wide open and she was looking all around. I could not believe she was finally here. Rich could not get enough of her. He was attached right away and began talking to her immediately.

Haylee arrived on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 2:03 pm. She weighed 6 pounds and 9.6 ounces. She measured 20 inches long.

She was so alert right away. We could not get over her beautiful, big eyes.

We felt so bad for our new baby getting poked and messed with. We are so blessed to have delivered a healthy baby with no complications.

Haylee's first picture with her Daddy.

I began crying again when I finally got to hold my precious baby. What a miracle!

We have decided she looks mostly like Rich with my eyes and dimples. We spent the first few days just staring at our pretty baby. We still can not get over how beautiful and perfect she is. What a miracle and blessing from our Father in Heaven. We love her so much. We can not believe how fast our lives changed in a matter of seconds. Haylee is now our first priority. You only want the best for your child and do not want her to feel any pain or unhappiness. She is the best thing that could have ever happened to us.

My Baby Shower!

Ashlee threw me the cutest baby shower on Saturday! She decorated my Mom's house so cute and went to so much work to make sure everything was just perfect and so detailed in every way. She made sure to serve my favorites, sugar cookies and donuts! She even made a cute sign with Haylee's name on it and made sure everything coordinated and matched in brown and pink!

This is the paper doll quilt that Ashlee made for Haylee. It is beautiful! Sienna will have one too of course!

There is my big 0 belly with my Mama!

Lindsey made me the cutest diaper cake! She made tons of flowers and bows for Haylee and decorated the cake with them! I am so proud of her! She is so crafty!

Thank you to everyone who helped make my shower such a wonderful experience and thanks to all who attended! It was perfect!

Baby Update

I have not taken many pictures lately, but I thought I would update everyone on the progress of the babes. I can not believe I am 30 weeks tomorrow! It has flown by and she will be here before we know it! Unfortunately, I had to change doctors with my new insurance, but I am excited for my new doctor, Dr. Terry. I have heard wonderful things about him. I go see him next Tuesday and will be seen now every two weeks. It's crazy! I have been getting horrible migrains every once in a while that put me right down in bed and make me throw up. They are not fun! Other than that I am feeling pretty good these days. Although, by the end of the day I am so exhausted and ache everywhere, but that is to be expected. Oh yeah! The awful charlie horses I get in my calves are not too much fun to be awakened by in the middle of a deep sleep either, but I am dealing. I am still preparing for the worst in the two and a half months to come. I expect it to just get worse. We are getting so anxious for our baby girl to get here! Rich talks to the baby every night and she always moves and kicks when she hears his voice. I tear up everytime! I wonder every day what she will look like. I know that she is going to be so loved. I feel so blessed these days that I have a baby growing inside of me that is all mine! I pray every day that everything goes well with the delivery and that she is healthy. We can't wait!

A Merry Little Christmas

Our small little Christmas morning. We didn't do much this year for each other because we are waiting and preparing for a bigger and much more expensive package in April!

I love this picture! Three generations! Well, four if you count baby monkey!

All the guys!

All the ladies!

The baby was not forgotten!

A picture of the growing belly and a fun toy for baby. The baby is already spoiled and she is not even here yet.

I just had to get Ashlee her favorite for Christmas ... fabric! She and Casey spoiled me this year! They got me my oh so cute diaper bag filled with all of the essentials.

Mom got a fun kit too!

Grandma Tam and Grandpa "Papa" Craig got Sienna a baby doll. It was the winner! She loves that doll so much and will not let it out of her sight. She was so excited all night! She talks to the baby and gives her kisses and it is priceless!

She could not even wait to get the baby out of the box! She gave the baby kisses and loves before the doll was out. We could not hurry fast enough.

Love Sac For Sale!

Ok so I hope you all don't think I am crazy, but .... Does anyone want to buy a love sac? It is a genuine Love Sac SuperSac. It is in great shape and has a brand new black micro-suade/velvet cover. We are just running out of room preparing for baby plus we already have two other love sacs. I looked one of these up online and a brand new one will run around $649 plus tax and I will sell you mine for $300 OBO. This is kind of funny, but I had to get it out there. Ha! Ha!