Meet Kate!

Our sweet little Kate Bliss was born Saturday, May 22 at 6:15 pm! We are so grateful she is here and healthy and happy. She weighed a teeny 6 lb 7 oz and was 19 in long. Although we love big babies, I must say that her size made for a speedy delivery and is making for a quick recovery :) It all went so great and it feels like she just was always meant to be here in our home, part of our family. We didn't even know what we were missing out on!

We came home Monday and just can't get enough of her. I want to hold and kiss her all day long, but I have to take turns because the boys love her just as much. I can't tell you how much Cole loves this little girl! He is so soft and sweet with her and so eager to help with anything that involves her. He asks to hold her several times each hour and has a hard time not being right by her. I'm really looking forward to seeing their bond continue to grow as they grow up, I absolutely loved having an older brother and looked up to him a lot (still do!), and I see Cole and Kate sharing that too.

Well, we weren't just busy with baby things this week. Rod and Tyler took on a yard project, making me a pergola for my early birthday gift! It turned out amazing, these guys finished this in less than 2 days. I was so impressed and I love how it turned out. Last time Rod came over for Cole's birth, they stained the fence. I guess if I just keep having babies our place will continue to look better and better :) Thanks for all the hard work you guys.

The finished project! Tyler designed it himself, his talents never cease to amaze me.

Isn't it great!

This is the last picture of us as a family of 3, right before we headed to the hospital.

This little guy loves his sister.

Grandma holding Kate at the hospital.

I love this picture.

I was sitting in my super cozy hospital bed to the right of these guys, watching them get their picture taken. I remember that it really hit me at this point that these three right here mean EVERYTHING to me, and it's incredible how my heart just has plenty of room for our new little girl to be part of that. I love them so much!

Thanks for being there and waiting all day for her to show up!

Now a family of four! Yes, Cole is trying to poke her in the eye. Already we are dropping the ball on supervising the toddler with the baby!

We went for a walk around the hospital, Cole helped push her the whole time.

He just loves laying by her, and whenever she makes a sound he thinks it's hilarious.

Adorable.

He loved pushing the buttons to give them a ride on the hospital bed.

Finally going home! Yay.

Grandma holding Kate at home.

I could sit and watch Cole interact with her all day long. He loves straightening her clothes...

Making silly faces at her...

And giving her her binky when she cries.

Just some more of my little sweetie. I am LOVING the girl things, all the pink, bows, and different outfits. I change her a couple times a day just for fun. I'm sure she really loves it. Here she is showing you a little leg.

We were getting a little bundled up to go see Tyler outside while he mowed the lawn.

I am so in love with this little one! Everything she does just melts my heart. Before she got here, I was thinking about all the late hours up, constant feedings, and just hard work that goes into having a newborn, but I had forgotten how much I love this stage. How cuddly and warm she is, how sweet her breath smells, how straight from heaven. I'm just soaking it up and enjoying every minute! We're so blessed to have her in our family and get to raise her.

Last post!

I am sure that this will be the last post before baby girl arrives, I absolutely can't wait for her to be here! I'm being induced exactly a week from today, but at my last appointment dr. said that I'm dilated to a 2.5 and effaced 60%, so it wouldn't be a surprise if she decides to come early. I'm feeling pretty good though, not at all like a felt with Cole at this point, so I really hope for the sake of sub plans that she waits until it works with our schedule :) As long as she's happy and healthy right. We also had an ultrasound to check fluids and placenta, and it all looks great. She's measuring around 7 pounds right now, but that's + or - a lb., so. Hopefully she's bigger! I love big babies :) Cole was 7 lb 11 oz, not big but just right.

So I decided to get some belly pics finally, better late than never! I think maybe I was a little bigger with Cole at this point, it's hard to remember. Here's a pic of me now at 39 weeks... And this is with Cole heading to the hospital at 40 weeks. What do you think?



I still feel huge, just flipping over in bed is a big event with moving all the pillows and trying to get comfy :) I won't miss that, but I will miss my so convenient cereal bowl shelf.

Don't worry about the mismatched outfit. If it's comfy and actually fits these days, it works.

Just some fun ones of Cole...he's such a great kid. I know (at least I've heard from hundreds of people) that every child is different, but I'm really crossing my fingers that this new little one is as mellow and just plain cool as Cole is. We've been so blessed.

He loves blueberries and daddy.
We also love art night, we made homemade playdough a couple weeks ago and it turned out better than the real stuff! And so easy! And tasty, as you can tell. Sorry it's sideways, I did rotate before uploading but apparently not.

He also has been invited to several birthday parties lately, this is the first one he ever had at Kangaroo Zoo. It's a huge warehouse full of blow-up fun jumping and climbing things. These are our adorable cute neighbor girls that were there too. Don't worry, she's smiling not crying :) Cole is lucky to hang out with such cute girls all the time.

Yep, definitely loves daddy.

We got to go to grandma and grandpa's for Mother's Day. My dad always watches TV like this with the pillow, and this is Cole copying him watching the Jazz game.

I wish this weren't so bright, but he had a blast driving the tractor with grandpa and hauling fence panels around.

We also found some shotgun shells that he's showing me.

Tegan did a great job of entertaining him on the tramp.

All the girls (that were home) on Mother's Day. Even Lily got in the shot.

Being a mom is the best!

As for this week, Cole is on this cowboy boot kick and it's adorable. Tyler dressed him in them earlier this week and Cole found out that he can put them on and take them off by himself (we're still working on that with the other shoes) so he wants to wear them all day, every day. I think it's so cute! He even wants to wear them in bed for naps and bedtime. I spent several minutes convincing him to take them off yesterday for his nap, we kissed them goodnight and put them up in his closet so we could put them on when he woke up from his nap. Well he slept forever, and I went in to wake him up and this is what I saw...

Before he fell asleep, he climbed up in his closet (they were on a middle shelf) and put his boots on!! It just made my day. I love that he can feel indpendent and successful. Thanks for the great boots grandma Lisa and grandpa Rod!

So next post will be from TP and we'll have pics of baby girl! Wish me luck and keep us in your prayers this week.

Spring!

So spring is here in Utah... I think. These last two days have been snowy, rainy, cold in the morning, and then by afternoon it's beautiful, sunny, and warm. Crazy! Cole and I have been playing outside before dinner because it's been so nice, and today I took a couple pics.

I taught him how to roly-poly on the grass in our front yard, he thought that was fun except the grass tickling his face. So he just covered up his face and rolled around, pretty funny. And I love these two trees in our yard, so beautiful right now!

A few of our flowers in front. Tulips are fun, it's such a surprise each year what will come up where! I always forget what color they are too until they blossom.

My biggest buddy!

He learned how to put his glasses on himself, if you couldn't tell :) Haha! He's saying cheeseball.

I'm still feeling great and hanging in there. I really believe that the end of your pregnancy starts to prepare you for all those nights after the baby comes, you just don't sleep like you used to. Maybe it really is a blessing because then it's not such a shock when you go to sleeping for 1-2 hour increments. I still have a lot on my to-do list before she gets here, so let's hope she goes full term like Cole did. She gets hiccups almost every night, which is just funny to me since I think Cole had them one time (that I could tell) during my pregnancy.

I hope to have more exciting things to post next time! At least some updated belly shots. :)