Been a little busy.....

I promise to catch up blogging soon.

It is on my forever growing to-do list.

Here are a few pictures to show you what I have been up to until then...

"Using our words"

Playing with Baby Sister

And enjoying this beautiful gummy grin!

The kids are learning to laugh and smile at each other and it is so much fun!

Memorial Day 2009

On Memorial Day, we headed (out of the house!) to grandma and grandpa's house.

Drew spent some time in the kiddie pool and then him and Grandpa decided it was time to shoot some balloons!

and where was little Ms. Jillian?

loving on Grandma, of course!

Going Home (from the hospital)

Mommy's Sweeties

Getting ready to go home

Drew helping us dress baby sister

....obviously Drew's attention span is short....

(look at him in the corner!)

Sweet Baby Girl

...like father, like son....

oh boy

Jillian Layne - Days 1 and 2

Grandpa's Girl

Drew checking out Jillian's tiny toes

so proud

Daddy's Girl

Welcome Jillian Layne

Jillian Layne
born 5/19/09
5:10 pm
7 lbs 7 oz
20 inches long

At my 1pm doctors appointment, the doctor sent me to the hospital for observation. She said that today was not baby day but that they wanted to make sure everything was okay. So we headed to the hospital and I was hooked up to the monitor. While the nurse was admitting me she noticed that I was having regular contractions. They weren't painful and weren't anything that I would have complained about or even noticed that they were coming regularly. They decided to give me fluids since I was a little dehydrated to see if it would make the contractions stop. Instead of stopping, the contractions became more intense and 4-5 minutes apart. The doctor came in and decided that we should go ahead and have the baby today. We figured by then it would be the evening before we had the baby since I was having a c-section, but the next thing we knew I was being prepped for surgery and told that we would have a baby within the hour! They had an opening in the OR and had an anesthesiologist available, so we had to take the opportunity. Tony called mom and had her bring Drew up to the hospital and they arrived just in time to meet baby Jillian.

Within just a few hours after being told that today was "not baby day" we got to meet our baby girl. Turned out to be a blessing that we went ahead with the c-section one week before our scheduled date. The doctor said that I had a partial placental abruption which was the cause of the unexplained bleeding that I had been sent to the hospital for observation for.

Proud Grandma

Brand New

Proud Big Brother

Big Brother Tour at the Hospital

We took Drew on the Big Brother/Big Sister tour at the Hospital today!

A nurse took him on his own tour of the hospital rooms, nursery, etc.

Checking on the babies in the nursery.

He could have stood there all day!

Here he is with his certificate and his mask and hat.

He's officially ready now! :-)

Anticipation....

Drew came across my old "kid sister" doll (you know, the girl version of the "my buddy" doll) that I often use as a sample in my slings at craft shows. He put her in baby sister's crib and she stayed there for a few days.

When Drew woke up yesterday morning he came out to the living room carrying "baby May". (May as in the month the baby is coming). He informed me that she needed her diaper changed, so we went and got a diaper and I let him pick out clothes for her. We got her dressed and he decided she needed a bottle. I gave him a bottle and at first he was resistant because he said that there was no milk in it! He eventually climbed up in the chair and pretended to feed "baby May" a bottle and burp her!

He then decided she needed a nap and put her down in the crib.

After school he was playing with her. I didn't catch all of his "conversation" but I heard him say that she needed to go to "time out". He sat her in the corner and there she sat for the night!