She's Here!

Well, as the title suggests, we have a new addition to our family. Lillian Claire Mott was born on January 5 at 10:08 a.m. She was 8 pounds 1 ounce and 20 1/2 inches long. We could not be happier. We went into the hospital on the 4th and I had a balloon catheter to help me dilate. That helped me dilate to about 5 cm the next morning at 5 a.m. They broke my water at 8 and had her at 10. It was really quick. I think that surprised us all. She is so beautiful! And a joyful addition to our family.

Her hair is a lot lighter than Wyatt's was when he was born.

One proud Daddy.

Sleepy girl.

Big Brother kisses. So sweet!

Lilly gave Wyatt a new Thomas the train set as a thank you for being a great big brother.

We had a big brother party for Wyatt when we got home from the hospital. This is the cake we had.

As you can see, Wyatt really enjoyed the cake!

This was the first time we let Wyatt try to hold Lilly and he did great! Isn't my family so cute!

Wyatt has had an adjustment period here since we had Lilly and we are taking it in stride. Understandably, he has had a major shift in his life. We are trying to keep everything as normal as possible for him and spending as much one on one time with him as we can. Which right now is mainly Daddy/Wyatt time.

A week after we had Lilly, we had some drama here. Thomas got very sick and had to go to the hospital, where they kept him over night. They think he had food poisoning. He is feeling much better now. Thankfully, Elizabeth came and took him to the hospital and my mom came up early and picked up Wyatt from school. Since I can't drive yet, I was very grateful for the both of them. Not only that the next day, Wyatt started potty training at daycare. I was slightly overwhelmed to say the least! But things have calmed down a little here thank goodness. Now, I'm just working on getting the kids on some kind of schedule.

Lilly's Room

I had a doctor's appointment today and there is not much to report. She said everything is looking good and she would like to wait a bit longer and let nature take it's course. If nothing has happened by January 5th we will induce that day.
Since I haven't put up any pictures of Lilly's room I thought I would post those. The first picture is a wall decal we put up above the changing table. If you ask Thomas, he will probably tell you that he hand painted it. Don't believe him. This Bible verse and her name above the crib are stick on wall decals.

Changing table. By the way my mom made the diaper stacker, curtains, pillow in the chair, dust ruffle, and memory board. She did such a great job! And she even got the top part of the diaper stacker monogrammed with her initials.

Rocking chair. As you can see our colors were mainly pink and green and yellow.

Curtains.

A friend at work painted the following two canvases. She is very talented and I was so thrilled that she wanted to do something for the nursery.

This one has the Bible verse at the bottom. James 1:17

Her crib.

The decals were great and pretty easy to put up. This is the one above her crib.

The canvas on the right I bought and it will go on the hospital door. After we leave the hospital, I will take it back and they will paint her information on it (weight, length, time, etc.). On the right is the memory board my mom made for her. These two are on the wall as you walk into the room on the right.

No Progress

Well, as the title suggests there has been no progress. It seems like Miss Lillian is pretty darn comfortable in Mama's tummy. I had my 37 week appointment today. I also had a sonogram. She is measuring about 7 pounds 6 ounces and she has a full head of hair. Looks like I will get to use all of those bows right away. I have another appointment next week so we will hope for progress.
On the bright side, I only have a day and a half left of school! Yay! I definitely could use a break! Not that I will be sitting around, I have a lot of last minute preparations before Lilly gets here. I plan on sending Wyatt to school next week, so hopefully I will get some rest too.
Wyatt was promoted at school this week. My big boy is growing up. They learn a lot more in the curriculum in this room. So I think he will learn a lot and have a lot of fun.

Thanksgiving 2010

We have been extremely busy lately. That is why you all have not heard from me in a while! School is winding down for the semester and for me a quite a while. So now I have a moment to sit and write a minute.

First of all for Miss Lillian, I had my 36 week check up yesterday. I cannot believe we have 4 weeks or less until we meet her! We have been busy getting everything ready for her. Anyway, the doctor said everything looks good with us. She said that nothing is happening yet. I go back next week and have a sonogram to check on her size and position.

Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving we went to my parent house and had a nice quiet visit with my parents and grandparents. Well, as quiet as it gets with a 2 year old around. This first picture is of Wyatt playing like he's cooking these wooden apples my parents have at their house. As you can see he is totally focused on the task at hand.


Playing with Daddy!

Playing with Papa!

This is actually a toy Wyatt plays with when we go to my parents' house. It was mine when I was little!

Halloween 2010

Before I get to Halloween, I wanted to update everyone on what has been going on here. I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday. Everything is good with the baby and me. I can't believe I'm 30 weeks! The time is flying by, Lillian will be here before you know it! I start going to the doctor every 2 weeks now. Also, on Wednesday I took the day off to rest and went and bought a new camera! I'm really excited about it! It is a dslr so it is quite a step up from my point and shoot. So hopefully you all will get some more pictures now.

On to Halloween, Wyatt had a blast! And he was exhausted last night! Wyatt dressed up as a boxer and he was so cute. He loved the gloves that went with it. Thomas and he also carved our pumpkin yesterday. Trick or treating was a lot of fun with Wyatt this year, it was quite a change from last year. And next year will look totally different from this year with two dressing up!

Doctors appointments and pictures

Hello all, I have a few things to update so I will jump right in. I went to the doctor for my 26 week checkup. I can't believe I'm already 26 weeks! It's going so fast! The doctor said everything looks great. I had my glucose tolerance test and everything was normal as well as all of my other tests. It was kind of funny because the doctor asked me if I was feeling Lilly move and I of course said yes. She put the probe on my stomach to get the heartbeat and Lilly kicked it away! Guess she didn't like to be poked at! Ha ha!

Wyatt and I went to my parents house last weekend. By the way any of you parents out there who do not have a portable dvd player I highly recommend it! Wyatt did great on the trip. We went down there to take his 2 year old portrait. For those of you not a part of the Stirling family. All of the children get a formal black and white 2 year old portrait and an 18 year old portrait. It's kind of a family tradition. Anyway, we went down to Kleinpeter's in Baton Rouge. They did my wedding pictures and always do an awesome job. Wyatt did great and the photographer was great especially with a squirmy 2 year old. If you would like to preview them go to www.kleinpeterphotography.com and click on view events and portraits. You then find my name and put in my email address lmckey3d@gmail.com. For those of you shocked to see them, yes Wyatt has on a football helmet in some of the pictures. Yes, I know it is an LSU helmet. No, he does not know the difference. He just wanted to put on the "hat".

Yesterday, we went for Wyatt's 6 month check up with the ENT. He said everything looks great with his tubes. I'm kind of surprised he's kept them this long! He did have a little wax build up and fluid in the left ear. He said to just do the drops for 4-5 days and it should be fine. There was so little in there that it didn't warrant having full on antibiotics.

We are really looking forward to this weekend. I'm going to the spa for my birthday present! Need a little break! Also, the Mississippi State Fair is in town! We plan on taking Wyatt for the first time. It will be fun to see him at the Fair having fun! Anyway, I'll write again soon!

2nd Birthday

Sorry I haven't written in awhile. We have been extremely busy! Anyway, my big boy turned 2 on the 3rd of September! I can't believe he is already 2! Time flies so fast! We had his birthday party on Labor Day at my parents' house in Centreville. It was a great time! Wyatt was running around like crazy showing off for everyone there! It was so cute to watch him play with Evie and Gabby (my cousin's daughters). For his birthday, he received a bike (which is still a little big for him, but he loves to just sit on it and pretend to ride), a helmet, clothes (which I love!), trucks, a portable DVD player for those long car trips, some train sets, and books. The kid really racked up!
He is doing really well in his big boy bed. He is back to staying in it 99% of the time. Which is really great! I credit Babywise to this. Since he was about a week old, we did Babywise. He slept through the night at about 5 weeks old and has been a great nighttime sleeper since! Naps are a different story, he is not and never has been a good napper. Naps have always been hit or miss for us. These reasons are why I will start Lilly on Babywise from the beginning! I know it works and it is very logical.
I have been feeling pretty good. I had a good report at the doctor. She commented on how much she was moving already! (Am I surprised? I guess I'm meant to have energetic children!) She did tell me to try not to pick Wyatt up too much unless I have to. I go back on September 29th for another check up. I've been really tired lately but I have been trying to rest as much as I can. But it is hard. There's work and then I go home and clean, take care of Wyatt, play with Wyatt, cook dinner, do some school work sometimes, take care of my husband, and take care of my dog. There's not a lot of time left to rest. Ah well, the life of a mother! If you want to read more about how I feel look at my friend Blakeley's blog she puts it very well! Anyway, until next time. I'll try to write sooner and post some pictures next time.