Friday, March 25, 2011

Waiting for Spring

We are sick of waiting for spring! This is that time of year I wish I lived somewhere where your tulips bloomed early and your grass looked green. Below is a picture of my double flowering plum on Monday, the first day of Spring. It's bright pink and is covered in blossoms, unless of course spring doesn't come until July (last year), then this baby just doesn't blossom at all! Here's to hoping I get to see this beauty soon!

For now we will just stay inside all bundled up...waiting!

Sleepy Sundays

Sundays seem to be very exhausting lately. Maybe because it's the only day of the week I actually have a schedule, maybe it has been the extra meeting here or there and trying to co-ordinate feedings and help from a busy dad. Praise the heavens for 1:00 church and save our souls if I ever have a baby on a year with 9:00!
Sophie's Grandpa Tollestrup loves her very much. They share their middle names and he lights up when she gives him a little smile! He seldom gets to cuddle her with Aunts and Grandma around, but when he sneaks her away, they both enjoy every minute! These pictures were the same Sunday...must have been one of those extra Sleepy Sundays!
This was after getting home from our first Sunday...wore Sophie right out!

Photo Shoot

Sophie had her first real photo shoot at 2 wks old! She wasn't all that excited about it and we had a hard time keeping her asleep and positioned. Daine proved to be the baby whisperer a few times, but she let us know when she'd had enough! Big shout out to Mandy Baker Photography...she was patient and so much fun!

At 3 wks old Sophie weighed 7lbs. 14oz. and was starting to get the cutest little rolls on her legs! She was focusing on things around her and getting lots of love from her parents and family!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sophie Rae

So February 9th was awhile ago, but I have been too busy loving and cuddling my little baby. I had someone tell me that the World will be waiting for us when we're ready, and I took full advantage of that! I guess I can say that I am loving being a mom! We are still laughing our way through a lot of things, not as many crying our way through things, and life is so good!
February 9th started off a little crazy. At 6:00am I told Daine I think today is the day. We were lying in bed laughing at random things and it got to the point where we were laughing at anything. About every 5 minutes I would get cramping and Daine would try to get me to laugh really hard during those, which worked and made us laugh harder. Daine got up and left for work and I got up and started doing last minute cleaning, packing treats and snacks for the long day ahead! Daine came home about an hour later and was completely crazy saying we needed to go NOW! I was determined not to get sent home from the hospital, so I was taking my time. The cramping was consistently every 5 minutes, but getting stronger and lasting longer. Daine was starting to panic as I was deciding to get in the shower and completely get ready.

We went into Lethbridge around noon, swung through the Burger King Drive-thru (yummy...I know) and headed to the Regional. We got there, carried all of our bags up to the Delivery Suite and announced we were going to have our baby! I was sure this was it! They hooked me up to the monitors and my contractions got shy and went away, I was checked and at 3cm. The nurse was like...these are going to be WAY worse, you're not even in labor, come back Monday (my induction date) or if your water breaks (this was Wednesday!). Well we got to the elevator and I started crying, I was so disappointed that we were getting sent home, and upset because this cramping was really starting to hurt!
So back home to Raymond. At home my contractions were fairly intense. We spent an hour at home and finally my mom came over to help pass the time. When she walked in and saw me puking and completely drenched from sweat she was like...uh you should go, NOW. So we got to the car and headed for Raymond Hospital because I didn't want to get turned away from the Regional again. After passing cars in the school zone and blowing a few stop signs, we got there at 3:30 and I was 8 cm. Minutes later I was 10 cm, they broke my water and it was show time. After a very long time and several unpleasantries, Sophie Rae was born at 5:30. She weighed in at a dainty 6 pounds and was 18 inches long. Her hair was out of control and she was wide-eyed and very alert.

Fresh!

Delivering in Raymond was a dream. I owe Dr. Steed big time, Dr. Smith showed up too, and the nurses in Raymond are the best (I'm slightly biased)! Honestly it was so nice to have the people I know and trust there.

Relaxing in the hospital.

Love her!

We felt like celebrities the next few days (yes, we got to stay as long as we wanted), and enjoyed the TLC.

Coming home. Definite rookies, the bundle-me is upside down! Ha!

We are definitely rookie parents and are learning new things everyday. We appreciate our families, fairly sure we couldn't have done this without them! And of course we love our Sophie!