{some random pictures}

I thought I wasn't going to put a tree up this year, because we're not really going to be home very much. I couldn't take it anymore, so I put a really small tree up yesterday. I know it's little, but I think it's kind of cute:)

Here's a picture I took today of Molly. I just love her so much...she's such a blessing! I got this hoodie at Old Navy. I love their baby clothes.

Awe...Molly and Daddy:) Brian is already such an incredible dad...I think we make a great team!

Mommy and Molly hanging out! Molly's sticking her tong out in this picture...nice.

Burp!

I love this picture of Blake...cracks me up! Molly's bouncer makes a great recliner! I'm sure he's watching some Veggie Tales.

Here's Molly the first or second week home...those first 3 weeks are a blur. Daddy giving her some love!

Even at just weeks old...Molly had great neck control. Picking her head up to look at daddy:)

Our first family picture:)

Pretty girl! Molly was so alert right when she was born.

Getting ready to leave the hospital.

Just got home...only to go back in two days.

Lucy's first time meeting Molly. She just wanted to lick her toes...weird dog. Lucy's been really good with Molly. She pretty much pays no attention to Molly.

{almost 3 months!}

Molly is getting so big so fast! She's definitely looking like her daddy. At her 2 month visit she weighed 9 lbs 9 oz and was 23 in long. Next week she has another check up, so I'll update you with her size. She's loving her hands these days..always holding them together and ALWAYS has them in her mouth! She's still a really good sleeper...normally sleeps between 8 and 9 hours. Her favorite thing to do is lay under this blinky light thing. I don't know what's so exciting about staring at a blinking smily face, but she can't get enough of it!
We leave for Colorado this coming Friday. We're so excited to spend some time together with Chad's family! It should be a good time! Please pray for safety and good weather while we're driving. I'm sure I'll post some pictures from the trip.

{my little cheetah}

Molly is now 8 weeks old...well tomorrow she will be. She's finally starting to fit into her 0-3 month clothes! I weighed her with me the other day and she's about 10 lbs now. How cute is she in this outfit??? I think my cousin Steph got this for her...too cute!

{happy baby}

My little Molly has really started smiling this past week! I eat it up...can't get enough of her! I was trying to get a picture of her smiling, but you know how that goes. Every time I'd put the camera up to my face, she'd stop. Here's the best I could do!

{Molly...6 weeks!}

Here's my little girl at 6 weeks. She has changed so much since my last post. Molly definitely looks like her daddy and is probably going to have his gorgeous blue eyes! She's still a really easy baby...sleeping 7 hours at night!!! Gotta love the book Baby Wise! Last week at the doctor she weighed 8 lbs 2 oz...still a little squirt. Here are some pictures I snapped with my point n shoot today. I'm planning on taking some more this weekend.

{Molly...3 weeks}

Molly has definitely changed in the last few days. She has long periods during the day when she's wide awake. She doesn't really cry, just loves to look around. At night she will sleep between 4 to 5 hours! I'm loving that:)



This picture was taken by one of my best friends, Mel Carpenter:) Little Molly was so wide awake and alert during the whole shoot. We tried so hard to get her to sleep, but she couldn't take her eyes off Mel.

{molly...two weeks old}

Wow...these past two weeks have felt like a month! So many crazy things happen that I never expected, but I would be happy to do it all over again. I've never experience anything more amazing than having a baby and I'm so grateful for her!
It all started with my water breaking Wednesday night (9/23). I was hanging out with Brian and Eric watching The Office when I felt a gush! Yikes! Brian thought I was joking at first. It was only three days before my due date and I still hadn't packed a thing for the hospital. Packing once your water has broke is not an easy task!
I was admitted around 9pm and my cervix was still only dilated 1 cm. At this time my first nurse checked me and was a little concerned that Molly might be breech. She had another nurse come in to check, however, they decided that she wasn't...grrr! At 2am I still hadn't really progressed so they decided to put me on pitocin. Around 4am I decided to get an epidural. This was actually a really bad experience for me...super painful!!! They think they may have been hitting bone when they did it. Anyways, some time around 9am another nurse checked me and right away said she was feeling a butt, not a head! Molly definitely was breech. They rushed me in for a c-section right away. Molly was born at 11:15am weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 20 in long.
Everything was fine after that until Sunday. I was starting to have really high blood pressure. The doctor was worried that I may have Pre Eclampsia. They still let me go home, but I had to follow up with the doctor a couple days later. I still had really high blood pressure and my labs came back not looking real good. Again, they sent me home and wanted me to come back in a few days to get check again. That same day I started to have one of the symptoms they wanted me to watch out for...I was having a ton of pain on my right side where my liver is. I called the doctor on call around 10pm and she told me I should be fine and to wait until my next appointment. At 3am I woke up and I was in so much pain that I couldn't move or get out of bed. Brian called again and they wanted me to get to the hospital right away. I did end up having Pre Eclampsia. I had to be on Magnesium for 5 days...something I never want to do again! It was a really hard experience, but I'm so thankful to be feeling better.
Now I'm just enjoying my time at home with Molly. She is such a good baby. I really feel like God blessed me with an easy baby, since I went through so much the past two weeks. He never gives us more than we can handle.

I took these pictures today. I ran downstairs to grab a clean outfit...when I got back into the room her little arms were straight up over her head. So cute!