Big Boy!

Well, I think that Garyn is a chip of the old block! The block being Wes. We had his 2 week check up yesterday and he had gained a full pound since birth and grew 1/4 inch. I was shocked! He now weighs 9 lbs 9.6 oz and is 22 inches long.

I remember Ellie only gaining a couple of ounces past her birth weight at her 2 week check up. She was also about 2-3 months old before she was taking a 4 oz bottle, but Garyn can almost polish off a 4 oz bottle (when he gets bottles that is).

It's amazing how different two children can come from the same parents and be so different!

Pics of Garyn

Garyn's Arrival

Well, as it turns out, my previous post was a little premature! Garyn Riley Young made his apperance into the world two days earlier than planned. He was born April 12, 2008 at 3:41 pm.

He was 8 pounds 10 ounces and 21 3/4 inches long. We had a c-section planned for Monday the 14th, but I went into labor instead (but still had the c-section).

Ironically, the night before Garyn arrived, I was having some hard contractions, but nothing regular and they went away. My mom was painting a pirate ship on Garyn's wall and I told her that I was going to be really upset if I went into labor. I told her that God usually slaps me in the face and trys to teach me a lesson when I try to plan things out. Of course she chimes in with, "It's just because you are a slow learner!" Point taken, God!

Garyn is a great baby (he is not quite 2 weeks old now). He sleeps fairly well and eats like a champ. Ellie is absolutely over the moon for him. She loves to give him kisses and talk to him and she sometimes sings songs to him. She is getting better about being quiet around him and about being gentle with him.

Wes was off work until today, so mommy is having to learn how to care for 2 kids at the same time. I admit, I was rather spoiled because Wes was off work for so long and kept Ellie occupied most of the time. We are making things work though, and even though I have been worried and scared about having two young kids, it has been a little smoother than I thought that it would be.

Baby on the Way!

Things will be very different for us at this time next week! Monday, April 14th will be Garyn's birthday! We will be having a repeat c-section around noon on Monday. We are so excited.

Things have been so crazy around here. Ellie has been moved into her new room and her big girl bed, and is doing pretty well with that. Garyn's room is almost done (besides hanging some things on the wall). Wes has been so busy with all of the projects in the kid's rooms, plus looking after me and Ellie. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband who does everything to make sure his family is taken care of! My mom and dad and Wes's mom and dad have been a huge help, too!

We are just so excited to see this little (or big) guy! It's funny because some of my friends who have had babies lately (the Coopers, McGary's and Lewis's) all had smaller babies, and I am going to laugh if Garyn comes out huge (like his dad) and bigger than some of my friends babies who are a few weeks old! C'est la vive! Either way, we can't wait. Come see us next week! We will be delivering at Northwest!

A Girl After My Own Heart!

I know that it has be a little while since I have updated my blog. Sorry!

Anyway...we've discovered a couple of things that Ellie really loves like her mother. Cadbury Eggs and shoes. Here's the stories!

At Easter, Wes had to work, so he decided to go in early, missing church, so that he could be with us in the afternoon. Mommy was mean and didn't let her see what the Easter bunny brought her until her Daddy was around too. So, late in the afternoon, after lunch, Wes put her Easter basket out on the side walk. We took Ellie outside to see what the Easter bunny brought her and she excitedly started pulling things out of her basket. Finally, she dumped her whole Easter basket out all over the side walk and found a Cadbury egg. She proceeded to unwrap the Cadbury egg, not allowing anyone to help her, and ate the whole thing! Once she discovered the Cadbury egg, she could care less about what else was in the basket!

Dumping out the Easter Basket.

Look what I did!

Found what I was looking for!

Yummy!

It's yummy! Want some?

Now for the shoes...Ellie has always been interested in shoes and putting them on, etc. It's really fun to see her put on her dad's shoes! Anyway, she is growing like a weed and needs new spring shoes. We went to Wal-Mart one day and got her a little pair of pink sandals (the ones that are on the end of the isles). When we went down the children's shoe isle, Ellie very excitedly started pointing to shoes she liked and said, "New Shoes!" Wes looked at me and said, "What are you teaching her!" What can I say?! I warned him!

Purse, snack and mommy's shoes.

Mommy's shoes.

Daddy's shoes

Can I have my epidural now?!

Yes, I am at that "uncomfortable" stage of pregnancy. I am about 351/2 weeks and the doctor said that Garyn weighs about 6 1/2 lbs. We are hoping that we will have a baby in about 2-3 weeks!

Things are progressing at home...Ellie's new room is almost done, thanks to my sweet husband. I tried to help him do some trimming in her new room and ended up with a big, circular paint spot on my belly!

Ellie continues to astonish us every day. She has begun potty training, which is exciting, and hopefully we won't have 2 kids in diapers at the same time for very long. When eating pizza tonight, she told her daddy that he was silly! She is a little sponge, so we have to be very careful about what we say around her!

It's pretty funny how we can be patiently waiting for baby to get here, but scrambling to get things done before baby gets here!

Are things moving at lightning speed for you too?

The older I get, the faster time goes by. Has anyone else noticed this? When I was in high school and college, it seemed that it took forever for those few weeks til spring break to pass. Nowadays, it seems like the days just fly by! What is bad about time passing so quickly is that the things that are really important, like watching your kids grow up, flies by so fast--not to mention the fact that you start getting forgetful!

Ellie is just so amazing to me! It seems like just in the last few days she has matured so much. Not as much fit throwing, more sentences and phrases, following directions and minding mommy better. It is fun to see the changes, but it is frightening because I've almost forgotten what it was like when she a baby. Maybe I am being overly sentimental because I'm REALLY pregnant and about to have my second, but it's hard to know that you've forgotten things that you though you would remember forever. I feel very guilty for not remembering everything about her short life, but I know that it is impossible. I guess this part of the price that we have to pay for getting to be a mom...tons of smiles, laughs, cries, and fits, but not remebering all of them.