Masons Blessing day

Yesterday was Masons blessing day and it was great, i wish more family could have been there i really wanted to see my brothers and there kids but it is so close to christmas and it is hard to travel so far. My brother Joe and his family were there so that was good. Alan did such a good job on the blessing  he did an amazing job. the man that mason is named after was there and that was special, i know nobody in my family even knows him but his name is foster and he came to mean a lot to me and alan. He taught and inspired us in ways that we cant explain to anyone. It is also one of alans favorite names ;)

Better late than never!

Well i have been meaning to post about my new baby boy but time and just flown by and now he is 7 weeks old!! 

                 He was born on September 27th @ 5:04pm he weighed 6 lbs 5 oz 19 inches long. That morning i had a doctors appt @ 11:30 and when i went in i was complaining of the intense pressure i was feeling i was only dilated at a 2 but the doc decided to monitor them and see if i was having contractions. I already knew i was but they wernt that bad. He said i was having regular contractions but to go home and drink plenty of water and call if anything changed. I was on my way to see my mother in law and pick up my daughter and as soon as i started driving the contractions got way more intense it was hard to drive but i made it. I timed them at my MIL work and they were 2-3 minutes apart! Yikes so i called Alan and we headed to the hospital when i checked in it was around one o clock. The nurses there were great and so nice my doctor just saw me and didnt seem to concerned and he especially didnt expect me to deliver so quickly. They were debating on whether to send me home or not i was starting to get worried cause i knew he was coming and if we left i might not make it back to the hospital in time. I went from 2- 10 in just a couple hours, Alan and my sister in law Kyla were there with me. I loved having Kyla there she was awesome and such a big help to me and to alan. At some point i felt my water break and then it was only a matter of minutes and it became time for the nurses to kick it in high gear cause Mason was coming and nobody was prepared....(again) At this point i felt the most crazy intense urge to push but the nurse kept telling me not to, i tell you what i never want to hold back that feeling again. I started to vomit in my mouth cause i was holding it back as hard as i could but he was coming and i really really really needed to push finally the doctor came in i was so happy to see him. He asked if he had time to change and the nurse was like uhh no he is right there. I pushed a couple times and the doctor put him right on my tummy! i cant tell you how much i loved that. With Kaitlyn they took her away right away and i didnt have that skin to skin time with her and i really believe it made all the difference with Mason. He was so beautiful just a perfect little round head and he wasn't all yuck lol i remember that katie wasnt either she was surprising clean for a newborn baby. I did it all natural with no medication again and im so happy i was able to do it. I didnt know what to expect with my second baby if it would go as smooth as kaite did. It was different in a lot of ways but it went smoothly and couldn't have gone better. Giving birth to my kids naturally has come to mean a lot to me, i cant describe how amazing it feels to feel your little baby come into the world its something i just love and im so happy i chose to do it that way. I dont think its wrong or anything to have meds and i dont think less of ppl who do i just personally dont want to. 

Here is my little guy right after he was born

Here is my little man now ... I just love him he is one handsome little dude!  :)

It's happening!!!

I went to the doctor today and he wasnt going to check to see if i was dilated but I have been having such intense pressure to where i almost cant walk he decided to. Im at a 2 i cant believe it is really happening soon, i keep thinking about all the changes with a new baby. Nursing again, late nights, all the crying and rocking and loving. Teaching katie to be gentle and most of all getting to finally hold my little son i cant wait im getting anxious about labor if i think about it to hard but i know it will be ok. AHHHHHHH im having a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nesting :)

Well I have three weeks left till this baby is due, i want him to come now but my sweet mother in law is leaving town this week and will be gone for a week so he has to wait till she at least comes back.  Alan has been building a fence for our puppy out in the front yard that come up to the door so when i get overwhelmed with the dog and katie and the baby i can send the pup outside for a while to get a break and katie to lol and i dont have to worry about them getting out and going up to the road. 
Today i was cleaning katies room and it seemed like no matter how much i kept cleaning it was still a mess so i said thats it we are rearranging, anyone who knows me know that  no room in my house stays the same for to long i love to rearrange furniture and change rooms up. Keeps it looking new and fresh and its is fun for me. Alan has stopped being surprised hahaha but he doesnt mind and he actually gives me advice and input when i ask for ideas on how things would look. I appreciate that most guys dont care im glad he does.

So far i think i have everything i need for the baby i got almost everything at yard sales this summer saved SO much money $$$ i have two dressers full of clothes for him just need more newborn clothes and socks. I have bath stuff that i need now i think, and all the little stuff like a soft brush for his head lotions and all that stuff. But that is easy to come by. Im going to have a Halloween baby shower this time after he is born im excited for that. Since i was able to get most of what i need i decided to wait till he gets here then everyone who comes can hold him. Who knows maybe if i do that this time ppl will actually show up! Nobody came to kaitlyns and i was super sad and there was family drama with the ppl that were there OF COURSE! But not this time they will be asked to leave if they cant behave themselves!!! I hope baby Mason comes soon and safley and i hope he is as easy as katie was but i know that probably wont happen but that's ok im ready. Im not scared to give birth this time, i was with katie but now i know mostly what to expect and i know that i am capable of having a natural birth since i have done it before. I have more confidence i guess you could say in my ability to have the baby the way i really want to. 

Fun times at Grandma "yellow house"

Having a tea party 

 Everyone playing Botchi Ball

 Katie is doing her leg exercises while she waits for her turn 

 Swinging with mom saying hi to baby Mason

Papa's Birthday

Katie was a big helper planning her papa black's birthday party. She helped me make the strawberry cake and kept sneaking little pokes at the frosting when i wasn't looking :)    Your only two once right? so i let her... a couple times. Here she is all pretty'd up for the party she loves to wear that dress.

                            Here is the cake she helped mama make.

 Now she is giving him his present, i didnt get to formal with the wrapping lol walmart bags worked great

                                          She cant wait for him to see.....

                         Papa and bonnie i made a collage of all the pics of her with papa and framed it. 

Updated pictures!!!

        Here are some updated pics of my beautiful little girl!

              Me and katie getting ready to leave for church :)

                                Jaxy's first camping trip

          She got to have the first apple right off Papa's tree

Awaiting baby....

Wow i can blog now YEY we got a new computer and i thought well maybe it will not give me the white screen of death now if i try to write a new post and Viola! Yippee Well so much has happened since i last posted. Katie has been successfully potty trained now for 5 months and it has been so wonderful she caught right on and most of all she just loves to be praised and told she is a big girl. She tries so hard to make us happy even though she doesnt need to try at all but i do appreciate it. :)
 This summer i went to a couple yard sales and got everything i need for the new baby! I got enough clothes to fill two dressers, tons of shoes, blankets and a swing and total i spent 40 $ im so grateful i found all the things i needed. Yard sales are defiantly the way to go to get baby stuff, they need so much stuff and it is so expensive. In june we went to Arizona to visit family and to see my new nephew Jameson, it was a fun trip we got to see lots of family and katie had a lot of fun. I do know that i will never live there in my life... ever but it was fun to visit hopefully if you go again it can be during winter ;) 
    We also added a puppy to our family we have wanted a yorkie forever but they are hard to find around here and they are so pricey, alan found an add in the paper for some and we jumped right on it and got a little male yorkie. his name is Jaxson we just call him jax he is a good little dog if he would just poop on his pad i would love him even more hahaha him and katie have sooo much fun together. She will run down the hall while he is running along behind her and then she will fall to the ground and huddle up and jax jumps on her and attacks her while she laughs hysterically this can go on for hours literally. He makes a good babysitter when im super busy cleaning hahaha 

       I only have 4 more weeks till baby Mason gets here and im so excited to meet this litttle guy and im so done being pregnant. This time around is so different then with katie i wish and hope that labor and delivery wont be different that it can go like it did with katie but i know that is wishful thinking. Even so im not scared just getting anxious, i actually really enjoyed labor and delivery it was an amazing experience. This little guy moves around so much and pushes out so hard i think he is going to burst through my stomach at any moment. I did learn that i have a common blood disorder called factor five lieden, So while im pregnant have to give myself shots everyday. Originally  i was told i had to do them around my belly button and it has to go into fatty tissue not muscle and that was ok for a while. The needle didnt hurt it was the medicine going in that stung but as my tummy grew and stretched it was getting really hard to grab any fat to put the needle in. It started to really hurt and bled bad when i pulled the needle out so they told me i could do it in my butt or leg.That has helped so much i have plenty of butt to administer the medicine in hahaha. 
 But im almost done having to take them so i cant wait for that. 

     I will post some updated pictures soon i have a cake in the oven gotta go ; )

7 months of freedom!

KAITLYN IS COMPLETELY POTTY TRAINED!!!!! I couldn't be more excited, by day 6-7 it finally just clicked and she got it! she understands how to hold it and recognize that she has to go and she tells me. That is the thing i was most worried about i thought now how am i going to teach her how to tell me she has to go but she did it she just figured it out, once she learned to recognize the feelings and the urges to go potty. Now i have seven months of no buying or changing diapers, i just couldn't be more happy about that. Then i start all over for another 2 years before i get a break again haha. But newborn diapers are A LOT more pleasant then two year old diapers whooeee! i guess being pregnant doesn't help much with that either.

consistency pays off

Potty training has proved to be another area of parenting where consistency will make your life much easier. Alan and i have talked and planned how we want to raise our children and how we plan to help them be good listeners and good people. We are very consistent in how we discipline her and how we talk to her as we are trying to help her understand why she is being disciplined.

We can take her anywhere and we NEVER worry about her throwing a fit or having a screaming spasm haha she is always so polite and loves to tell everybody "hi sweetie" and watch them smile back are her. She understands when our tone changes and we ask her to not do something , i have had to take her out of the store one time and she has never thrown a fit since.

We are also very consistent in the way we praise her, she hears and endless stream of " good job" " big girl" and "so proud of you" delivered with hugs and kisses and i love yous. I think it is super important she knows how loved she is and i believe that is why she is such a kind polite amazing little girl. She loves to please everyone around her especially her mommy :) Her little face just breaks apart if she sees that im upset with her in anyway.

With potty training on day one she had about 7-8 accidents and every time she had one i would say it was ok and gently remind her that she needed to tell me when she had to go potty i have probably told her this a thousand times. On the second day she had about 5-6 accidents, but i responded the same way i would take her to the potty and praise her like crazy when she went she just loved it she claps for her self and says yey i did it! :) on the third day i saw some real progress she only had 3-4 accidents and i could tell she was really trying to tell me before hand.

Day four we finally made a break through!!!! i was in the bedroom and she started to go a little in her undies and she stopped and looked at me and said potty and i encouraged her by saying " hold it were almost there" and she did hold and made it to the potty. I was so relieved because that meant she was starting to recognize that she had to go. Later that evening we were in the living room where her little pink potty is and i asked her if she needed to go and she lifted up the lid pulled her undies down on her own ( which is another accomplishment) and she went and she pulled the pot out of the potty and headed for the toilet all by herself! Yey it is finally starting to sink it. Whew four days of constant reminding and encouragement. So today on day five we finish the day with only two accidents one early in the morning, and one during nap time. After that it has been smooth sailing all day she lets me know when she has to go and if i ask and she has to she will tell me the truth hahaha im so proud of her and im so glad i finally got my butt in gear and decided to give it my full attention and really try to make this work. I think another three solid days and she will have it down.

The one thing im not sure about is how to teach her about going potty at night and not having to wear diapers at night anymore but i will tackle that when it comes right now just one step at a time. :)

Potty Training....need i say more?

Well i started trying to potty train Katie a few months ago when i quit my job but i wasn't really into it. I knew Katie showed some interest but there were to many other things going on and i couldn't focus and give it all the attention that i knew i needed so i just gave up and decided i would try it later.

Well two days ago i woke up and i was really sick, and Kaitlyns diaper....well it didn't help with my nausea lets just say that! and i thought ya know im sick of changing these nasty diapers my stomach just cant take it anymore so right there and then i said that's it we are going to potty train hahahaha

The first day went pretty good she was trying really hard and when i sat her on the potty she would go but when she was playing she didnt quite know yet how to recognize she had to go before hand and tell me but as soon as she had an accident she would realize what she did and come waddling over to me and say " oh no, its ok" so cute! she hates to think that im upset with her ever she has a very tender heart and always tries to make me happy, but she doesn't have to try very hard i just love her to death. Anyway, the second day i had to go to town and go grocery shopping and i was nervous cause it was only day two, but i came prepared with several changes of clothes and every time we went into the store we went straight to the potty she loved sams club cause they had a lil mini toilet she thought that was just great. She did have two accidents while out but they were both in the car and there was nothing she could do and i knew she felt bad. I asked her every five minutes if she has to go potty and she would say either no which she usually means or she will repeat potty for yes i do please :)

Today is day three and she has done AMAZING! she went pee as soon as she woke up and then i was in the bathroom and she came up to me and said " potty try" so we went to her potty and she went POOP! YEY we cheered and jumped around she was so proud of herself she kept saying " yey i did it" haha im so proud of her. She is learning very quickly, i just love her i hope it continues to go well we will see how the rest of the day goes i plan on not leaving this house for a week haha so she can get this down. :)