Ellery Mae Cahoon

Well for those of you who haven't heard, our little princess is here.  It's taken me a little while to post because I can't figure out what's going on with my blog.

Friday January 18, 2013 we received a phone call from the hospital around 7:30 a.m. to see if we could be to the hospital by 9:00 to be induced.  Our world was about to change again.  We got up got ready and woke Hayden to say goodbye and take one last family picture of just the 3 of us.  We arrived at the hospital at 9:00 a.m. got checked in and then it began.   I got pitocin at 10:00 started into Labor, got my epidural at 12:30, water broke at 1:00.  Around 3:20 I told Tyler to call the nurses in because I was feeling a little bit of pressure I didn't think it was enough that they would say I was ready but just to be sure I had the nurse come to check.  Sure enough at about 3:25 p.m. she said we were ready to get my midwife and start pushing.  It was time to have a baby.  My midwife arrived just a second later and got everything ready at 3:30 I started pushing.  Ellery had been so low that when I started pushing we didn't even need to push on contractions. At 3:33 p.m. our precious little girl arrived with 3 pushes.  She was perfect, she came out crying and very healthy.  She weighed 7lbs, 5oz and was 20in long.  We were able to hold her and love on her right after she was born which was perfect!

   

She has been the best little baby ever.  She sleeps all the time.  When we first came home she was sleeping so much and we couldn't get her to wake up to eat every 2 hours like they say you should.  Since she was born she has been going 3-4 hours in between feedings which is great and at night it's usually the same but sometimes we get 5-6 hours at night.  We couldn't be more blessed.  Hayden had a hard time with her the first week.  He wasn't mean to her but he started acting out with Tyler and I.  He started hitting and kicking and throwing major temper tantrums.  He wouldn't touch or hold Ellery, he would tell us she was "EWW GROSS"  He is liking her more and more every day.  He has now held her a couple of times, and he will kiss her forehead, hold her hands and let her take baths with him.  It is the cutest thing when Hayden says her name it's "baby Elwee" there is always the baby in front it's never just "Elwee" We couldn't be more blessed than to have 2 perfect children.  I don't know how you could love anything more.  I have walked in on Hayden a couple of times when Ellery has been crying in her swing or her car seat and he was rocking her car seat back and forth and he was singing "rock a bye baby, in the treetop"  and saying it's ok don't cry.   Life is great I sure love these two kiddos! 

Hayden is 2

Oh my word how crazy fast this 2 years has gone.  My little baby is 2 years old.  We had a great celebration with family.  Hayden wanted a Trains birthday so we did a few little homemade decor and called it good!  It was so much fun with homemade Cafe Rio, and good Company.

 Aunt Kelsey gave Hayden this cute Mustache Binki

 Sure Love all of these people!! 

 Great Grandma Ward was even able to celebrate with us! 

Hayden sure loves his cousins! 

Christmas

We had a great Christmas, we were able to spend it with Tyler's family this year.  It was so fun to have Lori and Trevor able to fly up for the Holidays.  We had lots of great food and got lots of fun gifts!  Hayden was so much more interested in opening presents this year than he has been before.

Halloween

We had a fantastic Halloween.  Lori was able to fly up from San Diego to go Trick or Treating with us!  Hayden did alright trick of treating he still wasn't quite sure about it I don't think.  He did love the candy afterwards though.

 Our traditional Halloween party with My family 

 Mummy contest...Hayden wouldn't let us wrap him..

Toy Story Family..

Baby Girl

Well It's about time that I post pictures of our little girl that is on the way.  We have been super lucky and have gotten to see her 3 times and so we have lots of pictures of her progress!  I still haven't taken a pregnancy picture but I will get around to it eventually...  This pregnancy has been a little different than the last.  I have been a lot more dehydrated and just physically drained. I already look like i'm 9 months pregnant, at this stage with Hayd you barely knew I was pregnant by looking at me.  She is so much lower than Hayden was which I didn't know was possible.  When she kicks it's clear down by my pelvis instead of my tummy or ribs (Haydens favorite).  According to the Dr. it's because my placenta is in front of her so it's going to take some pretty sweet kicks for me to feel her in my tummy.  Tyler hasn't had the chance to feel her yet but hopefully soon.  She definitely knows when brother is around because when he is laying on my tummy she is squirming around.  When brother sees a baby he points to my tummy and says baby. 

Here is a crooked picture of Baby Girl at 10 weeks, they mentioned she was meausing closer to 9 in this picture.  She just looks like a peanut. 

 

Here she is at 15 weeks, we were lucky to go early to find out the gender of our little princess!  Thanks Lori.  The top picture is of here legs and bottom showing us that "It's a GIRL"  the next one down is her little legs and toes, the third one is her arm.  She has grown a lot since the previous picture of her!

 Alright in these pictures, the top one are her feet crossed (exactly like her brother) then the next one is one of my favorites it's her face she was looking right at us so neat you can see all the details of her face, the next one is her feet.

 Again the top one is her feet, then her tummy and arms, and her little arm. 

Looking bottom up bum cheeks on left, thighs coming out on right, "She is still a girl"  

 

Her cute little profile and heartbeat.  She is perfect! And at this stage she is measuring 5 Days early, which does not change the Due date but hopefully will be good news come Jan. She is officially due January 25, 2013.



Birthday

I am getting so old.....I had another birthday this past week and it was so fun.  I got spoiled.  Hayd and I had gone to Idaho with my parents and sisters for one of my cousins weddings.  When we got home way late saturday night Tyler had decorated the house for my birthday celebration on sunday!  Every year we get our favorite dinner and so I had Homemade Chinese which was delicious and  we had Scotchies for Dessert.  I got spoiled with really cute Halloween decorations (one reason I love my birthday this time of year all the Halloween stuff is just coming out and I LOVE halloween), my parents gave me a gift card to the mall so that I could get some clothes that fit while i'm prego.  I ended up getting super cute clothes from the buckle!  (I'm not a huge fan of the maternity clothes) at least not the ones that I could find.  Tyler spoiled me with lots of fun stuff as well.  It was a great birthday worth another year! 

I had a great day thanks everyone!