The big Debut of Zoey

August 8 was our big day. I was induced(yet again after my due date). When I showed up to the hospital, I was already having contractions and was to a 5 and didn't even know it. I tried to convince them to add some pitocin to my IV. They fought this notion and let my contractions die before adding the liquid gold after time of no progress. After that, it took only an hour and a half until we had a baby. And obviously, it was a girl. I will toot my horn as I said it was a girl all along.

Zoey Harper was born at 2:24 pm and weighed a whopping 9 lbs 4 oz and was 22 inches long. After seeing the size, it all made sense why I didn't gain weight like they wanted. She gained it all. Then again, if you know me, I was bitter about overcooking and I partially blame that even though it was only a few days. I guess we just saw it as more baby to love. She stole our hearts immediately as her tough little(big) self tried to hold her head up on her own while still in the hospital. 

We had to wait our 24 hours after delivery and got to leave. I really dislike staying in the hospital and was shocked they "offered" for us to stay another day, if we like. No thanks, my own bed and cooking are much better, not to mention I get more uninterrupted sleep at home. Do people actually take them up on it? Does someone actually find it peaceful or enjoyable?  Thanks I'd rather stick a screwdriver in my eye or hear relentless nail scratching on a car over a loud speaker. (Am I the only one that hates the nails on the car sound? I can't be the only one that has actually done this as the odds of this versus down the chalkboard are much higher for the average citizen)

Tanner and Baylee got to go spend the day with Ms. Hannah and Izzy and could not have been more pleased by this arrangement. They were spoiled and had a fantastic time. They were pretty intrigued by meeting the new arrival. They didn't stay too long and were pretty quiet but both got to hold her and Tanner could not stop "honking" her nose. Sadly for her, there has been and will be much more of that to come. 

All in all I would say, I'm glad to be done with the big belly for a while and we are so so so very blessed to have the Miss Zoey join our family!

The big #5

We celebrated Baylee's 5th birthday in August. Unfortunately, being due right around her birthday, the festivities were kept very low key as we didn't know if we would be available or not. I was still hopeful at that point that I would have a baby by then.

We just celebrated by going to her choice of restaurants for lunch then taking her to Walmart to pick out her cake. Her cake was a Hello Kitty cake with cupcakes that had rings on top because "that's a lot of rings for me" she said. I was dreading that being the cake, because in my head all I could think was that's a lot of rings for me....to step on and then have to sneak into the trash when  she wasn't noticing, but I let her get the cake she wanted. It was the least I could do after I was unable to make her a cool one due to the horrible state of my numb hand and carpal tunnel. 

We had homemade pizza for dinner as she requested. I had let her open presents randomly all day. It started one an hour then we increased it. She got lots of cool prizes and had a blast. To her credit, she's such a nice big sister. She let Tanner help her open about half of her presents. They had fun together tearing paper. 

Even though it was not a big fancy celebration like last year's Tangled party (how were we going to top that with it so fresh in her mind anyway?) she had a great birthday.

We are so blessed to be her parents and it's hard to believe she's already 5. She has a HUGE spot in our hearts and we love her so much. Happy birthday to the Baylee!