Jocelyn

Jocelyn is here! She was born at 10:22 AM on 12/15/10 weighing in at an even 7 pounds and 19 1/2 inches long, she is just perfect! She is super quiet, even right after being born she hardly made a peep, even though she was breathing just fine. We're struggling with the sleeping, but we're only a week in so hopefully that gets better once she gets the day/night thing figured out. As of right now, her life consists of eating, sleeping, and pooping. You forget just how much of those three things they do. When she was very first born I thought she looked like Adrian, but after they brought her back to us all cleaned up and the swelling had gone down a little bit, she looks a lot like Carly.

The girls love her to pieces. Carly will actually hold still long enough to sit and hold her. She's so cute, she just stares at her and points out her tiny eyes, nose, hands, etc. The first night we had Jocelyn home, we had just put them to bed and the baby started crying. Carly heard her and was so worried she was bawling in their bedroom. When Shawn went to check on her she was crying "baby sister crying" (pronounced more like baby sisser cwyin). Adrian was hesitant to hold her at the hospital, but now she is always begging me to let her hold her baby sister.

I'm starting to think that being induced is the way to go. Even though I was a little bummed that I didn't go into labor earlier (those last 4 weeks are killers). The hospital called us at 4:30 AM to let us know that we needed to be at the hospital at 6:00. We got all ready to leave in plenty of time and opened the garage to find about 6 inches of snow. Since it was so early, the city plows hadn't been out yet so the roads were a mess. We actually spun out at one of the stop lights. Luckily we weren't too late and they didn't send us back home. After getting all the paperwork done and finally getting my IV to go, they started me on pitocin and broke my water at about 7:00. This time I was a little bit worried because the nurse had asked how dilated and effaced I was at my last appointment and when I told her I was only a one she was surprised that Dr. Nance even decided to induce me. I guess usually they require you to be at least a 2. Plus it didn't really help my case when I told her I hadn't been having any labor pains. So I was pretty much gearing up for an all day event. Lucky for me she was wrong and 3 hours later I was ready to push. If you can call it pushing...it was seriously one tiny half-asked push and she was out!

Halloween

This year for Halloween we dressed the girls up in coordinating costumes. I can't resist dressing them alike since they're so close in age. I'm sure they'll get sick of it soon enough. Adrian was a "Flower Fairy" and Carly was a pumpkin. I was lucky to get a picture outside before it started raining. The weather this year was crazy! We visited and Grandma and Grandpa Gillies' and then drove over to Salem to eat yummy chicken noodle soup and Grandma and Grandpa Wood's. While there, they all decided to go to the trunk or treat. The rain had let up so we just put on some jackets and headed over. When we were just finishing up, all "hail" broke loose. My dad grabbed up Adrian (thank goodness) and ran for the car. Shawn had Carly under an umbrella that wasn't doing us much good, and I forgot that I was 8 months pregnant and ran for it. (My body got me back for that one big time.) After all of that excitement we visited with Grandma and Grandpa Hurst and all of the cousins were there at the same time.

Adrian's 4th Birthday

I can't believe how much Adrian is growing up!! It's crazy to think that it's already been 4 years since she came into our lives. I can't imagine being without her, she sure makes things interesting! She's become my little helper, always trying to mother Carly. She loves to help me clean and cook. She's learning a lot at school, and from what they tell me she's doing really well there. She's still really tall for her age, towering over the other kids at school.



This year it was nice enough outside that we could have cake and icecream at the park with our family. She got spoiled as always!

Adrian's First Day of Preschool

Adrian's preschool had an orientation for the moms to come and let the kids get familiar with the teachers and the room. She was so excited to go as you can see from the picture in the car.



Unfortunately, the next time we woke up to go to school, she thought that I was going to be staying with her again. When I told her that I couldn't stay and that preschool was just for kids her size she threw a fit. She was screaming almost the entire drive to school, but luckily she was fine when she saw the other kids getting out of their cars without their moms. Now she absolutely loves it!

Art City Days

We seem to be forgetting the camera every time we leave the house lately, but I managed to get this one with my phone. It was a rainy day but we made it on a few rides before it started pouring.