Boston - 2 months

Boston continues to be such a great baby! I'm so grateful he has made the transition easier by being so calm and content ALL THE TIME. At his 2 month appointment he weighed 11 pounds 2 ounces -

                   

Boston - 1 month

 It's always a little tough adjusting to the schedule of a newborn, but Boston has made it much easier by being a great baby! I feel so blessed to have a content little guy in our family to hang out with Maylee and I during the day.

We had a few circumcision bumps in the road and eating was a little spotty for a few days while we worked some of it out. Once we did Boston started gaining about 10 ounces a week! He is a great nurser and surprisingly I don't feel like I'm feeding him ALL DAY (Maylee might feel like I am though...)

Boston still sleeps all day and all night. It's crazy! I have to wake him to eat during the day so he doesn't get the two confused as time goes on.

Boston is starting to fill out his 3 month clothes and is wearing size 1 diapers. He still has chicken legs but is getting so big!

We're so happy this handsome guy has joined our family! 

Boston - 11/4/15

The last few weeks have been a roller coaster. Toward the middle of my third trimester, I started to get really uncomfortable where my stretch marks were on my stomach. The skin was getting very thin, and I was progressively getting itchier as the days went on. When my whole body started to itch, I mentioned it to my doctor at my 37 week appointment (before that I figured it was just related to my stretch marks) and when he looked at it he told me I had PUPPS (Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy) - an awful skin condition that isn't super common. Basically you get a nasty rash that is the itchiest thing you could ever imagine and nothing can really help it other than having the baby - I was constantly using gross smelling tar soap in cold showers, having oatmeal baths, and covering itchy spots with Sarna lotion, hydrocortisone cream, hemorrhoid cream, and basically anything categorized as "anti-itch". It was so awful. The same appointment we found that the baby's head was sitting on my right hip - my dr tried to move him and he didn't cooperate. I was aiming to have a VBAC, but with the PUPPS situation and baby's position I began asking my dr about having another c section. A few days later I was literally losing it - I couldn't sleep and every second of the day was spent trying not to itch every inch of my itchy body.  So... I scheduled an appointment to see how soon I could have our baby as I needed to know there was a quick end to the indescribably miserable state I was in. We decided on November 4th - just a couple days shy of 39 weeks.  PUPPS is a medical reason to allow a c section before 39 weeks, and I was SO GRATEFUL!

It was nice to know the awful itching/rash had a quick end in sight, but I was also excited to have another day to get everything ready.

I was HUGE.  Only 1 baby in there...

Two Years & Two Months

We can hardly believe it!  Maylee is TWO!!!

Maylee's 2 Year Pictures

I have the greatest mom and mother-in-law out there.  While I went to work for a couple hours, the two of them took Maylee and went out for a photoshoot.  They headed to Temple Square and my mom ran around and entertained Maylee while Linda took pictures of the whole thing.  They turned out fantastic, thanks to the two of them - I know it was a lot of work!  I'm sure this will be one day they will all look back on as the years go by.

Now, the photos!

Maylee 22/23 Months

I can't believe how fast time is flying with Maylee - she'll be 2 before we know it and I can't believe it. She keeps Nick and I laughing all the time and is such a fun addition to our family! Her vocabulary has exploded, and she now loves to show off how many words she knows.

18 Months

Maylee is 18 months old!  She is such a bright spot in our family and she keeps us laughing all day. I need to start being better at writing down all of the funny things she does because she cracks us up!  Here are a few things I can remember right now....