Monroe James

Our newest addition arrived Monday May 3rd at 5:54pm. She is 21 inches long and 7.5 pounds. She looks like Lennon through the eyes and then like my family from the nose down. She has strawberry blond hair, which is crazy! It is still curly like Lennon's! Lennon is pretty unsure of her so far, but she is getting a little better. She just doesn't want to hold her or touch her, but she likes to watch her and check her out. When Roe cries Lennon starts doing a fake cry too.


The delivery went great! I got to the hospital at 11:00 and got checked in and in the delivery room. They started me on the pitocin by 12ish and Dr. Terry broke my water around 2. I got an epidural at 3ish and then progressed pretty quick. I think I only had to push about three times and she came right out. Claudia (mike's Mama), My Mama and Shannon were in the room with us. This time I watched the whole thing in a mirror and it was awesome! I am so mad nobody told me that when I had Lennon. But it was so cool and amazing to see Monroe arrive!

We are loving having her here! It is a lot of work with Lennon and I feel like I am neglecting her right now. Luckily my Sisters have been a huge help coming and spending all day over here. My recovery is not the greatest, but she is totally worth it. I am hoping by Monday I will be feeling a lot better.

She is a great baby so far. I really can't get over how light her hair is! Also her eyelashes and eyebrows are white too. Mike, Lennon and me all have black eyelashes and eyebrows and dark brown hair, so it's just so weird. In fact she really looks like she could be one of Francie's kids!

Tomorrow I have to go get her bilirubin checked. I also have to get the little attachment under her tongue cut. Hers goes all the way to the end of her tongue! If she sticks her tongue out far enough, it is like a lizard tongue because of that flap being out so far. I feel bad to go get it cut :(

I am totally loving my life right now. I am so blessed to have another angel in my life to raise and watch grow up! It is such an exciting feeling! I want to spend every second with both of my children.

Here is picture overload (you've been warned)






I LOVE this picture! Look at Lennon studying her new sister. Taking it all in. And Monroe is checking her out too!


Bright eyes


Getting ready to go home! Look at that light hair!

All dressed to go

Leaving the hospital

In honour of my baby girl turning 1 in three days!

Last year on this day, at this exact time, I was going to the ER because I was "in labor". I had drank castor oil (just thinking about that stuff makes me dry heave) and walked around my neighborhood as fast as I could to induce my labor! Two different people recommended it to me & it worked for both of them. It sort of worked for me, but then my contractions were to close enough together so they gave me a shot of morphine and sent me home. Not to worry because I made my Dr. induce me 2 days later. Lennon was born after midnight so it was technically 3 days later. She is lucky to share her birthday with my cute niece Chloe (not to be confused with my other cute niece Chloe!)

Here are a few ultra sound pictures. I can't believe she is turning one. I can't believe that she was inside me & developed into a baby/person! I have an ultra sound from 6 weeks where she was just a circle blob with a tiny heart flutter. Biology is insane!

our baby is here!

Lennon Rae was born on December 19th at 12:22 am. She weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz and is 20 inches long. I went in to be induced at 1:30 pm on the 18th, after waiting around all morning thinking they were going to say it was to late. They finally called and we got there @ 2:00. Dr. Terry came in and broke my water at about 2:30 & then they started the pitocin at 3:00. I was having good contractions that were about 3 minutes apart, but I was only dilated to a 3... The Dr. said that she was looking up at the ceiling so it was slowing it down. The contractions got super strong and I decided I wanted the epidural around 7:00, which is pretty good I think! The Dr. came and gave it to me & about 30 minutes later I was telling Mike it's not working. Only my but was numb, so I could still feel every contraction. I was saying if this is how it works what is the point of an epidural?! So the Dr. came back and just put more medicine in the same IV. That still didn't work. Finally he came back saying this never happens and he would have to give me another epidural. I didn't even care, I just wanted him to hurry up and do it! That finally kicked in & next thing I knew I was dilated to a 5. The next check a 7 and then next time a 10. Dr. Terry came back in and about 20 minutes later Lennon was born! She has tons of black curly hair which was surprising! She is so cute... here she is.