Lyla's Blessing Day!

Lyla was blessed in church yesterday and she looked beautiful! Josh did a great job, and she was awake during the blessing, but very content just looking around at all the men holding her. We had lots of family there and feel very blessed to have such a wonderful supportive family.

Here she is in her dress, which was bought by Grandma R

Our new little family of three!

This is all the men that were in the circle.
Uncle Todd, Rhett, Daren, Grandpa, Dad, Great Grandpa, Ty, Davis, Derek

Here is all of the family that came! Since we don't have any family in town all of them had to travel to be there. A big thank you to everyone for making the sacrifice to be with us on Lyla's important day.

This is my cousin Lydia just beaming as Lyla gave her huge smiles! She has been smiling more and more this week and we are loving it.

And proud first-time Uncle Derek

Our first 2 weeks

Our first two weeks have been rough, but also filled with fun and lots of kisses and smiles as we enjoy our new little sweetie. Here are some things we have been up to, besides eating, pooping, crying and sleeping.

The first bath-
It was a sponge bath since she was only a few days old and she screamed the entire time, it was just too cold for her, and not fun at all. But doesn't she look so scrawny and cute with her daddy?!

Exactly one week after she was born her umbilical cord fell off and we promptly gave her a real bath. She was much happier with this since she got to be in the warm water.

We did lots of talking and smiling-
Here's grandpa giving her some advice on how to be a spoiled princess in order to pay me back

First Outside Experience-

We went outside on a sunny day, she didn't like being in the front pack, but she sure looked cute in it, especially since I made Josh carry her :)

Doctor Visit-
Her second doctor visit was not fun. She got her heel poked and squeezed to get the blood sample and she screamed for about 10 minutes straight and harder than I ever saw her scream before! Afterwards she fell asleep in my arms on the way to the car in about 30 seconds

Stroller Ride-

I started feeling better recovery-wise so we took a short walk with Gma Green

Our favorite face-

It looks like more of an 'O' in real life, but this is her Zoolander "Blue Steele" look

LOVES her daddy-
She has acid reflux and is upset quite frequently, but Josh can calm her down right away every time. She already has him wrapped around her finger

Pooped-
Loves to sleep in the Boppy

And just for cuteness, take a look at those sweet little baby feet

More Lyla

Here's Lyla jammin out to Thriller. It's hard to hear the music over my laughing, but I couldn't help it, she looks so cute!

Lyla sure is loved by her grandparents! She is the first on the Green side and the second on the Roskelley side. She is so blessed to have such a loving and supportive family.

Baby Lyla

So I always vowed to never let my blog just become a massive out pour of baby pictures and nothing else, but really, who was I kidding?? Especially it being the first week home from the hospital she pretty much consumes our lives. Here are some pics from her first days of life :)

Here she is flashing some gang signs, ha

Lyla and Grandma

Getting ready for her first bath

Washing her hair. She looks calm here, but she really hated being wet and cold!

Dad turned 60 on Monday so we had a birthday party for him and Lyla. Lyla didn't get any cake though, dangit. Happy Birthday Dad!

I gave dad this lotion applicator thing for his back, he's showing it off

Lyla Mae Green

Lyla made her grand entrance into the world on February 19th at 6:11pm. She is very healthy and is doing great! I am also doing well, recovery is slow, but to be expected.

Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz
Height: 20.5 inches

Our new family of three :)

Our first moments together, the best moment in my life, except when I was sealed to Josh of course :)

Josh taking care of Lyla while I get stitched up

Mom and Lyla hangin out Saturday morning

So cute



Josh getting Lyla dressed for the first time, his mom had to help a little...

On our way home, she just looks so tiny in that big seat!

The proud bro-in-law Davis with the overnight bag and boppy ready to go home

The story: I woke up friday morning with no signs of going into labor. I watched some tv and went about my morning when I went to the bathroom and had some spotting so i called the doc and she told me to go to the labor and delivery to get it checked out. I hadn't had any contractions that morning so left the house at about 10am, with nothing but my purse, and I was on my way to the hospital when some contractions started. Josh was at school and had just barely finished a midterm and I picked him up to come with me. By the time we arrived to the hospital I was really starting to feel stronger contractions that I ever had before, and the nurse checked me out and we waited for about an hour and she confirmed that I was in labor and would not be leaving the hospital. They moved me into the delivery room and was in labor for a few hours and was getting stronger so was offered the epidural at about 4:30. In the next hour I went from a 5 to a 10 and then pushed for the last half hour or so and she arrived at 6:11pm. So I was only in labor about 8 hours and pushed for about 30 minutes, I was so happy with that as a first time labor! The next morning, Saturday Josh was off doing his busy life already and had two interviews for summer internships. That is why he is all dressed up in some of the pics :) We got released at 2pm and have been trying to get our schedule down, but she is a great baby and we are loving having this sweet little girl in our lives!

Valentine's Day

Lyla,

You were supposed to come yesterday, but decided you like being in the belly instead, so your dad and I celebrated Valentine's Day (eve) different than expected. We decided to eat at a new chinese restaurant we hadn't been to before, and went to see a movie called 'Valentine's Day'. It was a cute romantic comedy and I'm pretty sure every person we passed at the theater looked at my huge belly. We are getting impatient, please come soon!

Here we are at the movies with my new favorite coat that hopefully I can actually button in the near future!

I woke up for church with the smell of delicious heart-shaped pancakes, my favorite breakfast food. Thanks Josh :)

Due Date!

Today she is due, but still not here! I had a few braxton hicks for the first time yesterday, but none today yet. We are still deciding, should it be Lyla Mae, or Lyle Renae?! Lyla Mae flows better, but Renae is my middle name,so i'm having dilemmas deciding. Keep checking back for baby updates :)

More Baby Talk, Of Course

It seems that our lives have already been taken over with baby gear, baby thoughts, and of course blogging, and she isn't even here yet! But it seems like just about all my free time these days has been preparing mentally and physically for baby green. Her room is almost done, a few more things to go. Pics to come.

I am feeling more pregnant than ever! I actually feel fine, minor aches here and there, but nothing to complain about. I just don't even notice how big I really am until I take a picture and see it! Whew, good thing there's only 2 weeks left, i'm about to pop.

Josh and I putting the stroller/car seat combo together.

Here is the finished product, can't wait to use it! I feel like an official mom with the stroller ready to go, ha.

More Baby Showers!

Two more showers, the last two. With the holidays happening and lots of great friends I was spoiled with lots of showers this pregnancy. I am so grateful for everyone's support and love for me and Josh. Thankfully, we didn't have much to spend on baby gear thanks to amazing friends and family!!

Shiloh Hills Ward Shower:

Heather with her amazing skills made a "Baby Jeopardy" with Developmental, Celebrity Babies, and Misc. as topics and we won candy bars for the right answer. So cute and fun!

I got lots of great gifts, one in particular that made me tear up, which is hard to do if you know me well, was made by my friend Brittney. She makes these awesome books, and made one for me to write about the baby each week for the first year. I love it and will be so much fun if I can discipline myself to do it!

Heather put the shower together for me. She has been a great friend here in Spokane and she did a great job and made some delicious cupcakes and chocolate dipped pretzels also. Thanks Heather! :)

Here is everyone who came, except Robin Bishoff who had to leave early.

North Wall Schools Shower:

This was my biggest shower by far, there was about 25-26 people there! It included my coworkers and some of the mothers of the children I care for. Rachel Shoop threw the shower for me, we work together in the Toddler Class, the 2-3 year olds.

Here is one half of the women there, watching me open presents

Here is the other half, except Jennifer Miner, Melissa and Karen Kennedy didn't make it into either picture but were there

Dianna, who I worked with last year made this diaper cake, she did a great job!

Tiffany, who I work with, and her daughter Carly is in my class, made this cake for me

Here is my personal helper Carly who brought me every present and helped me open them. She felt very special doing this, it was so cute.

We played a game to see who could drink some pink lemonade out of a bottle the fastest. It was surprisingly hard they said! This is Kelli, Anne Marie (who both work in preschool) and Dalene, the mom of Bailey in my class.

We also played the string game like at my family shower in CA to see who could get the closest size of string to how big my belly was. Nicole won, she is due the day before me and used her own belly :)