Holland’s Blessing

We blessed Holland last Sunday.  It was our last Sunday in our ward and it was so nice to have as many family and friends as we did participate in it!  Holland was awesome during the blessing and slept during the get-together afterwards.  Casey gave a very sweet blessing and I felt like the luckiest girl and mom in the world to have such an amazing husband and wonderful girls! 

My dad, mom, and sister Kristen. 

My Uncle Gregg (my dad’s brother) and Aunt Ann. 

Casey’s sister Mindy and her kids Brittyn and Landon

This is what Holland did pretty much the entire day!  I love those chubby cheeks!

Holland with her great Aunt Ann

I thought it was fun to see this picture of Carly’s bessing.  Carly and Holland look pretty similar to me!

My mom always knows how to get Holland to stop fussing.  Holland LOVES grandma!

We love you so much sweet Holland!

1 month!

 

My sweet Holland girl is 1 month old today!  She is the sweetest baby in the world.  I really couldn’t ask for a better baby! She loves to just hang out and look around, and when she’s tired I’ll just put her down on the bed and she’ll fall asleep! She has been an amazing sleeper (for a newborn). She usually only wakes up 1 time to eat at night which has been a dream come true. 

   She has been smiling for a few weeks and it melts my heart when she smiles back at me.  She has the most kissable cheeks, and I kiss them all the time. 

She loves her pacifier, and I love that she loves it. It helps her go to sleep and we don’t need to rock her for hours like we had to do with Carly every night. 

We are so grateful for Holland and her sweet spirit.  She really is an angel sent from heaven.  We love her so much!

2 weeks old!

Our sweet Holland baby is 2 weeks old! Time has gone by fast and slow at the same time.  Holland has been a really good baby;  She has slept really well at night, and she doesn’t cry a lot.  She’s been quite the little eater too-she gained a pound in 2 weeks!  At her doctor’s appointment today she weighed 9 lbs 5 oz (78%) and was 22.5 inches long (98%).  She’s been growing a ton. Carly has warmed up to her a little better.  She still gets jealous if Casey or I am holding her but she’s getting used to the idea of having someone else in the family.  It is a lot of fun to have such a precious newborn baby around.  It’s a lot of work but since I know how fast babies grow up I’ve been trying to enjoy all the cuddle time I can get.  We love you baby Holland!

Side note: We just found out yesterday that we got an apartment.  We’ve been on a waiting list for a while and we came to the top and we’re moving next week!  I have mixed feelings about leaving my parent’s house.  I want to give my parent’s their house back but I know I’ll miss having them around.  Our new apartment has 3 bedrooms so it will be nice to move Holland into her own room!

Holland!

Our sweet Holland Estelle Green was born on Tuesday night (my due date) at 11:25.  She was 8 lbs 4 oz 19” long.  I wasn’t expecting to go into labor on my own and I was just waiting until I could get induced on Wednesday morning, but on Tuesday afternoon my water broke at 3:45.  I was so excited when it broke because I knew I wouldn’t have to be induced the next morning anymore!  My contractions started pretty quick after my water broke so we headed straight to the hospital.  I had to wait in a triage room for a couple of hours because they didn’t have any open rooms!  It was a crazy busy day to have a baby I guess. 

When a room finally opened up I was having even stronger contractions but I was still only 5 cm dilated.  I was pretty frustrated that I hadn’t progressed very much in those 2 hours.  I had to wait another hour to get an epidural because the anesthesiologist was way busy giving the other 20+ ladies epidurals.  Once I got the epidural I started getting really light headed and I almost passed out a few times because my blood pressure was so low.  So  I had to lay down on my side for the rest of the time.  At 10 p.m. the doctor checked me and I was only at 6 cm.  Then during the next hour I started feeling a lot of pressure from the contractions and the nurse checked me at 11 and I was ready to start pushing!  I pushed a couple of times and then Holland came right out. 

Holland has been such a good baby.  She is so sweet and doesn’t cry a lot.  Carly loves her most of the time.  I made the mistake of calling Holland sweetie while I changing her and Carly heard and said, “No mama I’m your sweetie!”  She got pretty mad and has been a lot more clingy to Casey instead of me.  Hopefully she’ll warm up more to me and Holland soon. 

I am so grateful for Casey he is an amazing birth coach!

My sister Brooke came along to be a part of the birth.  It was fun having her there to help and lighten the mood. 

They had flavored ice chips -you could add snow cone flavors to the ice!  They helped to keep me from passing out!

We were lucky to have a lot of people come visit us in the hospital:  The Bergeses, The Whiteleys, Our bishopric, The McNeils, and The Edgmons.

2 days left?!?!

I have only 2 days left until my due date.   This pregnancy has gone by very fast… except for the past 2 weeks which have dragged on and on and have seemed like 2 months!  I was honestly hoping that this little girl would do her mom a favor and come a week early but she’s just like her sister and wants to come late! 

This past week I went into the doctor twice because my Dr. wanted to strip my membranes and then check me a few days later to see if I could be induced on Monday.  I know my Dr. is nice to offer to induce me a day before my due date and I was a bit hesitant honestly but I am supposedly making enough progress already to be induced.  A few hours after I left the Dr. on Friday I got a call from a nurse saying that the hospital is booked Monday and Tuesday for inductions so I can’t be scheduled until Wednesday.  Which I know it isn’t that bad to have a baby one day late, but I had been planning on being induced on Monday for a week!  The nurse told me that the Dr. is pretty sure that I’ll have the baby before then anyway so it shouldn’t be a big deal, we’ll see…

I have been trying to enjoy all the one on one time I have left with Carly. She is at such a fun stage where she is always asking me how I’m doing and saying how much she loves me.  My favorite is when she says, “mommy, you’re my best friend ever!”   I can’t believe I’ll have two kids by Wednesday. I am so excited! 

The end is in sight!

4 more weeks until d-day!  Tomorrow I go in to the doctor and I’m hoping he’ll give me some good news like “I can guarantee this baby won’t come later than 39 weeks!”  I’m not counting on that at all but I can dream.  When I was pregnant with Carly my doctor told me at 36 weeks that she thought I would have Carly in the next 2 weeks because I was already dilated etc… I ended up having Carly a day late, and I was mad at my doctor!  This little baby girl will come whenever she wants and I’m fine with that!  I know how much I need to enjoy sleeping right now so I am enjoying it.  We are so excited to meet this new baby girl! 

We love Grandma

Carly gets so spoiled living with Grandma.  Grandma is always reading to her and playing the piano with her.  Carly even gets cuddles in bed with grandma and grandpa sometimes.  When I was little my mom would play me these exact songs and I would sit on her lap and sing with her.  I love hearing Carly sing a long with grandma it really brings tears to my eyes. 

Carly singing with grandma