Brynlee, The Last 2 Months!

We have loved having Brynlee in our lives! She is such a sweet baby and is so happy. It's still hard to get her to go to sleep at night, but she has such a happy disposition. She is growing so fast, I can barely keep up with everything! She loves her sisters, she always smiles for them, she loves to smile and coo, she loves being held and rocked, and she loves being free from the dreaded diaper! :) She also loves her baths and playing with her little caterpillar. We love her!

Brynlee the day she was born

Gabi and Brynlee- Proud Big Sister

Brynlee 1 week

Tummy Time!

Brynlee at 2 Weeks

Playing with her toys

Brynlee at 3 Weeks

Brynlee with her Valentine's Day Flower

Brynlee 4 Weeks

Blessing Day

Brynlee at 5 Weeks

Brynlee Laughing

6 Weeks old

 Tummy Time again!

7 Weeks

Wearing somthing mommy wore when she was a baby!

Brynlee 8 Weeks

 Brynlee at 9 Weeks (2 months)

Brynlee's Debut Part II

Where was I...so we got to the hospital. Since it was early in the morning we had to go through the ER entrance. They didn't really believe I was in labor...shouldn't do that to a woman in labor! I assured them that I was and they called the Dr and sent a nurse down to get me. We headed on up and they weighed me and had me get settled in and then sent me walking while they were waiting for the Dr to come. The contractions started coming really hard then and we could barely walk around. After doing about 4 or 5 laps, they nurse said the Dr was ready to check me. I was at a 4, so he decided to keep me and see how fast I progressed. Isaac slept while I paced the room and bounced on a birthing ball. I was exhausted! I decided to try and go all natural with this babe. The nice thing about not having and epidural is I was able to get up and walk around, which seemed to hurt less when I had contractions. The birthing ball was a big help to. I actually dilated pretty quickly, faster than I have with either of the other two. So the decision to go all natural was not steadfast. If I got to a point where I didn't think I could do it, then I was open to and epidural. I dilated super fast and the next thing I knew was that they were calling the Dr because I was already to a 9. Since my babes come fast, they were worried that the doc wouldn't be there in time. They kept telling me, "If you have the urge to push DON'T!" Well, I didn't, so that wasn't a problem. The doctor got there around 9:30 and checked to see where I was at, still a 9. They had me start pushing. That hurt, a lot. I pushed and pushed for forever when after about an hour the Dr said' "Well, you're still at a 9. I thought pushing would flip this baby since she's POSTERIOR!!" So, seriously, for the last hour I wasn't pushing to deliver my little bundle of joy, I was pushing to FLIP HER! No fair! I was already exhausted. I hadn't slept in over 24hrs, and I had been giving every ounce of energy to FLIP HER! Even though that was super horrible, I had actually been coping with the pain pretty well on my own (a lot better than I thought I would!) so I decided to keep going, not like I could have had an epidural at that point anyway. They had me flip over on my hands and knees in hopes that would flip the baby. I had to stay in that position for 45min! By then the contractions were pretty intense. It was all I could do not to cry. I was so weak from lack of sleep and pushing that I could barely hold myself up. They went and got the Dr and let me flip back over. I was seriously so tired that I fell asleep between every contraction. The doc came back in and said it was time to start pushing. This time to hopefully have the baby! The contractions were incredibly painful at that point. I seriously was in tears. Because she was still posterior pushing was super painful. I pushed for a long time. I don't even know how long, but I'm sure it felt longer because of how painful it was. When she finally flipped she came out super fast- well except for the fact that the Dr wanted her to come out slow so I had to push, stop, push, stop...like 10 times. I think that was the worst part! (Sorry if that's TMI for some of you :) ) Having a babe all natural was seriously bar none the most painful thing EVER! That being said, I recovered so much faster than I did with the other two. I was up and walking within half and hour and actually walked to the recovery room. I felt a lot better after and wasn't in as much pain. Mostly I think that's due to the fact that I didn't tear at all this time. Thank goodness!
When Brynlee came out Isaac and I were both like, "Oh my goodness! She looks just like Madi!!" She really did look just like Madi did when she was born. It was kind of crazy. We joke about how we were probably supposed to have twins when Madi was born but Heavenly Father knew this mama couldn't handle it, so Brynlee had to come a little later.
I don't think I will ever forget the first time I got to hold Brynlee. Isaac brought her to me and she settled right down. I spoke and she looked right at me, and then Isaac spoke and she looked right at him. At that moment everything felt so complete. I gave her a little Eskimo kiss and she just looked at me. Ahh...my sweet little baby was finally here!
We love this little girl so much!!

(sorry, these are a little out of order)





Our little Sweet Pea :)

Madi's Blessing

Madi was blessed on Sunday, July 25, 2010. She looked absolutely beautiful, the blessing was wonderful, and the day couldn't have been a more perfect day. We are so grateful for the love and support from family and friends. The spirit was so strong as Madi was blessed, I don't think I will forget the feeling that I had anytime soon. It is such a huge blessing to be able to have the knowledge of the gospel in our lives, and what that knowledge means to each of us individually. My hope is that as we continue to raise our two beautiful girls, and our other children as they come, that we will be able to instill in them the knowledge and understanding that they truly are children of our Heavenly Father, with unlimited potential. Being a parent is not easy, but we have a perfect example to look to.
Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment-

WE LOVE YOU MADI!

Welcome to the Family Madi!

She's here! Madilyn Marie Knight was born Monday, June 14th 2010 at 9:50am. She weighed in at 8lbs 12oz and 21 inches long. She has a lot of light brown/ blonde hair, and we love her soooo much! Here are some pictures of our little Flag Day baby-

Baby Update

I woke up this morning with contractions every 5-7 minutes, painful ones. Today was the day, I knew it. The contractions started hitting hard at about 3am, and I finally got up at 7am and hopped in the shower, hoping it would take some of the pain away from the contractions. It worked a little. I packed my bag and we headed off to the doctors, I had an appointment today anyway, so it worked out well. I was still having hard contractions, but probably every ten minutes at that point. We then waited and HOUR for the doctor, he just happened to be on call today. Then...we found out I was dilated to a 3. That's it. Most of the doctors in this office don't believe in inducing unless absolutely necessary. So I'm still bearing a big belly, having wonderful contractions, and wishing I was done being prego. Oh well, everything happens for a reason, I've waited this long, I can wait a few more days. Just thought I would keep you all updated.

Bun in the oven

I have failed to post a belly pic so far, so here is one that was taken about a week and a half ago when I was in Seattle. I will try and post some more pics of our visit to Seattle soon.

Baby Update

For those who know, and those who don't know what's going on with the little wiggling tyke in my belly, here's an update. We recently had another ultrasound- pictures to follow soon- to determine how big this baby is going to be. My protruding abdomen and the fact that I was measuring a few weeks ahead seemed to concern the doctors enough to take another peek at the baby. She's doing great. She's no giant, but she's no Napolean either. They think we're on track to have an 8 or 9+ lb baby. They seemed satisfied with that, but wow- that's a big baby! To me there is a big difference in 1 lb of baby when it gets time to deliver! The baby is also measuring about 9 days ahead of schedule, however, they have no intent on moving up the due date. So, if the baby comes a week and a half earlier than my "due date" I won't be the least bit surprised. Gabi was 8lbs 10oz and came 10 days earlier than my first due date, and 3 days earlier than my second due date. Needless to say my belly continues to grow larger everyday! The joys of pregnancy!