Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Lydia Jane's Birth Announcement


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I'm really happy with how it turned out and it was super easy to do as well!  The photos were done by my fabulous best friend, Naomi Jennings.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Happy One Month Birthday, Lydia!

Our baby girl is one month old today! I can hardly believe it. It has been such a blessing to have her in our lives. We love you, LJ!


Lydia Jane at 1 month old.
Likes: mommy, milk, gas medicine, being held, sound machine, lights, Daddy's singing, baths, relaxin'
Dislikes: changing clothes, drying off, car seats, cribs

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Silly Snippets

"Our baby likes my beard because it combs her hair while she's sleeping. "





"Penguins are not found at the North Pole."
"I don't think there are any animals at the North Pole."
"Yes there are! Reindeer!"





"Why doesn't he shoot?! He's wide open!"
"That man doesn't shoot; he dunks it!"

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Right Now

We are loving...

Sleepy Smiles
Milk Face



Singing Lullabys
Watching Pride and Prejudice with our girl



Burrito Baby



Kissy Faces



Wide Eyes



Hands in the air



Scrunchy wake up face



And basically every other thing about our Lydia Jane...

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Lydia Jane Watts

Our girl finally arrived on Thursday, January 26th at 4:56 pm.  She weighed 7lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.  We are so in love and enjoying every minute with our sweet girl!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

41 Weeks: Hello in There!



Our girl is starting to remind me of this little egg, Sherman, from Garfield and friends.  She just does not want to hatch! I had a doctors appointment yesterday where they did a non stress test and an ultrasound to check the amniotic fluid.  Both were fine, but she is definitely a relaxed little lady, or a cramped little lady.  It's hard to tell.  She still has her wild karate moments, but she has started to just relax/sleep more and more.  Lets hope she keeps that up when she is outside of the womb as well!  After my tests, I saw the doctor and he asked if anyone had talked to me about being induced. (I've only dialated 1 cm and haven't had any real contractions.) When I said no he said, "Well, we need to talk about it."  I knew this was coming and had already prepared myself for it.  Cory gave me a blessing over the weekend and part of it talked about being blessed to have all the benefits of modern medicine with my delivery.  Before that, I had been sort of against everything that I did not consider "natural" but after receiving a blessing, I have felt much more okay about it.  Sometimes, it is what you need. I feel so blessed to have the gospel in my life and worthy priesthood holder as my husband.  I have definitely needed those things and they have made the rough moments of this pregnancy much easier to get through. 
So I scheduled my induction for the 26th, tomorrow, and have felt at peace with the decision ever since.  Dr. Salley will be the doctor on call and I really like him.  He is my sister in law's main doctor and is the one I saw when I had the subchorionic bleed.  He made me feel so at ease during literally one of the scariest days of my life and so I'm sure he will be great to have for this experience as well.  I took today off work and have loved being able to plan everything out and make lists.  I already had most everything done but this extra day of planning has been great.  It has helped me relax.  Who gets relaxed from planning and cleaning all day?! I know I'm strange.  Also, a control freak so it works out that those things do make me feel better. :)  Tonight Cory and I are going out on our last date before we are parents and I'm excited about that.  I may even post one last belly picture since I'm actually planning to do my hair. :) 

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Lydia Jane's Nursery

You would think now that I am 4 days overdue, the nursery would be done, right?  Wrong.  It is complete enough that she could use it but it still has some work that needs to be done.  They are all just the final touches like hanging up pictures and new curtains so not a huge deal.  I thought I would share what we have done so far anyway.  Hopefully soon we will have a little sweet girl in here to show off as well!
Her crib and rocking chair.  You can also see her little giraffe hobby horse partially.  The bed skirt on her crib is the one my Granny made for my crib when I was born.  It's a little long but I'm sentimental so it's staying.
 Inside of her crib.
 Rocking chair and ottoman.  My mom bought a regular storage ottoman from Target and recovered it to match the chair. 
 Her dresser.  Mom also made the lamp shade and painted the dresser white.  It was originally in Cory's room growing up and brown.  We also changed the knobs to make it more girly.
 Close up of her dresser decorations.
 Believe it or not, I inherited this little cabinet from my Granny years ago.  The doors are just perfect for holding her hair bows!  The teddy bear was Cory's when he was little.  His mom actually made it for him.  The first thing he said when he saw the pink ribbon and pearls:  "That's a boy bear."
Last, but not least: her closet!  That may look like a lot of clothes, but it isn't even the half of it.  You can't see the ones that go all the way to the back of the closet.  I don't know how she is going to wear them all!