7.02.2011

The G-Man's Arrival

My Mom and Bryson's Mom Drove up together Sunday to be here to help us with Addie, we had fun shopping all day Monday until I went in to the hospital that night at 8:00 pm. I'm pretty sure Addie was in heaven with her "Two Grandma's" as she called them!
Here she is cheesin it for the last picture as the only child! Poor thing didn't know her world was about to be rocked!
I checked into the hospital Monday night at 8:00 pm to be started.  They hooked me right up and got everything going as soon as we got there, I was already dilated to about a 3 so I was already happy considering I went in with Miss A and wasn't dilated at all when they got me started.  My mom and Bryson kept me company and then Jessie showed up to hang out with us for awhile.  It really was so laid back and I was feeling really good even though I was having some major contractions.  Jessie left around 1:00 am and was going to take my mom with her to get some sleep, but my awesome mom decided to just stay and keep me and Bryson company.  Bryson slept for awhile and my mom and I tortured ourselves by watching food network in the middle of the night! Around 4:30 am I decided I needed to get some sleep, so I paged the nurse for an epidural.  I really wasn't in that much pain at this point, but decided I better get some sleep and was to uncomfortable to be able to.  I got my epidural around 5:00 am and the anesthesiologist laughed cause he said he had never seen someone not even flinch when he put the needle in, let's just say the needle does not scare me, on the other hand intense labor without an epidural, terrifies me!!! Right after my epidural they broke my water and said I was dilated to a 4 almost 5.  Just like when I had Addie, the epidural decided not to numb the right side of my body and by this time my contractions were killing me! The anesthesiologist decided to give me a large dose of medicine in my epidural at once to see if this would help, but it didn't.  So after about an hour or so of feeling pretty miserable and having my blood pressure drop really low, they decided to reposition the needle in my back, they pulled it out almost 3/4 of the way and waited to see if it worked! Thankfully it did and I felt awesome after that!!! Around 9:00 am the nurses checked me and said I was pretty close to a 10,so they paged my doctor and decided to get everything ready for the delivery.  They had me do a practice push to see what would happen and the second I started pushing they made me stop cause our little man was ready to come out! Not soon after my Doctor came in and we were ready to have a baby!!! They had me push one big long push and our little man came out at 10:04 am on April 5th! Our Doctor picked him up and laughed and said there is some serious weight on that boy, and sure enough he weighed in at 8 lbs 8 0z and 19 inches long! I had told my Doctor all along that I wanted this boy to come out early because I had a feeling he was going to be big!!! Other then feeling nauseated for about an hour after having Grayson and getting the shakes while all the medicine was wearing off, I cannot complain about this delivery, it was so much easier then Addie's and pushing once to get that baby out was definitely nice!!!
The Delivery Plan
you can tell how much I stressed an epidural :)

At least someone got some sleep while waiting all night right?! hahha
Proud Daddy with his new baby boy who was born on his birthday!

My cute Mom with the G-Man
He looks exactly like Addie did as a newborn

Big Sister meeting her brother for the first time

She was a little nervous, but knew exactly who baby brother was



Baby Brother was nice enough to bring Miss A a present! She absolutely loved her Tangled doll from him!
Addie and Rapunzel
Getting Grayson Dressed for the first time
Can you tell she liked him :)
Daddy and his kids
Our family of Four!!!

I didn't want to forget about my cute hubby's birthday so I bought him an ice cream cake the night before we went into the hospital and had Cindy bring that and some balloons later that night so we could celebrate!
Addie in her PJ's eating her chocaNilla (chocolate and vanilla) cake
We had many visitors that day, but sadly I didn't get pictures of everyone :(



Lovin on Brother
So glad you are here sweet boy! We don't know what we ever did without you!

4.07.2011

He's Here!!!!

Grayson B. Westbrook
Arrived on Tuesday April 5th @ 10:04 a.m.
8 lbs. 8 ounces
19 inches long

We are all doing great and have been a bit preoccupied, because all we do is stare at this little sweetie all day long! 

*When things calm down a bit and we settle into life with two kids I will hopefully post more pictures and write down the story of our little man's arrival!  For now all I have to say is this little boy has stolen my heart and I am in love!!!! 

One more thing....Happy Birthday to my most amazing husband (who got a baby boy for his present), Now my two most favorite boys share a birthday!






 


11.16.2010

Bring on......

The dirt, trucks, bugs and blue, we are having a
Boy!!!
We could not be more excited!!! We were going to be surprised if it wasn't a boy, considering how much better I have felt with this pregnancy. The second the technician started the ultrasound, little mister was sitting on his bum and there was no mistaking this was a little boy!  We were also relieved to find out that this little stud muffin seems to be growing perfectly! 
We can't wait to add a little more blue to our lives, and I am pretty sure Bryson is excited not to be outnumbered anymore! 

10.25.2010

fAmILy PiCtUrEs 2010

The Family Shots










Addie's classic pose

The Girls


These two are two peas in a pod and have so much fun together....can ya tell? :)

I think this is my favorite of Miss A, love her smile and eyes in this pic


Miss Addison Lynn
The most adorable 2 Year Old





I absolutely love our family pictures this year! (can you tell, I uploaded almost every single one) 
Lindsay Barker at I {heart} Photography took them and did such a great job! 
Addie did pretty well for the most part, she was a little sick of taking pictures by the time we got to her individuals, but Lindsay still managed to get some really cute ones!!! 
So glad to have pictures done and out of the way!
Thanks again Lindsay!!! We Love Them!
*If you are looking for someone with affordable prices Lindsay is your photographer

10.21.2010

Doctors Appt. #2

Well today I had my second check up for Baby #2
I was a little nervous seeing as that all I have been doing the last 4 weeks is eating!
Which I must say is a far cry from me not being able to eat or keep down anything while I was prego with Addie for the whole 9 mths!
But even though I was super sick and never hungry while prego with Miss A, I still managed to gain 50 pounds that pregnancy!.........
Hence why I was so nervous....do not get me wrong I see nothing wrong with gaining a healthy amount of weight while prego, I actually didn't even keep track at all with Addie but at the end they let me know my total weight gain! 
Anyways, so I have gained 9 pounds since my last visit, which was only 4 weeks ago! hahahha
I was a bit surprised (well not really I can't stop eating)!
I told Bryson how much I gained in just 4 weeks and he just laughed! 
I said what if I keep gaining 9 pounds every 4 weeks and he smiled and said then you will be close to 100 pounds heavier! hahahha
Needless to say I am a bit more motivated to eat healthier the rest of this pregnancy
The down side is nothing sounds good besides french fries, cookies, and peanut butter and jelly(which I normally hate by the way).......................
Well maybe the healthy eating will start tomorrow, I just made a batch of pumpkin cookies and my mouth is watering!!! 

Here's to lovely pregnancy cravings!!!

*Just made my appt. for our ultrasound to find out what this little nugget is! Can't wait til Nov. 15th

10.18.2010

Addie's Birthday Party

Addison's 2nd Birthday 
{September 4th, 2010}

{The Guests}                  

{The Birthday Girl}


{The Cake & Candles}

{Eating her cake}


{Opening Presents}




{Playing with her new toys}

I am so late on posting Addison's Birthday, but she had such a fun party this year! We wanted to keep it smaller, so we had a family BBQ and then opened presents and had cake and homemade ice cream and peaches for dessert! Addie was in heaven with all the Mickey and Minnie Mouse decor and had such a fun night!  Thanks to everyone for coming and making it such a special day! 
Our big present to Miss A is that we are taking her to Disneyland in just a few weeks for her first time! We can't wait to see her reaction when she gets to meet Mickey and Minnie in person!
We Love you Missy!!!