February has been a sick month

It started with Lucy. She had a bad cough and fever. We took her to insta care last weekend. They said it was probably RSV. She had a cough for a few days and then a really bad runny nose. Her fever didn't seem to go away, so we took her to the doctor again and it had turned into an ear infection. She is on antibiotics now and doing great. The day I took Lucy to the doctor again, Whitney started to sound bad, the next day she sounded awful. She had no voice and a bad cough. Daniel took her to the doctor on wednesday, and he said she probably had RSV too, and told us to watch her. Yesterday, she was having bad coughing attacks and we were worried about her breathing, so we made a trip to the ER. We ended up being admitted because they wanted to put her on oxygen and watch her. So, we have been her for almost 24 hours and she is doing pretty good. They have her on oxygen and suck out all the mucus every once in awhile. Mostly she has been sleeping. I think she is getting a little better. It is so sad to hear her little hoarse cry.

I am starting to feel a little crappy and my mom and Sam are both feeling sick now. Hopefully March will bring some sun shine and all the sickness will be gone.

Moments in the Mommyhood

Loading the dishwasher is not easy with Lucy hanging around. She wants to put the soap in, she takes out the dishes you just puts in, she shuts the door while you are trying to load, etc. Today, while I was loading the dishwasher, Lucy was bugging me so I told her to go lay down. A minute later, she was back with a pillow and her blanket and laid down on the floor next to the dishwasher. I couldn't be mad at her any longer, she is just so cute!

Here is a picture from the other day. My two girls. They are so cute and we love them so much. Don't you just love Whitney's double chin? I weighed her today and she is 10 lbs. She is our little chunky monkey. I know she is still so small (my co-worker's son was born a day after Whit and he is 14 lbs now and I am sure her cousin, Jayce, who is a day older than her is probably about the same as that), but she has gained weight much faster than Lucy did. We love our little girls!

Whitney

  

I can't believe Whitney is almost two months old now. I only have one week left before I have to go back to work and I am so sad. It has been nice to be home with the girls. Lucy is so much fun right now and Whitney gets cuter every day. She is finally starting to sleep for longer stretches of time (and even went eight hours between feedings once last weekend) so hopefully that will help me once I go back to work. I was worried about going back when her schedule was still all over the place, but we are slowly getting into a routine.

Whitney is such a cute little girl. She has brown hair, that looks auburn in some lights (Daniel doesn't agree though). She loves to be held, which has been hard with Lucy running around. She has cried a lot more than Lucy did, but I don't think I can complain much since Lucy was such a good baby. Whitney has gained weight much faster than Lucy and has been such a good eater. Nursing with Lucy was not easy, she just couldn't get the hang of it. Whitney took to it right away and I was able to nurse her the day she was born and feel like she was getting something.

 

Whitney's eyes are still pretty gray, but I kind of think they might go blue. She is starting to smile and coo which is so fun and makes it all worth it. I wish I had more time to just hold her, I feel like I don't have time to just sit and hold her, especially with Lucy wanting to play. I think I spent hours and hours just staring at Lucy, and I haven't done that with Whitney. I had probably done a dozen "photo shoots" with Lucy by this time, and I have maybe done two with Whitney. I need to be better, because I don't want to miss out or forget this time in our little girl's life.

Whitney about 6 weeks

Lucy about 5 weeks

I am just about finished making Whitney's blessing dress and I am so excited about how it turned out. I used the same pattern as Lucy's but added some lace. I wanted them to be different and I think they are both so cute.

Lucy has been a good big sister. She has started to call her "ninny" and likes to give her kisses. When we first brought Whitney home, Lucy wanted to hold her all the time and we had to really watch her, but she is doing better now. She likes to rock Whitney in the swing, which I have to keep telling her to stop doing. She always lets me know when Whitney is crying "baby cying". Lucy has been saying "too" a lot. If we both have gloves on, she points to me and says "too", because I have gloves too. She also wants others to have things, like if she has a sticker or some food, she wants Whitney to have some "too". Lucy will also tell me when she has a stinky diaper by saying "steenty biaper" and when you change her she says "eeww grooss". She is talking all the time and I am amazed at what she understands. Her favorite movie is "meemo" (Nemo) which she would watch everyday if I would let her.

 The left picture is Lucy a few weeks after she was born, the one on the right is just a few weeks ago.  I can believe how big she has gotten

Lucy with a cute pony tail, Daniel's belt and some of my make up

Teslie and Lucy squeezed into a chair to watch a movie

Lucy after a bath.  I put the robe on her then she went downstairs and put the boots on (they are on the wrong feet)

Lucy playing at Aunt Shelly's.  She loved wearing the backpack around and she loved the train.

Lucy wanted to do Gracie's hair after she watch me cut James's hair

We are so blessed with our little girls and are so grateful to have them in our lives.

Sisters

***The pictures are fixed, you can now click on them to enlarge***

We finally got our computer set up again, so here are some long overdue pictures. We are all doing great. Whitney is growing fast and has already changed so much. She hasn't really settled into a schedule yet, but we are doing good. She has been a great eater and we love her so much. At her two week appointment she weighed 6 lbs 12 oz which surprised all of us. She loves to be held, and mostly still sleeps all the time, although she is starting to stay awake more and more.

Lucy has been doing pretty good at being a big sister. She was a little clingy and whiny at first, but she has gotten used to and loves to hold Whitney. She loves to point out the baby to everyone and made me put a bow in Whitney's hair more than once. We love out little girls!

Here are some pictures from the hospital when she was born.

People keep asking if she looks like Lucy, and I think that she does. Here are some pictures of Lucy and Whitney at about the same age. Can you tell which is which?

My brother's family has been in town for a couple of weeks now and it has been fun to have them here. Lucy loves having other kids to play with!

We has a great Christmas. It was fun to watch Lucy open presents. After we opened presents we drove out to Vernal to visit Daniel's family. It was fun to see the kids, especially little Jayce, who is one day older than Whitney and about two lbs bigger.

Here are just some cute pics, just for fun! Isn't she cute?!

Our precious little girls

Life is very good for our little family. We are so excited that our Baby B is finally here. She was born December 2 at 4:59pm. She weighed 5 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. We named her Whitney Jane Stevenson. I don't know why, but we had such a hard time naming her, we didn't finally decide until almost the day we went home. We still call her Baby B a lot though. The delivery went great and I am feeling so much better than I did with Lucy. She has been a good eater, which has been so nice! She has been a great little baby so far and we all love her. Lucy loves to hold her and has been doing pretty good with the transition. She was a little clingy the first couple of days we were home, but seems to be doing better.

Lucy and Whitney

Uncle Sam and Nicole with Whitney and Lucy

I took Lucy to get a much overdo haircut on Tuesday. She did such a great job sitting still and I love her cute hair cut. Here is a picture at cookie cutters.

Here are a few pics of Lucy the other day. I just thought she looked so cute and grown up with her new hair cut.

Last night while we were watching the sing off, Lucy got a little make up brush and started performing for us. It was so cute! I am amazed at her little imagination that is growing everyday!