sittin pretty

Zaiah FINALLY learned how to sit up by himself! We had been working on this for so long and he never got it, but one morning, it finally clicked! It just so happened that it clicked on the very morning that he had therapy. His therapists were so excited to see his new accomplishment! Before we know it he will be crawling! Even though I struggle with him daily and get frustrated more then I should, I am so amazed by him. I am just so proud of my son!

I know what you are thiking..... those were sooo entertaining!

Averie had her two week check up today. She now weighs 5 lbs 13 oz and is 19 in long. I can't believe time is going by so fast! It's kind of crazy, but it feels like she has always been a part of our family. After we had Izaiah and we made the decision that we wouldn't have any more kids, I felt strange and sad, but I knew I didn't want to put another child through what Zai went through, so I thought it was the right decision. I think I was so uneasy because deep down I always knew that our family wasn't complete. I knew Averie was waiting to come. I am so happy and so blessed that she is here and healthy. I love my family more then words can say. Now, I feel at ease.

Zai Zai turns 1!

I can't believe Izaiah is 1! Maybe it's because he has only been home for about 6 months, but time sure did go by fast! We had a party planned for him on Saturday and then we had our beautiful early arrival so I was unable to do anything for it! Luckily, my mom came over and helped clean my house and get stuff a little organized and Christopher's mom came up a little early and decorated and made cupcakes. I couldn't have done it without them! I love you guys! It was a fun afternoon of BBQ and family. We tried taking pictures of all the kids, but you can imagine how well that turned out! Happy birthday baby boy! I can't wait to see how fast you grow over the next year!

This picture cracks me up! My parents wanted to get a pictures of them with all of their grandkids and you can see how well it worked! Mae is bawling, Kenna couldn't care less, Zai is so confused and the 2 babies are dead asleep! what a portrait!

averie jayne wilson

She waited as long as she could, but finally gave in! Here she is, little miss Averie Jayne. Born Sept. 21 at 9:23 am. She weighed 5 lbs 8 oz and was 17 3/4 inches long. Aside from being so beautiful, she is also doing wonderful. She had no problems right after birth from being premature except having a little hard time keeping her body temp up. We just have to keep her wrapped in a couple blankets and keep a hat on her most of the time, but other then that, she is perfect! There wasn't very many pictures taken right when she was born, but here are some from the following days.


This is almost a spitting image of kennedie in her birth announcement! I'll have to see if I can post them together!

my beautiful babies!

With me being on bed rest, I get a little bored and my poor children are the ones who suffer! I decided to have a photo shoot to fill the day and, if I do say so myself, some of them turned out sooo cute. It might have something to do with the fact that i have the most adorable kids in the world (no offence to everyone else) but I'm going to give my photography skills a little credit!
Doesn't she just look like a little model?

I tried taking some pictures of the two of us by myself, and as you can imagine, this is the only one that kinda turned out!

Jumping the gun!

We have had an eventful (and unwanted) few days. Saturday I started feeling some contractions that were only coming like every hour or so. They were not very painful, just uncomfortable so I assumed they were braxton hicks. Sunday, they were getting a little more painful but still really far apart. I've never had braxton hicks before so I, once again, assumed it was normal. Monday, they became pretty painful, but I sucked it up and went to work. I had my boss do an ultrasound just to make sure everything was ok. With my track record I was just a little nervous! Everything looked pretty good except my uterus was contracting. We were not to concerned and decided I just needed to relax. Monday night, the contractions woke me up because they were so painful and I realized they were coming a lot closer together. I went to the doctor Tuesday morning and they hooked me up to the fetal monitors and by now my contractions were coming every 7-8 minutes. They checked my cervix and I was dilated to 3. they had to give me an injection to try and stop the contractions, but wouldn't you know it, after 3 hours it didn't work. They then had to give me a magnesium drip which is one of the worst things I have ever had! The side effects were nausea, burning, nervousness and tremors. All of this on top of the contractions! Poor Christopher probably wanted to run away! I think I was so irritating to be around! But being the great guy he is he stuck around and held my hand! 7 hours of the mag drip and it finally slowed things down. I was eventually able to go home with a pill form of the magnesium. Now It looks as though I will be on bed rest for the next 7 weeks. I guess whatever it takes to keep her cooking a little longer!

my big boy!

Izaiah has been doing so great lately. he can finally sit up all by himself! I'm so excited that he has reached this milestone! He struggled for so long and now, SUCCESS!! I can't wait to see what he learns next!