Sunday, August 14, 2011

Incase there was any doubt.... I am crazy!

On August 13 we decided to pack up and head to Utah. I am not sure why we felt we must go but we did feel that we must go. Emma was just 12 days old. We pack the car and set out for the 27 hours car trip. We drove (or Ryan drove) straight through the night and made it safely to Utah for Sunday dinner at my parents. It was so great to see family and introduce them to our new little Emmy.
Lilly and Madie are the best little cousin friends. They just squealed when they saw each other.
Let the crazy times begin!
Grandma Lois had a magic rabbit that would hide and the girls had a blast find him in different places in the garden.
Lilly had been wanting to see the "Utah Temple" as she calls in. (Salt Lake Temple) So my brother Cody and his family joined us. Madie in Lilly were in heaven to be together.
Sweet little Cash and Kater.
Uncle KC met us after work. It was so fun to be with my brother and their families.
As soon as we decided to head to Utah Ryan found a Tri-athlon that he could do there.
This one was at Utah lake.
My hottie husband before the race!

Lilly and Emmy cheering their daddy on!
Ryan did a amazing job! I love my triathlete!
The girls had a blast fishing with Papa!


Swimming at the neighbors.

Always playing. Jump ropes make great Repunzel hair.
My cute nephew Easton
My other cute nephew Cash

And just like that we were packed up and ready to head back to Wisconsin.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Sisters!

I am so grateful for my 3 beautiful girls! Lilly and Kate just LOVE Emmy and she is such a sweet addition to our family! I always wanted a close sister and I am glad they will have eachother.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Emma's first week and my birthday

Just 3 days after being home from the hospital I was ready to get out of the house. I love Bay Beach Park which is a small amusement park in Green Bay. We packed the girls up and headed up there. It was so fun to still have my mom in town to help.
Alot of the rides are small and perfect for the girls. They only cast .25 so they can ride as many of them as they want.
Kate really wanted to ride on the ferris wheel. Ryan took her on it. Look close and you will see little Kate.

Grandma with the girls!
Here is proof that Emmalyn and I were there. I didn't really feel like having many pictures of me taken.
The next week my mom did all kind of fun things with Lilly and Kate. I hate messes so the girls loved being able to finger pant with grandma.

Grandma cookies are the best!
Ryan can do it all!
It was so nice that Emma was born in the summer time because the girls could play outside all day. This year they really loved riding their scooters.
My girls have been so lucky to have great friends while we are living here. They also loved to catch butterflies together.
Ryan put a "surprise" BBQ together for me for my birthday. Emma was only a week old here.

Friends
This is the cake the girls picked for me.
Ryan did a great job of putting everything together. My girl friends also helped him remember the little things like plates and forks. Thanks to everyone who brought a dish. It was a great birthday.
Sadly all good things come to an end. It was hard to say goodbye to my mom. I loved having here for nearly two weeks.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Sweet Emmalyn

Well on August 2nd Ryan and I headed off to the hospital so I could give birth to my sweet baby Emmalyn McAffee. I was so blessed to have my mom in town to watch the girls for me. Here is my last pregnant shot with Emmalyn.
This was my third induction so I was hopeful that all would go smoothly. Everything went fine until my epidural did not completely work. I keep feeling really hard and mean contractions. All morning they kept adjusting things but not much helped. It took some of the edge off but I could not believe how tense I was and I just could not relax at all. They checked me at 11:50 am and I was only a dilated to a five. They adjusted stuff with my epidural again and I finally got more relief. At 12:15pm I really started to feel my body pushing the baby out. I called for the nurse and she checked me and I was crowning. They called my doctor and told me to try not to push and wait for the doctor. It is a mazing by the time you have your third baby your body can just take over. My body could not wait and my nurse Kara delivered Emmalyn at 12:44 pm Aug. 2 20111. She was just a peanut weighing 6 lb 9 oz and 18" long. We had not fully decided on her name before she was born. As soon as she was born the nurses were checking her over (I think they were being a little over concerned because my doctor was not there) and Ryan said yep she is an Emmalyn. He wanted to text and call everyone. I just wanted to hold and look at my baby before we settled on a name. I finally got to hold my little girl. She was wide awake and just stared at me. We had a moment and then I let Ryan tell the world of the birth of our little Emmalyn.

Emmalyn had little bruising because she was not in the birth canal very long. She was perfect in every way.

I love how excited Ryan gets for the birth of each of our babies. I also hate how skinny he always seems to get right before I give birth!
My mom was able to bring the girls to the hospital soon after Emma was born. They loved her the moment they met her!
Our first family shot.
Just the girls!
My mom! She is the best!
My nurse Kara checking Emmalyn out.

Some of my friends came to visit that night. From left to right: Becky Jackson, Rebecca Poulsen, Brittney Checketts, and Denise Christensen. I have been so lucky to have amazing friend while we are here in Wisconsin.


Emmalyn all dressed and ready to head home!
It was so hot here in August. We made it home safely and all is history now. Emma keeps growing and her sister are still as in love with her as they were the day they met her. I feel so extremely blessed to be the mother of three beautiful, creative, loving, strong and healthy baby girls!