Second Week Home

~February 27th - March 5th~

Lance's mom left us on Saturday and my mom came to help out the 2nd week.  We were so thankful for the help. It was so nice to have someone play with Davis so I could have some one on one time with Katelyn.  My mom is so helpful and we have so much fun together.  We took Katelyn to the doctor, had newborn pictures, and I kept her busy with lots of projects!  We cleaned out several closets and she even cleaned my china cabinet which I hate to admit has not been cleaned since she cleaned it before I had Davis....YIKES!!  She tried to make me rest several times, but that is so hard for me to do! 

 Davis' friend Parker came over to visit.  It was fun letting him and Davis play and having time to catch up with his mom Hillary.  Davis and Parker met at school and they share the same birthday.  I have enjoyed getting to know Hillary and am thankful that we met through school.  I hope Parker and Davis will remain forever friends (I have a feeling they will....they are so funny together)!

 Jackie, Ashley and Lily brought over dinner on Friday night.  It was so fun to visit and catch up.  Lily is exactly one month older than Katelyn.....it is amazing what a difference one month can make.  We kept joking that Lily was hanging out with her "drunk" friend Katelyn.  If you see the pictures below you will know what a mean.  I am so thankful for the friendship I have with these girls! 

 We could NOT get Katelyn to open her eyes at all....she was OUT!

 "Mom, please stop taking pictures....I am NOT going to open my eyes!"

 Katelyn and Great Grandma Lightle

Gail and Neal brought Grandma Lightle over to meet Katelyn on Sunday.  It was so nice to see her.  It is so nice that Lance's family is so close.  This picture makes me so sad, that I cannot get a picture with my Grandma and Grandpa since they live so far away.  Utah is a little far away...hopefully we can get back out there in a couple of years.  I miss my family out there so much especially during times like these.

 I LOVE this picture!  Davis and Katelyn with Great Grandma Lightle.

 Katelyn and PaPa

Well, on Saturday March 12th I ventured out to a birthday party by myself with Davis.  I left Katelyn at home with Lance.  It was a quick birthday since I had to be back in 2 and a half hours, but we did it and had fun.  Davis went to his friend Georgia's 2nd birthday.  He had a blast playing, although you can't really tell by the picture.  It took him about 30 minutes to get warmed up and want to play and then I couldn't get him to leave.  He threw a fit the whole way out the door....got to love those tantrums!

 Gillette and the birthday girl Georgia

I met Gillette working at Midway a couple of years ago and we have developed such a great friendship.  We have so much in common with the little ones.  We also are both working at GCA now so that makes it nice to have someone to talk to about work and the "terrible twos"!  Georgia and Davis have fun together...I just wish we could get them together more.

 I love these pictures of my mom and dad with Katelyn....they just make me laugh!

 My brother and dad always have to throw bunny ears in pictures!  I used to get so mad, now I just laugh!

 Oh gosh, now Katelyn has bunny ears!

 There we go...normal picture.


Well, sadly next week I will be on my OWN!  Oh my gosh how in the world will I do it?  Just kidding I know I will do fine, but I have to admit I am a little nervous! 

Thanks Meme and Nana for all of your help!  We LOVE you both and are so thankful for you!

First Week Home

~February 20th - 26th~

Well, first of all we are just so thankful that Katelyn is here and that she is healthy and happy.  We feel so blessed.  Babies are just such a gift from above and it seems so surreal.  Everyone says you just can't describe how becoming a parent makes you feel and the love that you feel immediately for your child is amazing!  It is so true, and I have to say that it feels the same way the second time.  Lance and I are so in love with her and I have to say I think Davis is in love with her even more than us....ha!  He LOVES his sister so much!! 

We are so thankful to have family that lives close by!  My mom was there to help us the first few days and then Lance's mom came over on Tuesday and stayed with us the rest of the week since she was off school it worked out perfect.  My mom came and helped us the first week in March, so I had two full weeks of help which was so nice especially since Lance got sick.  He had bronchitis and a sinus infection and he was miserable!  I am just so glad his mom was here to help so he could rest and get feeling better.  It is no fun to have a sick husband especially when yours helps as much as mine does.  Here are a few pictures.....I have already found that you take way more pictures with your first one.  I don't have much time since I am also chasing a busy toddler around. 

This first week Katelyn has done wonderful!  She is gaining weight and nursing wonderfully so far.  She will nurse for about 15 minutes on each side about every 3 hours.......sometimes 4 hours at night.  She sleeps all the time.  She seems to sleep more than Davis, I am thinking maybe that is because she was two weeks early.  She is starting to open her eyes a little more, but not too much.  She is still sleeping in our room in the travel pack and play, but we are going to move her to her room soon.

 Katelyn with Nana!  We are so thankful for all that Nana does for us!!

 He started out by just looking at Katelyn, but now he has progressed to trying to climb in!  I don't know what is worse a dog or a toddler...ha (Hershel did this same thing when we had him)! 

 You can just tell how much he loves her by his face it is precious to watch him interact with Katelyn.

 She is still HATING her bath and crying the WHOLE time!  She is drama already....haha!



Katelyn's Nursery

I have now found out how much time it takes to take care of two little ones.....for all of you who have kiddos and blog, feed your kids, clean, shop, cook (Well...Lance does that thankfully!), do the laundry, have me time (I don't know what that is anymore) etc......I don't know how you do it!  Hence....why I am so behind on my blogging.  I soooo want to get caught up but I just don't know when I will have the time.  Maybe this weekend.....we shall see!  When I do have time, I usually choose napping over blogging...ha! 

Here are some pictures of her nursery so far.  It is not fully complete, but I will post pictures of the finished product when it is complete.

It is not the typical pink nursery that I dreamed I would want......it is actually not pink at all, but I am totally in LOVE with it and I think it is something she can grow into.

These curtains are to DIE for and they bring the whole room together!  Lance's aunt made them for me and I could not be more happy.....they turned out AWESOME...I could put them in my room I love them so much. 

More Pictures To Come....that is just a little "peek". 

Katelyn moved in her room last week and has been doing so good!

The Rest of Katelyn's Newborn Pictures

Here are the rest of her pictures if you want to take a look.  They will be up until March 19th.  Enjoy!

Thanks Diana from Jonesy Rae Photography.......we LOVE the pictures!

http://jonesyraephotography.zenfolio.com/katelyncone

Katelyn's Newborn Pictures "Sneak Peek"

I have so much to update!  I will try to get an update up this weekend with some recent pictures, but until then here is a "sneak peek" of Katelyn's newborn pictures.  We were unable to book pictures with our photographer Katherine and I was so bummed.  She moved to Tennessee and you have to book pictures around when she will be in town which can get tricky.  She couldn't get to us until the end of March and I knew I wanted pictures of Katelyn when she was just a couple of weeks old, so I went with another photographer that a friend recommended and I was so nervous, but after seeing what she captured I am so excited to see the rest of the pictures, and now I think I am in love with two photographers. 

These pictures were taken when Katelyn was exactly two weeks old.  Mom went with me and we took Davis for the first few minutes but he was all out of sorts since we were at the photographer's house, I am really not sure how those turned out, we shall see!

Once she posts all the pictures I will put them on our blog, but until then enjoy these on her blog.

http://www.jonesyraephotography.com/

Davis Starts Swim Lessons!

Davis had his first day of swim lessons on March 5th.  He goes on Saturday mornings with Lance.  We thought it would be fun for him to having something special to do with Daddy on Saturday mornings.  So far he is LOVING it!  He talks about the "poo" and "wawtur" all the time!  He even practices his swim stroke and kicks on the carpet and it is so funny!  Here are some pictures.

 Davis LOVES to jump of the edge of the pool.

Katelyn and I went to watch on March 19th......she pretty much slept the whole time as usual.  Davis was excited for her to come and watch although you can't tell fromt his picture...ha!