3 months

Our sweet little girl turned 3 months old. It still amazes me how time flies, especially with two kids. It seems to make time go by faster when you have two.

She seems to be doing better every day. She isn't as fussy, but we are getting there. I tried to do no dairy to see if that would help, but it didn't seem to. It sure was a long 14 days though without dairy. Not sure why she is still fussy, but we will keep doing what we need to as parents.

She is getting so big. She is wearing 3-6 month clothes now. Mostly because of her head. It sounds bad, but the opening at the top doesn't fit over her head so we had to move to bigger sizes. She swims in them though. She is starting to wear dresses to church, so of course I am having fun with that.

Cameron still loves his little sister and she loves him. He will constantly give her kisses. We have to tell him to give her space so she can move and do what she needs to do. She loves to watch him go all over though. I am sure she will love it once she can move too and play with him. We will see how he acts though.

I love having my little girl. It is frustrating at times, but the good always outweigh the bad. The kids are great and I love being a mom.

Family Pictures

 We had the opportunity to get our family pictures done, thanks to Tyler. Enjoy!

 

 

2 months

Our baby girl is now 2 months. I can't believe it. Time always goes by so fast, especially when taking care of two kids. She is still a little fussy with this acid reflux. It makes things a little harder. I can't just put her down to take care of Cameron. Well, I can until she starts screaming. I have just been told to try to stop diary from my diet. I guess we do what we can to make our kids happy. It is going to be very tough for me. I LOVE milk. I guess if she stops fussing, then I need to do it. The doctor said by 6 months, it should be better. The muscle in the stomach area becomes stronger. There is a possibility that solids will help at 4 months. That would be nice.
She is sleeping through the night which is really nice. She sleeps usually 6-7 hours a night now. It helps me, especially since I work at night. I get home about 10:30 pm, feed her and then she is in bed at 11 til about 5:30. Sure helps me out.
Went to the doctor today and she is doing well. Her stats are 10 lbs 5 oz (45%) 23 inch tall (75 %). She is sure growing big. The first thing people say is her cute chubby cheeks and I do say, they are cute.

Cameron is getting so big too. I can't believe he is 2.5 years and will be 3 years old in 4 months! It goes by so fast! He still loves his baby sister. I think he is struggling right now because he wants to play with her, but she is still so small. Soon enough he will be able to.

1 month

 I can't believe that it has already been a month! Time really flies by, especially when you are busy taking care of two kids now.

It is sure different with two. It is a big adjustment. I am glad my mom was here for a while to help me. I don't know if I could have done it myself, especially that first week. She was such a big help, especially with Cameron. He needed that attention and she gave it to him. He loved having Dee Dee here to play with.

It is amazing how different the two of them already are. Cameron was such a good baby. It didn't take long to get him on a schedule and sleeping through the night. Taryn is a lot fussier. She spits up a lot more and when she does it is a lot. We actually took her to the doctor to see what is going on and found out that she has acid reflux. She is now on medication. She hasn't thrown up in a while, but still a little fussy. I hope that the medicine works soon so I can have a happy little girl.

She was weighed at the doctor's office to make sure she was gaining and she weighs 8 lbs 5 oz. She has already gained 2 lbs! I was worried she wasn't getting enough fat, but she obviously is. I am happy she is growing. She is getting bigger everyday and I can't believe how fast time flies.

I am back to work :( but we have to pay the bills. Tyler takes care of the kids at night so he is trying to get used to that. Hopefully the kids won't drive him too crazy.

We do love having her in our family and can't wait to see what she will be learning next.

Introducing...

 Here is our little Taryn Voris. She was born April 27, 2012 at 4:32 pm. She is our new bundle of joy.

I guess I will give a little background as to what happened. On Wednesday, the 25th, I went to the doctor to make sure all was okay. I wasn't dialating. I was barely at 1 cm. He was asking me about being induced and we were going to set it up for that next Monday. As he was checking everything, he noticed she wasn't head down. I started tearing up because I knew what it meant and I was scared. I didn't want to have to get her turned. I have heard so many horror stories about how much it hurts. He told me we would set it up for Friday. They would give me an epidural and then turn her. I was glad I would be numb for it.

We arrived at 6 am at the hospital. At 7, they finally came in to give me my fluids. At 7:30, the doctor arrived to check on her. She flipped back down! I was so relieved. The doctor went ahead and broke my water to make sure she would stay down. That was something I don't want to have happen again while I am not numb. It was not a pleasant feeling. It didn't help being in so much pain anyways.

The nurse gave me the petocin at 9 am because I hadn't started contractions on my own yet. At 9:30, I got my epidural ( I'm not very good with pain lol). I finally started dialating and was able to sleep a little bit. About 3:30 pm, I was starting to feel a lot of pressure. I called the nurse and she came to check on me and I was at 9 cm. She called the doctor to let him know I was ready. He was driving from another hospital so I had to not push. It was so hard not to.

The doctor finally arrived at about 4:20 and she arrived at 4:32 pm. She was 6 lbs 5 oz 19 inches long. She has dark hair and blue eyes. She is so beautiful and we love having her here in our family.

Cameron loves his little sister. I was so worried how he would react. He wants to kiss her and hold her all the time. We have to tell him to give her space so she can breath lol. I am so glad he loves her. I just hope he continues to.

Easter

This year for Easter was a little bit more fun. Cameron is older so we can start having more fun with him. On Saturday, our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt. It was hard when there are so many kids his age in a small area, but he got a few eggs. Hopefully next year he will do better. He keeps talking about finding the eggs so that is a good start.

We were able to dye eggs that night. I got an idea off of Pinterest to help Cameron dye eggs and it actually worked! You put the egg in a whisk and put it in the cup. That way you don't have to worry about them dropping the egg and it breaking (even if it is boiled). We also used kool aid to dye the eggs. It wasn't too bad. It was harder to get perfect colors, but for 20 cents each, not too bad.

Sunday morning, the Easter bunny left a trail of plastic eggs leading to the Easter basket. Cameron wasn't sure what to think until he saw his basket and it was full of candy. I think the Easter bunny might be a little more tricky next year. That afternoon we went over to Shad and Brittany's for dinner and was able to spend time with them. Always nice to have some family close by to spend time with. I hope next year will be a little bit more fun with Cameron being older.

33 weeks

Here I am at 33 weeks. I can't believe we are getting so close, but yet I wish we were done. This pregnancy has been a lot harder on me than it was with Cameron.

This pregnancy, I have been sick the entire time again. It isn't as bad as with Cameron, but I still have to take medicine to avoid being sick. It sure isn't fun. I have tried to get off the medicine, but that does not work. I guess I will be on this medicine again for the full pregnancy.

I am also having more pain this time around. I hurt sometimes so bad that I wake up crying. It sure is not fun this time around. With Cameron at this point I was just feeling big. Right now I wish I was closer to being done so I could be done. I was hoping this one would be better, but oh well. At least she is still healthy and growing at where she needs to be. Now I just need to be patient and wait for her to come. Not much else I can do I guess.

Other than that, we are doing great. Cameron has started potty training and is doing really well. He has gotten the peeing down, but still working on pooping. He gets scared and holds it in. Still trying to get that one figured out. I am sure he will get it. Just have to keep working on it.

We are excited that spring is here. We are loving playing outside and not having to be stuck inside. We just bought a trampoline so we are excited to try that out. Other than that, we are just hanging in there until this little one comes to join our family.