Paislee's 1 week old photo shoot

Shout out to the hubs!

Okay so I just need to take a minute to brag about my wonderful husband. These past four weeks that little Paislee has been in our lives has been amazing to say the least. She has been a super good baby and made being a mom the best thing in the world. But, I know if it weren't for my wonderful husband these weeks wouldn't have been near as good or easy. When I pictured our lives once the baby came I just automatically assumed I would be changing all (well most) of the diapers, getting up every single time in the night with Paislee and having to do all of the motherly things that are expected such as laundry, making dinner, cleaning etc. Jayson has really been the best dad to Paislee. She gets up 2 x in the night and Jayson gets up one of those times so I can get more sleep. It amazes me because sometimes he has to be up at 5:30 or 6 in the morning for work and he STILL gets up to help me. When he is home he changes more diapers than I do! He is always helping me around the house, making us dinner or doing anything he can to make life easier on me AND his business is super busy right now so he is working so so hard when he is away from home. I am so grateful I married such an amazing man and dad.


A couple days ago he came home from work and had a surprise for me. He had gotten me a $50 dollar gift card to massage envy! I was freaking out and he said "You need a massage Kylee. You deserve it!" I about wanted to cry. On the gift card was a message that read, "You the best mommy ever. Thanks for the milk. Love Paislee" haha Jayson really is the best husband ever. I feel so blessed that I married him and that I get to spend forever with him. I couldn't ask for a better husband or father to Paislee. I love you honey!

2 week check-up

Paislee had her 2 week check-up last Friday. I was so nervous because last time they had to prick her foot 5 times for her bilirubin test and STILL didn't get enough blood so we had to go to the lab at the Hospital (lets just say the medical assistants need training from the people that take blood at the lab cause they did it in one shot). I knew they were doing the PKU test Friday and that it would require another prick of the foot. I did my best not to cry on the way (I cried last time they made us go to the hospital ha ha) but Paislee was so good even though those stupid medical assistants STILL had to poke her 3 X for just a small amount of blood! GRRRR! Anywho, everything looked great and she is perfectly healthy. What a blessing that is! She weighs 8 lb 11 oz (61%) and is 20.5 inches (65%)

I love spending all of my time with Paislee. It is the greatest thing in the world. I cant even believe how much more I love her every day. Jayson is so cute with her too. I worried a little that once she came I would have a hard time not having Jayson all to myself all the time but it honestly is so much better. It's crazy how much more in love with Jayson I am. Having a baby truly does strengthen a marriage and its only been 2 weeks! I am so excited for the future and for everything that is in store for our little family!

Mom & Paislee before her 2 week check-up

Cuddling with dad

Her hair goes so curly when you put just a little water on it


Jayson went hunting for the weekend and when he got home and took a nap Paislee literally layed there with her face pressed up against his staring at him like this for 5 minutes straight. She wouldn't take her eyes off him or move even though her face was smashed. haha She missed him so much!

11 days old!

Well Paislee is now 11 days old today. Oh my little girl is growing up so fast! haha, This past week in half that Paislee has been home has been so much fun. I love waking up in the morning and looking over and seeing Paislee laying in her pack n' play with her eyes wide open just waiting for me to get up and hold her. She has been such a good baby! She hardly ever cries and when she does it is only because she is hungry. She is already sleeping like a champ too. She usually wakes up to eat in the night between every 3-5 hours. Last night she slept almost 5 hours before she woke up ready for her night time snack. Every night is different, some great & some not so great, but for the most part she's catching on quick! She is such a good nurser too. We FINALLY have it down, but there is room for ALOT of improvement. I thought it would be hard being a stay at home mom. I've worked for so long and I absolutely loved my job so I worried I would miss it big time. Now that Paislee is here I can't imagine having to leave her. I am so grateful I can be home all day with her and not miss a second out of her life. The days go by so fast and I already wish time would slow down since I know these newborn moments won't last too much longer. All I can say is being a mommy is the best thing in the world!

Paislee in her little tanning bed because she was a little jaundice

Taking her first evening walk with Daddy

She slept most of the way.....

She loves her new swing!

Hanging out with Great Grandma Adam

At Uncle T's football game with Grandpa

She's here!!!!

Paislee Ann

Born August 22nd @ 7:36 a.m.

8 lb 8 oz!! 20 1/2 inches

I cannot believe she is finally here! It is so nice to have our little girl home and perfectly healthy. I feel so blessed that everything went so well and that she is here safe and sound. Labor couldn't have gone any better then it did. My water broke at 10:30 pm Friday night the 21st and she was born that morning. The whole night went super well and I felt great. I dilated really quickly and didn't have to push for very long to get her out (which is surprising since she turned out being 8 lb 8 oz! ) The recovery has gone very well too. I have felt so great and basically feel back to normal completely. I really have been so blessed to have had such a great pregnancy, delivery and recovery. I love my little Paislee so much and I don't know what I would do without her!

Jayson and I hanging out before Paislee's arrival

The first time we saw our little girl

A whopping 8 lb 8 oz!

First time holding her

Going home from the hospital

Sleeping with Daddy

All fresh & clean from her bath

Twins!

First doctor's visit

Baby update!!

It is crazy to me that I am so close to having a baby. Basically any day now she can come. Let's just say the suspense is KILLING me! I want her here so bad. I have stopped working officially which has been so nice. I have had so much time to get things ready, SLEEP and to spend some time alone (I hear this rarely happens once you have a baby so I figured I'd take advantage of it while I still can, haha). My husband's been incredibly busy with his business this past week so I have hardly seen him but we have made sure to take time out this past week to spend time just enjoying each others company and going on dates with just the two of us. I love him so so much! I had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday and everything looked perfect! I am 2 cm dilated & 70-80% effaced. The past week I have had contractions basically none stop all day every day, just nothing painful enough to make me want to go to the hospital yet. He did an ultrasound and based off of her measurements he estimated she already weighs 7 lb. 12 oz! AH! I guess I may be having a BIG baby. I can't wait to finally meet her and hold her in my arms. Hopefully the next time I post we will have had our beautiful little girl!

Here is the final slide show of my growing belly! I couldn't get my slide show thing to work so I had to do it differently this time. Unfortunatley I missed taking pictures week 30 & 31, but other than that you can see how big my belly has grown!

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WEEK 36
WEEK 37

BEFORE

AFTER

Baby showers and more

The past couple of weeks has been so incredibly fun. I had three of my baby showers the first week of August. It was so fun to see all of my family and friends. Monday I had my family shower. My mom did such a great job on putting everything together. She got all the food catered from my favorite restaurant (Plates and Palates)and had everything decorated so cute. I am so sad because I forgot to take a picture of everything. I have the best mother in the world and I appreciate all of her help in helping me get everything ready for the baby. Thank you SO SO much mother dear!

Hillary and I at my shower

That following Wednesday my wonderful mother in law and sister in laws threw me another shower. They are so creative and made everything look so cute! I took quite a few pictures of all their crafty decorations. I am so grateful I married into such a wonderful family. I truly have the best mother and sister in laws! I have so much fun hanging out with them and we all get along so perfect!

The way cute cakes they made

They made these darling balls to hang from the ceiling in my nursery that they displayed at the shower

They also made this WAY cute rocking chair to go in the nursery. Can you believe how stinkin cute??

The whole display all put together. They did such a great job!

The following Saturday (the 8th) my best friends put on another way fun shower. It was so good to get together with everyone I hadn't seen in awhile. We had so much fun catching up and hanging out together. Thanks to my amazing friends for putting together such a fun shower. I love your faces to death!

All my BF's!



Aanni and Whit showing how much they already love my baby!

Jayson and I also went to the demolition durby this past week. It was my first demolition durby and I can't believe how much fun it was. We had 4th row seats and dirt was flying everywhere. We went with our good friends Dave & Beth and Chance & Shanna. I had never been to the Weber County Fair before so it was quite the treat to go and walk around. I must say I think I enjoyed just sitting and watching all the different kinds of people all night long.

Watching the demolition durby



Funny story...Jayson caught one of those cheap Weber County Shirts that they were throwing out to the crowd that are probably worth like $2.00. He had to basically fight this really big lady for it which was a funny story in itself, but after he got the shirt and sat down this drunk guy yelled over to him and said with his toothless smile, "I'll give you $20.00 for that shirt!" So of course Jayson made the trade! It was a way ugly cheap shirt that neither of us would have worn anyways. haha I can just see that poor drunk man the next day wondering where in the world his twenty dollar bill went. haha I think we definitely came on top on that one!