My girls!!

My Happy little girl!! This was taken a couple of weeks ago.

Madilyn's new thing she likes to do it help feed Eliza, it was so funny, and everything I tried to help, I got my hand slapped.

Madilyn:

Madilyn is a very high strong active two year old. She definitely keeps me on my toes, and there is never a dull moment when she is up and about. She doesn't let me put anything in her hair, she takes off her clothes all the time, she loves to get dirty, and she loves to play with cars, but at the same time she loves playing with her dolls and loves to put on my jewelry. So I am not so sure what exactly you would classify her as other than just a two year old. She honestly is so much fun, there is nothing better than to hear her laugh. She can throw a wicked tantrum, and when that happens it is best to just clear out and pray that it is not in public...which most of the time it is. Once Madilyn has made up her mind about something, nothing I mean NOTHING is going to stop her from getting whatever it is that she wants. (Just as I was typing, she came up to me to show me that she was eating a crayon, I am such a good mom haha)We can't imagine life without her, she is an amazing little girl!

Eliza:

Eliza so far has been an extremely easy baby, she is so calm and has a beautiful presence about her. She just started smiling a couple weeks ago, and I tell you what, it just melts my heart to see her smile. I honestly don't know if I have ever seen a more smiley baby, you will not even be looking at her and then you hear this coo and you look down and she just has the sweetest smile on her face. You can almost ALWAYS get her to smile. So I know I have gone on and on about her smiling, but you wouldn't believe me unless you held her and saw for yourself. So far we think she will be a very calm and happy little girl. She has been such a joy to have as our new addition to the family. We can't even imagine life without her either now.

So pretty much we think we have to most beautiful and best little girls ever. As I am sure every parent/grandparent think they have. But I truly do feel blest to have these two amazing little girls in my life, and that Heavenly Father has given me the blessing and opportunity to be there mother!

So here is a little video of my girls, Madilyn doesn't come in until the end of it, but just watch for this one part where she leans over and tells eliza a little secret, i have no idea what she says but it was pretty cute!!

Alone....

Well the week I have been dreading all summer has finally arrived....Taylor and all his brothers and dad are going for a week long fishing trip in Southern Alberta. I was so excited for him to be able to go, but at the same time I am absolutely petrified about being alone with my children for an entire week with absolutely no help or relief from anyone. Every time I started thinking about it i would get a pit in my stomach. Ya I know it sounds pretty dramatic, but I am so freaked out of staying in our house all alone at night...we have way too many windows for people to see in, and our house makes lots of scary noises, and my mind likes to play nasty little tricks on me. So after convincing Tarilyn to stay in Edmonton for the week, instead of going to southern Alberta as well to stay with her family...I feel a tad bit more comfortable staying in the house when I know Tarilyn and little Charlie are down stairs. Now its just the test of my patience with Madilyn this week, she has really been on one lately, and I sure hope I can endure this week!!! Ahhhhh...well here goes nothing, wish me luck I will need it!

Family Update

Just a few pictures that I took of Madilyn the other day! She looks so grown up!

Maren took all the pictures of Eliza, she did amazing...there are more pictures on facebook if you are interested in seeing more!

She started getting hungry in the middle of the shoot!

A few mommy daughter pics!

I was shocked that she was sleeping for this part.

She was able to kinda catch Eliza smiling...I will definately put up more pics to come of her smiling, it is so sweet!

This picture looks so much like my sister Cami did as a baby...at least I think so, and Cortni agrees with me!!

So I guess it is about that time again that I write. So Eliza is officially a 2 month old, it really is amazing how fast time flies. A few days ago Maren came over to hang out and she took some pictures of our beautiful little Eliza, I was so excited at how awesome they turned out...considering Eliza really isn't the most photogenic. She is also so full of smiles now, it is adorable!! Well, for those of you that have been wondering about Eliza and her eyes...we finally took her to the doctor, and we have been referred to a Pediatric Opthomologist. So now we just wait to hear from them to get an appointment. Our doctor said since we caught it so early, it should be a quick fix (not sure what exactly a quick fix is). And for those of you that have no idea what I am talking about, Eliza has what we like to call "googly eyes." She actually just goes cross eyed a lot, and I wasn't overly concerned about it, but it didn't seem to be getting any better so we thought we should get it checked out...probably a good thing we did.

As for news with our little bossy two year old....she is doing amazing as well. The last few weeks she has been acting up a bit, we would like to blame it on a growth spurt or something...but she is probably just being a typical 2 year old. But it has been more that just temper tantrums, she is tired all the time. She sleeps 12 hours a night, and then a 2-3 hour nap during the day. So if any of you have kids 2 years or older, is there some growth spurt or teething that happens around this time?

Taylor takes him MCAT today, I think we are both just ready for it to be over with. We not only have been praying that he does well, but that we will be able to accept whatever the outcome is, and follow with Faith whatever Heavenly Father wants us to do or where he wants us to go. So I will keep everyone updated . Thank you for all of your love and support!

One Month!

Cute little muffin!

One Month Old! In the deadly Swing.

Taylor cuddling Eliza!

Madilyn just being cute!

Giving kisses to Eliza...note this is the only time she has ever held her.

I can't believe our little Eliza is already one month old!!!! So crazy! Madilyn absolutely LOVES Eliza, probably a little too much. What they say about your toddler being the most danger for your baby is SO TRUE!!! We have already had some close calls. I had already learned my lesson about never leaving Eliza alone anywhere on the couch or ground while Madilyn is awake. So I had some housework to do, so I thought to myself, "I don't want her to have to sit in her crib all day, so I will put her in her swing." Well a few minutes later I hear Eliza screaming from her room. I go sprinting in to find Madilyn sitting on top of Eliza in her swing...not only that, Eliza was hanging over the side hitting the bar as it swung. Yes I know, I am failing at keeping my child safe. It is so hard because Madilyn just doesn't understand that she is hurting Eliza when she "loves" her sometimes!!

Well, Madilyn has a new love in life...."Banya"....translation....Peanut Butter. I have no idea where these words come from. Anyway, she has had 6 half sandwiches of peanut butter in the past 24 hours, and it is the only thing she will eat. Life is so good, I just love my husband and little girls so much, I feel so blessed!!

Eliza Fae Burnham

Our Beautiful little girl has arrived! June 9th 2010 at 6:36pm! 6 lbs 9 oz. 19 1/2 inches long! The morning of the 9th I had a doc. apt. and had my membranes stripped, and within a few hours i was experiencing some intense contractions, but refused to go to the hospital until I couldn't stand the pain any longer, and they were not consistent enough for me. Finally after a good 3 hours of contractions I couldn't stand the pain and decided I would take my chances and go into the hospital. By the time Taylor picked me up and we got Nicole home to watch Madilyn for us, it was around 4:30pm when we got to the hospital, once we checked in and got to see the nurse and was hooked up to the machine and checked for the dialation it was around 5:00pm. I was already dialated to a 6 cm, once the doctor got there I was at an 8cm. He broke my water at 8 cm and all he did was walk out of the room and I started to panic and "yelling" that I need to push...within 5 mins Eliza came flying out, the doctor barely caught her. It was by far the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life, but so worth the pain. I wasn't sure if I would ever be able to give birth naturally, but I did it!!!!! Can't say I would do it again, but at least I can say I did it once and experienced it!

Eliza is so amazing, she is such a calm and pleasant baby...we love her so much! Madilyn has been doing really well with Eliza around, and has been really good with her. We feel extremely blessed!!!!!

May Baby?

Well it looks like this baby might come early after all....? I had a doc. apt. today and he was getting concerned with the contractions again, so he decided to send me over the the ER to get some testing done...I can't remember the exact name of the testing but it is new and it used for determining (predicting) if you will go into labor in the next 7-14 days. Well I tested positive, which isn't a guarantee I will have the baby over the next two weeks, but I have a very high chance of it. So they gave me a Cortisone shot, and I have another one tomorrow. It is suppose to help the babies lungs develop faster in case she comes early. I have been put on a bed rest of sorts is what the doctor said...so we will see how that goes with Madilyn being as active as she is. Oh I will be 34 weeks on Sunday.

And another piece of news I received today. The Lacombe hospital does do epidurals, but the is a big BUT with that. He said that they have to have a lot of staff on hand and the anesthesiologist has to be there. So the chances of getting one during the day are slim but possible, and nights and weekends....just don't count on it. So it looks like I might being having a natural child birth after all haha!

Same old stuff!

The reason I haven't updated anything on the blog is because not a lot has happened. We did get to go to Fairmont British Columbia last week, which was awesome. The weather wasn't overly great, but we still had lots of fun. Madilyn especially loved swimming in the pool.

Nicole also got married to Bobby Peters on Saturday, it was a beautiful day!

So nothing new with the status of our baby, I still have lots of "Braxton Hicks" which annoy me like crazy. They still hurt a lot when they happen too, so it really makes me wonder how real labor will be this time...or if it will ever happen. This baby really likes to play tricks on us.

We have thought of a few names that we both have agreed on...not sure on them yet but here they are in no particular order.

1. Chloe

2. Eliza (Liza)

3. Lucy

These are all names from family history, so they have a little more substance to the name....if that makes any since at all. Thats all for now!!!