Welcom Laney Jo

On September 24, 2013 we welcomed a beautiful healthy baby girl.

Scheduled C- Section due to baby measuring large

Last picture of pregnant me!!

Daddy is ready to go!

 

Laney Jo Brose
7 pounds 13 ounces
20 inches
12:32pm

Turns out she was a lot littler than we were expecting! But she did have a big chubby face! And some rolls on her legs, you know the kind that you just wanna squeeze, ya that's been a hard thing to fight lately!

And did I mention the hair....Oh the hair!!! The nurses were obsessed with her hair, they kept putting bows in it and anytime she would make a noise they would hurry to pick her up so they could use that as an excuse to pick her up and play with her and her hair! 

And those cheeks....OMG!!!!! Between the cheeks, the rolls, and the hair! It's impossible not to spoil her and squeeze her as much as possible!

 

My mom watched Tegan for us while we were in the hospital (And Aunt Cindy helped too!! Thank God for my family!!!) She waited until the 2nd day we were in the hospital to bring Tegan up to the hospital to visit us and meet her new sister. I was still getting over the surgery and working on getting feeling back in my legs, plus I was in some pain that night so the 2nd day was better.

 

When they met it was adorable. Tegan didn't quite understand what was going on. She wanted us to come home with her which was the hard part, explaining to her that we still had a few days we had to be away from her while mommy healed and they checked out her sister.

 

Tegan couldn't believe the baby had so much hair!

Love at first site and a life long friendship <3

Laney bought Tegan a few presents for their first meeting!





It was so much fun getting to have Laney to play dress up with, that hair and her being so tiny, I changed her outfits and hair bows constantly!!

We stayed our regular 3 days in the hospital for a C-Section. I really wasn't ready to go home, it was so nice being taken care of and having every want or need waited on by someone else. The reality of coming home was a bummer to say the least but, it did mean that I was going to have both my babies under the same roof though (which was the scariest part of all I think!) I snuggled Laney as much as possible at the hospital but definitely enjoyed all the help from the nurses.

 Idk if I'm ready to go home but... I better get ready! :)

 

Slacker

Some serious slacking on my part has been going on. If you can't tell by the lack of posts :-/

This pregnancy has been a roller coaster to say the least. I have had extreme migraines and body aches! I am not all "holistic" or anything by any means but I do SWEAR BY peppermint extract! It has helped so much with the migraines and even little headaches, a little dab on my temples and back of my neck right at the hair line and viola no more headache!! Round ligament pain, a dab on the area and viola no more ache! Lower back pain, a little dab and....well you get the idea! This stuff is absolutely amazing!!

Thank God for our chiropractor also! Mitchellville Family Chiropractic is pretty amazing! I swear by Chiropractic visits especially when pregnant! {SIDE NOTE}--When I had Tegan it was amazing to me how easy my pregnancy was after I started going to the chiropractor. And labor....so smooth and easy! The day of Tegan's birth I went into labor at 8A.M., saw the ob and was told I was almost thinned out all the way but still wasn't dilated enough to need to go to the hospital. Ate some greasy McDonald's (I know smart huh!!) and then went to the chiropractor. Yes you heard correct! I was dilated to a 4 90% thinned and having contractions and I went to the chiropractor! Kari Swain (Swain Chiropractic in Altoona, IA) is one of the most amazing women/Dr's I have ever met in my life! She is so insightful and helpful and flat out AMAZING!!! she adjusted me (As well as she could in a standing position) and gave me a couple exercises to do when I got home to help drop baby down into ready, set, go position and to thin me out completely and start the "bringing home baby" process. Came home did these exercises and went back to the ob after an hour. He took 1 look and said to get to the hospital. Once there things changed...hinse having a C-section.. :-(-- Needless to say when I found out I was pregnant this time I instantly called the chiropractor {SIDE NOTE}--Had to start going to Mitchellville Chiropractic due to a change in our insurance and Swain chiropractic doesn't take our new insurance. And paying out of pocket and then fighting the insurance company myself....not happening! So we still love Kari and Alicia and all their staff but had to go within range of our insurance!-- This pregnancy has been by far worse then my first but thanks to the chiro I feel good enough to not want to crawl in bed under my covers and remain in the fetal position for the remainder of this pregnancy!

On another note...We are 31 weeks pregnant today.
Everyone's favorite question: "What are you having"
With Tegan we told instantly even had our parents there with us to find out at the time we did. This time we want to keep it a secret. It has a few family members pretty crabby but honestly that just makes me want to keep it a secret that much more! We were going to do a reveal party but after seeing how bent out of shape people got we decided to keep it a secret until birth. :)