It was a Merry Christmas!

This weekend has been a wonderful time for our family. Jeff had Christmas Eve off, so we did a little last minute shopping and then some stuff around the house. We were wrapping the last couple of presents after midnight Christmas morning. That made us think of our parents doing the same thing when we were little kids. What a wonderful connection we felt to them at that moment. We miss them all.

Christmas morning was much more fun for Isabella this year. We had breakfast together and then opened presents. Well, Isabella opened the presents. She opened every present, didn't even much care what the present was until they were all opened. haha. She was like a whirlwind, running all over playing with the wrapping paper. She was such a delight to behold...a stark contrast to last year when she was terrified of all the presents. Riley slept through all of it. He is like his daddy and sister: he can sleep through pretty much anything.

After Isabella took a rest with her new Winnie the Pooh movies (thanks, Uncle Travis), we headed over to Grandma's for more presents, stockings, and dinner. Isabella tried ham this year! She wasn't thrilled with it, but she ate it. My brother and my godmother got me a new chandelier for our dining room. We've had the stock one that came with the house since we moved in, and I hate it! It's tacky. haha. The new one is beautiful.

After Isabella went to bed, Travis, Jeff and I watched a movie. Yesterday was just a wonderful family bonding day. It was heart warming. It felt so nice to spend time together. Usually we are all doing our own thing.

I hope everyone had a wonderful, happy Christmas.

All About Riley

I just realized I never updated about our new little man. Silly me.

On Thursday, November 18th, we headed to the hospital for my scheduled c-section. Upon arrival, we discovered my blood pressure was sky high. Everything went a bit downhill from there. They put me on magnesium. I threw up during the c-section. I got to see Riley for two minutes...and then not again until he was six hours old. I had to spend the night in recovery; Riley had to stay upstairs because he was having some respiratory issues. My blood pressure kept going down and then back up.

The next day, we got to go upstairs, but my blood pressure was still high. They put me on more drugs; it stayed high. My dr diagnosed it as pregnancy-induced hypertension. She let me go home, but I had to stay on the meds. We're not almost a month later, and I am still having blood pressure issues. It's a good thing the little man is cute.

Riley's respiratory issues cleared up by the next day.

Here's the really important info: Riley is perfection. He was 6 pounds, 9.2 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Almost three ounces smaller and .5 inches longer than his big sister. At almost a month, he is 8 pounds and 21.25 inches. Our little Herculeas.

He sleeps well, he eats well, he hardly cries. He is a lover. His big sister thinks he's awesome.

He's an amazing gift to us.