Adley meets Blakely

I realized Adley will one day be able to choose her own friends, but for now, I get to choose them for her. With that said, Adley met her best friend Blakely about a month ago. Emily was here to visit from Canada, so we made sure we saw each other several times.

About 13 months ago, Emily called me to tell me she was pregnant. Since Nate and I had been trying for a couple years for a baby, she was hesitant to tell me. In the same phone call, I announced I was pregnant as well. It was so fun experiencing pregnancy with my best friend who was due at the same time. Both Emily and I gave each other play by plays the entire time we were in labour.

Adley and Blakely were born four days apart. We are excited for them to move back, so we can raise our girls together.

3 Months

Little Adley will be 3 months in 1 week. Part of me wants to stop the clocks so she'll stay little forever. Another part of me is excited to watch her grow. She already has such a cute little personality. We think she's just great!

Some highlights:
*She smiles ALL the time now
*She loves her binky (which is more of a highlight for her mom)
*She has recently discovered her hand. She sucks on it all the time when she doesn't have her binky. I'm nervous she's soon going to find her thumb!
*She has slept 8 to 9 hours through the night since she was a month in a half
*She loves the car, and hates in when I stop (even for a split second). She squeals when I stop at a stop sign or red light.












Check out those cheeks!


Now that we've made our blog private, I'm excited to start posting more. I promise I won't be one of those mom's who only posts about their baby. I'll try and fit some of Nate and I in as well! :)

Updater Blog

I am making our blog private in the next couple days. For those of you who will have access, add nateandlynleeupdate.blogspot.com to your google readers, sidebar updater lists, etc. I have made this separate blog so you can know when we update our blog, which will also include a direct link to our blog. I'm excited to start posting again!

PRIVATE

I will admit, I am not happy about making our blog private. In order to avoid more creepy things, we've decided it's in our best interest to go private. Please leave your email if you would like to continue reading our blog. Even if you're a cousin, of a friend, of a neighbors sister....leave us your email. Don't be shy!

Adley's First Play Date

Adley had her first play date a couple weeks ago with Baby Luke, who is 3 months older than her. She made the poor little guy cry.

Both calm

Adley cries

Adley makes Luke cry

Our Precious Adley

Baby Blessing

Some of Nate's family came to visit this past weekend to meet Adley for the first time, so we decided to have her blessing on Sunday. Since she was only 2 1/2 weeks, I took her home as soon as the blessing was over. It was a perfect blessing, and a perfect day

First Bath

I have to admit, I was a little bit of a chicken when it came to giving Adley her sponge baths. She would cry so hard, and I would feel so bad. So it has been nice that Nate loves being the one in charge of her baths. She is starting to enjoy them more, now that her cord has fallen off, allowing her to be submerged in water.



Sleep tight!

Meet Adley

Adley Shay Price
Born: 01-13-2010 @ 5:39 p.m.
7 lbs 6 oz 20"

Now that Adley is 11 days old, I feel I actually have the time to post about last Wednesday...

Because we were so anxious to meet our baby girl, we only got two hours of sleep the night before. The next morning Nate and I arrived at the hospital at 5:00 a.m. They started me on Pitocin within the hour. I was in labor for 12 hours. By hour 7, the epidural only worked on the left side of my body. I sat at a five for quite a while. Because my doctor is amazing, he had me wait it out a little longer so he wouldn't have to perform a c-section. Within the hour, I was at a nine. I won't go into anymore detail, but for the most part, both labor and delivery went well. They placed Adley on my chest shortly after she was born. She had a lot of fluid in her lungs so they had to take her away three minutes later. I sent Nate to the nursery to be with her, so I laid in my room for an hour alone. It was honestly the longest hour of my life. He did however bring me updates periodically. The pictures tell the rest...

Gotta love the puke bags!


Meet Adley:
This was taken right after they brought her back to me.










I cried as we left the hospital because I was scared to take her out into this wicked world (blame it on the hormones.) We love Adley so much already and want to provide a great life for her. We already feel so blessed to have her in our lives. More pictures to come!

Tomorrow's the Day!

Tomorrow we meet our sweet baby girl. We have to be at the hospital at 5 a.m., where they will induce me shortly after. We have been waiting for this day for so long, even though it still seems so surreal. Nate has made sure the camera's are charged and ready to go, so we'll make sure we post pictures soon!

Congratulations Hank and Emily!

We just wanted to give a shout out to Hank and Emily. Emily gave birth to Blakely Jane Nelson this morning at 2:15. Emily and Hank kept us updated throughout the night until 4:30 this morning. We are so excited for them and are so excited to have baby girls just days apart. Congrats you two! We can't wait to meet her!