Miss Payzlyn 3 1/2 Months Old

Heres the latest on our Miss Payzlyn:

*She is weighing in at 17 pounds!

*Eats every hour/hour and a half (4-6ozs)

*Rolls from belly to back

*Reaches and grabs ahold of objects (immediately goes to mouth :)

*Wears 3-6 month clothes, but I say switching to 6-9 month by next week

*Monday Feb 6th she got her ears pierced

*Favorite toy is a book her Great Grandma Humble gave her!

*Recognizes her mommy, daddy and Sister and grets us with a huge dimpled grin!

*Laughs out loud (usually at her sister) and snorts!!

Payzlyn: What joy you bring to my life!! You are growing waaayyyyy too fast and I often find myself staring at you and your sister and wonder how I got so blessed! I never knew love until I had my girls. Daddy, mommy and Paytyn love love love you!!

Tis the Season...

Can't believe Christmas is right around the corner!

We have been busy wrapping presents, baking cookies & spending many nights cuddled up watching Christmas movies by the Christmas Tree.  This Christmas is going to be the best one yet b/c this year we have added Miss Payzlyn to the group!  Happy Holidays to you all!! May GOD continue to bless your life.

My Girls

Being a mommy is the best blessing in my life & one look from either one of them & I melt. 

Payzlyn & Paytyn:

I never thought I could love anyone like I love you Paytyn. You have had my heart since before I met you. I remember feeling you kicking my tummy & dreaming about the first time I would hold you. You have grown into a beautiful four-year old & are the best big sister I could ask for! Now, GOD has chosen me to be the mommy to two beautiful girls & I thank him everyday for blessing my life with you both. I look forward to watching you grow up & hope you have a "best friend" relationship. Daddy & I are so blessed to be your parents. 

WE LOVE YOU GIRLS!

Payzlyn Danielle-December

Payzlyn is 8 weeks old this week! Here's what she's doing:

* Feeding about every hour (yes, she's our chunky monkey)

* Can hold her head up for minutes at a time!

*Has started communicating...ooo & aaaahhh are two of her favorites

*What a big girl she is: Weighing in at a whopping 14 lbs :)

*She recognizes mommy & always greets me with a big dimpled grin

*Can stare at daddy for 10 minutes! She loves his deep voice & is so intrigued by it.

*Can push herself up on her elbows during tummy time & her feet go crazy

*I can hold her hands & she will pull herself to her feet & has complete control of her neck

We LOVE you so much sweet girl! You are a complete blessing & your daddy, sister & I can't imagine our life before you arrived!  

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween 

Love--Paytyn & Payzlyn

C Section = Ouch!

Miss P decided to change into the transverse position at 39 weeks, so the doctor thought that based on that and the fact that she was measuring over 9 pounds that a c section was my best option for birth. I did A LOT of research and asked everyone that I knew about their c section experiences...I got a lot of different answers. I decided to go that route this time around because I wanted what was best for my precious baby girl. I went in at 5:30 a.m. and immediately got my blood work and I.V. and anyone that knows me KNOWS that I am deathly afraid of needles. I'm talking still pass out when I'm getting blood work done. So, by 6:00 I was already stressed out and feeling like I should just forget it :) My husband, on the other hand, was suited up and ready!! :) :)

The operating room was FREEZING and anything but calming. I was so cold and had to sit still and get my epidural. Compared to the I.V. that was nothing. The doctors and nurses were great in making me feel as comfortable as possible, and within 15 minutes it was surgery time! I could feel a lot of pulling and tugging, but no pain. Odie was in there and made me feel so much more comfortable just having him by my side. Then, before I knew it...here she was! I heard her cry immediately and any mom knows, that is the greatest sound in the world! I saw her for 5 seconds and then Odie got to take her to get a bath.

I felt okay when I went to my room. Little did I know that the fun was just about to begin. I got to go home in 2 days. I cannot tell you how much the recovery process STINKS! I'm so blessed to have a great family who brought meals and helped me do EVERYTHING! I could not have done any of this without them. It has been 2 1/2 weeks and I'm still slow and I still hurt, but I'm miles away from where I was and I cannot wait to be healed and done with the recovering. I go back in two weeks to see how my incision is healing up.

No matter how bad it was, the end result was my beautiful mini diva Payzlyn. She is a spitting image of her sister and father ( I'm jealous...again )

Introducing Payzlyn Danielle Armstrong

Payzlyn Danielle Armstrong

October 17th, 2011

9 lbs. 2 ozs.

21 inches long