James Talking!!

James has really started talking this past week and a half!! I finally got a really cute video of him talking to me. When I play it, he starts talking back to it. Oh how I love the stages they go through, I just don't like how fast they go through them. James is already 6 weeks old and time is flying by way too fast. His smiles are so cute, and I just can't enough snuggles.



I took him to my doctor's appointment yesterday and while I was waiting for the doctor, I put his blanket on the scale and weighed him. I was shocked to see the scale balance out around 13 pounds. I guess eating 6 ounces or more every 2 hours adds the weight quickly. That would be why his car seat with him in it gives me a great arm workout. He has his first cold though. Brooklyn was sick 2 1/2 weeks ago and he got it from her. That's one hard thing about having two kids. I hope you enjoy the movie of him talking. He really gets going closer to the end!!

James Levi Coles

Yesterday started for me at 4:00 am. I started having contractions off and on until 10:00 am which is when they started to be more consistent. We called the doctor's office to find out what exactly we should do. Whether we needed to go to the hospital or whether they needed me to go to the office first. The contractions had been really sporadic so we weren't sure what to do. They told us to go to their office so they could make sure I was truly in labor. We left for their office around 1:00 pm and Gary and Kaye picked Brooklyn up to watch her while we were there. We got to the doctor's office and they told me I was dilated to a 5-6 and in labor. They called the hospital to tell them that I was on my way up. The hospital put up a fight saying that they were full and if I wasn't in active labor, I was going to have to walk around until I was. The Nurse Practitioner was shocked that they wanted me to walk around when I was this far into labor. She had the doctor call again and they gave him as much grief as they did her. So we asked if we could go to lunch and then head up to the hospital. She told us that it would be fine and to just make sure I wasn't up and walking around too much. We went to WalMart to get some Tylenol for my headache and the NP called and told me she wanted us to come back to the office in an hour and they would see how far I had progressed and then maybe the hospital wouldn't put up such a fuss about us coming up. We ate lunch and went back up to the office and found out I was at a 7 and really in labor. The doctor's office told the hospital that I was on my way up and that I wasn't going to be able to wait any longer.

I was officially admitted at 2:45 pm and that is when the contractions really got painful and hard. At around 3:40 pm, the contractions got so hard that I was having a hard time not pushing. They got the doctor in and after 10 minutes of pushing we welcomed our little boy into our family!!! I didn't get an epidural and by the end of that 10 minutes I was wishing I had. My legs felt like someone had poured hot acid from my hips down. However, after they put him on my chest, it made all of the pain worth it. The nurse weighed him and we found out our little boy was a whopping 9 pounds. I was completely shocked. I had no inclination that he would be that big seeing as how I wasn't really much bigger with him than I was with Brooklyn. Everyone was surprised that he was so big.

We had quite a few visitors in the hospital yesterday and today. It was a lot of fun to see everyone hold him. We weren't able to leave the hospital until 4 so we had extra time to find a name for him. We were definitely having a very hard time coming up with a name that we both liked. Earlier this morning we decided the first name was going to be James, but we were having a hard time figuring out a middle name. We looked through the top 1000 baby boy names to see if we could find one we both agreed on. The nurse came in and said that she needed the paperwork so we were frantically trying to come up with the last part. We had seen Levi on the list and had been talking about it when the nurse came, so we decided we both liked it and put it on the paperwork and gave it to the nurse.

Then we were on our way home!!! This is James' going home outfit!

Brooklyn was so excited to see him. She continually wanted to give him hugs and kisses. She kept saying "hold you, hold you" which is her way of saying she wants to hold him. We got her a baby doll with a carseat so that she had her own and she thought that was really cool. She really enjoyed opening her gift.

It's a Boy!!

This morning started off like any normal day. Brooklyn and I went to town to get groceries. I think it was the shortest shopping trip we've ever had!! It usually takes us 3-4 hours and today it was only 2 hours! We got home and took a nap. Where she hasn't slept well all week we both took one and it felt great! We woke up, ate lunch and then headed to Rexburg for the ultrasound!!

We got to the doctor's office and had to wait for 20 minutes to get back. Brooklyn had fun with Tyson in the waiting room. She would try to get around him and he would chase her and block her way. She was giggling and squealing. It was so much fun to watch them play. We finally got to go back to the ultrasound room where they put the gel on my stomach. I must say, it is a gross feeling but at least it was warm! The tech started the ultrasound and it wasn't long before we knew it was a BOY!!!! We were so excited. Tyson will have his little farmer boy, and he was super excited about it. There is something about guys when they find out they are having a son. Throughout the ultrasound, our little boy was quite the mover and very shy. Every time the tech tried to get a picture of his face he would turn his head or hide behind his hands. She was trying to get his feet and leg bones and every time she would get close to the picture she needed, he would move. It took a good 10-15 minutes to get his face and she had to keep moving on to other things and coming back to the ones he wouldn't cooperate for. It looks like I might have another busy body on my hands but we'll see what he's like when he gets here in July!! It was so much fun to see his hands, feet and face. I look forward to meeting him soon!

The doctor said everything was looking great. Our little boy must be quite the eater because he was measuring 5 days ahead of his due date. I am hoping he isn't a really big baby. Tyson and I were bigger babies and I really don't want one as big as either of us were. 

This whole pregnancy I've had the feeling that we were having a boy and I'm glad my intuitions were right!! We're so excited to have a little boy running around in the near future! It will be so much fun to see how he and Brooklyn get along where they are close in age. I'm excited to meet this little "football player" I have moving in my tummy. He's definitely very active, just like Brooklyn! They should get along well!!

He's waving!!

He's trying to hide his face again! Cute profile picture!!

Dancing to Tangled

This morning Brooklyn was wanting to watch a movie so I put Tangled in for her. I decided while she was busy watching I would catch up on some laundry and crocheting. Her favorite parts of the movie are the songs and I saw her dancing out of the corner of my eye and hurried to get a video of it. She does so many dance moves and pulls a lot of faces. It's a lot of fun to watch!!



She is such a big helper she decided that I needed to put my shoes on! She loves to hand us our shoes.

Big Girl!!

Today I cleaned all morning and then put Brooklyn down for a nap. When she woke up we ate some lunch. While I cleaned today, I decided maybe she would eat better if she was able to sit at the table with Tyson and I instead of having her tray on the high chair. She seemed to think that was pretty cool because she smile a lot. She didn't eat much better but it seemed to make her day so I was happy.

Here's my happy big girl!

My adorable little sleeper in her "big girl bed," they're so peaceful when they are sleeping!

Paint

Brooklyn's new favorite thing to do lately is peel the paint off our windowsill in our front room. She gets her little fingernails where there is a bubble in the paint and she tears it off. This keeps her entertained for long periods of time, but it adds to my to-do list. I guess we'll just wait until she rips it all off and then we'll repaint this summer when we can open the windows to let the house air out.

Now I know who to get when I need paint taken off of anything. Luckily she doesn't eat it. She just throws it away, gives it to me, or she drops it on the carpet! Thank goodness for that.

Experiment

So today I decided I was going to do an experiment. With this pregnancy it seems like I'm smaller in the morning and bigger in the evening. So I had Tyson take a picture of me before he left for work and then we took another before putting Brooklyn to bed. And sure enough, I get bigger as the day goes on! I'm 20 weeks today and boy has this pregnancy has been different from when I was pregnant with Brooklyn. The morning sickness was worse, but thankfully that has been over for a few weeks. I also have more of those "pregnant feeling" days where I'm exhausted and I feel like a dead weight. But I have felt the baby move a lot which is always a fun part of the pregnancy. Tyson has tried to feel the baby move, but when he puts his hand on my stomach the baby quits moving! It's like the baby knows he wants to feel it move so it's being stubborn :) (I wonder where it gets that from, lol, both of us). All in all though the pregnancy has flown by and I can't believe I'm halfway through it. That means only 20 more weeks and I get to hold my bundle of joy!!

 Morning (As you can tell by my tired looking face)

Evening (We think I look bigger)