Baby #2 is a..... GIRL!!!

We dropped Gage off at daycare (his favorite place in the world) and off we went to the hospital to check in by 7am. I was being induced and our baby was coming today.  I had been having a few contractions but nothing that made me go into labor on my own.  We arrived and had an amazing team waiting for us. Our nurse asked us to have some goals for the birth and we joked about having our baby before 9 and we decided to have our goal be by 10am. The team had been warned by my previous Labor and Delivery nurses that I go pretty fast. I got my IV, talked about an epidural, was put on pitocin at 730, and got my water broke around 8 am.  Finally decided to try the epidural and contractions started happening.  Wayne put the epidural in and hung out for a few minutes to make sure it was going to work.  Everyone in the room left for some reason and I started to feel like I needed to push. I called for Kyle and he came back into the room and went and got my nurses.  The nurse checked me and our babies head was sitting right there.  I asked a few times if I could push and the nurses told me no and to wait for the doctor. Thank goodness for the epidural cuz I was able to wait for Dr. Gatherum to get his gown and gloves on this time.  With 2 pushes our baby girl was born at 8:52am. We were shocked! I was not expecting an adorable redheaded baby girl.  Shse was perfect! They placed her on my belly and she just slobbered all over me and not crying.  I loved cuddling her but her body temp was going down so they moved her to the warmer where she calmly laid there enjoying the warm air.  She was so quite that we had to keep checking on her to make sure she was still breathing. I had tested positive for strep b and since I wasn't on the antibiotics for the 4 hours before her birth we were told we needed to stay for 2 days to keep an eye on her. But after a day and a half she was doing great and they let us go home.

Welcome to the world Ashlyn Michelle Harding!!!!

You weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces, measured 19 1/2 inches and had blondish red fuzz on your head.

We couldn't have been more excited for a baby girl.  It did take us a day or two to get over the shock but We were so excited!!!!

35 and 36 Wks

We can't wait for our baby to get here! I've been horrible at getting pictures taken but here I am at 35 and 36 weeks a long.  I went to the doctor and this baby might come sooner than expected which stressed me out =) I thought I was ready until now.  I didn't have a girls outfit incase this baby is a girl and I didn't have a blanket for them to be wrapped in.  My work always rents the movie theater in December as a thank you and so we took Gage to it and saw the Penguins of Madagascar.  It was a cute show and Gage watched the whole thing.  We were worried he wouldn't last very long, but he couldn't stop eating the popcorn and I don't think he blinked very much either.  After the movie Gage and Kyle went home and I was off to buy an outfit and material for a blanket.  Once I got those I felt so much better and went home and packed my hospital bag. Now I'm ready =)

Christmas

Gages last Christmas as an only child (per say). We went over to Kyles sister Karolee's house for Christmas Eve and they had gotten a puppy and Gage and their puppy had so much fun.  Gage pretty much got mauled by the puppy.  Gage also loved playing cars with everyone.  The missionaries were invited over and it was fun talking to them and sharing Christmas with them and after they left Santa Clause showed up and gave the kids each a present.  Gage got a toy truck.  After we left her house we all went to the cemetary to visit their dads grave.  Then we went back to our house and Gage got to open one present and it was his pj's.  They were big boy pj's because they didn't have feet on them =)

Santa came!!! Gage got legos, a wooden block train, boots (that don't fit), socks, toy plane, and bath toys that were bubble guppies. He opened the socks first and didn't want to open anything else. I think it was for fear of more socks. He seemed pretty disappointed. =)  Kyle and I got a dvd system to put in the car for the kids to watch and make traveling much easier.

He sure loved eating his candy from his stocking =) he also got a couple more cars in his stocking.

He is playing in the huge box we got that our new stroller came in.  He had a pretty good time and it was nice because it kept him in one spot =)

19 Months Old

Gage says "Oh Wow" to pretty much everything, he also says fish, cheese, and hot dog.  He loves to watch the show Bubble Guppies (its a little strange how much he loves that show) he will run into our bedroom and climb up onto the bed, hand us the remote, and say bubie or buba for bubble guppies. He loves to stack everything from blocks to cups, loves playing on the Ipad, puts our phones and pretty much everything else up to his ear and says hello?, He knows where his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, belly button, and toes are and points to ours as well.  He likes to play the piano and wants me to sit next time and play also.  He likes to color and uses all the crayons instead of just one and he draws on everything and when he has a pen he draws all over himself.  He throws his binky and then goes and gets it by bending over and picking it up with his mouth.  He tries to drink from a cup and is getting better at it.

He insisted on wearing my shirt while we went and did errands and so I tied it in a knot so he wouldn't trip on it.

He got a sucker from his daycare because they went to Disneyland.  He LOVES suckers.

We went to Sonny Boys for dinner and he loved drinking from his own cup and was pretty entertaining to the workers there.  He is such a ham!

18 Months

I can't believe Gage is 18 months! He has started going to nursery and seems to like it.  He does cry when I drop him off but when he has never been brought to me so I guess he settles down. He LOVES to eat M&M's and Oreos.  These first few pictures are of him eating an Oreo and loving it. At his check up he weighs 19lb and 2oz and that puts him in the .22% he is 18 1/2 inches (27%) and his head is 30 in (3%).  He likes to pretend he is eating everything whether it is edible or not and says "Yummy!". He follows his dad around everywhere, he says No and means it. Calls his binky Memay or Meme, says ba for ball, likes to feed everyone his snacks, has 4 molars for a total of 12 teeth.  He loves to eat popsicles and sometimes just has those for dinner.  I think it is because he is teething. He trys to jump up and down, throws balls with his right hand and is really good and very fascinated with lights especially Christmas lights.

Sleeping at church before going to nursery.

You fell asleep in your high chair. Not sure if you were waiting for food or were finished.

We went to see lights at the golf course and you had your first sugar cooking and LOVED it. All the houses at the golf course were decorated and you enjoyed the lights.

You are very handsome.  We went home for your cousin Emree baby blessing in Duchesne.

You loved playing with all your cousins and wanted to help decorate the tree and play games with them.  Some day you will be big enough!

 We went to the light parade and you loved it.  There were a lot of floats and even tho it was cold we all had a good time.

We went to the storybook parade in Cedar City and it was fun.  Lots of floats and characters.