1 Month!

Alright, well this one is a little late, seeing as she's almost two months, but here she is at one month, complete with a little smile.  This baby has been pretty colicky, but she also has some periods where she's a very happy smiley little girl.  She's just precious and quite the eater.  She's got the rolls to prove it.  Her sister is quite in love with her and calls her "baby monkey bear."  No idea where that came from, but it's all kinds of cute.

Family Photos 2012

 We did our family photos a couple of weeks ago, and I think I'm actually going to get Christmas cards out on time this year!  Woo hoo!  Piper was happy outside...happy enough that she slept through the majority of the session.  Oh well, the rest of us were smiling :)

Newborn Photos

We actually did Piper's newborn photos ourselves.  We could have had them professionally done.  You can do it for the bargain price of $250.  However, if you actually want to own the photos, it's an additional $300.  No thanks.  So, here's what we came up with.  She was very cooperative aside from the complete blowout all over my white blanket.  Note to self: use diapers next time.

Welcome Baby Piper!

We welcomed our second daughter, Piper Rose Johnson on October 17th, 2012 at 11:22 a.m.  She was 8 lbs, 21 inches long.  

I had been having A LOT of contractions in the week before her birth, but was only dilated to a 4.  Due to the gestational diabetes, my doctor induced me on my due date.  We were to arrive at the hospital at 6:00 a.m.  Since we live an hour and a half away, we decided to stay the night in a hotel in town.  Bug had a sleep over at grandma's house, and we ended up in a room at the casino.  Unfortunately, we were too tired to "win" any money.  I was really anxious this time...maybe because I knew what was coming :)  I didn't really sleep at all that night because the contractions kept waking me up.  

When we got to the hospital, we were shown to our room and lucky me...I got a student nurse.  Awesome.  I was very nice, but was not in the mood to deal with being poked several times.  The student tried to start an IV and literally bent the needle.  Ouch.  The nurse also missed the first time.  Finally, we got an IV, and got the pitocin running at about 7:00 a.m.  The doctor broke my water around 8:00.  By 10:00, I was only at 4 1/2 cm dilated, so I got the epidural.  Thank you Chuck. The epidural man.  My love.  At 11:00 a.m., I was fully dilated and ready to push.  I was VERY numb from the epidural, so Drew and the nurse had to hold my legs for me.  After 3 pushes, Piper arrived and was set on my chest and began nursing right away.  She's a natural.

Bug meeting the little monkey for the first time.

Our first day home and resting.

Piper's features look a lot like bug's, but she had dark hair!  I was not expecting that at all.

Baby Bump

So, this is the baby bump through the months...can we just say I got HUGE!  Quite a bit bigger this time than the first.  I have the stretch marks to prove it.  18 weeks.

23 weeks.

33 weeks.

About 39 weeks in the completed nursery.  I'll post pics of the nursery soon.

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

In August, we made another trip to Oregon for a wedding, and were able to visit the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.  We got as far as the evergreen aviation part before we all got overheated and decided we needed food.  Food makes everything better.

Nana and bug playing on the toy airplanes.  And can we just talk about the elephant in the room here....oh, wait.  That's me.  30 weeks prego.  Awesome.

My cutie patootie.  I die.

Yup, folks.  51 year old woman.  Loving the toys more than a 2 year old.  No judgement.

In front of the Spruce Goose.  Very cool.

4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July in Oregon with nana and papa Bonebrake.  Bug got to play with sparklers and smoke bombs.