Macy Lou turns two!

While we were in Utah, Macy had her 2nd birthday. We wanted to take advantage of the fact that we were with family, but I was only 6 days out from having Sienna and still felt pretty lousy. We finally decided to go to the park and have pizza and cake with cousins. Luckily my parents, sister, and sister-in-law were good sports about the last minute decision.

My sister-in-law offered to "throw together" a birthday cake a couple of hours before the party but warned me that it wouldn't be fancy. Apparently we have different ideas about what is fancy and what is not because she brought this darling cake to the party:

The pictures really don't do it justice because the frosting was sparkly and shimmered in the sun. So cute and so good. Almond poppyseed with custard filling is my fav!

Thanks for humoring us guys and bringing the kiddos to play.

Happy Birthday Macy! Love ya!

More of Sienna's BIRTHday

Just reminding myself (with random pictures) how glad I am to have made it through my 6th c-section...and in one piece. Well, mostly anyway.

3 Plainfield ward pregnant girls. I was due first, then Kayla later in July (left), then Julene in September (middle).

Mom (not so) patiently waiting to be taken back to the O.R.:

Dad ready to assist in the O.R.
OK he didn't really assist, but the doctor was joking that Conal has seen this so many times that he might as well scrub in.

Brand new baby..........with a serious set of lungs.

Conal making sure that baby got settled in the NICU ok since I couldn't get out of bed.

Me bored out of my mind in the hospital. It sure is more boring when you can't have your baby with you.

Coming home on the 4th of July, and dressed for the occassion:

Cheesy mommy smile.

Yes, I was being cheesy on purpose. I swear!

Sienna

Sienna is here! She was born on July 1st at 12:44 pm. 7 pounds 7 oz. 21 inches long. She definitely looks like one of ours. We just can't decide which of the other 5 kids that she looks most like. It changes from day to day.

Here are the before pictures (courtesy of my personal photographer and sister, Mandi):

And here are some pictures from the NICU:

We are so glad she didn't have to stay in the NICU for long. We are also grateful that my friend Lisa (a NICU nurse at IMC) was there to take care of her. It sure helped ease our fears.

Much more to come about the baby and our trip to Utah.

You know what really stinks?

You know what really stinks???? When you have something really important, like the birth of a baby and you can't get your blog to work right. SO frustrating. Hopefully I can get the problem solved when I get home. I'd love to post some pics of the new babe.