The newest addition

Bridget Maven is the newest addition to our family and arrived in style at 10:18 am (just in time for brunch) on Tuesday January 12, 2010. She came quickly (thank God) after only 6 hours of labor. But came with a bang at a whopping 9 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long. We spent a relaxing day and a half in the hospital while Jaxon stayed with Grandpa Chip and Grandma Larissa. We had a flurry of visitors in the hospital which was great.

Having 2 children is not quite as scary as I thought. Though it does seem like I'm changing diapers endlessly. Jaxon is adapting to the big brother role nicely. He always wants to know what his sister is doing He constantly asks "Baby doing?" with his hands in the air.

I am at home with them both til mid March, which I'm incredibly thankful for. Bridget has adjusted and has a pretty consistent sleeping schedule now. She has 2 sleepy feedings between midnight and 6am. Jason is great about doing all that he can. He changes diapers like a champ and will swaddle, and comfort the baby so mommy can get more sleep.

God has certainly blessed us with another healthy beautiful baby.

*above 2 pictures were taken by Latisha Lyn Photography

January Recap

If your still checking our blog periodically, (thank you for not giving up on me)than you probably know us well enough to know we had the baby!! Bridget Maven Clay was born on January 12, 2010. However several notable things happened in the mean time that I need to recount before I go crazy with baby pictures.

January 1, 2010 my brother Jesse married Rebekah. Which also meant we had almost all of our extended family in town!!! We had so much fun visiting with Aunts, Uncles, Great Grandparents, and cousins!!!

On January 4th, Jaxon went to UNM Hospital for an outpatient surgery to fix a pre-existing eye condition called Intermitten Myopia. (this basically means that one of his eyes drifted out occasionally) It wasn't a severe case (some people never noticed it) but it had worsened over the past year. We opted to have this operation as it could continue and cause vision problems in the future. Jaxon went through it like a champ. And the Dr said that before he went under the anesthesia, he was flirting with all the nurses and they all wanted to take him home.

Through all this I managed to not go into labor (thank God!) though my Dr. did write me out on leave early due to some problems with circulation in one of my legs. Its been a blessing spending extra time with Jaxon before the baby came and preparing for her arrival. The nursery has been completed! Those of you who took the time to vote on a bed set a few months back, here is the outcome...

A whirlwind of Christmas