Easter

Our Easter was pretty low key this year. We dyed eggs on Thursday, the Easter bunny came on Saturday, and we went to an egg hunt at a family's home in our ward, then we had a nice Easter dinner on Sunday.
Morgan mostly just enjoyed putting stickers all over the eggs and herself.


Jaycee was totally into it.


Our finished products. The missile was Jarom's.


We practiced hiding and finding eggs Friday morning.


Finding her Easter basket Saturday Morning.

At the Easter Egg hunt. There were plenty more eggs but once her bucket was full, she was ready to go home.



My beautiful girls on Easter morning. (Sorry about the little pics, they are from my phone.)

Time for an update

Jaycee is a month old and I haven't posted at all. I look back at when Morgan was first born and am sad I didn't write more. At Jaycee's two week visit, she was 8lbs 2 oz. Almost a whole pound over her birth weight. Which was great because that meant I didn't have to wake her up for feedings in the night any more. She now goes 5-7 hours between feedings at night. She isn't really asleep that whole time so neither am I but but I'm still getting good stretches of sleep between feedings.
She is a pretty good baby. She has her fussy times when she just wants to be held but still sleeps a lot and I can't complain.
Morgan is so good with her. She is an awesome helper and loves to just look at Jaycee. She kisses her on her head and likes to hold her hand but by no means smothers her. She rarely shows signs of jealousy and has kept her normal routine very well. I feel so blessed to be the steward over these two beautiful girls. They bring so much joy to my life.
April 8th (2 weeks old)
April 17th ( 3 weeks old)

This was her second Sunday at church. Jaycee spit up all over her dress in the first 20 min on her first Sunday of church so we didn't get any pictures. I made these matching dresses for them and although you can't see them very well, they are pretty cute. And yes, Jaycee has totally lost the hair from the top of her head. Sad I know.

Jaycee Elise Collins!

Born Friday March 25th at 2:29pm, weighing in at 7lbs 4oz, 20.5 inches long. She surprised us with her beautiful brown hair.
Paij was induced Thursday night. Paij had a c-section with Morgan due to failure to progress in her labor. It was important for Paij to try to not have a c-section this time around. Almost one week after her due date(the 18th) she was induced. She was started on pitocin at about 10:30 on Thursday night. She labored through the night as they gradually increased the dosage of the pitocin. Paij failed to progress for the first 12 hours of her labor. It was discouraging and looking more like we were headed for another c-section. Then all of a sudden something changed. Paij jumped to 6cm in dilation, and within 45 minutes was to a 10. Paij pushed for an hour and our little beauty was here.

I am so proud of Paij for the courage she showed in choosing to deliver VBAC and the strength she showed throughout the labor and delivery. My gratitude for her and the charity she has shown towards this new life through the entire pregnancy has made me admire her all the more.

Paij is recovering well and we could not ask for a more beautiful and healthy daughter. We are filled with gratitude. We are excited to share pictures of our newest little princess with our friends and family. We hope you enjoy them as we are not able to be with each of you during this special time.










We couldn't let Jaycee get all of the attention. Morgan has been great with Jaycee and is adjusting to being a big sister much better than we had expected. It is sweet to see a bond forming between them already.

39 weeks and counting

I haven't taken many maternity pics this time around so I thought I would at least make one post. Brent's work threw us a baby shower at a restaurant today, so I actually got dressed. Poor Brent, keeps coming home to me in his tee-shirts. I've been having lots of contractions and hope this baby will come soon. I'm planning on doing VBAC so no induction for me. We're just playing the waiting game but we'll keep you updated :)

Our Bouquets

Our Valentine's celebrating is pretty low key this year. I guess it usually is but especially this year. We had a ward party Friday night, Brent had a contact lens symposium Saturday and Sunday, and he has 24hour duty today. We did get to have lunch together today though, so that was nice. Anyway, he got me a bouquet of flowers Saturday and Morgan and I made him a candy bouquet to take to him at work today. She had a great time picking out the candy and was so excited to give it to daddy. It was pretty cute.
I am so grateful for the love of my life and for all the joy he brings to me. I am so blessed!

Sewing

I was buying material to make the new baby a blanket and felt bad that I wasn't making anything for Morgan. So I bought this material and made her a little dress. I rarely sew from a pattern so each time it's a challenge but I usually enjoy it. As I did with this. For some reason she thinks it's a princess dress and has to put it on to have a tea party with her Belle doll. I love that she loves to wear it and asks me to put it on fairly regularly.


This is a baby Kimono I saw in a craft book my friend gave me and I loved it. I had to make a few changes to make it work but I'm happy with how it turned out. As you can see, it has an envelope at the bottom and at the hands if I want.

The back of the quilt.

Closeup

Finally, my little quilt. I made one for Morgan 2 days before she was born with help from a friend and decided this new little one needs a quilt made by mom too. I got the idea from the Marta Stewart Magazine and kind of made it my own with many suggestions from my husband and brother. I'm happy with how it turned out as well.

Other Random Pictures

At Balboa Park. She has been obsessed with sitting on animals lately.

San Diego Zoo

Natural History Museum. I'm not sure you were supposed to sit on this one but that didn't stop dad from encouraging her since mom thought it was disgusting.


Safari Park (Wild Animal Park)


Play time with dad.

Sunset Cliffs

My brother Jarom's 25th b-day.