Halloween 2014

H A P P Y  H A L L O W E E N !!!

10.11.14

These two kiddos of mine make my heart so happy. Yes, there are those times that they drive me crazy but at the end of the day it's so rewarding when I can forget about all of the whining and hair pulling and just focus on the happy moments. Life is way too short to focus on all the negative (something I am trying to work on ). My thoughts are usually positive ones but for some reason the ones that actually make their way into words aren't always so positive. I don't know why that is but I am trying hard to improve on that. The law of attraction is such a real thing. When you put positive vibes/thoughts out in to the world, they will come right back to you. And it works the same way with negativity. I've noticed as a parent when I react to situations negatively it makes my children ornery and when I react in a more happy/positive way, the scrapped knee or the spilled apple juice all over my recently mopped floor doesn't seem like such a big deal any more. Like I said in the beginning, life is short, lets try and make it the best experience possible for us and our loved ones.

Copeyboy is such cute + busy little boy. I cannot believe how fast these last 6 months have gone by! 

He's sitting up,

Trying to crawl.

Grabbing at everything! Everything.

Sleeping A LOT better now. ( sigh of relief )

No longer wants to be bounced to sleep.

Eats all.the.time

Loves to smile at anyone who will smile back.

Loves being outside.

 

 

 

Miss Haiven is such a sweet + sassy little girl. She has been such a big help with little brother. She loves:

 being outside and playing with her friends,

 writing her name,

 riding her bike without training wheels, 

 watching movies (just like daddy) +

 taking care of her "widdle brudder".

 

 

4 Months

Mr Cope is 4 months old! 

He loves:

Baths

Blowing raspberries

Laughs and smiles all the time 

Wants to be held facing out

Sleeps 7 hours. Wakes up once to eat then goes back to sleep for 2 hours

Prefers bottles over nursing ( totally sad about that )

Still likes his binky ( thank goodness ;)

And just as cute as can be!

This morning I decided to get our Canon out and have some fun. I absolutely love taking pictures of my sweet kiddos. They may not love having their pictures taken all the time but it is something that I really enjoy. Am I a professional? No. Do a lot of the pictures they actually smile and look cute in turn out blurry? All.the.time! They may all look the same but to me each one is special and I even have a hard time deleting the bad/blurry ones. What does one do with so many pictures you might ask? Well I post them here on my blog for myself ( and hopefully ) all of you to enjoy. ;)

 Haiven rarely lets me take her picture so this one is so special to me.

That grin

 

 

Baby Cope

You know those movies were the husband is driving like a crazy person to get to the hospital so his wife doesn't have to give birth in the car? Well that happens in real life too, cause it happened to me. Let me start from the beginning.

Thursday afternoon I had my 38 week appointment and was told I was at a 3 and about 90% thinned. I had my doctor strip my membranes, (it sometimes helps get labor started for those who don't know) it worked with Haiven so I thought I would give it another try. Well, to my luck, it worked again. That evening and throughout the night I was having minor contractions. Painful enough to were I didn't get much sleep. They continued to increase throughout the day Friday and by that evening I was pretty sure he was coming that night. We arrived at the hospital around 10 PM and they checked me and said I was still only at a 3 which was upsetting because I was having some painful contractions for most of the day. A 3? How could I still only be at a 3? They said I could stay for an hour and see I progressed any. After an hour they checked again and still no change. Boo! So I got out of the bed and Dan and I did the wandering around the hospital routine to see if that would help any. By this time my contractions were so painful but I was determined not to be sent home so I kept going. I swear we did about 50 laps around the dang place. Well, they checked again and to my dismay, no change. The nurse said I could stay but they would have to start me on pitocin to get things moving faster. I didn't want to do that so we decided to go home. The car ride was awful and so painful, I had no idea how it could get any worse than what I was experiencing. I was already dreading the car ride back to hospital. When we got home I got in the tub and just cried. I was sitting there thinking how can I go through this pain any longer? After about 45 minutes of hell I got out, got dressed and sat on our bed not knowing what to do. A minute or two later my water broke and we were off to the hospital once again. The car ride being just as horrible as I anticipated. After running a few stop signs and red lights we arrived back at the hospital. I wobbled in hoping for an epidural but as soon they checked me they said I was ready to deliver. Panic set in. I had heard stories that pushing was the most painful part without an epidural. The nurses rushed to get everything ready and the doctor came in the room looking quite surprised that I was back so soon. I heard him say the pain won't stop until he's out. I pushed for two contractions (which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be) and the little guy was here and the pain instantly gone. It was the most amazing thing I've ever experienced. With Haiven I was numb from the epidural for hours and hours after I had her. This time I was able to get up and walk around after only about a half hour. I didn't tear at all and really wasn't in much pain and I healed a lot faster. All in all it was a great experience and I really am leaning more towards another natural birth the next time around. ;)

Proud Gramma's

Haiven was a little hesitant at first but got over that pretty quickly. She sure loves her new brother! :)

More proud Grandparents.

I want to give a huge thank you to our amazing families! You guys are the best! Thank you for helping out with Haiven and whatever else we need! Love you all.