thanksgiving moments to share

brian and presley taking a bike ride on thanksgiving day. 

not too many people out but pres saw our neighbor on her bike and had to go for a ride on hers. as soon as davis is old enough to sit up he will get to ride up front and i guess she will get a seat on the back? not exactly sure how this two kids on the bike thing works just quite yet. 

cutest freakin smile ever!!!

here i am with davis. i know he is a little jaundice but am i really that pale? it's nice to be home with the baby and not be so full of fluid that i can barely open my eyes. here we are hanging out while brian took presley to the wiggles show. 

of course i had to get a picture of brother and sisterly love. well, baby crying and presley giving kisses and telling him it's ok. i can't wait til they're older and they see these pictures of themselves loving on each other. 

davis is chillin' on the couch~ he is such a cutie! i vaguely remember presley being this small and capturing these adorable moments. everyone always says time flies and to enjoy it now before they get too big. i have definitely tried to enjoy my time. it does go by some what fast. i think i am ready for the sleepless nights to go by a little faster though.

can you say "brian as a baby"

not a drop of nicole in any of this baby.  it's amazing how one kid can look totally like one parent and the other like the other parent. what the heck?

more pics to follow later of the new family. having a 2nd is definitely slowing me down a little bit.

not the eyes, nose or even lips. everything is brian even down to his dimple chin. dang. what about carrying him for the past 10 months? don't i get a nose or something? oh well, at least his daddy is a handsome man. so if he turns out anything like him he should only be so lucky.
big sis is doing well with him. she doesn't really care too much about what he is doing. she would rather watch the wonder pets or read a book. last night he slept for 6 hours and i am praying that that happens again tonight. i know i am foolish but can't a girl have her dreams?

introducing davis lee covey

DAVIS LEE COVEY

9 LBS 9 OZ

21 1/2 INCHES 

4:11 P.M.

i have to say that although he was is a big baby it was the easiest delivery ever! i only pushed for 20- 25 minutes (if that long) and before i knew it he was out. i don't know if i was in denial the whole time about it happening or what but i definitely didn't spend too much time being able to worry about it all like i did with presley. the pregnancy and so far the recovery have been much worse to deal with than the delivery which is so funny b/c that's what i always worried about. the delivery. the delivery is suppose to be so hard and hurt so much. forget it. piece of cake. the pregnancy with the weight gain, indigestion, sore back and nausea is way worse. unfortunately, for women who have not given birth, going through it is the only way to realize that. 
here is little brian as i like to call him b/c he looks just like his daddy's baby pictures. he has his dimple chin and so far sleeps as much as brian would like to:) he is already so different from his sister and i can't wait for them to meet each other tonight. pics of that may be up tomorrow?
here i am the morning of induction. i think i may have loaded these pictures on here backwards but oh well. i know it looks like  i am mostly belly but trust me there is a lot under there and around that you just don't see and that is ok. well, off to tend to my new son!! i just love saying that. thank you so much to everyone who has called and prayed for us for so long. it means the world to us to have such great friends and family.

my birthday flowers.

although i was in the hospital for my birthday and extremely ill my awesome hubby sent me the most beautiful flowers for the event~ ta da:

my bday flowers smelled up my whole kitchen with the most wonderful flower smell. i love getting flowers! i know i should be one of those people who think they are a big waste and think getting a gift lasts much longer than flowers but i still love them! they are so thoughtful and look so pretty in my house. plus, who is going to keep the florists in business if i quit buying them or having reasons for brian to buy them for me? isn't the economy bad enough? i'm just trying to do my part.

the furry babies

here are the best pets (for the most part) ever! you can see all of my furry babies loving on each other and being so cuddly. allie is the one in the back, riley has the white face and jackson is the big guy getting all the love. 

two minutes after this picture was taken presley ran and jumped in the middle of them and ruined their sweet slumber. i haven't had the heart to tell them that a little brother is coming next week and will probably be much worse. i still can't believe we have 3 of these guys~ they are so good with presley and i don't think i could ever have another dog besides a boxer. i still have jackson' s dog woods 1st place trophy (which is pretty much worthless since i never kept up the training) but i am still so proud of what i know he can do. 

i think my favorite dog memory now is of them sleeping on the floor and pres will sit on their backs and call them horses. if you tell her they are dogs she just continues to sit on them and say neigh. it's so damn funny. well, we will see very soon how well they do with the new addition. i hope they take to him as well as they have taken to her. i love my furry kids.

so close

last night i so thought i was going into labor!!!

i was having "contractions" ( i put in parenthesis b/c they were mostly braxton hicks and not real ones) for 3 hours. my lower back started hurting just like it did when i was going into labor "for real" with presley and i decided if i still felt like that in a hour i would wake up brian and go to the hospital.

unfortunately, it stopped and i just layed there thinking: dang- so close! now, i am back to just being fat and chasing around presley all day and having brian help me up off the floor after playtime and reading books. 

this time next week our son will be here. ahhhh. 

did i mention i cleaned out the refrigerator and wiped all my cabinets down tonight too. nesting is a good sign of the end being near. tomorrow is the freezer, laundry and dusting all the picture frames. woo hoo!

Last week!!!

This is the beginning of the last week of being pregnant. dare i say maybe forever? that makes me sad just to think about but i know it could be a very real possibility. Over 3 years ago we started trying to have our daughter and it was exhausting. Too many fertility drugs, tests and unfortunately a miscarriage made it seem like we would never conceive. Now, not only do we have the smartest  and coolest daughter ever, we are being blessed with a son. Before having Presley i always said we would have as many  kids as we would be able to. (thanks fertility drugs for giving me those crazy thoughts) Now it feels like we have a perfect little family and one kid per each parent. Not to mention how hard it is to raise a family without your family around. Living out of state is really about to take it's toll. 

I am taking in each day and thinking about what it was like when i couldn't get pregnant and i thought i never would. I feel so blessed now and realize there was a much bigger plan for me that i didn't see. Only 8 more days and no more maternity pants, tums or pepcid. Only 8 more days of restful nights, eating ice cream every evening and only having 1 kid to chase after. 8 more days. 8 more days. 8 more days. i am soo excited to see presley meet her little brother and see how she does with him. we have so many toys for her from her baby brother so she will think of him kindly. 8 more days until she crawls into the swing and smothers him. :)

presley's favorite baby sitter!

i have to show off the world's greatest baby sitter: hannah! last weekend i was sooo sick and brian called hannah in the middle of the night to come over and and stay with presley while he took me to the hospital (no baby yet)~ i will worry about how fast she was driving later. here is hannah with pres and her new camera. a lot of the pics on our fb page are from shots she took that night with new toy.:)

presley adores hannah. when we came home from the hospital i was so worried that pres was going to be upset about not having me or brian there to be with her when she woke up or feed her breakfast or get her dressed. as brian turned down the street hannah and pdog were taking a morning walk. IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE CUTEST DAMN THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN! of course, pres didn't even care that we weren't there because she loves hannah so. 
this is hannah and her boyfriend john. he plays in the band with brian at church. presley is always asking for him as well as hannah. and then she makes this little guitar sign language thing with her hands. so damn cute!! i am so happy to have found such wonderful people to trust my daughter with while i am on a date, or even in the hospital. i love you guys!!

15 days!

that's right. only 15 days until i am scheduled to go in and have my family go from 6 to 7. (the extra 3 are the puppies. duh) i am trying to treasure every moment with just the 3 of us before our little man gets here. it's so difficult though when i feel tired and have the worst indigestion. brian has been "grounded" until then; as in no more over night flights for fear of me going into labor and he would miss the birth of his son. 

after this weekend, (my 2nd worst bday) where we spent the morning in the hospital getting me iv fluids for dehydration/contractions i think he is a little worried about going too far away. yea for us! we love having brian here, especially since he has traveled every week for the past 3 months. 

anyway, 15 more days, only 15 days... what will i be doing in 15 days??? having a baby!!!!