I knew I shouldn't have ever started this blog stuff....im TERRIBLE at it.

Well....Hatley is 7 weeks old now! She has changed so much! She consistently holds her head up, laughs, smiles and coo's! She is becoming such a fun little person to be around. She sleeps through the night every night now and it makes my life so much better! When you are sleep deprived, your mind gets crazy!! I know I said some crazy things to patrick when I was awake in the middle of the night with a screaming baby!

Sunday is Patrick's FIRST fathers day and I am so proud of him for the father/husband that he has become. Hatley is also getting dedicated on his first fathers day! It will be an exciting day for both of those reasons!!

If I ever learn how to post pictures, I will post some :) for now...SEE YA!

things have changed

well...things have definetly changed in the Parish household. We no longer get long nights of sleep, we can't just leave the house when we decide we need to go somewhere and we no longer have any time to ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I know everyone says "its worth it in the end." So I know after a few months I will look back and appreciate it but nobody EVER told me it was going to be this hard. I wake up change diapers, feed her and put her to sleep. That is my whole routine of the day. Over and over and over again. It sounds easy but it is extremely tiring and makes you feel almost worthless. With that venting over with....

I can't believe it has been 2 weeks already! She is already getting so big!! Now I am ready for her to start sleeping through the night! :)

and the journey begins

Well, Hatley Jane Parish came into this world Tuesday April 27th @ 4:46 pm. She weighed 9 lbs 7 oz and was 21 inches long. (big girl) She has surely had a rough start to this world. First, she swallowed a lot of fluid on the way out and had respiratory distress all of Tuesday evening. Woke up early Wednesday just not happy. Come to find out when the pediatrician came and checked her out that she has a fractured clavicle. It shouldn't take too much time to heal but we can definitely tell that she is in pain. We finally got her to start nursing pretty well so that has been a relief.

We will try to keep this blog updated as much as possible with the newest addition to our family. She is totally beyond amazing. I never knew I could love someone so quickly so much. She has quickly become EVERYTHING that Patrick and I think about. She already has Patrick wrapped around her tiny finger and it is so awesome to watch the love that he has for her. She is definitely he world and will be for the rest of his life and that is A-okay with me. I love watching the way he holds her and looks at her. There is so much love for her.

Please say your prayers for her little shoulder. It is causing her pain and discomfort and we hope that this injury does not last for long.

she just isn't ready

So, today is the 21st...ONE DAY before her due date and she isn't here yet!!! I am growing extremely impatient and I know Patrick is tired of hearing me complain. I was so determined that she would be here last week, but apparently she is entirely too comfy in my big fat belly. I have done everything they say to do that will "induce" labor....let me just tell you....they're all full of crap!!! We went to the Arts Festival last night and walked for atleast 2 hours, that didn't work and I really thought it was going to do the trick. It didn't.

I am hoping to have her by Friday, Dr. Lisa wants to induce next week. If I induce, it will be Tuesday. I am really hoping to not have to do that though. Lets all say our prayers and keep our fingers crossed that she comes....TODAY!! or tomorrow will work too.

doctor day

Well, I went to the doctor today! and I am measuring 2 weeks early, if that is true, I could have my little girl in about 6 weeks! That would make me so happy, but I am not counting on it! Patrick and I are going to a cabin in Beaver's Bend this weekend with my family! It should be a lot of fun, however, I am not looking forward to a 4 hour drive. I also don't think I am supposed to be going out of town this close to the end of pregnancy but we will just pray nothing happens too soon :) We are painting Hatley's room on Monday and getting things settled in her room. That will make it all too real for me I think, but we are excited! I will post pics as soon as we get her room done!

please pray

I am asking everyone to please pray for a little girl named taylor brandt. she is 4 years old and just got diagnosed with leukemia. please pass her name along!

snow....AGAIN??

Today patrick and I bought a new camera!! A Nikon D60!! we are excited to take pictures of our precious baby girl in 10 weeks! When asked Saturday how much longer I had and my response was 10 weeks, I'm not gonna lie, I freaked out a little bit. 10 WEEKS??? that is not very far away. We still need to paint the baby room and get all of our stuff...crib, car seat, clothes, blankets...SO MUCH TO DO!!

This week is the start of me working only 3 days a week. I am not sure what I will do with my spare time but hopefully I get a lot of the baby room done. I will probably have a really clean house too. (fingers crossed)

Well, I will keep you posted on all my progress and I will start taking pics of the babies room as I get it done!