Happy Easter!!

We hope every had a wonderful day celebrating our Risen Saviour!! So thankful for the Lord Jesus Christ and His willingness to die on the cross for our sins and for His resurrection from the grave!The darkest day in history was over
All was lost on the cross
Beaten, battered, bruised beyond description
You gave it all, what went wrong?

This couldn't be the end of Heaven's story
'Cause You came to save, to beat the grave
Three days and now they're looking for Your body
But You were gone, and now I know

You saved the day
The day You rolled the stone away
The empty grave is there to say
You reign
You saved the day
You tore the holy veil away
You opened wide the prison gates
You saved the day

Rescued from the shackles of my failure
In the dead of night, You shined Your light
Your gift of love is hope that springs eternal
And because of You, all things are new

You saved the day
The day You rolled the stone away
The empty grave is there to say
You reign
You saved the day
You tore the holy veil away
You opened wide the prison gates
You saved the day

Happy 3 Months!!

I can't believe that Emily is already 3 months old. These three months have really gone by quickly, and we are loving her at this stage of life. She is overall a very happy baby. She gives us lots of smiles and has just starting giggling! It is just adorable. She also tries talking to us as well. We have lots of fun "conversations". She has had a little trouble with her stomach from time to time which is hard for us to see her in pain, but overall, she is doing very well! She is on a great sleeping schedule and has been sleeping from 11-8 for a couple of week now so that has been nice. I can't wait to take out her last feeding at 11 and have her sleeping 8-8! She turned over from her tummy to back yesterday for the first time, but I am pretty it was a fluke as she was probably in the right position and just "accidentally" rolled over. She has not done it again, but it was her first time anyway! We love our Emily Grace!!
Emily relaxing in her bumbo. Look at that double chin!
What a happy girl...such big smiles!
So sweet!
Megan and Emily-Emily loves watching Megan!
Happy 3 months Emily!!

Do the sisters look alike?

Here are some pictures of both Emily and Megan that will help compare them. Do you think they look alike? At first, I thought there was definitely a resemblence, but the older Emily gets, the more I think she looks like Megan. We look at Megan's old pictures, and we are like, that is so Emily! We think they both look like their dad!


Megan at birth 6 pounds .98 oucnes



Emily 6 pounds .08 ounces

I could not find one with Megan's eyes opened or Emily's eyes closed...



Megan
Emily
Megan

Emily
Megan

Emily

Update on our Girls

I am so far behind on posts. Here is a little update!




Emily just turned 2 months a couple of days ago. I can't believe it has been 2 months already!
She was 10.4 pounds (25%) and 22 inches (50th%) at her 2 month appt. She is looking so much like Megan. She is full of smiles these days. Her eyes just light up as she smiles. It is so cute! She is sleeping pretty well at night and going about 6-6 1/2 in between feedings. (I would like for her to be going longer at this point, but you take what you can get!). I am going to start working on stretching her out longer as she seems to be in a rut at waking up between 5-5:30 every morning. We need to push past that! She has really turned into a content little baby (Tim and I both thought she was more fussy than Megan, but she seems to be less fussy these days!) I must say though, she got her shots today, and she cried harder and longer than Megan ever has for all of her shots combined. Emily was so upset after her shots, and I am trying so hard to get her to calm down in the room that we were in. Finally after 5-10 minutes, I decide I better just leave b/c I am sure they need to use the room. So I go to schedule her next appt. with her still screaming. As I walked passed people, they would say, wow, she is really upset. I would reply, yeah, shots. (I mean what can you do when your baby won't stop screaming??) Since her shots, if she is not sleeping or nursing, she is fussing. This may be a long night...glad shots don't happen very often!






Megan is 2 years old and 4 months. Wow, I could say so much about her. She just loves life, is always on the go, talks up a storm, and keeps us busy! The biggest news though this year for her is that she is potty trained (not at night time yet though)! She started to seem to start getting the hang of it at the end of December. During the month of January she was doing pretty good although I was having to take her every so often and she would not tell me. She stayed dry pretty well though. She would not go poops in the in the potty chair. Last month, she started telling me when she needed to go and finally started using the potty chair for poops! Now, she is going on her own, not telling us she is going, and washing her hands on her own. She thinks she is such a big girl!! I am definitely not going to be writing any books on how to potty train your child in 3 days/1 week/whatever, but we got there! She also got her first hair cute last month. Her hair was getting so scraggly in the back. She sat very still through it (Why she can't sit that was in church?). Her hair does look better after her hair cute! She loves her little sister and has adjusted pretty well to her. Today, I heard her making kissing noises, and she was over by her sister giving her kisses and playing with her...so cute!

We are loving our two little girls.

Emily Grace Armstrong

Emily Grace was born Jan. 5, 2011 at 2:41 pm. She weighed 6 lbs .02 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Here is her birth story:
On Wednesday morning at 6:30, I heard Megan calling for me. I went in to tell her that it was still night, night time. (She is not able to get out of bed before 7am). In this little incident, my water broke. I called my dr. who said to come in in 4-5 hours unless contractions started. (I was not having any contractions yet.) I was so unprepared for this. ( A little background, I was due Jan. 22. I had just had a dr. appt. the day before where I was 2 cm dilated and 70& effaced. HE told me I would not probably have the baby this week, but it would be soon.) With being unprepared for Emily to arrive, I called my mom to come over to stay with Megan. We all started working together to get things done....doing a load of laundry, Tim going to get some items at the grocery store for Mom and Megan, packing our bags, getting the infant car seat in the van, etc. It was so weird knowing that I was going to be having a baby soon, but not feeling any contractions.

Tim and I arrived at the hospital around 11 am. They tested to make sure my water had broken (of course it had!). At 11:30, I was dilated 3-4 and was 80 % effaced. I was still not having contractions so they started me on pitocin around noon. At 1:30, I was dilated 4-5 and was 90% effaced. I was starting to get uncomfortable with the contractions so I asked for an epidural at 1:40 pm. This is where is got a little crazy...

At 2 pm, I was asking the nurse where my epidural was because I really WANTED it badly. At 2:15 or so, they came in to give me an epidural. The dr. said she needed to check me first b/f I got my epidural. I asked if they could PLEASE give me the epidural first. They said no! The dr. said I was 8. I was fine with that thinking that I would have a little time of relaxation once the epidural was given b/f I would have to start pushing. As I turned over for the epidural about 2:20, I suddenly needed to push. It was so fast. The dr. was like, don't push, just breath. I was like I need to push. They gave me the epidural. It takes like 15-20 minutes for the epidural to take full affect. They gave me an oxygen mask. I was a little scared with that and asked if I was okay. They said yes, you just need oxygen. Then they asked me to roll over to one side and then to the other (How in the world am I supposed to do that when I am in pain and just need to push?? Of course, I am supposed to be breathing??) About 2:30, the dr. on call decides she is going to have to deliver me as my dr. was not there yet. As I am getting ready to push for her, my dr. arrives. He quickly gets ready for the delivery. He comes over and tells me that the baby's heart rate was 70 and he would have to suction her out. I said that is fine, do whatever you need to do.

After a couple of pushes, the dr. suctions her out. This is the part I found out later from Tim. All I know is that I did not hear her cry right away, and I did not get to hold her right away. Tim told me later that she came out blue and was limp. Her apgar score (Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration) was just 1 out of 10. I was a little emotional after her birth as everything happened so quickly, and with her heart rate and such...I am thankful I was not aware of everything or else I would have been a basket case. They were able to stimulate her, and everything was fine. I was able to hold her and see for myself that she was fine. I am so thankful that the Lord brought Emily Grace into our lives. I am thankful for our family of four!