What a Beauty!!

This is Neelah at one week old. Since this picture was taken, she has gained 3 lbs!!! What a PIGGLET!! All she wants to do is eat and let me tell you, the calories she is making me burn to produce milk is so worth it!!
She has started to smile at us and it lights up our days!! There is nothing better than seeing a baby smile...something so precious and true about it...I don't know what exactly but I know I love it.

Finn and Grandpa Rick

I know it is hard to tell but Grandpa is actually holding a play-dough figurine of Maile. Very creative on grandpa's part. Play-dough is Finns favorite past time and he would play it all day long if we let him.
We took these pics last weeken while at grandma and grandpas house. Grandpa took Finn out on the tramp and they had a blast! This is a great action shot of grandpa falling down.
Here they are, exhausted, after jumping for at least 30 min. Maybe it was just Grandpa that was exhausted!

Neelah's blessing day

Today we blessed Neelah. Here she is in the dress that many of the Watson girls have been blessed in. This is 4 generations of first daughters. Grandma Colleen, Mom, Neelah and myself. What an amazing thing it is to have family to rely upon and look to for support. I don't know what I would do without my family. They are amazing!
Here is our happy family. I still can't believe we have 2 kids! Then again...I believe it every time I wake up at 3am to feed Neelah.
Here is the whole fam...from left to right: Alex (Janae's bf), Janae, April, Neelah, Nate, Mom Dad, Eric, Finn- Tyler, Amanda and me. We are missing Alisa, Anne & Andrew and their kiddies. We miss them so much and wish they could have been here for this day. Eric and Ty spent the afternoon wrestling and trying to kill each other. When do these boys ever grow up? It was so nice to have everyone over.

The Kids

Since today is going to be a very nice, sunny day...I decided to dress Neelah in this cute little sun dress. She has been pretty happy the last couple of days. She is getting good at letting out all that gas! She actually woke us up yesterday morning by tooting. And then this morning as we were saying the prayer over breakfast, she decided to let one rip and Finn just had to announce it to us all, as if we couldn't hear it for ourselves. :) How so much stink can come out of something so cute is beyond me.
Here is Finn pre-clothing. He likes to stay in his jammies all morning. Actually, he likes to stay in his jammies because then he doesn't have to have his bum changed. Wierd child. He has begun to tell us as soon as he poops that he needs a clean bum but if it is just wet, he will wear it all day long.

I guess I have to apologize, I didn't mean for this blog entry to be all about bowels etc. Oh well.

The Weekend

On Saturday, Finn and Eric decided to play in the tent. We bought this at ROSS about a month ago and it has been a big hit ever since. Finn is just about too tall for it if he stands up inside. He takes his trains and books in there and entertains himself. Here we have Finn and dad inside the tent, reading stories.
Ya-ya and Neelah. We are SO BLESSED to have mom around!! What would we do without her? What would Finn do? Since Neelah has joined our family, Finn has been following Ya-ya around constantly since she is the one who will pay attention to him. Poor kid. Poor mom.
Here is yet another testimony to why I don't like late church. Finn fell asleep in like 60 seconds.

Sydney Rossi's bday party

Okay, so I bootlegged these photo's off of the Rossi Blog but they are so cute and I forgot my camera so this is what you get. Just like Amy says in her blog, yes, it does look like Finn is downing a beer but it IS just orange soda...I promise. :) Finn has learned to sing happy birthday and he often sings it to his trains. Here are the kids just before the candle blowing. Camden was so anxious to blow out that candle!! The cake was so yummy and Camden immediately removed the Reeses on the top and put them in his mouth. We love it when the Rossi's invite us to their events, we always have so much fun.
This is Camden and Finn on the teeter-totter. They finally grasped the concept of how it works and had a blast. This was mere moments before Finn had his melt-down and Camden started torchering him. They better get used to each other, they don't have much of a choice. No, usually they have a great time together!

Getting used to having a new baby around...

Like I said in the other blog, I LOVE it when Neelah is awake! Although you can't tell in this pic, her hair is really curly on top...not so much on the sides. Both Eric and I think her hair is turning more and more auburn as the days go by. Wishfull thinking? Maybe but it just might be true!
We were trying to get Finn to hold Neelah but he didn't want her next to him. He has his moments, sometimes he insists on holding her and others it's as if she doesn't even exist. He is really helpful when I ask him to bring me her blanket or burper. He is constantly concerned that she wear a bow in her hair. All in all, he is adjusting quite well. I am working on making sure he gets his one on one time with Mommy. That is harder than I thought it would be.
Mom and I love this pic...she has such a goofy smile! It was one of those random accidents that we caught it on camera. Isn't she ADOREABLE???

Easter pics

This Easter we had a chill family dinner at our house. Easter was actually my due date and I was SO GLAD that I wasn't prego anymore. Plus it was fun to show off the new baby. Here is Great-grandma Colleen holding Neelah. She was one of the few to get to hold her...I am still a little leary about passing a new baby around. It's okay, you can call me O.C.D. I love this pic because grandma and Neelah are just looking into each others eyes. I love it when she is awake.
Mom made all the kids these bunny ear hats. Finn has insisted on wearing them to random places since. He hops around the house and announces that is is a bunny. The kids had fun searching for easter eggs that I hid around the back yard. Even though it was cold, they had fun. This pic is of Keaton, Averie, Felicity, Finn and Reagan. Only Gabe and Neelah are missing. Maybe next year they will graduate to being old enough to have bunny ears...

Week 1 in the life...

Such a princess!
Finn needed some special attention too so Ya-Ya gave him his bath and spiked his hair.
Love the moments when she is awake!
Pucker up Daddy!
Neelah's first bath. She loved it and only cried when it was time to get out.

Day Two in the Life of Neelah

Day two finds everyone well and happy. Neelah is loved so much by her family, especially Dad. Eric holds her every chance he can. Can anyone say "wrapped around his finger"? I think she has already done that.
Neelah was enjoying all of the attention she had today by all of her visitors. She was being so good to pose for pictures and didn't cry. Seriously, Heather says that she is really a good baby and the only time she has really cried is when she was born and when Heather had to suck her nose out because she had spit-up and it got into her nose.
Mom is doing surprisingly well. She doesn't even have to have any pain medication and loves having a new baby.
Finn even loves his little sister. He wanted to hold her and kiss her.
YaYa is enjoying the new arrival as well. This makes number five - but who is counting. Each and every one is special and loved so much.Finally, while Mom, Dad and Neelah were at the hospital, Finn and YaYa hung out at home. After playing in the yard, taking a walk and having a bath, Finn decided to just hang out in YaYa's rocking chair before going to bed.

Neelah Miland Watson has arrived

At 2:30 this morning, Heather's water broke and she wasn't even ready with her bag or anything. She and Eric had to get everything ready and at 4:30 they left to go to the hospital. When she got there, she was only dilated to a 2, but was having contractions. At 7:00 Eric called me (Melody) and said that she was having pretty strong contractions. Then he called me back about 15 minutes later and said that they were not so strong, that I should wait to come. Finn and I stayed home and made sugar cookies. Then at about 10:30 he called and said that she was dilated to a 6 and that I should come. I started to pack everything up and was just leaving the house when Eric called again and said that I should come as fast as I could that Heather was fully dilated and ready to have the baby. Eric's mom arrived shortly before I arrived and shortly thereafter Neelah was born. Neelah arrived in this world this morning at 11:36 a.m. She weighs 7 pounds and 8 ounces and is 19 3/4 inches long. As you can see, she has quite a bit of hair and it is quite dark. This picture almost makes it look red but I don't think it is red.
Right after she was born, she started crying. She really has quite the set of lungs. She is really so beautiful though. She looks so much like her brother Finn. Finn kept saying "Neelah play at park with Finn." I don't think he really gets the whole concept that she is a baby.
Mom and baby are doing fine. Eric took Neelah to the nursery to have her first bath. YaYa and Finn came home to take a nap and Heather tried to take a nap as well. The delivery actually went pretty good and was not too hard on Heather.
Isn't this a beautiful family. Eric said shortly after Neelah was born "I have two kids" in wonder. I don't think it hit him until them. I am soooo proud of Heather and Eric and their family.

Beached Whale!

I am sorry to say that the only updates I have this morning are that I am STILL pregant!! I know that it is wishfull thinking for me to assume that Baby Neelah will want to come out early but seriously, there is NO ROOM IN THE INN!! It is said that the last month of pregnancy, the baby gains about half a pound per week. In my case that is another pound of baby before my due date. I am already being forced to evacuate my meals in a very quick manner (either way) because my stomach and intestines just don't have any room to hold the food.

This pic was taken last night as we got ready to go to the Jazz game. Mom got "Executive Sweet" tickets and so we had an awesome date night complete with gormet meal and everything. The seats were actually in a "private club" in the Energy Solutions center and they almost didn't let me in because I was wearing black flip flops. There is a dress code you see. I whipped out the pregnancy card so quick that they didn't know what happened and said that these were my only options for swollen feet! They had to call the owner but I got the go ahead...the manager says that the owners wife is prego too so he was sympathetic. Anyway.

Have a good Sunday everyone!

Childrens Discovery Museum

Last week, we went with the Rossi's to the Children's Museum for Family Home Evening. Here are some pics of the fun that the kids had. Here are Cam and Finn in the helicopter. You can see Jeff and Syd through the window.
This was actually taken about a month ago at the museum. Here Finn is in this tree house thing and he was just lounging on the toddler sized couch. Eric is determined to build one of these in our back yard. Eric calls it a hobbit house.
In the farm area of the museum, they have a replica of a horse. Here is Finn all saddled up. Finn especially liked collecting the eggs from the clucking chickens.
And last but not least, here are Amy, Camden and Finn as they record the evening news. There was a teleprompter and everything and the boys could see themselves on a TV just above the camera. That is really what Finn is so facinated in and what Cam is pointing at.

The kids had a blast!!

Update...

So even though this entry won't have any accompaning pics, I wanted to let you all know that I am STILL pregnant. Last night was a long and uncomfortable one where I was having decently strong contractions 20-40 min apart, all night long. But Alas, nothing more than that. I am still having contractions but since they aren't getting closer together, I will remain uncomfortable. As of last Friday I wasn't dialated at all really but 75-80% effaced...so says Dr Nielson. If you want to see a recent pic of us, check out the link on the left to the Rossi Possi website. Amy captured a FABULOUS one of me stuffing my face with Jeff's bday cake. Mmmmm....Yum!

Sleeping in the car...

My poor child is still suffering from the whole new Sunday schedule. Here we are yesterday, heading to the Watson's to eat Sunday dinner and he fell asleep reading this book. It is a book about trucks etc, as well as a doodle board. In his left hand, you can see that he is still holding the pen. The string is wrapped around his wrist and thus keeping it in the air. I promise it wasn't cutting off any circulation.

Today Finn stopped playing with his trains and came over to me and asked to see baby Neelah. When I lifted up my shirt to expose my MASSIVE tummy, he kissed it and then hugged it. I hope he remembers that he loved the baby once and that she isn't just some thing who takes the attention away from him. We shall see...4 more weeks to go!

Precious cuddle time

Here we are, post bath time, cuddling before jammers. I love that Finn is such a lover!! He is almost always ready for kisses and cuddles...except when he is playing with trains. He lifted my shirt up the other day and said, " Neelah, come out!" He is so cute about kissing my tummy and saying "Baby Neelah too big!" Hopefully, this sweetness continues even after she arrives. :)

Blanket mania!

This has been what has been keeping me busy for the last few months. I made the one in the middle first and then the hat to match. It was my first attempt at crochet and I think it turned out fabulous. The one on the right, the purple and green one, was next and I am still working on the pink and green on the left. I used to think that doing crochet was for old women, but I have seen the light. It relaxes me like you wouldn't believe! And it is fun to make pink stuff finally. :)

Valentines Day Cookies

Ya-ya made the yummiest sugar cookies this weekend and we all got together to decorate them. Here is Finn with his first of about 7 cookies. The experience was complete with pink frosting and sprinkles...pink, purple, red, hearts ect. All the sprinkles you could ask for.
Felicity's favorite part was licking the frosting off. She did that with Gabe's birthday cupcakes too. Silly girl!
YUMMY!!

Newest Family Pic

Initially, this photo was to be sent out as a "happy new year" card...uh, since none of you got one, don't feel left out. It didn't happen. I am getting bigger by the milisecond and feeling even fatter. I have 8 weeks left and am counting down the days. This pregnancy has been so different from Finn. I haven't gained nearly as much weight which I thought would make it an easier pregnancy, but alas, I was wrong. This little one is SO ACTIVE!!! From about 2pm until 10 pm she is going going going! But even though my hips and tailbone ache constantly, I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for a healthy pregnancy! We are truley blessed!