4th of July

My parents and Pete's parents spent the 4th of July with us this year. It was a lot of fun having family here for the 4th! I thought only my dad was coming for the weekend but my mom surprised me and showed up to! She brought some really cute outfits for Adlee with her. She also made some really cute letters that spell Adlee to put up in her room. Pete's parents came for a week and it was so great having them here! His mom got me addicted to her yummy cookies while she was here.
On the 4th we had some delicious BBQ and home made ice cream! It was all very good and even better since I didn't have to make most of it! We watched the firework show at night to end the day!

Enjoying the firework show.We have to put a bug net over Adlee because there are so many bugs here in the south!

Adlee in her 4th of July outfit that Grandma brought.

My dad...he's lost 50 lbs recently! He looks great!

Pete's mom. She was such a huge help while she was here!!!

Pete and my mom

Grandpa Jay holding Adlee. He was great at getting her to burp.

Blessing

Adlee was blessed at church last Sunday by her dad. My parents came for the weekend and Pete's Parents were here for a week. It was really fun having our parents here. Our friends that we made through the dance studio, the Jacksons, Ruthelle, Phillip and Steve all attended Adlee's blessing and came over for lunch afterward. It was a really nice day filled with family, friends and good food! We felt very loved! Adlee sitting in her car seat after her blessing. We had to take the dress off to buckle her in because of all the material. I love her dress! My mom bought it for her several months before she was born.

Our little family. It was really hot and humid outside so I look gross. Note to self not to do hair straight when taking pictures in humid weather.

Adlee with Grandma and Grandpa Jay

Adlee with Grandma and Grandpa Wilcken

I love this picture of my mom with Adlee

These are our friends/Alabama parents Steve & Jackie Jackson

Friends and Family who were visitors for Adlee's blessing

First Father's Day

This is what Pete and Adlee did while I made a coconut cream pie for Pete for Father's day. I thought it was sweet so I had to take a picture of it!
Pete is an awesome daddy! He plays with Adlee, sings to her, changes her, burps her, talks to her and loves to hold her and look at her! I couldn't have picked a better man to be the father of my children! Adlee is lucky to have such a great dad!

Daddy with his yummy pie!

Labor Details

I have been meaning to make a post about how my labor went but life has been a bit busy with the baby! So here it is about 4 weeks later!
I wound up getting induced on Adlee's due date June 1st. My mom came into town on the 27th and we wanted her to be able to spend time with the baby. My doctor thought it was a good day for me to have the baby as well. One big bonus about being induced is that I was able to have my doctor, Dr. Madden, deliver me! He is a fabulous doctor!!!

I had to be at the hospital between 4am and 5am. We arrived closer to 5am with hardly any sleep as we were excited about having the baby that morning. (You can tell I did not sleep by my eyes in the picture). This is the last picture of me pregnant at 40 weeks. It was taken right before they started my labor at the hospital. They started me on pitocin at about 5:40 am and my water broke on its own about 6:20 am. I was planning on doing natural labor. I lasted a good seven hours and then decided to get an epidural when I was still at a 4. This picture of Pete and me was taken after I got the epidural. It was heavenly as you can tell by the smile on both of our faces. Pete was happy when I got the epidural too...he definitely did not enjoy seeing me in pain.
We spent the next about 9 hours just waiting for Adlee to make her arrival. When it came time to push she arrived in less than 20 minutes. She came out with her eyes wide open and I swear she had a smile on her face too! I spent about 16 hours in labor and it was worth every minute to meet this sweet little girl who has brought us so much joy!!!

The proud daddy holding his baby girl.

A Special Dress

A few weeks before I had Adlee my mom sent me a package in the mail. She sent me a few things for my birthday, a super cute lamp for Adlee's room and a yellow dress and blanket with a note attached. The note said that she and I had both worn the dress home from the hospital and she thought my daughter might like to wear it home too. I had no idea my mom and I had worn the same dress home from the hospital or that my mom still had the dress. My mom, Adlee and I are all the oldest in our families and we all wore the same dress home. The dress is really cute especially on Adlee!

This is a picture I found of me in the yellow dress.

Mom and Baby Moment

I should have sent this picture out earlier. It's everyone's favorite. The mom and baby moment right after Adlee was born.

Here is a picture of Adlee with her hat off so you can see her head of dark hair. Everyone has been asking to see her hair too.

New Baby Girl!!!!

Our new baby girl, Adlee Madison Jay, was born today at 9:31pm. She is 7 pounds 2 ounces, and 18 and 1/4 inches long. She has lots of dark hair and we already love her!!!