2 months

Finley is two months today! I cannot believe how fast time has flown by! at two months she is cooing like crazy... still loves to eat... interacts with us throughout the day... loves to smile... gets excited when daddy comes home... gets excited when I come into see her after its been a little while... she still is such a little cuddle bug... likes to be held, but is starting to enjoy floor time as well... holds her head up like a champ... still does not like her bink... loves to make spit bubbles... loves to stare up at us, she follows us around the room with her eyes... still spits up... has LOTS of blow outs... most nights she sleeps 7 hours, (amazing!)... has very strong muscles, stands on our arms/the floor/wherever she can...is super long.. the list could go on but that is a lot. we love you finley!!!

Cheese heads

Ok, SOOO much has happened in the last couple of months slash weeks slash even days! Things have been go go go. I won't lie, I kinda like having a lot going on like it has been. But it is kinda relaxing today not having much planned but to blog, cuddle and play with my finley, and go look for some odds and ends for our "pad". Sounds like a good day to me. Plus, it is friday.. which equals the weekend.. and not only the weekend but LABOR day weekend!! woo woo! so NO SCHOOL MONDAY! haha.. we've been entertaining the thought of going camping.. but after our big dental BBQ picnic last night, and feeling how hot it was, I don't know if it is such a good idea.. my air conditioned bedroom sounds better for me, and finley!! I do have a few different things that I was wanting to post about.. but I just don't know if its worth it to make a million posts.. so maybe I'll do a small readers digest version of the most important points.

Finley had her blessing day the weekend before we left for wisconsin.. she looked beautiful, and her daddy did such a good job. She didn't make a peep during the blessing, ben may or may not have almost dropped her when he went to show her off to the congregation but that is beside the point :)

Next "Big thing", we have officially moved to Wisconsin.. we live in Cedarburg, just outside of Milwaukee.. and we LOVE it. cutest little town ever. they have festivals here all the time, and Im getting really excited for the harvest festival right around the corner. Its supposed to be amazing here in the fall, and I believe it because there are so many deciduous trees here!

Last thing that I will blog about now.. bens white coat ceremony and his first week of school! We are so lucky to be going to Marquettes school of dentistry. I have met all the faculty, and was given a tour and it is so amazing! its all new facilities, and everyone is so warm, and you can really tell they want there students to succeed. Not only that but we have been blessed with an instant group of friends here. So happy to be where we are. I won't lie.. I totally cried when My parents left (they helped us move and got us all situated into our new world out here, which I am SOOO greatful for), but that is just to be expected. Finley is Two months tomorrow so there will be another update stat!

1 month!

FInley at one month old! (a little late, but better late then never!) I still cannot believe my little girl is past one month now! She is growing so fast! At one month finley is... -snuggleing like crazy.. she loves to wrap her little arm around my arm, and grabs my shirt with the other hand and nuzzles in. I love it so so much! -She coos and smiles at us every morning -is very wiggly while she is awake, and a very alert baby -she can already army crawl, she does it whenever she does tummy time.. no joke. -She holds her head up great all by herself (not for super long, but she does it a lot) -Is a pro eater -likes to stick her tongue out -she crosses her legs like a frog all the time -covers her face with her hand while sleeping -she has had one babysitter.. ALI and BROCK!! she loves them :) -she always makes an o shape with her lips.. its the classic finley face -loves to be held... all the time -she has grown out of two of her newborn jammies.. makes me super sad.. my little newborn is growing up!

We love her more then anything.

Finley Gail Beeson

She is here! Finley Gail Beeson July 1st, 2012 6 lbs, 12 Oz

I started having consistent hard contractions on Saturday night around 7:30 pm. We timed them for an hour and they were 2-4 minutes apart for an hour and lasted for about a minute each, so we decided we better head to the hospital. I had just been to the doctor the day before and I was measuring 4+ cm dilated, and 100% effaced, and she had dropped to a 0. It is funny because on this day I had absolutley no contractions through the day, which was unusual for me because normally I would have them all day long, just not painful ones. So I didn't think at all that I would be going into labor anytime soon. I had been at a 4 and 100% effaced for a week as well, So I figured things were just stopped for awhile. We got to the hospital around 8:30 pm on saturday night (june 30th), and my contractions and babies heartbeat were monitored. They checked me and I was 5 cm dilated. They decided to keep me overnight but the nurse said she didn't think anything would happen. Come 5:30 am I started having HORRIBLE contractions, with lots of back pain. (Pretty much my whole labor was back labor.) I had already decided to go all natural. I didn't want to use narcotics or an epidural, mostly becuase I wanted to be completely there in the moment, and I wanted to feel what my body was telling me to do. Also, I absolutely HATE being numb... So somehow, I did it! It helped so much having my amazing doula, Amy Morrison. She did such a fantastic job at helping me with different positions and massaging my back through the whole 7 hours of active labor. I was measured at 5:30 am and was now at 7 cm dilated. the contractions just got harder after this.. at around 12 on sunday afternoon I was in some massive pain. When I look back on it now it makes me feel so lucky to have ben as my husband.. i remember looking up at one point and I was crying, and there ben was crying right along with me. (Im sure he loves that Im writting this). It means so much to me though because it just showed me how much he loves and cares about me. He was trying to keep the tears back to be strong for me, but it was hard for him not being able to help. My mom was in the room as well, and she was in the same boat. she had had back labor with 2 of her 6 labors, and went natural with all of hers too so she knew how bad this kind of labor was. such an emotional, but amazing time. At about 12:50 pm I went into transitional labor and pushed for 30 minutes... longest 30 minutes of my life! But once I heard that sweet sweet cry of hers It was all more then worth it. They handed her straight to me, and she was covered in vernix still (crisco baby!), but she was so wide awake and alert, just looking around taking everything in. It was perfect. I will never forget that moment, when I very first got to hold my baby girl. The last week and a half have been amazing.. she is such a good baby. I love her more then I ever thought possible.

Thoughts..

Today I read this qoute, "Yes, there will be moments of beginnings and moments of endings throughout our lives, but these are only markers along the way of the great middle of our eternal lives... Being always in the middle means that the game is never over, hope is never lost, defeat is never final. For no matter where we are or what our circumstances, an eternity of beginnings and an eternity of endings stretch out before us." Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Always in the Middle, Ensign July 2012 It just really got me thinking, we are always progressing, things are always changing, nothing will ever just stay as it is. And This is a good thing. Iv been overly sentimental as far as change recently, with being able to welcome our little one into Ben and mines simple, lovely life. I have been wanting to only do things with Ben, going out on dates and trying to suck in the last few hours, days, or weeks (who knows) until this chapter in our lives is over. But this qoute has helped me open my eyes and realize that these past 6 plus years is just apart of the "middle", We are going to keep on having beginnings and endings forever in this life, and in our eternal life when our endings come in this life. Just what I needed to read! (P.s. Update on baby girl, iv been walking around at 4 cm dilation and 70% effaced since last Wednesday.. Iv been having more contractions yesterday and today so we shall see what happens, or at least if I'm closer on Wednesday at my next appointment! )

Baby girl

Baby girl, You are trying to escape to early! You were thinking you might be done cookin, but we convinced you otherwise because you are still to little. We are SO thrilled to meet you though. Thinking that you might come so soon is getting Ben and I so excited, I was already in major nesting phase, but now since we have made a run to the hospital we have our bags packed and we are ready to go. Your daddy was being such a hoot as we were headed to the hospital this last wednesday. He was SOOOO happy! He kept taking pictures, and getting little videos of us walking into the hospital to maybe meet you. But we are glad that the contractions slowed down and you decided to wait a little bit longer, we hope at least a week so that you will be 37 weeks. I am dilated to 3 cm, and 50% effaced. I am now on bed rest, which kind of stinks but it is worth it to keep you nice and healthy. We love you more then you could know and are so anxious to meet you! Here is a pic of me at 36 weeks!

Celebrating my little baby girl

I was lucky enough to have two amazing baby showers! The first one my sister, lena, threw for me at my parents house in may (my mom and sister cari helped as well). The second one was thrown by my super good friend Katie Wilkins at her house in Sammamish this last weekend, (my in laws ginger, brandi, brooke, and Ali did all the food for this one, amazing)! I am so lucky to have so many people in my life who love and support me, and were there to help celebrate such an amazing time! Thank you Lena and Katie! here are a few pictures...I was not very good at getting pictures of who came! I am already regretting this :( The first baby shower... the hostess!!! the second one :) onsie decorating table, they turned out soooo cute!