Denver

We got the fly to Denver to spend a week with Amb and Tye and the kiddos. We had SO much fun! I really wish they lived closer. Maddux was entertained 24/7 by the older cousins.

Here are just a few of the highlights from our trip!

THE LAKE (Thornton)

BRECKENRIDGE

STEAMBOAT

KEYSTONE

Cousins...

The Flight Home

Stopping to see fireworks on the way home from the airport

Children's Museum

One of my favorite things to do with Maddux is go to the Children's Museum. A few weeks ago they had a Member's Only Night and it was fun to have Daddy there to play with us too!

BFFs

Maddux cannot get enough of his baby sisser, Reese! She is the first thing he asks for him the morning. He tries to give her her pacie and is always saying, "Reese, you be so happy! Be so happy Reese" when she cries. He shows her all his new toys, his food, his shows, everything.

I hope they are friends like this forever!!

Maddux

Reese has been at the top of the blog for so long now, due to my lack of a desire to blog. So, until I get the motivation, time, and energy to catch up on this past month...here is my other cutie to share the spotlight for a bit.

But... you can still click the link below to vote for Reese in the baby contest ;)

Round 2

I entered this pic into Mix 96.9's Cutest Baby Contest. She is now in Round 2!

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Isn't it hilarious that kids have an obvious personality from birth? I love it...

Swim lessons

Maddux started swim lessons this week. We have done the mom n tot classes the past two years, but we are trying a new lady , Miss Pam and she is great! It amazes me what he can do after just a week! Today was the first day that he didn't get sad at all and he talked poor Miss Pam's ear off!

I will probably post more pics and videos after next week when he is even better at swimming to the ledge by himself. That's my favorite part!!

I love how on this first video, Maddux says "Thank you!!" right as she is pushing him down under the water the second time.

Maddux randomly started throwing up last night...a LOT. He had no fever, no other symptoms, just a LOT of throwing up. We decided to have a big sleepover in our room. We pulled his mattress off his bed and he got to sleep next to our bed. With a 5 week old on one side, and a sick 2 year old on the other, Mommy and Daddy didn't get much sleep. :)

He is feeling much better today! :)

Big Day

Sunday was a really big and busy day for our family. Bright and early we started off with Reese's baby blessing. Drew did a great job. I feel so blessed to have a worthy priesthood holder as my husband. I was a proud momma and wife! I am grateful for all the friends who came from near and far to be there with us! Thank you so much!

Then my dad got sustained and set apart as the 2nd counselor in the Elliot Groves Ward Bishopric. It was an awesome experience to see my dad up on the stand and to see him share his strong testimony with the congregation.

From there we went straight into my brother in law, Bo, being set apart as a full time Missionary. He is serving in the New York- Rochester Mission, Spanish Speaking. We each got to give him a piece of advice and he shared his testimony with us. Even with Maddux running circles around the room, it was a very spiritual experience and I know he is going to be a great missionary!

Reese at 1 Month

It's been a month! Time is already flying too fast!

*She is finally in 0-3 onesies and even in a couple of Newborn outfits
*Still in Newborn size diapers
*This past week has been rough on her baby acne. (Maddux heard me call myself "pizza face" and lovingly repeats it, telling me that "Reese is Pizza Face -Mommy is Pizza face". Nice.)
*She is the gassiest girl I know. Poor thing cries in pain! I have recently gone off dairy and it seems to be helping. Breaks my heart (for both of us ;) )
*She is a much better sleeper than Maddux was at 1 month.
*I can still count how many times she has spit up so far, which I am soooo grateful for!
*On the flip side, I have completely lost track of how many blow-outs we have had. Gross.
*She loves to stare at the blinds
*She loves her pacifier, but can't keep it in her mouth for long.
*Her eyes were obviously hazel when she was born and I was so disappointed. They have since changed to a dark blue. I couldn't be happier!
*Her favorite way to be held is the sitting-up-burping position.
*She melts my heart every day...Everyone was right...I DO love having a girl!

Talie Rae

Tyler, my awesome bro-in-law, flew Kasey and me out to visit Amber for her birthday, see the kiddos, and meet Talie!
My camera didn't make it out of my bag until the last night we were there. But just picture us eating and laying around and eating...it was amazing!
Thanks again Tye!

So, Talie is just 11 days younger than Reese and they are definitely going to be bff cousins (they don't have a choice)!
You can see here though that my tiny little Reese is a total CHUNK compared to Talie. She really is a little tiny peanut and soooo cute!ps- taking pictures with two newborns is virtually impossible!!

my bud...

This kid is a crackup and he gets me laughing every day. I'm so grateful that he has adjusted so well to "baby sisser" (who he still thinks is named Camden) being home.

We took him to watch the planes the other day, but he ended up being more interested in the rocks than anything else.

Helping mom make cookies....

I got some more pics from my family...so here are just a few more :)

Birth Story:

I started having serious contractions on Friday morning and they were completely playing games with my head. They would start, get strong and closer together then stop. Sometimes they were 40 mins apart and sometimes they were 10. Talk about frustrating! By Sunday when nothing had happened, and I was still in on again off again pain, I decided I was going to walk myself into labor. I walked and walked and walked and then when it wasn't doing anything...I started running! I'm sure it was quite a sight, giant prego lady running around! :) Later at night they started getting closer and stronger and when I finally realized I needed to start timing them, they were down to about 5 minutes apart and VERY painful. YIKES!

Jessica dropped everything and headed over to watch Maddux and we zoomed off to the hospital. I was praying the whole way that we wouldn't get there and find out I was dilated to a 1, like when I was in labor with Maddux. Lucky for me, by the time we got there I was a 6! They got me right in at 10:00 and started the process to get my epidural ASAP. It was amazing. Everything went so smoothly and my family and Wendy came to be with us. By about 3:20am I was ready to push and at 3:55, Reese was born. The only problem that we had was when the nurse had me pushing and Reese started coming before the doctor was ready. There is NOTHING worse than feeling that "pressure" of crowning and having them say "Ok, don't push anymore! Whatever you do, don't push!". Ouch.

Everything has been amazing since then and I am one happy momma!

Happy Mother's Day! :)

She's Here!

I'm in love...all over again!

Reese Maren Ingram

was born 5.3.10 at 3:55am weighing 6 pounds even and is 18 inches long.
She is so teeny and soooo cute!

This pic is on our way out the door to the hospital. Taken in between two horrendous contractions.

More pics to come, just waiting to get them from other people that were in the room who had a LOT more energy to be taking pics than I did at the time. :)