Pictures of Cecelia

I know, I know, I should have had these pictures up months ago. But I am hoping you all will forgive me for taking so long. Having two kids has taken been a hard adjustment for me, so I haven't been as on top of things as I would like. But I am hoping to be better at that. And I promise there will be a lot of catching up blogs in the next few weeks. But I figured I would start by doing pictures of our little Cece from the beginning. Sadly I don't have any pictures of he on the day she was born. She was whisked away so fast to the NICU in the other hospital that I didn't get to take pictures of her until she was 3 days old.

Three days old

One week old. This was the first time I got to hold her, and boy did I cry. It was such a wonderful feeling after not being able to touch or even snuggle her for an week.

2 weeks old

3 weeks old and only days from coming home!

One month old. Doesn't she look so sweet?

Tagg wouldn't hold her for the longest time. I finally got him to hold her about a week after we got her home. And as you can tell he loved it! He tells me all the time Mom " Cece is my best friend!" But then later the same day he will ask me "Mom, can we take her back. I don't want her anymore." Needless to say the adjustment has been hard on him.

Sibling snuggles!

2 months oldNap time!

Cecelia Carol Goodrich

Well she is finally here! I know you all just want to see pictures of her. But sadly our computer died about 2 weeks ago so I have no way of posting any pictures. I am actually posting from the computer in the Nicu where Cecelia has been for little over a week. I will post pictures as soon as possible.
Cecelia was born on April 21 at 6:25p.m., via c section. She weighted 6lbs and was 17 inches long. Yep, long and lean who knows where she got those genes. She was having a hard time breathing so they had to put her on ventilator right away. After about an hour of that they took en x-ray and saw that her lungs were still flat as pancakes. So they decided to move her to Utah Valley hospital (we were at Orem Community). So after she was all prepped the EMT's brought her in to see me. The only part of here that wasn't covered with cords or tubes was her little knee. So I just sat there and held it while they explained everything to me. Then they wheeled her away and I must admit I cried a lot.
She has been the NICU for little over a week now and continues to improve daily. She was able to be removed from the oxygen support yesterday and has been able to breast feed for the last two days. Which is an awesome sign, because as soon as she can take all of her feeding from me she can come home! So we are hoping and praying that she can come home some time the middle of next week. I will keep you posted on her progress as best I can.

Today is the Day!

This is the day we have been waiting for since our first trip to the ER at 18 weeks, with preterm labor.I have been in to labor and delivery 4 times and have been given whatever shot it is they give you to stop labor. Since that first trip to the hospital I have been on very strict orders of restricted activity, almost to the point of bed rest. Which has been killing me! No exercise or even walking much, lifting heavy, or anything strenuous at all. Which has not helped with me not gaining extra pregnancy weight. But today is the day we have been waiting for. As of today I am 34 weeks along. Which means that if I start labor at any time they will no longer stop it! Hip, Hip, Hooray! So any day now you may be seeing pictures of our little girl.

A Peter Pan Party

Turning 3 can be hard to do. But when you have faith and trust and a little pixie dust, it sure does make it a lot easier. That is why we decided to have a Peter Pan Birthday party for Tagg's 3rd Birthday. And we had an arrr..some time! Dressing up as pirates, lost boys, Indians and Peter Pan. Hitting the Captain Hook pinata and eating Birthday cake. It was such a fun day we loved being able to have our family celebrate with us.
It's hard to believe that my little boy is all grown up. He has such a fun sense of humor he does something silly and says "I'm so funny!" and starts laughing at himself. He has such a great imagination and loves to pretend. Plus, he loves to sing and even if he doesn't know all the words to a song he will just belt out the words he knows. I love this little guy and am so glad that he has decided to be like Peter Pan and never grow up.

I love these pictures of Tagg practicing his pirate face in the mirror. That kids cracks me up!