Riley's Visitors

We are so blessed to have so many family and friends that love us and our sweet girls! Here are some pictures with Riley and all her visitors.

G-Me and Pop Pop


Stephanie

Ann

Uncle Devo(Chris's best friend)

Aunt Jenny and cousins, Sam and Joe

Uncle Andy with Daddy and Riley

GG (Riley's Great-Grandmother

Grandma Jane

Happy Birthday Riley Grace Uschold

Riley Grace Uschold is finally here and we are in love again. We went in for our scheduled c-section on October 13. That morning I was having contactions so I don't think Riley would have waited much longer. Everything went smoothly. We got there 2 hours before and got prepped and ready. Chris and I debated rather to have Reese there during or after, but since it was such a short procedure we decided we wanted her to be a part of it so my parents brought her. Chris's mom and grandmother were with us also.Not many 2 year olds can sit at a hospital for 4 hours, but she had perfect behavior. The c-section went perfect. It was very different this time because I was more awake and knew everything that was going on. Reese was an emergency and I was pretty drugged up. I was so nervous, but it was over quickly. Riley weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. She is a spitting image of her sister. The first cry is the most amazing sound in the whole wide world. It brought tears to both Chris and I. What an amazing moment. Reese is such a proud big sister and their bond is already amazing. Here are pictures before, during, and right after Riley's birth, and our family of 4. Many, many more blog posts to come of all of our vistors, family, friends, and tons of tons of Reese and Riley in hospital. We are so thankful for all the love and support and to finally be a family of 4!!!







Riley is finally here. Here are some pictures of the birth. Chris got some of the actual c-section this time, but we will save those.















Reese's first time to hold Riley




Reese opening her big sister presents






First Bath

What we have been up to?

I know I am way behind on blogging. Things have been very crazy these last couple of weeks. I was working fulltime, keeping up with my active 2 year old, getting Riley's room ready, and running around all weekend, and doing way too much. When I went to the doctor this Thursday my blood pressure was really high. My doctor knows I work at school, so she wanted my nurse to monitor it Friday. I called her at lunch with my results and she said I had an hour to get to labor and delivery for tests and more monitoring, and I could not go back to work. So I had to leave unprepared for my long term sub. After running tests, I was released. Reese was sick all weekend with 103 temperature. My parents came into town to help Chris and I out. Reese just had a little bug, but is better today! Yesterday I went back to doctor and because my blood pressure was still high on bed rest, she sent me back to labor and delivery! They ran all the same tests and released me again. I have to go see my doctor every other day until delivery. C-section is scheduled for October 13th at 39 weeks. The crazy part is she delivered Reese at 38 weeks and she was perfectly healthy. We found out through the nurse that the rules and guidelines have changed and the doctors get in trouble for delivering scheduled c-sections before 39 weeks without really good reason. Well, I think I have a really good reason, but I'm not the doctor so I will wait and see. The good thing is Riley is doing great and healthy and that's all that matters!! I am just ready to chase Reese around the yard and play with both my sweet girls! I am trying to relax, but bed rest is horrible!

My amazing mother, sister, and cousin-law had a shower for me last weekend! It was beautiful and Riley got so many cute things. She got tons of personalized stuff which I love and special clothes. She also got all of her bedding, tons of diapers, and neccesities. Reese did good getting lots of big sister stuff.It was so nice to have family and friends celebrate Riley! We are so thankful to have so many people that love us!

Reese Update: Reese is becoming such an amazing big girl. She is almost fully potty trained and I can't take any of the credit. Her day care teacher said she thought she was ready, so we started trying. I was planning to wait until after Riley got here. It only took about a week and she is accident free most days. She sleeps in a pull-up at nap and night-time and when we are going somewhere for a long time. But at school and home she wears panties and is doing great! She knows tons of songs, can identify all her letters, and count to 20, is learning what letters sound like, loves gymnastics and listens so well, and is starting to color objects pretty well.I am so proud of her. She is going to be such a good big sister!!