Tuesday, March 31, 2009

We're Moving!

We are moving to Spanish Fork on May 1st

Here is a picture of the new house!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Pictures and updates!

Well our new baby Lexie is two weeks old and it feels like time has flown by. We are all getting use to the change. Katie is doing very good with Lexie, she helps me change diapers and always wants to give kisses. She is being a sweet big sister. Rob stayed home with me last week and that was very nice. I had a birthday last week also and Rob took me out to lunch and we did a little shopping, it was a nice day. Everything else is going well, we are all healthy and happy!
Here are some pictures, Enjoy!

Katie in her Tutu

Katie and mommy after a day apart

Katie and Lexie

Katie and Grandma Mills
Katie and Grandma Mills
Katie, Lexie and daddy

Katie being silly

Lexies first bath

Katie having a "drunk" moment



Katie wearing her big sister shirt








































Sunday, March 1, 2009

Day 2

Don't worry, we won't post a new blog every day! But we just wanted to show off a few more pictures of our beautiful little girl. She got to have a bath first this time. :)

She still has an IV line on her scalp but she hasn't had to have any fluids since last night. She's had a few minor respiratory problems. Her pediatrician said she may have just had slightly immature lungs. They helped her out by have a little tube blow air into her nose to inflate her lungs (not oxygen, just regular air) and now she's doing much better. Everything looks good for her to go home tomorrow. She's very mellow and squeaks a lot when she's sleeping.

Here's some pictures. The rest will be up on our picture site: http://alexis.rvandam.com (aka http://katie.rvandam.com).






Saturday, February 28, 2009

Alexis Marie Faith Van Dam

Here are some pictures immediately following Alexis' birth. We started the day at 7am, started laboring at 9am but had still only progressed to about 5 centimeters (half way) at about 3pm. No one had said anything, but we were all starting to worry that things weren't going to work out and she was going to have to have another c-section. But then Sarah found her 'Go' switch and within an hour she was completely dilated and effaced and started pushing. Although she pushed for about 30-45 minutes, it seemed like no more than 10-15 minutes. And then suddenly it was all over and we had another cute little girl. Alexis weighed in at 6lb 3oz, a little under Katie's 8lb 8oz but not too shabby. She was 18.5 inches long. Mom is doing great and glad to no longer be pregnant. Little Lexie is doing well as she adjusts to all these annoying lights and sounds.

Just seconds after birth



Sarah's first look at baby Lexie.










Friday, January 30, 2009

The New Year

So my friend Jamie told me that I needed to post a new blog because it had been to long :)

So the last time I blogged it was Christmas, nothing to exciting has happened since then. I'm getting bigger and bigger, I'm 35 weeks pregnant and I'm ready for the baby to be here. Rob and I set up the nursery and I have washed all the little clothes. I think we are about ready. I have been nesting a lot, I have been cleaning everything and I'm getting really organized.

Katie started a new Pre-school and she really likes to go and seems to be learning so much. She is getting so big and she will be 2 and 1/2 next month. She is talking so much and she really likes to color and read books and play in the snow. I'm very happy she is my little girl and I feel very blessed to be having another little girl. I'm so excited Katie will have a little sister and they will grow up having each other.

Rob is still working at Bluehost, he is a senior programmer! His company moved to a new office closer to our house. He has his own office, it's really nice. It is also nice to have him closer to home :)
I was looking at some old pictures of Katie and Thinking about how much she has grown up!