Update...

Well after doing everything we could to avoid it...Cayleigh got sick. Runny nose and a cough. Her and Iarent getting much sleep because of it but all is well otherwise.

Can you tell my eyes are blue?

In deep thought

Oh this is what she was thinking about...

tiny girl

All dressed up and ready to party...obviously a serious party.

Rodeo

We couldn't let rodeo go by and not take Chloe. We went last year but Chloe was so little that it just wasn't fun for her because we couldn't really do anything. This year was totally different. We broke the rules and took Cayleigh with us. Who said you can't take a newborn out before she is 4 weeks. Seriously mommy needed out of the house. So MiMi, Mommy and Aunt Desi spent a day at the rodeo. Chloe loved the petting zoo and she did great on the pony ride, which I'm shocked about. She is a true little cowgirl I think...now if I could just get a place in the country for her to have some pigs and chickens.

John Deere girl already!

She called it a puppy, then I said no goat and she went baaaaaa.

She loved the piglets

Future cowgirl



She couldn't leave the rodeo without having a little bit of sausage on a stick.

Cayleigh and Chloe

It's been a rough two weeks in the Monson house. Right after we got Cayleigh home from the hospital Chloe got sick. She has been sick for two weeks now. She had Strep and on top of that a respiratory virus so between high fever and breathing treatments every 4 hours mommy is TIRED! Chloe is finally better, knock on wood, and she is back to loving having a little sister.

Cayleigh had her two week checkup in that time and she is a healthy good baby. She still has a little jaundice but doc says that comes natural with breastfeeding, which is great by the way. When we first took her in for her jaundice she had lost weight to 7lbs. 8oz. She is now up to 8lbs. 3oz. She is 21 3/4 inches long! Yes she is tall like her sister. She is cluster feeding at night which I'm trying to change. She wakes up every two hours to eat but during the day it is every 4.

We are loving being a big family now. I love having my girls and watching Chloe love her sister. Daddy is just trying to figure out how he is going to pay for two weddings.

Laaaaaa, practicing her singing.


The sun came back and we just had to enjoy the backyard.

What do you think mom...maybe when I'm older I will have pink hair?

Big sister, little sister

Chloe's rainy day art work

Ooooo mommy there is something in front of me.

Sleeping again...

I love my pigtails.

It's not one of the girls but Maggie looked so pretty that I had to put her on here.

Molly actually sitting still and loving the sunshine, she looks so pretty.

More Cayleigh

Dr. Cone and Cayleigh...he missed the birth, which he hates himself for, but we still love him.

All dressed up and ready to head home

Why do you keep flashing that thing at me?

Sisters, 22 months apart just like Mommy and Aunt Desi, they don't know it yet but they will be the best of friends.

Cayleigh Reese Monson has arrived

On Sunday March 1 I started feeling a little pain here and there in the morning. I just blew it off to the fact that I did a lot of walking around on Saturday. Then they started getting a little stronger and closer together as I was trying to get Chloe down for her nap. I actually started timing them then. Well at 2pm Chris and I said good-bye to our only child and were heading to the hospital to welcome her sister to the world. When we got there they made me walk for an hour to get me progressing a little, they almost sent me home and there was no way that now that I was there I was going to go home. Well it worked. Contractions were coming every 2.5 to 3 minutes. At 6pm they broke my water and about 7 I was at a 5 and the contractions were coming pretty quick and were really hurting. I got the epidural and was checked again by the doctor at 8:40, I was fully dialated and she had me do a test push. She said that if I worked hard we could have a baby in 5 minutes. So once they got me ready to go I pushed 4 times and she was here. 8:50pm Cayleigh Reese Monson came into the world. She is 8lbs. 20 inches long and doing great.

Chloe is adapting really well so far and is a great helper. She definitely loves being a big sister. Here are a few pictures. Thank you to everyone for all the kind words and prayers sent our way.

PUT ME BACK IN....AHHHHHHH

Mommy and baby together at last.

Mommy and her girls

The Monsons March 2009