March Madness

March has been a crazy month already! We started off early March with a visit from Andy's parents and sister. Paisley loved meeting her Grandpa and Aunt for the 1st time! Luckily, the weather has been pretty nice here lately, so we've been able to get out during the week. We've gone to the park a few times and tried to spend as much time as possible outside.

Paisley was also excited for the Illini to play in the 1st round of the NCAA tourny. The game was a little late, so we didn't get to watch it, but she dressed in support during the day.

Its hard to believe that our little girl is already 7 weeks old! She is getting bigger everyday. She's become a lot more alert in the last few weeks and has some good play time. She loves playing on her activity mat and looking at the lights. She's even started swatting at the little rattles hanging down.

All in all, the last 7 weeks have gone by way to fast! We love our little Paisley girl and we can't wait for everyone to meet her.

A busy month

February has been a busy month...most of you probably know why! On Monday, Miss Paisley will be 1 month old...I seriously don't know where the time has gone! She is growing and changing so much everyday. We just can't get enough of her! Here is a short recap of our month.

1) Grandma Gail (GG as I've decided to call her) was here for the 1st 2 weeks of Feb to meet her granddaughter and help out. It was so great having her here.

2) Momma's Bday: This was nothing too big this year; just celebrating with Paisley and Daddy. Andy did surprise me with a DQ cake; which was very unexpected!

3) Grandma Debbie came for a week visit which was so fun!

4) While my mom was here; we got to enjoy the nice weather outside. It was in the 60s and 70s for a few days in a row so we took lots of walks with Trubs and Paisley. We also went to Target about everyday and the mall. It was so nice to get out before the cold weather came back.

5) Paisley has been a good little sleeper! I'm not going to declare any victories yet, but for the past 3 nights she has gone 4-5hrs without waking up! She eats at around 7, 11, 3:30 and then 7:30. I'm sure it won't last, but its been amazing (for mommy at least)!!!

Overall, we have had a great month! March will be just as busy with lots of visitors. Andy's parents and sister are coming for a long weekend in 2 weeks. Then my mom, brother and his fiance are coming for a week while Andy is traveling to Vegas for work.

Happy February 14th

February 14th is more than just Valentines day to us this year. Today is the day that Paisley was supposed to make her debut into the world...well, she got antsy and came exactly 2 weeks early. Happy 2 weeks miss Paisley Anne!!

The past 2 weeks have gone by in a sleepy blur!! We are so lucky that my mom has been here to help us out otherwise we would be more like zombies that we already are. Paisley likes to get up and eat every couple of hours like most newborns. But, she also likes to soundly sleep throughout most of the day and have very active, fussy sleep at night. I think we have our days and nights mixed up, so we will be working on correcting that. If anyone has any ideas, just let me know!

Other than that, the last 2 week have been wonderful. We have the most beautiful, sweet baby girl and can't wait to spend the rest of our lives being her mommy and daddy!!

Paisley's Here!!!

Well, re-reading my previous post, I feel kind of silly now. Apparently, our little angel was ready to make her appearance into the world 2 weeks early....without a warning!! Monday morning I woke up at 5am and thought I had to go to the bathroom. I quickly ran into the bathroom right before my water burst all over the bathroom floor. I was pretty out of it as it was 5am so I kind of questioned what happened...I mean, I still had 2 weeks left to go. I spent the next 45 minutes doing some reading and trying to research if my water actually did break or if I just didn't make it to the bathroom in time. Finally, after I realized I was still leaking I figured I better wake up Andy. He was a little shocked to say the least! However, since I still wasn't having contractions, I still wasn't convinced. Luckily he made me call my doctor and took me to the hospital. At about 6:15 we made it to the hospital and it was confirmed that I was in labor. Things progressed very quickly from there!

By 4:39 our little Paisley Anne Robertson entered the world! She weighed 6lbs 2oz and is 20.25 inches long. She came out with a full head of dark hair and the most beautiful blue eyes in the world!! We are loving every minute with her and couldn't be happier!

Andy was able to stay home the entire week so we enjoyed being home together and our new little family. My mom got in on Friday afternoon and has been enjoying her Granddaughter and spoiling her already!! It is such a huge relief having her here for 2 weeks to help out and take a few night shifts so mommy and daddy can get some sleep!

All in all the 1st week has been tiring, but great. Paisley put on 2 oz already at her 2 day post release appt; which is a great sign. She is starting to get the hang of sleeping at night and during the day. Although, during the day, she is a little fussy. I like to call her my Miss Crabby Pants, but its just so cute when she fusses that I can't complain!

Thanks to everyone for all of the well wishes. Paisley loves all of her friends and family already even though she is so far away. She knows that there are so many people out there that love and care for her and can't wait to meet everyone soon!

Just about 2 weeks left...yikes!

Yikes, I'm officially working towards my 38th week, which means time is almost up! I think we are all ready to go. We have all the gear put together and we even installed the car seat last weekend. I am certainly getting to that point of being ready. I am starting to get more and more uncomfortable which makes sleeping and sitting at my desk all day very difficult. I guess I can't complain too much though since I haven't been feeling this way long. The baby seems to be growing and growing...or maybe that's just me!



At my 36 week appt my doctor estimated her to be at 6.5lbs already, so I think I'm on my way to a nice, healthy 8lb baby! We'll see when she gets here. Unfortunately, we have no say when that is. That is one of the most annoying parts of pregnancy (to me at least, the planner). I hate not knowing when the big day will be here. More so, I don't like not knowing where I'll be if/when my water breaks or my contractions start. Working in a male dominated industry, pregnancy is awkward enough as it is without the fear of your water breaking in the middle of a meeting leaving amniotic fluid all over their conference room floor. I'm officially working from home starting Feb 7th, so as long as she doesn't come next week, I should be fine.


According to my doctor, our girl is in no rush. She is officially head down and ready, but I'm only 1 cm dilated, which just happened this week. At my 2 previous appts I was not even close to being dilated, so this may take a while. I haven't had any contractions yet, which isn't a bad thing in my mind. Having lots of contractions that produces no baby doesn't sound fun. Maybe I'll be one of those women who's water just breaks one day out of the blue and then her contractions start. I can dream!

I'll post a picture this weekend. The belly is pretty large at this point!!

Christmas Week and NYE

Andy and I got to spend the entire week between Christmas and New Year's in Illinois visiting friends and family. I'm so glad that I felt well enough to make the trip, as it would of been a pretty boring week in Virginia otherwise. Surprisingly the long car ride didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. We got into Herscher late on the 23rd and stayed there until Christmas afternoon. We had the usual Christmas Eve party at my parents house and then headed to my Aunt and Uncle's for Christmas Day. Andy picked up all sorts of advice from my cousin Liz and her husband who have a 2 month old named Frankie...he is adorable!! Later Christmas day we headed down to Springfield for Andy's family Christmas. I headed back up to Herscher the day after Christmas while Andy stayed in Springfield for 2 days to go hunting and catch up with a few more friends and family.

Weds Andy came up to Herscher so we could head up to Chicago to visit some of my girlfriend's from college. Molly, Megan and Andrea threw Katie and I a joint shower, which was so fun!! Katie and I are due exactly a month apart, so it was fun comparing bellies! It was so great catching up with all my college roomies and best girl friends. Since we were in the city Ashley was able to come too, which was great.

For the rest of the week, Andy and I just hung out in Herscher. New Years Eve we had a nice dinner with my parents, Grandpa and brother and his fiance Dana. I think we made it all the way until 10:30...a good record for us on NYE!!

New Years day we headed back to Virginia. The ride home was a bit more uncomfortable than the trip out, but we made it. It was so nice having the entire week off and getting to spend the time with our friends and family in Illinois.

We are both looking forward to a great 2011 and finally getting to meet our little girl in about 5 weeks!!!