Spring has sprung

We are so glad that the weather is finally warming up, suppose to be high 60's most of this week perfect way to start my flying solo time. This weekend was super nice so Emmi, Kona and I took advantage by heading out for a run Sunday morning. It felt great to be out while Daddy had Marli duty. Then before Daddy headed to ride bikes we played outside in the backyard. Marli assumed the position on the deck with us in normal fashion on how you can find her most hours of the day. I may start to try to switch her sleep habits since she sleeps those long stretches during the day which would be awesome if we could get that at night.

Then the rest of us had fun taking pics of silly faces or playing. Here are our pics.

Dancing dancing dancing....

Emmi loves music which also means she loves to dance. Here is a clip of her dancing with Elmo.



Marli had a weight check yesterday and weighed in at 8lbs 4ounces. Everything looks good and she wont go back until her 1 month. We did find out they have to redo her PKU since the blood sample they got wasnt enough. Not looking forward to that as we will have to go to the lab one day this week for them to draw blood. :(

Daddy week

Memere has left to continue her trip to Florida, but Daddy has the week off to help. Luckily things are going really well so life with 2 isnt all that difficult. Marli still sleeps 90% of the day with still the 2.5-3 hour blocks at night and Emmi is a great big sister. She loves to give her kisses and hold her. She also will lift Marli's arm up and say, "Arm up wiggle all around" a little Yo Gabba Gabba influence there.

Since Daddy is off this week we have gone to check out the train in the center of Matthews. It is an old train car that you can go in. We ran into Griffin, Emmi's boyfriend, while we were there. We are also thinking about going to one of the library story times to get Emmi out on non-preschool days.

This morning we all slept in until 8:45 and awoke to snow. Daddy and Emmi took advantage by making a snowman before the snow all melted. Here is a pic of their masterpiece and then a pic of Marli chilling in her sling while the construction took place.


Tomorrow we head to the doctors for a weight check. Should be pretty uneventful. Here is our stork that will be leaving us today.

Bathtime & 1 week check up

She had a doctors appt on Thursday so we had to make sure she was at her best with a the first bath the night before. She has gained her birth weight back so she was 7lbs 7 ounces and the doctor said she looked great. She has a little bit of jaundice but nothing a little milk cant help get rid of. Marli has been doing pretty good at night. She gives us about 2 1/2 hours of sleep and usually a 3 hour stretch around 5am. Life is still good.

Here are some pics of Marli's first bath. There was another cute one but it was Xrated so couldnt share with everyone. :)

Life is pretty good so far

Things have been going pretty well. Memere is a huge help with keeping up with things around the house or being the second set of hands. Grandpy Harley will be here tomorrow. Then they will leave Monday to head to Florida, but then Daddy will be off for a full week. Definitely love all the support. Emmi is doing awesome, she has only really had issues with not wanting to take a nap but now that she realized we are all napping it has become easier. Other than that she just wants baby sister to look at her or to hold her when she can. I definitely nap when Emmi does and try to sleep in on preschool mornings. So sleep hasnt been too bad. Marli has been sleeping long stretches during the day then up every hour or so all night. Last night was more like an hour and half until the early morning where she slept from 5:00am-8:30am. Life is pretty amazing and loving every minute right now.

Here are some pics.
Emmi also has a new baby, here she is:


This was Marli ready to leave the hospital.

Emmi just playing:

Daddy with his girls, life will never be the same. :)

The famous sibling pic.

The details....

Dont read any further if you dont want to know the labor and delivery details...............




Starting on Wednesday night my body was starting to give signs that things were happening. So Thursday I had a few random contractions but nothing consistent or painful. Friday started more of a regular pattern. Mid day I knew that it was going to definitely be over the weekend. Around 5ish I said to Jacob that I think we should go to the hospital that night after we put Emmi to bed. So we did Emmi's normal bedtime routine which included me showering with her. Bonus for me since a shower is a relaxation thing and I got to spent time with Emmi. Jacob took a rough time line as to how often they were happening which was 3-4 minutes apart but I could totally talk through them and as long as I was standing they were no big deal. After Emmi was down, we called the on-call service and after a dozen questions we were told to head on in.

We got here just after 8pm. They hooked me up to the monitor and asked a thousand questions. The nurses were awesome and let me stand while on the monitor. After about an hour and 30 minutes the doc showed up. They wanted to see if my water had broke and sure enough they confirmed it was leaking. This is also when they finally checked me being 5 cms. So at 10ish after it taking the anesthesiologist to get a vein, I started my first dose of antibiotics. The contractions were getting harder but nothing I couldn't breathe through. As soon as I was done the IV I got in the shower again which was around 11ish. That is when the pattern definitely changed. I think they went to every 2 minutes at that point. I was only in the shower for 15-20 minutes before I was feeling the pressure.

Jacob helped me out and I stood in the middle of the room for a couple of contractions. The nurse wanted to check me but I told her I wasnt sure I could get on the bed. One idea she had earlier for laboring was to kneel on the bed while putting the head of the bed up to rest on. So that is how she set it up for me so she could check me. Before she checked she told the nurse on the intercom to let Dr Reynolds know that it was getting close. But after she checked me he had to basically run down since we were ready. :) Within 2-3 pushes Marleaux was born with me on my knees facing the head of the bed. I had to ask the doc if he even made it in time since it all happened so fast and sure enough he did. The nurse said she was nervous that she was going to have to deliver the baby and also commented that she had never had a patient as calm as I was that whole time. I also was able to cut the cord since that was not something Jacob wanted to do.

Jacob watched the clock more than I did but we think I was only in hard or challenging labor for 30 minutes or so which started when I was in the shower. Recovery has been great had a couple stitches which the doc said would just help with healing. I am no way near as sore as I was with Emmi. It may have helped that Marli is smaller than Emmi. Random information is the doc who delivered Marli was the same one who delivered Emmi.

No issues with the GBS stuff but we did have to stay the almost 48 hours due to not getting 2 doses of antibiotics. The ban on under 18 is getting lifted the night we left at midnight so we just missed being able to bring Emmi up. :(

**edit from Jacob: from my outsiders view, Taryn's really hard contractions (judging from her reactions) started at 11:25pm. I asked her if she thought we would have Marli by midnight, there were many doubts from Taryn and the nurse. 7 minutes later, Marli was born......it was quick.

Marleaux has arrived!!

Real quick. Marleaux (Marli) Rose was born at 11:32pm on 2/19. She weighed in at 7lbs 60z and is 20 1/4". Taryn delivered 100% natural again and she was amazing. Both are doing very well. Emmi seems unfazed but Kona is a little off.....