Introducing... Tenley Hope

Tenley Hope

April 26, 2012

8 lbs. 4 oz.

20.5 inches

9:37 p.m.

My baby sister is finally here. She's already following the rules and was born on her due date. The doctor said that doesn't happen very often but we already knew she was going to be a good girl. Mommy said when you are the third baby, you have to be good.

The birth story...

I guess a lot of people ask about the 'birth story' so here it goes. Mommy started having contractions around 4:30 p.m. She called daddy and told him to come home from work since it takes him an hour to get home. When he got home mommy's contractions were two minutes apart so they decided to have grandma come over to stay with us while they went to the hospital. They got to the hospital around 7 p.m. (after stopping at Wendy's to get a bite to eat...silly parents) and Tenley was born at 9:37 p.m. When mommy got to the hospital she was 6 cm dialated so labor didn't take long at all.

After first bath.

Happy mommy and daddy.

Meeting Tenley for the first time

All clean.

Happy in dreamland.

Tenley's room (except she doesn't sleep in there yet)

Britton's 2-year Check-up

Britton had his 2-year doctor check-up today and the doctor said he's doing great. He was very chatty with the doctor. Sometimes he's shy around new people or people he hasn't seen for awhile but not with the doctor today. Mommy said it's proably because his doctor is pretty. He had to get one shot and he only cried for a second. I was going to sing him a song to make him feel better but I didn't even have a chance to. He's getting very big...

Weight: 32 lbs (90th percentile)
Height: 35 1/4 (75th percentile)

Happy Easter

Happy Easter. Even after our Urgent Care trip on Friday night (see post on April 6th), that didn't stop us from having a great Easter. We colored eggs and the Easter Bunny came and left Britton and I an Easter basket and hid eggs outside. We had a lot of fun.

Coloring eggs...


Tada...


All dressed up. Even Britton has on a tie...kind of.


Where could they be?

I found one

Tooth Fairy...so soon?

Warning: the below description and picture may not be suitable for all ages.

I am going to get an early visit from the Tooth Fairy. Why you ask? Because I was playing outside, swinging like a monkey on some chairs and sadly fell, hit the concrete and two of my teeth came out. Mommy and daddy have been telling me not to swing on those chairs...now I know why.

One tooth on the top in the front and the one next to it. After daddy cleaned out my mouth with lots of water (there was a lot of blood), mommy took me to the Urgent Care doctor. They got me right in....I felt like a princess. The doctor looked at my lip and my mouth and said I was very lucky. No broken bones and I did not need stitches. Those two teeth came out right by the root...they didn't even break. They gave me six stickers for being so brave.

I also went to the dentist so he could take an x-ray and make sure my adult teeth were ok. He also said I was very lucky because nothing was damaged, just missing a couple teeth now. Since they are baby teeth, they just wait for my new teeth to come in.

I was very brave. I only cried when I was in the bathroom with daddy because there was a lot of blood. I didn't cry at the doctor or the dentist. Everyone was so surprised I didn't cry but I'm one tough cookie.

Lesson learned...always listen to mommy and daddy when they tell you not to do things because you can get hurt.

Me and my big lip...but still smiling.