Ellee holding Emerson right after we got home from the hospital and the other photos are Emerson at 3 monthes old. What a handsome boy!

A Bigger Family...

So it's been awhile since I have posted any pictures, but my life has been busy. We had another baby. Emerson Joshua, he was born on December 3, 2009 at 7:28pm. Everything went really good, considering I had a c-section with Ellee. I went into labor early Wednesday(Dec 2nd) morning at around 3 am and labored until about 7:30, then it stopped. Now Josh was supposed to go out of town on the 3rd and seeing that my due date was the 5th, and I was measuring small, he was convinced that I would go over my due date. I told him that I had been laboring, but since it stopped he still thought he might be able to go. So we waited all day and nothing was really happening. I had minor contractions but nothing severe. As the evening got closer I started to feel like he better not go, because this was going to happen soon. So he stayed and sure enough at 2:30 am I started laboring again. I woke him up at around 3:30 and he started helping me get through the contractions, which were every ten minutes or so. At around 6:30 am they were getting worse and a lot closer, so Josh started packing the truck. Ellee woke up to us rushing around the house getting ready to leave. We left around 7:30 to take Ellee to Grandma Edie's and we had to go back to the house 3 times. We kept forgetting something. (Btw: Josh packed 3 laptops, just in case we needed them.) We got to the hospital at around 8:30 or so and got settled in. I was dilated to a 41/2, so I was happy. After about 4 hrs I was dilated to a 6 and they decided to brake my water. Now up to this point I was going natural, after they broke my water the pain was more than I could handle. So about an hour later(maybe less-it felt like forever!)I got an epidural. Now because nothing in my life is easy, it didn't completely work. My lower back does not go numb, so luckily, Josh helped me through the pain with the hypnosis we had learned from hypnobabies. At around 5 pm I started pushing and nothing was happening. After 1 hr and 1/2 the doctor told me that Emerson was not coming down, so I either had to do a c-section or forceps. I was so disappointed because we had come so far. I asked him if I could just try a little bit longer, and he said I could try for 30 more minutes. We tried everything and he was just not budging, so we tried the forceps and Emerson was out in less then 5 minutes. He was born at 7:28pm. It was a crazy adventure and totally worth it. He is an angel and absolutely perfect, just like his sister.

So I finally got professional pictures taken, and she looks so grown up.  What a little cutie!!!!

The Easter Egg Hunt

Ellee had such a fun time looking for easter eggs.  Her basket was over flowing with eggs and candy!!

Family Photo from Easter

This is after our Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma Powell's house.  

Here she is again modeling her new swimsuit.  I'm lucky I got one good picture out of the bunch I took.  She wouldn't stop dancing around!

Payne Fashion Show:  Ellee is wearing a lovely pink princess night gown, accented with her Little Mermaid apron.  She has choose to accessorize her emsemble with her purple fuzzy scarf, her daddy's hat, and a "please do not enter" princess door hanger(on her left arm).  She wanted me to take her picture, while she took my picture.  Just before she did this, she was in front of the mirror talking to herself and taking pictures of herself.  Ha Ha! She cracks me up.  I love that she's a girly girl!!!

Hot tub party with the kiddies.  It's hard to see but Olivia is wearing a lil' bikini.  How cute is she???

Ellee loves helping mommy with dishes!

Ellee and her daddy having a sleep over in her princess tent she got for christmas.  Its all of 3' x 4' and they slept in it all night!  I was so impressed by Josh and his ability to sleep on the floor all night.  What a DAD!!!  We love you!

Catching up on some pictures......

Ellee sledding with daddy and her cousins.

Grandma & Grandpa Payne opening their gift on Christmas, cute picture!  

 I have to show this because I think it's soooo cute.  I was finishing wrapping christmas gifts with Ellee.  I started cleaning up the mess when Ellee took one of her dvd's and a left over piece of wrapping paper and tried her hardest to wrap it.  So I gave her a piece of tape and she wrapped it all by herself.  I loved how it wasn't even big enough to cover the whole dvd.  I had to put it  under the tree with the rest of the presents.  

Ellee absolutely loved Santa Clause.  She Kept 

going up to him while other kids were getting 

their presents.  We were so shocked that she 

wasn't scared of him. Yeah!!

Happy 2nd Birthday...the first party!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Ellee! We had such a fun birthday party at my mom's house.  This was the first out of two parties for Ellee.  I attempted to make a Little Mermaid cake, since it is Ellee's favorite princess.  It turned out better then I thought it would, plus now Ellee has Little Mermaid toys to play with(thanks to my mom, she bought them)  We love you Ellee!!!

More Cute Pics!

I absolutely love these pictures, especially the one with Ellee on my shoulder. She was a little upset about having to pose for pictures. I have one with her crying that I will post later. She has such a cute personality!!!

Cutest Family!

So we finally got family pictures taken. Sorry its been awhile since I've posted, but we were without the internet for 2 weeks!!! I never knew how much I depended on the internet. I think I'm addicted!

So I think Ellee has reached an age where she doesn't like to have her picture taken. She wants to sit on my lap to see what I'm taking a picture of. So most of the time I'm trying to convince her to stand still and smile, I offer her cookies, candy, Betty Boop. You name it I tried it. These are just a few of the pictures I took. Now the whole reason I wanted to get a good picture was to show off her apron that Grandma made her and to put it on her blog. I posted 2 on her blog out of the 15 pictures I took. Ellee is such a funny girl, she makes me laugh constantly. I love you Ellee!

Potty Training

Well I have jumped into the hardest thing I've ever done...lol. I have started to potty train Ellee. I must say there is never a dull moment and when I think all is going well Ellee humbles me and I get to clean up the mess. Its been a little over a week and she is doing really good. I am so proud of her. Here is a picture of her potty chart that we made on her second day. This seems to work better then any thing I tried the first day.

More Vacation Pics

After we got back from Sea World we had to get a picture of Chase with his $2 bill. Josh paid Chase to push Ellee around in the stroller, so we could keep an eye on him. He is so good at sneeking off.

Doesn't Andrea look happy? I will have to say Andrea is a good sport and a great mom, she went on every ride with her kids. Even though she knew she would get soaked!

Grandpa feeding Ellee at the Sushi resturant. I think she is tired of smiling for pictures!

Fun in the Sun!

We just got back from San Diego and it was so much fun! I have tons of pictures that I'll keep posting over the next few days! I love the picture of Ellee and Kambria hugging. It was rare occasion to see them hug without ending in tears or pushing. These two love to play but they are both a little feisty.

Just Take The Picture! I Want To Swim!

I thought these were some amazing pictures. Josh and Ellee are so photogenic and the water was so perfect. Looking at these pictures you would think it was a perfect night for swimming, but it was so cold (unless you were in the water) and windy. It was Josh's work party. Ellee had so much fun, she loves to socialize and run around keeping mom and dad really busy. While we were trying to eat she kept wanting to get down and run around and at one point she went and joined another family, she acted like she had known them her whole life. It was so funny!! We love our lil' social butterfly!